Game Thread: Vikings Vs Lions

[PnkPanther]

Time to right the ship

If we lose to Detroit at home, than I'll start to panic, but we've been exposed a bit. Two off games in a row is concerning

 

[fknhippie]

You may as well start panicking. Lions front 7 is better than the Bears. Unless our D is putting points on the board.....

 

[kobesgame]

Boone may have a concussion, so that could be another hole to fill.

Remember a couple weeks ago when things were awesome? I do. That was more fun.

 

[kobesgame]

You may as well start panicking. Lions front 7 is better than the Bears. Unless our D is putting points on the board.....

I was highly disappointed in the Vikings front 7 last night.

 

[PnkPanther]

I was highly disappointed in the Vikings front 7 last night.

I as well, they got pushed around by a bad bears O line

 

[MTVike]

Too soon, Pnk.

 

[PnkPanther]

Too soon, Pnk.

I'm trying to move on

Are we the falcons of last year? or just a bump in the road

 

[MTVike]

I'm trying to move on

Are we the falcons of last year? or just a bump in the road

O-line is our Achilles Heel, how you fix that mid-season, I don't know.

 

[bt08]

TJ Clemmings has been getting abused, I mean seriously

 

[Old Lion]

We just lost probably our best pass rusher for 3 games. If our game plans are not altered we are not beating anyone else on the road.

Dont worry about the front 7 anyway. We are playing vanilla zone with CBs 7-10 yards off. You can throw underneath all day without fear of being sacked because the ball will be out quickly.

You might see a shit ton of corner blitzes though.

 

[PnkPanther]

TJ Clemmings has been getting abused, I mean seriously

It's criminal

 

[GhostOfPoverty]

O-line is our Achilles Heel, how you fix that mid-season, I don't know.

After the ridiculous amount of injuries this team has endured and the fact that our O-line was pretty bad to begin with, my hopes have been tempered for this team. If they beat Detroit next week, I think it is safe to still hope for them to win the division, but they can't afford another loss against a bad team like Chicago.

To be a lock for the division, they can't afford to drop more than two more games - the hardest games remaining still being Dallas and @ Green Bay. I think Detroit will be very tough to beat on Thanksgiving as well. @ Washington is another game that concerns me.

The past two weeks have shown us that while our D is very good, it isn't one that can be relied upon to consistently win despite horrible showings by the offense week in and week out. The offense needs to put 21+ points against teams with good offenses, and certainly can't keep blowing opportunities to give us early leads like the dropped Diggs would-be TD early in the Chicago game. It's tough for the D to keep their moral up with that bs constantly happening.

O-line definitely needs to be addressed aggressively in the offseason. AP will be gone sans developing a willingness to take a huge paycut in order to stick with the team and make one last title run as a Viking in 2017. Freeing up that AP $ should allow for them to improve the O-line noticeably.

 

[GhostOfPoverty]

We just lost probably our best pass rusher for 3 games. If our game plans are not altered we are not beating anyone else on the road.

Dont worry about the front 7 anyway. We are playing vanilla zone with CBs 7-10 yards off. You can throw underneath all day without fear of being sacked because the ball will be out quickly.

You might see a shit ton of corner blitzes though.

Even though the Vikes ALWAYS struggle at Soldier Field, losing to the atrocious Bears with how good the Vikes were weeks 1-5 is very concerning. Stafford is playing well enough where I won't automatically put it past the Vikes to drop the game even in Minnesota. I predict a close, hard fought game on both sides, probably ending 13-20 or so. I like the Vikes' chances, but in all reality, either team coming away with the win won't surprise me, but a high scoring game would.

 

[broncosmitty]

You may as well start panicking. Lions front 7 is better than the Bears. Unless our D is putting points on the board.....

Linebackers though. Not so good.

If Slay doesn't play, the secondary is real damn rough as well.

 

[fknhippie]

Fuck...what in the hell was that?

Just practicing, getting ready for Sunday.

 

[27mtrcougar]

TJ Clemmings has been getting abused, I mean seriously

Yeah I don't get why they started him over Sirles. Sirles has been better the Long and Clemmings. Clemmings right now has received the lowest grade by PFF over anyone over the last decade. Clemmings has to start now with Boone out. Bradford might not survive this game.

 

[kobesgame]

Jesus fucking Christ. Shurmer's red zone philosophy of moving backwards is quite discouraging.

 

[bt08]

Viking are really starting to SUCK

 

[kobesgame]

Welp. The first 5 weeks were sure fun. I still fondly remember those weeks when Blair Walsh was our only problem.

 

[kobesgame]

Nice 3-and-out to start the half, but until the offense shows me a pulse, I'm banking on a loss.