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Daniel Lee Young -> RE: General Vikes Talk (1/15/2020 6:05:37 AM)
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Ok now that I have had some sleep and time to unwind...
This is my post Mortem on 2019-2020 season.
I stand by my call that it was a good season.
10-6 and making the dance and beating the Aints in the hurricane refugee dome is not “ accepting mediocrity”
Yea, I remember the days when we won the division and clinched early.. sweeping the rivals of our division was routine and became a norm.
Parity and rule changes and ownership and money have changed the game forever..
That is the reality of life.. things always change.
As most of us saw, and it was glaring, our offensive line and defensive line and the steep drop off of our secondary coverage were the top reasons this team struggled in the games we lost.
Injuries played a big part as well.
Love or hate him, Cousins did his job, when he wasn’t being forced to run for his life.
Play action and rollout/boot plays were effective.
Drop back pocket schemes flat out were not.
Elfline and Reif need to go, Rhodes, needs to go, the run first and second and hope to be in short yardage on third philosophy... (in other words), Zimmer ball... needs to be revamped.
I can not deny that Zimmer has beena good influence on the defensive side of the ball, but his unbending, unwillingness to sit player who are struggling and his penchant to make rookies and draft picks wait in the wings while his “ vets” get trucked and burned, is very disconcerting.
We have lost coaches, which was to be expected.. winners in the NFL loose co-ordinations, always.
Whether those guys were keys to certain types of success, or millstone around the franchise neck, remains to be seen.
Cook is/ was a good back, paired with Mattison, our running game was respectable and had to be game planned for by the opposition.
Unfortunately, that game plan was simple, same as with Peterson. runblitz, overload the middle and win the LOS/POA and the running game is stuffed.
That is a combination of players and blocking schemes, which is squarely on the coaches and more importantly, the management, for not understanding a basic tenet of the NFL.. you need offensive line players to be more than just bodies that get in the way. Strength and agility are irreplaceable skill sets that need to be present o a major degree from tackle to tackle.
Diggs and Thielen are top tier NFL caliber receivers, but the need to be on the field together. One without the other was way easier to defend.
That points out the ineffectiveness and lack of schemes and “threat worthy “ third receivers and tight ends.
Our passing game needs more dependable targets and a quarterback willing and able to trust and throw the ball to more than just 2-3 guys.
Look at the teams left in the playoffs..almost al of them have QB’s who spread the ball around.
Plus, and this is, again, our glaring weakness, protection and time to pick out other targets.
Defensively, Griff and Rhodes need to be shopped on the block for the best deals we can get.
I know that those players, much like Barr and Rudolph, have their staunch defenders, but, truth is, defense is a key to success and it must constantly be evolving.
Weakness and predictability are coffin nails.
The scheme brought out in N’Orleans was well thought out and I enjoyed/ stressed the f out watching that game, but it was fun and worth it.
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