Stock Market Report, Week 2

funny stuff aside…the reports are for a “torn labrum”. it is assumed that it is in his shoulder, but a torn hip labrum is also a type of injury. he could be lying again. either way, IT’S NOT OUR PROBLEM NOW !!!
have fun seattle, sidney rice is like your version of our bernard berrian. big pay, no pay-off.

Ted:

How can McNabb be a blue chip? He played below average again today. Horribly inaccurate. At least two underthrown deep balls, completely missed a wide open Aromashadu, couldn’t hit Shiancoe on a crossing route inside the 10-yard line and threw behind slant routes.

Sure he threw for yards today, but he can no longer throw deep or even moderately long with accuracy. This feels like Brad Johnson in 2006.

it just seemed so earily familiar, i knew the script, we’ve been here before, i could see all the signs, i watched it unfold unravel as though right on the director’s cue. we screwed the pooch, and it didn’t surprise me at all. it is almost easier that we lost, now any false hope that would have been garnered from a victory over a pretty good team will simply not exist….because we are in sort of a groove (or smooth rut).

therefore, there will be no false expectations that we have any kind of chance against the lions next week. and the impending stomach ache that accompanies the bitter realization that we are getting our asses kicked by a team that has sucked for decades, simply will have no chance to form. because now i anticipate 0-3. i can visualize it clearly, it seems to fit the picture, it won’t phase me, and i will start thinking of what it may be like to be in the andrew luck sweepstakes. at least we have our version of a barry sanders.

Was at work when the game was live, so I had a buddy record it for me. When I watched it, I rewound every play that McNabb was hurried or anything of the sort and 80% of the time, it was Johnson who blew his block. I had hope in the pre-season that he would be passable, but he was just terrible tonight.

I think they’re drinking at halftime. On Robinson’s off side it looked like the center jumped first.

The only thing that guy can catch is his paycheck!

Sell:
  Clock management at the end of the game.

Did I miss some tactical maneuvering here? Did something go above my head (always likely :p)? We had all of our time-outs. The Bucs were moving. There was almost two minutes on the clock and it just tick-tick-ticked down to 0:30 before we got our hands on the ball again.

Oh well. I guess our 14-2 season starts now. :D

…. :(

Isn’t that we’re 0-2 many people had us losing to the Chargers and Tampa, no that’s not the problem at all. The problem is how we’re losing. We played excellent football for a single half then completely get hammered in the second. This gives us the feeling we should be winning these games instead of losing them. The team is going to have to figure out what to do with short passes. So far teams start doing it in the second half because they know it’s going to work. Next week they may start the game that way and then where will we be? losing in the first and second half..
Offensive play calling it seems to take a dip after the first 22 set plays. Not sure why they are falling apart but it seems that once the set plays are finished Musgrave has a hard time figuring out what to do.

These of course are just my opinions and as such are completely and totally correct.

Could it be they are making too many adjustments in the second half, trying to stay one step ahead and going too far instead of sticking with what works until they prove they can stop you?

I am concerned that every second half Pagac comes out and leave the entire middle of the field open with just EJ and Greenway covering at about the hash marks and lets the opposing offense get passes for 5-7 yards. TEs, RBs and nobody slot WRs are killing us across the middle.

I am hoping that our interior pressure will increase next week with the return of KWill but I’m not sure how optimistic I am about facing the Lions (which it pains me to say) with the way our defensive scheme is set up for the second half.

I see that you want buy Abdullah and sell Tyrell. I can understand that but I really do not fault Johnson for dropping that pick. I believe Abdullah was coming over to try and pick it too and that could have caused Tyrell to hiccup. Like I said in another thread, there is a reason he is on defense. Plus if the coaches do not have Sanford in there at the end of the game then I have to wonder why? I think Tyrell is better in pass coverage and Sanford better in run support.

I give Abdullah credit for making the pick that he did but in reality he was beat and if Freeman had out the ball out there another 2 to 3 yards then it probably would have been a touchdown. It was just a bad throw.

The safeties are what they are and that is average at best IMHO.

I think that Berrian should not have made the team and I really do not know why they do not let Aromashodu play more. Maybe Berrian runs better patterns?

I really think it is just the offensive line. In both second halves the offense has not been able to do anything and that is basically because of the line. I know AP ran well in the first half and Toby had a couple of good runs but AP makes a lot of his own yardage. He is making incredible jump cuts just to get back to the line of scrimmage and then cutting again to hit a hole. No, if the line was imposing their will in the second half then I believe the Vikings would sustain some more drives.

I always wondered why they did not rotate their offensive linemen during the game? I know people say it is because of chemistry but I think they should do it. I think our line gets worn down. letting them get a break for a series or a few downs may be beneficial late in the game. I would not mind seeing Love and Brown come in for Johnson and Herrera for a few snaps a game. probably a ridiculous idea but what could it hurt?

… who was screaming “call a f’king time out, call a f’king time out” during the last 2 minutes of that game? Please tell me I wasn’t alone.

It was all the more embarrassing to be in a Chicago-themed sportsbar to be the only one doing it!

… and I like the run after his catch. He ran with some athleticism, power, and authority. It was encouraging to see. He looks athletic and like a real physical presence out their.

We are a team that is playing in the wrong decade. Everyone is going pass, everyone has threats that can be used to pull off a quick score. Minnesota doesn’t have either really. They want to plod down the field and keep the clock working for them and score on long drawn out drives. the problem is the other team can do it twice as fast and from anywhere on the field. I don’t think I ever really understood how badly it sucks not to have a receiver like I do now. Any kind of threat deep would legitimize our team and make it a contender.

After seeing what he is pulling with Seattle (aka, the same “trying to avoid surgery” stunt he pulled here in MN), I’m glad to see him gone. If we had paid-out and kept Rice on the team, he still wouldn’t be in the mix. Rice has been nothing but wasted potential and had injury-laden season after injury-laden season. Outside of 2009, he’s been nothing but a roster liability. Based on what I’ve seen of Michael Jenkins, he’s filling in the “big-size, go-up-and-get-the-ball, possession-type receiver” that Rice was supposed to be, and he’s actually got more experience and can stay on the field.

may be at play… too much sugar induced hydration? Which version of Gatorade is the culprit here? 02 replenish or 03 (refuel)?

How about going back to original gatorade?!

Someone needs to check the energy drink supply and compare samples.

I think perhaps you stole the labia/labrum joke from a certain someone at APC. Just a hunch.

Yes, I know they played lights-out in the first half.

The offense did their job this time, more or less. I looked at the stats and if all we’re talking about are minor details like yards rushing, yards passing, sacks, and time of possession, I would have expected the Vikings to have won this game. True, the offense didn’t pull a good scoring drive in the 2nd half, but they did get an fg. Not sure how that’s all they got because really, they should have kept playing. But yard for yard, minute for minute, they outplayed the Bucs.

So….. how come the D, which played so well in the first half, allowed so many points in the second half? As much as I love to put part of the blame on McNabb and the offense for that, it’s kinda difficult to justify since they’re not on the field at the same time as Josh Freeman. Why is it that the Vikings D allowed so many points to be scored in the 2nd half?

I don’t think they were any more “gassed” than the Tampa Bay offense. Or the San Diego offense, for that matter. Why are they being so outplayed as to allow 24 points in 2 quarters?

Being that Im only 19, my Viking timeline is fairly short. With that said, I have never EVER had that feeling of confidence that we have our franchise quarterback. Always the same bullshit of Favre, Culpepper, Frerotte, Brad Johnson and McNabb.

If Ponder is our (finally) franchise quarterback, is there a bigger weight to lift off our shoulders? You build a team around the QB, why havent we figured it out yet.

Cant wait for us to ride a guy for 10+ years under center, whether its CP7, Andrew Luck or Matt Barkley. These last two games have had me more frustrated then ever, Id rather have us an 0-2 under a rookie quarterback than under McNabb. Blah….

Trying to get us back for the poison pill now that they shot themselves in the foot with Jackson and Rice