Dolmonite26 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 52 minutes ago, SemperFeist said: Cut Joseph and rotate Stephen and Watts. I'm fine with that since they don't have a lot of options outside of the draft, but Stephen was legitimately terrible this year and was a big reason the run defense was pretty bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 20 minutes ago, Dolmonite26 said: I'm fine with that since they don't have a lot of options outside of the draft, but Stephen was legitimately terrible this year and was a big reason the run defense was pretty bad. The run defense was actually really good (and certainly better than it was in 2018), I'm not sure where that opinion comes from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpMc Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Super Bowl pretty much showed that the formula the Vikings want to follow has to be executed perfectly in order to succeed... would sure be nice to have some wiggle room given by a franchise-type QB.... sigh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 11 minutes ago, swede700 said: The run defense was actually really good (and certainly better than it was in 2018), I'm not sure where that opinion comes from. I think in some of the bigger games this year, KC, Seattle, second GB game, the Vikes defense struggled against the run. I don’t really care to evaluate how the team did against the Lions, Falcons and Raiders, Cook ran all over those teams and run defense wasn’t a factor. Looking at the games against playoff teams, Cook couldn’t get going and the Vikes run defense was unreliable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikeManDan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 21 hours ago, Hyperborean said: Personally, I think the Barr and Rudolph extensions recently were irresponsible. I thought that about Rudy but he had a really good season this past year. I don't think he's going anywhere. Hopefully Kubiak can get a little more creative with Irv Smith next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babababa Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 25 minutes ago, RpMc said: Super Bowl pretty much showed that the formula the Vikings want to follow has to be executed perfectly in order to succeed... would sure be nice to have some wiggle room given by a franchise-type QB.... sigh. If the 49ers would have continued to run the ball it would have probably been a different story. Just ask Tyrann Mathieu. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/02/02/tyrann-mathieu-was-grateful-when-49ers-started-to-throw-the-ball/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolmonite26 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Lol that's such a misrepresentation of how things played out. Jimmy G just couldn't close on key plays when he needed to. Is it really bad to pass on 2nd and 9 after a 1 yard run? How about 3 and 14 after a false start plenty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 50 minutes ago, vikingsrule said: I think in some of the bigger games this year, KC, Seattle, second GB game, the Vikes defense struggled against the run. I don’t really care to evaluate how the team did against the Lions, Falcons and Raiders, Cook ran all over those teams and run defense wasn’t a factor. Looking at the games against playoff teams, Cook couldn’t get going and the Vikes run defense was unreliable. I can't really recall the some of the other ones, but in that KC game (since I was there), the run defense was elite, except for 1 run. Unfortunately, that 1 run cost them the game. The only truly dreadful game against the run was that Seattle game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, swede700 said: I can't really recall the some of the other ones, but in that KC game (since I was there), the run defense was elite, except for 1 run. Unfortunately, that 1 run cost them the game. The only truly dreadful game against the run was that Seattle game. They gave up 154 rush yards to Jones against GB with a division title still in play. That’s dreadful. And 116 yards in the first game, another loss. Edited February 3, 2020 by vikingsrule 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolmonite26 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, swede700 said: I can't really recall the some of the other ones, but in that KC game (since I was there), the run defense was elite, except for 1 run. Unfortunately, that 1 run cost them the game. The only truly dreadful game against the run was that Seattle game. I'll be honest I'm not getting this from any stats, so could be wrong, but to my recollection the run defense really fell off in the second half of the season, especially against good teams that had a lead on them. Stephen was a big part of this because he rarely got double teamed and when he did get DT he got beat badly. And he isnt explosive enough when not double teamed to make the team pay. He was a very legitimate liability and even a switch to NT doesn't seem like it would help imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Nozizaki said: On a rookie deal? He's a good run blocker and solid depth, he just shouldn't be starting. If he remains on the team, he should be on the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikeManDan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, vikingsrule said: I think in some of the bigger games this year, KC, Seattle, second GB game, the Vikes defense struggled against the run. I don’t really care to evaluate how the team did against the Lions, Falcons and Raiders, Cook ran all over those teams and run defense wasn’t a factor. Looking at the games against playoff teams, Cook couldn’t get going and the Vikes run defense was unreliable. It was all related this year it seemed. When we lost we lost the time of possession battle in a BIG way. Defense was on the field more and probably exhausted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikeManDan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 20 minutes ago, Virginia Viking said: If he remains on the team, he should be on the bench. Pretty much, let him play out his contract and then he can walk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolmonite26 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, VikeManDan said: It was all related this year it seemed. When we lost we lost the time of possession battle in a BIG way. Defense was on the field more and probably exhausted. ToP is entirely descriptive and says very little about how and why a team wins/loses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikeManDan Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 12/30/2019 at 1:37 PM, VikeManDan said: Updated table above through the end of the season and posted it below. I went back and also added Time-of-Possession stats for each game as well. We've been absolutely destroyed in TOP in our losses (minus KC). Hard to win games when you only have the ball for ~24 minutes. Perhaps other people can come to different conclusions provided these data points. I'd be interested to hear them. Week Points For Points Allowed Opponent Outcome Opponent's Record before Kickoff TOP OTOP 1 28 12 ATL W 0-0 29:47 30:13 2 16 21 at GB L 1-0 25:54 34:06 3 34 14 OAK W 1-1 31:32 28:28 4 6 16 at CHI L 2-1 24:33 35:27 5 28 10 at NYG W 2-2 32:40 27:20 6 38 20 PHI W 3-2 32:04 27:56 7 42 30 at DET W 2-2-1 32:10 27:50 8 19 9 WAS W 1-6 36:36 23:24 9 23 26 at KC L 5-3 28:12 31:48 10 28 24 at DAL W 5-3 33:27 26:33 11 27 23 DEN W 3-6 23:17 36:43 13 30 37 at SEA L 9-2 20:15 39:45 14 20 7 DET W 3-8-1 33:42 26:18 15 39 10 at LAC W 5-8 32:21 27:39 16 10 23 GB L 11-3 22:28 37:32 17 19 21 CHI L 7-8 22:20 37:40 Average 25.4 18.9 ~29:41 ~30:19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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