Cardinals at Vikings: That Stuff Was Bananas. . .B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Oh and we are 2-0 in desperation bowls. We need to treat every game the rest of the year as a desperation bowl.

Skol

This game shouldn’t have even been close! However, the boys showed some real character and teamwork to get the job done!

The Cards came into this game giving up 104 points on the road in 3 games. That is basically a 35 point average. They have scored a total of 27 points in those games for a 9 point average. The Cards are not a very good football team. They are limited on the offensive side of the ball and they have a porous secondary. Plus, the Vikings were favored to win this game. Not only that, but check this link, even the Cardinal fans didn’t expect to win – http://www.azcentral.com/sports/cardinals/articles/2010/11/04/20101104arizona-cardinals-minnesota-vikings-scouting-report.html

So lets have some perspective on this game. This was a game the Vikings were not only expected to win but they should have won big. As it stands, they had to rally and barely put out a win in overtime. This is still not championship caliber play from a team loaded with championship caliber players. If a win in overtime versus a weak Arizona team saves Childress, then, we didn’t win anything but prolonged an incompetent coach who will continue to destroy this team from within. This team is simply too talented to be 3-5 after 8 games.

Viking fan and football fan since the year before their first superbowl loss. If a loss would have gotten Chilli FIRED today and Dungy hired I am sorry they won. A reverse at their 20? A dumb play on 4th and goal. Good to see some screens and a pass to AP. This game just as easily could have gone the other way. The big difference from last week. We were not playing the NE offense on their last drive of regulation. We were playing the CARDS and were able to bet the ball back. They play like this against a better team they lose.

Is the passing offense back now? And Sidney is coming back.

Favre stuggled out of the gate, and we beat an NFC west team 27-24 with an amazing touchdown by Brett!!!! After that we saw the offense really come alive. Amazing finish, lets hope it carries over into next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look, everyone who is saying it isn’t impressive AT ALL that the Vikings needing miraculous comeback against a weak-assed Cardinals team is 100% right.

Everyone who is saying that they blew opportunity after opportunity in this game (twice inside the 2 yard line, no points) and shot themselves in the foot (kickoff return for TD, kickoff fumble for TD) is 100% right.

But everyone has to remember one thing. The mentality of the team going into this game HAD TO HAVE been terrible: unstable, depressed, angry, defeated, embarrassed. We all know how messed up things have been on this team. And when you are playing with those kind of distractions and negative emotions, shit like the stuff you saw today happens. And even Chilldress (who I totally agree should be fired) was inevitably distracted too, worsening his already bad coaching abilities.

So it is impossible to analyze this game in a normal context and say, “Bad execution here,” and “poor play calling there.” Did it happen? For sure. But under the circumstances today, anything could have happened (most likely bad). So the outcome that happened, in the way it happened, might have, in a crazy way (which is the way everything is with this team), might have been the best way for the Vikings.

I have no idea what will happen the rest of the way. But strange things can happen in football and in life. Strange things like how the Vikings won today.

Yes, the team we played was poor. Yes, we shot ourselves in the foot over and over. Should it have been close? No. But……

This comeback shows that the team has found something…heart. They’ve played without it all year, but it looks like they’ve found it. I still want to get rid of Childress…yesterday. That being said, I think we need to sit back and savor the victory.

How many teams can come back from 14 points down with less than 5 minutes to play? Not many, no matter who they’re playing. So, let’s take from this win what we can and build on it. I saw in that last 5 minutes a team that was playing in a hurry up offense where their idiotic coach couldn’t neuter the players. Favre masterminded that comeback. He and the tremendous talent on that team deserve a tremendous amount of respect. That was awesome. SKOL Vikings!!!!!!!!!!!!

They need to win at Chicago and against Green Bay and get o 5-5 and we’ll talk. Keep thinking aboutthe loss to the Dolphins, shoulda had that one and 4-4 sounds a lot better than 3-5.

well here is what I wonder about.
Look at last year if brett was doing alot of changing plays what did chilly think about that? I think that when brett came back this year chilly told him that I am the boss and you will do what I say or I will bench you and end your streak! and farve being a bit vain has been listening.
Now look at that 4th quarter playing in this game today I think brett said screw chilly I wanna win and these guys deserve to win so he started calling changes at the lin and made things happen. and on the D man 2 drive by az and both drives 2 sacks in a row?? someone woke up there!
now what needs to happen is I think wilf needs to call a meeting with brett the of coordinater and the d coordinater and favre and chilly and get them all to agree on some things. brett did great thing with the O last year and there is no reason why he cannot do the same this year if he has the option to change things a bit at the line Like he did last year..

this year has been bad because alot of people have been messing up not one person but I still think chilly needs to go as he is way to conservative for the current nfl.
favre took chances last year and it worked so I say start doing it again tis year like he did in the 4th quarter and we can WIN!

Just my 2 cents and it may not be worth even that much lol

2 Special Teams TDs does not mean the Arizone offensive did much of anything.

Fitz got some catches, that’s to be expected. But otherwise, they scored 10 offensive points.

I’m fine with that. The red zone follies NEED to be figured out by now. None of this 1st and goal on the 1-3 yard line, and no TD. None of this crappy o-line play resulting in free DL players coming in and laying the hurt on Favre which leads to red zone INTs. None of the PA calls in the red zone, only to ignore open guys who you could of thrown to (cmon Favre, TJack made this play last week!).

Still, the game wasn’t nearly as close as the score shows. I think it’s a good win.

Hurry up offense with what seemed like Brett reading and creating the matchups that they needed to get the job done. This seemed to ignite a spark on both sides of the ball, Offense pulls together and shows what working as a team can accomplish and the D line steps up with pressure and coverage. Chilly and Bev need to take notice and adjust their play calling. Now if they could play with that same intensity in the first half the rest of the year there might be a chance to salvage the rest of the season. Chicago next week will really be the litmus test, then GB at home. Conference wins are the most important thing that they need to get any chance at the playoffs.
Bernard finally showed up and earned some of what they are paying him.
Percy deserves the most praise for his effort, clearing playing thru pain on every play.
Brett, 446 yrds carreer high, not bad for the oldest QB in the game.

I listened to the improbable comeback on the radio while driving back to IC from a deer-hunting trip home to MN, as I assumed it was over once the fourth and goal attempt ended with an incomplete pass.

This victory does not change my belief and hope that Childress will be fired sooner rather than later.

Wow, to all the people defending Chilly I will give you one thing, and that is the players are also responsible for this horrible start. However, Chilly is the first one to blame. Yes, he has HORRIBLE play selection, commands no respect in the locker room, and makes stupid decisions like trading a 3rd pick for a player that has upset every team he’s ever played on, then releasing said player 4 weeks after getting him. I’m not one of these guys that puts all the blame on Chilly, but he should have NEVER been signed to an extension last year. I told all my friends and said it on several of these blogs that the Vikes didnt do well last year because of Chilly. They did well last year because of Favre, and the funny thing is that even tho Favre was the one who got Chilly his extension Chilly still throw’s Brett under the bus any chance he can get. So for you dolts that are saying, “What has Chilly done to deserve this criticism..” there ya go, 2 things. The first is he begs and pleads to get Brett onto the team and any time he makes a mistake that he has made 400 times in his career Chilly throws him under the bus on a public forum. The second problem is he trades for Moss with a 3rd round pick. The same Moss that has been in the league and upset coaches and teams everywhere he goes. Then he decides that he wants “good football players and good people” on his team?! I got one question Chilly, where were u the last 10 years of the NFL? Did you not ever see Brett Favre or Randy Moss play prior to getting them on your team? These are the things that upset me about Chilly more then anything else. When you have an owner that has proven that he will trade and open up the check book to help you build a team and you do the things Chilly has done then he needs to go.

Chile wasnt calling the plays that led to the comeback. It was Farve. That’s why Chile still took the cheap swipes. His QB sees football better then him and he doesn’t like it.

with apologies to Jim Mora. The truth is not much has changed. All yesterday did is provide a stay of execution for another week.

The optimism here is encouraging (who dat say Viking fans don’t support their team?), but this team ain’t going anywhere in the playoffs. Anybody that thinks otherwise is either delusional or under 12 years old.

Fact: for a team stacked with Pro Bowl talent, they are underperforming more than any other team except Dallas. They’ve lost 8 road games in a row. Have won 3 games this year—-against 3 crappy teams. The defense that used to be so stout against the run is not. Best pass rush in the league last year—-same personnel, so really, what happened this year boys???