Yarrrrrrrrr, We Be Facin' Neckbeard on Monday! Yarrrrrrrrr!

by Gonzo on Dec 11, 2007 11:12 PM CST in News Comment 1 comment

Star of the upcoming summer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: Sucking Out Loud.

At his press conference yesterday, Chicago Bears' head coach Lovie Smith made the announcement that his starting quarterback for Sunday night's clash against the Beloved Purple would be none other than Kyle Orton. Yes. . .THE Kyle Orton.

Orton does actually have one career start against the Vikings. It came in 2005 in the first game the Vikings played after the "Love Boat" incident. Orton didn't exactly light up a very suspect Minnesota pass defense. . .he went 16/25 for 117 yards, 2 TD, and an INT. . .but he really didn't have to. The Bears had touchdown drives of 49, 3, 62, and 1 yards in length. . .yes, two touchdown drives that covered a combined total of four yards. . .as the Bears thumped the Vikings 28-3 to drop Minnesota's record to 1-4.

He also saw some mop-up duty against the Vikings in the season finale that same year, going 6/14 for 59 yards as the Vikings beat a Bears team that was resting up for the post-season.

Now, on one hand, Kyle Orton is the kind of quarterback that the Vikings historically make look pretty good. They did it a little bit with the Niners' Shaun Hill this past weekend, allowing him to march the Niners for a TD on their first possession of the second half, and they've done it lots of times before.

On the other hand. . .this game is the biggest game of the Vikings' remaining schedule, it's at home, it's in prime time, and they're facing a guy that hasn't taken a regular-season snap in almost two seasons and has a career QB rating of 59.7.

Call me crazy, but I like our chances. Apparently, so does Vegas, as they've installed the Vikings as a ten point favorite for Monday night's game, with an over/under of 43. I'd say to play the under, but I said that before the last time these teams got together, and they put up 65 points, so what the hell do I know?

More stuff coming up tomorrow, folks. I'd say to continue enjoying your Tuesday, but it'll be Wednesday in 45 minutes, so I won't bother. (-:

Good night, everybody.

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two things

Hey Gonzo, I heard from some bloggers on the strib that some nut at espn radio went so far as to predict the vikes in the the superbowl....not saying I wouldn't love to see it but the vikes gotta make the playoffs first

1) First thing about you scenario's I like em , but I have one that is more far fetched but would be oh sweet. Say the Giants lose out and the vikes win out or even giants win one more and vikes win out they would be tied at 10-6 with the vikes thromping of the giants surely they would win the tie breaker.
That would leave the vikes playing the bucs say we win that game. We would then likely be off to lambeau puke bucket of a stadium. How sweet would it be to kill the pukers SB dreams again. Frankly if we lost the next week to the cowboys I am not sure I would be that upset.

2) Kyle Orton, as bad as he played against us before. He has been the best QB to play for Chicago in a long time. I rember that year he took that team to the playoffs only to benched so Grosswoman could play his first game that year after the wild card round. I hope he is very rusty. That backup guy the redskins use pretty much only seems to throw in the middle of the field another area we usually don't cover. Then again could these guys complete 30 of 45 passes to beat us? I hope not. T-Jax has played much better and I am finally impressed with him, however I don't we need to be pass happy against any of the three teams we have left. The Key to winning all three games will be our ability to run. Seeing AP get killed last sunday is a concern. It also seemed they ran him up the middle about 90% of the time. The other thing is the vikes do not disguise runs at all. AP is almost always 10 yards back when he runs and Chester is almost always out on third downs. So I hope there is not a new blue print out there like the one the Pats figured out last year.

SKOL Vikes 4 Life ( or until Pawlenty gets the team moved :O( )

by Monctonvike on Dec 12, 2007 12:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs