The Last Offense Series For Both Teams

[Hunter Morrow]

Look, you run it 3 times to take away all their time outs OR you go for the touchdown. You don't #### out and then give Hester and Cutler 3 minutes, a two minute warning and a time out to get the touchdown at home. Because they will get it.

Also, the defense had a total melt down. Go look at that 1st and 20 blow up. WOW. You just had to know that was coming up, right?

Furthermore, our coach didn't take a single time out though he had 3 remaining and let the absolute worst thing happen:

Bears get the touchdown and we have TEN SECONDS to get the field goal. If you get on the field with a minute and a time out you at least
can hope Patterson or your team can get the touchdown and if they can't, you try to take it to the 40 or 45 yard line in Bears territory and see
if Blair Walsh has a 60 yarder in him. You at least have a CHANCE to win if you use your timeouts. But 10 seconds? You have no chance.
1 minute and a time out, you have a chance. 10 seconds and all your time outs? NO CHANCE.

[NextQuestion]

Sanford's penalty before half really hurt. Walsh's last FG could have made it a 9pt game

[Laserman]

This team is reminding me of the 0-16 Lions. Been a fan over 40 years now but seriously considering if I am wasteing my time. Serious flaws everywhere and only 3-4 players on this team actually worthy of any other NFL team roster. the coaching and starting QBs for years here have been a joke. The Offensive and Defensive Schemes and philosophies are absolute laughable. The team is set up to be a loser. Not much of a chance for this season. Total rebuild from the top down. Ad's career will go down as a waste. If I was him I would demand a trade and refuse to play a down till I was traded

[johnpf12345]

also if you coach your team properly you tell them if its a short kick to take the ball out of pattersons hands you down it immediately!!!! or that on third and goal from the four you try a pass into the end zone. I told my girlfriend before that last series of ours started, "you watch, we'll settle for a field goal, be up by six points, and the bears will drive down for a td and they will win by one." it was very easy to predict as that is the mindset of a Vikings fan, FAILURE. AGAIN and AGAIN. Ponder in the first half sucked. Then he played decent in the second half to save his job (unfortunately).

Can anyone tell me why, in the first half, with 2:17 left on the clock, and Peterson had just run out of bounds, why when the ball was spotted the clock started?? Was that a mistake or does the clock only stop til snapped in the second half? I could not understand it?

[VikingLord]

This team is reminding me of the 0-16 Lions. Been a fan over 40 years now but seriously considering if I am wasteing my time. Serious flaws everywhere and only 3-4 players on this team actually worthy of any other NFL team roster.

I don't think they are that bad. They'll probably eek out a few wins with this group.

But as far as this season goes, what the Vikings need more than anything is a competent QB and I'm afraid to get one they will have to finish with at most 2 wins. My guess is they will manage around 5 wins, which will take them out of the franchise QB mix and leave them in a position where they can either reach or go BPA.

I still don't think Ponder is even close to the answer. At least he was semi-competent in the 2nd half and not as painful to watch.

[Laserman]

I don't think they are that bad. They'll probably eek out a few wins with this group.

But as far as this season goes, what the Vikings need more than anything is a competent QB and I'm afraid to get one they will have to finish with at most 2 wins. My guess is they will manage around 5 wins, which will take them out of the franchise QB mix and leave them in a position where they can either reach or go BPA.

I still don't think Ponder is even close to the answer. At least he was semi-competent in the 2nd half and not as painful to watch.

We'll be lucky to get 3 wins

[johnpf12345]

yeah, life as a Vikings fan sucks. I was already, in the first half, when our 'd' was getting run over (til the turnovers - Robison and Williams) thinking 0-16, or at least a VERY HIGH first round draft pick coming next year.

[CalVike]

This team is reminding me of the 0-16 Lions. Been a fan over 40 years now but seriously considering if I am wasteing my time. Serious flaws everywhere and only 3-4 players on this team actually worthy of any other NFL team roster. the coaching and starting QBs for years here have been a joke. The Offensive and Defensive Schemes and philosophies are absolute laughable. The team is set up to be a loser. Not much of a chance for this season. Total rebuild from the top down. Ad's career will go down as a waste. If I was him I would demand a trade and refuse to play a down till I was traded

I didn't see the game. Did we lose by 3 TDs on the road?


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[Hunter Morrow]

It would have been better to lose by 3 touchdowns. At least Ponder wouldn't be taunting us with the promise of average QB play.
We could tear it all down and get different coaches and coordinators and make a move on a franchise QB.

I'd rather just blow it up all and go 3-13 looking terrible than going 3-13 with half the games being totally winnable.

Lions was winnable even with all the turnovers. Today was totally winnable but we had piss poor coaching a total
defensive collapse.

[johnpf12345]

and could you learn from the first kickoff to maybe kick it away from hester? OMG, 249 kick return yards through three or so quarters.

[Reignman]

Can anyone tell me why, in the first half, with 2:17 left on the clock, and Peterson had just run out of bounds, why when the ball was spotted the clock started?? Was that a mistake or does the clock only stop til snapped in the second half? I could not understand it?

Outside of 2 minutes in the first half, and 5 minutes of the 2nd half, the clock keeps running on out of bounds plays.

[chicagopurple]

Ponder is our worst nightmare...ultimately will always be a failure but does JUST enough to give the GM/Coach and excuse to have a chronic hope he will "turn around" .....In my 40 yrs as a Vikes fan, this is going to be the hardest time (well next to Les Steckel). We are watching the utter waste of Adrian Peterson's career/gifts....

[tmscr]

yeah, really. the 0-16 lions? give me a break. a 1 point loss on the road to a good divisional team is nothing to take to the bridge over. because we lost last week and put ourselves in a hole, it seems worse. we haven't won in chicago since '07

[HornedMessiah]

Doesn't Ponder have one the highest QBRs inside the redzone?
Yeah, the dude throws picks in the middle of the field and out of our own endzone, but for some reason, he's pretty dang good in the redzone.
Should have thrown it on 3rd and 4.

Especially when you have an excellent red zone target like Rudolph. Just a piss poor playcall, considering that Ponder had been playing well in the 2nd half.

[Reignman]

Ponder is our worst nightmare...ultimately will always be a failure but does JUST enough to give the GM/Coach and excuse to have a chronic hope he will "turn around" .....In my 40 yrs as a Vikes fan, this is going to be the hardest time (well next to Les Steckel). We are watching the utter waste of Adrian Peterson's career/gifts....

This right here, this is why I've been so impatient with the QB situation. AD is slowly becoming the next Barry Sanders. Do we really want AD to be remembered as the guy whose career was wasted in Minnesota? By the time we find or develop a decent QB, we won't have a complimentary running game.