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[LuvMyQuad]

6 sacks on Darnold, and its only the 1st half!

 

[LuvMyQuad]

From AVS

 

[Bill B]

The announcer said the estimate of the crowd was 51% Minnesota. That in itself is surprising to me. Its not out of reach yet but the Vikings just look so out of synch. Especially Darnold.

Someone needs to explain to Darnold that he can throw the ball away and doesn’t have to take a sack.

 

[Imbobman]

I went with the Rams & it's looking good. What has happened to the Vikings?
It must be some sort of a lingering effect from the beat down the week before by the Lions.

 

[cbmmm3]

wow. Indeed, what the hell has happened to the Vikings ? What caused this collapse ? Sure, the Rams played awesome but thats now 2 weeks in a row that the Vikes were embarrassing. I dont recall seeing any "Go Vikings" jinx posts from JohnN. So, perhaps its the ghosts of the Jets ?
BTW they had 4 losses this year - 2 to the Lions and now 2 to the Rams.

footnote - first round this year was not all that exciting. one competitive game out of 6

 

[GOS]

Vikings.

eh...maybe not. lol

 

[marpow]

BTW they had 4 losses this year - 2 to the Lions and now 2 to the Rams.

Very interesting Rickie.

Watching both Vikings last two games, for me, all Sam Darnold fail. An example of athletes do fall under pressure. One game to win the Division and one game to advance in playoffs.
Ball accuracy and staying in the pocket too long, big fails. Jefferson had no happiness on his face, but he did stay a good teammate and did not cause extra problems.

 

[ar surround]

I went with the Rams & it's looking good. What has happened to the Vikings?
It must be some sort of a lingering effect from the beat down the week before by the Lions.

wow. Indeed, what the hell has happened to the Vikings ? What caused this collapse ? …So, perhaps it’s the ghosts of the Jets ?

What I’ve been saying all along…Darnold was bred in the Jets organization. That is the kiss of death. The Jets ruin QBs.

 

[GOS]

What I’ve been saying all along…Darnold was bred in the Jets organization. That is the kiss of death. The Jets ruin QBs.

Why does that sound familiar? bears....

 

[esimms86]

Good luck with that. Remember, the Jets ruin QB's. The Vikes still might win as they have an excellent team.

All things considered, Darnold and Geno Smith have both made pretty good comebacks since their time with the Jets. I agree that Darnold needs to learn to throw the ball away. I haven’t seen that many sacks in one game since I last watched a Bears game. One of the things that you should learn early in your NFL career is to get rid of the football. I guess Darnold and Williams never got that memo.

It goes without saying but the one thing that you absolutely don’t learn when you’re with the Jets is how to prepare for the postseason.

 

[JohnN]

Why does that sound familiar? bears....

 

[cbmmm3]

is he - or the Jets - not interested ?

 

[JohnN]

is he - or the Jets - not interested ?

Good morning. Most importantly, GO LIONS!

 

[JohnN]

Josh Allen says ref told him during game to stop yelling about calls

As Cowboys search for next coach, keep an eye on Jason Witten

Bills, Lions, Eagles & Chiefs for the win, win, win & win.

 

[Bill B]

Josh Allen says ref told him during game to stop yelling about calls

As Cowboys search for next coach, keep an eye on Jason Witten

Bills, Lions, Eagles & Chiefs for the win, win, win & win.

I’m tired of all the players on all teams constantly calling for a flag from the refs. Let a penalty, or lack of a penalty, call be reviewable. If the head coach thinks it’s worth challenging then throw the red flag and risk losing a timeout.

 

[LuvMyQuad]

I’m tired of all the players on all teams constantly calling for a flag from the refs. Let a penalty, or lack of a penalty, call be reviewable. If the head coach thinks it’s worth challenging then throw the red flag and risk losing a timeout.

Im with you on this. I think they have largely eliminated wrong/bad calls with replay assist and the challenge protocall. Now the biggest warts are missed calls and non-reviewable judgement calls. Pretty soon we wont need refs at all.

 

[ar surround]

I’m tired of all the players on all teams constantly calling for a flag from the refs. Let a penalty, or lack of a penalty, call be reviewable. If the head coach thinks it’s worth challenging then throw the red flag and risk losing a timeout.

Im with you on this. I think they have largely eliminated wrong/bad calls with replay assist and the challenge protocall. Now the biggest warts are missed calls and non-reviewable judgement calls. Pretty soon we wont need refs at all.

I like tough defense. If the receiver walks off the field under his own power, it's not a penalty. LOL

Seriously, I don't care for this long lived system where everyone has 'equal access' to the ball. There are simply too many instances where the DB runs into the receiver on an under-thrown pass and gets a penalty because he didn't look back for the ball soon enough. I mean, the receiver really isn't "open." The really skilled QBs are adept at goading the DB into these types of pass interference penalties.

I think that these cheap sort of penalties really diminish the game.

However, I do think that the refs do a good job of calling defensive holding on over-enthusiastic DBs. Plus, although the offense gets an automatic first down, it is only a five yard penalty and not catastrophic.

Come on you guys, humor me...

 

[Imbobman]

The announcer said the estimate of the crowd was 51% Minnesota. That in itself is surprising to me. Its not out of reach yet but the Vikings just look so out of synch. Especially Darnold.

I also heard that about the 51% Vikings crowd.. but it sounded to me to be more for the Rams.

wow. Indeed, what the hell has happened to the Vikings ? What caused this collapse ? Sure, the Rams played awesome but thats now 2 weeks in a row that the Vikes were embarrassing. I dont recall seeing any "Go Vikings" jinx posts from JohnN. So, perhaps its the ghosts of the Jets ?
BTW they had 4 losses this year - 2 to the Lions and now 2 to the Rams.

footnote - first round this year was not all that exciting. one competitive game out of 6

Ricky, you crossed all the T's & dotted all the I's there! The Rams are a team on the raise, better than their record. Their D sure gave the Vikings fits! Darnold was holding the ball too long.
I almost began to feel sure for the guy....almost that is.. but it was still good to see someone shut Minn. down! It could be the Rams @ Lions for NFC championship.....
Yes, just 1 really good game unless it's ones own team blowing out the opposition. Then, of course, it's great!
The Ravens / Bills game... I hate to see either one lose!

 

[Imbobman]

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[Imbobman]

I like tough defense. If the receiver walks off the field under his own power, it's not a penalty. LOL

Seriously, I don't care for this long lived system where everyone has 'equal access' to the ball. There are simply too many instances where the DB runs into the receiver on an under-thrown pass and gets a penalty because he didn't look back for the ball soon enough. I mean, the receiver really isn't "open." The really skilled QBs are adept at goading the DB into these types of pass interference penalties.

I think that these cheap sort of penalties really diminish the game.

However, I do think that the refs do a good job of calling defensive holding on over-enthusiastic DBs. Plus, although the offense gets an automatic first down, it is only a five yard penalty and not catastrophic.

Come on you guys, humor me...

AR, I couldn't agree with you more. It is way to subjective & ruins the game.
Not that long ago DB's couldn't touch the wr, now they get mauled at times. Then the retired (or retarded) ex-hack ref up in the broadcast booth says ' looks to me that they were both going for the ball'... Ya right!

As far as most calls being accurate. Most are unless it's GB, then they seem to still screw it up. Like on the fumbled opening kickoff.