Anyone else afraid of the cowardly lions?

I’ll be more afraid if/when the teams meet and Culpepper is healthy and starting for them.

The only way the Vikes lose this is if Brett Farve pulls a Cutler in Detroit.

he said a week ago that as Brett gets more comfortable with his supporting cast(getting the feel for they’re tendencies) the Vikes Will get better each week and by week 4 LOOKOUT!!!!

he’ll have the “deer in headlights” look once again this week. With The Four Norseman rushing in on him, EJ, Chad, and Ben blitzing from the middle and edges and ‘Toine coming from the outside it will be a long day for the Lions’ offense.

Culpepper needs to start for the time being to give them the best chance at victory. The Lions just don’t have the line in front of Stafford yet (or anybody else to throw to after Megatron) for him to gain any sort of confidence. If the Lions rush this project along too fast and he gets too scared in the pocket, this is Harrington all over again.

I agree that on “any given Sunday” the Lions have a chance but I disagree with this years team, I have been a Viking fan for 30 years + and studied them intensely in hopes of winning a SB and one thing I must say about this years team is that they have a certain swagger about them, a confidence that I have only seen once before ( the 98 team) and this time we have more pieces to the puzzle. Detroit’s team makeover will hurt them because they lack chemistry. Final Vikes 34 Lions 14

No, because the Lions are worse than the Browns, and the Vikings took care of business. The Lions are starting a rookie at QB, out of 22 positional starters, maybe 9 are NFL quality. They cannot defend the run, they cannot defend the pass, and they cannot rush the quarterback. A rookie QB should struggle mightily with the pass rush the Vikings can bring, and there should be nowhere for them to run the ball.

Yes, because Lions play the Vikes as tough as any team in the NFL. They have nothing to lose, and the Vikes tend to play down to their level of competition and make games far closer than they should. Save for Dan Orlovsky running out of the end zone and a horrible pass interference call, the Lions beat Minnesota at home last season.

It’s a game that has a definite schism potential.

I think the Vikings will win.
That being said, The VIkes have lost games like this in the past (reminds me of some other MN team), so I’m kinda worried too.

… Jared Allen’s pass rush and our defense will outscore our offense

Normally I’d be reluctant to say that, lest I encourage the Curse, but this time it’s different…

This time, I don’t think we’ll win because we’re the better team (although that’s an indisputable fact). This time, I think we’ll win because

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I would be concerned, but I think the Vikings have reached a tipping point this year with the players they have. In too many prior seasons the Vikes didn’t have enough guys with the never give up, I’m going to kick you while you’re down attitude like Antoine Winfield, the Williams Wall, Adrian Peterson, and yes, #4. Our entire defense plays with a nasty attitude, one that reminds me a lot of those great defenses out east—Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and NY Giants. No more John Randle trying to instill a killer instinct in Stalin Colinet and Derrick Alexander.

I think this Detroit game will carry one where the Browns game left off, which is demonstrating that they’re going to win (and get beat) by playing to their strengths and making other teams adjust to them and not the other way around. The Vikes might only win by a touchdown, but if they do that while controlling the clock and never letting Detroit’s offense get tracked, then that’s plenty dominant for me.

What I don’t want to see is the Vikes try to go all 1998 on offense just because they think they need to prove how explosive they are or something. I’d much rather they try to end the game with 300 total yards rushing than 300 yards passing, because that’s who we are.

I wouldn’t be so overconfident. The Lions are going to bite someone, and historically, it’s been the Vikings.

Than many teams should be partially afraid that the 0-17 Lions could possibly beat them. So I say yes we should be worried a little bit, but nothing too scary.

Check it out, everywhere you look, everyone’s picking the Lions to cover the 10 point spread based on what happened last year. Well, guess what? This is not the same team as last year.

Favre will have these guys focused on offense and destroy them.

Let’s not get too excited here.

The Lions are not nearly as bad as their 0-16 record indicated, and it is a Divisional game at Detroit.

The game will not nearly be as much of a blowout as our love for the Vikes makes us believe. Expect us to play “Chillyball” until AP tears a new hole in a Lion’s ass.

I’m always a little worried…..no-matter who their opponent is. :~)