Week 12: Border Battle Round 2

[Vanimal46]

I hate Green Bay. Not only do you have to beat that team, you also have to beat the refs... who are oblivious calling holding against their OL, and PI against their secondary.

[Mr. Brooks]

I hate Green Bay. Not only do you have to beat that team, you also have to beat the refs... who are oblivious calling holding against their OL, and PI against their secondary.

You mean like the preposterous roughing the QB call on Matthews that allowed the Vikings to escape with a tie?

This idea that the refs are favoring one team over another is such a losers mentality.

 

If the Vikings win or lose, it will not be because of the officials.

[Mr. Brooks]

Really? All the weapons we have, and you give the ball to CJ Ham when you need a first down?

[Mr. Brooks]

Twelve men in the huddle, these are professionals?

[Vanimal46]

FFS

[Mr. Brooks]

Cue the clown car music. Thielen gets posterized, then Diggs decides to run the wrong way.

[Mr. Brooks]

Another primetime game where the Vikings opponent looks so much more focused and ready to play than they do.

For whatever reason, Zimmer's teams don't come to play in primetime.

[Mike Sixel]

Every high pick on this defense, and this is how they play?

[Mr. Brooks]

How were they so completely fooled by such a simple play? It's like the Packers were moving at full speed, and our defense was moving in slow motion.

[Mr. Brooks]

Big surprise that Treadwell can't catch a perfect throw, no traffic.

They keep putting him out there, Cousins keeps throwing it to him, I don't get it.

[TheLeviathan]

Bad start, they look like they may have work up though.

[Badsmerf]

Rudolph much more involved today.

[Mike Sixel]

Just quit trying field goals at this point. It's not like they will stop Green Bay much.

[Mr. Brooks]

I'm beginning to think that Griffin is contractually required to be offsides at least once per game.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I think Rodgers really wanted the ball snapped because he saw something. A break for the Vikings, maybe.

[Badsmerf]

Defense looking better the last few drives.

[Badsmerf]

I think Rodgers really wanted the ball snapped because he saw something. A break for the Vikings, maybe.

Good. They need to start frustrating him and he'll start forcing plays. Can't allow him to be comfortable, or he'll pick them apart.

[Mr. Brooks]

Awful 2 minute clock management, again.

[Vanimal46]

Piss poor special teams every week.

[Badsmerf]

Seriously? 2 missed FG? They should have gone for it after that penalty. 56 yards from the wrong side, just bomb it, about the same chance of converting.

[Mr. Brooks]

Seriously? 2 missed FG? They should have gone for it after that penalty. 56 yards from the wrong side, just bomb it, about the same chance of converting.

Another option would have been to not just stand at the line of scrimmage on 3rd and 7 while 21 seconds tick off the clock. They should have had 2 more plays on that drive, minimum.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Another option would have been to not just stand at the line of scrimmage on 3rd and 7 while 21 seconds tick off the clock. They should have had 2 more plays on that drive, minimum.

Agree. They were too afraid to leave time for Green Bay. It looked obvious to me.

[Vanimal46]

Agree. They were too afraid to leave time for Green Bay. It looked obvious to me.

Aaron Boogeyman Rodgers waiting on the other side line.

[Mr. Brooks]

Agree. They were too afraid to leave time for Green Bay. It looked obvious to me.

Yep. Teams that play scared don't deserve to win.

[Badsmerf]

Another option would have been to not just stand at the line of scrimmage on 3rd and 7 while 21 seconds tick off the clock. They should have had 2 more plays on that drive, minimum.

3rd and 7 isn't an easy conversion. I see the logic, and I see the counter.

[Badsmerf]

Also... clearly a penalty. I was wondering about it after seeing Bailey on the ground.

[Mike Sixel]

Awful 2 minute clock management, again.

Disagree. They had second and eighteen. Running the clock there makes sense. And I hate playing not to lose.

[Mr. Brooks]

Disagree. They had second and eighteen. Running the clock there makes sense. And I hate playing not to lose.

It was third and 7 when they ran the clock.

They can't have it both ways. By definition, you can't leave yourself time to score, without risking giving the other team time to score if they get the ball.

Commit to one, run out the clock, or try to score.

[Badsmerf]

It was third and 7 when they ran the clock.

They can't have it both ways. By definition, you can't leave yourself time to score, without risking giving the other team time to score if they get the ball.

Commit to one, run out the clock, or try to score.

They would have been fine without the false start, or had roughing the kicker been called like it should have. Kinda tough to for me to criticize too much in that situation.

[Badsmerf]

Hell of a showing by the defense there. Packers are really having trouble moving the ball now.