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Justin Gaard @jgkfan
Ask yourself this: What OC would want to come here knowing you're potentially gonna get trashed?


Justin Gaard @jgkfan
The move tomorrow regarding DeFlippo isn't to fire him. It's to apologize and let him run the offense they way he wants.

I agree with both

- never imagined myself turning on Zimmer like this but I have

Just wondering how DeFlip wants to run it?

Fire the whole staff. Send Speilman packing.

And fire the head official who picked up leverage flag. Totally looked like Marty has something with this sway thing. Could that have been challenged?

Penalties are not "challangable"

I've seen where a QB pass was challenged if it was tipped or not. And then the PI call was changed.

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Pager

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

Justin Gaard @jgkfan
Ask yourself this: What OC would want to come here knowing you're potentially gonna get trashed?


Justin Gaard @jgkfan
The move tomorrow regarding DeFlippo isn't to fire him. It's to apologize and let him run the offense they way he wants.

I agree with both

- never imagined myself turning on Zimmer like this but I have

Just wondering how DeFlip wants to run it?

Fire the whole staff. Send Speilman packing.

And fire the head official who picked up leverage flag. Totally looked like Marty has something with this sway thing. Could that have been challenged?

Penalties are not "challangable"

I've seen where a QB pass was challenged if it was tipped or not. And then the PI call was changed.

"Leverage" is oddly considered a judgement call.

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

This year's team is a fn embarrassment. Whatever heads have to roll get em rolling.

Boy I hope we squeak into the playoffs (we won't) so we can get immediately kicked.

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk!

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Ben Leber @nacholeber
Tonight will be an interesting conflict for Flip...he’s being asked to run more but this Seattle Secondary has issues tackling and in coverage. I would hope early runs open up pass game in 2nd half. #Vikings #Seahawks #playoffatmosphere

* getting burned out on hearing this over and over
- be nice if we could run, though ... succesfully
-- "What do you mean, RJ, Cook ran for 9 yds per last game

I'm getting burned out hearing ANY of the speculation on our strategy/gameplanning. It's never as simple as 'run more' or 'set up the pass'. Each game should have it's own game plan designed upon how to exploit their weaknesses with our strengths. That goes for offense, defense, and special teams.

Does our opponent struggle vs the pass? What type of passes? Which players - SPECIFICALLY - can be exploited? Also - let's assume that the opponent ALSO knows their weaknesses and will be preparing to best hide/minimize it. Can we think a step or two ahead and guess what they might do and then look for that on the field and be prepared for some possible scenarios we might see?

What are our strengths? Let's assume the opponent can also identify them. What would they be most likely to do to minimize them?

These are the types of questions I see coaches like Belichick, McVeigh, and now Nagy asking themselves during the week and properly preparing based on their evaluations.

Our guy says things like 'run more', 'I'm over-coaching the defense', and 'the toughest team will win'. I get the feeling that if born earlier Zimmer would have opted to not use the forward pass when that became a thing.

It's like people saying that we need to draft X position in two of the first three rounds or for sure number one when the players available may not remotely warrant it. (Not talking about someone "graded" early second taken late first, etc.) It looks like in the coming offseason, we need to spend significant money on OGs because we need starters and the draft might not even yield players who will be good in year two.

Just watched James Daniels play last night and he looked pretty darn good.

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

Justin Gaard @jgkfan
Ask yourself this: What OC would want to come here knowing you're potentially gonna get trashed?


Justin Gaard @jgkfan
The move tomorrow regarding DeFlippo isn't to fire him. It's to apologize and let him run the offense they way he wants.

I agree with both

- never imagined myself turning on Zimmer like this but I have

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Mark, more money was on Minnesota, did Seattle get favorable officiating in the 4th quarter, as I suggested they might before the game ?

They sometimes favor the team they want to lose [or not cover the spread] in the 1st half, then favor the team they want to cover in the 2nd half. I don't know, was this the case ?

I didn't get to see the game, was checking the game graphics/plays at CBS sportsline, along with the game day thread.

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Bobby Wagner just said that they studied the Vikings and basically knew what was coming the whole night, esp at the beginning....

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Bobby Wagner just said that they studied the Vikings and basically knew what was coming the whole night, esp at the beginning....

Shades of the Eagles playoff game last year.

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ORIGINAL: marty

Looking at the highlights, it is Cousins to blame.

He looks to be a split second BEHIND the defense much of the time, instead of a split second ahead of them. He had a great OL in Washington, and that was still true of his play at crucial times.

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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

I am really losing confidence in Flip. It's easiest to point fingers at play calling, we've been doing it for Ray Sherman, Linehan, Bevell over the years.

Flip can't seem to follow through on a gameplan, his plays are hit or miss. Of course it all comes back to the OLine, which has made Kirk skittish as well. Tough to pin point on one thing exactly and I'd still be willing to give him another year with a better OLine and a better TE.

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ORIGINAL: marty

Looking at the highlights, it is Cousins to blame.

He looks to be a split second BEHIND the defense much of the time, instead of a split second ahead of them. He had a great OL in Washington, and that was still true of his play at crucial times.

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I am really losing confidence in Flip. It's easiest to point fingers at play calling, we've been doing it for Ray Sherman, Linehan, Bevell over the years.

Flip can't seem to follow through on a gameplan, his plays are hit or miss. Of course it all comes back to the OLine, which has made Kirk skittish as well. Tough to pin point on one thing exactly and I'd still be willing to give him another year with a better OLine and a better TE.

It feels like the offense has gone more and more downhill the more Zim talks about getting involved with it.

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ORIGINAL: marty

Mark, more money was on Minnesota, did Seattle get favorable officiating in the 4th quarter, as I suggested they might before the game ?

They sometimes favor the team they want to lose [or not cover the spread] in the 1st half, then favor the team they want to cover in the 2nd half. I don't know, was this the case ?

I didn't get to see the game, was checking the game graphics/plays at CBS sportsline, along with the game day thread.

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ORIGINAL: marty

Looking at the highlights, it is Cousins to blame.

He looks to be a split second BEHIND the defense much of the time, instead of a split second ahead of them. He had a great OL in Washington, and that was still true of his play at crucial times.

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ORIGINAL: marty

Looking at the highlights, it is Cousins to blame.

He looks to be a split second BEHIND the defense much of the time, instead of a split second ahead of them. He had a great OL in Washington, and that was still true of his play at crucial times.

Just watched some of the crucial plays(DVR).

Thielen wide open in EZ as Cousins forces it to double covered Rudy(and the OLine held up for once and he had plenty of time and rushed it).

Cousins double clutches to wide open Thielen and lets CB get back into play right before blocked FG.

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I am really losing confidence in Flip. It's easiest to point fingers at play calling, we've been doing it for Ray Sherman, Linehan, Bevell over the years.

Flip can't seem to follow through on a gameplan, his plays are hit or miss. Of course it all comes back to the OLine, which has made Kirk skittish as well. Tough to pin point on one thing exactly and I'd still be willing to give him another year with a better OLine and a better TE.

It feels like the offense has gone more and more downhill the more Zim talks about getting involved with it.