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I don't get this. Is there something I'm not getting, or are you talking about a CFL coach?KilgoreT wrote: Maybe time to look North
Yup. Maybe another Bud Grant, just sayingLA Viking wrote: I don't get this. Is there something I'm not getting, or are you talking about a CFL coach?
We had more than one chance, but the Bears hired Trestman.KilgoreT wrote: Yup. Maybe another Bud Grant, just saying
Not to mention they were giving up 2-3 play drives for TDs!! The Special Teams weren't helping either, the Bears were almost always in Vikings territory after a kickoff.Purplemania wrote:I don't know about y'all, but when a defense misses 12-15 tackles, can't stop the running game, then allows a game winning TD, it doesn't matter how many TO or the fact that they scored a TD, it's still bad defense to me.
It was hard to see them lose and I was definitely soaked but I didn't regret the experience for a second. That was a fantastically entertaining game to watch from the stands. It's a shame the Vikings couldn't get the win but I had a great time at Soldier field anyway and they clearly played hard. I have to add that, once again, I was really impressed with the Bears fans. When I go to Soldier Field decked out in Vikings wear, they're always nice. They give me a hard time in a friendly, fun way but they're never malicious. It's a classy, knowledgeable fan base and a place where fans of the opposing team don't have to feel nervous or uncomfortable about going out to support their team. From what I understand, there are places in the NFL where that's not the case.Tark10 wrote:it just doesn't hurt anymore. 42 yrs of too many backbreaking losses have taken their toll. Not blitzing on the Bears final drive made Cutler look like Peyton Manning. At least I was home in comfort watching NFL Sunday Ticket. MOTHMAN watched another backbreaker soaked. Ever since they lost to the Saints a few years ago.. It just doesn't bother me anymore. I guess its like getting punched. After a while, you just go numb, shrug the shoulders and grab another beer. To make matters worse....My Giants laid a big egg as well.
That just makes me sad. Something went terribly wrong. Cook seems to be very, very miserable.Mothman wrote: It was hard to see them lose and I was definitely soaked but I didn't regret the experience for a second. That was a fantastically entertaining game to watch from the stands. It's a shame the Vikings couldn't get the win but I had a great time at Soldier field anyway and they clearly played hard. I have to add that, once again, I was really impressed with the Bears fans. When I go to Soldier Field decked out in Vikings wear, they're always nice. They give me a hard time in a friendly, fun way but they're never malicious. It's a classy, knowledgeable fan base and a place where fans of the opposing team don't have to feel nervous or uncomfortable about going out to support their team. From what I understand, there are places in the NFL where that's not the case.
Anyway, that was a tough loss but a fun game.
For those interested, there's an article at the Strib site about the Vikings defensive call on that final Bears TD. I actually wish it went into more detail but it's still worth reading:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikin ... 54581.html
Not trying to read (no pun intended) to much into that but if the play was a "bad" one, shouldn't the middle linebacker be making audibles there? (Or maybe it was a case that there was no audible to make, but as the play progressed it turned out to be a bad call). Dunno - Just thinking out loud...Just not what we expected, the call, in that situation,” middle linebacker Erin Henderson said. “Not really something that we prepared for or practiced for … in that situation. Even if he put us in a bad situation where he made a bad call, it’s still on us to go out there and make him right.”