Vikings @ 49ers Game Day Discussion Thread -- Preseason #3

[Just Me]

To quote Charles Barkley... the Vikings were turrible tonight.

I thought we were worse last week though...

[RandallioCobb18]

They still have Cutler right?? lol

[/quote]

Yep they do, but if you think its going to be the same old Cutler think again.....Plus Cutler is a ton better then Ponder lol[/quote]

Lol! Cutler is so dam terrible its ridiculous dude.

All I know is two teams made the playoffs last year from the NFCN, and the cubbies weren't one of them. Just the Same. Old. Jay

[John_Viveiros]

Enjoy last place in the division guys.

Man, I wish I had a clever comeback here, but watching the guys who played tonight makes me wonder if 5th place is a possibility.

[Funkytown]

I thought we were worse last week though...

True. We have a few more positives to take from this game.

C Ponder (MIN) 17 of 23, 116yds, 2TD, 1INT

That's about right.

We showed some signs of hope. It'll be tons better with Peterson.

Oddly enough, I'm actually excited to see our last preseason game. Some of our backups have been exciting, especially after watching some of our starters.

[RandallioCobb18]

Yep they do, but if you think its going to be the same old Cutler think again.....Plus Cutler is a ton better then Ponder lol

Jay is so much better that he didn't make the playoffs last year and yet Ponder did?? My guess he is still a whiny little pre-Madonna.[/quote]


Yes because PONDER took you to the playoffs and deserves most of the credit.............[/quote]

Hey, at least SOMEONE took them to the playoffs.

When was the Bears last playoff game? Oh yea, in 2010, when my boys tore your hearts out en route to a Superbowl victory. Almost forgot.

[Texas Vike]

My guess he is still a whiny little pre-Madonna.

Oh man I think I'm gonna blow my frosted flakes all over the screen! "Pre-Madonna"??!!! That's classic. I'm not trying to help this Bears troll... but that is funny. (It's prima donna, and is in no way a reference to the Material Girl)

[S197]

Enjoy last place in the division guys.

[Mothman]

Oh man I think I'm gonna blow my frosted flakes all over the screen! "Pre-Madonna"??!!! That's classic.

I've seen people make that mistake before and it's always amusing.

[Eli]

I've seen people make that mistake before and it's always amusing.

You both quoted the wrong guy.

[Texas Vike]

I've seen people make that mistake before and it's always amusing.

Man that's just great. It's almost like BC and AD, only measured by pre- and post-Madonna.

[RandallioCobb18]

Oh man I think I'm gonna blow my frosted flakes all over the screen! "Pre-Madonna"??!!! That's classic. I'm not trying to help this Bears troll... but that is funny. (It's prima donna, and is in no way a reference to the Material Girl)

Lol, I didn't type that man. You messed up the qoutes because I didn't type that.

[Mothman]

Rough night for the Vikes...

There were positives in this game but the o-line had another bad performance. Blocking, especially pas blocking, remains a genuine concern heading into the season.

The Vikes missed a LOT of tackles tonight and that's a concern too. This team can only compete for the division if they play fundamentally sound football and there's nothing more fundamental to success in this sport than blocking and tackling.

[Texas Vike]

You both quoted the wrong guy.

I was afraid of that... apologies to Randalio...

Doesn't really matter who wrote it... it's fantastically funny.

[Mothman]

You both quoted the wrong guy.

I quoted TexasVike. That's who I was responding to so I think I quoted the right guy.

[The Breeze]

Rough night for the Vikes...

There were positives in this game but the o-line had another bad performance. Blocking, especially pas blocking, remains a genuine concern heading into the season.

The Vikes missed a LOT of tackles tonight and that's a concern too. This team can only compete for the division if they play fundamentally sound football and there's nothing more fundamental to success in this sport than blocking and tackling.

I can agree. I thought Ponder did way better at staying in the Pocket, but he looked like he was river dancing often.
Loadholt is a big liability in pass protection, IMO. He's great as a run blocker, but they didn't even do that very well tonight. Kahlil got schooled too.

The poor tackling was exacerbated by the slipperyness of LaMichael James...but it doesn't excuse it. Robinson in particular has to wrap up on the guys catching short passes.

I thought Simpson played well and it was good to see Ponder to Jennings a few times. Bad move by Burton stopping on that route on the INT.


Loved the 4 and 5 receiver sets. This team should clean house in the red zone with the big receivers they have......as long as they get into the red zone. Everything will get easier with #28 too.

O-line,bad penalties and shoddy tackling. The latter two are correctable......the former is going to cause some serious growing pains IMO.