TheLeviathan
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My number one issue with this team is that it runs and moves like a slow pitch, beer league softball team. We're the White Sox we used to chide when we ran around them like pirahnas. I'm all for some bash, but this team needs more dash. We're simply not making life difficult enough on our opponents in between slugging.- 32 replies
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A lot of sports fans think injuries come down to luck or training (and those factor in), but at the end of the day so much of it is out of the hands of the athlete at all and comes down to genetic lottery. It's unfortunate injuries happen. Some people, despite all the other gifts that could lead them to such an exciting career, simply have other factors holding them back from achieving that dream. Kid came a long way and I'm happy he's made a choice that will help him live comfortably the rest of his days. Sad he couldn't see it through.
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Just for the record - Vikings are 7th in scoring on the season. 16th over the last 3 games. And over the last 14 quarters are averaging about 21.5 points per game. That would place them about 20-22nd if they continued it. Which is 4-5 points higher than bottom 5. So, quite literally, nowhere close to being "easily bottom five".
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Actually, I acknowledged KOC has flaws and said I've criticized him myself. What you want everyone to do is accept your broad, hyperbolic conclusions are validly drawn from your cherry picked, overstated anecdotes. Your arguments actually prove MY point. Of course my examples don't support broad conclusions - that was the point! I used your argument to draw the same kind of sweeping conclusions and you (with a stunning display of lack of self-awareness) fell right into it. You keep thinking that your tactic here is something worth a back and forth. It isn't. You're wrong for the same reason my purposefully narrow attacks on those coaches was wrong. So....no, I'm not going to agree with this paragraph. It hasn't been "literally half the season". You keep trying to make that argument despite the fact, to use your favorite word, it quite literally isn't true. It'd be one thing if you said "Man guys...I'm a little concerned that our offense has had some stretches where it really struggles. Is that a red flag for the future" Yeah, that's a concern with valid arguments behind it. "I dont think KOC is very good and it's becuse the Vikings have sucked for literally half the time since the Big Bang and KOC literally can't spell football!" is an argument I'll just pass on partaking with, thank you very much.
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The mental gymnastics in this post would make a Russian ballerina blush. London games are frequently sloppy and erratic, not just for the Vikings but for all teams. The point was that most teams that go to London dont play a representative game, win or lose. Let's do the rest rapid fire: Andy Reid's vaunted offensive genius has looked hideous for a long time now. Like....Patrick Mahomes dropped in fantasy leagues bad. Tomlin's teams have made the 1970s look like passing juggernauts. Harbaugh's team lost to a backup QB this week. Lafluer's teams haven't won squat and had some of the most ridiculous postseason chokes of recent memory. McVay's Rams have 15 total wins the last two years. 5 less than KOC despite half their schedule being against a garbage ass division. See how the cherry picking game works? Those are all good coaches. All with imperfect performances that one could contort themselves into attacking if they saw fit. You're trying too hard man. Like...WAY too hard.
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I mean...even with the effort to take out defensive TDs they are still top 10. Yes, they had a bad second half against GB. (But...I'll point out, when the offensive NEEDED to score. They did) The Jets are a good defensive team and they played in London. I thought they played fine. We had a good first half against the Rams. Yeah, we've had three bad stretches (first half of Det, second halves of LA and GB). In 7 games, why is that time to worry? Something to improve, sure. Good coaches go through stretches like that all the time! Tell me....who IS a great coach in the NFL in your opinion? And brace yourself, I guarantee you I can point to some seriously problematic stretches for them too.
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Top 10 scoring team. As Mike rightly pointed out. You are deliberately narrowing the context.
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You think after 7 games (which includes the most difficult stretch of their season) is a good time to make year by year comparisons? Also...we finished 10th with Mullens and Dobbs at QB......and you still want to toss out that kind of claim? KOC can be criticized, I've done so myself here on TD, but criticisms should attempt fairness. Yours is deliberately cooking the stats to fit an agenda.
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Well, he's had absolute garbage at QB. That's not really on him. I'd take Dionte Johnson over Hopkins all day.
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I mean....you acknowledge that last year's 19th has some factors in it beyond KOC right? Were you here for last year? Do you not remember what last year entailed?
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Losing Ben Rortvedt "gutted" our catching core. I admit, it's a bold take.
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You lost me at the "Getting Correa wasn't a big deal" thesis.
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I'd bet they move Brandel to LT and put Risner at LG. That's my prediction. I think they deal one of their 5th rounders for a DT, OL, or CB. (Probably get a 6th or a 7th back with the guy)
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The Twins got semi-productive play out of their guys from the Yankees and dumped a contract albatross that allowed them to pursue Correa at all. The deal without context may not be that impressive, but the subsequent moves it opened up certainly were.
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The ratings are getting all sorts of attention without any nuance by market, but the numbers aren't all that stunning. Only a third of New Yorkers are even watching it. The game has localized itself so hard no one cares to watch as a casual fan.
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Well....we really don't have a lot of picks to deal. The Vikings should be looking for low-key adds. This was never "the year", 5-0 or not shouldn't change the way the front office behaves.
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Crazy slate of games today - upsets galore, games going in completely unexpected directions, it's been wild. The Lions are the class of the league. The playoffs are going to end up with 14 really evenly matched teams at this rate.
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Agreed. I'm more on the Calaias Campbell wagon.
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The pass rush was covering up holes in coverage. Tonight the rushers were non existent other than Greenard. This is the kind of game that justifies a trade.
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Well, that ending fits.
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Pass rush is no showing tonight.
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Our pass rush needs to fare better against a subpar OL. Only Greenard has any juice today.
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This should be a "get right" game for the offense. Their secondary is awful. I think 31-17 sort of game with a Vikings win.
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Look at the AMAZING ratings those are getting though!
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Alec Lewis had an article where he had trade suggestions. I actually really like the Calais Campbell suggestion. He's one of the most underrated defensive players of the last 15 years. Dude can still beast his way into the backfield too. Best part is that I think you can get him for a 5th. I would love to see them upgrade RG too but I just don't see it happening now. They're going to have to that in FA.
