Comments on: NFC North Breakdown: Week 7

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:01:37 +0000

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Thx for the post

By: danzinski

danzinski — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:08:19 +0000

The Benson thing was a joke dude. Joke. Relax.

By: DallasBear

DallasBear — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:26:48 +0000

Whoever wrote this article is a bonehead… Forte was held to 56 yards last game, true… but he blocks better than Benson, catches better than Benson, and doesn’t get tackled in the backfield like Benson. Benson was no better for the Bengals this week. Benson is a bust, always has been a bust, and will always be a bust. He’s soft, he doesn’t play with heart, and he doesn’t have the talent, nor the drive, to push the pile and gain that extra yard.

Give me Forte’s dedication and work ethic over Benson’s mouth any day of the week. His hard work will pay off once the Bears O-line remembers how to run block.

By: VannodaVike

VannodaVike — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:58:31 +0000

I want to remain optomistic but the Vikes have to pull together a compete set of wins in all parts of their game-offense,defense and special teams. I have yet to see that.
Jeez, even two out of the 3 would work most days.
Can a wild card be achieved? Only if this tem starts playing with some resemblance of consistancy. I still ahve hope.
My fear is that getting the wild card will have the brass patting Chiily on the back after the fact. Cripe, this team should be easily 4-3(dare I even say 5-2) if it were not for the stupid decisions and poor coaching.I agree with Austin Vike. It is nice to see something coming together with the offense. Despite his INT’s I have to credit Gus for taking the wheel and putting a spark in the offense.

By: jeege

jeege — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:02:50 +0000

P.S. Brian Billick was fired for having the EXACT same kind of offensive playcalling woes as your hated Childress, Danzinski. And he wasn’t calling a bad offense for 3 years like Childress, he did it for 9. Tell me, where is the logic in trading one offensively inept coach because of his bad offensive play calling for another offensively inept coach who was fired for the same thing?

By: jeege

jeege — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:59:21 +0000

Shaun Alexander was signed last week by the Redskins.

He had something like…8 yards this week…on 6 carries I think.

haha

AustinVike, I love your optimism. It sure beats alot of the incredible pessimism I see from the home fanbase…but honestly, 12-4 is a bit of a stretch. Even if only because the Vikings could just as easily get hit with the injury bug as any of those teams that you listed. And you did notice that only 2 of them have losing records, right?

The NFL is a crazy place right now, but I think it is very safe to say that the Vikings have one HELL of a long road ahead.

By: danzinski

danzinski — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:02:54 +0000

I’m a Billick guy. I love the crazy bastard. I want him here.

By: AustinVike

AustinVike — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:34:51 +0000

I’m staying optimistic mainly because our offensive stats keep improving from week to week, not Kool-Aid (although I prefer grape).

Unfortunately, our defensive stats / special teams are not holding steady – they’re getting worse.

I think 10-6 is possible, although 9-7 is more probable.

I still can’t get over the fact that the Vikes play well against teams that should destroy them, but fall flat against teams that they should destroy. It’s just about the weirdest thing ever…

Question: Any suggestions for possible future head coach?

By: danzinski

danzinski — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:17:14 +0000

I’d love to sip some of your delicious looking Kool Aid AustinVike, but unfortunately, this team is too wildly inconsistent. There’s no such thing as a sure win for them right now. They barely beat Detroit at home for gosh sakes. Sure they could pick off a couple of those good teams but they could just as easily go belly-up. 8-8 looks like the record right now.

By: AustinVike

AustinVike — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:34:53 +0000

I think there are a few things our fellow Vikings fans have to realize, if we want to have a successful season (in general):

Firing Brad Childress today will not help our situation.

It doesn’t seem like anyone has considered who would replace him, and what the outcome would be. If something were to happen, it would happen during the offseason – right after our final game of the season.

Firing Gus Frerotte is a bad idea.

Gus is 7th in the NFL for YPG, and has still thrown fewer INTs than Mr. Brett Favre (and a laundry list of other, much higher profile QBs). It’s insane that a guy can have one atrocious game (granted – throwing four picks), still throw 298yds for 2tds, and his fans want him gone.

Chris Kluwe’s brain needs a new body (and vice versa).

It’s like “the hands work, but the brain doesn’t” or “the brain works, but the leg doesn’t” with this guy.

Our special teams are either incredible or awful (inconsistent).

What else is there to say except one week our special teams are running one in for a TD, and the next week they’re practically running one in for the opposing team. Bonehead mistakes are costing us – turning blowouts by the Vikings into close games.

We still have the potential to go 12-4 this season.

It’s a longshot, but if you look at our schedule.

Houston (currently 2-4)
Green f#%king Bay (4-3)
Tampa Bay (5-2)
Jacksonville (3-3)
Chicago (4-3)
Detroit (0-6)
Arizona (4-2)
Atlanta (4-2)
NY Giants (5-1)

It’s not totally unimaginable that our Vikings pull off some big wins against teams with injury problems/suspensions. I would say realistically that we’ll be a wild card team (at best), or possibly better if we can shore up our pass defense. Most of these teams have a pretty negligible run offense, and we seem to be able to defend the run – which will keep games close if we can keep them from running away with the pass as well.