Mike and Ed take a loot at the league as a whole, the NFC North, and the Vikings loss to Green Bay.

Around the League

• Colts pull out a Victory
• Dolphins are bad
• 49ers are 2-0 and look red hot
• Lamar Jackson is Legit
• Chiefs put up 28 pts in a single Quarter
• Rams thrash Saints

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• Teddy Bridgewater in for injured Drew Brees, possibly for several weeks
• Falcons escape the Eagles
• Big Ben Roethlisberger done for year
• Drew Brees out for min 6 weeks

The North Face

• Detroit pulls out a win over the Chargers in the 4th
• Chicago wins a wacky game in Denver
• Do they still win if Denver goes for the tie?

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Vikings GB Recap

• Packer fan at work said that the Packers didn’t win the game, that the Vikings lost it
• Game started - GB score - MN missed FG - GB score short field - MIN Fumble - GB score from 33 out

Fan Question 1:

• It was a combination of all three phases. Defense was playing GB’s WRs wrong, and giving GB short fields on two back to back possessions hurt

Special Teams Mishaps

• Missed FG / Blocked XP
• Bobbled Returns
• REALLY long XP attempt due to dumb penalty
• Is Dan Bailey the best option?

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Defensive Downturn

• ROUGH first quarter
• Playing way to soft on Davante Adams
• Blink - Down by 21

Fan question 2:

• Ben Gedeon less so, although I think we have an easier time stopping the running attack with him.
• Mackensie Alexander’s loss was felt, although I don’t think it was largely detrimental. Jayron Kearse can totally play well in the slot, we just weren’t scheming correctly for what GB was doing
• Shutting down GB the final 3 quarters tells me it wasn’t personnel that was responsible, rather calls and scheme
• Jayron Kearse and Eric Wilson posted highest defensive grades of the team with 90.6 and 85.4 respectively

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• Xavier Rhodes isn’t back
• Hercules Mafata shines
• Eric Kendricks puts on a clinic

Baffling Offense

• Dalvin Cook was eating all day
• Josh Kline and Brian O’Neill best grades of offense line grades
• Garrett Bradbury again struggled
• Gooseeggs off Turnovers
• Refs were especially horrid
• There is never *that* much offensive PI
• BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD Kirk Cousins

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• Several fumbles, interceptions
• WHY ARE YOU THROWING THAT? PASS LIVE TO PLAY ANOTHER DOWN JESUS EFFING CHRIST
• Chad Beebe is clearly WR3 at this point

Fan question 3:

• He’s shown quickness clearly with his returns, and with the splash play he had on offense turning it upfield. I don’t think he’s super fast, just squirrelly.
• In large part, the Vikings beat themselves. Gave up turnovers, failed on special teams, and gave up too much on defense to start the game
• Raiders are a team that is really really beatable, and you have to win those games to have a chance. GB isn’t a soft target, and this division WILL be the toughest in the NFL this year

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