Next few weeks will either put an exclamation point to an un-rewarding (for me) season or re-write the narrative to-date all together.
@ Seattle
Miami
@ Detroit
Bears
The 4 stages of a Viking Fans Season; Hope during the offseason, Increased hope during the season, Dagger your hopes in the postseason, Rinse & Repeat...
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Its very clear: just win.
I guess its a sign your organization is well established when your O is in the top 10 in passing in the League and fans are bored & asking for simple plays ?
i think were are exactly the opposite of where we were 6-8 years ago... tops in the league in rushing but we can get any sort of consistent passing game going. now we can throw at will but cant convert a 3 and short to save our asses.
IMO if you want to get cute with your offense you first have to be able to execute the bread and butter.... screens, off tackle runs, draws and dives the old 6th grade play book... and we dont do that, a reverse only works if you first can run off tackle or a sweep. lets get the running game at least back to firing on a couple cylinders before we try and turn it into a dragster.
After all, McDonald's doesn't have the best food simply because there are more McDonald's than any other restaurant.
The fans are asking for wins more than 50% of the time. It's a rationalization when you cite yardage statistics.
I'm actually amazed - and daring to hope - because the Vikings still control their playoff destiny. Win the next 4 and they're 10-5-1 and at least a wildcard, probably the #5 seed. If the Bears lose just 1 of their next 3 - at least a decent chance with the Rams Sunday - then the Vikings can, by winning out with a victory over the Bears at USB, win this division again and host a Wildcard playoff game.
That's why I want Zimmer screaming at these guys that they need to put on their killer faces because they need to win 4 in a row here and have no margin for error.
Yes Kirk is #1 in completions, You better be, no worst than 6th in total passing yards.
Yet somehow he is 34th in yards gained per completion. vs QB's with 100 or more attempts
7th yards per game.
10th TD's
12th QB rate
18th TD%
18th net yards gained per pass attempt
20th 4th quarter come backs, with 1 in 12 games
30th game winning drives, with 0
& I did because the above posts made me think we couldnt move the ball & were in last place
Yes we have problems, do every year & you know what ?
So does every team. Maybe, maybe being undefeated would be great, but this is the time of year you want to go on a winning run, which is totally doable
Stafford is on his way to his 8th 4,000 plus passing season.
.457 win %
Some QB's are just destine to pick up more garbage time yards than others.
When you play from behind a lot it is easy to get 4th quarter yards.
Kirk 8 TD's in 4th quarter, more than any other quarter.
Bears game as a recent example.
175 (67%) of his 262 yards and 100% of his TD's in final 5 minutes of the game, when it didn't matter to Chicago.
30th game winning drives, with 0
20th 4th quarter come backs, with 1 in 12 games
This Seattle game is fixin' to be the game of the season, and I don't like it one bit. Always a tough out at home and they're playing good football right now.
When in doubt tell the truth - Mark Twain
SKOL!!!
Yeah, I really want to see the 4-game streak to end the season, win another division crown, and be a tough #3 seed. But it starts with a win Monday in Seattle.
If we lose Monday, why maintain much excitement? We will be 6-6-1. Sure, we could still win as many as 9 games and be a wildcard, but do you want to be ending the season with Chicago here resting their starters because they have nothing to play for?
When in doubt tell the truth - Mark Twain
Winning's more fun than losing but I still enjoy Viking football for what it is. Some years just aren't your year, as they say.
I think the Seahawks are the team sneaking into the playoffs that nobody will want to play. The Vikings? they have to prove to me they have the horses and fortitude to do that this year. They have not done that to-date. 0'fer against winning teams.
I am no where near as stoked about this team as I was 3 months ago, but they are no where near the hot mess that some posters want to make them out to be. this league is about as balanced in talent as it could be with the Vikes near the top, a little luck and a little change here or there and they will be talking about how the Vikings backed their way into the superbowl and shocked the world.
When in doubt tell the truth - Mark Twain
I think it’s pretty clear that we’re not going to be the team that is going to be dominant almost every game with a high chance of winning their playoff games, but I do think we still have a chance of “getting hot at the right time”. I don’t think we can really fix our OLine in the last couple games, but I do think we can fix our playcalling, and with just a little better offensive production that might be enough to tip things in our favor.
That said, I don’t think things are looking good for us, as we’ve not looked good in our high pressure road games, and we’ll almost certainly have to play on the road in the playoffs and can we really string together a bunch of wins against good teams, while not at home?