@GBFanForLife posted:
Those guys are hysterical.
@Iowacheese posted:
And his contract called for $1 million bonus if he reached the Super Bowl.
that million dollar bonus could be 100 million - it's safe, always
stolen from statmuse : The Vikings have lost the most games by a team in the playoffs, with 31 losses.
https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/a...e-most-playoff-games
I think it is pretty shitty to pile on the vikes at this time
I’m also a shitty person
A Viking Funeral is when they drop your casket five yards in front of the grave
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@skully posted:stolen from statmuse : The Vikings have lost the most games by a team in the playoffs, with 31 losses.
https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/a...e-most-playoff-games
SKOL, baby, SKOL!
@Blair Kiel posted:That’s kind of a weird stat because it meant you were very good enough times to get into the playoffs.
Soft schedules will do that.
@Packiderm posted:Someone needs to turn that into a casket!
Kark can hide from the rona in there.
Just saw a stat that the Vikings are the first team to ever complete 80% of their passes while not having a turnover or a sack in a game and still lose.
That’s any counted game, regular season or postseason.
Defense isn’t what got the Giants to the playoffs. Injuries kept many of their best defensive players out of the lineup during the season and robbed them of the chance to build up chemistry. They finished 25th in yards per game allowed and 24th in yards per play allowed. They never quite found their footing as a unit under new defensive coordinator Don Martindale.
When the team needed them most on Sunday, however, the defense tightened up. Martindale called on the lessons he took from the last time these two teams played in Week 16, a 3-point Giants loss. The defense was most successful in that game when it played with a softer pass-rush approach and directed its coverage attention toward Justin Jefferson, often bracketing or playing Cover 2 to his side of the field.
Martindale didn’t send as many pressures at Kirk Cousins as usual, instead favoring more four-man rushes with softer coverage behind it. Per the N.F.L.’s Next Gen Stats, the Giants played a season-high 65 percent of their snaps from split-safety coverages. The Giants struggled to affect Cousins directly — he wasn’t sacked and didn’t throw any interceptions — but they took away the wide-open explosive passes he is used to finding with his receivers.
The Giants instead gave Cousins everything he wanted over the short and middle parts of the field. Slants, hitches and shallow crossers were all available, and Cousins, a by-the-book passer, took all those open short throws with enthusiasm. Tight end T.J. Hockenson was the biggest beneficiary, netting 10 catches for 129 yards. That approach can be a dangerous game, too, but the Giants’ defense stepped up when it came to tackling. Minnesota’s receivers struggled to squeeze out extra yardage, and chunk plays after the catch were tough to come by.
Martindale and the Giants’ defense weren’t exceptional, but they were enough. They lulled Cousins into dinking-and-dunking the game away, and they made sure to tackle well enough to not let the Vikings bite them in the behind. That kind of defensive fortitude is going to have to hold if the Giants want to trudge forward in a brutal N.F.C. divisional-round matchup.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/0...round-takeaways.html
That is what I was going to say. The reason for the posts seems Ya Ya is praising Martindale for his scheme, yet Ya Ya was one of Barry's biggest criticizers. 3 2 1 to the thumbs down.
They shut down JJ without a CB as good as Jaire by bracketing him and I swear there were three near him on that last throw by cousins.
@GreenBayLA posted:Sounds like Joe Barry’s approach. ^
Barry's approach in the first game or the second game?
Shit, It didn't get to 1 and there it was.
@DH13 posted:He clearly had too many of these:
I use to enjoy these years ago...but I would soak them in whiskey...talk about a quick buzz to the head!!.
@YATittle posted:They shut down JJ without a CB as good as Jaire by bracketing him and I swear there were three near him on that last throw by cousins.
There were three defenders near him but it started with one on and two picking him up. If Kark is brave and throws that when JJ is open on his inside break before the other two defenders get there, JJ has the first down. You'll see JJ break to the inside and at that moment, he's open. But Kark being Kark, he does not want to risk throwing an INT or missing the guy and taking any heat from fans, etc. Instead, he hardly glances in JJ's direction and he immediately checks down to Hockenson inside his nice pocket. Result: a little three-yeard completion so no one can blame him for missing a receiver or throwing an INT; he completed the pass and counted on so-and-so to add extra yardage.
Contrast that with Brady last night where he had guys who weren't open, but he shifted and slid and used his eyes to draw defenders in different directions. While he didn't win, I was impressed with how he can still use different tricks to buy time, shift the defenders, and try to get guys open. It wasn't his best game, but it was a contrast.
@YATittle posted:
Aren't you supposed to be teaching or something? How do you have time to read and post all those links and do all the thumbs up and even more down? Maybe you are just a study hall monitor? That would be a blessing. 3 2 1.
Half of Wisconsin just went from 6 to midnight at the thought of Minnesota Jesus in Green and Gold.
Viking fans tout Smith as an HOF safety. It took 20 years for LeRoy Butler to get in, and Smith isn't 1/2 the safety that Butler was, so I don't believe he will ever get in.
@The Grinder posted:I will wager that Boris will be totally on board with that !!!
Wager.... Boris.....
I see what you did there!
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But we all knew that.....