OFFICIAL RAMS vs VIKES POSTGAME THREAD

**ultravikingfan** · 10-11-2009, 02:05 PM

Not the best game at times, but every team is going to hit a few bumps in the road.

Props to Brett making some killer passes.

Props to JA....again.

The Rams are who we thought they were...terrible!

The Defense did a great job creating turnovers.
And Boller too.
Thanks for the fumble!
You win the turnover battle, you most likely win the game.

Good job Chiller and the rest of the coaches.
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Defense
Chiller
Sapp
TJ
Allen
Favre
Rice
Shank
Greenway
Harv
Longwell
EJ
Ced
AD
CT
T-Jack

**SharperImage** · 10-11-2009, 02:57 PM

cant play like this against the Ravens, WE NEED TO RUN...AD hasn't had 100 yards since week 1...thats not good. We need AD to show up.

**gregair13** · 10-11-2009, 02:57 PM

It was a cake walk. I liked the three big plays Sapp made. Really, everyone was pretty good.

Move on to next week already

**Marrdro** · 10-11-2009, 02:59 PM

I honestly can't remember a time when I watched a Vikes game and wasn't nervous.
Defense let them move the ball way to much but hey, if they keep getting turnovers in the red zone, its almost like we are letting the opposing team burn the clock for us.

Loved all the early rotations (throughout the whole game) as well as gettting the backups in midway through the 4th.

Not much to hack on, hell, even the fan favorite Tahi had a career day. ;D

**SharperImage** · 10-11-2009, 03:02 PM

if we can't run on the Rams, we ain't running on the Ravens... Poor Brett favre, he gonna get killed by blitzing next sunday.

**ultravikingfan** · 10-11-2009, 03:04 PM

"SharperImage" wrote:

if we can't run on the Rams, we ain't running on the Ravens... Poor Brett favre, he gonna get killed by blitzing next sunday.

Ask Carson Palmer and the Bengals.

**realviking** · 10-11-2009, 03:13 PM

I heard something while watching the game that I'd never thought I'd hear again.
The color guy described our offense as explosive.

**i_bleed_purple** · 10-11-2009, 03:24 PM

"SharperImage" wrote:

if we can't run on the Rams, we ain't running on the Ravens... Poor Brett favre, he gonna get killed by blitzing next sunday.

its not that we can't run on the rams, we aren't even trying.
Peterson had 16 carries for 69 yards, 4.6 average.
Thats not bad, but we all know Peterson is at his best late in the game when the defense is worn down.
So far, with the exception of the Browns game, we havne't given him enough balls.

Likes:
Pass Blocking - seems to be much improved from the first bunch of games
Harvin/Rice - made some good catches, but if Harvin had caught that long ball, he'd have topped 100 yards
Passing game in general - Favre made some great throws, a boneheaded throws and avoided pressure pretty well.
Another good game by him.
Jared Allen... Overpaid?

Needs Work:
Defense - all aspects.
Didn't get a whole lot of pressure, let up alot of yards.
Made some good stands in the redzone and on fourth down.
Jared Allen, despite having no sacks still came to play.
Pass Defense needs work, Missed tackles all over the place, soft coverage, sometimes no coverage.
That late TD came on Paymah, so I'm not too concerned about it.
Jackson had a good game on us.

**HEY** · 10-11-2009, 03:27 PM

"ultravikingfan" wrote:

"SharperImage" wrote:

if we can't run on the Rams, we ain't running on the Ravens... Poor Brett favre, he gonna get killed by blitzing next sunday.

Ask Carson Palmer and the Bengals.

Exactly, Cedric Benson got 120 yards with a 4.4 average.
Remember, the Ravens aren't the best run stoppers in the league.
Plus, I wouldn't say that "we can't run on the Rams". It's not Adrian Peterson's fault that he didn't get the rock more, he didn't need to.
Besides, he still got an average of 4.6 yards per carry, with 2 TD's. Chester Taylor even got a rushing TD.

UPDATE: I see that i_bleed_purple has pretty much the same opinion.