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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 8:58:01 AM

Bruce Johnson

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If one of our safeties goes down it may not be pretty. Other than QB, there may be no bigger drop off if a starter goes down.

Hunter missing practices is a concern, too. There are a lot of players vying to back him up, but the drop off is considerable. Same can be said for Thielen. We have no Diggs to pick up the slack.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 9:13:15 AM

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

If one of our safeties goes down it may not be pretty. Other than QB, there may be no bigger drop off if a starter goes down.

Hunter missing practices is a concern, too. There are a lot of players vying to back him up, but the drop off is considerable. Same can be said for Thielen. We have no Diggs to pick up the slack.

We lost a lot of depth this off season

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 9:26:29 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

If one of our safeties goes down it may not be pretty. Other than QB, there may be no bigger drop off if a starter goes down.

Hunter missing practices is a concern, too. There are a lot of players vying to back him up, but the drop off is considerable. Same can be said for Thielen. We have no Diggs to pick up the slack.

Jefferson is going to be fine, and he'll be a lot less of a headache moving forward. IMO, Diggs was a cancer.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 10:21:03 AM

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My Aug. 19 position by position meter for the #Vikings at this point ...

QB: Confident
RB: very confident
WR: Optimistic
TE: very confident
OL: Concerned

EDGE: Cautiously optimistic
D-LINE: concerned
LB: Confident
CB: Cautiously optimistic
S: Confident

Have at it.

(Tanishka Mascara on Twitter)

My comment:. We should continue to worry about the trenches.

One thing we can always count on - going into the season concerned about our oline.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 11:57:20 AM

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#Vikings LB Anthony Barr said he doesn’t think any one person can replace Everson Griffen’s energy. It will be a “collective effort” and the defense will have to “let their play do the taking.”

(Sean Borman on Twitter)

When asked about Dom Capers influence thus far Anthony Barr said he's actually worked the most with the secondary as opposed to the front seven as many assumed would be his focus

(Luke Inman on Twitter)

#Vikings LB Anthony Barr on Eric Wilson: "I think he's going to have an even larger role this season.''

(Chris Tomasson on Twitter)

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 12:08:06 PM

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https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2885886-video-miss-sts-cam-dantzler-runs-438-40-after-clocking-464-at-nfl-combine

Curious why they didn't focus on the other stopwatch at all.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 12:20:50 PM

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: DeLain

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2885886-video-miss-sts-cam-dantzler-runs-438-40-after-clocking-464-at-nfl-combine

Curious why they didn't focus on the other stopwatch at all.

That guy probably wasn't as "quick" on the trigger.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 2:16:22 PM

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: DeLain

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2885886-video-miss-sts-cam-dantzler-runs-438-40-after-clocking-464-at-nfl-combine

Curious why they didn't focus on the other stopwatch at all.

That guy probably wasn't as "quick" on the trigger.

Hey Queeksdraw!

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 3:27:41 PM

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

If one of our safeties goes down it may not be pretty. Other than QB, there may be no bigger drop off if a starter goes down.

Hunter missing practices is a concern, too. There are a lot of players vying to back him up, but the drop off is considerable. Same can be said for Thielen. We have no Diggs to pick up the slack.

We lost a lot of depth this off season

Actually I disagree....adding 2-3 young corners gives us more depth (Rhodes and Waynes aren't what they used to be).

Griffen is end of the line too---be more like NE. Sign the Griffen's for 1 million as an after thought not as a base player. Look how much Dallas spent on a couple of older guys (McCoy and Griffen) and McCoy at DT is out for the year now and cut as and injury designation; 7 million guaranteed.

Even look at Waynes---played 5-6 years already and hasn't been real healthy the last two and Cincy spent a lot of money on him....you have to keep bringing in young guys.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 3:32:21 PM

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Here's a nice clip. It shows Hollins catching a long pass over Chris Boyd by going up to get the ball and then continuing to run down the sideline. Great for Hollins. Bad for Boyd.

https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1296543738924339200?s=20

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 3:47:49 PM

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• 1 TD allowed in 1,309 college snaps
• Allowed career passer rating of 13.0 on 3rd down
• 77.6
@PFF
coverage grade in 2019
• 48.3 completion % against
• 24.1 forced incompletion %
• 1.06 yards/coverage snap allowed

(Sean Borman on Twitter)

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 3:49:34 PM

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Practice over. No pads for Vikings today. Armon Watts was back, Danielle Hunter still out. No Riley Reiff, Dillon Mitchell or Britton Colquitt. Dakota Dozier getting most of the LG reps today. Sounds like Vikings are close to making decision w/ starting OL.

(Courtney Cronin on Twitter)

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 3:51:17 PM

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Fairly slow #Vikings practice today – no pads after three straight days with them on. Lots of special teams work.
Highlight of the day was a Justin Jefferson leaping touchdown catch over Mike Hughes. Alex Hollins also had a couple nice catches.

(Will Ragatz on Twitter)

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 5:10:25 PM

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"Ezra has done a good job. We wanted to put him in there, get him in the mix. He has a comfort zone outside, we wanted him to work inside, see if he could be one of our top 5 and see how that would pan out." - Gary Kubiak on @Ezra508

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 5:14:14 PM

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On @KFAN1003, Mike Zimmer said the Vikings will go down to U.S. Bank Stadium a week from tomorrow to practice on the field. With no preseason, and new faces on the roster, the Vikings will use it as a chance to get players some exposure to the stadium.

(Ben Goessling on Twitter)

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 6:04:36 PM

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This article got more interesting to me when I got deeper into it.

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2020/8/20/21377740/vikings-defensive-secondary-looks-poised-for-an-upgrade

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 6:10:33 PM

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Here's the video of Justin Jefferson getting up and making a touchdown catch over Mike Hughes, punctuated by a celebration dance with Dalvin Cook. (Will Ragatz)

https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1296561697818324994?s=0

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 6:12:03 PM

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Here's a nice clip. It shows Hollins catching a long pass over Chris Boyd by going up to get the ball and then continuing to run down the sideline. Great for Hollins. Bad for Boyd.

https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1296543738924339200?s=20

Looks like Boyd has got a little X-Man in him. Looked like he was pulling up lame after getting smoked on that pass rep.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/20/2020 6:15:28 PM

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More notes from today's practice.

https://www.si.com/.amp-vikings/nfl/vikings/news/vikings-training-camp-notes-day-6-jefferson-touchdown?__twitter_impression=true

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/21/2020 11:00:17 AM

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Some questions and answers that are usually available to subscribers is available to everyone today.

https://purpleinsider.substack.com/p/friday-mailbag-emergency-players

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/21/2020 12:27:08 PM

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Here's the video of Justin Jefferson getting up and making a touchdown catch over Mike Hughes, punctuated by a celebration dance with Dalvin Cook. (Will Ragatz)

https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1296561697818324994?s=0

Mike "Close counts only in horseshoes" Hughes.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/21/2020 12:28:36 PM

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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Here's a nice clip. It shows Hollins catching a long pass over Chris Boyd by going up to get the ball and then continuing to run down the sideline. Great for Hollins. Bad for Boyd.

https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1296543738924339200?s=20

Looks like Boyd has got a little X-Man in him. Looked like he was pulling up lame after getting smoked on that pass rep.

Seemed more like immediately working to quickly get out of camera/visual range. Perfecting the art of 'that wasn't me who got burned'.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/21/2020 1:06:07 PM

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Here's the video of Justin Jefferson getting up and making a touchdown catch over Mike Hughes, punctuated by a celebration dance with Dalvin Cook. (Will Ragatz)

https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1296561697818324994?s=0

Despite that nice clip RotoWorld is reporting that Jefferson has not been impressive and is firmly behind Bisi for the #2 receiver spot.
It's early, but I take this report as bad news.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/21/2020 1:09:48 PM

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Here's a nice clip. It shows Hollins catching a long pass over Chris Boyd by going up to get the ball and then continuing to run down the sideline. Great for Hollins. Bad for Boyd.

https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1296543738924339200?s=20

Looks like Boyd has got a little X-Man in him. Looked like he was pulling up lame after getting smoked on that pass rep.

Seemed more like immediately working to quickly get out of camera/visual range. Perfecting the art of 'that wasn't me who got burned'.

Pulling up lame serves both purposes.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 8/21/2020 1:14:57 PM

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Here's the video of Justin Jefferson getting up and making a touchdown catch over Mike Hughes, punctuated by a celebration dance with Dalvin Cook. (Will Ragatz)

https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1296561697818324994?s=0

Despite that nice clip RotoWorld is reporting that Jefferson has not been impressive and is firmly behind Bisi for the #2 receiver spot.
It's early, but I take this report as bad news.

Rookies have a much more difficult row to hoe this year, that goes double for WRs.

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