Guest Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Well...the play calling was problematic, but the offensive line made a poor defensive line look like a great line. I thought that the second and third string secondary for the Vikings played decently. I think the Seahawks will be a very difficult opponent next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikes_Bolts1228 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 We're officially on the outside looking in to the playoffs. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 I feel like DeFilippo’s play calling style/ gameplans are the polar opposite of Norv Turner’s. And we’re getting similar results. Balance is the key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitStickAllDay Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 another game exhibiting the small margin for error for this team. Frustrating. Can’t miss the 48 yard field goal early and can’t have Thielen drop that bomb from Cousins. The lack of pass interference calls surely hurt us when we could’ve gone up by 7. Nonetheless, another extremely spotty performance from the playcalling and the interior offensive line was dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikes_Bolts1228 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 I know everyone loves Zimmer and will defend him until they're blue in the face but I'm starting to doubt he's the coach to bring us a Lombardi. Under him, we've missed the playoffs, made the playoffs, missed the playoffs, made the playoffs, and now we're on the outside looking in. The utter collapse we had in 2016 after 5-0.... The collapse in the NFCCG.... Is it his fault? Not entirely but I don't think it's happening with Zimmer. Nor do I think it's happening with JDF and Spielman. I'm not saying clean house not by ANY means but if we have a down 2019.... It's time for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byuvike88 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, HitStickAllDay said: can’t have Thielen drop that bomb from Cousins But if Cousin's hits him in stride instead of making him leap for it, he might score. And if Cousin's leads Robinson on his 1st interception that's 6 instead of a pick. Cousin's needs to elevate his game the next 4 games big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitStickAllDay Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 minute ago, byuvike88 said: But if Cousin's hits him in stride instead of making him leap for it, he might score. And if Cousin's leads Robinson on his 1st interception that's 6 instead of a pick. Cousin's needs to elevate his game the next 4 games big time. Completely agree that the throw could have been better. When it hits him in the hands though he normally comes down with it. Not sure why this team isn’t performing given the talent level. A frustrating year. Outside of fixing the interior oline and improving game flow and playcalling I don know what the fix is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byuvike88 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 minute ago, HitStickAllDay said: Completely agree that the throw could have been better. When it hits him in the hands though he normally comes down with it. Not sure why this team isn’t performing given the talent level. A frustrating year. Outside of fixing the interior oline and improving game flow and playcalling I don know what the fix is. Yeah agreed. I don't feel that the Oline was awful today. They weren't great by any means but there is no way you can have greatness at every position. I was hoping we would see more interior pressure from the D line. It was almost non existent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cearbhall Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 hour ago, vikingsrule said: Why is Elflein still starting. Because the team has been unable to build a decent offensive line. There is no depth worth inserting. All the team can do at this point is hope that Elflein suddenly improves. If he can even get into the top 25 starting centers in the league it would be helpful. The time the team should have been doing something was early in free agency. I was concerned about both Elflein and Easton back then and thought it was a mistake to not have a solid plan B. Watch Mike Pouncey playing Sunday Night Football. Notice how much better he is than Elflein. He was available. Do you see why the Chargers have a better offensive line than the Vikings? This has a lot to do with why they have a better offense than the Vikings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENINCH Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Elflein will be fine as long as he doesn't have set backs. He's really needs to get into the off-season work out program with Oneil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitStickAllDay Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 One thing I’ve veen envious of is the offensive install that has happened around Lamar Jackson in Baltimore. Pretty amazing to watch and makes you wonder if JDF is trying to be too fancy or lacks experience or..... something. Perhaps the NFL will catch up to the Ravens when there’s enough tape. That was one thing I loved about Shurmur. Seemed to get the most out of what was given to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twslhs20 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 1 hour ago, SemperFeist said: I feel like DeFilippo’s play calling style/ gameplans are the polar opposite of Norv Turner’s. And we’re getting similar results. Balance is the key. DeFllippo out. McCarthy in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 An interesting discussion taking place on Twitter about the possibility of hiring McCarthy in the offseason as the OC. Reading some of the comments, color me intrigued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Zimmer has a ton or respect for McCarthy; I wouldn't be surprised if they try to bring him in as some sort of assistant for the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joru1000 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 3 of our 5 first draft picks need to be an offensive lineman, and if we draft a defensive back before we draft and offensive lineman than I'm petitioning to have Spielman and Zimmer removed. Who's with me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.