All Things 2023 Minnesota Vikings In-Season Thread

[TNGophfan]

Bad pocket presence.

 

[TRF Guy]

So much for that

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

remember how gawd-awful Aidan O'Connell looked against the Vikings last week?

so far tonight, Vegas is beating the Chargers 49-7.

O'Connell is 17 of 28 for 231 yds and 4 TD.

Flores just keeps looking better and better. Even with the lawsuit, you have to think some team is going to offer him a HC job.

Hopefully, none of his potential suitors watched the 4Q of the Bengal game.

--- Update -
with just over 6 minutes left in game, Vegas is up 63-14.
Chargers have lost 5 turnovers (1 INT, 4 Fum)
looks like O'Connell finished with 20 of 34 for 248 yds and 4 TD. backup QB also has a TD pass.

 

[From the Parkinglot]

That as a fortunate no call.

 

[From the Parkinglot]

That’s amazing. Let’s not try to do that again.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Whoops

 

[TRF Guy]

So typical

 

[kg21]

This is just a reminder that we are Viking fans and no one ever finds a way to lose like us.

 

[From the Parkinglot]

If you are gonna run the push play you better get a fatter center and a fatter quarterback. Bradberry can not physically run the play. He’s too small and doesn’t create enough space.

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Also why is Brandon Powell the pusher and not say CJ Ham, or Josh Oliver? Coaching malpractice once again.

 

[kg21]

Also why is Brandon Powell the pusher and not say CJ Ham, or Josh Oliver? Coaching malpractice once again.

True, but another way to do it is not allow 3rd and 21 with no one within 4 yards of the guy.,

Another way to do it is to knock balls down when the defender is right there. It's just unreal how they can't make a play on the ball.

Damn, MLPS.........some of those earlier wins are going to kill us next April.

 

[gopher7]

Also why is Brandon Powell the pusher and not say CJ Ham, or Josh Oliver? Coaching malpractice once again.

You couldn't design a worse push play if you tried. Small guy pushing, a QB who can't move anyway, running the same play again after the first one failed miserably, with a 130-yd RB just sitting there.

 

[golf]

3rd and 1 from Cincinnati 40 yd line. We do two tush pushes behind a non-physical center with a 185 lb pusher behind.

All we needed to do was convert that first down to be in field goal range. Questionable coaching decisions have been a recurrent theme in our recent losses

 

[TruthSeeker]

KOC is showing his stripes. He's mediocre.

 

[LakevilleBro]

This loss is 100% on KOC. The last 2 offensive plays we ran, were ridiculous for many reasons.

 

[TruthSeeker]

KOC plays not to lose when he has a lead, and then he loses. He doesn't learn or has a poor philosophy.

The Vikings lost 3 games with a late lead: Broncos, Bears, and Bengals. All losses suffered from playing scared with the lead and/or poor decision-making in crunch time.

 

[howeda7]

Brutal choke job. Just brutal.

 

[GophersInIowa]

This loss is 100% on KOC. The last 2 offensive plays we ran, were ridiculous for many reasons.

The secondary’s inability to not be able to make a play on jump ball situations is to blame too. It’s astounding how bad they are.

Another way to lose.

 

[From the Parkinglot]

Blackmon just stopping playing when Higgins caught the tying touchdown was dumb. He came running over assuming the pick when he might have been able to knock the ball out of Higgins hands.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Blackmon just stopping playing when Higgins caught the tying touchdown was dumb. He came running over assuming the pick when he might have been able to knock the ball out of Higgins hands.

I assume that's #5? He had his hand up like he was celebrating while the ball was in the air.

 

[gophersfan]

The Defense loss us that game more then KOC did. yes KOC had a bad coaching game. but the Defense allow 21 points in the 4th qtr.

 

[MplsGopher]

The secondary’s inability to not be able to make a play on jump ball situations is to blame too. It’s astounding how bad they are.

Another way to lose.

This is why we lost.

Incredible that this can happen not once, not twice, but Blackmon also got beat (again, Denver too) but it was called incomplete (luckily it was, just barely).

 

[MplsGopher]

Is Browning a free agent?

How can this only happen to the Vikings?

It’s the exact same thing of how teams keep hitting their record long kicks against us. Random QB’s can’t miss, from nothing.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

KOC is showing his stripes. He's mediocre.

Is he the guy who had 18 throw the ball? Just awful watching that ball fall short of a sure thing td.

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

The Defense loss us that game more then KOC did. yes KOC had a bad coaching game. but the Defense allow 21 points in the 4th qtr.

They still would have won if it wasn't for inexcusable play calling.

 

[TruthSeeker]

Is he the guy who had 18 throw the ball? Just awful watching that ball fall short of a sure thing td.

No, he's the guy who turtles with the lead and has his 180 pound receiver shove his QB on the tush push.

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

There's enough blame to go around. But mullens aint it

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

KOC plays not to lose when he has a lead, and then he loses. He doesn't learn or has a poor philosophy.

The Vikings lost 3 games with a late lead: Broncos, Bears, and Bengals. All losses suffered from playing scared with the lead and/or poor decision-making in crunch time.

Fleck!!!!

 

[Ogee Ogilthorpe]

The Defense loss us that game more then KOC did. yes KOC had a bad coaching game. but the Defense allow 21 points in the 4th qtr.

Flores' inability to close out a handful of games this year is beginning to be a trend nobody wants to see. This is not good, not good at all.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

About a dozen things had to go against us to lose that game.

Two jump balls. Two red zone int. Stuffed twice on a sneak. Hitman completely lost on the 3rd down blitz, allowing Browning to roll out and extend the drive. Giving up 3rd and 21. Darrisaw killing a drive with a false start on 2nd and 1.

Any of those things go out way and we're likely toasting the team tonight on a gritty road victory.