Bears @ Vikings Game Day Discussion Thread -- Week 17

[TSonn]

Fruechte saves the TD... and Forbath at least got in the way. Phew!

Go new guy!

[Pondering Her Percy]

Stats tell a misleading story, Our record tells a different story. Stats don't get you into the playoffs, wins do. You take the stats, I'll take the record. Fair enough

Did you forget we have one of the worst offenses in the NFL. Defense can't win you every game man. So record tells even more of a misleading story. We're talking about the defense. Not the team. To criticize our defense and then point to the record is a pretty strange way to judge our defense. Our record wasn't because of the defense. So that makes zero sense

[Laserman]

Bradford Best year ever 20 TD 4 Interceptions , but an 8-8 season. Stats can often mislead. Stats are INDICATORS , not the whole story

[J. Kapp 11]

We scored in the red zone! Yay

2-for-3 today in the red zone, with a field goal the other trip.

[Pondering Her Percy]

LMAO. It is not an opinion to say we have been abysmal against the run today. It is fact buddy.

Moreover, your OPINION the defense is one of the best in the NFL isn't a fact. 79 points in two straight losses says otherwise.

Lol the fact that we are top in the NFL in points against even after two bad games DOES show that this is one of the better defenses. If two bad games that you continue to complain about don't effect the points against margin all that much, it shows we were one of the better defenses

[Pondering Her Percy]

Bradford Best year ever 20 TD 4 Interceptions , but an 8-8 season. Stats can often mislead. Stats are INDICATORS , not the whole story

And once again, Sam Bradford wasn't the problem. Or even close to being the problem. So what does that prove

[TSonn]

Bradford Best year ever 20 TD 4 Interceptions , but an 8-8 season. Stats can often mislead. Stats are INDICATORS , not the whole story

Man, you're pretty annoying today. Clearly this wasn't a great year for the team (8-8 most likely). Bradford is a bright spot, though, which his stats indicate. As Mothman stated - it's been our best QB play since Favre and he had 12 different offensive linemen all year and didn't start the first game. It's something to build on for next year.

[TSonn]

Why doesn't Sam roll up his sleeves? Has he ever talked about that? Don't really mind it because it's about winning but it does look weird.

[J. Kapp 11]

And once again, Sam Bradford wasn't the problem. Or even close to being the problem. So what does that prove

Nice half for Bradford with a 141.7 rating, 188 yards, 3 TDs and 24 yards rushing.

As the Fox studio announcers said, if you keep him upright, he's an awfully good quarterback.

[Pondering Her Percy]

#2 in TOTAL defense
#4 against the pass
#15 against the run.

If that doesn't say we are one of the better defense in the NFL, I'm not sure what does. And that was AFTER two bad games. If we were a little better vs the run, we'd probably be #1 in total D.

But keep complaining about the D and Bradford. Since they are the big problem

[TriceStyle]

What is the outlook on Sam in 17? He's a Viking right?

[J. Kapp 11]

What is the outlook on Sam in 17? He's a Viking right?

Under Vikings control for 2017.

[TSonn]

If we improve our offensive line, Bradford can be a top ten quarterback next year (and beyond). He's even moving around the pocket a lot better the last couple weeks!

[HardcoreVikesFan]

Doesn't look like the bleeding is going to stop anytime soon. This rushing defense is dog #### today.

[J. Kapp 11]

Man, our rush defense is non-existent today. Need to get it together.