Minnesota Vikings 2007-2008

[mikev]

Originally Posted by MorseMoose

omg, Willis made one semi-hard hit on the guy and the announcers are gushing over it. If Peterson gets shutdown, why did Taylor have over 100? Sure couldn't shut down C.T.

Because he had an 84 yard run skewing his stats.

[MorseMoose]

Originally Posted by mikev

Because he had an 84 yard run skewing his stats.

Where was Willis on that play?

[marc]

Originally Posted by MorseMoose

Where was Willis on that play?

I didn't see the play but I can guarantee that Patrick Willis was blowing up somebody somewhere on the field. He probably took out the entire offensive line but his incompetent teammates couldn't tackle Taylor.

[mikev]

Originally Posted by marc

I didn't see the play but I can guarantee that Patrick Willis was blowing up somebody somewhere on the field. He probably took out the entire offensive line but his incompetent teammates couldn't tackle Taylor.

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[Jeremy Weimer]

Originally Posted by mikev

That wasn't the brace, it was Patrick Willis. No shame in getting shutdown by the best linebacker in the NFL.

Good to know Willis tackling him on 4 of his 14 rushing attempts is shutting him down.

[twins15]

Originally Posted by Jonzard

Do you guys think Chester is back next yaer? He still has two years left in his 4 year 14 million dollar contract. It isn't a ton of money considering our strong cap poision, but it is considerable for our #2 back. His role will likely diminish as well.

We will almost for sure loose Mewelde so I hope he returns next year.

I think he's back next year as long as he wants to be back. He's getting paid a lot, but the Vikings have the cap room and it's obvious that they realize the luxury of having 2 very good RBs. He may feel the need to try to pressure the Vikings into trading him somewhere so that he can be the full-time back, but if not I'm sure the Vikings would be quite pleased to come back next year with AD-Taylor as a 1-2 combo.

As for the Niners, Willis did indeed look very good. The offense, on the other hand, was absolutely pathetic. I mean, I knew Trent Dilfer was bad, but he was absolutely atrocious out there. What a terrible, terrible offense.

[twins15]

Originally Posted by MorseMoose

omg, Willis made one semi-hard hit on the guy and the announcers are gushing over it. If Peterson gets shutdown, why did Taylor have over 100? Sure couldn't shut down C.T.

Other than the 84 yard carry, Taylor had 7 carries for 17 yards. I mean, I have no complaints about his game obviously, but you do have to get the 49ers some credit... they did almost nothing right, but they were very effective in shutting down the run.

[marc]

The Pats are gonna have fun with that pick.

[mikev]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Weimer

Good to know Willis tackling him on 4 of his 14 rushing attempts is shutting him down.

On the other 10, Peterson was too scared to run Willis' way.

[marc]

Originally Posted by mikev

On the other 10, Peterson was too scared to run Willis' way.

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[Big Hugg]

Originally Posted by marc

The Pats are gonna have fun with that pick.

Darren McFadden.

[twins15]

Originally Posted by marc

If they continue to lose games then yeah, maybe they should go with Jackson but do you think they would be 1-2 right now with Holcomb. I don't think there's any way in hell they lose last week with Holcomb. He surely wouldn't have thrown 4 picks against the worst secondary in the NFL.

I'm surely not trying to argue that Holcomb is the Vikings answer at QB, just that he's their best option this year if the team wants to win 9 games and have a chance of making the playoffs.

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Not that causation necessarily equals correlation, but I just want to point out the Vikings are 7-2 in games started by Tarvaris Jackson this year.

[mikev]

Originally Posted by marc

The Pats are gonna have fun with that pick.

You know, as much as it sucks to lose a top 3 pick, Joe Staley is going to pretty much lock down an entire side of the offensive line for the next decade or so.

[BlackHatCowboy]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Weimer

Good to know Willis tackling him on 4 of his 14 rushing attempts is shutting him down.

Yeah, it really sucks to show that the Vikings can win beyond Adrian Peterson's ability to run for 200 yds.

[marc]

Originally Posted by Big Hugg

Darren McFadden.

That would be the best value pick if he's on the board, but I don't see the Pats going that way.

[marc]

Originally Posted by twins15

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Not that causation necessarily equals correlation, but I just want to point out the Vikings are 7-2 in games started by Tarvaris Jackson this year.

Do you also want to point out that I was the ONLY one in this thread that thought this was a playoff team as long as their QB didn't act like a turnover machine?


Jackson has stopped throwing 2-3 picks per game and the young receivers have improved. That being said, it's clearly the running game and defense that is carrying this team.

Nobody will want to play them in the playoffs if they get in.

[mauboy]

Originally Posted by marc

Do you also want to point out that I was the ONLY one in this thread that thought this was a playoff team as long as their QB didn't act like a turnover machine?


Jackson has stopped throwing 2-3 picks per game and the young receivers have improved. That being said, it's clearly the running game and defense that is carrying this team.

Nobody will want to play them in the playoffs if they get in.

They're in right now! I love it.

They get the Bears next week and the Redskins the following week.

If the Vikings beat the Bears this weekend they will have a very high percentage shot at making the playoffs. The Saints and Cardinals play next week so one of those teams will be out. That leaves the Redskins, Saints/Cards and the Lions pretty much.

The Lions have absolutely fallen apart and pretty much ended their season by blowing it against the Cowboys. Bwahahaha, by the way.

If the Vikings go 2-1 the rest of the way, they're in. I didn't see a scenario which they couldn't be in unless Washington goes 3-0 vs the Giants, Vikings AND Cowboys. GOOD LUCK.

I'm LOVING this season when just over a month ago I wanted to take a nice draft pick and move on from the season. Now we could be picking in the 20's and locking a spot up in the playoffs by next week. WOW! Who'da thunk it!?

[abailey3313]

If the Vikings and Redskins both win or both lose this weekend, then if the Redskins beat the Vikings, they'll have identical records and Washington would own the tiebreaker.

[mauboy]

Originally Posted by abailey3313

If the Vikings and Redskins both win or both lose this weekend, then if the Redskins beat the Vikings, they'll have identical records and Washington would own the tiebreaker.

Right, thats what I basically said in a long winded way. If the Vikings go 2-1, the Redskins have to go 3-0 to get the tiebreaker. If there was another team at 9-7 with the Redskins and Vikings, the Vikings would get the tiebreaker over everyone due to the best conference record.

[twins15]

Originally Posted by marc

Jackson has stopped throwing 2-3 picks per game and the young receivers have improved. That being said, it's clearly the running game and defense that is carrying this team.

Nobody will want to play them in the playoffs if they get in.

It's actually been a little amazing. I mean, Jackson has looked fantastic. And I know he hasn't been asked to do a whole lot, but it's just been a complete 180. No more terrible decisions throwing into lots of coverage, no more taking of a lot of sacks because he's standing in the pocket too long, actually getting the ball downfield to receivers... it's been quite a sight. As is rather obvious from this thread I've been a Jackson supporter (even when almost every other Vikings fan wasn't!), but quite honestly I did not foresee him playing so well for the last 4 weeks. Let's just hope he keeps it up!