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Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 12:23 pm
by Nunin
Laserman wrote:If we don't rid ourselves of this west coast dink and dunk offensive strategy we will go nowhere fast. It's not a viable offensive scheme in 2017 anymore. It worked in the 80s for the 49er cause they had rice and taylor who could catch a short pass and run for 70 yards at any time. We haven't any WR like that since Anthony Carter and Randy Moss.
I think the Packers use a WCO.....dink and dunk is determined by what defenses does to you. KC does well in that respect. The Patriots dink and dunk to perfection.
The key to the Vikings success will be the stability of their defense over the course of the season as well as establishing some consistency running the ball. They will get shots downfield either way, but if thy can run the ball and keep the pass rush honest, they have plenty of game breaking talent to score points.
All that remains to be seen is if thy can meet any of that potential, IMO.

Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 6:33 pm
by PacificNorseWest
Nunin wrote: I think the Packers use a WCO.....dink and dunk is determined by what defenses does to you. KC does well in that respect. The Patriots dink and dunk to perfection.
The key to the Vikings success will be the stability of their defense over the course of the season as well as establishing some consistency running the ball. They will get shots downfield either way, but if thy can run the ball and keep the pass rush honest, they have plenty of game breaking talent to score points.
All that remains to be seen is if thy can meet any of that potential, IMO.
Dinking and dunking isn't a bad thing when you can break a few off for 30+ yards on occasion. Things get stale with repeated 3 and outs. I don't really care what style is used or chosen for their offense. Just be great on 3rd downs and have half a dozen splash plays throughout and they'll do well.

Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 1:48 pm
by Pondering Her Percy
PacificNorseWest wrote:
Dinking and dunking isn't a bad thing when you can break a few off for 30+ yards on occasion. Things get stale with repeated 3 and outs. I don't really care what style is used or chosen for their offense. Just be great on 3rd downs and have half a dozen splash plays throughout and they'll do well.
Not sure where all this dinking and dunking stuff comes from. Bradford nearly threw for 4000 yards and missed the first game of the year. I dont see that as dinking and dunking.

Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 6:50 pm
by PacificNorseWest
Pondering Her Percy wrote: Not sure where all this dinking and dunking stuff comes from. Bradford nearly threw for 4000 yards and missed the first game of the year. I dont see that as dinking and dunking.
I think it's being confused with inconsistency. Regardless, I don't disagree with you, just with the notion that dinking and dunking is a bad thing when executed properly.

Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 9:33 pm
by PurpleMustReign
You can still get high yards with a dink and dunk.

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Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 6:30 am
by Mothman
PurpleMustReign wrote:You can still get high yards with a dink and dunk.
Exactly and there's nothing mysterious about where the dinking and dunking talk is coming from. The Vikings were getting the majority of their passing yardage on short passes and over half of their passing yardage came on runs after the catch.

Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 10:31 am
by PurpleMustReign
Mothman wrote: Exactly and there's nothing mysterious about where the dinking and dunking talk is coming from. The Vikings were getting the majority of their passing yardage on short passes and over half of their passing yardage came on runs after the catch.

Which means their WRs are effectively doing their jobs, but there are still far too many times that they are settling for 5 yards on 3rd and 8.

Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 8:48 pm
by Hunter Morrow
If last year is 8-8, this year is at least a game better off Murray and Cook I believe. We had almost no RB production last season, a huge weak point, and its been shored up to be worth a game in my eyes.

Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 6:00 pm
by SidestreamFB Pete
Well I remember losing atleast one game due to Asiata getting stoned in short yardage on a few attempts. Couple Blair Walsh fiascos early in the season. Two late game collapses against the Lions.

Given all that and we added more talent then we lost, should be better than last year.

Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 6:08 pm
by Mothman
SidestreamFB Pete wrote:Well I remember losing atleast one game due to Asiata getting stoned in short yardage on a few attempts. Couple Blair Walsh fiascos early in the season. Two late game collapses against the Lions.

Given all that and we added more talent then we lost, should be better than last year.

... say the fans of almost every NFL team. :)

Hopefully, they will be much better than last year but we all know how little "winning" the offseason actually means.

Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 6:34 pm
by SidestreamFB Pete
Mothman wrote:
... say the fans of almost every NFL team. :)

Hopefully, they will be much better than last year but we all know how little "winning" the offseason actually means.
Yeah the Lions did the same thing to about 6 other teams haha.

But, just attaching the law of average to certain things like FG% and success rate of getting 1 yard in three plays on the goal line. Talking about two or three specific instances. Not saying "we just need Bradford to throw for 100 more yards per game."

Plus, Broncos won the offseason before their dominant run. Pats win it just about every year, works out for them. Just a matter of determining what winning means; getting the most sought after guy on a giant contract usually doesn't work. But, addressing needs and making cost effective moves (not saying the Reiff deal was frugal) does mean something.

Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 10:00 am
by mansquatch
The biggest thing going for the Vikings is how terrible they were at Tackle last year. Even if the new guys are league below average they will still be a major upgrade over what we saw from Sirles/Clemmings, espeically the latter who also happened to be playing the most important position at LT. (PFF gave out the worst rating for a LT they've ever given.)

I'm not sure if that adds up to world beaters or anything like that, but there was a huge hole on the OL and they've addressed it. I'm not sure how this will add up in terms of BIG plays, but where I think we'll see a significant reduction is in all of the negative and no gain plays that resulted from such terrible blocking.

Re: Vikes Go 8-8 According to Vegas

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 2:44 am
by PurpleKoolaid
I think these odds are accurate, I dont see us winning more then 8, once again. Rick is sure taking his time forming a dynasty here in MN.