Vikings v. Raiders Game Thread - August 8th

[S197]

Thielen might make the team on special teams alone, looks good returning punts and nice tackle there.

[PurpleKoolaid]

Theilin wants on the team. Like what im seeing from him.

[DK Sweets]

Thielen!! Doing everything he can!

[PurpleKoolaid]

You guys can get mad all you want, but he looks slow reading his progressions and over eager to scramble. Just calling it like I see it.

Teddy is a rookie, at TCF, with no AD. Please don't ever compare to the turd again.

[Funkytown]

Now, Ponder is going to tear apart the Raiders D in the second half, right? ...right?!?

[DK Sweets]

Teddy is a rookie, at TCF, with no AD. Please don't ever compare to the turd again.

Ponder looked the same without AD the last two pre-seasons.

I fully expect him to get better. The second team could be bogging him down. But he isn't lighting it up like I would have liked to see.

[HardcoreVikesFan]

Now, Ponder is going to tear apart the Raiders D in the second half, right? ...right?!?

Yuck. I hope we get to see Bridgewater for at least one series. We all already know what Ponder can do.

[Purpnation]

You guys can get mad all you want, but he looks slow reading his progressions and over eager to scramble. Just calling it like I see it.

You know who didn't look good in his first how many preseason games? Aaron Rodgers, he looked borderline terrible every preseason until his first real start in 2008, I would know, I lived in Wisconsin at the time.

Its simply to early.

[PurpleKoolaid]

Not even going to watch the second half with the turd at QB. But I am pretty happy with the first half. Cassel looks like he may get the job done until they put in Teddy.

[DK Sweets]

You know who didn't look good in his first how many preseason games? Aaron Rodgers, he looked borderline terrible every preseason until his first real start in 2008, I would know, I lived in Wisconsin at the time.

Its simply to early.

Hey, I agree. Give it time. I'm just saying he's not an immediate upgrade.

[S197]

Now, Ponder is going to tear apart the Raiders D in the second half, right? ...right?!?

Hope Teddy gets one more series but I think ponder should look okay, it's 2nd and 3rd stringers.

[Funkytown]

Hope Teddy gets one more series but I think ponder should look okay, it's 2nd and 3rd stringers.

Yeah, that was my point. If he doesn't...oh boy lol

[Purpnation]

Hey, I agree. Give it time. I'm just saying he's not an immediate upgrade.

I feel you man, IMO though, by the time the regular season rolls around he will prove to give this team the best chance to win.

[PurpleKoolaid]

Dam, its nice to hear a HC speak his mind!

[petev_sj]

Impression of 2014 Vikings so far:

Norv Turner Offense:
A lot clearing routes, underneath guys seem much more open then under Musgrave's system.
Then again this is the Raiders.

Zimmer's Defense:
A lot of moving pieces. Could end up biting them if guys are in the wrong position.
Much more exiting then the vanilla 2 deep safety look we've been use to seeing.

Teddy Bridgewater:
From 1st team reps in practice to this 1st pre season game, he's not Andrew Luck or Russell Wilson.
Not exactly blowing the competition away.

I have tickets to next weeks Preseason game at the Bank. I can judge better seeing the team live then on TV.

Overall, seems to be a much improved team.