What Vikings Fans Are Saying Before The Game

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Keenum is the man and he’s earned it. The ’s are going to be exposed next Sunday for the weak schedule they’ve played. It will be sweet justice for Case.

Football in LA, lol. The NFC N is going to show you how it’s done.
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It seems like the more people doubt Keenum, the better he plays. I have been a Bridgewater fan and love his poise and leadership, but Teddy’s never brought this level of energy to the field. It’s possible the offense could be even more explosive under TB, but what if it isn’t?

In that case, I’d imagine the Vikes will be very happy Keenum wants to stay.
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Keenum played it brilliantly today. First, he played lights out until he was assured of getting the start next week. Then he threw those two interceptions to keep the game just close enough that they wouldn’t bring Teddy in just to get him some work. He’ll keep Teddy on the bench for the rest of the season with that strategy.
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Zimmer would be crazy to switch QBs now. No matter how much we love and respect Teddy, this is a business, and we gotta stick with the hot hand, esp with a division and 1st round Bye in playoffs @ stake.
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Zimmer says “I have a plan” for getting Teddy into the game, I wonder what that could be?
But in Football you never take out the hot hand, and Case has the hot hand right now!
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Key to the game – Smash Goff

I am very curious what this guy has got under the hood. He seems soft to me. Kinda silver spoon vibe. If he gets hit often how will he respond?

I think he will respond with a loss.

Hopefully the D line will be full strength, healthy, and ready to go.
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The key will be shutting down Gurley
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This.

And don’t let Austin get a big play.
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I seriously think our D is based on designated coverage’s and zones that we have never heard of. At times I”m shocked at the zone coverage that gives up a 1st down. But usually it runs the clock incrementally and is a matter of attrition o the clock. It’s a amazing system to watch the D…It’s a science.
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With our D, I think it all comes down to stopping the run and good tackling.

When we make the other team one dimensional, our pass rush eventually wears them down. Generally, our team has been very good at taking away the big play. If you take away the big play, the run, and YAC, the other team will eventually make a mistake (turnover, blown-protection, drive-killing penalty etc.)
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The Rams have not faced a defense the caliber of MN, so they may be in for a rude awakening
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Conversely our defense has not faced a running game the caliber of the Rams, so I hope it is not us that are rudely awakened.
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Well considering we faced the number 3 Rushing Offense and held it to 60 yards and have face 3 other top ten rushing offenses I think we will be alright
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Contain Gurley

Smash Goff

I’d be a lot happier to keep Goff around 200 yards than keep Gurley under 100.

Goff could be the weak link. Smash the heart.. Win the game.

Obviously gameplan both. But I see the win through Goff crushing. We’ll see how it plays out next week! Amped!!
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I think our pass defense will be fine against Goff. I think our biggest priority will be Gurley, and more specifically Gurley as a receiving target. If I were them, I would use Gurley heavily in the screen game to try and mitigate our pass rush.
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I agree. I get the feeling we’re going to play a lot of base and rely on a 4-man rush with gap discipline. Barr can spy Gurley with Harry floating over the top to prevent big plays and lay big hits on the underneath stuff.

This should force Goff into situations where he has to convert third downs and sustain long drives.

The Rams have been enjoying blowouts for several weeks now, we’ll see how their young signal caller does in a tightly contested game where he is probably (hopefully) playing from behind for once.
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Outside of the Steelers, this is the first legitimate NFL squad we will face.

Let’s not worry about whether the Rams are for real, we need to worry about whether we are for real. We have beaten the bottom of the NFL and these guys are no joke. They have demolished several teams including blanking a Bruce Arians club that got embarrassed.

This game is a microcosm for the playoffs. If our defense can stop them, then we can compete with the Eagles and the improved Saints. If our offense can hold its own, we have a chance. If not, we should move to Teddy to see if he can improve our consistency because we know what we have in Keenum. This is Keenum’s key game. If he plays well and we win, he may have the job the rest of the year.
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Ah the Saints are 7-2, Ravens 4-5, Lions and Packer 5-4. Redskins are 4-5

The only quality wins I would give the Ram are the Cowboys and Jaguars all others have been against teams on a downward trend. Colts, 49ers, Cards, Giants, Texans (with vibro QB Savage)
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Yeah, and did you see how many points they put on the scoreboard in those games? 46, 41, 33, 51, and 33 points respectively. They did exactly what a great team should do to those opponents. They are +134 in points differential.

This is a dangerous team and we have to pressure Goff so he doesn’t have five seconds to stand back there and hit those 30-40 yard plus completions. He threw a 94 yd td pass yesterday. Viking will win this game but they are going to have to respect the big play capability of the Rams to keep them from racking up the points.
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I think the key is Gurley…we contain him and make Goff try and beat us I think the Purple win. Donald is a beast and Ogletree is a good player and I think they have a high end CB as well….built a little like us on D but a jv version. Like another poster mentioned the Rams have enjoyed a lot of blow out wins…I’m curious to see if we take Gurley away and turn the game into a slugfest can they hang with us….I just don’t see it at home.

I’m not saying we cant lose this game, but I think the Skins on the road were a tougher test IMO…and the O did more than enough with the D having a bit of a hiccup game….I dontt see another hiccup coming from the D, and I just see the O getting better and better with more time together….Purple are playing good ball right now

Lotta seeding implications in this game…were ahead of the Aints, who I think take the south, and I think the Rams will take the west. So if we can beat them at our house thatll be head to head wins against Div winners making the Path to the #2 and possibly #1 seed very attainable…Detroit as well, but lets take’m one week at a time….SKOL