Season opener!!!!!! MN vs GB

[Scott K]

Originally Posted By: garyc

What gets me is how many people have bought the idea of a promised well improved team.

That's a fancy way of saying "hope"

I bought into it, but I am not giving up on it yet..

[MUSKYMAN1011]

Lambo himself could coach this team and lose with a well below average QB....

But, everyone likes to blame the coach. First Green, then Tice, now Chilly. Chilly was the best available when we got him. We need to move forward with this team, not backwards again.

We need a QB.

You are sooo full of Cr!p

Green was a Terrible Game Day Coach!

Tice was so, so.

Chilly is wayyy to conservative to take this team anywhere!

[fishinJohn]

I was watching the Brewers lose instead of the Pack but I am glad they won. 5-0 vs. the Vikes, sounds good to me. I just like watching Atari make some good hits; he always seems to make an impact.

[croixflats]

Has anyone noticed the day after the game you only remember tid bits of the game as the memory slowly loses more info as the days pass. Its like a Sephen King book mixed with Ground Hog Day because we keep repeating it all over

[PierBridge]

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What gets me is how many people have bought the idea of a promised well improved team.

We are improved we certainly played a better game in Green Bay this year.

Of course if you are basing it on W-L record in Todays NFL with all parity we have only time will tell on that part.

But we are better Team this year.

I'll stick with 9-7 give or take a victory or two depending on the breaks and injury factors. I'm thinking 6-2 the 2nd half of the season whether thats enough to make the playoffs stay tuned!

[Gary Crichton]

You are correct, and time will tell the story, however I do not see it happening. Sorry. As far as a better game, it was NOT hard to improve on last years game at Lambau. A field goal would have done that.

G.C.

[Jim Uran]

Pitiful execution is all I can say, aren't we a west coast based offense? It seemed almost every throw was downfield? One drive looked nice when TJack was hitting the short passes and the next he looked like a meathead.

We had our chance at the end, to me it looked like a blown route by shiancoe, oh well there is always next week.

[Gary Crichton]

Same old [PoorWordUsage] as b-4. A perfect example. 3rd and 7 and throw a 3 yard pass. 3rd and 5 and throw a 2 yard pass, with defenders right on there backs.

G.C.

[Wookiee]

Atari and Al Harris both need their heads shaved. How would you like to be named after a video game system what's next Coleco? Intellivision? Commodore? Xbox? Wii? Gamecube? Playstation? I call dibs on Coleco!

[Shack]

Did anyone stay up and watch the Den./Oak game last night?

Talk about a great game to see after a Vikes close call lose. Oak. made the Vikes look like Super Bowl contenders.

It could have been allot worse last night! You could have been a Raiders fan waking up this morning.

[Gary Crichton]

What a blow out that was. Maybe the Queens can play Oakland 13-14 times this year.

G.C.

[Hammer Handle]

I still think the Vikes will go 8-8 or 9-7.

They have a better team than last year...but it doesn't matter when your main player (QB) is well below average.

If we had a good quarterback, like Favre, we could be a very strong playoff contender.

[Hammer Handle]

And, people get on Childress...but I actually like some of the things he is doing.

He is trying to pass the ball more...and deep...but T-Jack can't see or hit anybody deep...so he is forced to go shoot...inside the 1st down marker.

[MUSKYMAN1011]

I still think the Vikes will go 8-8 or 9-7.

They have a better team than last year...but it doesn't matter when your main player (QB) is well below average.

If we had a good quarterback, like Favre, we could be a very strong playoff contender.

Yea, I bet the Jets win the Superbowl this year! .....;-)

[Wade Joseph]

Ooops, so much for the purple predictions....

[LMITOUT]

He is trying to pass the ball more...and deep...but T-Jack can't see or hit anybody deep...so he is forced to go shoot...inside the 1st down marker.

And here I thought it was Troy Williamson's fault?

They shipped him out of town and maybe they're whittling it down to the REAL problem? After all it is "a kick-a$$ offense" to quote Childress, so it has to be personnel, right?

[Hammer Handle]

I have said all along that the Vikings will go .500 this year.

And, they may make the playoffs with that, but lose first round. I think the Pack will make the playoffs too, and lose first round. Unless, of course, they play each other

The Jets don't have near a good of team as the Vikings, but could make the playoffs this year if Favre stays healthy. It will be tough though.

[fishinmajishin]

You guys have fun waiting for Childress to figure out how to use his talented team. I'll be in a tree stand or on the water actually enjoying my Sunday afternoons.

[bassislife]

Childress and jackson have to go if the vikings ever want a shot at something big. Until then a 8-8 team.

[MuleShack]

The negativity in the Vikings fans is absolutely horrible. By far the biggest bandwagon folks there are.

I'm a happier person being able to jump on and off the band wagon...those purple colored glasses tend to give me a head ache every weekend

[Scott M]

It's a long season and a frustrating loss for Viking fans but there is a need for some perspective for both teams. Both teams were predicted by some football analysts as Conference Semifinalists or finalists. While I'm sure one will make the playoffs, I wouldn't bet the farm on either yet (I'm saying I'm not confident in either independently and the divisional champion is a tossup after one game). They both showed some weaknesses in a game that was statistically even and ended as a GB 5 point victory.

My thoughts as a Viking rube are this after week 1:

The Vikings need to address the departure of Heath Farwell and shore up their special teams.

Jackson needs to become more comfortable with the offense after missing much of the preseason. He also needs to learn to slide so he doesn't get hurt.

The secondary needs help from Williams or from a better pass rush to cut down on the amount of time the opposing QB has.

The Vikings pass protection must work on execution, as does their pass defense. Heck, offense on general needs to work on execution. They should go out, find a way to get the ball into Peterson's hands 25+ times again in short passes or runs, and even if the other team knows its coming still stick it to them with execution.

The tackles pretty much got embarrassed on that O line. McKinnie needs to get his head straight when he comes back and start performing to the tune of his contract.

Penalties need to be cut back. It's week one so hopefully all teams improve in this category.

The coaching staff needs to work on mixing up play calls and making things user friendly for Jackson.

The whole team has to get their minds right because this first month of the season is going to be brutal schedulewise.

Shiancoe needs to work on Catching and not fumbling

[PierBridge]

Well said!.....where's your Uncle?

[eyepatrol]

What I saw Monday night was exactly the same type of play I saw all of last year. Great RB, marginal receivers, less than marginal QB and less than steller pass defense.

All of us Vikes fans just as well prepare ourselves for another season of 7-9 or 8-8 or at best 9-7. 'Cause this year's team isn't any different than last years except for a few new names in all the "wrong places".

[james_walleye]

He tried to pass the ball more, in the 2nd half that is. 1st half in which the play calling resembled last season, 2 completions 16 yards. 2nd half he finally starts mixing things up, 14 completions 161 yards 2 TD drives and a FG drive. Bring in your QB of choice, if the game is called like the 1st half they will fail. This is more than just Jackson, its about the situations Childress puts him in. No QB is going to succeed if 90% of the passes attempted are 3rd and 7 passes such as last season went. We'll see what week 2 brings. Is it going to be the lame playcalling we saw in the 1st half? Or will he put his QB in a situation where he can succeed like he did in the 2nd half last night. 161 yards, 2 TD drives and a FG drive in the 2nd half, Jackson held up his end in that half when Childress put him in a decent situation.

[bassislife]

You hit it right on the nose eyepatrol.