Vikings Win!

by dwarg on Oct 20, 2008 4:04 PM CDT Comment 4 comments

Or at least the Purple's Special Teams won "Goat of the Week" honors from Peter King. Mr King tells us, "Minnesota's special teams. They define brutal."

You can read the paragraph here, halfway down the page. He also finishes the story with this prediction:

"I think I don't care if the Vikings are just a game out of first place in the NFC North. They're cooked. Any team that plays as poorly in all three phases as the Vikes did at Chicago -- allowing 48 Chicago points in the first 46 minutes of the game -- will be home for New Year's."

So while special teams should be the focus of this embarrassing loss how culpable is the Defense and Leslie Frazier in this? It's true they didn't get a lot of help in terms of field position and they didn't give up 14 of the 48 points, but that still leaves them with 34 points.

A lot of people have been talking about Frazier replacing Chili at the helm--at least if we cut Chili loose during the season. Is this still what the fans are looking for? Or should we ride the Kick Ass Offense to the end of the season to enjoy the higher draft pick it bestows upon us before looking for a real coach?

The good news is that Zygi doesn't mind spending money on coaches and he may have learned enough of a lesson from his last hiring debacle that we have a good chance at getting a good coach.

I'd give my right arm to have Tomlin back, but that's spilled milk now.

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The Defense

The Defense gave up:
- 274 pass yards – Not good, but it would have been acceptable in 07.
- 53 rush yards – par for the course.
- 327 total yards, not bad.

Drives where the defense got beat

1st drive – 5 plays, 54 yds, TD
2nd drive – 9 plays, 44 yds, FG
6th drive – 6 plays, 79 yds, TD
10th drive – 4 plays, 64 yds, TD

24 points

Boneheaded play

On Chris Kluwe – 7 pts
On Charles Gordon – 7 pts
On Fred Evans – 3 pts
On Gus Frerotte – 7 pts

24 points

Defense didn’t have a good game, but I’m not ready to dismiss Leslie Frazier.

by TMW on Oct 20, 2008 5:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Defense

has usually been our strong suit.

I’m willing to give people second chances and all that and I think Frazier IS allowed a pass. Our Defence has been, by my standards, reasonably good up until yesterday.

Yes we had 41 points, Yes we gave up 48 points but lets think of it this way. Which was more interesting? 41 points offensively since we never have an offense. I’ll give him a pass since we atleast were keeping close with Chicago but by all means if we start letting up 48 points every game, well yeah, hit the road at that point.

by FSUViking on Oct 20, 2008 6:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

defense

the defense has improved since last year…christ, we had to plug in a new middle LB who’s been with the team since Thursday….all in all, the defense is playing well enough to win….

until we get a coach who will first, obtain a trustworthy QB who can call audibles, and then incorporate that into some form of a two minute offense, this team will never be a playoff team….

I’ve seen high school teams run a better hurry up offense….what a joke

by Hilton Head viking on Oct 20, 2008 11:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It’d be better to ride that KAO to a top 5 draft pick and get ourselves a good, young, QB that won’t be a bust. Then kick the KAO to the curb and bring in somebody else.

by Frost on Oct 21, 2008 7:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs