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PulseOfTheFan wrote:Ending of an era in Minnesota. To me, there have been three eras over the last 20 years. The Randy Moss/Cris Carter fun and gun era, the riverboat/not that great on the field era, and the Adrian Peterson era.

What is the next era?

808vikingsfan wrote:What's the single game rushing record?

Texas Vike wrote: Nice observation.

I hope it's the dominant D era, with Bradford leading a diverse attack on O. If we draft Mixon, it may become the Joe Mixon Era. I'm unsure what to think of that prospect though.

Mothman wrote: My first thought when reading the question was that's where it's heading (ie: an era defined by the defense).

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808vikingsfan wrote:
Thanks. Here's to hoping it doesn't get broken Week 1.

Texas Vike wrote:Something tells me that the defensive lapse we saw post-bye had to do with the psychological stress of Norv's departure and the eye issue (which were likely related, honestly, as a psychosomatic reaction).

I expect Zimmer's D to come back hard this season. I also would not be surprised by a rather high selection of a DT to replace Floyd.

Grashopa wrote:I really hope that Peterson doesn't get the better of us week one (aside from that i hope that he has a good rest of his career). I have a feeling that there are a lot of players on our defense that are very eager for the opportunity to hit Peterson.

Mothman wrote: While I wish I could attribute it to such factors. I can't bring myself to do so for several reasons:

The breakdowns began before Norv's departure

The defense played arguably it's best game after the bye (against Dallas) with Zimmer in the hospital so I have a hard time believing his eye issues do much to explain sub-par performances, although they certainly could have been a contributing factor. That had to weigh on his mind and be a distraction.

My main reason is simply that the breakdowns weren't new or unique to last season. We've seen Zimmer's defenses get run over by opposing running games before. We've seen them suffer blowout losses every year under Zimmer. In fact, the Vikes have suffered double-digit losses to Green Bay in each of the last 3 seasons , allowing 30 or more points in each of those losses.

That's how I see it anyway. YMMV.
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Texas Vike wrote:Well, I guess I could have been more precise with my language.

I don't think the high stress began the minute Norv left; I'm guessing that Norv left after things had gotten pretty tense. It would be pretty jejune to think otherwise. (Word of the day for VMB: "Jejune" )

My memory is shoddy, but the general arc I recall with our D was that the latter half of the 2015 season showed steady improvement. Similarly, we started out the 2016 season looking very dominant. After Norv-gate and the eye issue, the D just looked less focused. I don't think it is far fetched to think that may be due to their leader being less than 100% devoted to the task at hand.

Your points are valid--they have never been so consistent that they don't have a soft game, but, the trajectory had been sharply up until life got very complicated for our coach. If I'm wrong, we'll see more wayward play this year even when the seas are no longer rough.