The Negatives

[Hunter Morrow]

How? Choke him to death?

[The Breeze]

demi is going to kill you!

Did I just jinx his homeboy?

[The Breeze]

How? Choke him to death?

I just cut my dreads off a few months ago too...so, at least I ain't gotta worry about getting any yanked out.

'Don't choke me bro!'

[vikeinmontana]

Did I just jinx his homeboy?

no. he just takes his "no positivity in the negative thread" job very seriously. he's literally going to beat you to death.

[headless_norseman]

The negatives are all these backround dice

Get rid of them, once and for all!

[Dames]

The negatives are all these backround dice

Get rid of them, once and for all!

What are you talking about? There are no dice on the forum.

[Dames]

The negatives are all these backround dice

Get rid of them, once and for all!

What are you talking about? There are no dice on the forum.

[Demi]

Did I just jinx his homeboy?
no. he just takes his "no positivity in the negative thread" job very seriously. he's literally going to beat you to death.

Yeah, keep that "Cook looked really good" crap in the positives thread. Have the positive police going all LAPD on non-positive posts in the positive thread. So I expect the same courtesy to be shown here by keeping any positive crap out of this thread! No purple glasses allowed! And leave the kool aid at the door.

Vanilla 9ers offense and scrub receivers. And you bring that positive CB play propaganda into this thread? Wow. Clearly an unnecessary troll job. And uncalled for. Can't believe I'm even replying to this. Philosophical farts and high thoughts!!! Random meaningless rant!!!

[vikeinmontana]

Yeah, keep that "Cook looked really good" crap in the positives thread. Have the positive police going all LAPD on non-positive posts in the positive thread. So I expect the same courtesy to be shown here by keeping any positive crap out of this thread! No purple glasses allowed! And leave the kool aid at the door.

Vanilla 9ers offense and scrub receivers. And you bring that positive CB play propaganda into this thread? Wow. Clearly an unnecessary troll job. And uncalled for. Can't believe I'm even replying to this. Philosophical farts and high thoughts!!! Random meaningless rant!!!

good stuff.

[The Breeze]

@ Demi

lol.....nice one.

I was commenting on the negativity of him getting injured and took it a little too far.

Can we just call it a mulligan this time?

[Reignman]

Actually 4 games out, and needing to win out, they didn't squeak in. They grabbed that #### by the neck and showed the nfl who's boss

Well yeah we won some of those games decisively, but the fact that we were in a position that made the last 4 games "must win" is why we squeaked into the playoffs as the #6 seed. Not to mention I believe we needed a couple of teams to lose out in the final 2 weeks to help us make the playoffs too.

The Rams didn't make the playoffs in Dickerson's 2000 yard season. Neither did Buffalo OJ's in '73 or the Titans in Chris Johnson's in '09.

I'm not sure if you were trying too, but you helped make my point here lol. Which is you need a good passing game to succeed in this league, even if you have the best RB ever and call yourself a run first team.

Cook looked really good Sunday. The dude better stay healthy this year~

The dude has exactly 0 INT's through 22 career NFL games. But that probably has more to do with our "let em catch it and then try to tackle" scheme.

And you bring that positive CB play propaganda into this thread?

[Thaumaturgist]

And leave the kool aid at the door.

Dang... I just spilled some on my shirt. Can I still come in?

[hibbingviking]

Our offensive line looked terrible. I know it takes time. But Kalil just got owned. And the blitzes couldn't be stopped.

Rudolph had a ball bounce off his hands.

Gerhart is a scrub. Honestly, put a uniform on me. I'll stumble around on runs as well as him. Bumbling is right! Nice to see him stumble forward for a couple yards, but any big white guy falling forward could do that. Get the young guys in here.

Ponder's play action? Can coaches not work on this or what? He has the worst play action in the entire NFL! "hug the ball...pretend you handed it off" is not play action. The guy who they just moved to receiver has a better play action! Get the ball extended and pretend! 4 years at FSU and now on his third in the NFL and he still doesn't get it?

Short field punts wooow huge upgrade. Literally night and day with Kluwe. Longer field? Oh crap we're in trouble. Especially with this QB and offense. Those rugby punts are great when you're at midfield. But beyond that? oh crap, is Hester still returning punts for Chicago? My spleen just exploded.

Safeties other than Blanton? Boo! Get Blanton in there already. And if you're not drafting a guard draft a safety next year. Man this is ugly.

No depth at linebacker. Starters questionable? Check the backups. Terrible situation. You read about needing quick LBs in the cover 2. This team is a mess. Investing in other positions leaves a pretty big hole at linebacker. Takes time to build a team. And this is a position they're waiting on. It will show. Bishop was a hail mary to try and by time. He could but it's going to be ugly either way.

Need a new offensive coordinator. Musgrave? Pf. Call up Denny. This west coast is a joke. We've seen it since Chili. Through Bevell. And now Musgrave. He leans on a once in a decade way too much. Change it up. Probably will after this season. Frazier holds his own. Especially considering this personnel on defense. After this year going to be crazy with the youth we have across the board.

Average team with some huge talent as some positions, but overall need more than "just do your job average" to get it done. Especially on offense.

I wonder if ponders arm is this weak or is he being to conservative ? rarely see a completed deep pass.

[Just Me]

I'm not sure if you were trying too, but you helped make my point here lol. Which is you need a good passing game to succeed in this league, even if you have the best RB ever and call yourself a run first team.

So by definition then (the Vikings did make the playoffs) we have a good passing game?

Negatives - Inconsistent offensive play. The first pass called in last week's game was a great call (play-action on 1st down with AD in the backfield). Everybody though Peterson was going to get the ball and a long pass that should have been an easy completion was overthrown. Yes, I'll grant that was Ponder's first pass, but the offense loses the element of 'surprise' if he has to 'find his groove' befopre he can make that pass work.

I know it's only preseason, but I thought execution on offense was poor in the 2nd game (better in the SF game, but still nothing to write home about). I know it's 'vanilla' (yada-yada-yada) but shouldn't the 'basic' plays be executed even more competently than complex offensive schemes?

The defense - they are good (call the negative police! it's a positive observation ), BUT.... When the offense goes three-and-out repeatedly, they tired quickly against SF and it showed. Unfortunately, we won't know until the real season starts if they will be able to make adjustments or if an anemic offense will simply reveal weaknesses that might otherwise be disguised.

Is KWill missing some games? I thought he was OK....

[Mothman]

Negatives - Inconsistent offensive play. The first pass called in last week's game was a great call (play-action on 1st down with AD in the backfield). Everybody though Peterson was going to get the ball and a long pass that should have been an easy completion was overthrown. Yes, I'll grant that was Ponder's first pass, but the offense loses the element of 'surprise' if he has to 'find his groove' befopre he can make that pass work.

I know it's only preseason, but I thought execution on offense was poor in the 2nd game (better in the SF game, but still nothing to write home about). I know it's 'vanilla' (yada-yada-yada) but shouldn't the 'basic' plays be executed even more competently than complex offensive schemes?

The defense - they are good (call the negative police! it's a positive observation ), BUT.... When the offense goes three-and-out repeatedly, they tired quickly against SF and it showed.

I'm confused. When did you think it showed? The Vikes offense started the game with a pair of 3-and-out possessions but the Vikes defense forced SF to go 3 and out on each of their first 2 possessions too so I can't imagine they were already tired by the time SF put together a TD drive on their third possession. They had defended a total of 7 plays up to that point (there was a penalty and a repeated down on SF's second possession) so they certainly shouldn't have been tired. The Vikes 3rd possession lasted 14 plays and about 7 minutes and it included the break between quarters so the defense should have been rested when they took the field again in the second quarter. Did you think they looked tired at some point after that?

Is KWill missing some games? I thought he was OK....

His status for week one hasn't been determined yet.