That's the way I felt about it. We moved the chains when we needed to, but most of the time, we didn't need to. So we moved the clock. I thought the issue was playcalling, more than execution. We had the lead the whole game, so they played conservative.Cliff wrote:I dont think the offense played poorly. They spent a lot of time running clock starting early in the 3rd ... Which i wasnt a fan of but it worked so who am I to complain?
The offense was in a position to just not make mistakes which they did.
And what did that stupid conservative play calling get us. A stupid win. No, it wasn't pretty to watch our offense (other than Peterson). But they did take a lot of time off the clock late.
Although not quite as fun, this reminded me of a Vikes/Dallas Thanksgiving day game a dozen or so years ago. The Vikes took the lead, and then the offense was quiet, until Dallas got within 10 points or so. Then the Vikes pushed the ball downfield for the TD to pad the lead. If Dallas didn't score, we just ran the clock and punted. "Unfortunately" for our viewing enjoyment today, the current Vikings defense appears to be much better than the 1998 version. So the Lions never challenged, and we didn't really push for more points.