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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: David F.

Literally every stereotype played out tonight. Prime time kirt, zimmer after bye, zimmer vs teams with winning records, clock management, last two minutes of halves, and surprise back up nobody QBs eating our lunch while doing our girlfriends. Did I miss anything?

Crowd seemed a little quiet tonight(not that they had a lot to cheer about). Too many cocktails?

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

You don't have to look far beyond the end of the half/game clock management to see what's wrong with this team. It's leader (Zimmer)is clueless with no feel for the game.

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

Here is what should happen today

1. Fire Zimmer. It won't change the trajectory of the season, but it is a promise to fans to fix this.

2. Fire Spielman. This overpriced underachieving roster is on him.

3. Have the interim GM conduct a fire sale ahead of the deadline. This thing needs to be blown up.

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

The last 15 years of Childress/Frazier/Zimmer...rooting for the team to finally break through when they never really had a chance.

Wish we could fire the Wilfs.

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

Here is what should happen today

1. Fire Zimmer. It won't change the trajectory of the season, but it is a promise to fans to fix this.

2. Fire Spielman. This overpriced underachieving roster is on him.

3. Have the interim GM conduct a fire sale ahead of the deadline. This thing needs to be blown up.

How many hours do you think they gave left to get all that done today?

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

Here is what should happen today

1. Fire Zimmer. It won't change the trajectory of the season, but it is a promise to fans to fix this.

2. Fire Spielman. This overpriced underachieving roster is on him.

3. Have the interim GM conduct a fire sale ahead of the deadline. This thing needs to be blown up.

How many hours do you think they gave left to get all that done today?

It's 9:00 AM CST . You do the math.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

A new GM and HC will want to pretty much blow things up and put their stamp on the team. But with $100 million in bloated, bad contracts at least through next year they will not be able to do that.

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ORIGINAL: Richard Neussendorfer

After sleeping on it I still can't believe how "keystone cops" we are. The keystone cops are a well organized buttoned up machine compared to these idiots. Beating the Saints in the playoffs was one of the worst things that could've happened for this franchise.

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ORIGINAL: Ush

My $.02 cents:

1. I really don’t know what to say. This may be the worst of many worst games in a while. I thought the Detroit game was bad but we somehow ended up winning. That makes this one worse IMO. So many chances to win. The refs gifted us a 1st and G at about the 5 and we still end up with a FG. I texted my buddy at that time and said “great....now we’ll lost 20-16”.

2. The clock management has been horrible for years. Same coach and QB for a few years and it still happens. Kirk says he leaves the TO’s to the coach. Zimmer can’t even remember that he just called a TO late in the game in a critical situation. The 2 “leaders” of this team really can’t be trusted.

3. It’s time.....lose Cousins, Zimmer and Spielman. Tank the season and start over. Get what you can for guys like Theilen, Harrison and anyone else who is longer in the tooth and won’t be contributing when we are rebuilt in a couple/few years.

4. Our main issue, IMO, is interior line on both sides of the ball. Bradbury gets rag-dolled all game long and Udoh is a penalty machine because he gets beat off the ball so quickly. On defense, we just can’t stop the run. A bad run for the other team is 2-3 yds. A bad run for us is minus 5. That kills our team on both sides of the ball. When the ball is run on 1st down, are always 2nd and 12 while the other team is 2nd and 7. That is the crux of our problem. Spielman tried to fix that problem defensively by signing Pierce and Tomlinson. Barr and Kendricks are back and healthy. How is it that we can’t stop the run?!?

5. We lost to Cooper Rush

6. Knock the ball down Breeland! The 1st time you’re actually in the same area code of the WR all game and it bounces off your chest into the hands of the WR?!?

7. If we had won last night in any kind of decent fashion I would have been yelling to trade for a CB. After that mess, I think we need to start selling off our own guys. This team is going nowhere.

8. Do you think Andy Reid, or any other competent coach, would find a role on offense for Kene Nwangwu? This guy is supposed to be a speedster with good moves and you don’t have a play or 2 for him to work into the offense? His only role last night was to watch kickoffs go over his head. Why even activate him? This team does not use their weapons. Maybe some of Ham’s plays could have gone to him.

9. Of course Hunter goes down the week we “trade” (give away) Weatherly. Saw he recorded a sack too.

10. Barr, Mackenzie and Dantzler have to make that tackle on 3rd down. One of the many reasons we lost that game. I’ve never seen a Vikings team so bad at tackling. Other than maybe Kendricks and Hunter the RB’s/WR’s always get the extra yard or 5 after we hit them. When Dallas was hitting us yesterday we were going backwards. Total opposite when we were hitting guys.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Richard Neussendorfer

After sleeping on it I still can't believe how "keystone cops" we are. The keystone cops are a well organized buttoned up machine compared to these idiots. Beating the Saints in the playoffs was one of the worst things that could've happened for this franchise.

It was like the night Josh Freeman was out there.

Compounded by the 'fact' the Cowboys said we are going to come out playing smashmouth football and control the LOS.

They beat Zimmer at his own game.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Ush

My $.02 cents:

1. I really don’t know what to say. This may be the worst of many worst games in a while. I thought the Detroit game was bad but we somehow ended up winning. That makes this one worse IMO. So many chances to win. The refs gifted us a 1st and G at about the 5 and we still end up with a FG. I texted my buddy at that time and said “great....now we’ll lost 20-16”.

2. The clock management has been horrible for years. Same coach and QB for a few years and it still happens. Kirk says he leaves the TO’s to the coach. Zimmer can’t even remember that he just called a TO late in the game in a critical situation. The 2 “leaders” of this team really can’t be trusted.

3. It’s time.....lose Cousins, Zimmer and Spielman. Tank the season and start over. Get what you can for guys like Theilen, Harrison and anyone else who is longer in the tooth and won’t be contributing when we are rebuilt in a couple/few years.

4. Our main issue, IMO, is interior line on both sides of the ball. Bradbury gets rag-dolled all game long and Udoh is a penalty machine because he gets beat off the ball so quickly. On defense, we just can’t stop the run. A bad run for the other team is 2-3 yds. A bad run for us is minus 5. That kills our team on both sides of the ball. When the ball is run on 1st down, are always 2nd and 12 while the other team is 2nd and 7. That is the crux of our problem. Spielman tried to fix that problem defensively by signing Pierce and Tomlinson. Barr and Kendricks are back and healthy. How is it that we can’t stop the run?!?

5. We lost to Cooper Rush

6. Knock the ball down Breeland! The 1st time you’re actually in the same area code of the WR all game and it bounces off your chest into the hands of the WR?!?

7. If we had won last night in any kind of decent fashion I would have been yelling to trade for a CB. After that mess, I think we need to start selling off our own guys. This team is going nowhere.

8. Do you think Andy Reid, or any other competent coach, would find a role on offense for Kene Nwangwu? This guy is supposed to be a speedster with good moves and you don’t have a play or 2 for him to work into the offense? His only role last night was to watch kickoffs go over his head. Why even activate him? This team does not use their weapons. Maybe some of Ham’s plays could have gone to him.

9. Of course Hunter goes down the week we “trade” (give away) Weatherly. Saw he recorded a sack too.

10. Barr, Mackenzie and Dantzler have to make that tackle on 3rd down. One of the many reasons we lost that game. I’ve never seen a Vikings team so bad at tackling. Other than maybe Kendricks and Hunter the RB’s/WR’s always get the extra yard or 5 after we hit them. When Dallas was hitting us yesterday we were going backwards. Total opposite when we were hitting guys.

Not happening with their contracts.