Quote: @Al (The Lochstar) Heurung said:
Zone run blocking hides some of the more painful elements of our line, and is exactly what you do with a poor O-line. Great call. Trust your playmakers, and that includes the RB's. The defense has been suffocatingly good for the last couple weeks. This team is starting to peak at just the right time. We keep this formula up, we'll be a nightmare for other teams in the playoffs.
im not a lineman, but what i liked is there was alot more lining up and taking on the guy in front of you, no fancy ass double cross over pulling action, and liked the back getting the ball early.
I'm not a O lineman nor have I played one on TV, but I can't imagine an O lineman wouldn't want to run block all day versus defending against the premier defensive ends in pass protection. Running the rock down your opponents throat has to be immensely satisfying.
I thought they looked great in the 1st and 4th quarters. Looked like the same 2018 offense in the 2nd and 3rd.
Quote: @ThunderGod said:
@ MarkSP18 said:
Vikings ran the ball 40 times and passed it 21 times. I would not say they was balance.
I will say that the terrible Dolphins defense is just what the doctor ordered.
Now, all of a sudden, the new OC is magically calling better plays than the old OC. OK.
I think it is more about the line being able to block a not so good Dolphins defense more than anything else.
But that kind of thinking is contrary to the popular narrative of kicking JDF when he is down.
We shall see how this offensive line and "new balance" on offense does in week 17 when they play the Bears again and have to block Hicks and Mack.
Last time they played they got their arses whupped.
Happy for the win though.
Don't count on the Bears game being a true test either. With the division locked up, the Bears resting their players, I expect their won't be the fire in the Bears eyes like before. Sure, they will play for "pride" but it won't be a true test against a winning team.
Bears could be in the mix for the #2 seed so they could be very motivated to get a bye.
The Rams need to beat the Cards and 49ers the next two weeks which should be doable but divisional games are always tough.
The Bears get the 49ers (who just beat the Seahawks) and the Vikings.
Very good chance the Bears have something to play for that last week.
Quote: @MarkSP18 said:
Vikings ran the ball 40 times and passed it 21 times. I would not say they was balance.
I will say that the terrible Dolphins defense is just what the doctor ordered.
Now, all of a sudden, the new OC is magically calling better plays than the old OC. OK.
I think it is more about the line being able to block a not so good Dolphins defense more than anything else.
But that kind of thinking is contrary to the popular narrative of kicking JDF when he is down.
We shall see how this offensive line and "new balance" on offense does in week 17 when they play the Bears again and have to block Hicks and Mack.
Last time they played they got their arses whupped.
Happy for the win though.
Yes, the Dolphins defense isn't very good... but the changes Stefanski made to our offense made all the difference in the world. This looked like the Vikings offense from last season and I don't think it was a coincidence that we had our best offensive output all year.
Stefanski used some of the same concepts that made us successful under Shurmur. Multi-TE sets to help us run the ball better, we ran way more play-action (32% of the time compared to 18% under DeFelippo), had Cousins play under center instead of shotgun, and ran an up-tempo offense. These are all things we went away from when DeFelippo became OC... we threw the ball way too much, rarely ran multi-TE sets, didn't use play-action enough, and rarely went hurry up except late in games when we were down two scores.
This is what some of us have been saying all along... you have one of the best play-action passers in the NFL the past couple seasons, yet we rarely ran play-action under Flip and didn't run the ball enough to make it effective. It was an encouraging performance from Stefanski. The offense had a nice rhythm early and got it back in the 4th quarter after penalties squandered a couple drives in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.
Glad for the win....glad the team has control of their playoff destiny. But games against Detroit and then Chicago to end the year could really put the coal in the Viking's stocking for Christmas. I just don't trust this offense. The Bills beating Detroit should take the wind out of their sails, but who knows? And Chicago is really looking very solid. They ran because Miami stinks at stopping the run and they had several injuries as the game went on.
Quote: @StickyBun said:
Glad for the win....glad the team has control of their playoff destiny. But games against Detroit and then Chicago to end the year could really put the coal in the Viking's stocking for Christmas. I just don't trust this offense. The Bills beating Detroit should take the wind out of their sails, but who knows? And Chicago is really looking very solid. They ran because Miami stinks at stopping the run and they had several injuries as the game went on.
Let's not forget that when we played them no one was worse against the run than the Seahawks. Patriots were near the bottom as well. This is not about suddenly getting a bad run defense.
Quote: @MaroonBells said:
@ StickyBun said:
Glad for the win....glad the team has control of their playoff destiny. But games against Detroit and then Chicago to end the year could really put the coal in the Viking's stocking for Christmas. I just don't trust this offense. The Bills beating Detroit should take the wind out of their sails, but who knows? And Chicago is really looking very solid. They ran because Miami stinks at stopping the run and they had several injuries as the game went on.
Let's not forget that when we played them no one was worse against the run than the Seahawks. Patriots were near the bottom as well. This is not about suddenly getting a bad run defense.
We'll see. Viking fans on a Vikings board are going to make a lot out of the win yesterday. That I know. Whether it means much remains to be seen, that's all I'm saying. I really hope it does!
I think what we can take away from this was that changes were made to the play calling and the results were at least positive....not the same, not worse, but positive. Does that mean anything for next week or the week after... hell no, but for one week this offense once again looked like it belonged and part of that was making positive play calling changes. so why not be optimistic for the coming week instead of waiting for for the other shoe to fall? I dont know that Stefanski will have an answer for the Lions D, let alone Hicks, Mack, and the rest of that Bears unit, but I am certainly feeling better about our prospects now than I was a 10 days ago.
Quote: @MaroonBells said:
@ StickyBun said:
Glad for the win....glad the team has control of their playoff destiny. But games against Detroit and then Chicago to end the year could really put the coal in the Viking's stocking for Christmas. I just don't trust this offense. The Bills beating Detroit should take the wind out of their sails, but who knows? And Chicago is really looking very solid. They ran because Miami stinks at stopping the run and they had several injuries as the game went on.
Let's not forget that when we played them no one was worse against the run than the Seahawks. Patriots were near the bottom as well. This is not about suddenly getting a bad run defense.
Miami has 11 guys on IR.
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