GAME THREAD: New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings, NFC Wild Card Game, 01/15/2023 @ 3:40 pm on FOX

[stringer bell]

Three most consequential plays:

3) Jefferson throw back to Cousins on 3rd and 1. 
2) Darrisaw false start on 4th and 1. 
1) Cousins check down on 4th and 8. 

[Parfigliano]

4 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

JJ was also non existent after the first drive. 

Last 3 games kinda disappeared

[Aggies7]

5 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Kirk is gonna have the box score stats to say he’s not the problem. But he decided to check down to a 3 yard pass with the season on the line. Sorry, I’m done with him. 

Respectfully disagree. He was the only reason we were in the game. Arguably the biggest reason a team with such a bad defense won 13 games. Can’t defend that last pass but the man gets abused behind a bad offensive line every game and still balls out. He was far down the list of reasons why they lost today

[stringer bell]

8 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

JJ was also non existent after the first drive. 

Classic Belichick defense. Take away the best offensive weapon and dare the rest to beat you. 

[Aggies7]

Reasons for this loss:

1) defense and everything about it

2) offsides on what would have been a converted 4th down

3) bizarre play call throwing the ball to Kirk on 3rd and 1

[Mike Sixel]

10 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Kirk is gonna have the box score stats to say he’s not the problem. But he decided to check down to a 3 yard pass with the season on the line. Sorry, I’m done with him. 

He led 8 come back wins this year..... The defense forced one punt, and it's on Kirk? 

[LVTwinsfan]

14 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Oh they’re going places alright. It involves a tee time

Great gig if you can get it

[Aggies7]

Easy to be angry now but on the bright side, the niners would have absolutely curb stomped us next week 

[Parfigliano]

7 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

He led 8 come back wins this year..... The defense forced one punt, and it's on Kirk? 

I blame the D primarily.  I choose to belive that pass back to Cousins play never happened.  

[Aggies7]

5 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

I blame the D primarily.  I choose to belive that pass back to Cousins play never happened.  

He was nearly perfect today with a couple drops thrown in for good measure. One on the play before the check down 

[Mike Sixel]

That false start.... And awful defense. And screen plays...

[Aggies7]

A stat the perfectly describes this franchise as a whole:

11-0 in 1 score regular season games

0-1 in 1 score playoff games 

[Vanimal46]

24 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

He led 8 come back wins this year..... The defense forced one punt, and it's on Kirk? 

The pass short of the sticks on 4th down is why you move on from Kirk. He has a mental breakdown passing beyond the sticks. 

[Mike Sixel]

3 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

The pass short of the sticks on 4th down is why you move on from Kirk. He has a mental breakdown passing beyond the sticks. 

Then you should trade everyone not JJ or Darrisaw and start over. He literally carried the team this year. I expect plenty will agree with you, completely ignoring the regular season and defense and play of the OL at the end of the year. Good luck finding better. Good luck 

[Aggies7]

It’s going to be interesting to see if the front office can completely rebuild a defense in one off-season.

Oh, and the offensive line lol

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

It’s going to be interesting to see if the front office can completely rebuild a defense in one off-season.

Oh, and the offensive line lol

Seems unlikely. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

35 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Respectfully disagree. He was the only reason we were in the game. Arguably the biggest reason a team with such a bad defense won 13 games. Can’t defend that last pass but the man gets abused behind a bad offensive line every game and still balls out. He was far down the list of reasons why they lost today

Correct but part of the plan should be to move on after Kirk finishes next season. It’s just so typical of the Vikings that that was the final play. 

 

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

Seems unlikely. 

That’s the problem. You really need to tear it down in many aspects but hard to do that with a good QB and all pro WR

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Correct but part of the plan should be to move on after Kirk finishes next season. It’s just so typical of the Vikings that that was the final play. 

 

Money wise they may have to. Maybe we can draft someone last and have him lead us to the playoffs lol

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Kendricks did not look good. Maybe it’s that injury. I agree 2023 should be a retool year and if the offense carries them to the playoffs again in 2023, gravy.

[Mike Sixel]

I hope the coach looks at the failure of all his cute plays..... And gets rid of them next year

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

That’s the problem. You really need to tear it down in many aspects but hard to do that with a good QB and all pro WR

Yup 

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Kendricks did not look good. Maybe it’s that injury. I agree 2023 should be a retool year and if the offense carries them to the playoffs again in 2023, gravy.

He was terrible all year

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

I hope the coach looks at the failure of all his cute plays..... And gets rid of them next year

Classic overthinking. The upside of that play was never going to be more than a couple yard gain. Kirk is the slowest man alive 

[LVTwinsfan]

I wouldn’t blame Kirk or anyone on the offense. Defense is horrible, they give up too many big plays and big chunks of yardage. They also eat up too much time by not being able to make a stop. Did the Giants have any 3 and outs today? Fix the defense and you have a football team.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

I wouldn’t blame Kirk or anyone on the offense. Defense is horrible, they give up too many big plays and big chunks of yardage. They also eat up too much time by not being able to make a stop. Did the Giants have any 3 and outs today? Fix the defense and you have a football team.

They punted twice all game and that last one would never have happened without a drop on an easy first down 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Money wise they may have to. Maybe we can draft someone last and have him lead us to the playoffs lol

Identifying QBs is maybe the hardest thing to do in sports, but it can be done.

If another team drafts Purdy, he probably sits on the bench undiscovered. If San Fran takes another guy with the last pick, Purdy might be coaching in high school somewhere, or whatever young free agent QBs do. Maybe Mullens is the guy, I don’t know, but someone somewhere ought to know. 

[Vanimal46]

19 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Then you should trade everyone not JJ or Darrisaw and start over. He literally carried the team this year. I expect plenty will agree with you, completely ignoring the regular season and defense and play of the OL at the end of the year. Good luck finding better. Good luck 

He did not literally carry the team this year. And you don’t tear down everything including young OL because you don’t have the long term QB on roster. 

[Aggies7]

The state of Minnesota drops to 2-15 against New York teams in the playoffs this century 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

22 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

The state of Minnesota drops to 2-15 against New York teams in the playoffs this century 

HOWEVER the Minnesota Gophers football team did win their bowl game in Yankee Stadium this year!