Vikings Pull Off Huge Upset, Cancel Vick's Coronation With 24-14 Win

‘’what have you done for me lately?’ Didn’t throw a pick, was athletic enough to clear the pass rush when the protection broke down, and looked downfield. Congrats Joe!

but I’ll say it again because I still don’t believe it
3-1 vs the NFC East

And you guys (DN writers) were great tonight as well. Very funny stuff.

• platonic fun.

Webb will return in 2011, GUARANTEED!!!!

SKOL VIKINGS!!! Great job!!

feels good to have people say good things about the team and players for a change

The Vikings were banged up and dead meat…They should have mailed in a score and went back to Minny…but that’s why you play the game. I don’t know about you guys but besides the score, the Vikings flat out PHYSICALLY beat up one of the Super Bowl favorites, especially their “mvp” quaterback. I was worried as hell at first when it looked like the refs were trying to jumpstart the Eagles in the first quarter but our guys never quit. Joe Webb did a helluva job at qb and where the hell has this defense been all season? Where has this cornerback blitz been hiding? Where in the hell did this shutdown secondary come from? I had to rub my eyes a few times to make sure I was watching the same team. This win was HUGE and if they can beat the Lions on Sunday will go a long way to getting them ready for the next season. Damn, after all the crap we’ve seen this year, it feels good to be a Viking fan again…SKOL! (On a lesser note…do the refs ever call holding anymore?)

This game showed excellent defensive planning (a couple of muck-ups, like the LBs out on pass coverage while the D-Line allowed itself to be pulled for the Vick TD run. A safety shouldn’t be the only person there to try and stop a run), with a consistent and adaptable plan to take out the game’s biggest threat and neutralize our biggest weakness—an injured and … non Pro Bowl quality secondary. We might need to abandon the Tampa-2 for now, but this was a good stop-gap. Expect offensive coordinators to run more seams and passes out to the flat if we consistently show this defensive scheme, but pressure is good and any other QB would have been sacked 3 or 4 more times. I think we finished with SIX on VICK.

Webb looked great. He generally was able to complete passes to primary receivers, but was OK getting through shallow progressions to switch receivers and get to his second. With experience, his pocket passing will be extremely deadly. Some rockets and lasers fired from his arm and his decisionmaking should only improve. His scrambling is great and if he could take a page from Vick and become as slippery as Vick has been (in… other games), he will be fantastic. Give him an O line and some time to develop, and I think we could be happy with the results. Good runs.

I’m happy. This looks good for the future.

When and where will the game be played?

I’m still not sure if what I saw was real tonight. I might have to wake up and check this again before I go to work just to make sure I didn’t dream it all.

Helluva game by the Vikings and Webb looked pretty poised out there, especially as the game went on.

Now lets take out the fooking Lions next week!

SKOL VIKINGS!!!

Webb wins first career start

First Vikings win over the Eagles since 1991

Vikings are undefeated on Tuesdays

The game was revenge for Vick making fools of the Vikings about 8 years ago in his debut to NFL stardom.

Sidney Rice was courageous to go and get that catch. It was his only catch on the night, and he paid the price. I thought the TD catch should have been upheld.

Forget Joe Webb. Introducing Leslie Frazier as a star head coach in the NFL. His tweaks to the defense have been great.

The offensive line played great.

Maybe this team should be kept intact as much as possible for the 2011 campaign. Not sure about the quarterback situation. Webb is green.

I’ve seen the future and it is Joe Webb.

Poised is spot on. He didn’t play like a rookie. That 3rd and 16 throw to Percy on the last scoring drive was ridiculous. Any QB would be proud of that throw.

I guess it’s best to keep it in perspective, but that was encouraging.

The defense kept Vick running for his life. He was gimpy at the end.

I do hope they beat the Bears or Packers if they see them in the playoffs. But tonight was a great win and maybe a harbinger for good things to come. It doesn’t seem crazy to think we have next year’s starting QB already on the team.

Where the hell is Revenge4Webb aka CitrusFLViking???? C’mon Vance, we need you to join in on the celebration too.

We may only have a few things in common which starts and ends with the rivalry and the mutual dislike we share for one another but we can add beating the "mighty " eagles to that.

Good Work out there tonight, your boys fought hard when many thought they had packed up and went home.

Joe Webb looks like someone who can make plays.

Adrian Peterson and Percy Harvin tonight were well what we all knew they were which are playmakers who showed up and showed up big.

As a Bear fan i tip my hat and i Thank you on a hell of a game played.

I also congratulate you on winning the game because the idiots on tv will call this as the Eagles losing it.

I hope you guys keep Frazier around because he seems like a guy the players like and respect and someone who can lead this team back to the post season.

Good Night Vikes fans!

the Minnesota Vikings may have found themselves a quarterback.

As much as I feel you were too pessimistic on Webb in the last days, Chris, now I feel like you are too optimistic. This reminds me a of a postgame entry you made a few weeks ago where you posted, after an OK performance by TJack, that you were comfortable with him being the starter next year. I’m still scratching my head on that one.

What we saw tonight was not a coronation, but a guy who still has a lot of rough edges, but probably showed enough that its wroth it for us to invest the time and attention to try to polish those edges up. If we do play him next year, without a doubt there will be some terrible games. That’s almost always the case. Heck, for me it was almost two years fo watching Favre before I was really sure he’d be good enough to take us anywhere. He had some really erratic, sometimes truly awful play in the first couple years, and its now well known that Holmgren almost benched him. Brett Favre v.1992 is not half as raw and unpolished as Joe Webb v.2010. Yeah he could be another hidden gem like Favre was, but we are a LONG way from being able to even start thinking that is the case, IMO.

And lo, on the fourth day, the Vikings did beat the Eagles, and I sayeth unto you YEA VERILY shall we go back to our home field. Detroit.

I love winning. I dont care about getting a better Draft slot. winning games beats the hell out of losing game

Big day tomorrow with mock draft re-jiggering and reassessment of Viking priorities. Is Joe Webb the future? Will Bomar be a contender,or sufficient #2? Do we take Cam Newton if he falls to us? Spend a high draft pick on offensive line? Trade aging Mckinney or Hutchinson for Mankins (or similar)? Focus on defensive secondary in the draft?

Holy cow, what a monkey wrench! Bring on the Lions, and let’s close out the season with more answers than questions.

I have said before, Leslie Frazier deserves a chance to be the head coach AND Joe Webb has shown the qualities needed to lead the team as QB. He most definitely solidified his chance to compete for the QB position next season.
The O line needs work still, but, a QB like Webb can only make ANY line look better. An impressive performance by the defense. I have liked Jamarca Sanford since last season when he put a few big hits in during a game. Everyone stepped up in my opinion to rally behind Leslie Frazier, but, that is probably a consensus opinion.
A truly impressive way to end the road game/prime time drought this team has gone through.
Oh, and the fact that they beat the living crap out of Vick was icing on the cake.

Especially considerin it was their first time playing together. Cook and Griff back next season. Guion and Kennedy replace Phat Pat. Resign Ray Ray. Look for a replacement for Leber. The D is good to go.

I really enjoyed this game. It was great seeing Vick pressured all night — the Vikings showed everyone a blueprint for how to beat the Eagles. Webb was great — so glad the team got a chance to see what he can do, and he did not disappoint. He’s a nice kid and a specimen of an athlete. Even if for some reason he doesn’t work out at QB, I am guessing he could make a very good receiver.

I really think the NFC North is about to be solidified as the toughest division in the league, and personally I love that. I think it will mean that whichever NFC North team(s) makes it to the playoffs over the next several years will be battle-tested and tough to beat. Congrats again — you guys deserved it after this season’s shit storm.

Congrats. I was an enormous Vikes fan last year when I needed them to knock off the Cowboys last season in the playoffs. Hopefully the Eagles can return the favor for you all and knock off both the Packers and Bears.

looks like a 6th round steal!!!!
ladies and gentleman, we got ’im (our qb).

okay, my second post. I become a bit nostalgic when I think about this player. He plays QB, he was drafted as a WR, he leaps tall stacks of blocking equipment. He runs a 4.45 40. He IS a player.
I remember when I was a young teenager, before xbox, wii, madden 3 something, hell, even before Pong, when a bunch of us would get together and play ball. No leagues, no adults, sometimes no rules. We would even play 3 on 3 if we could. Everyone would play every position and we would go for hours. IF only we had the innate talents that I see in this guy. But, we played and we played hard. And, we had fun to boot. He has fun doing this. No question about it. You cannot coach this.
DO not make the mistake and overlook him or discount what you saw with your own two eyes. Will he have a few bumps in the road? Sure, who hasn’t. I see a winner here.

I just read the update scrolling on the bottom of the screen on ESPN. “Michael Vick suffered a thigh contusion in the 1st quarter and never left the game.”

That is so hilarious, it’s pathetic.

I’m not even sure I do. From Zulgud’s twitter:

Frazier said if Favre can play next Sunday that he will get the start against the Lions.

Also there is this, a more universally acknowledged piece of bad news:

Frazier confirms Sidney Rice suffered a concussion in the third quarter.

and congratulate you guys on a great win.

You’re defense played amazing and props to your DC and staff for doing their homework and preparing very well for vick and our offense.

Joe Webb is the future of your team. He reminds me of a younger version of the newer version of Vick. Just protect him and dont let him get hit every other play like our revolving-door Oline does.

I hope sydney rice comes back with a clean bill of health. Assante made a poor decision and deserves the fine, they can suspend him next game, but we are probably gonna sit starters anyways.

 Might Be The Best Game The Vikings Played This Season

Awesommme!

one thing I can say about Webb that I’m not seeing a lot is just how MUCH he improved from last game to this one. It might be a blip- or it might not. I wonder how much tape he watched with Favre after the Bears disaster.

Against the Bears, Webb was using his arm- and lack of aim- to throw interceptions quite a bit. He was forcing balls to where they shouldn’t go. His athleticism and running was great, but the constant deep pass to a Bear wasn’t good.

Against the Eagles, however, he had seemed to have COMPLETELY removed that problem. He focused on the screens and slants that allowed his sometimes iffy aim to be negated. (Plus, his aim on the Percy Harvin laser pass was dead-on.)

Going from 4 INTs to 0 is a HUGE improvement. It could have been luck. It could have been the difference in the Bear’s D to the Eagle’s D. It could have even been pure play-calling, taking the majority of those deep, oft-awry passes out of the picture.

But there is also the very large potential that it was Webb, learning from mistakes, making the necessary adjustements, and growing IMMENSELY as a quarterback in a very, very short time. If that’s the case, then a lot could be made of his future.