SemperFeist Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 When was the last time an NFL team had two 100 reception receivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDBrocks Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Bolden and Fitz? Edit: surprise! It was Sanders and Thomas in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 11 hours ago, SemperFeist said: When was the last time an NFL team had two 100 reception receivers? In hindsight, this probably was never a good thing. It just shows you how unbalanced the offense was earlier in the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 11 minutes ago, vikingsrule said: In hindsight, this probably was never a good thing. It just shows you how unbalanced the offense was earlier in the year. Hard to call it unbalanced with the results produced by Diggs and Thielen. Getting the ball into the hands of your two of your best playmakers seems like a good thing. But that’s just me. Diggs and Thielen are accounting for 51.8% of the targets. Seems like a pretty good ratio for two #1 caliber receivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitehops Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Diggs needs to pick up the slack a bit but if he gets three touchdowns in the next two games and thielen gets one more, both WRs will have 100+ catches, 1000+ yards and 10+ TDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 2 hours ago, SemperFeist said: Hard to call it unbalanced with the results produced by Diggs and Thielen. Getting the ball into the hands of your two of your best playmakers seems like a good thing. But that’s just me. Diggs and Thielen are accounting for 51.8% of the targets. Seems like a pretty good ratio for two #1 caliber receivers. We've yet to see a third receiver step up outside of the occasional Robinson deep shot. Would help Thielen out because he hasn't been involved the last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 hour ago, vikingsrule said: We've yet to see a third receiver step up outside of the occasional Robinson deep shot. Would help Thielen out because he hasn't been involved the last month. Well, how often is a 3rd receiver in the top several progressions. I think, more often than not, Treadwell and/or Robinson would probably be the 5th option behind Diggs, Thielen, the RB (Cook, Murray) and the TE (Rudolph/Conklin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 38 minutes ago, swede700 said: Well, how often is a 3rd receiver in the top several progressions. I think, more often than not, Treadwell and/or Robinson would probably be the 5th option behind Diggs, Thielen, the RB (Cook, Murray) and the TE (Rudolph/Conklin). Rudolph as the third receiver is on the field often. Just wish he'd have a more meaningful role to help out Diggs and Thielen. If Thielen is seeing so much coverage to his side, I don't know if that's true or just a talking point, you'd like to see Rudolph get open and take advantage of the opportunity. Besides OL, I think TE is a need for the offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since72 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Thielen was named to the 2019 Pro Bowl Roster. Hopefully he won't be able to participate if you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, since72 said: Thielen was named to the 2019 Pro Bowl Roster. Hopefully he won't be able to participate if you know what I mean. That calf injury does seem to be bothering him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krauser Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Maybe I missed the discussion, but I’m surprised there hasn’t been more backlash on Treadwell’s performance this year. He’s been completely ineffective. The Vikings haven’t been able to get any production from the WR3 spot despite teams double and triple covering Thielen and Diggs. Robinson has been good on deep shots but for whatever reason JDF hardly used him on early downs, even though Treadwell wasn’t getting targets. Compounding the mistake, JDF kept putting Cousins in shotgun with 3WR formations, unlike Shurmur last year using 2 TEs or a FB more often and running the ball a lot on early downs to keep defenses from keying on the 2 star WRs. The decision to release Jarius Wright only made sense if Treadwell was going to step up this year. He didn’t. He’s not even a good run blocker. The cap savings will be minimal, but they should release him heading into next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since72 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Krauser said: Maybe I missed the discussion, but I’m surprised there hasn’t been more backlash on Treadwell’s performance this year. He’s been completely ineffective. Perhaps there isn't any discussion about it because everyone on the forum would agree 100% with your assessment. Hard to make a case for keeping him. Most discussion happens when the forum is divided over an issue. Possibly we've been disappointed for so long, we just don't want to reopen a first round bust wound again. What do you think about Aldrick Robinson? Should he be getting more time as the third receiver? Can he run short routes? The only time I seem him targeted is a deep pass to the end zone where he is trying to outrun the DB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 33 minutes ago, Krauser said: Maybe I missed the discussion, but I’m surprised there hasn’t been more backlash on Treadwell’s performance this year. He’s been completely ineffective. The Vikings haven’t been able to get any production from the WR3 spot despite teams double and triple covering Thielen and Diggs. Robinson has been good on deep shots but for whatever reason JDF hardly used him on early downs, even though Treadwell wasn’t getting targets. Compounding the mistake, JDF kept putting Cousins in shotgun with 3WR formations, unlike Shurmur last year using 2 TEs or a FB more often and running the ball a lot on early downs to keep defenses from keying on the 2 star WRs. The decision to release Jarius Wright only made sense if Treadwell was going to step up this year. He didn’t. He’s not even a good run blocker. The cap savings will be minimal, but they should release him heading into next year. I think most have just assumed that Treadwell is playing in his last year as a Viking. He probably should have been released earlier in the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krauser Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Robinson has been pretty good. It’s crazy that he hasn’t been playing as much as Treadwell. Every time they needed a scoring drive trailing late in games, Treadwell was out there! Why on earth? He’s no use except as a decoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bermuda Viking Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 It is as if JDF made it his mission to turn around Treadwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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