What is the consensus on how Kalil has played this season? I remember when we drafted him many of the pundits hailed the pick as the sensible choice at the time and said he had the potential to be a 10 year starter for the Vikings.
I haven't been impressed with the O line this year but it's hard for me to tell which players are to blame, or if it is an overall cohesion problem. Thoughts?
Matt Kalil
Moderator: Moderators
Re: Matt Kalil
I believe he's been dealing with an injury, last year he was lights out and so I think overall he's not the problem. Loadholt and the guards on the other hand...
Re: Matt Kalil
Loadholt has been overall decent the past couple of weeks, and I'm willing to stick with him simply because he's an incredible run-blocker in a run-first offense. The guards have been rough so far...but even in the GB game, the OLine wasn't giving up any crazy amounts of pressure that an NFL-quality QB couldn't handle.mondry wrote:I believe he's been dealing with an injury, last year he was lights out and so I think overall he's not the problem. Loadholt and the guards on the other hand...
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it." ~Thucydides
Re: Matt Kalil
Yeah let's ditch Loadholt...like we don't have other players on this line who are even worse.
McKinnie in south beach with more rings than the franchise has in it's history. so let's make more holes!
McKinnie in south beach with more rings than the franchise has in it's history. so let's make more holes!
Re: Matt Kalil
Lol we think we hate certain offensive linemen...you should hear the Ravens fans talk about McKinnie...Demi wrote:Yeah let's ditch Loadholt...like we don't have other players on this line who are even worse.
McKinnie in south beach with more rings than the franchise has in it's history. so let's make more holes!
"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it." ~Thucydides
-
VikingLord
- Hall of Famer
- Posts: 8322
- Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2003 3:12 pm
- Location: The Land of the Ice and Snow
- x 990
Re: Matt Kalil
Kalil started terrible and has worked his way back to average. I can't say he's been dominant. I'd say it's more likely a sophomore slump than it is cause for longer-term worry, though.
Re: Matt Kalil
Don't need too. I heard Vikings homers talk about him when we cut him to get under the salary cap and acted like it was because he weighed 500 pounds....shortly before he anchored the left end spot for a super bowl run and a ring.thatguy wrote: Lol we think we hate certain offensive linemen...you should hear the Ravens fans talk about McKinnie...
Re: Matt Kalil
Kalil has been dealing with some injury problems, but he's probably also caught up in the same thing that most of the players on this roster are dealing with - they're just not into it this year. For whatever reason, and whoever is to blame. It's impossible to deny that it's all looked pretty hopeless for this bunch since very early in the season and they still have a long way and a lot of humiliating losses to deal with before they're through.
Re: Matt Kalil
Main reason Spielman should be canned. No compensation for McKinnie, every team in the league knows we are targeting a lt, making any trade downs impossible, and now we are stuck with a borderline bust for the two more years. While McKinnie has a ring.
-
dead_poet
- Commissioner
- Posts: 24788
- Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:30 pm
- Location: Des Moines, Iowa
- x 108
Re: Matt Kalil
Um...what? There's so much confusion in this one sentence I don't know where to begin.joe h wrote:Main reason Spielman should be canned. No compensation for McKinnie, every team in the league knows we are targeting a lt, making any trade downs impossible, and now we are stuck with a borderline bust for the two more years. While McKinnie has a ring.
“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.” --- Bill Shankly
Re: Matt Kalil
It's best left alone.dead_poet wrote: Um...what? There's so much confusion in this one sentence I don't know where to begin.
Re: Matt Kalil
For the first time we had a top 5 pick and blew it, is what I was trying to write. We replaced a good lt with a mediocre lt, who was pretty much the only lt that years draft, and stole a pick from the browns.dead_poet wrote: Um...what? There's so much confusion in this one sentence I don't know where to begin.
-
dead_poet
- Commissioner
- Posts: 24788
- Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:30 pm
- Location: Des Moines, Iowa
- x 108
Re: Matt Kalil
...weakening...must...resist...joe h wrote: For the first time we had a top 5 pick and blew it, is what I was trying to write. We replaced a good lt with a mediocre lt, who was pretty much the only lt that years draft, and stole a pick from the browns.
“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.” --- Bill Shankly
Re: Matt Kalil
dead_poet wrote:...weakening...must...resist...
Find your inner giraffe. Just look at your avatar, relax and... chew... chew... chew...-
PurpleMustReign
- Starting Wide Receiver
- Posts: 19150
- Joined: Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:48 pm
- Location: Crystal, MN
- x 114
- Contact:
Re: Matt Kalil
Lmao.Mothman wrote:
The Devil whispered in the Viking's ear, "There's a storm coming." The Viking replied, "I am the storm." #SKOL2018