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Bruce Johnson -> RE: General Vikes Talk (1/10/2020 5:28:52 PM)
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Kevin Seifert was on the radio. I've never been much of a fan of his because he is not a fan of our team, (ie. he doesn't say what we want to hear) but he does offer his opinions objectively. He was saying that the Niners will be tough for the Vikings because of their defensive line. Teams with dominant defensive lines give the Vikings trouble. Cousins does not have escapability and he often takes more time than average to pick out his receivers. It helps if we can get some traction with the running game, but if we get behind or if the running game is impotent, then they will be pinning their ears back, as they say. The play action won't work and by the way the Niners use play action in their offense so the defense must see a lot of it in their practices.
That being said we have a really good defensive line too that has seen play action in practices too. Garappolo gets nervous in the pocket and doesn't have playoff experience.
Who knows what will happen, but the Niners are favored heavily and there are reasons for that. The Vikings will have to keep their mistakes to a minimum- not only avoiding the turnovers, but also the drive busting holding penalties. On defense they will have to make their one on one tackles in space and make good adjustments as the game progresses.
We have to know that the chances are not high, but there is still hope. We beat the Saints at their place last Sunday.
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