a case for Shaun Hill

GORDON: The game unraveled in the last two minutes of the first half. First Shaun Hill had to fall on the football after getting stripped of it in the pocket. Then he scrambled to his right and threw a devastating interception, allowing the Vikings to turn a 6-0 advantage into a 13-0 lead. Oh, and Hill aggravated his quadriceps muscle injury on that play.

You know, until that series, Hill had not been sacked, and he was 8 of 12. Up to then, the real issues were around him, he wasn’t the issue.

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1st quarter:

(9:33) S.Hill pass deep left to B.Quick to SL 40 for 23 yards (X.Rhodes). Good pass.

(3:34) S.Hill pass deep right to B.Quick to MIN 41 for 19 yards(R.Blanton). Good pass.

(2:04) S.Hill pass incomplete short left to Z.Stacy. That was a drop, all on Stacy.

2nd quarter

(12:39) (Shotgun) PENALTY on SL-R.Saffold, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at SL 39 – No Play. False start on 3rd and 10

(7:04) S.Hill pass short right to B.Quick pushed ob at MIN 31 for 21 yards (C.Munnerlyn). PENALTY on SL-B.Quick, Face Mask (15 Yards), 15 yards, enforced at MIN 31. Good pass, and bad penalty–when was the last time you saw a receiver called for face masking.

5:51) S.Hill pass short right to C.Givens to MIN 41 for no gain (C.Munnerlyn). PENALTY on SL-C.Givens, Offensive Pass Interference, 10 yards, enforced at MIN 41 – No Play Penalty turns 2nd and 10 into 2nd and 20.

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Starting with the Stacy drop, that’s the group of plays right there where the game started to unravel.

In the 2nd half, you’re starting your inexperienced #3 qb in GAME ONE (!) and what happens at that point is inevitable.

It was going to be a close game, at least until Davis played…and they can hang in a close game if they make the throws and catches on plays like those. That way maybe you aren’t gaining yards on the ground the way you want, but the D is thinking run so the pass is there.

• This topic was modified 10 years, 3 months ago by zn.