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by mansquatch
Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:19 am
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: Coaching search 2022 - Confirmed Interviews and Speculation
Replies: 336
Views: 16199

Re: Coaching search 2022 - Confirmed Interviews and Speculation

Ha, back from the dead! I don't care who they hire, just want a winner. No one will care about the rest of the details if they put together success, especially if it is at the QB position. Not sure taking a known quantity at GM is a great idea either. How many extremely successful GMs are out on the...
by mansquatch
Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:42 pm
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: Need a Change !!!!
Replies: 15
Views: 984

Re: Need a Change !!!!

In other words, if the team is a playoff contender under Zimmer, why do we lose to these teams every week? We are a perennial 6 or 7 seed playoff contender under Zim and co but when will we be a SB contender? Our 2 division winning seasons followed seasons where we were 3rd. The year after being a ...
by mansquatch
Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:40 pm
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: Need a Change !!!!
Replies: 15
Views: 984

Re: Need a Change !!!!

You are forgetting... We threw to the TE and WRs not named Thielen. He had 4.... yes 4 targets the entire game. Jefferson had 8 targets. That is more like it, but he only caught 4... why? It's not just the pass plays... but who we are targeting. Who cares if they know to cover those guys. You still...
by mansquatch
Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:29 pm
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: Need a Change !!!!
Replies: 15
Views: 984

Re: Need a Change !!!!

So I get that Zimmer cannot control Bailey leaving 10 points out there... Totally understand that. BUT... Down 23-6 in the 3rd quarter, why are we still constantly running the ball? Why are we throwing to everyone on the roster, when we have Thielen and Jefferson ? Who is calling this nonsense. Get...
by mansquatch
Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:35 pm
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: Cousins signs 2 year extension (Details)
Replies: 106
Views: 4817

Re: Cousins signs 2 year extension (Details)

He did win a playoff game... My view on Cousins: He was the reason we lost in week 2 vs. GB. However, for most of 2019 he was a positive for the vikings. IMO the falling off of the defense was the main culprit in 2019, which wasn't his fault. However, he also didn't elevate the offense enough to ove...
by mansquatch
Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:22 pm
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: Vikings put franchise tag on Harris!!
Replies: 105
Views: 4802

Re: Vikings put franchise tag on Harris!!

Diggs went to a team that ran the ball 11 times fewer than the Vikings. The Bills also boast a young passer who is not nearly as accurate as Cousins. The odds are good that his production goes down not up by going to Buffalo. Time will tell, but I wonder how happy he really is that all his antics se...
by mansquatch
Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:15 pm
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: Diggs Traded
Replies: 179
Views: 8391

Re: Diggs Traded

I think we got excellent value for Diggs as well as getting needed CAP relief. Unfortunately, there is almost no way that our pass offense doesn't suffer with him not lining up at #1. Thielen is good, but I think he benefited a lot from Diggs being on the field. The question that remains is what the...
by mansquatch
Mon Mar 02, 2020 11:44 am
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: 2020 Offseason News Thread (Signings, Coaching changes, etc.)
Replies: 339
Views: 17853

Re: 2020 Offseason News Thread (Signings, Coaching changes, etc.)

On the multiple leaders thing, the Vikings have managed that before on offense. Think Shurmer/Sparano and Stefanski/Kubiak. Zimmer will most likely be calling the defense so i'm not too worried about having more voices in the room on what to do. The coaching staff this year doesn't have the signific...
by mansquatch
Wed Feb 05, 2020 4:18 pm
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: What can the Vikings learn from the Chiefs?
Replies: 77
Views: 4133

Re: What can the Vikings learn from the Chiefs?

so a player that makes it to the pro bowl 4 times is a bust? Xavier Rhodes made the pro bowl this season. Are you suggesting a Pro Bowl selection is indicative of ability? He is a bust! He is not a great player. He is adequately average. You don't draft that with the 9th pick in the draft. Rhodes h...
by mansquatch
Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:42 am
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: What can the Vikings learn from the Chiefs?
Replies: 77
Views: 4133

Re: What can the Vikings learn from the Chiefs?

If they draft a QB I'd like to see them take a shot on a guy with a lot of arm who can make off balance throws (doesn't need to set his feet) with accuracy. That is the asset that makes Mahomes and Rogers scary. The challenge is finding a guy in the mid rounds with that attribute. I'm not sure those...
by mansquatch
Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:24 am
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: What can the Vikings learn from the Chiefs?
Replies: 77
Views: 4133

Re: What can the Vikings learn from the Chiefs?

Am I the only person who thinks the Ponder pick at the time wasn't all that bad? I mean, his college stats were pretty good. His tape showed he could make pro caliber throws. He interviewed well from what I understand and displayed a solid conceptual grasp of the pro offense. He seemed like a quali...
by mansquatch
Tue Feb 04, 2020 2:31 pm
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: What can the Vikings learn from the Chiefs?
Replies: 77
Views: 4133

Re: What can the Vikings learn from the Chiefs?

KC had no idea Mahomes was going to be what he would be today and neither did anyone else. Think about it. If you are any of the 32 NFL GMs (Even BB) and you KNOW a guy is going to be the next king at QB what do you do? You trade it all to pick #1. TRADE IT ALL. Because if you have that guy at QB, t...
by mansquatch
Tue Feb 04, 2020 10:36 am
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: What can the Vikings learn from the Chiefs?
Replies: 77
Views: 4133

Re: What can the Vikings learn from the Chiefs?

For me, that Superbowl was really depressing. It was basically a rerun of every big time QB comeback win. The format is always the same: Pass Rush dominates high powered offense for 3 1/2 quarters, team with pass rush builds lead, but not huge lead. Pass Rush gets tired in 4Q. Great QB stages come b...
by mansquatch
Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:32 am
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: Once in Nineteen...
Replies: 90
Views: 4368

Re: Once in Nineteen...

We'll have to agree to disagree on that because I think the OL was deficient at 4 of the 5 spots this season. The only OL I would say played to potential this year was O'Neill. Bradbury needs time. He has potential and I think he can get there, but he was abused a lot this year. The other 3 spots w...
by mansquatch
Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:53 am
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: Once in Nineteen...
Replies: 90
Views: 4368

Re: Once in Nineteen...

I think you're correct and the Cook injury hurt the offense more than people realize. He was a monster in the first half of the year and after the injury the running game (and screens to RBs) took a big hit. Some of that could be defensive scheming, but you could clearly see that Cook was not the s...