2022 Vikings Regular Season Thread

[gunnarthor]

Trey Lance is out for the season. The replay I've seen of the tackle didn't look so bad but perhaps a different angle (that I haven't seen) shows how the ankle got broken. Looked like a pretty routine play. Bummer for him.

[Vanimal46]

I am feeling optimistic about our chances tonight. The big test is Bradbury going up against Jordan Davis who is a mountain of a human being. 

[LVTwinsfan]

Good stop with help from the refs, where is the pass defense

[LVTwinsfan]

Eagles receivers wide open on every single play

[gunnarthor]

The secondary seems like a weakness

[nicksaviking]

On 9/5/2022 at 11:59 AM, nicksaviking said:

 

Not a ton of holdovers in the defensive front seven, but most of the DBs are the same. As a group, they were pretty bad last year, I'm hopeful a scheme changed doesn't make them even worse.

Yeah, feeling worse than ever about the secondary. Peterson looks absolutely shot.

[nicksaviking]

Wow. This defense is just awful. Can’t cover, can’t tackle and zero awareness where the ball is.

[LVTwinsfan]

Stop guessing helmet catch!

[BankTyper1210]

Is there anyone who couldn't see this coming?

[cHawk]

Vikings receivers dropping everything

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I’ve watched the second half. When does the Cousins era end? 

[cHawk]

1 minute ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

I’ve watched the second half. When does the Cousins era end? 

I have no idea.

[nicksaviking]

This loss is on the defense and oline, not Cousins.

BUT, elite QBs would be picking apart the Eagles D on all of these heavy blitzes.Did Cousins even audible or change protections once during that last drive?

He’s better than at least 70% of the other QBs in the league, but Cousins doesn’t have what it takes to put the team over the top.

[nicksaviking]

Ugh, OK let’s say 50%.

[Vanimal46]

This is one of the worst games Kirk Cousins has had in a Vikings uniform. The defense has been bad but they haven’t given up a point in the 2nd half. Kirk has thrown 3 terrible INTs and it could be more than that. 

[Vanimal46]

 

[nicksaviking]

It’s almost like they spent three months preparing for the Green Bay game, then not at all for Philly?

[nicksaviking]

Geez, I’d forgot all about that ‘Kirk Cousins sucks on Prime Time TV” bit. Seems like that should get brought up again.

[Danchat]

I had the Vikings losing this one, but I did not expect a tire fire... woof. I tried not to overreact to our big win Week 1 and I'll try not to overreact to this loss. Let's give O'Connell time.

I think people will finally stop underrating Hurts and the Eagles after this one, their roster is loaded and Hurts looks to be making the next step.

[Aggies7]

Utter trash performance.

Why did the DC never bring pressure? Why did the DBs play 10 yards off the ball? Why did the defense rarely change?

Sometimes you get good prime time Kirk. This was bad prime time Kirk. Really bad in the second half. So many offensive plays blown up before they could even develop. It was a jailbreak when the eagles brought pressure. 

What was this game plan. Was there a game plan? 
 

30 points in two games. Have not been overly impressed with the offensive output under the newest offensive guru on the block.

[Aggies7]

31 minutes ago, Danchat said:

I had the Vikings losing this one, but I did not expect a tire fire... woof. I tried not to overreact to our big win Week 1 and I'll try not to overreact to this loss. Let's give O'Connell time.

I think people will finally stop underrating Hurts and the Eagles after this one, their roster is loaded and Hurts looks to be making the next step.

Re: Hurts…the Vikings tried to bring zero pressure. DBs giving ten yard cushions all day. I cannot believe they literally just let him pick them apart all game with no adjustments made. This was a bizarre game. It’s almost like we were surprised by everything they did and were prepared for nothing. Then Kirk turns into old prime time Kirk and completely snuffed out anything the defense/ST gave him. He could have had 5-6 INTs

[Aggies7]

Oh, also, first bonehead decision by KOC…the eagles were trying to run out the half and he decided to call timeout for some unknown reason. Gave them 3 points. Instead of a 2 score game it’s not 3. Guess it didn’t matter but whatever 

[Vanimal46]

I thought Hicks was a sneaky good signing but he is getting exposed in pass coverage. He won’t be starting long if that is the case. 

I’m afraid we’re witnessing the decline of Dalvin Cook in real time. He hasn’t looked explosive at all so far. 

[Mike Sixel]

Glad I didn't watch the second half. I'd like to revise my win prediction down to nine.

Hicks looked awful in the parts I watched. Awful. Whatever the game plans were in the parts I watched, they were awful. 

[nicksaviking]

15 hours ago, Danchat said:

I had the Vikings losing this one, but I did not expect a tire fire... woof. I tried not to overreact to our big win Week 1 and I'll try not to overreact to this loss. Let's give O'Connell time.

I think people will finally stop underrating Hurts and the Eagles after this one, their roster is loaded and Hurts looks to be making the next step.

Jalen Hurts completion percentage struggles to crack 60% most weeks and he had a career high, and by far a career high, 83% against the Vikings. He was only at 56% against Detroit just last week. Last night his passes were not typically on target, but the Vikings had nobody near the receivers so they could easily adjust to make the uncontested catches.

Hurts looked good, but I think that was mostly due to the Vikings poor pass rush, brutal tackling and even worse coverage.

[Mike Sixel]

The main hope from that game is the OL played well, and it was only game two with a new staff and system. But, wow.

[Danchat]

4 hours ago, nicksaviking said:

Jalen Hurts completion percentage struggles to crack 60% most weeks and he had a career high, and by far a career high, 83% against the Vikings. He was only at 56% against Detroit just last week. Last night his passes were not typically on target, but the Vikings had nobody near the receivers so they could easily adjust to make the uncontested catches.

Hurts looked good, but I think that was mostly due to the Vikings poor pass rush, brutal tackling and even worse coverage.

I think he's taking a big step forward this year - having AJ Brown at his disposal and being in his second full year as a starter, I think we could see him jump up into the #11-15 QB tier this year.

[Vanimal46]

1 hour ago, Danchat said:

I think he's taking a big step forward this year - having AJ Brown at his disposal and being in his second full year as a starter, I think we could see him jump up into the #11-15 QB tier this year.

I think he’s already in that tier… Give it a few weeks and there will be talks of him entering the top 10 QB list. Philly has a really easy schedule to start the year and I could see them being 6-0 or 5-1 before their bye. I’d take him over Kirk even if their salaries were equal. 

[Vanimal46]

Today we find out if the Motor City Kitties are the real deal. No Harrison Smith or Andrew Booth Jr in the secondary. I’d like to see a lot more Lew Cine on the field. 

[Vanimal46]

Kirk still seeing ghosts from last week.