Dana Turner
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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking As tough as a loss that was, you have to appreciate the fight to come back and really dominate the Packers for 3 quarters. I don't blame Stefanski for the call, Kirk has Thielen for 4 yards, but he felt the need to get it to Diggs who was open for a moment. It could be a season changing moment because the OLine and the run game were making a statement on that drive. Great point Rob, he could have done a few other things that wouldn't have cost us the game, he just chose not to. My 02. cents: 1. The team took one quarter to get in to this fight, for me, that is a calling card of Zimmers and I've been talking about it far too long. There have simply been too many games where we are slow to start, this was just another one of them. Hell, the first play to Adams from Rogers was for like 30 yards, hello!! 2. The Cousins interception in the end zone was bad, but really, just to be honest, he had multiple plays that he just simply sucked on. There was a third down pass that he zinged through Diggs hands, several missed throws, hell, a couple of them there was zero pressure. I'm not a fan, but he's only proving my dislike for him to right on cue, thanks! 3. I watched the tape for a couple of hours, the O-line had a good day. Were there mistakes, you betcha, but over the course of the game, in a hostile environment, one starter not there, they did pretty good. I like the direction of this group, and I like DD at guard, he had a few really nice plays and a solid game. Yes, he did also make a couple of mistakes, but they all did. 4. Our new punter is good. 5. Hats off to the defense for holding the Packers to zero points for the last 44 minutes of a 60 minute contest, great effort after a pretty lame start. 6. There are very few men that you meet in life like Bud Grant, it makes you appreciate the guys you know that are like him as apposed to the guys that are trying to act like him. It's one thing to talk tough, it's another to BE tough. Zimmer doesn't have the kind of respect your looking for in a coach, he has his moments and is a solid defensive mind, but he scares the shit out of some of his players and doesn't instill confidence as a leader, you can see it in guys like Cousins and even Bailey. Cousins needs guidance from a man, not glares of disappointment. You can see Cousins is a fragile psyche, you've got to hit him with tough confidence, positive challenges, Zimmer just glares and pouts, won't talk to them because their not tough like him. The guy is simply not a head coach. You wanna see a head coach, Kubiak is a head coach, he just can't handle the pressure any longer. RS is not the problem with this team, he's going to loose his job with Zimmer, but RS is not the problem. I know that last paragraph is going to make some people say, "Sheesh, it was only one game and it was in a place we rarely win, and we should have won". That's not my point. I've just seen enough of the sample size to recognize something i have seen far too many times. The Vikings are my team and I will always want them to win, can't stop loving them, but I don't have to like the product being displayed on the field. That is a reflection of the head coach, and although last week was fun to watch, this week was a whole bunch of what we've seen before. Hard to get your hopes up for that!
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