Excellent game fellas. Just wanted to let you know.

The Vikings Just couldnt get it done when it counted…We need a QB who can make correct reads..unlike TJACK…and the Special Teams Needs HELP BIGTIME…A Good Wide Reciever to play opposite Berrian would fantastic as well.

Came down to a few places and we got lucky. You’ll be back in the post-season next year. Here’s hoping for a rematch :-)

It’s possible for a good defense to stop Peterson and Westbrook most of the time, but not all of the time.

You did what you had to do to pull off a win on the road, and now you’re moving on.

Next year, I HOPE TO GOD, we will be able to do more.

This is nothing. i’ve been a lot more heartbroken. we have lost to much better teams.

maybe????

When they got that second touchdown where was our sense of urgancy.
no down field plays.

Why they didn’t even attempt a pass downfield in the last 2 minutes? To me those little dump off plays they were calling pretty much said that they didn’t have the faith in T-Jack. Also, why give up on the screen pass to Kleinsasser that was obviously working well?

3 times we had the ball 2nd and short in the second half and three times we passed for incompletions. stick with the run after you gain 5-6 yards on first down!! other than that the defense played their butts off except for one play. jarred allen is my mvp. tjack
was decent ,but not the right guy for us in the future. 2out of his last 11 is just not going to cut it.
overall, it was a good ride and i am proud to be a viking fan. i thought we might get blown out today but, with childress as our coach we always seem to be in the hunt!!!!
It is a hell of allot better than 41-0 in 2000.

Adrian Peterson will get his rest and be ready to win the MVP next season!!! It’s a good reason, not a great reason, I’m just trying to be optimistic!

If the Vikes converted 3rd downs on Offense like they did in the 1st half, the game could have been ours. 3rd downs on Defense and Offense killed our team!!!

Any ideas on the futures of Birk and Sharper?!

Great game guys. you have a solid team in the making and your defense was amazing. Kept me at the edge of my sofa the whole game. Jared Allen was a beast. AP scared the shit out of me. Great fought battle and best of luck to your team

Good luck to the Eagles, they played a good game. Great job by the Philly OL protecting McNabb…he had way too much time.

Too bad the game got away from TJ. I would have liked to see him roll out and possibly run for a first down or two instead of the sideline passes.

Jared Allen played a hell of a game as did Robison.

Chilly…..well, I’m not a fan but I’m not sure firing the guy and having to start from scratch with a new staff would help much either. The special teams coach needs to go though, the kick coverage is horrible.

I hope Philly can go and beat the Giants. I’m rooting for the Cards here in AZ now since the Purple are done for the year.

Even though I’m not “newly registered.” My condolences, Vikes fans.

Yes, it gave me great pleasure to see the Eagles win this game, but only because I want to see the city of Philadelphia have a meltdown when they get to the NFC Championship game again and find a way to lose it.

And I find it somewhat offensive that Detroit fans aren’t included in the quasi-warning. I demand fair representation!

Today’s game was simply the whole season in microcosm — flashes of
brilliant play interspersed with bonehead mistakes that doomed a
first-class effort by the Vikings defense. Bevell’s playcalling,
excellent in the first half, was horrible the second. The Viking
receivers did a terrible job of separating themselves from the Philly
dbs the second half. When TJax did have time to throw nobody was open
by more than a half-step if that.

All that said you’re not gonna win a playoff game giving up two big
runbacks in the kicking game and throwing a pick six when the other
team’s offense had done little to that time.

In the draft the Vikes need to look for more receiving help. Wade and
Rice simply aren’t physical enough to get off the jams and Berrian
isn’t all that great either. ORT is another need although Cook didn’t
play terribly today. I still think Jackson has the ability to be the
qb of this team if he’s given a chance. He looked much better today
even with the mistakes than glamorboy Tony Romo did last week with
arguably better receivers by a mile.

20att/38yds on the ground. With a long of 10yds. So really, 19/28yds…

3comp/83yds in the air.

Am I missing something? Oh yeah, our D slipped up once…

Everyone on the vikes played Really hard tonight and more or less really well against an Eagles team that is certainly better than average.

Now I said everyone “played hard”. Coaches dont play. So without beating around the bush any longer

KILL BEVELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is a complete joke. 3 times in the second half it was 3 and short and NO FIRST DOWNS. Fuckin eh!!!! If we dont get rid of him tomorrow it’ll be too late.

I do not think Childress is the dumbest person on the planet, or the worst coach in the history of football— but he just simply does not appear up to the task of coaching an NFL team into the playoffs and beyond. The coaching this season has been CONSISTENTLY substandard, with clock management failures especially embarrassing. I do not dislike the man— as I do not even know him. And I do not wish him any ill, of course. However, asking the players to overcome being at a consistent disadvantage in coaching— week in and week out (to varying degrees each week)— is just asking a lot, even with the wealth of talent that we have assembled. The poor coaching is MUCH too consistent to be ignored or wished away for the future.

I’m disappointed the Vikings could pull out a victory, as the only team I dislike more than Philly is Dallas. However, neither team looked their best today. Philly got lucky with some exceptionally brutal mental mistakes by Childress, the Vikings special teams, and Tavaris Jackson. However, looking forward, I can’t see how Vikings fans couldn’t be at least content in the fact that your team, with a move here or there, is a step away from the elites of the NFL.

first four games of the ’09 season which is something worrisome to say the least although Fred Evans played well inside today.

So, a couple thoughts. Anyone else tired of hearing how our O-line is good at run blocking, but when you watch them it seems they couldn’t open a whole to save their lives? AP should be having more runs between 10 and 15 yards than he is, and doing it consistently. The big runs are great, but thats AP not the O-line. Gotta get a big right OT in the draft.

I am no great Childress fan, but its a fact he’s here to stay next year. With that said, so is Bevell, and I have no idea who is the cause for the sometimes really crappy play-calling, but hopefully it will get better somehow. Without a doubt though Ferarro has to go. Worst special teams coverage I’ve seen ever on a Vikings team, and crappy blocking for our returners too.

Another no brainer is at the very LEAST we need to find a QB to compete for the starting job with Tjack and Frerotte. Derek Anderson maybe? Don’t know if there will be anyone better available.

Finally we should find a way to sign either TJ Houshmandzadeh or Braylon Edwards in a trade to get a legit #1 receiver.

If these things happen next year looks bright even with Chilly at the helm.

Go Vikes ’09!! (ow, it hurt to say that)

were jumping Rice’s routes all day long. The route-running by the wideouts is generally awful. You’ve got to put your foot in the ground and get that db to take a step back when running that drive route or he can sit on it. That’s one of things receivers like Larry Fitzgerald do exceptionally well and it doesn’t require great speed. Good route running can make up for lack of speed as has been proven countless times in NFL history since Raymond Berry’s day.

And what did Chili bust out?

Oh wait…nothing!!! Same old crap over and over and over. Hey kick ass offense guru, did no one tell you we go home if we lose this game? If you had one creative bone in your body, now was the time for it.

1. Still no AD and Chester at the same time.
2. We rolled out TJ maybe twice the entire game, even though it worked both times.
3. More incompetent 2 minute offense and freeze-ups on playcalls
4. No screens to AD

Oh, and one last thing. Brian Dawkins is a dirty f’in football player that speared almost everyone he touched today. We should have kneecapped his ass when the game was out of reach just to teach him a lesson. I will never respect him ever again!!!

He’s a good db but he does lead with the helmet a lot. I like both home teams next week in the NFC round.

Not “newly minted” btw. Many signs point to an upward swing for the Pack and a downward one for the Vikes. You outscored your opponents by 46 points this year and finished 4 games over .500. The Packers outscored their opponents by 39 (7 point difference) and finished 4 games under .500. We had identical 4-2 division records. Does some of that boil down to inability vs. ability in close games? Sure. Is luck also a significant factor? Absolutely. Because, you have to face it, – if Crosby’s kick goes 9 inches more to the left – we would have been 2-0 against you guys this year. It’s a game of luck and inches – you had them this year and we didn’t.

As for next year – I’d take Rodgers and McCarthy any day over the mediocre at best Jackson and Childress.

Of course – no one will no anything until play resumes. Here’s hoping for a competitive race that, perhaps, breaks a different way next year.

I have to say a lot of things with the coaching staff has improved. Childress’ challenges are much better than they used to be. He’s actually been winning some and the ones he loses were worth taking. They still have a long ways to go in clock management though, and the coaches need to be on the same page so their not arguing when they should be calling a play. At times the offense looks tough, but I think its more the QB than the plays when its stagnant right now. Not that I wouldn’t love a little creativity too.

You guys won the game, straight up. Good luck in the upcoming weeks.

Now that that’s out of the way, I"m really not that disappointed, at least not with the players. The defense was, for the most part, outstanding. I honestly don’t have much else to say, except that Jared Allen is fast catching up to AP on my favorite players list. I guarantee most other teams don’t have nearly as fun watching their defense as I do watching ours. Watching our guys go out there, kick some ass, and have a hell of a good time doing just makes my day.

My main problem with the offense was the blocking. Tarvaris made some dumb decisions, but much of the time he was getting hurried and hit from all over. Many of his passes were good, but were very well defended. That being said, that TAINT (TD after INT, if you don’t read Bill Simmons) was just ugly, he definitely messed up the timing there, looked left and then threw right without even looking for the CB. He got away with some other bad passes, but overall I thought he did okay.

That being said, in my despair immediately following the loss, I definitely questioned whether I wanted him starting next year. After watching the game (I was at work when I heard the result, watched the tape later), I don’t think I would be devastated if we brought him back. We’ll see what happens.

I love Chester. After seeing him picking up key first downs just as well as AP could, I definitely can say I would be extremely furious if we ever let him go. I also liked seeing Kleinsasser and Sidney Rice making some plays.

I didn’t think the playcalling was horrible, but it was definitely lackluster. You can tell whether we’re running or passing simply based on the formation we come out in most of the time. I like the draw calls, those seem to work very well for us, but there just didn’t seem to be enough playaction (although I will say that if we had tried play action and it didn’t fool the defense, Tjack would have been lit up many a time).

That is my post game review in a nutshell, and probably one of the longest comments I’ve ever written.

What I want to know is if Berrian is one of the top 5 paid receivers and supposedly one of the most dangerous….WHY AREN’T WE THROWING THE BALL TO HIM!

Great choke job, guys! SKOL!

Unfortunately, due to the actions of some of your players, I will not be hoping for an Eagle beat down of the Giants next weekend.

I can not stand hot dogging. There’s a difference between celebrating a good play and hot dogging. What Samuel did after his TD (It appeared that he was simulating masturbating with the football to me), and DeSean Jackson getting up in Childress’ face after his last long punt return are in my opinion, unacceptable. If all is right in the NFL, there should be fines brought down on both of them. Lord knows if it had been Vikings that had done that, there would be fines.

Also, Brian Dawkins is a cheap shot artist. I’ve always thought that, but his late hit on Peterson early in the game (helmet to helmet no less) confirmed it. Then watching him lead with his head on tackles for the remainder of the game was doing much to infuriate me. The NFL is a physical game, but there’s no reason a guy has to lead with his head like Dawkins does.

Trent Coles picking Jackson up by the head, and body slamming him, on Samuels INT return, was unnecessary as well. There should have been a flag, and there should be a fine as well.

A friend of mine (Who isn’t a Vikings fan by the way) asked me during the game, “When did the Eagles become such a dirty team?”

And Donavan McNabb’s little dance at the end of the game showed absolutely no class. He played well yesterday, but the dance was too much. I hope the Giants sack him about 7 times next weekend.

I’m disappointed that the Eagles players showed little class yesterday, but more disappointed that the Vikings couldn’t beat them and make it to the next game. Next year will be a different story, as the Vikings will improve on 10-6, but the Eagles will still have no class.

All week philadelphia iggles experts were saying “stop AD and you stop the Vikings” Well AD had 2 TD’s yesterday( basically all our points) AND WE STILL LOST! Granted he didn’t get over a hundred yards rushing…but he shouldn’t have to. I pray to Viking God that Zygi wakes up and and gets rid of Chilly. Chilly claims “he helped develop Donavan McFlabb” then why has he had such a terrible time developing T.J.

Another problem i have is while trailing by two points….YES..two points…Chilly or Bevell or who ever is calling the plays decide to play a close football game for nearly a half hour(bout 3 minutes from the end of the 2nd quarter through the whole 3rd quarter) We played like we had the damn two point lead!!!! i live in Philadelphia and am a die-hard Vikes fan…so i really needed the Vikes to win this one. We lost to a team who aren’t even fit to lace up our shoulder pads.

I’m so sick of this tired, predictable offense…with our QB who whenever he throws a pass I have to cover my eyes and a coach WHO DOESN"T KNOW WHAT A SCREEN PASS IS!!!! only thing good was our D..except for on 3rd downs (come on, if i know the ball is going to Jason Avant..why don’t the vikings LB’s and DB’s) GET MATT CASSELL HERE ASAP!!!!

It was nice chatting it up with you guys this week! I wouldn’t be too hard on your team. I think the Vikings have a great chance to be a great team in the near future.

We did better than I thought we would – imagine what we could do with a Coach and a QB – Wow!! back in 09 draft is in April just another Viking season.

See you in 09 when we have Matt Cassell and Mike Shanahan!!!

Ditto-Philly o-line looked great. We need to draft on the right side, including a guard.
My hopes for T-Jax growing up after the benching were dashed. Sign or draft a QB that can read defenses.
Run Chester more and telling AP to always be patient is stupid. Hit the hole even if it is small. They don’t always get bigger!
Prediction-Watch for Farve rumors to come out again. He didn’t want to go to the J-E-T-S Jets.
He blew this thing to get released. His shoulder is not that bad.Jets don’t owe a draft pick to GB if he is a FA. Brett signs with Vikes and we ride a year hoping an aging star leads us to glory. I don’t like it, but I really think it might happen. A new coach in NY will not want to start with an old QB-even if it is Brett.