the official **** the vikings thread

[Bloozcrooz]

Then a football thread is precisley the place where you should post your thoughts on the sport your not a fan of. That way we all benfit from your insight into the game, and furthermore can get a better grasp of why it is we ourselves even like the sport. I for one have benefited immensely from your recent post and encourage you to keep up the good work so as others may also benefit as well.

[Forward To Death]

Wow, Stephens-Howling ran all over the defense today, and Ponder looked like absolute crap.

Oh well, the defense was actually solid overall, AP looked stellar, and the Vikings get a win.

Does anyone here think they can or will finish above .500? I really can't wait to see how we play against Green Bay and Chicago, just to see if we're in over our heads. I at the very least walk away from this season with optimism, but beating the Packers and Bears is so much better.

[Thom Yorke]

Originally Posted by A$AP Sparky

He only had 17 attempts. 55 yards passing(4 in the second half) is bewildering. He used to get the ball out timely, he's just holding it now. I still think he could have had a better game given more attempts but AP was moving the chains on his own.

Harrison Smith is the real deal though.

It was cool seeing AP lined up as a WR. And even if he isn't doing anything, it's reassuring to see Stephen Burton and Carlson are at least getting snaps now.

I wonder how we will match up against Tampa Bay. We usually struggle with atheltic qb's

Freeman is athletic but he isn't the same danger to run the ball as an RG3, Vick or even Luck and Rodgers are. He's been pretty Jekyll and Hyde this year so hopefully we get the bad version of him.

I dunno, I think we should win this one. The Bucs are weak against the pass, and, although they're strong against the run, we have AP. We just have to keep Jackson and Martin in check. Should be a good game.

Originally Posted by Forward To Death

Wow, Stephens-Howling ran all over the defense today, and Ponder looked like absolute crap.

Oh well, the defense was actually solid overall, AP looked stellar, and the Vikings get a win.

Does anyone here think they can or will finish above .500? I really can't wait to see how we play against Green Bay and Chicago, just to see if we're in over our heads. I at the very least walk away from this season with optimism, but beating the Packers and Bears is so much better.

Week 8 - vs. Buccaneers (should win)
Week 9 - at Seahawks (slight underdog)
Week 10 - vs. Lions (should win)
Week 11 - Bye
Week 12 - at Bears (underdog)
Week 13 - at Packers (big underdog)
Week 14 - vs. Bears (slight underdog)
Week 15 - at Rams (should win)
Week 16 - at Texans (big underdog)
Week 17 - vs. Packers (slight underdog)

I think it'll be close, but would lean towards us doing it. 3 games we should win (although none are slam-dunks), 3 games we'll have a shot, and 3 games that'll be really tough to get a W in. We could get lucky with the Texans and Packers at the end of the season though, depending on where they are in the standings.

[Forward To Death]

I could see us going 6-10. I could see us going 10-6. Nothing surprises me in football, especially with the Vikings and the NFC North. This division always seems like a dogfight.

[Sparky]

I think we squeak in hopefully. It's not like ponder can have a worse game than that, and we still won, if that says anything.

Our defense didn't blitz once and came up with 7 sacks, our run game was great even though the cards always had an extra man in the box, and our special teams is getting in the end zone consistently(even if it got taken back yesterday). If we can do that we can beat anyone.

[likuidcoka]

Originally Posted by Bloozcrooz

Then a football thread is precisley the place where you should post your thoughts on the sport your not a fan of. That way we all benfit from your insight into the game, and furthermore can get a better grasp of why it is we ourselves even like the sport. I for one have benefited immensely from your recent post and encourage you to keep up the good work so as others may also benefit as well.

GEEZE man, I can sense sarcasm dripping all off your post.

Glad I helped!

I always see a bunch of people hating on each others football teams on Facebook. Its ****ing ridiculous. Like 5 posts in a row when something happens. I hope you football fans realize that's annoying. But whatevs. Everybody has their own thing.At least there's always beer involved.

[Forward To Death]

Originally Posted by A$AP Sparky

I think we squeak in hopefully. It's not like ponder can have a worse game than that, and we still won, if that says anything.

Our defense didn't blitz once and came up with 7 sacks, our run game was great even though the cards always had an extra man in the box, and our special teams is getting in the end zone consistently(even if it got taken back yesterday). If we can do that we can beat anyone.

Our special teams also keeps people out of the endzone, because Walsh and Kluwe are awesome (Peterson was completely shut down).

I agree that there's no game I'm going in saying they can't win, even vs. Chicago or Green Bay. Hopefully Ponder regains form, because better teams should beat us when our QB is only getting 55 yards.

[Thom Yorke]

Originally Posted by A$AP Sparky

I think we squeak in hopefully. It's not like ponder can have a worse game than that, and we still won, if that says anything.

Our defense didn't blitz once and came up with 7 sacks, our run game was great even though the cards always had an extra man in the box, and our special teams is getting in the end zone consistently(even if it got taken back yesterday). If we can do that we can beat anyone.

That's misleading against the Cards. Seriously, that o-line is historically bad. Not that the pass rush is a problem though; it's been strong for a long time now.

^ I'm also really impressed with Walsh. I always thought Longwell was one of the best kickers in the league even though he didn't have a big leg because he was so accurate and, more importantly, unbelievably clutch. But now with Walsh, he can actually make long field goals and he's demonstrated his accuracy and clutch ability as well.

Still though, Longwell was such a money kicker and it sucks to lose him. I never had any doubts about him missing a kick within 50 yards.

[Sparky]

really pumped up for the game tonight. All i want is one deep pass play, just one pleeease!

[Forward To Death]

I'd rather have a win than a deep pass play, but that's just me.