Hooray!
After being humiliated in San Fran, and a solid showing vs Detroit, we really kicked some ass yesterday at home vs San Diego. Broncos up next...genuinely curious as to what will happen.
I didn't get to watch the past two games, but I'm going to check out highlights as soon as I have some very important assignments/tests off my back and write some more updates.
But for now, let's glory in the fact we've won two in a row and are above 0.500!! SKOL!
Monday, September 28, 2015
Monday, September 14, 2015
Vikings at 49ers 9/14/15
Well, ladies and gentlemen, the Gjallarhorn has sounded on a new Vikings season!
FIRST HALF:
Three plays in and once again, the Vikings' weakness is "up the gut". We live and die by the line! Sadly, although I'm expecting decent D-line play again, this O-line...injuries aside, this is not terribly encouraging boys! And once again, too-soft coverage allowing Kaep to to connect on long passes. The talking heads are saying it's the three TE's, but I don't know.
It's already getting a bit chippy on the field and I'm nervous. I hope Zimmer has these boys on lockdown so far as their emotions go. Per Twitter, people have already been hollering "Child Beater" at Peterson...I hope he can hold onto his temper especially well tonight!! (Not that I agree with his actions. I do think he thought he was being a good father, and I REALLY hope those parenting classes he took have altered his style in a less physically punitive direction.)
Special teams once again makes a HUGE play - Andrew Sendejo (safety) blocks the kick and and Sherels returns it into SanFran territory. And this is why Sherels ALWAYS MAKES THE TEAM. And I'm fine with that. Sherels also hung on to the ball after a brutal hit, which I am really pleased about. We need men like that on the team. The special teams I'm most concerned about is Blair Walsh. I don't know what "got into his head", but it was something killer and he needs to get over it or get cut. Another big special teams play is Audie Cole jumping on the punt recovery when the 49er fumbled it. Vikings brass is finally losing faith in Blair Walsh. Which is nothing Blair Walsh needs to feel, considering how shitty he's been lately. It's clearly all in his head, and we all know what happens to kickers who get mentally lost.
Offense, going back to that four-wide set we've used in the past, but I still lust for a good, defense-confusing five-wide set. I really think that with the weapons we've got we could rock that ish! Bridgewater finally finding his feet for a good 19 yard completion to Wallace after evading two huge defenders. Adrian Peterson makes a fab run, dragging 3 defenders 10 yards for the first.
Defense: Harrison Smith made a GORGEOUS (and perfectly legal) hit on Kaep. Amazed Kaep got back up, to be honest. They're looking pretty winded with 6 minutes left in the 1st which has me VERY concerned. Our conditioning needs to be a hell of a lot better than that.
I can't understand why this three-tight set is destroying our D so much. WAY too much softness up the gut and WAY too much space for the WR/TEs. I don't approve of this D-setup at all. Why aren't we making corrections? We'd better sort ourselves out at halftime. Also, EFF the REFS. That defender was all over Mike Wallace, clearest pass interference I've ever seen in my life, and not one single flag. That guy had better get reprimanded by the ref's union come...whenever that sort of thing is reviewed.
WELL. That is not how I wanted the half to end. Going into the locker room down 7-0...that's not good.
SECOND HALF
I miss Loadholt and Sully.
ENOUGH WITH THE STUPID PENALTIES. Sendejo is making some tough hits. We need more of that. What a boring, horrible, game this is. Stupid penalties, stupid plays, injuries, just everything that's bad about football. At least Bridgewater is using the pocket. Adrian Peterson is underutilized as hell today. Still Blair Walsh made a 37 yarder, that's something.
We're not getting enough - or the right - pressure on Kaep. Now, I know he's "elite"...but still. UGH and Hyde scored again. Our line needs so much help. Oh and Teddy gets picked off. Bad decisions - more overthrowing under stress. New turnovers. I just can't even find anything good about this. I could say, "Oh we'll we've been hit in the mouth now, let's see what happens." But...oy.
INJURIES:
Sharif Floyd went down early in the game, but walked off under his own power. Twitter claims it's dehydration. He returned.
CONCLUSION:
Well. It might have been worse. We might have been shut out. They might have scored a lot more than 20 points. Also, if San Fran keeps Hyde in all game even when they have the equivalent of a blowout win, he's going to get seriously injured. Hope they're ready for that.
Teddy needs to screw his head on properly ALL game, not half of it; the lines need to be shored up by cement and barbed wire; and Blair Walsh needs a hypnotist or some kind of PTSD therapy.
SKOL
FIRST HALF:
Three plays in and once again, the Vikings' weakness is "up the gut". We live and die by the line! Sadly, although I'm expecting decent D-line play again, this O-line...injuries aside, this is not terribly encouraging boys! And once again, too-soft coverage allowing Kaep to to connect on long passes. The talking heads are saying it's the three TE's, but I don't know.
It's already getting a bit chippy on the field and I'm nervous. I hope Zimmer has these boys on lockdown so far as their emotions go. Per Twitter, people have already been hollering "Child Beater" at Peterson...I hope he can hold onto his temper especially well tonight!! (Not that I agree with his actions. I do think he thought he was being a good father, and I REALLY hope those parenting classes he took have altered his style in a less physically punitive direction.)
Special teams once again makes a HUGE play - Andrew Sendejo (safety) blocks the kick and and Sherels returns it into SanFran territory. And this is why Sherels ALWAYS MAKES THE TEAM. And I'm fine with that. Sherels also hung on to the ball after a brutal hit, which I am really pleased about. We need men like that on the team. The special teams I'm most concerned about is Blair Walsh. I don't know what "got into his head", but it was something killer and he needs to get over it or get cut. Another big special teams play is Audie Cole jumping on the punt recovery when the 49er fumbled it. Vikings brass is finally losing faith in Blair Walsh. Which is nothing Blair Walsh needs to feel, considering how shitty he's been lately. It's clearly all in his head, and we all know what happens to kickers who get mentally lost.
Offense, going back to that four-wide set we've used in the past, but I still lust for a good, defense-confusing five-wide set. I really think that with the weapons we've got we could rock that ish! Bridgewater finally finding his feet for a good 19 yard completion to Wallace after evading two huge defenders. Adrian Peterson makes a fab run, dragging 3 defenders 10 yards for the first.
Defense: Harrison Smith made a GORGEOUS (and perfectly legal) hit on Kaep. Amazed Kaep got back up, to be honest. They're looking pretty winded with 6 minutes left in the 1st which has me VERY concerned. Our conditioning needs to be a hell of a lot better than that.
I can't understand why this three-tight set is destroying our D so much. WAY too much softness up the gut and WAY too much space for the WR/TEs. I don't approve of this D-setup at all. Why aren't we making corrections? We'd better sort ourselves out at halftime. Also, EFF the REFS. That defender was all over Mike Wallace, clearest pass interference I've ever seen in my life, and not one single flag. That guy had better get reprimanded by the ref's union come...whenever that sort of thing is reviewed.
WELL. That is not how I wanted the half to end. Going into the locker room down 7-0...that's not good.
SECOND HALF
I miss Loadholt and Sully.
ENOUGH WITH THE STUPID PENALTIES. Sendejo is making some tough hits. We need more of that. What a boring, horrible, game this is. Stupid penalties, stupid plays, injuries, just everything that's bad about football. At least Bridgewater is using the pocket. Adrian Peterson is underutilized as hell today. Still Blair Walsh made a 37 yarder, that's something.
We're not getting enough - or the right - pressure on Kaep. Now, I know he's "elite"...but still. UGH and Hyde scored again. Our line needs so much help. Oh and Teddy gets picked off. Bad decisions - more overthrowing under stress. New turnovers. I just can't even find anything good about this. I could say, "Oh we'll we've been hit in the mouth now, let's see what happens." But...oy.
INJURIES:
Sharif Floyd went down early in the game, but walked off under his own power. Twitter claims it's dehydration. He returned.
CONCLUSION:
Well. It might have been worse. We might have been shut out. They might have scored a lot more than 20 points. Also, if San Fran keeps Hyde in all game even when they have the equivalent of a blowout win, he's going to get seriously injured. Hope they're ready for that.
Teddy needs to screw his head on properly ALL game, not half of it; the lines need to be shored up by cement and barbed wire; and Blair Walsh needs a hypnotist or some kind of PTSD therapy.
SKOL
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