Vikes thread!

[LPS]

Ya that may have been a reach.  Actually I should kick my own ass for thinking of Jim.  I think John was the nicer brother. 

[glenn57]

Bring Burnsie back!!!👍

[Gunner55]

Bring Burnsie back!!!👍

               

[Steve-o]

Bring Burnsie back!!!

               

 
Legendary Minnesota Vikings coach Jerry Burns dies at 94

[LPS]

    Good ol Burnsie. 

[glenn57]

damn penalties are going to kill the vikings!!!!!!! sheez!!!!!!!!

[glenn57]

  i cant believe this f@#$%^&*() football team!!!!!!!

[glenn57]

  who woulda thunk it!!!!!!!!!

i still stand by my previous posts........ 3 possesions at the end and they run it up the middle 3times and punt........these coaches gotta go.......

at least the detroit HC had the balls to go for the kill with the 2 pt conversion..........

[dutchboy]

Maybe take up knitting or sewing. Something less stressful you're gonna tip one of these days and this team isn't worth that. Maybe Timberwolves basketball. They are only going to win 10 games a year so you get to be happy 10 times and blah who the F cares the other what, 72 times a year?

[glenn57]

Maybe take up knitting or sewing. Something less stressful you're gonna tip one of these days and this team isn't worth that. Maybe Timberwolves basketball. They are only going to win 10 games a year so you get to be happy 10 times and blah who the F cares the other what, 72 times a year?

your right!!!!!!!! pretty sure it wont be knitting or sewing though!!!!!!!!

[Boar]

Yea something has to change, cusons was accurate as hell agai  jefferson over a hu dy matthison over.a hundy, and only 1 touch down???? Who the hel is calling these plays?? They gota go!

[Gunner55]

Gary Kubiak's son Klint is now the OC. That is a large part of the problem IMO, 6 different OCs in his 7 years at the helm. Turner was 1st, then Shurmur, De Filippo, Stefanski, & now the 2 Kubiaks.  https://zonecoverage.com/2021/minnesota-vikings-news/comparing-mike-zimmers-continuity-struggles-with-other-long-tenured-head-coaches/#:~:text

[LPS]

Yup we don't have a clue how to do anything out of the ordinary and that is even a challenge to the coaches here.  We get outcoached in every game, and that includes the games we get lucky and win.  AND Cousins all excited and wacks Zim in the chest cuz we barely beat the worst team in the league.  Come on Quirk get a grasp.

[Gunner55]

Shouldn't of even been that close, the missed kick & when they took the ball away from Mattison changed that game big time. Luckily the last FG attempt was good & hopefully Mattison learned to not try to get that extra yard in that situation. The ball & the clock is all the matters then.

[Steve-o]

Yea something has to change, cusons was accurate as hell agai  jefferson over a hu dy matthison over.a hundy, and only 1 touch down???? Who the hel is calling these plays?? They gota go!

Gary Kubiak's son Klint is now the OC. That is a large part of the problem IMO, 6 different OCs in his 7 years at the helm. Turner was 1st, then Shurmur, De Filippo, Stefanski, & now the 2 Kubiaks.  https://zonecoverage.com/2021/minnesota-vikings-news/comparing-mike-zimmers-continuity-struggles-with-other-long-tenured-head-coaches/#:~:text

Who's calling the plays?   

K. Kubiak might be calling the plays, but Zim's fingerprints are all over the game plan.  Remember when Zim fired De Filippo for not toeing the "run first, run often" line? 

Klint is looking to have a long coaching career in the NFL, and you don't want your first mark on your resume to be "Doesn't do what the Head Coach says."

He'll get his chance some where some day, and until then Vikings fans will continue to get to watch "2 Runs Up the Gut and a Dump-off pass over the middle short of the sticks."

[Gunner55]

I'd be willin to bet it was much the same issue when Turner, & Shurmur left as well.

[Steve-o]

And perhaps Cousins has been too much of a nice guy to call out his coach for overly-conservative play.

Although, with Kapt. Kirk playing the best ball of his career, with capable wide receivers, you are starting to see peeps of feedback.  I think I heard that Kirk was asked about why they ran in a particular situation or why they didn't go for a score at the end of the half, and his response was something to the effect that it was all coaching decisions - which is Quarterback Code for "they don't trust me to make plays in this situation."

I've always like Zim's hard-nosed, no nonsense approach to coaching, and I think is players respect him for this.  But maybe it is a time for a change.

[LPS]

I think the whole team is tired of his archaic attitude.  He does seem to have lightened up some this year too.  Like when he actually stood up for the kicker when he missed that one a few games ago.   

[dutchboy]

I have a hard time believing a coordinator has a better idea of a play to call than a veteran quarterback down on the field. I understand helping rookie and first year guys but somebody like Cousins, Brady, Carr & other veterans should be able to set-up plays. I think much like baseball to many guys think they know what they are doing when actually they don't.

Just my opinion.

[Boar]

 :thumbs:farve uaed to change plays with high success, cauae he new what he was doing on the field

[Gunner55]

  But that was Brad Childress & nobody cared what he said. Especially Farve since he knew his days in the NFL were coming to an end! Although I think he did drive McCarthy before he left GB doing exactly the same thing.

[Steve-o]

I think the whole team is tired of his archaic attitude.  He does seem to have lightened up some this year too.  Like when he actually stood up for the kicker when he missed that one a few games ago.   

I think he is trying hard to say the right things in public, but I think it is very hard for that leopard to change his spots.

[Rebel SS]

 

[Steve-o]

Here is a throwback y'all will appreciate.

Now this is taunting!

On this date in 1974, Vikings QB Fran Tarkenton celebrated what seemed like a game-winning touchdown by spiking the ball off Patriots CB Ron Bolton's head and getting ejected after the ensuing fight.

[LPS]

    That is great.  I forgot about that.  Surprised Tark would do that too.  LOLOL  Thanks SteveO

[glenn57]

There saying Prescott won't be playing for Dallas now and the Vikings are picked to win.

Since I have dish I won't get the Sunday night game unless KMSP,  channel 9 does??? They usually do

[Gunner55]

  So you don't get any NBC channels on Dish?

[glenn57]

So you don't get any NBC channels on Dish?

not sure what other NBC channels there are.......but....... not 11 out of the cities.  pisses me off when they start playing games like this, especially what we pay for it. 

just read that this Cooper Rush, the cowboys backup QB was taking first string snaps all week...........and i know all to well what backup QB's hve done to the vikings in the past!!!!!!!

[Gunner55]

Seen a couple places are still saying it's a game time decision on Prescott but it does now look like the Vikes are now favored.

[LPS]

Betting opened with the Cowboys by 2 or 2.5.  Now it is the Vikes favored by that much.  They must think Dak isn't playing.