They do have a lot of great pieces, but Jackson is not going to cut it. Childress bet the farm on him and he’s not producting. Imagine how good AP would be coupled with a ligitimate passing threat.

I hold Childress responsible. He needs to go.

How can we tell?? Childress refuses to let the kid play. I can draw up better plays in 5 minutes then Childress does. Did he call any other play in the 4th qtr besides a straight dive up the middle or the bootleg dump off play to the phucking te’s or fb’s???

If we’re gonna sink or swim with Jackson then open up the playbook and lets see what he can and can not do. This schit now that childress iscalling is not even high school worthy.

Granted, TJack may never be a probowl qb, but it’s hard to get on someone who is running that plays which are being called.

Childress and his QB experiment need to go away before the next game.

After watching the first two games, i have to conclude that the season may be over. im not the type of guy that panics and everyone knows 0-2 means nothing, but in this case with the packers already 2-0 it seems the vikes will be digging themselves out of a already deep hole. T-jack can’t make his throws! The play calling was bad after the vikes staked a 15 point lead! i think if the vikes lose the next game its time to get t-jack as many throws as possible and hope hes ready for NEXT season, if not, go in another direction. I FEEL LIKE I JUST GOT STOMPED ON!! great defense, amazing running, and a loss to a team that showed nothing because of injury. TERRIBLE, there is a great chance vikes could start 0-4, if that is the case BRAD GOES end of story. Please t-jack we need a good game from you. i would like to add the vikes have been screwed two games in a row by missed pass interference calls on bobby wade but no excuse today because our team failed to get a TD.——— RELEASE Visanthe Shiancoe————

Is it too much to speculate that even a below average NFL quarterback should be able to exploit a defense that plays 8 men in the box defending the run?

He may never be a great quarter back in this league, but he executed about as well as he could have with what he was given. I saw two bad throws from him the entire game. I’m not saying he’s ever going to be good, but it’s pathetic that people are so blind to Childress’ incompetence that they’re going to allow everything to be blamed on Jackson. Give me a break. This guy is ruining Jackson’s career, he’s going to get AD injured by running him into the ground every week, and he’s wasting a monster of a defense. I don’t care who we bring in at QB, we could have Brady back there and this idiot would still be blowing it

Very depressing.

Jackson actually showed some great presence – at least until the bone-headed Vikings “fans” started booing him for one high pass. What a bunch of pathetic idiots some of you are. Guess what? TJack had a better completion percentage and threw two fewer interceptions than Peyton Manning. WTF? Peyton manning! – Do you even get that?

Like it or not, the Vikings are coached by Childress and their QB is Tarvaris Jackson.

Want a different coach? A different QB? A different owner? Shut yer gob-stoppers and find a different team.

I have been to this website among others and have seen for the last four months people talking about t-jacks progress. I have even on this site (my favorite) heard tjack is better than Aaron Rodgers. Give me a damned break. Enough is a nuff. I have had all I can take of the homers talking of the positives. Are you guys watching the same game as me? Really. Tavaris will NEVER be an NFL qb. Ever. Never. Do u guys get it? If not start catching on it will save some heartache.

Great comments. Vikings find yet another way to lose. As the boos poured down, I wonder what Ziggy was thinking? Maybe he can advise Chilly to add more play action on 1st and/or 2nd down.

8and 4 despite tjack.

guess u got me. He is. Guess u don’t want to really think about what I mean. David carr draws a check but u would be hard pressed to tell texans fans he is an NFL qb. Think about it.

but I fear you’re to dense to realize that. Both Jackson AND Carr are/were very talented QB’s but are suffering as a direct result of the people around them and who’s calling the shots. I’ve never said Jackson is a good QB, but I’m afreaid we’ll never get to find out because his coach is well on his way to ruining him. It was the same with Carr in Houston.

I figure we can offer the doe to Ziggy to go toward a stadium if he lets Chilly and the QB clown go before the end of the season. For all of the TJ apologists on this site, the game plan wasn’t the problem. If the QB can’t throw the ball accurately, no team can win. This was not a good Colts team the Vikes faced today. Even the analysts are slamming the QB play. I know Childress doesn’t read sites like this but closed circuit to Childress, look for an accounting job somewhere, please.

agree about the coaching. But just watching Jackson and his reads are scary. I hope I’m wrong and your right but we will see.

T-jack has been getting most of the blame from the media but this guy is still young. i know everyone wants to see more out of him and he makes some really bad choices out there but i agree with the majority of posts here and say most of the blame goes to the play calls. that said yes every time the guy throws the heart begins to pound cuz we dont got a lot of confidence in our qb. so far i have seen a guy that can throw a great pass if he has the time and the WIDE OUTS on the field, the thing that scares me is it dosent look like he can throw a good enough pass while hes on the run. for a QB like jackson and all his talent if he could throw that great ball while hes moving the vikes really got something but he has not shown he can. he has to make throws that he has because you cant expect peterson to run every down. did you all witness that scary tackle from behind today that was gunned for petersons left knee? T-Jack has to throw more, he has to show something

drew brees reference? Some of the stupid coaching u speak of is personel. I do not like cluless either but u coach to your strengths. Ad had a good day. Huh? Beginning to tnink u are the one who oak dense. And by the way we would win with drew brees bonehead.

Six field gold chances in their territory and only one incomplete pass in the endzone. You have to execute in their territory and get some TDs. 40% bad play calling IMO and 60% bonehead QB.

Mort

Is marty employed anywhere, if not we should call him up and offer him the coaching job. I thought chili was suppose to be some sort of offensive specialist now its obvious why philly let him go when we pursued him.

I have put away my purple gear, I can’t take it anymore,they suck, Shiancoe is the worst TE in the NFL, and T-Jack if he was cut tomarrow, his phone would not ring, he is terrible, flat out terrible, I’d rather have any other QB in the league than T-jack

He’s invented the prevent offense! You don’t have to worry about a hurry up or no huddle offense, you can just punt!

And when you’re on your own 2 yd line, with the f’ng COLTS having 3 timeouts, you don’t have to worry about the stress of actually trying to get a first down.

I agree with everyone here who blames the playcalling. TJ only mad a few mistakes today. Shank drops another TD pass that was perfectly thrown. Bobby Wade was getting tackled. If you run 4 or 5 redirects that DO NOT WORK, you might want to STOP calling them. And somehow I don’t think faking a reverse then handing to AP, the guy everyone on the Colts D is looking for, is really going to fool anyone. Berrian trips over his own feet.

TJ did okay executing the plays that were called. With teams not even considering defending the pass, if the coaches can’t come up with plays, or the receivers can’t get open 15 yds downfield, the Vikes will go 0-16.

and bad teams find a way to loose, and then make excuses, guess which one the vikes are

This is a repeat of the Washington and Denver games of last year. This kiss of death was TJacks injury in the preseason. Not making a team pay with TDs is inexcusable. Realize The vikes have the same record as the Detroit Lions, just think about that. Please stop the Long season talk. Look at a real team like Carolina benches it best player and still everyone is accountable for a win. As opposed to the Vikes. Tavaris is not all the blame. Just think all the vikes need is an INTERMEDIATE passing game. Forget about the deep ball. 10 yard outs 12 yard slants who could stop that.

MacD – the Vikes are not a good team until they prove they’re a good team. Nobody routes for the mighty purple more than I do, but until they show good results, they’re only good on paper.

Watching the game I could just feel the loss coming. Good teams that are backed up on their own 2 yd line with 2 mins left get first downs, not go 3 and out. Good teams sack Peyton before he can get off that 20yd pass to set up the field goal. Good TEs don’t drop balls in the end zone, even if it is a tough catch. Good coaches call more than 5 different plays. Good receivers get open. Good QBs can squeeze in a tight pass.

I know our first four games are rough, and I hope we can turn out potential into results. I know the season isn’t over at 0-2, but we have GOT to get a mid-range passing game, and maybe, just MAYBE, try a play-action pass.

vikings invented the prevent offense. whom ever wrote that? that is good

He wont last past the Tennessee game. If you thought today was bad just look ahead 2 weeks. They just humiliated David Garrard and Carson Palmer. They may actually kill Tavaris right there on the field. And anyone who thinks the season is not over, has not been paying attention. TJ is the worst QB in the division and its not even close. John Kitna is a statue back there but at least he can hit open receivers. In TJ’s defense there is no philosophy to help him out. Childress is grab bag play caller end of story. Even the putrid Bear Offense understood to account for Bob Sanders on every play. Brad doesnt know the game. Play action would force Sanders to honor Adrian Peterson. The run a little underneath route or even a “pick” play. The Colts have been on National TV enough this decade that everyone knows that Peyton is going to go for Reggie Wayne.

Colts fan from over at Stampede Blue here. I know you guys are heartbroken right now, but reading these comments compelled me to respond.

First off, I hope each and every one of you are thanking whatever higher power you believe in for Adrian Peterson. You get to watch him for the next 10 years or so. It’s like being a Chargers fan and getting to watch LT, a Patriots fan watching Brady, or a Colts fan watching… well, basically our entire offense.

Secondly, remember that you guys played the Colts. We’re coming off a devastating loss to Chicago last week (and living in Chicago now, I heard enough about it), and this was a must-win game for us. You gave us all we could handle for 59 minutes and 57 seconds. However, those 3 seconds are why we have Adam Vinatieri.

Thirdly, did I mention you guys were playing the Colts? Manning had 6 interceptions against San Diego last year, and we were a shanked Vinny field goal away from winning.

So, some positives:
- Phenomenal front 7. We had what, 20-odd yards rushing? Basically, no running game to speak of.
- AP. WOW. Today was double bonus day for me, because I drafted AP first overall in my fantasy league. And he hasn’t let me down yet.

Some negatives:
- Your playcalling sucks. Run, run, pass, punt.
- Your receivers need hand transplants, because they can’t catch shit. Tavaris threw some decent balls that your receivers couldn’t haul in for nothing.

Things to take away:
- The Colts are a better team than the Vikings. Nothing wrong with that.
- You need a new coach. Childress trotted out possibly the worst gameplan against the Colts I’ve ever seen.
- Tavaris could be good or bad. I have no idea. I do know that your crappy playcalling is destroying his confidence and decision-making ability.
- All he has to do is get the short and intermediate stuff. 5-25 yards. Shooting for more than that is a fool’s errand, because he doesn’t have the accuracy and you don’t have the receivers to make it work.

All in all, hell of a game. The Colts only lead for 3 seconds. Unfortunately, it was the last 3 seconds. You guys are a good team. Don’t despair! There’s still a lot of football left.