2021 Vikings Season Thread

[cHawk]

OK WTF. Why is Hill back in?

[Mike Sixel]

1 minute ago, cHawk said:

OK WTF. Why is Hill back in?

Bad coaching?

[cHawk]

A screen on 3rd and 16. Great playcalling.

[Mike Sixel]

Lions coach.... Punting.... So stupid.

[gunnarthor]

Man,  what a crappy, crappy ending

[Vanimal46]

Hahahahhahaha EPIC meltdown. 

[Vanimal46]

They played not to lose and did exactly that. Amazing. 

[TheLeviathan]

If they lose....it's for the best.

[LVTwinsfan]

Bad teams will always find a way to lose

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, TheLeviathan said:

If they lose....it's for the best.

Probably seals Zimmer’s fate getting fired this season. 

[LVTwinsfan]

Well they are playing the Lions

[Vanimal46]

Good for Greg Joseph! What a crazy ending. Never should have needed that last second drive in the first place. 

[LVTwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Probably seals Zimmer’s fate getting fired this season. 

He still needs to be fired

[Mike Sixel]

Please fire Zimmer. If the Lions coach was good at all......

[LVTwinsfan]

Good thing the Lions went for 2, otherwise the lackluster Vikings would have just settled for overtime

[LVTwinsfan]

Championship teams always play to win, they score often, even when they feel they don’t need the points, they are always intense. Does any of this sound like the Vikings, of course not, they will not go anywhere, just playing not to lose, any third grader can see that.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We won?

 

Is this how that other game was supposed to end, but didn't?

[LVTwinsfan]

The Vikings did all they could to lose, but the Lions weren't having it

[Vanimal46]

You could tell me they were fighting, not celebrating a win, and I would believe you. 

[Vanimal46]

We now have 4 games in a row without a TD in the 2nd half for the offense. That is a major problem that needs to be addressed. 

[TheLeviathan]

No clue what happened to the playcaller from the Seattle game.

[Vanimal46]

I’m confused what the identity of this offense is, 5 games in. Something is fishy, and I don’t think it’s simply because Dalvin Cook is unavailable. We keep seeing the offense revert back to a conservative philosophy under Zimmer’s tenure. Can we continue firing OCs or lose them to promotion? 

[LVTwinsfan]

3 hours ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Bad teams will always find a way to lose

When I posted that I was referring to the Vikes, but thanks to the Lions for proving my point

[Danchat]

That was a borderline atrocity... Detroit has almost zero talent on their roster, and still put up a fight. It had a lot more to do with the squandering of talent on the Vikings' roster rather than the Lions playing well. Ugh.

[Mike Sixel]

1 hour ago, Danchat said:

That was a borderline atrocity... Detroit has almost zero talent on their roster, and still put up a fight. It had a lot more to do with the squandering of talent on the Vikings' roster rather than the Lions playing well. Ugh.

If they open up the offense, it can be great. 

[Mike Sixel]

Neither KC or Buffalo taking a knee......

[nicksaviking]

Thielen is starting to look pretty slow. His snap % is still in the 90s, that needs to change and they need to start transitioning to Osborn who's more explosive.

[Vanimal46]

Read a stat that the Vikings have given up over 100 yards rushing in 9 straight games. With solid odds of being 10 straight against Christian McCaffery this week. 

[Mike Sixel]

11 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Read a stat that the Vikings have given up over 100 yards rushing in 9 straight games. With solid odds of being 10 straight against Christian McCaffery this week. 

Defensive genius!

[nicksaviking]

13 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

Read a stat that the Vikings have given up over 100 yards rushing in 9 straight games. 

That's really, really surprising.

Not because the front seven are playing well, just because the secondary is getting roasted so badly I don't know why the other team would ever bother running the football.