Arlowe84
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My $.02:
1. We paid a ton of money to fix the interior oline with Tomlinson/Pierce and then Richardson. How are we so bad agains the run? We have one of the best tackling LB’s in Kendricks. Is it scheme? Is it that Pierce and Tomlinson are just not good? I have a buddy who is a huge Giants fan and said the Tomlinson was great for them. Is he playing a different role here? Being asked to do different things? Are the safeties playing deep to help guard agains questionable play from the CB’s and can’t help in run support? So many questions about this run defense. Whatever it is.....it needs to change.
2. Coming into the season I don’t think anyone here was satisfied or comfortable with the oline. Those fears have been realized and, yup, they still stink. Darrisaw needs to play so we know what we have. Bradbury is just a bust. Teams trot out 3rd string guys that play better than Hill. I
3. A bad running play for teams against us is only gaining 2-3 yards. Our bad running plays are usually around a minus 6. We are losing in the trenches.
4. Jefferson and Theilen are your bread and butter on offense. Get them involved early and often.
5. I don’t lay the blame for yesterday on Cousins. He was under duress the whole game after the 1st drive. No QB plays great under constant pressure. That being said, the fundamental flaw with Cousins is that he will never be able to extend plays or get a 1st down with a scramble the way QB’s regularly do against us. It’s also probably the reason we don’t really move him around or roll him out very often. He’s just not a mobile guy. I’m not sure you can win in today’s NFL that way unless you are a Tom Brady or Peyton Manning.
6. Viking playmakers who show up every week: Jefferson, Theilen, Hunter, Kendricks.
Guys who are considered to be playmakers that need to show up more often: Harrison Smith, interior D-line, Cook (injury related), Barr (same).
7. If we lose next week we need to blow it all up. I don’t want to see us fight to get to .500 or a last playoff spot just to get blown out in the playoffs.
8. One other thing on Cousins. He has to know his contract is killing the team’s ability to add another couple of talented players around him. How much money is enough? Do you want to win or make as much money as possible? Because that $40M cap hit next year is just going to make things worse. He’s taken us for close to $100M so far. Why hamstring what the team can do at this point? You either want to win or it’s not as important as the money.
1. Agreed. Pierce had a nice 1st game, but been absent since. I think I ready both rank near the bottom of PFF DT ratings.
FA's tend to be more hype than anything. Teams know who their best players are and prioritize them. Look as Arizona without Peterson.
2. This will be the ulimate downfall of Spielman. Just could never get it right. I'd say last chance is Darrisaw and Davis come in and knock it out of the park, and turn it around, but they are young, so not likley. Davis is a stud, I"d even try him at C over Bradbury. Bradbury needs to sit ASAP. He's a massive detriment to this line.
4. Agreed, but only things that worries me is Thielen could get no separation yesterday vs man coverage.
6. Hunter is still a FA after this year....correct? Will be interesting to see if he wants to stick around, especially after extending an aging Smith over him.
7. I think if we lose next week, rumors start circulating in the media, Zimmer is on the hot seat.
Wasn't it reported that he had to make the playoffs this year to keep his job?
< Message edited by Arlowe84 -- 10/4/2021 11:54:05 AM >
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