OFFICIAL NFL Discussion Thread: 2015-16 Season - Congrats to the Denver Broncos and their fans! SB 5

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Julio made Eagles secondary look silly....Raiders need to jump on RG3...Manziel looked good until the jets caved on him still like the Browns def...Rams gonna make the playoffs...Bills looking scary (interested in that pats matchup) ....Colts Def holding them up from being an Elite Team....Steelers look rusty missing a lot of pieces as well...Cam needs help on offense panthers D still top 5....Seahawks gonna regret giving Wilson all that bread....Chiefs & Chargers look out for them...Romo probably the best pre snap reader at this moment everything based on what week 1 has been.
 
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Posted this in the NFC North thread, but I enjoy discussing things with people outside of the NFC North fans too of course. GSDOUBLEU I got you. :nerd:


I have a lot of thoughts on the game, don't know if I really want to elaborate on them. I want to see the team in Week 2 to know if my assertions are premature or dead-on but just to throw these few things out there, why are people crediting the Vikings deficit as the game wore on for the reason Adrian Peterson didn't get the snaps and carries? Third-down blocking, right?

Okay, well why just four first-half carries? How does that go along with 'the narrative'?

The deficit wasn't big at all then during that period of time, and I actually think we hurt ourselves the more we tried to pass even when down due to how TERRIBLE the middle of the offensive line was throughout the entirety of the game. Joe Berger was terrible, Mike Harris was terrible, and then on the right side of the line, T.J. Clemmings. My god, what an atrocity against San Fran.

On one hand, you could say Mike Zimmer and Norv Turner didn't have any idea what the Niners, under Jim Tomsula, were going to look like, what they would throw at Minnesota.

1.) Tomsula is BRED on the defensive line. Of course they were going to overload the line that was decimated all of last year with pressure and bring Bridgewater to the ground as nearly every team did last year. Whether you can confidently plan your offense for that because you don't know for certain until you see that is one thing, but to totally look flummoxed by it all game was pretty disappointing and makes me think a lot lower of Norv Turner in general.

2.) For any argument you can make that you 'don't know what the Niners philosophy under Jim Tomsula will be' you could say, 'Well, the Niners didn't know what philosophy to expect with the Adrian Peterson element in the offense under Zimmer/Turner because nobody except the St. Louis Rams in one, measly game, had seen that before under this specific coaching staff. For how good of a career AP has had, Year 2 of Teddy Bridgewater had plenty of steam coming into it (don't get me started on that...)... so would we be passing to set up the run for a 30-year-old RB or running with a 30-year-old RB to set up the pass for our sophomore QB? I think there was a legitimate mystery to that question coming in, and apparently it didn't confuse Tomsula in the way Tomsula confused Zimmer and Norv.

Half of Peterson's carries went for one yard or less.
Zero of Peterson's carries were of double-digit yardage.
He played in just 64.3% of the team's snaps, when he's averaged between 70-75% for his career. A 5-10% dropoff is considerable.

Please don't come in here with any weak takes like 'Well maybe Minnesota's bringing Peterson on gradually and working him back into form...' DO THAT IN THE PRESEASON, because we had five games of that type to get him back into form when the results DON'T matter. So if that is the case - which I think it's not - get that done then. I don't care about keeping him fresh for the regular season when he comes out of the gate averaging 3.1 yards per carry.

If it wasn't Kenneth Acker's tackle in the first half that made Adrian Peterson's snaps fall like that, and they're not just keeping an injury to his knee or something under wraps so the upcoming opponents aren't looking for a bullseye to target, then I don't know what the ****'s going on.
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FlyerThanDelta said:
Julio made Eagles secondary look silly....Raiders need to jump on RG3...Manziel looked good until the jets caved on him still like the Browns def...Rams gonna make the playoffs...Bills looking scary (interested in that pats matchup) ....Colts Def holding them up from being an Elite Team....Steelers look rusty missing a lot of pieces as well...Cam needs help on offense panthers D still top 5....Seahawks gonna regret giving Wilson all that bread....Chiefs & Chargers look out for them...Romo probably the best pre snap reader at this moment everything based on what week 1 has been.
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Minnesota Vikings @Vikings
"I think I was too excited to play and it showed." - @teddyb_h2o

Andrew Krammer @Andrew_Krammer
Bridgewater: "Point the finger at me" for five sacks. "I could've done a better job redirecting protection"

Andrew Krammer @Andrew_Krammer
Bridgewater says he's motivated by 'clunker,' and coach's comments: "I try to be my worst critic, but to hear it from Zimmer hurts.

Matt Vensel @mattvensel
Everson Griffen: “We’re not making excuses here. They were a better team than us that night. But yeah, we did play at bedtime.” #Vikings

Chris Tomasson @christomasson
#Vikings LB Chad Greenway describing the plane trip home from San Francisco: “Somber. Miserable.’’

Aj Mansour @AjKFAN
Exum: "it's all about what the head coach thinks. If he thinks I need to get a better grasp on the defense, then I do too!" #Vikings

Chris Tomasson @christomasson
#Vikings LB Chad Greenway heading into film room. “We’re not going to enjoy watching this tape together as a group.’’

Chris Tomasson @christomasson
Everson Griffen on Detroit game on Sunday: "I feel that we're going to beat them because we're going to be ready.''

Chris Tomasson @christomasson
Everson Griffen on Sunday’s game vs. Detroit: “We’re going out there to make a statement.’’

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Everson Griffen still snorting & snarling 36 hours later: "We practiced way too hard to put on show like that. It's embarrassing." #vikings

Andrew Krammer @Andrew_Krammer
Everson Griffen, couple minutes in: "We take San Fran personal. And I'm angry as you can tell. That's all I have to say and I'm done here."

Chris Tomasson @christomasson
Gerald Hodges on holding onto his starting #Vikings MLB job: "That job is mine. It's self-explanatory."

Chris Tomasson @christomasson
Tackle Mike Harris said this is the #Vikings offensive line motto for the week: “We’re determined to keep Teddy clean.’’
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