Ministry of Pain
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Can Minnesota revive their season?
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***Week 6*** Atlanta at Minnesota -3.5 (53) (1 Viewer)
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Biabreakable
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The Vikings get the opportunity to take disappointing to a whole new level this week against the winless Falcons who have finally gotten rid of their head coach. Maybe the Falcons play inspired today as many teams who lose their coach do following that. Maybe not.
The Vikings will be without Dalvin Cook this week and starting RG Dru Samia is out so rookie Ezra Cleveland might get his first playing time. Possibly Dakota Dozier moving to RG with Cleveland at LG. Otherwise it may be Brett Jones if Cleveland isn't ready yet.
The Vikings will be without Dalvin Cook this week and starting RG Dru Samia is out so rookie Ezra Cleveland might get his first playing time. Possibly Dakota Dozier moving to RG with Cleveland at LG. Otherwise it may be Brett Jones if Cleveland isn't ready yet.
Biabreakable
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Early interception by Dion Jones on Cousins then a TD by Julio Jones.
Vikings go 3 and out next drive then hold ATL to a FG after they converted a 4th and 1.
Cleveland at RG. Haven't had a chance to see him much yet.
Vikings go 3 and out next drive then hold ATL to a FG after they converted a 4th and 1.
Cleveland at RG. Haven't had a chance to see him much yet.
PennStater77
Footballguy
Mattison don't look good
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
That was a fumble
Vike TE Smith near the goal line
Vike TE Smith near the goal line
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PennStater77
Footballguy
That looks like a fumble.. Why did they blow the whistle?
Raging weasel
Footballguy
Definetly a fumble. Should've been 6 the other way.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Vikings stuffed at the goal line on 4th fown.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Need to get bigger up front.
Third verse same as the first.
Third verse same as the first.
PennStater77
Footballguy
Minnesota is missing Cook
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Koo with another Double Digit game this week, one of the best Kickers in the game since his debut middle of last season.
BigJim®
Footballguy
JMHO, if only the Vikes had another former head coach on their coach staff they might have out-prepped a 3-day interim staff.
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Copy/paste...
The defensive backfield is not equipped to cover NFL receivers and the offensive line is just awful.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Atlanta about to go up 30-7
Let's see what they do to give it away in the 4th Q
Let's see what they do to give it away in the 4th Q
BigJim®
Footballguy
Yeah, and way too much coin locked up in guys that are getting older and just aren't that good relative to their salary (Cousins, Barr, Rudolph among others).
Biabreakable
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Seattle isn't a good defense.
Atlanta isn't a good defense either, but Dion Jones had an excellent game.
The main difference is that the Vikings were able to run the ball against Seattle. They never got that going in this game. The pass is married to the run so when the run is not working then the bootlegs and play action aren't working either. Some of it is too predictable because defenders are able to pressure Cousins on those play fakes as soon as he is turning to look downfield. The defense knows what they are going to do too often and these plays do not work when they can anticipate as well as they did.
Credit to Atlanta for a good defensive game plan. What they did to the bootlegs reminded me of what Green Bay and Chicago were doing to them last season.
When a poor defense like Atlanta can do this, maybe the offense is too predictable. This isn't a problem so much when its working and they are running the ball effectively.
Kirk Cousins played like crap. The Vikings have turned him into a game manager and they should not need to pay him top $$ to do what any QB could do. Every QB looks good when they don't have to throw because the running game is working.
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