2023 Vikings Regular Season Thread

[Vanimal46]

Skol Giants!!

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Huge loss for the packers. Tommy may not have to wait long to move out. Someone may take a shot on him $$$

He's more accurate than Dobbs, at least for this one game. 

[Vanimal46]

Not sure why it’s easy for Daboll to incorporate more designed QB runs into his game plan with a different QB. But it’s rocket science for KOC. 

[Mike Sixel]

1 minute ago, Vanimal46 said:

Not sure why it’s easy for Daboll to incorporate more designed QB runs into his game plan with a different QB. But it’s rocket science for KOC. 

I had the same thought tonight

[Aggies7]

4 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

He's more accurate than Dobbs, at least for this one game. 

The final TD pass in the back of the end zone was legitimate. You know sports talk radio tomorrow “with the giants winning with Tommy Devito, do they skip on drafting a quarterback?”

[Mike Sixel]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

The final TD pass in the back of the end zone was legitimate. You know sports talk radio tomorrow “with the giants winning with Tommy Devito, do they skip on drafting a quarterback?”

Right.....I gave up on sports talk about ten years ago. 

[Aggies7]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

I had the same thought tonight

It really is amazing what happened with Dobbs. The guy won us two games. Yes largely with his feet but he was productive. Then something happened at halftime of the saints game and it just went downhill after. His exuberance was gone. Would love to know the real thoughts of the coaching staff.

But hilariously, if the Vikings make the playoffs, they can thank Dobbs. Either loss to the falcons or saints would have killed us.

[Parfigliano]

If not gonna see Hall.  Really think they should roll the dice on Flacco

[Aggies7]

Vikings now stand alone as the 6 seed for the week. I personally want nothing to do with playing SF, Dallas or Philly (I know they haven’t been good but I can’t take another loss in Philly) in the first round. 5 seed is out and the 4 will be the NFC south winner. Best case scenario, the Lions get the 3rd spot and we play them for the 3rd time in 4 weeks. But we’d have to finish at 6 and I’m not real confident in that happening. Heck we could easily still miss all together.

[Parfigliano]

51 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Vikings now stand alone as the 6 seed for the week. I personally want nothing to do with playing SF, Dallas or Philly (I know they haven’t been good but I can’t take another loss in Philly) in the first round. 5 seed is out and the 4 will be the NFC south winner. Best case scenario, the Lions get the 3rd spot and we play them for the 3rd time in 4 weeks. But we’d have to finish at 6 and I’m not real confident in that happening. Heck we could easily still miss all together.

If U cant take a 1st round playoff Vike loss...look away

[gunnarthor]

11 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

It really is amazing what happened with Dobbs. The guy won us two games. Yes largely with his feet but he was productive. Then something happened at halftime of the saints game and it just went downhill after. His exuberance was gone. Would love to know the real thoughts of the coaching staff.

But hilariously, if the Vikings make the playoffs, they can thank Dobbs. Either loss to the falcons or saints would have killed us.

The second half of the Saints game, their defense came with outside blitzes, keeping him in the pocket. We haven't adjusted to that.

[Vanimal46]

If Nick Mullens starts on Saturday, it will be the first time in Vikings history that 4 QBs start in a season, 

[Mike Sixel]

6 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

If Nick Mullens starts on Saturday, it will be the first time in Vikings history that 4 QBs start in a season, 

Yay? It's been a year all right. 

[Vanimal46]

2 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Yay? It's been a year all right. 

Crazy to think with all of the QB problems the Vikings experienced in 60+ years, they've started only 3 QBs or fewer each season. This season has been a rollercoaster... To finish out the season, all bets are off IMO. KOC will have to get creative to squeak out another win or two. 

[nicksaviking]

13 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

It really is amazing what happened with Dobbs. The guy won us two games. Yes largely with his feet but he was productive. Then something happened at halftime of the saints game and it just went downhill after. His exuberance was gone. Would love to know the real thoughts of the coaching staff.

But hilariously, if the Vikings make the playoffs, they can thank Dobbs. Either loss to the falcons or saints would have killed us.

I think the wins against the Saints and Falcons and then the last two games were all a bit of a fluke in opposite directions. Dobbs was able to move around when the way-past-their-primes Cam Jordan and Calais Campbell were at LDE. Then Brian O'Niell got completely obliterated by Montez Sweat and Maxx Crosby.

I mean, it's on Dobbs and the Vikings if rolling out to the ball side is your only play, but if you have an elite player who can bring down the QB and contain him, it's all the easier.

I think had the Vikings thought for a second about their upcoming matchups, they would have found the results to be more predictable.

[Aggies7]

Dobbs has been demoted to emergency QB for Saturday 

[nicksaviking]

The Vikings have scored fewer points in five successive games. Can they win this game 2-0?

[Aggies7]

1 hour ago, nicksaviking said:

The Vikings have scored fewer points in five successive games. Can they win this game 2-0?

Very quietly, the defense has allowed only one td on the last 3 games. Unfortunately it was the one that cost us against Denver 

[Aggies7]

Raiders already have 2 touchdowns in just over a half quarter. And headed for more. Football is funny 

[Aggies7]

Talk about a drop off between the #1 and 2 quarterbacks for the chargers. Going from Justin Herbert to Easton Stick

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Raiders already have 2 touchdowns in just over a half quarter. And headed for more. Football is funny 

Now 3 touchdowns, 12 minutes in 😂

[Aggies7]

42-0 at half!!! Unreal 

[Danchat]

How is this the same Raiders team?! O'Connell is playing so much better against this defense. Flores really is a wizard.

[Aggies7]

8 minutes ago, Danchat said:

How is this the same Raiders team?! O'Connell is playing so much better against this defense. Flores really is a wizard.

This is so bad, the chargers have completely quit. Now 56-7

[nicksaviking]

I’m sure the QB who’s never strated before is trying to win, but overall, it looks like the chargers are trying desperately to get Staley fired.

[Aggies7]

4 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

I’m sure the QB who’s never strated before is trying to win, but overall, it looks like the chargers are trying desperately to get Staley fired.

He might have to drive back to LA

[Aggies7]

Might get scorigami

[Aggies7]

 

[nicksaviking]

14 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

He might have to drive back to LA

Only if he has something to go back for and they didn’t already burn his house down.

[Vanimal46]

Aiden O'Connell went from the worst QB I have ever seen against a Brian Flores defense to throwing 4 TDs and 0 INTs? Yeah, just fire Brandon Staley now. Giving up 63 points against the Raiders HAS to be the final straw.