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Vanimal46

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Is Zimmer the most conservative coach in football?

Zero aggression on their last 2 offensive drives, and defensive drives.

 

It is his mantra. Play not to lose. Saints were stacking the box, let Cousins air it out and win the game. Instead, bonehead run plays and third and long with no chance. Same **** every game.

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Great win, but in spite of Zimmer, not due to Zimmer.

Gutless 4th quarter.

But nice job Cousins.

I partially disagree. Zimmer really had the defense ready today. I was shocked. He did good there. I wasn't thrilled with some of our conservative play calling but not sure how much of that is on Zimmer or our OC.

 

But it's a heck of a win. Good for us.

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I partially disagree. Zimmer really had the defense ready today. I was shocked. He did good there. I wasn't thrilled with some of our conservative play calling but not sure how much of that is on Zimmer or our OC.

 

But it's a heck of a win. Good for us.

Given they are on their fourth OC, and they are always conservative, I have a theory.....

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I partially disagree. Zimmer really had the defense ready today. I was shocked. He did good there. I wasn't thrilled with some of our conservative play calling but not sure how much of that is on Zimmer or our OC.

 

But it's a heck of a win. Good for us.

It was a good defensive game overall, although the Saints were kind of eating us up in the 4th quarter. If Brees doesn't fumble (admitted some credit goes to our defense for that too!) or if the Saints don't bungle their clock management on the final drive, we probably lose the game.

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It was a good defensive game overall, although the Saints were kind of eating us up in the 4th quarter. If Brees doesn't fumble (admitted some credit goes to our defense for that too!) or if the Saints don't bungle their clock management on the final drive, we probably lose the game.

True but keeping that offense in check, even if they started getting some thing going with Hill late, was really impressive. I thought we might win a shoot-out but we kept them out of the endzone pretty well. The defense really stood up. I know nothing about the 49ers but hopefully we beat them, too.

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True but keeping that offense in check, even if they started getting some thing going with Hill late, was really impressive. I thought we might win a shoot-out but we kept them out of the endzone pretty well. The defense really stood up. I know nothing about the 49ers but hopefully we beat them, too.

The 49ers have a stacked DL full of high 1st round picks. Kyle Shanahan is a good play caller and spreads it around. I don’t think they have an established #1 WR or #1 RB.

 

Jimmy Garappolo is almost the opposite of Cousins as far as their narratives. Cousins we know has the losing record in prime time games. All Jimmy G does is win, but he’s rarely the reason why they win.

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The best path to the Super Bowl is through Lambeau!

that depends on if in this scenario, the Seahawks get healthy and lose to the Packers anyways.

 

If the Seahawks are still banged up and manage to eek out a win again an inconsistent (yet still awesome) Packers team, that might be a better bet for your Vikes. Wilson and the rest of the team might still be hobbled, but shouldn’t be overlooked. That has been LaFleur’s Achilles Heel.

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