Today’s inactives
September 14th, 2008 – 10:43 AM by Chip ScogginsThe Vikings inactives for today’s game are safety Medieu Williams, cornerback Marcus McCauley, kick returner Maurice Hicks, offensive tackle Drew Radovich, linebacker Erin Henderson, fullback Jeff Dugan and defensive tackle Letroy Guion. John David Booty is the No. 3 quarterback.
Hicks had limited participation in practice this week because of a foot injury but will miss his second game.
Left tackle Artis Hicks, who suffered a right elbow injury last week, is active so we’ll see how much he can play.
For the Colts, center Jeff Saturday and tight end Dallas Clark are inactive. The others are guard Mike Pollak, wide receiver Roy Hall, tight end Jacob Tamme, defensive tackle Daniel Muir, defensive end Marcus Howard and defensive end Curtis Johnson.
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[…] [Vikings] Vikings RB Maurice Hicks Among Week 2 Inactives The Vikings inactives for today’s game are safety Medieu Williams, cornerback Marcus McCauley, kick returner Maurice Hicks, offensive tackle Drew Radovich, linebacker Erin Henderson, fullback Jeff Dugan and defensive tackle Letroy Guion. John David Booty is the No. 3 quarterback. Hicks had limited participation in practice this week because of a foot injury but will miss his second game. Left tackle Artis Hicks, who suffered a right elbow injury last week, is active so we’ll see how much he can play. Source: Star-Tribune […]
[…] [Colts] Colts List Eight Players Inactive For Week 2 For the Colts, center Jeff Saturday and tight end Dallas Clark are inactive. The others are guard Mike Pollak, wide receiver Roy Hall, tight end Jacob Tamme, defensive tackle Daniel Muir, defensive end Marcus Howard and defensive end Curtis Johnson. Source: Star-Tribune […]
It’s just as stupid to be blindly optimistic as it is to be blindly pessimistic, there is a middle ground called realistic. I criticize BC’s playcalling and free-agent pickups constantly. But idiots like SDH who drone on about how horrible Jared Allen is are not blindly optimistic or pessimistic, they’re just blind and moronic.
who do you start for a bonus player? Eli Manning @ St. Louis or Michael Turner @ Tampa Bay? Anybody?
Anybody got predictions for the game today?
you can check out mine by clicking on my name and vote in the poll!
cheese - if you can play a QB as a bonus player you play Eli Manning. There is big potential for him to go off against St. Louis ala Donovan Mcnabb last week.
and Michael Turner is gonna be a good back this year, But, he’s already had the best game he’ll get this season….
Prediction- it all comes down to T-Jack again. I give him a mulligan for last week due to lack of preseason work, same for Manning though. If Forte broke loose for 123 vs colts, Petersen could go wild for 3 hundo. Not likely but never know. Forte is not Petersen. Clark, Saturday, and DT Johnson(?) out are going to hurt.
I got a question for all the fellow fantasy players out there…
I lost Marques Colston for awhile and have been trying to get another WR to replace him, I can’t believe the deals people have sent me back after I’ve offered them:
Derek Anderson
Joseph Addai
Joey Gallowary
or similar…
Am I wrong in thinking I should be able to get a pretty good WR - Anqaun Boldin is one I’ve gone after, Chad Johnson (who i don’t want) is another thats been offered to me - and a serviceable RB to cover the loss of Addai?
I think Addai should be worth more than any WR, sans maybe Moss and Owens, and Anderson is a upper echelon QB (I’ve also got Cutler).
anyway, I guess what I want to know is how would you value those 3 guys in a trade if someone offered you them for a #1 receiver and a #2 RB?
tjack coming through today people…manning is going to ask for his autograph after the game
Ditka on ESPN making the point that Patriot have a system offense. ‘In this offense Matt Cassels really looks like Tom Brady’
Cris Carter, ‘Coach, you sleep in your garage tonite. In the morning tell me if you look like your car’
I guess I dont put too much value in Galloway. Especially this early in the season. In the next 2 weeks the “new guys” in FF will appear. My money waits on those guys and hold on to your draft picks.
lost - i wish I would have seen that, I honestly laughed at the guys in my FFL that picked up Cassel, one is even starting him this week, i think the Pats are screwed.
AD carries for 530 yards and we’re ahead by four points with 2 minutes remaining.
Rag this is a really hard game to pick. I thought after Week 1 we were double-cursed, Chicago caught the Clots at just the right time and there was no way Dungy would let them go 0-2. Which may turn out to be right.
But on the positive side, Indy is still nowhere near where they’re going to be in a few weeks, Saturday being out is a big plus, and their O-Line and interior D-Line is still a mess.
My predictions are that AD will go for over 150 yards, Indy won’t run at all and we’ll get at least 3-4 sacks, Eli will be much better, and SDH will never earn more than $50,000 a year in his life.
I’ll pick the Vikes but without much confidence.
lost - i take it you read Bill Williamson article the other day?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdeYak73f-8&feature=related
lets here this a lot today!!
lost - I take it you read Bill Williamsons’ article a few days ago?
And in that trade Galloway is the best other receiver I have to throw in to cover the guy they lose, I’ve also added Colston there, but people don’t like that he’s injured, My thoughts are that a 1st Round RB and a top of the line QB are MORE than enough to get a #1 Receiver and a #2 Back. In any deal I make of this type I think I’m losing more, but what I’ve been offered back are deals that have been ridiculous that no fellow FF player in their right mind would accept, even if they’re desperate for WR help like me.
Is it just to early in the season to do a deal of this magnitude then?
Rag, how many times do you get to vote on your poll about who will pass for most yards?
Yet another great run by #28 that results in a field goal Great job T-Joke! What a loser…
3 passes competed, all to the running back. The KAO is running at full speed!
What are we watching on Minnesota offesnse? Is thsi KAO or is it T-Jax typically slow start? Why does this QB need the first quarter to warm up every week?
Also, watch to see if he’s in three step or five step drop mode
The frustrating thing is we’ve been given a short field 3 times now and have 3 points to show for it.
So far this is Chili’s dream drive…doesn’t have to pass the ball.
Go Vikings!!!!! …………Win!!!!!
Problem with this style of offense is that AP’s legs are gonna fall off by week 10 because he has no passing game…
S-HO!!!!!!!
NO!!!!!!!
Shiancoe has no business on an NFL roster.
cut shankho, what a POS
Shanker has to go. Just keep running AP and you win the game.
The last thing Tarvaris needs is a couple of guys who can’t catch.
Shaincoe is a double agent sent to kill every Vikings game. And hes good at it. no other explanation…
Consider this:
1). We’ve held one of the greatest QBs ever to play the game to 18 yards.
2). We’ve been given a short field every time we’ve had the ball.
3). Our star running back is chewing their defense to pieces.
4). We have scored six points. The only ass this offense kicks is its own…
couldn’t the vikes just use Mills and Kliensasser…i agree, Shainko needs to go…he’s proved what he can do…hands like TWill
That’s why you don’t pay top $$$ to a guy who has never been higher than #2 on the depth chart and expect him to be your star TE.
I wonder if Chili still “thinks” S-Ho can catch? He must, since he still keeps calling his number.
The defense is gift-wrapping this game and handing it to the offense.
vikes giving up a high percentage of completions again…come on DBs!!! get your hands in there…d line get some pressure already!!!
That’s the century mark for AP!
Do we even trust Tarvaris to throw it?!
I am so sick and tired of the KAO.
For all the Homers that went on and on about how terrible Aaron Rodgers would be this year, the “rookie” has gone 14-17 for 205 and 3 scores. Man, you guys sure were right about him…
softening up their D by pounding the rock…then once they’ve cried wolf…we’ll unleash TJaxx canon arm on them
TAR: Every time T-Joke drops back to throw I expect the worst.
The problem is that passes from T-Joke’s “cannon” arm go out of bounds…
AP is the teams best running back
AP is the teams best receiver
I wonder if we can put AP in as the teams best QB? Couldn’t be any worse than T-Jac
hey Joe, is your middle name “Job”
If the stupid offensive coordinator would get a clue, the vikings O will rush for over 400 yards today. No more sweeps and reverses, just hard nose running.
At some point the KAO needs to learn to pass the ball. Too much hard nose running = injury to AP at some point in the season.
I know, I know. Lets take a wide receiver and make him run! That will trick them — since AP can’t even get outside.
Lol, do you know a Joe Job Blow?
…and we’re bleeding the bloody clock. Guys, hurry up with the tempo. Keep Indy’s D on the field.
Hurry up, get as many plays as you can in NOW
Just snap directly to AP and switch Tarvaris out for another blocker.
Da, what was the play again?
I think they’re trying to run the clock. We wouldn’t want to leave Indy with any time (we have 6 points, that’s enough!).
Seven yards passing, all to the running back. Bernard Berrian isn’t looking like such a good signing right now, no?
ok, that didn’t work out, think last name first Joe
for Jeff’s sake, convert a 3rd down
See, we did good, now we only gave Indy 1:17!
Kluwe’s leg will fall off by week 11
have to pass on 1st or 2nd…too much pressure for TJack to do something on 3rd down by himself…come on Bevell…figure it out please
6 points to show for how many consecutive short fields. Outside of AP, we have NOTHING on offense…
Allison is an idiot, how can you run out of bounds twice in a row and touch the ball first twice?
I’m glad in situations like this, we have proven ourselves against the pass.
And last week we were complaining about the season-high first-half total passing yards…
but Bones, we have the best WR’s in the NFC North
Someone on the CBS pregame show mentioned how the Vikings are going about their offense backwards and that they should come out throwing to open up the run game. The problem is, I honestly don’t think the coaches have any confidence in the passing game at this point. And who can blame them?
Matty: Good call on taking Peterson #1 overall so far…
So we’ve had 5 third down and short and we’re zero and five
Is that play calling or execution. I guess if Coach calls it execution its not him
Payton is starting to get pressured. That is nice.
How pi$$ed is the defense gonna be if T-Joke and Chili blow the game in the second-half? They are playing lights out today…
13-21…good job by the d to slow down Manning and his receivers
A professional offense would lead this game at least 21-0. Let’s hope the defense can keep it up in the second half.
What? We’re going for it?
My heart stopped beating when I saw that TJax was throwing the ball in a clear kneeling situation.
My bad…I spoke too early. Never thought we would be completing another pass this half.
Lost: Combination. And the more the coaching staff sees T-Joke struggle, the less likely they are to call pass plays.
bones it looks good right now, especially w/ LT nicked a little bit…but we’ll see who has better numbers between AD, LT and BDub at the end of the year
This feels like the SD game…
Longwell’s leg is going to fall off by week 12.
I have a tear….
maybe chilli knows that 6pts is not enough against the colts…then again…9 probably isn’t enough either…but 9-0 isn’t bad for the first half.
Brad “Don’t-call-me-Take-a-Knee” Childress
it’s good to see that Carl Eller finally caught a pass
Well with Indy’s suddenly porous offensive line, I hope they can’t score any points.
i’m sure you guys are upset that you’re getting the vikings game and not the Raiders/Chiefs game…I don’t think I’ve ever seen a QB w/ a stronger arm than Russell…my Jeff he can through the ball…his receivers don’t have a chance…it’s there as soon as they make their breaks…oh and it’s right on the money…but the receivers don’t know it’s there. I’d run w/ my hands up…wow
Allison could still cost us this game on punt coverage. I think he’s been paid off by the Vegas wiseguys. Next time he’s close to a Kluwe punt that lands near Indy’s goalline Allison’s not gonna take any chances, he’s just gonna swat it as far into the end zone as he can.
jay08 i resemble that vegas remark!! 
However my prediction of over 150 yards for AP is starting to look way too pessimistic. He’s gonna team em up in the 2nd half.
However my prediction of over 150 yards for AP is starting to look way too pessimistic. He’s gonna tear em up in the 2nd half.
Bones,
You can’t believe how brutal the TV signal and coverage is North of the border. Missed the final plays of the half. Signal keeps coming in and out.
The dance promos and feminine protection commercials run constantly. I’d kill for a Bud light commercial
Say, if I put aluminum foil on the rabbit ears may that will help?
Oriole ahead 4-0 in 3rd
Colt ahead 0-9 at half
Brutal.
Hey, what’s this Trail of the Vikings II: The curse of the Hidden Grave. OK, Nevermind
Why Matty are you from Vegas?
Is Trail of the Vikings II on both Playstation and XBox360? I hope it has trophies…
not from Vegas…but I’m there now.
I’ve never seen a punt coverage guy try to escape touching the ball and accidentally down it with one of his stupid flailing feet.
I wonder what “sd-Allen needs to prove it to me before I believe he’s an elite DE’h” has to say now. He’s been doubled the whole game and he’s still already got a sack.
I wonder what “sd-Allen needs to prove it to me before I believe he’s an elite DE-h” has to say now. He’s been doubled the whole game and he’s still already got a sack.
So did Shainco get fired yet…is it time to give up on this retard, were still another TJ misque from losing, if anyone can do it its TJ
No turnovers 2nd half no turnovers 2nd half.
sup again,
whats everyone think of this so far?
fire shanicoc now.
Were going to the super bowl on the leg of Ryan Longwell…LOL!!!!
Again, poor play calling keeps the vikings out of the end zone again. 3&11 and you run a screen. Get real and throw the ball down field. By this rate, the vikings need to kick seven more field goals to put this game away.
Rag I think the Clots D-Line is gonna buckle completely in the 2nd half. AP goes for over 230.
6players have caught passes and neither from our top three pass catchers(rice, berrian, mills) what’s going on w/ those three??
– Longwell may be scoring all the points, but does anyone remember Gary Anderson? I now have a tear for a different reason….
I wish I couldn’t remember
a real QB would have 4 TD’s with a rushing attack like ours…even rodgers has 3 already…put in GUS
Longwell has the leg, I wonder if he has the arm? Longwell for QB!
i agree that the play calling once again sux
Indy must be calling out of the Vikings play book.
an effective blitz by the D…doesn’t happen too often by our cover 2…nice play call
our Special Teams is retarded
way to go, retarts…
T-jack deep, TD! Or, T-Jack scrambles for a loss after having the inability to find the wide open receiver.
viking fans cannot complain about our QB play anymore…the Chiefs are in far worse shape than we are…I mean people are still going to complain…but Croyle and Thigpen are far worse than Jax
Still not a wide receiver, but T-jack did show composure in the pocket.
Rice has proven he can get just as injured as TJ, why all the hype on this guy?
Seeing the Vikes down here, probably because we’re playing the Colts.
T-Jack looking okay…
mcfadden not as fast as I thought he was…caught from behind by a safety
Dierdork: “Why is the crowd booing? I’m sure they would have loved to get a touchdown, but let’s get real.”
Longwell might end up breaking Birones’ record
Is it possible that Peyton is no longer the best Manning in the NFL?
So because the Chiefs have no Qb…then I cannot complain about our QB who is terrible…sure that makes sense
Longwell’s leg may fall off by the 4th quarter
So far, he is this seasons MVP
How can you possibly run that play in the red zone. I will not get real dan, you throw the ball down field and you score touch downs, not a stupid shovel pass that can be easily intercepted. Again, the crowd realizing that the play selection is bad, boos. I applaud that.
So far T-Jack has been a disappointment. I still think he has the potential to be something good (not great) if he can get a little confidence along with someone who can hold on to the ball.
I liked that slant to AA…get it to a guy on the run.
I don’t like how we rarely throw one into the end zone. (Has it even happened today?)
The fans are booing because we’re sick and tired of seeing good field position translate into field goals time and time again…
Dan Dierdorf hasn’t had to watch the KAO for the last three years. At $120 a ticket, the fans have the right to too horrid red zone execution.
Nice kick off. Guess Longwell’s leg isn’t falling off quite yet.
too=boo. I’ll boo my spelling now.
yes High…thats right…people are still going to complain…but I’m pretty sure the chiefs would gladly give us those two for tjax right now
so now TJ needs confidence…I thought it was experience….WR….a TE…a coach…TJ blows
TAR, I predict five more FG’s and one safety this game
I have another Tear.
Wow…
Oh. My. God.
Absolutely un-frickin believable. To have this be an eight point game at this point borders on tragic.
Look, Indy scored a TD. What a novelty. This game should be 31-7 not 15-7, thank you chilly for your kick-ass offense.
Well, it’s not a touchdown and Gonzalez was down when he made the lateral. Two things to choose from here.
Wayne better get credit or the touchdown!
Knee down?
TD
Sorry, Bones.
This is going to take a few more field goals.
I hope Dan now realizes why the crowd was booing.
Spot it at the one.
Well, better order up 3 more field goals.
Still the wrong call. Gonzalez was down outside the ten. But for once replay goes at least a little bit the Vikings’ way.
NO. No touchdown
We can clearly see that it is not a TD, but that means the refs will call it a td.
Chilli is a littel free with that red flag
Absolutely brutal. Between this and last week in Green Bay with Shiancoe there is no point in having replay.
Am I surprise the refs made a bad call on the replay? Hell no.
do we only get 2 Challenges per half?
That was a look out block, but Artis forgot to say “Look Out!”
oh oh
Oh if we only had a QB HA HA HA
Yay, the game is over. Indy will win.
somewhere, Buster is laughing, ….
I think we all should laugh for thinking 5 field goals would be enough.
Im right here laughing HA HA HA TJ for president!!
Goddamn T-Joke…
The fumble is on Hicks, he didn’t even block. And the only reason you don;t like the replay call is cause you are a Vikings fan, objectivity says it was the right call, cause he was NOT clearly short, to over turn it has to be 100% irrefutable and it was not. Don;t be such a homer
You can see the ball didn’t break the plane, you anti-homer
Vikson = correct. Objectivity rules.
Honked the kick! Dag!
Gatty: It wasn’t 100% clear that Addai did not break the plane. Don’t forget that referees don’t have access to the same replays that the TV crew does. If it hadn’t been called a TD and Dungy had challenged he would’ve lost.
Check Hicks stats after the game and see if he gets credit for that fumble…TJ blows
It was the wrong call by the line judge, but it was the right call on replay.
Looked to me like the ball touched the plane on Addai’s run. If there hadn’t been a TD call on the field, we’d be good.
No play is ever 100% clear.
The rules on replay doomed the challenge from the start. No argument there. Childress had no option but to throw the flag and hope for a correct call that he didn’t get.
Sounds like the home crowd has had enough of the Tarvaris Jackson Experiment…
I agree with the the announcers, everyone needs to quit booing t-jack.
I think playcalling is the biggest problem, and T-jack is never going to realize any potential someone might think he has if he can’t get some confidence from fans…
Get used to a lot of field goal attempts this year…it will completely demoralize this team if they can’t find a way to score a few TD’s here and there….because the defense can only be so good for so long, one or two big plays and like the Colts today you can get right back in it, which is even more demoralizing when you have dominated 95% of the game. Need to find ways to score TD’s.
I love the announcers, “the crowd doesn’t seem to remember he threw the perfect slant pass.” I guess all you have to do in a game is throw 12/20 and be really crappy on third down.
T-Jax should have been able to make the sack on that play and then intercepted the pass
True gatty, but if the replay system is to work (and in my opinion, it has up to this point) there needs to be clear and concise rules that are consistently followed. That irrefutable evidence is required to overturn the call on the field at least guarantees some degree of consistency…
The crowd isn’t booing, their pumping the boos in from speakers behind the benches…HAHAHA
Main point being, though, that this shouldn’t be a close game at this point. Offensive execution should have ended this as a competitive game at halftime.
the experiment is a failure and its time to pull the plug, even the most optomistic fan has to have doubts after this brilliant running by AD has been elimated by the ineffectiveness of the starting QB
Pick!
Interception, THAT is what this team needed!
Come on T-Jack, I know you can do it!
I’m guessing…..DRAW play, just to get rid of some of the predictability.
set yourself up for disappointment…thats what I do when we hope that Tjax will come through…cuz he hasn’t in the past
T-Jack hands the ball off like no other. He truly is gifted.
would be fun to see AD try a half-back pass
girl scouts could find a way to stop the run when you know your opponent is going to do it 9 of 10 plays.
can we get a FG out of this…lol
Gad, AD gets through the hole fast!
WTF!!!!! Why didn’t AP stay in on that!!! Why wouldn’t your throw if AP wasn’t in!!!! Errrr, I’ve been a Vikings fan too long.
explain that to me third and five and run TAYLOR up the gut
where have the shots down field been?? atleast last week they took shots…this is sad to see…all the pass attempts seem to be the 3-14yrd range…come on now…
hey at least you will be happy if you drafted Longwell in your league. should kick about 475 field this year……ah, nevermind. Perfect set-up for another let down though!
Yes, bring out the boos on the really poor play calling. Yep, take peterson out and run the ball on a 3&5. Get real whoever is calling the plays and throw the ball down field.
No pass attempts this possession. Chili getting jittery about his project?
Dang, wide left. This is way too close for how dominant the D has been.
make that 4th quarter and not week 12 for the tiring of our MVP’s leg…
oh thats too bad
Because our coaching staff has no imagination or confidence in their quarterback. I can’t blame them for the latter.
maybe manning will throw another pick
Longwell’s gonna end up on the PUP list after this game
Wow, indy can throw the ball down field. Memo to chilly: you BLEW the game.
Don’t worry, Indy will score, get the 2. T-Jack will have the game in his hand with … 6 minutes left!
Argh. Here comes the 2-pt try
Look at that. A quarterback who throws downfield and it”s in the end zone.
Indy has broke the plane three times today. The vikings: zero. That is how you lose a game.
thanks Joe, I feel much better now
tee hee, I’m now moved away from the beer and am on the Jack. Hmm, T-Jack leads to Jack Daniels — Brilliant!!!
Sorry all you T-Jax haters, this cannot be blamed on him, he doesn’t play defense and he doesn’t call the plays, I’m finally fed up with this coaching staff and with RAGNAR,,he did this to us!
am I watching the Twins? No, the Wolves, no, the Wild, no….this just is not like our Minnesota teams at all. I don’t understand this?
I’m guessing 2 runs that go for like 3 yards then an imcomplete pass that eats like 1 minute off the clock. Colts drive with ease and win with a FG. Would anyone bet against me?
If Chilly and his O Coordinator can’t produce a winning season with this team, they should never be allowed to hold those positions EVER again. This game is over with any sense of good play calling.
I cant help but think that if we would have scored TD’s instead all those FG’s we might win this game…0 - 2
what did i do?
So lets see, last year we were essentially #1 rush D, #1 rush O and last place pass D and pass O. That didn’t work out so well, so we went out and spent the GNP of several small countries on Allen, Williams, Berrian and Tapeh. . . and we look exactly like last year! No passing O, no pass D.
When it doesn’t matter who the players are or what year it is, at some point just maybe doesn’t it become the coaches’ fault?
no way the vikes pull this out…too many chances in the first half to put this game away…everyone is on their heels…well except for AP…but you get the idea…childress is looking in his Coach Klien(WaterBoy) playbook for inspiration…wow
A valid point, we may not like T-Jack, but the play calling has really neutered his ability (I think he had some?)
There is no way Berrian shouldn’t have kept running and caught that.
Come on, Dude!
I dont like TJ or Chilli or the playcalling…so there…
Can’t blame Longwell, if Gardy was the Vikes coach he would have pulled him to rest his leg. The Vikes are so predictable. I remember my 7th grade offense being more complex. Not only game over, year over. Period.
This is THE worst play calling I have ever seen. You need a first down and you throw it deep for which your QB has never been good at. The coaches, not the players have lost this game. This is unbelievable.
I am on the Buster band wagon, Steve Mariucci wants to coach again, there is too much talent on this team for this to be happening, I don’t believe in mid-saeson firings but it is clear Childress is not a coach, I’m pissed! And I still like T-Jax, a real coach might be able to get him there
Tear
the D, perhaps feeling a sense of abandonment from the offense, now appears to be made of butter as Indy can run or pass at will. get some freakin pride, will ya!
Zygi needs to pull a Tice-firing and just head into the locker room after the game.
No one will chastise him this time for doing it moments after the game.
Fire everyone on the offensive side of the ball, with the exception of the RB coach.
If I’m Wilf, I’m not from MN so screw MN nice. Childress is horrible. Fire him, you don’t even need to gameplan for him…..so predictable. And it’s not just disgruntled MN fans that know this.
The Lions are beating the Puckers. I need to get another bottle of Jack.
detroit just took the lead…so much for the rodgers hot start…
Interesting score in Detroit
Why does Griffin ALWAYS let his guy get a step or two on him. The MAIN responsibility is to not get beat deep!
Childress, here is your next 3 plays. AP, AP, AP
Did the Colt step on the goal line before downing the ball?
We all know that TJax is going to throw an INT and the game will end. If he does lead the vikings to the promised land, I will be surprised.
98 yds f/ the win
I’ll type it again this week…
Two Minute Tarvaris
Win or lose Jackson needs to go…He will never win a game for you, but he sure can lose one….No excuse for 5 field goals and especially those when they are inside the 20….
so will it be an INT runback for the Indy win, or a safety?
Correction, 60 yards for the win.
AP, AP, AP
Run, Run, Run, 5 yards, punt, lose. Learn from history.
Does a FG win it, or do we have to go all 98 yards to win, Mr. Dierdork?
Yes, they just ran a goal line play at their own 2 yard line. They just want to punt…
I’m not even upset, cuz I didn’t get all caught up in the offseason hype on this team. You can assemble the greatest team on earth, but if you can’t coach them you lose.
Why is AP leaving? WTF??????
well…field goal range would do it…but might just as well be 98yds…
can they not be any more imaginitive then that…
That’s more like it….my goodness, I bet the Defensive play call wasn’t to stop a childish division III rollout play to protect bad quarterbacks.
jackson is 60% passing today…last week 46%
What poor play calling, this is getting to an insane level, and they blow the game.
wow, and that negative yardage pass means we wont even be able to get off a good punt to make sure it goes into OT.
does chili have photos of the Wilfs in compromising situations or something?
I bet Childress is on the bench drawing up some crossbuck plays to really baffle the Colts Defense.
Interception please
0 - 2
Third and 10. Dare we hope?
Never mind.
How many times have we seen this?
Another storybook ending for the Minnesota Predictables….I mean Vikings.
ball game unless Vinatieri misses again
Honk it, Adam!
HOF said it best
“0-2″
i’m sorry, do we *have* a pass defense?
Let AP field this.
I’m not sure why I am even mad.
This isn’t shocking.
This is just another typical Viking game during the Chili era.
Alison takes it to the house with :03 left?
sad, sad game…what a performance by Chilli…somebody give him a game ball
Thats the difference between a QB and a joke. A win and a loss.
Brad Childress must go. End of message.
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW!!!
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If Childress isn’t fired this week I am forever done as a Vikings fan. I think some people should cause some noise with me. Ridiculous. Season over. You can’t recover from that. Horrible.
You know that even if the vikings get the ball back, the first play is going to be a draw.
And this game is over.
Fire childress and the entire offensive coaching staff except the running back coach after this one. Dan was wondering why the vikings were booing. I think he knows why know.
The game should have ended 34-7, but instead it will end 18-15. A division III college coach could have won this game. Fire Childress now.
Fire Childress NOW!!!! Abd get rid of Usless T-JOKE
You’re Fired You’re Fired You’re Fired You’re Fired You’re Fired You’re Fired You’re Fired You’re Fired You’re Fired You’re Fired You’re Fired You’re FiredYou’re Fired I hope that is all Wilf is saying.
Buster said it bestest
“Fire Childress Now!!!!!”
Worthless….This team is worthless…And if jackson starts next week I’m becoming a Packer fan…How many shi**y games do these coaches have to see before they realize he is not and will NEVER be a pro QB?
I can’t believe that we gave this game away.
What Bones said…
Pathetic, we had more than enough chances to put this game away. Childress/Bevell/TJ/Offense has some splainin’ to do….
Childress must be fired, to disgusting losses in which the other team all but gave the game away. Fire him and never allow him to coach ever again.
Pathetic, we had more than enough chances to put this game away. Childress/Bevell/TJ/Offense has some splainin’ to do….
IM out, not even I could have drawn up a better example of why we need to FIRE CHILLDRESS NOW AND FIRE TJ NOW!!!
If I’m Zygi, I am seriously wondering why my employees talked me into making Bernard Berrian the fourth-highest paid receiver in the game. ZERO goddamn yards today. ZERO!
All that money spent. The 2008 Vikings offense is no better than the 2007 Vikings offense. Dominant defensive effort that the kick-ass offense once again wasted. Brad Childress has ruined this team.
I only have one thing left to say about this game today…Fire Brad Childress. Horrible.
Playcalling was unacceptable in this game and nobody besides the coaching staff lost this one.
The team isn’t pathetic the Coach and QB are USLESS
Please be firing Childress now.
Please.
Hey, Zygi … this isn’t the way to get your stadium. Fire Childress.
Are wedone with the T-JACK EXPERIMENT, FOR REAL.
Screw you Dierdorf. You can critique us all you want about why we boo this offense because you haven’t had to stomach it for the last 34 games…
Agreed. It’s the Coach’s fault. Zigi should fire Childress immediately. When you settle for a field goal attempt every time because you don’t trust the QB you’ve picked, then it’s time for you to go.
ugh…
It’s over-the only question now is who will the new coach be?TJ will never start another game in the NFL!!!!!!!!
Oh Yes T-JOKE couldn’t hit hia A$$ if he had a diagram!!
Jackson is NOT the problem, the play calling is.. I’m not saying he is great but he did not cause this loss. You notice Vishanko or how ever the hell you spell his name didn’t get much attention after he dropped a TD pass, But Childress and his former student Bevell are not NFL caliber, I was Steve Mariucci or someone like that who is proven and has credibility.
What Jethro said….
All offensive players should be going out of their way to avoid the defense in the locker room. Amazing effort on one side of the ball, not so much on the other.
Why did we pay Berrian all that money and yet we throw to him 2-3 times a game? Good God our offensive coaching is pathetic!
whoa whoa whoa…you guys are gorgetting that both these losses have come against playoff teams from a year ago…and how many people expected us to be 2-0 or even 1-1?? any of you guys?? the vikes have lost two close games to playoff teams by a combined 8pts…thats got to say something for how far they’ve come in a year?? doesn’t it??
but chilli should be fired…this is sad…Tice was 9-7 w/ a garbage team…chilli is a failure
sorb I wish you were correct but I think that Zigi won’t do anything and as long as Chillie is here we are stuck with T-JOKE
what if we had picked up Jeff garcia LAST YEAR? Frerotte wins it today. ANYBODY!!! I’d have been better off going squirrel hunting…
On the upside, I started Eli and the NY defense in Bones’ fantasy league.
Fantasy: Where I escape when reality disappoints.
Is this team designed to do anything besides rip my heart straight out of my chest every Sunday?
Bevell is clearly out of his mind, some of those play calls were inexcusable.
correction, Bones - the RUN defense was dominant. Our defense still gives up several big pass plays per game, week in and week out, that every other decent team in the league would stop. This loss, while mainly chili’s, falls on the pass D almost as much as on the offensive passing, er, passing offense.
You can’t get mad at Berrian when the offense throws the ball like 10 times, 5 of them floated 15 yards past the receiver and 5 were bad rollout plays that college teams run when they don’t have a QB that can throw. I honestly, can not stand MN nice crap, Childress needs to get fired. If at my job I needed to complete 100 widgets a day and day after day, year after year only completed 40…I WOULD GET FIRED, and I’m not making millions of dollars to suck!
It took the Eagles this long to get rid of the Childress stink, I wonder how long it will take us to get rid of his odor?
Can’t Tarvaris just get hurt already?
What’s he waiting for?
Just think, to make the playoffs, we can only loose 4 or 5 more games.
Every play–the whole offense is designed to protect the QB. We did not try to stretch the defense on one play. Not one legitimate play. Childress chose to lose this game.
Matty927, it isn’t that they’ve lost 2 games against former playoff teams. It’s the fact that your coach keeps, year after year, praising his QB, and then his playcalling shows us that he doesn’t believe in him anymore than we do. I could coach us to 2 loses to start the year, but you can’t explain to people that we didn’t lose because of coaching, but in fact it was because we played superior teams.
Childress will never do anything but underachieve in this league.
Wow!!!! Can i coin the phrase “Meltdown at the Metrodome?”
Childress is telling KFAN that he wanted to keep the Colts’ offense off the field in the second half.
“uh…uh…uh…”
You’re…uh…fired, Coach.
Matty, did you get to see this game? If you didn’t you’re lucky.
Chili getting a HC job = already way overachieved…
There is only one way to get rid of this coach and his inept offensive cord. As hard as it is to do. No one show up for the home games. THis will hit the team in the pocket book and force ziggy to make the move. I have never been so disappointed in my life
wilfs - thanks for bringing some great players to our team. now, get the horrible head coach out, put jackson on the bench as a backup where he belongs, and get us a real quarterback who can hold onto a game and get us deep into the playoffs! i can’t believe they blew it again and look like they don’t even care. they kill me week after week.
wilfs - thanks for bringing some great players to our team. now, get the horrible head coach out, put jackson on the bench as a backup where he belongs, and get us a real quarterback who can hold onto a game and get us deep into the playoffs! i can’t believe they blew it again and look like they don’t even care. they kill me week after week.
There is only one way to get rid of this coach and his inept offensive cord. As hard as it is to do. No one show up for the home games. THis will hit the team in the pocket book and force ziggy to make the move. I have never been so disappointed in my life
I have never seen a kick-ass offense look that silly in the red zone.
ESPN front page says “Colts rally past Vikes.” no they rallied past childress. I bet he will be able to find a coahing or assistant job in Division II somewhere. BYE BYE Childress!
nope didn’t get to see it…watched KC/Oak and Chi/NC
I am affraid that will only drive them to LA. But at least I won’t have the heart aches anymore.
On the other hand, this makes the impending move to LA that much easier…
The only smart thing Chili has done as a coach was to convince Zygi that if he didn’t hire him before he went to interview with GB, GB was going to hire him.
This loss rests solely on the shoulders of the coaching staff. You got a great effort out of your defense and your running back went for a buck-sixty yet you still lost the game. How many times have we heard about successful teams are:
a). good against the run
b). have a strong running game
The fact that we are so good in these two categories yet continue to lose shows just how pathetic our passing game is!
I agree that this loss is less about Jackson than it is about the play calling, but who hand-picked #7 to be his “piece of clay” quarterback? None other than Brad Childress. And I’m sorry, but the QB cupboard is completely bare at Winter Park. Gus is on his last legs and Booty did nothing to convince Viking fans that he can be the guy in the future. Yeah, he’s just a rookie but remember how great T-Joke looked in his rookie preseason? Booty showed NOTHING in his!
We’ve got big problems here guys. And don’t bother reminding me that the season is only two games old, I already know that. In both those games the opponent handed us the game on a silver platter and we completely f’d it away.
Apparently we didn’t learn from overpaying Stonehands Shiancoe last offseason because we did it again this year with Bernard Berrian.
Hey guys what happened.
I turned the channel to Curse of the Viking Grave and it got real interesting. About how this old warrior it trapped and outnumbered. And he loses his shield and then its hopeless. He’s completely outnumbered but decides to try to fight his way out of a cave against all odds.
And then I guess I must have nodded off there. So, we were up 15-0 and completely dominating.
How much did we win by?
Chili is a product of reading “How To Be An NFL Head Coach For Dummies.”
$70 Million in guarantees for three players and THE SAME PATHETIC RESULT!!!
I HATE THIS COACH AND HOW HE PREPARES THIS TEAM…
THIS IS SO PATHETIC…YOU HAVE TO SCORE TD’S…FG’S WILL NOT GET YOU A WIN VERY OFTEN!!!!
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW!!!!!
Hi…..my name is chris,and um yeah im new here,but a *cough life long vikings van……i dont have anywhere else to go…..
matty 927 you are wrong and don’t know what you’re talking about. we WERE supposed to be a playoff team as well this year and go deep into the playoffs. we should stack up against any team in the NFC with our roster. and we should MOST CERTAINLY be 1-1 right now if not 2-0. we have allen, peterson, the williams boys, greenway, so much more. unfortunately we have jackson and childress as well.
Watching Curse of the Viking Grave = better way to spend Sunday afternoons
What happened to the play calling of the first couple pre-season games? I think they used up the best plays in the preseason.
How many times did we just need one 1st down to at worst send the game to OT? You gotta love that 3rd and short or whatever where Chili calls for a long TD pass.
As much as much of you on here have like to ping on Jackson during the off- and pre-season, the truth is this: he has done what’s been asked of him. Whatever happened to this mindset Coach Childress (from your 1st press conference as head coach): “We will be like Vikings. We’re going go ashore, burn the boats and never look back. We are never looking back. Today we go ashore.” I for one am tired of the lame and conservative play-callng–if we’re going to go down, let’s at least go down fighting, geesh!!! It’s fast approaching time for the “Childress / Bevell / Shiancoe” experiemnts to end…
why does everybody call this guy “chili”? he’s not worthy of a nickname. but, if he needs one, rather than “CHILDRESS” may i suggest “WORTHLESS”
bink, you’re a moron…this is the nfl and good teams find ways to win close games…obviously the vikes are not as good as everyone thought. hopefully these early losses will help turn into late season wins. coaching is suppose to be the difference in close games…lets take a look shall we:
McCarthy 5-0 against Childress
Tony Dungy superbowl Champion
Brad Childress: Terrible Vikes 0-2
The hardest part of being a MN sports fan is the MN nice here. We do things, or don’t do them just because it wouldn’t be nice. Don’t hurt Childress’ feelings. I guarantee you that another week will pass with no talk of firing Childress, and how he is a good coach and blah blah blah. Next week we’ll be in the game on the leg of 4 or 5 more field goals just to play another 4th quarter trying not to lose instead of playing to win, and then lose again as devastatingly to the teams moral as possible. How do I know? Is there any other way?
weird…..during halftime it appeared that tarvaris jackson was logged into his myspace account..
I think ZWilf could actually call better plays. I hope he starts calling plays…
If you had to choose only between replacing T-Jax or replacing Chili who would you choose? For me it’s Chili hands down.
Childress
matty i agree childress is the problem 100%. but we have the talent - minus the QB and secondary.
In the long run this is good-it will get Chilly outta here sooner-he he hangs around and goes 8-8 Zygi might not pull the plug. They have a great shot to go 1-5 which should get him fired before the end of the season.
Replace Chili and the O coordinator. Horrible, horrible play calling in key situations loses the game.
childress hands down
I heard that Jeff Garcia is on the trading block. I say trade Childress and T-jack for him….
okay bink…I take back the moron remark…please fogive me. I don’t like to name call.
Get rid of Childress hands down…he is a hypocrite! He has hyped up Jackson for years now as his man, but if he’s your man why do you game after game call plays like your scared of the outcome of letting him throw the ball? If he’s the man then let him throw it and if nothing else make the defense second guess a draw play for the next 3 plays.
Hopefully after spending all that money Zygi will get as disappointed as I am and fire Chili. It’s sad when Chili’s major accomplishment as a coach is to make Tice look like a genius. At least they didn’t trade away their #1 pick. It’s looking like a good one. Not mentioned in above comments is how Cedrick gets burned so often. You’d think eventually they’d learn that a CB with Safety speed is not going to cut it.
Here’s gonna be Chili at his press conference: “I think Tavaris did some positive things. The thing I’m looking for in this team is consistency.”
Jay08, I totally agree with you…brad will def. say that….
Chili has definitely achieved consistency. It’s the same story every week with his team.
I would be shocked if Zygi had the bolls to fire BC before the end of the season. I’d give 50-1 odds against him doing that.
Childress should show up w/ tears in his eyes and unemployed to the press conference
Childress should have been fired when he let Marcus Robinson go on Christmas Eve. What an idiot. Post game press conference: Well, Jackson is the best QB in the league, yes I stand by that. Hey, is that a muledeer over there, no seriously, I’m hungry, could go for some hard boiled eggs right now. What’s that? Where the $&%@ am I? Can someone walk me home, mommie! Reporter: Well, there you have it, that made as much sense as his playcalling since taking over as coach.
Firing a bad manager in midseason helped the mets, maybe firing a bad coach will do the trick for the vikings.
Didn’t we all know that the 15 points - all on FG’s - were not nearly enough for Manning. We needed TD’s and all we do is run the same offense (which is VERY offensive).
I am so sick of this… this coaching staff will make any new “talent” look bad.
Childress - YOU SUCK!
Zygi, PLEASE do us all a favor…FIRE THIS EMBASOL to preserve this supposed talent…he is wasting it!!!
And Bones I hate to say this but I begged you to listen about Childress and TJ before the season started but no, you insisted I wasn’t giving them a fair chance.
where is Gus? He would have made those over/under thrown passes T-jackoff missed…..
CenTex … it’s “imbecile”. But I agree with your sentiment. Just trying to help. 
the good news is that there are going to be a couple good teams that are 0-2 after this week and somehow the vikes are going to have to find a way to get back to 500 before week 6…3-3 or 4-4…the vikes just have to learn how to win ball games period…doesn’t matter who the coach is…who the QB is. Jackson could audible out of bad plays if he thought they were bad…he could audible out of a run if he sees something in the D that would get them downfield. this team could still make the playoffs, but this ship 
has to be turned around soon!
And now I’m only 1-1 after picking the Pack in Gm. 1 but the Vikes in Gm. 2.
I know everyone will get mad at this comment, but if nothing changes, I seriously hope that Peterson signs with a good team when his contract is up. It was so tiring watching Garnett for so many years suck it up with horrible front office moves and bad coaching. I would rather him have a chance at being the best back in NFL history with another team, than a mediocre one here. He would seriously average 200+ rushing yards for a team like the Cowboys that can throw.
Jackson can’t even audible in press conferences.
Thanks Tenth…I am so frustrated…I can’t even think how to spell a word to descibe our team’s idiotic “leader”.
I would bet that most of the team thinks the same thing…how stupid this guy is…they have to…they have to see it and it must be hard playing for someone like him!
PLEASE FIRE HIM NOW…BRING IN COWHER!
you are an idiot for even thinking that
But I know what you’re saying Matty and yeah we have to move on and turn things around. It’s just so frustrating watching us keep being so badly outcoached and then watch Childress look so calm afterward and keep spouting the same drivel afterward. I wish he’d burst into tears in his press conference, I wish he’d literally lie on his stomach crying and pounding the floor with his stupid little fists. It would be a change at least.
We will not win more than 6 games with this same type of playcalling and game plan.
We suck…thanks Childress…what a waste!!!!
Pass rush was supposed to be better… I dont see it…looks the same to me…one step late ALL the time. No stunts just up field bull rush…ARGH!!!!!
Because he’s still got the best rushing game and rushing D in the league, if he doesn’t have a passing game or play calling ability to take advantage of it whose fault is that? Why couldn’t TJ develop on the bench for a few years like Rodgers did while an experienced QB ran the team in the meantime?
reality says were stuck with childress but they have to sit tjack and find a way to get j. garcia… .how does this happen…..
It’s the kiss of death in a season when you lose close games and win the other games big.
Chilli did the SAME thing to B Johnson. Crap 3 yard passes.
RobK68 says:
September 14th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Worthless….This team is worthless…And if jackson starts next week I’m becoming a Packer fan…
Sorry, we’re not accepting applications for fanhood in Green Bay.
2-0!
Nobody here will be applying for fanhood in Green Bay.
For one thing there’s not enough room due to the gross obesity in Green Bay and WI in general.
Any questions? T-Joke must go!
Hey Jay…it’s because we celebrate every TD with food, so you can see the conondrum, a conondrum you guys will apparently never have to worry about.
Good to see Allen show up on the stat sheet this week. Still hasn’t shown that he’s worth the investment of draft picks and $$$. His sack total should 3 less than last year now that he doesn’t get to play the Vikes.
All the a$$hats badmouthing Jackson need to find a life. This loss had nothing to do with his play and everything to do with that baldhead mfin dbag head coach and his incompetent “offensive” coordinator.
FIRE CHILDRESS YESTERDAY AND CUT THAT F’IN SKANKHO TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve got the answer…Wishbone baby! TJack with a backfield of Tapeh, AP, and Chester. The WR’s could continue their current role of doing nothing but running the corners off, TJ would never again have to worry about throwing forward and we confuse the opposing D with misdirection and heavy doses of our powerhouse backs. Flawless.
Has Childress been fired yet?
If the Vikings went to the wishbone, Bevell would be calling passes every down. That’s how lame that idiot is.
Has Childress been fired?
So do you bastards FINALLY agree with what I have been saying for a couple of years now??????
TJoke Blows and Chilli is a dumb ass….
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could this be the straw that broke the camel’s back? Are the Vikings going to finally abandon the Tarvaris Jackson project as they should? I doubt it. Idiots. I hope they lose the rest of their games.
Oh, the Homers will be back in Chili’s pocket and making excuses by tomorrow morning. After all, T-Joke IS just a rookie!
Did you watch the same game I did? Jackson made two poor throws total. You do know that he cannot catch the football for that fumblefingered overpaid Skankho and a tripping over his own feet Bernard Berrian don’t you? Nor overcome an idiot offensive coordinator and head coach who make no pretense of even trying to get a first down on a crucial third and five in Colts territory with the game on the line.
Cant really put the blame on TJack in this one. He missed a couple of passes but 14 for 24 isnt horrible. The two passes to Berrian and Wade should have been Pass Interference but oh well. AP kept them marching down the field. Good job by the run D, as usual, and not so good by the pass D, as usual. But in this game, the big difference was the playcalling. How can you give Manning that much time and that kind of field position. We figured TJack would roll out on that last 3rd down. The announcers figured it too. So anything think that Dungy wasnt expecting that? Really gave TJack nothing to do except that dump off. The front 4 did a great job applying pressure but the secondary couldnt keep the tight coverage. But its hard to win a game relying on FGs. Got to punch it into the end zone. Very disapointing and now we get to face a dangerous Panthers team with an elite receiver coming back. Just a damn shame
You guys are freakin idiots…. 305 yards pasing in 2 gamesand 30-59 barely 50%….. He needs to be BENCHED…. get a clue idiots……
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!
One thing about the pass rush. Allen and Edwards are doing a great job getting the pressure on from the outside but there’s no push from either Williams up front and Manning was simply stepping up to throw it. Kevin Williams has a reputation for being out of shape early in the season and he looks it. Other than the one long throw which looked to me like a rookie mistake by Tyrell Johnson not getting over to cover deep, the pass d played adequately.
Hard to belive almost 400 posts here, and only one comment about cedric griffin. This second year player for Indy, Gonzalez, had a career day against Griffin, who is the weakest link in our pass defense.
FIRE GRIFFIN NOW!
According to the die-hard Homers, Griffin is a future Pro-Bowler. Then again, they said that about McCauley, who by the way has been inactive for both games. The Homers really know their football!
I know you don’t know squat about football Bones along with 80% of the rest of the fools on this board.
Jackson was the cause of the loss, period, end of story!
Childress had a great game plan, asexampled by the plays that freed AP and the last drive before half, great job by Childress.
But Jackson was so inconsistant that we died in the red zone. He threw behind his recievers, and missed recievers horribly on some plays.
In the end Childress, if that was his pick, should be blamed.
Either way, 8-8 at best, dump the piece of sh*t Tavaris Jackson, and re-start next year.
Tavaris Jackson should be hung in effegy and run out of town on a rail, he’s a LOOOSER.
Whatever Bill. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid moron!
I can’t decide who the bigger idiot is, Bill Harrison with “This loss had nothing to do with (T-Joke’s) play or Gunslinger with “Childress had a great game plan”. Christ you guys are clueless…
let’s see … what great off season signings … a DB who has yet to play .. a WR who did not catch a pass today and has 3 total in 2 games, besides being the 4th highest paid WR in football .. and the BEST DE in football..EVER..was all over the field today with 1 tackle and an assist..who happened to do nothing on MONDAY night .. and got his sack today when he was lined up against the 3rd string TE for the Colts.. a team who offensive line is ravaged by injuries and even lost their starting left OT .. and he is the highest paid DL in all of football .. then mix in a lot of Chili and a horrible QB who can only throw the little dinks and dunks and you have a real bad mix for a football team
Look Bones, the Colts did nothing offensively for three qtrs and change or did you watch the damn game?
The Vikings weren’t blitzing on the long pass where Griffin was beaten and Tyrell Johnson was slow coming over the top. That’s on Johnson in a cover 2 scheme. Until the Vikings are able to generate a consistent push from the tackles to keep the qb from stepping up the deep slants are always going to be open in this style coverage and with linebackers who aren’t anywhere close to Tampa’s in their drops and abilities to react.
bengraved - you hit the nail on the head. Griffith was horrible on defense today. Horrible. And, when the CBS announcers can predict, and correctly predict, our offensive playcalling as the Vikings are huddling up, something is terribly wrong with this offense. SO frustrating to be a Vikings fan. How can you NOT boo this team’s offensive production.
bengraved - you hit the nail on the head. Griffith was horrible on defense today. Horrible. And, when the CBS announcers can predict, and correctly predict, our offensive playcalling as the Vikings are huddling up, something is terribly wrong with this offense. SO frustrating to be a Vikings fan. How can you NOT boo this team’s offensive production.
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don’t forget the pass Wayne just flat out dropped to when he had Griffin burned that was a sure TD
All I know is that it sounded like 80-90% of the Metrodome crowd has had enough of the ChiliJack offense. I’m just glad I didn’t waste money and got to boo from the comfort of my couch…
I’ve definitely had enough of Childress and Bevell. On that I think we can all agree. I think Wilf would have fired him last year without the streak before the end. Hopefully he does this year. He was completely outcoached by Joe Gibbs when it counted last year and again today by Dungy and Tom Moore with a beat up Colts team.
sdh13 6:22 post you are correct about the signings. However the HC should have a game plan that calls for more than just run and Dink & Dunk, but when you have retard for QB that make anything but dink & dunk and still misses most of them. The D is on the field too long to keep up the pressure they did in the first 2.5 qrtrs. Chillie needs to go and T-Joke can go with him!!!!!!!!!!!
his game plan is such because he has no faith in his little qb project .. it is quite obvious .. and we also saw why he kept laffy taffy on the roster .. 2 catches for -2 yards .. why would you even throw to this guy when you have someone named AP on your team
Just, a fan, but think a shutdown corner, signing in the offseason, like, Asante Samuel, who was available, for a whole lot less then what we paid Jared Allen would have helped out our total pass defense, more than what J. Allen a defensive end, has helped us.
Jackson’s shortcomings force the coaching staff to be unimaginative and the unimaginative play calling cause Jackson’s shortcomings to come to light. It’s the chicken and the egg bit…
People to blame for this loss
1. Childress
2. Bones
3. Bevell
4. James Patterson
The second game here was the Broncos/Chargers. The Broncos clearly own the Commish and the officials. Marshall gets his suspension cut to 1 game, despite being in the system like Mt Marshmellow. Then the officals flat give the game to the Broncos.
Sorry to dirvert from the TJ-Chili love fest, but I either have to find another team or spend all fall doing yard work.
I would replace #3. Bevell with HOPPY, who happened to be in attendance today.
Heh. Maybe we shouldn’t have given up on J.T. O’Sullivan:
San Francisco (1-1) overcame eight sacks of J.T. O’Sullivan to beat the Seahawks for just the third time in 11 games, in the first overtime game of the 19-game series between the two teams.
O’Sullivan was 20-for-31 for 321 yards and one touchdown in the second start of his six-year career. Seattle’s Patrick Kerney and rookie top pick Lawrence Jackson sacked him two times each, but the journeyman passer kept coming back.
Ole1,
No blame for a QB couldn’t hit the water if he fell out of a boat?
Ole1, stoopid fan, like some who post here!
Althougn all of you might be right. Vikings werte 105-0 when leading by 15 or more in the 3rd quarter.
Now 105-1.
Olbermann just said Chili set a franchise record. Previously the Vikes were 109-0 when leading by 15 or more at the Dome.
Ahh, now that’s change we can believe in!
Question is, who helps a defense more, a pro bowl corner back, or a pro bowl defensive end?
doesn’t matter when the qb is pop warner level
Matty927=Matt Trenkle????
c’mon Wilfs, save our season! Get rid of Brad and his caterpillar mustache!
Suicide watch remains in effect for all loyal members of the Optimist Club. For the next 24 hours Vike fans are advised to avoid all contact with balconies on tall buildings, sharp objects and Viking Football club employees.
Remember, this is for your own good.
I warned Bones months ago about Chili and jackson but he wouldn’t listen.
And now as a result I’m down to 1-1 on my vikes picks this year.
Pro bowl cb’s with today’s rules are made by the four guys up front. The so-called “shutdown” corner is a modern NFL myth and has been for some time (probably since Deion’s prime). Champ Bailey’s the best going now and even he gets beat deep from time to time. Tyree beat Samuels for a td in the Super Bowl.
The defense didn’t lose this game anymore than they lost the Puker game. When you get two picks off Manning and zero points and cannot convert even one redzone possession for a t.d. you’re looking at where the blame lies. And Visanthe Skanho should be cut tomorrow for dropping a perfectly thrown ball in the endzone that wins this game long before the last-quarter comeback by the Colts.
Feeling the pain here in MD, wasted another 3 hrs. Yup, Childress is the main problem, major egomaniac with no accomplishments, thinks he is a scientist with his own lab. I doubt Zygi will fire him…but he can pressure him to fire or “bench” Bevell (sorry) and take over the offense himself like the other egomaniac, Billick late of Baltimore. All of us hard workers know that we’re accountable for the things we manage directly. Let’s see what the “genius” can do when he manages the offense directly. I don’t think T-Jack is NFL-caliber, but I’d rather condemn him for failing to run an offense that throws the ball downfield. Let the chips fall where they may, we’re not winning with this offense, which is more antiquated than the old Nebraska power-I. I feel bad for our D today…
I said “Bones, as god as my witness, Chili will ruin this season for us and Jackson will never be an NFL QB.” But Bones said “We just have to be patient with them.”
Where the hell are Judd and Scoggins? Shining Chili’s head for him? Jeebus, the game ended four f’in hours ago and not one update on the Chili postgame excuse session.
When your O doesn’t score a TD it’s a bad thing.
That sounds like something I would say. I’ve always been optimistic of our chances this year.
Gentlemem,
log time reader, first time posting. I can no longer take this crap. Here is my proposal, vote one of your trusty guys from here and lets contribute $20/each for a full page ad on the strib asking for childress to be fired. Enough is enough… Thoughts?
Gentlemem,
log time reader, first time posting. I can no longer take this crap. Here is my proposal, vote one of your trusty guys from here and lets contribute $20/each for a full page ad on the strib asking for childress to be fired. Enough is enough… Thoughts?
Childress: “I thought we did some good things today. I thought Tavaris made some nice reads. I’d like to see more consistency, this is something I preach to our guys on a daily basis, consistency. There were some areas I think we could improve on.”
No sh*t, where are you Judd? Im ready for the media to start putting some heat on Childress. Maybe that will get the attention of Zygi. Step up to the plate JUDD and Chip!!!
“Gentlemem”?
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I wonder if Vince Young is available.
Dieter: Aren’t you that guy from “Sprockets”? Count me in for $20.
Hey Jay08,
better go to an alternative lifestyle blog if you want to hook up with Vince
Aren’t you cute Ole1…go shave your legs…again. What a waste.
Bones, no man, just really f____g frustrated with this clown. Take the lead if you want, I see you post often.
Losing those 10 pounds really helped Shiancoe’s game, didn’t it?
Hey Ole,
why don’t you stop masquerading as Tony Perv and come out of your blog closet.
Does anybody else think this is all a part of Wilf’s master plan to act as though he is trying to build a winning team ? He is letting Childress and Jackson run the team into the ground intentionally so there is no way in hell they can get a stadium. Then he can move the team to LA and say “I did everything I could to put a winning football team in Minnesota, but they just didn’t want us there”. I mean it has to be obvious that he hired the wrong guy who then traded-up to choose the wrong guy in the draft who now is becoming very adept at throwing at peoples feet. If he really wanted a stadium here he would get rid of the moron he put in charge and that would take care of the QB situation. There isn’t another football coach in America that would allow this incompetent buffoon to run the team. “I have one of the 32 best football teams in the world, so I’m gonna make the 800 millionth best QB in the world my starter”. Brilliant!
Zygi just has a really poor understanding of football. And Chili sold him on a 5 year plan or something. Chili must be the greatest salesman in the world.
Dang Jay08, how did you find out my last name?
dieter, I better shave my back first. isn’t that the way you like it?
That has to be one of the greatest scams in history when he convinced Zygi that Ted Thompson was about to hire him if Zygi didn’t beat him to it and sign him on the spot.
Bones, Shankho needs to lose 10 thumbs not 10 pounds
welcome dieter,does anyone think gus can save the season ?i think maybe.that is if chilli will grow some gonads and do it
Bill Harrison says:
September 14th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Look Bones, the Colts did nothing offensively for three qtrs and change or did you watch the damn game?
The Vikings weren’t blitzing on the long pass where Griffin was beaten and Tyrell Johnson was slow coming over the top. That’s on Johnson in a cover 2 scheme. Until the Vikings are able to generate a consistent push from the tackles to keep the qb from stepping up the deep slants are always going to be open in this style coverage and with linebackers who aren’t anywhere close to Tampa’s in their drops and abilities to react.
________________________
That wasn’t a cover 2 defense , moron. That is what we call “cover 3″ where each man who is playing deep is responsible for one-third of the field deep. You can tell pretty easily when you see one safety go deep, as Johnson did, and one come up to play short like Sharper did. That was all Griffin on that play. Johnson could have helped out, but it was most certainly not his job in that scheme. I guess we should expect those types of nuggets from the guy here defending Jackson because he is just so damn good.
I guarantee in Chili’s press conference he’s going to talk about T-Jack’s improvement in this game. It will take an injury for T-Jack to get benched this year.
Childo for president!
Our D is fine and will be better when Mad starts playing. If you can’t score a TD you’re not going to win.
hey dieter, are you related to Dr. Atkins or Jenny Craig?
Of the ” I don’t have a F’ing clue how to run a football team club”
tx c.carter.
I thought I would never write/think this but I think I want them to lose now. If we pull off a couple games is because of AP (like last year), Ziggy can not be this blind. I disagree with the approach that if we change HCoach in the middle of the season things go to hell, do we truly beleive we are going somewhere? Really… Get Leslie the head job and kick this clown out of the team. I now it is a radical move but haven’t we seen enough? Leslie will have a hard time the first few games but eventually he can develop his own thing, prepare for his own draft and we can move on. I just can’t take it anymore, gee, if I see Childress on the street I would pound the hell out of him, well, maybe not. But I do not blame him for his limitations (Hello Ziggy!!!!, hiring the fist guy that filled your ear with BS) but of his arrogance and inability to admit mistakes (ie: the joke of Shiancoe, his call play, he is just not a head coach). Beleive me, AP will win some game for us and this clown will thump his chest as if he won them, and stupid Ziggy will beleive this. We are so close yet so far. So sad, so so sad.
I almost hope we don’t roll off 5 in a row like last year and let Chili off the hook again.
Plus having no GM is a terrible idea. There’s no-one who even has the authority to fire Chili except Zygi and I don’t think he’s got the confidence or the bolls to do it.
The D WILL be fine?! It’s better than fine right now. I can only imagine how demoralizing it is for them to play the way they did today and lose because your QB is incapable of leading the team to the end-zone. Do you guys remember 2 years ago when we had what was the best run defense ever through the 1st 15 games and then in the final game got gashed for like 180 yards by the Rams because the defense obviously could not have cared any less? If not, don’t worry. We are gonna get to see it again, just a whole hell of a lot sooner if Jackson is the QB much longer. We have Carolina coming in here. The same Carolina team that went 2-0 without Steve Smith. The thing is, Smith is gonna be back this week! Yes! I cannot wait. It is just so depressing to buy into all of the hype only to have your heart broken by this team year after year.
It is clear that Carson Palmer is unhappy in Cincy. Ship over two first-round selections and get that QB, because the current one that we have blows.
bensonsdaddy, I was only responding to your “Until the Vikings are able to generate a consistent push from the tackles…” comment. Obviously the D is not the problem.
Who was it that we offered a 3rd rounder for but they wanted a 2nd?
A QB I mean.
Jay, that was a quote from the genius that is Bill Harrison. Check that post again dude. 8:01
That was the Texans for Rosenfels. New post fellas. Check out what Childress says about Jackson. It’s shocking
Indeed Bensons… the lack of accountability on itself should get him a one way ticket to wherever the hell he wants to go.
Sage Rosenfels of Houston.
It doesn’t matter. Gus can definitely throw a more accurate downfield pass than T-Jax. But Childress’ ego is too big to admit colossal mistakes. You think they’d actually let Gus, Rosenfels, Garcia throw the ball?
I saw an offense like this once in my life. Chicago, late 70’s, early 80’s, pre-McMahon. Payton right, Payton left, incomplete on third down, punt due to incompetent QB, no creativity on offense. Hall of Famer’s talent wasted until the end of his career. Deja vu for me now, it’s just the Vikes
See Seifert’s blog on ESPN today, Bevell complains that we aren’t throwing the ball well. uh, dude, aren’t you the o-coordinator?
Demote Bevell and make Coach Egomaniac run his precious offense himself. Then maybe, just maybe Zygi will see that Chili is all hot air, no results. No wonder TO couldn’t stand him!
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