Of course, that's what everybody thought after last year...Pondering Her Percy wrote:Agree 100%. I truly believe they will. They had to modify their damn offense because the OL was so weak for gods sake. They're going to address it big time. I'm not worried
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If the Vikings go another year without adequately addressing the offensive line, then I won't know what to think anymore. It shouldn't have happened in the first place and it sure better not happen again. That's why I'm hoping they'll go after OL help in a big way.Mothman wrote: Of course, that's what everybody thought after last year...
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Most people bashing Bradford are just butt hurt over Bridgewater's pending demotion.
Bradford has flaws. He checks down too often and he doesn't move in the pocket as well as he can. He has no blind side awareness, leaving him vulnerable to strip sacks. All of these should be curable. The cure to checkdownitis is to throw the ball away if nobody is open 5+ yards downfield. The cure to not moving in the pocket is to remember that legs are movable appendages, and use them. The cure to no blind side awareness is to practice counting to 3. If 3 seconds have passed and you haven't thrown yet with this OL, you need to run like hell or throw it away FAST.
Bradford has flaws. He checks down too often and he doesn't move in the pocket as well as he can. He has no blind side awareness, leaving him vulnerable to strip sacks. All of these should be curable. The cure to checkdownitis is to throw the ball away if nobody is open 5+ yards downfield. The cure to not moving in the pocket is to remember that legs are movable appendages, and use them. The cure to no blind side awareness is to practice counting to 3. If 3 seconds have passed and you haven't thrown yet with this OL, you need to run like hell or throw it away FAST.
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I think keeping Heineke and Bradford as long as possible no. The one starting though is going to be Sam out of the three.
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So you'd rather have an incompletion and no gain over a check-down completion for a 3-yard gain?Purple Martin wrote:Most people bashing Bradford are just butt hurt over Bridgewater's pending demotion.
Bradford has flaws. He checks down too often and he doesn't move in the pocket as well as he can. He has no blind side awareness, leaving him vulnerable to strip sacks. All of these should be curable. The cure to checkdownitis is to throw the ball away if nobody is open 5+ yards downfield. The cure to not moving in the pocket is to remember that legs are movable appendages, and use them. The cure to no blind side awareness is to practice counting to 3. If 3 seconds have passed and you haven't thrown yet with this OL, you need to run like hell or throw it away FAST.
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Depends on what down it is...I'd rather we not waste time on 3 yard passes on 3rd and long. But I was only using the specific number 3 as a euphemism for "worthlessly shorter than we need".J. Kapp 11 wrote: So you'd rather have an incompletion and no gain over a check-down completion for a 3-yard gain?
That's ... interesting.
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And again ... you'd rather guarantee a punt than give someone a chance to break a tackle for a first down?Purple Martin wrote: Depends on what down it is...I'd rather we not waste time on 3 yard passes on 3rd and long. But I was only using the specific number 3 as a euphemism for "worthlessly shorter than we need".
I guarantee you, Sam Bradford would rather throw past the sticks on third down than check down. Sometimes you have to take what the defense gives you. And since he's 6th in the league in efficiency on throws of 15+ yards, it's not like he CAN'T throw downfield.
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You'd rather we have better punting position than a first down? I'd rather we make more aggressive efforts for the first down, like having Rudolph run 11 yard routes on 3rd and 10 instead of 7 yard routes.J. Kapp 11 wrote:
And again ... you'd rather guarantee a punt than give someone a chance to break a tackle for a first down?
I guarantee you, Sam Bradford would rather throw past the sticks on third down than check down. Sometimes you have to take what the defense gives you. And since he's 6th in the league in efficiency on throws of 15+ yards, it's not like he CAN'T throw downfield.
We are Vikings. We don't break tackles for first downs on 3rd and long, silly man. Only other teams can do that. I've seen Bradford (and Bridgewater, and Ponder...) throw an awful lot of worthlessly short passes on 3rd down, that don't get us the first down and do little for us in the field position game. It doesn't mean I don't like Bradford, because I do. He's the best QB we've had in 7 years. I just think its an area he could improve. I put forth my opinions on his shortcomings along with my praise of him as evidence I'm not blind to his weaknesses. You're welcome to disagree with my assessemnt of some of his checkdowns.
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Who said that? Look, you said if nobody is open 5+ yards down the field, especially on third down, Bradford should throw it away. You called it the cure for checkdownitis. That's just not smart football. That's saying you'd rather guarantee a punt than give your guy a chance.Purple Martin wrote: You'd rather we have better punting position than a first down? I'd rather we make more aggressive efforts for the first down, like having Rudolph run 11 yard routes on 3rd and 10 instead of 7 yard routes.
Now you're generalizing. That comment simply doesn't hold water. We've gotten plenty of first downs this year on the individual effort of guys breaking tackles. How many times have we marveled at how hard Cordarrelle Patterson runs, or how elusive Stefan Diggs is.Purple Martin wrote:We are Vikings. We don't break tackles for first downs on 3rd and long, silly man. Only other teams can do that.
Again, I'm not saying the checkdown is always the right play. But it's certainly not always the wrong play.Purple Martin wrote:I've seen Bradford (and Bridgewater, and Ponder...) throw an awful lot of worthlessly short passes on 3rd down, that don't get us the first down and do little for us in the field position game. It doesn't mean I don't like Bradford, because I do. He's the best QB we've had in 7 years. I just think its an area he could improve. I put forth my opinions on his shortcomings along with my praise of him as evidence I'm not blind to his weaknesses. You're welcome to disagree with my assessemnt of some of his checkdowns.
I get that we fans get upset when we throw short of the sticks on third down. It's frustrating, especially when we're behind. But it's not like everybody is open and Sam's just scared to throw it. He's throwing to who's open, and he's throwing it before the pocket collapses, which with this line is typically about a half second after the top of his drop. I'd rather have him do that than throw into coverage and get picked. Nobody said Bradford is perfect. But blaming Bradford for every checkdown and calling it a "weakness" is like blaming the sun for the weather being hot. There's a lot more that goes into it than Bradford's role.
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Guess I got a different outlook than you then. It's the most obvious need on this team this year with no depth or veterans like Sullivan and Loadholt going in. it will happenMothman wrote: Of course, that's what everybody thought after last year...
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Boy, you really thought Sullivan and Loadholt were going to return and be a big help. Hard to believe, but alright.Pondering Her Percy wrote: Guess I got a different outlook than you then. It's the most obvious need on this team this year with no depth or veterans like Sullivan and Loadholt going in. it will happen
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Nope never said that. There was a change neither of them started but if they stuck around they'd be a lot better than what we have. Especially Loadholt.fiestavike wrote:
Boy, you really thought Sullivan and Loadholt were going to return and be a big help. Hard to believe, but alright.
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