I do have to say there was something concerning

I don't like the turtling up either. I was glad to see the offense respond.

Everyone is a great arm chair QB.  And the opposing coaches can't adjust to the obviously great game plan we had for Wentz and the eagles.  Good thing Zimmer lucked into another win

Was a good win against an above 500 opponent. When they had the lead and the D gave up points, our O responded with points.  Can not ask for much more than that. Like you all I hate when our defense plays soft but if the O can respond like they did today i can live with it. 

One question---I thought they (iggles) kneeled on a kickoff that the player flubbed and in the process he turned and stepped on the goal line/playing field.  Shouldn't tat have been a safety as he touched the ball while being both in play and the endzone and then recovered it in the endzone.

Diggs had a couple of bone headed plays that caused concern - the interception was on him. And looking up field taking his eyes off the ball was bad too. 

I think Rhodes is a weak link ... I think our defense had a few bad plays ... I think the Eagles are good ... I think we are one of the best teams.  

I found no fault with the coaching ... other than I thought Thielen had his second foot down before the knee was down and out and should have had a challenge flag thrown. 

I just don't really like watching us go soft on defense and giving up 17 unanswered points. That might be an offensive adjustment or it might be a piss poor way to lose a game. We have all seen it. 

@"greediron" said: Everyone is a great arm chair QB.  And the opposing coaches can't adjust to the obviously great game plan we had for Wentz and the eagles.  Good thing Zimmer lucked into another win

Today wasn't one of them, but there are plenty of opportunities to bag on Zimmer. I haven't seen anything like this from the Vikings for awhile. Let's hope it was a coming out party and not a, we caught them at a time when they had a lot of injuries, party. All and all, this was the first game I have seen, where the hope I had, when they first brought Cousins in, has been what I expected. Aggression on offense and defense is what's necessary to win. I hope Zimmer realizes that.

BTW, Stephanski was amazing today. They keep this up, and stay healthy, they have a chance.

I haven't seen a Vikings team play like today, for a long time. 

I knew the Eagles were going to make a game of it...nfl teams are usually too good to keep bottled-up an entire game.

Eagles on offense are a good team, Jeffrey has always been a thorn to the Vikings and they have some awesome te's too.

Over all I'm ok with the D today and how they handled the momentum shifts -- because we won lol! 

@"Mike Olson" said: I just don't really like watching us go soft on defense and giving up 17 unanswered points. That might be an offensive adjustment or it might be a piss poor way to lose a game. We have all seen it. 

Pederson is a good offensive coach...  Those guys are getting paid too.

He made some adjustments and they scored a TD on their opening possession of the half.  Then our offense had a bunch of penalties on our first possession in the 2nd half... Which gave the Eagles good field position and they got a FG. 

After that, we put the game away on offense and defense.  Shut them out in the 4th quarter.

I was encouraged by our performance.  Pretty flawless football and a dominant win over an Eagles team that just beat the Packers in their house and drubbed the Jets.

This win looks pretty good when you stack it up with our other wins.  We've beat 4 teams by 2+ scores and our two losses were by 5 and 10 points.

This might be the turning point in our season.  I liked the games Stefanski has called the past two weeks.

It isn't like i am saying the team is shit or the game is shit. I just don't care for the way we play soft with a lead that isn't insurmountable at the time of the game. 

Of course they are a professional team and they are allowed to play well. I am speaking to how we react in those situations. How many felt the game was honkey dorey when they got within 4 points? No creeping into your mind of that "here we go again feeling?".... None? 

Mmmmkay. Sure. 

Kendricks and Barr carried the defense today.  The DEs were a non-factor and the secondary played poorly.  Was very disappointed with our safety play.  Secondary is a concern moving forward.  Hopefully, Hughes and Alexander can play bigger roles as Waynes and Rhodes have been erratic.  

@"JR44" said: Kendricks and Barr carried the defense today.  The DEs were a non-factor and the secondary played poorly.  Was very disappointed with our safety play.  Secondary is a concern moving forward.  Hopefully, Hughes and Alexander can play bigger roles as Waynes and Rhodes have been erratic.  

I thought Griffen played well too.  

@"JR44" said: Kendricks and Barr carried the defense today.  The DEs were a non-factor and the secondary played poorly.  Was very disappointed with our safety play.  Secondary is a concern moving forward.  Hopefully, Hughes and Alexander can play bigger roles as Waynes and Rhodes have been erratic.  

See that's just it for me. I think Rhodes is not the same guy. I would replace him sooner than later. But other than that I just don't know if it is scheme or not. It feels like scheme to me mostly. I liked seeing the return of the double A Gap when we needed to reset the defensive tone, but there was a lot of time when we were playing WAY off the ball..... I didn't notice it so much this game but I have seen where the other team is sitting at 3rd and 5 with our corners 7 yards off the ball. There were times today where they had our secondary completely confused. Releasing a player to the safety who was tracking another guy. Sure a well designed play but at the same timefailing to recognize what they are doing.... and they did that stuff against us  for a LONG time. I dare say that if the eagles didn't shoot themselves in their own foot this games ends quite differently. 

@"Mike Olson" said: It isn't like i am saying the team is shit or the game is shit. I just don't care for the way we play soft with a lead that isn't insurmountable at the time of the game. 

Of course they are a professional team and they are allowed to play well. I am speaking to how we react in those situations. How many felt the game was honkey dorey when they got within 4 points? No creeping into your mind of that "here we go again feeling?".... None? 

Mmmmkay. Sure. 

The stat they showed " Vikings are 22-0" when they have the lead at home going into 4th quarter" calmed me down a bit.

I dislike going soft as well,

@"Mike Olson" said: It isn't like i am saying the team is shit or the game is shit. I just don't care for the way we play soft with a lead that isn't insurmountable at the time of the game. 

Of course they are a professional team and they are allowed to play well. I am speaking to how we react in those situations. How many felt the game was honkey dorey when they got within 4 points? No creeping into your mind of that "here we go again feeling?".... None? 

Mmmmkay. Sure. 

Oh, definitely thought it was "here we go again" ...but then we bowed up and put two more TDs in them while they got zip...sooooooo...there's that...

Also was the fake field goal the ugliest thing you've seen in a while? I know it was for me. 

How am I doing boys have I met my required quota for football posts today? I dun want to disappoint anyone round here!

Yeah there was some unrestfull feelings as they adjusted and rallied.  But as Barr sez, our d and o stepped up at shit the door

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