Alright, I have had time to digest what happened at Soldier Field this Sunday. I could be negative about the special teams or lack therof, our middle LB situation, and the fact that Gus Frerotte is our QB. You know what, for all that went wrong we still could have won and we were on the road at Chicago, a place where we never play well.
I know going into the season there were Super Bowl expectations but those were extinguised by halftime of the Packers game to open the season (looking back the Super Bowl chances were extremely naive when we went to camp with T-Jack and Gus as our #1 and #2 QB's). Now you have to look at it from the proper perspective. This team will be very lucky to make the playoffs and this game proved it. However, I am trying to be positive because being negative is what everyone else does and it only leads to more frustration. All these other blogs just have trash on them. If you hate them so bad why do you watch them? It's October, go outside and enjoy the weather.
Couple things:
1) While the final score was ugly, going in did you really think the Vikes were going to win? At least they kept fighting until the end.
2) We now come to the bye week, followed by back-to-back winnable home games against the Texans and the Cheeseheads. They win those, they get above .500 then you never know, the division is not strong. I know the Pack just crushed the Colts but the Colts can't stop the run at all and they kept shooting themselves in the foot today with penalties and turnovers.
3) Finally, and if you have read this far you are obviously a Viking fan, they have been more entertaining to watch this year, which at the end of the day, isn't that all that matters? For as bad and old as Gus is, at least he can complete a pass to a WR. Hopefully, he is a little more accurate going forward then he was today.
Let me know your thoughts, if you want I can get cynical and start trashing them like everyone else.
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I am upset at the Vikings D.... I started them in fantasy this week figured they would at least score some pointes even if they lost, but that hurt.
A couple things. I like your insight Tuzy, keep it up!
1) You mentioned entertainment, This season I am highly entertained (in a positive way). I thought Kluwe trying to kick the ball on the ground was hilarious and almost fell over laughing. Just in the last two weeks, have you ever seen a punter in the NFL get so much attention and elevate to celebrity status so quickly?
2) It is unfortunate however that the ST got a couple funny bounces that turned into an EASY 14 for the bears. Not saying they wouldn't have scored anyway, but that very well could have been the difference in a W.
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