What do the Vikings need in 2007?

[Outdoors Junkie]

The Vikings season is over (thank goodness), today is the start of the new year.  I thought it would be nice to start a thread about what the Vikings need in 2007 to become a better team.  Who better to ask then the members of MNO.

So, what do you think the Vikings need in 2007?

[Brandon_Collins]

I think we need an all-star quarterback we have the speed in the recievers to run to the ball just need a good QB it wouldnt hurt to have more talent in WRs either though

Brandon

[jigglestick]

our defensive line is the best thing we got going for us. if chestor taylor can keep from doing the stupid off seasonal antics that commonly plague our team, we have a solid running back.
trade germain wiggins and kleinsasser.
tarvarious is a good quarter back, but he lacks a supproting reciever squad and experience.

our recievers either got cut or cant catch the ball way worse than Jake Reed ever couldnt.
that is what we really need. if you ask me, we need to go after a couple marquee recievers. someone who can catch anything thrown their direction.
someone who can catch on the run in a slant pattern to convert them third and long situations.

then we need an Urlacher pressence in the back field.

we could use alot of things. maybe even a head coach.

hows that for starters.

[Spinach]

I think we need an all-star quarterback we have the speed in the recievers to run to the ball just need a good QB it wouldnt hurt to have more talent in WRs either though

Brandon

Jon Elway couldn't of did much better than Johnson/Jackson, it goes much deeper than just a Pro Bowl quaterback.

I pretty much agree with most everything Jiggle said above, but this team also needs an attitude change.

[jigglestick]

I dont know so much about attitude change, as much as it needs an Identity.
right now with the roster we have, it isnt a family.
like that group of talent that lives, works plays and succeeds together.
there is no chemistry that is apparent to the fans or the team either.

when they find that chemistry, then they have something to build on.
I am sorry to say, as much as I like the pruple, this isnt going to be a quick fix.
two to three years down the road, maybe longer if brad childress doesnt work out, before we have a winning season. :'(

[Outdoors Junkie]

They need less of this!!!


Viking leading receiver arrested outside of night club.

Updated: Jan. 1, 2007, 2:30 PM ET
Vikings' Taylor calls arrest 'misunderstanding'


MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Travis Taylor was arrested early Monday outside a downtown Minneapolis nightclub, hours after the team's season-ending 41-21 loss to St. Louis, police said.


Taylor, 27, had refused an officer's request that he get into a waiting limousine-bus as police tried to disperse a large, unruly crowd so an ambulance could get through around 2:30 a.m., police spokesman Lt. Amelia Huffman said.



Taylor was not allowing the bus to leave and began pushing the officer as the officer tried to separate him from the bus, Huffman said. The officer eventually used a Taser to subdue Taylor, she said.



Taylor was booked into the Hennepin County Jail on allegations of fifth-degree assault, disorderly conduct and interfering with pedestrian or vehicular traffic, all misdemeanors. He posted $50 bail and was released around 4:40 a.m.



Taylor, who will be a free agent this spring, started all 16 games and led the Vikings with 57 receptions for 651 yards.



"It was just a misunderstanding and an unfortunate situation," Taylor said Monday after a season-ending team meeting. "I was just in a limo and got pulled out. We'll discuss that later and we'll deal with the situation."



Though players have better avoided trouble this season than in the past, there have been a few. Receiver Koren Robinson was charged with drunken and reckless driving during training camp, and safety Dwight Smith was cited for indecent conduct outside a downtown nightclub a couple of weeks later. In December, defensive backs coach Joe Woods was charged with two counts of drunken driving.

[icebanger]

plane and simple a new head coach

[Outdoors Junkie]

I won't argue with you there.  :)

[JohnWester]

agreed...

maybe a quaterback too, allthough it's hard to pass judgement on Jackson because of the head coach's play calls.  and the fact that we have no receivers that could catch a ball.

so maybe we need WR's too.

defense and OLine should be good enough.

[Outdoors Junkie]

I sure hope we can hang onto on Defensive Coord.  He is being considered for a few head coaching jobs elsewhere.

[icebanger]

hes having a 2nd interview with the steelers..we need to hold on to him

[GRIZ]

I would have to agree with whoever said head coach.

Although there are alot of other positions that need attention I just don't think our coach is cut out for the job.

[blazer]

a miracle

[Realtree]

 :-\

I think it's pretty basic...

We need someone else besides the Head Coach calling the plays so he can focus on other areas that need attention. Childress' play calling this year was so vanilla that my 6 year old son could have had a more aggresive playbook. I don't expect to see 50-70 yard passes every play, but you've gotta put some 15-20 yard plays and the occasional BIG PLAY in the scheme to keep the opponent guessing. 3-5 yard "tosses" just don't do it every play.

Secondly, we need receivers who can catch the ball when it comes their way. I don't know how many TD's we let hit the ground compliments of our weak receiving corps last year, but it would have turned several of the "L's" into "W's". And get the Tight Ends involved in things a little more.

You have to give props to the run defense, but I sure hope they work to improve upon the pass D going into camp this year. It will be interesting to see what happens to the D now with Tomlin gone.

Keepin the Purple faith...