LOL. Front 7 will get run over. Rivers will have to sling it to overcome a conservative game plan. Vikings win 27-20.
This will be the blowout win we all waiting for.
Is their secondary good enough to hold up against constant blitzes? I know they have Rhodes who is a good player, but not clued up on their rest of their secondary. I'm pretty sure Rivers has a good passer rating when blitzed? One of the highest in the league last year (second, in fact)
Norv can't hurt us anymore than he already did
The Bengals had 175 yards on the ground against us. The Viks have a young QB. They would be smart to exploit our poor run D.
concerned about the playcalling from us, stopping the run game of the vikings
I think keying in on AP is the way. AP is far more dangerous than Bridgewater considering our run D sucks.
Meh. What can AP do on the Chargers ? It's not like he's ever run for 296 yards in one game against us in the past or anything.
It's nice to see that Min's run D is worse and that they give up twice as many rushing TDs. MGIII will have a better day.
This is a must-win, no way we lose to NORV!!!!
Don't be norvous about the Yikes and their "offensive genius".
Chargers are the better team and should find a way to win.
However, who knows what happens, 2nd week in a row cross country for a 10am PST start.
The ViQueens aren't going to win with AP alone against the Chargers offense. At some point Bridgewater is going to have to throw and score through the air. He's a boom or bust QB. If he is "on" and getting good protection, he can hurt you, but if he is being pressured in his face or his receivers are well covered, he wilts. We'll see if the Chargers can get back to the type of pass D they played against the Lions in the 2nd half. The ViQueen's OLine isn't great in pass pro. I'd be fine with AP going off for 150 yards as long as the Charger defense shuts down Bridgewater and his receivers. I think Philip and Gordon are going to go off and have BIG games. I look for a 24-17 Chargers score, unless the turnover machine rears it's ugly head again.
The Vikings scored a whopping 3 points on the 49ers on opening night, despite all of the turnover on that defense....a defense which gave up 43 points this past Sunday.
Peterson looked good (for the most part) against the Lions, a team that we put up almost 500 total yards against. He also had two fumbles, though he got lucky and one was negated by a penalty on the other side of the field.
Again, AP might have a big day against us, but let's stop with the combination of fatalism and ego it takes to think he's going to re-write the record books against us.
And AP can have a good day against us and still lose the game.
I honestly wonder how many of you can name the Vikings' actual head coach without googling it.
This sh*t ain't about Norv.
Also, I forgot to mention this last night, but the Union Tribune's thread is N***'s Vikings as if Norv's name was profanity.
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