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Trekgeekscott -> RE: General Vikes Talk (11/13/2023 9:07:26 AM)
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My feelings on the game
Everything went right in the first half.
Offense was clicking. Defense was stifling.
Then they got ultra conservative up by 21 at halftime.
But this team, of all teams, should know (thank you Colts), that this lead is not insurmountable. If we scored 24 in the first half, they can in the second. and they have the weapons to do it if you are not careful. Now, Granted, any coach worth his salt is going to make adjustments at halftime. That being said, don't change what you are doing until they stop it.
Jameis Winston threw a wrench into what the Saints were doing cause he makes throws, dangerous ones, that most QBs wont. On BOTH TDs our guy is right there. Winston saved us and killed the Saints chances at a comeback by being Winston. The reason he is not a starting QB anymore is his propensity to throw the ball to the wrong team.
Vikings got too passive in the second half and made this game way closer than it needed to be. On both sides of the ball.
Players that shined:
Ty Chandler. it's not that he's physically any better than Mattison...it's that has better vision. He slipped through holes that Mattison would have missed. and once he's there he looks like he's shot out of a cannon. Dobbs keeps dealing as long as KOC doesn't neuter him. TJ Hockenson is a WARRIOR. DJ Wonnum is overshadowed by Hunter, but he's having a great season so far. Hunter is a beast and will get paid big by someone this coming offseason. I'd like to keep him but I have a feeling they are going to let him go. Mekhi Blackmon...rookie CB was tight in coverage, made a pick and nearly had another on the hail mary. Been noticing him more.
OLine is playing a lot better now. Best I've seen in years.
KOC has these guys believing, playing as a team. He recognizes that he's not coaching perfectly and is trying to improve himself...players tend to notice that.
It was all doom and gloom after the 0-3 start, but we are now 6-4 with a softer schedule the rest of the way and solidly in second place in the North. Detroit has to feel us breathing down their necks.
We played without Cousins, JJ, KJ, and Akers with a WR group of Addison, Powell, Mundt, Jackson, and Nailor and we found a way to dominate the first half of the game. Now do that for ALL of a game and keep doing that.
Best coaching I've seen so far in a long life of watching. Bud Grant was at the end of his career when I started watching. KOC is doing to get better and we will be happy to have him. He's making some serious lemonade out of the lemons he's been given. Coach of the year should be considered.
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