It's that time of the year. It was nice to get the win at home vs the Lions moving into our bye week. Nothing to do today but reflect and hope for packer and bear losses. (Damn Packers Won) I am glad we got a late bye our players are pretty dinged up... it's good for them to get some rest.
What do you think of our chances the last 6 games? Playoffs? Division crown? Fill out the poll. (top right)
Here is our remaining schedule... (click to enlarge)
Here is last years blogado skolgante! Fun to compare moods!
Without further adieu, please watch this highlight video. It's very well done and will remind you why our team is awesome. So much has happened this year it's hard to remember everything. From game winning FGs to APs first TD, Ponders AWESOME throws, (yes he had some!) kick returns, punt returns, nasty sacks. etc.
^You better be watching this^
Ahhh. That was fun no? Are you pumped up for the final six games? I like how he put ALLEN as the last clip. THAT is our squad. Fighting. SKOL!!
An omen perhaps?
Let's take it down a notch now... deep breaths.
Ohhhhhhmmmmm (the blue collar spelling)
Ponder's game is simple but effective. He CAN make passes
No one can argue he had a good first few games then shaky next few but all in all his stats are utterly avg. Is it all his fault? How do you rate our WR crew? The only real positive is he completes a high percentage of passes (not including the one pictured above he's at 65%) but let's be honest, its from dink and dunk stuff. My take on him is that he's a bona fide franchise starter and will serve us better for years to come. He'll be better then Brad Johnson ever was for example. I don't know if he'll ever have the weapons Daunte had (CC AND Moss) but hopefully he will know what it's like to have a legit #1 WR sooner then later. RG3, Dalton, Luck all have someone. We have HARVIN who is awesome but he's a slot receiver/scat back, it's a weird combo.
I say give Christian more time, we all know the WIN - LOSS record of Manning and Aikman etc. their first 16 games. PONDER is around 8-12 so far I think. That's not awful. RG3 and Cam Newton are a combined 6-14 this year. Whoop de doo.
Surprises this year? Well hell. First and foremost I'd have to say our ROOKIE crop. Holy shit these guys are ballin.
You're allowed to deflect forward passes? Thanks for showing me Robinson
Rookie pick six? FINE! Reggie Rutland would be proud Mr. Smith.
Week 1- Walsh makes 50+ yard FGs in end of reg & OT to secure win
Jarius' first TD reception. You are all Wright with me, son!
Blair Walsh should make the pro bowl. Harrison and Robinson producing in the secondary, Jarius Wright got to play last week and repped hard. As an old school VIKEs fan I am just NOT used to rookies contributing. It happens like once every 5 years. Holy shit, I almost forgot about this guy. We never hear his name which means he is doing his job. He plays like a Vet!
"Being an O lineman is so boring and easy, I wanna practice being a QB"
Serious, look at WALSH's stat line. I pick him and Janikowski for Pro Bowl.
Let's talk about Adrian Peterson. He's number one. Simple as that. In our hearts he's first. In the stat lines he's first. On Defensive coordinators he's problem numero uno. We all were worried about his return but he put those worries to bed fast. He may have tweeked his running style a little, more towards the power side, north south for now, but man he is having a CAREER season. I can't say enough about him.
I wanna see this ten more times.
PERCY? Well shit he single handily won a couple games for us. He's a beast. I don't know where to start with him either. He's gonna finish top five in receptions and yards I bet. He got slowed down with this ankle sprain. I like how competitive he is. That is contagious.
He needs to touch the rock 15 times a game
Jared Allen, well it's hard to hate on him, he is on pace for 15 sacks and another pro bowl. We all know he is being chipped and double all the time. I am glad that ROBISON has done what's expected of him. I always knew he was a 4 down player. The only thing that worries me is how sometimes our entire defense goes quiet. Sometimes for 3 quarters in a game. Those are the games we lost. More on this later.
69 and 96. The ying yang brothers!
So here we sit at 6-4. A very respectable mark with 4 division games yet to be played! As part of my little retrospective I'd like to recap my pre-season predictions. Man, it's pretty hard to mess with CROM when it comes to logical takes! A few snippets I am proud of. (And a big F.U to y'all saying we'd be 6-10. SMDH )
- "We can make the playoffs. We have the skill sets!"
- "If we can just MAKE SOME GOD DAMN PLAYS on defense we will be OK. Rookies CAN make an impact. It doesn't have to mean we will suck."
- "I would take 6-4 going into the last 6 games with two a piece VS the Bears and the Pack. Anything can happen by then...
What else...? Green Bay won, barely, and CHICAGO lost bearly. (In big fashion, see what I did there?) They re both 7-3 and one game ahead of us. Chicago has only beaten one team with a winning record. I hate to say it but GB has most of the momentum in the division right now, but as we know too well, that can shift in a week! I bet 10-6 wins the division, maybe it'll be with a tie breaker but still. That last game in the dome VS the Pack might be HUGE. It could be PONDERs big game, who knows!? I know there isn't one player on our team that I don't like. Which I couldn't have said last year... there is one thing I don't like though, we lead the league in rushing but don't have an effective play action pass game? Are our WRs that bad? Honestly, time and time again no one gets open. It's mind boggling. I've seen PONDER do the check downs over and over, it's like we aren't allowed to do post routes, slants, anything in the air btwn 10-25 yards. It kills me.
This also bugs me... Has this guy gotten one snap?
I hate the whole "we can't pull Ponder for a play or series cuz it will hurt his ego" argument. Bullshit. Run an empty backfield hurry up shotgun with WEBB for no reason at all in the 2nd quarter, 3rd and 2? Put Webb in. Who cares if it moves the football?! Be creative.
Ok, Ok, Crom. First Percy yells at me now you. I will make changes. Keep calm
Hurrumph!
It's so stupid. I do not endorse our coaches or coordinators. You can't take a bunch of assistants and expect them to all work out. It seems like they never make adjustments. You guys know I am the LAST person to bitch about play calling. Usually I blame penalties, poor run blocking, pass protection or execution as the main reason our offense stalls. But seriously... show some wrinkles... run some power tosses. Do an option, wild cat, fake FG, anything! Or just give it to AP every play, I don't care. DO something logical.
What do you guys think? Have a "wait and see" attitude? Feeling positive? Did you take the new poll up top? I think we'll make the playoffs... and, once in it, we can win a game or two. Why not?!
SKOL!
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
Thought we'd be 6-10, eh?
I hope we bring our A game next wknd!
The fact that he "only missed one game" IS what is amazing about it! HELLO!
For you Chilly haters... I am glad he brought in the players STILL playing for us
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
