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Special teams lost this game.

Our defense just held Dallas to 279 yards, but the Cowboys' winning TD came on a 10-yard drive following Thielen's fumble, and their last field goal came on a very short field set up by yet another horrible Jeff Locke punt.

Priefer, you need to go back to being special teams coach.

VikingLord wrote: And the announcers are like "What happened there?!?!?". Like Bradford just randomly zipped it high.

well it did look weird until the replay. i was watching the ball...not sam getting clocked in the head.
#### way to end the game against dallas, of all teams. (spit)

J. Kapp 11 wrote:Special teams lost this game.

Our defense just held Dallas to 279 yards, but the Cowboys' winning TD came on a 10-yard drive following Thielen's fumble, and their last field goal came on a very short field set up by yet another horrible Jeff Locke punt.

Priefer, you need to go back to being special teams coach.

Can we cut Locke yet?

Nunin wrote:i feel bad for clemmings.
1 year of experience at tackle in college....why did they draft such a huge project?

I don't feel sorry for him at all. Project or not, he has to learn how to use his hands and leverage better. The types of mistakes he's making are typical of a JV squad offensive lineman. He's a professional football player and if he can't get it done, just like Blair Walsh, Spielman has got to find someone who can.

Besides refs and the fumble on special teams.

The winning factor in this game was first down runs by dak. We aloud Stafford to do that to us and we lost cause of it

OK cool. NFL Network leading with the blown call and everyone agrees that it should have been called and the Vikes got robbed. Even Michael Irvin.

VikingLord wrote: I don't feel sorry for him at all. Project or not, he has to learn how to use his hands and leverage better. The types of mistakes he's making are typical of a JV squad offensive lineman. He's a professional football player and if he can't get it done, just like Blair Walsh, Spielman has got to find someone who can.

That has to wait for offseason, no cap space.

VikingLord wrote: I don't feel sorry for him at all. Project or not, he has to learn how to use his hands and leverage better. The types of mistakes he's making are typical of a JV squad offensive lineman. He's a professional football player and if he can't get it done, just like Blair Walsh, Spielman has got to find someone who can.

Gotta be 10 guys who can play Tackle better than Clemmings sitting out of the league right now.

Nunin wrote: well it did look weird until the replay. i was watching the ball...not sam getting clocked in the head.
#### way to end the game against dallas, of all teams. (spit)

If Brady or Rodgers zipped that ball it would have drawn a flag automatically because nobody would expect either of them to miss a throw that badly, but if Bradford does it I guess they aren't surprised.

TSonn wrote:OK cool. NFL Network leading with the blown call and everyone agrees that it should have been called and the Vikes got robbed. Even Michael Irvin.

Great, but it doesn't matter.

Crap. Just remembered the endzone drop by Rudolph again.

TSonn wrote:OK cool. NFL Network leading with the blown call and everyone agrees that it should have been called and the Vikes got robbed. Even Michael Irvin.

Meh, it would be a weak call. Technically correct, but weak to call that.

J. Kapp 11 wrote:What? No blow to the head?

Wow. If that was Tom Brady, they'd have ejected the Dallas dude.

The only teams that get that call are Dallas, Steelers, Packers, and the patriots. The darlings get the calls cause they sell the most jerseys. You'll never get a game changing call against one of the darling teams , but the Darling teams will surely get those calls against your team. That's the way the NFL has been for 20 years now. It's pathetic and will sooner or later drive fans away from the game.

VikingLord wrote: Great, but it doesn't matter.

Much rather hear that than them running the false narrative about how Dak and Eliiot won the game.

Vikings are so close to having a good record. They just don't have the OL protection to overcome mistakes this year.

Theilen's turnover was the turning point in this game IMO. Risky move not to fair catch that one. What happened to Locke tonight? I would have gave help to Clemmings on every passing down.