Post Game Thoughts/Observations

**sigh**

Please post your post game thoughts please.

O-Line...cripes!
Penalties
Slippery hands.

Oh well, we will just have to go 15-1! :wink:

Wiggins touch down called back, not once...but twice?
some sloppy play calling
We had a chance to win it, but a terrible throw.

The defense played well but ran out of gas at the end. And Special Teamers played pretty good as well.

this is NOT a superbowl contender!

We need to sign Dixon for that oline ...... he would provide some great leadership to.

tough game, special teams looked better (punting and kicking)!!! Turnovers and penalties killed the vikes. Plenty of time to turn things around. Most people i would say expected us to start slow. Go vikes!!!!

[size=18px]TURNOVERS KILL[/size]

You can't score if you turn the ball over.

Besides, the D has to spend all that time on the field when the O should be out there marching it in the end zone.

Negatives:
O-line was bad.
Penalties (phantom in some cases) killed us.
C-Pep looked terrible.
Run game was terrible. (both could be results of #1)
Tice/O-Coordinator still suck at play calling

Postives:
Kicker
Punter
Defense did very well, especially considering the TO situation and the positions we put them in.
Howry didn't suck.

Turnovers. The killer of all things positive. Daunte threw 3 away, and gave 2 away. You CANNOT do taht and expect to win.

On the bright side, our "D" kept us alive...which was nice to see, but that isn't what I'm here to talk about now.

A lot of people have made the comment that the Vikings are a better team with the loss of Moss...Offensively, I don't think so. Our Line gave Daunte little time early. Our running game was pathetic. Our passing game was out of synch.

The best player offensively was Wiggins (Who was absolutely ROBBED on that first TD). Kleinsasser had a decent game - except for that heart stopping fumble. Moe, who NEVER fumbles, coughed one up, then saved one. The receivers had a few nice catches here and there, but they apparantly aren't getting open.

But it all comes back to Daunte.

Today, let's face it, he stank. You absolutely CANNOT shoot yourself in the foot repeatedly and expect to win. Now, there will be some who will try and divert the blame away, but the bottom line is that if we are to be successful in this league, turnovers need to be minimized. Daunte didn't control the ball well today...and we lost as a result.

Caine

I pretty much speechless. Tice and the Vikes need to work on the turnovers or else this will be a long season.