Cirio on 02 November 2016
| Arkaign said: More food for thought, and this should dismiss outright the idea that the Vikings are going anywhere : Jay Cutler, coming off of injury and with basically zero practice time, recorded a rating of 100.5, taking only 1 sack, averaging over 8 YPA, and connecting on about 64% of his passes. The Viking's only 'strength' certainly didn't do the job there. How about defending the run? Nope, they allowed 153 yards to Howard, at a stunning 5.9 per attempt. They couldn't stop it even when selling out to stop it. Against CHICAGO'S O-line. Minnesota's lead back barely cracked 40 yards in return, while Bradford was sacked 5 times, and recorded a 20.9 QBR. And Minnesota was even lucky that it wasn't worse. The Bears fumbled zero times. The Vikings fumbled twice, and the ball bounced right for them not to lose either. |
I agree. Minnesota is this year's 2015 Falcons. They had a decent run and everyone started freaking out. The reality is their QB is Sam BADford (there's a reason he has that name) and they have no run game. Their defense is good and should continue to be good, but it won't be able to carry the team in the playoffs (they aren't anything like 2013-2014 Seahawks D or 2015 Broncos D).
If they make the playoffs I predict a 1st round exit. Green Bay, Dallas, Philly, Atlanta, and Seattle can all beat this team convincingly.
