Re: (un-) Official Minnesota Vikings 2009-2010 season thread
Hardy har har guys.
Great throw, better catch. To quote pretty much every Viking fan and football commentator today, "That is why we (the Vikings) signed him."
Very entertaining game.
I'm not sure, but I THINK there's a big game coming up.
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Re: (un-) Official Minnesota Vikings 2009-2010 season thread
I have no problem cheering for Favre just so he continues to win games.
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I have no problem cheering for him. That was a fun result. The game was another weird one, but that was awesome.
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All in all, I continuously thought to myself today, we're just killing ourselves today. 1st TD was a result of a penalty that would've kept the niners without a first down,(before the roughing the passer, the offsides penalty..) and then the blocked FG loadholt was destroyed, etc, but they say good teams find ways to win, and that's just something I like to see. And this kind of stuff happens to EVERYONE but us. It's nice to see that for a change. This game might come close to the NYG playoff game in '97..that game may still be the biggest comeback, but what a great play to move to 3-0 today. This was one we couldn't afford to lose at home, and we found a way. Good job guys.
Glad to see Chilly still blows at calling plays....
Please be much better against Green Bay Monday. Thank You.
I'm not cheering against Favre, I just have mixed results with him being on the team. I want the team to win even with him at QB, I'm just not gonna go outta my way to celebrate anything he does. Even my wife, who never watched football before 1997 when got married, said it's "really bizarre" to see him in purple.
Re: (un-) Official Minnesota Vikings 2009-2010 season thread
Ya know everyone is blaming Loadholt for the blocked FG but didnt Hutchinson say after the game the play was his fault? To be honest it looked like half the Niners FG Block team was in on the play so in my mind it was a total breakdown.
Each team got called for a roughing the passer that was a brutal call at best. I still get totally annoyed whenever someone breathes on the QB and the flag comes out. QBs are going to hit, that is part of the game. If some dude runs over the QB after he throws pull a flag but if a guy takes a swipe at the ball and misses and makes contact with the helmet by accident or if a guy is on the ground and reaches for the QBS leg and a split second after he throws pulls him down that should not be 15 yards.
If they are going to continue to baby the QBs like this they need to make a separate penalty...like how there is "Running into the kicker" and "Roughing the kicker". QBs get bailed out too many times because of this crap.
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If they are going to continue to baby the QBs like this they need to make a separate penalty...like how there is "Running into the kicker" and "Roughing the kicker". QBs get bailed out too many times because of this crap.
I'm not arguing the main point that you were trying to make, but does Roughing the Passer ring a bell for you? Or are you simply arguing that there should be a penalty besides the 15-yards and first down that comes with the current rule, sort of like the 5 yard facemask?
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I'm not arguing the main point that you were trying to make, but does Roughing the Passer ring a bell for you? Or are you simply arguing that there should be a penalty besides the 15-yards and first down that comes with the current rule, sort of like the 5 yard facemask?
I understood it as two penalties.
5 yards: Most of the ticky-tack stuff we see today.
15 yards + 1st down: QB gets blown up after throwing the ball.
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I'm not cheering against Favre, I just have mixed results with him being on the team. I want the team to win even with him at QB, I'm just not gonna go outta my way to celebrate anything he does. Even my wife, who never watched football before 1997 when got married, said it's "really bizarre" to see him in purple.
I've always been impressed with his candid approach to the limelight. When I hear him say things like, "It's no mystery that this team is built around Adrian Peterson" rather than go on an ego trip and attempt to take center stage, he impresses me as a "team player" and a solid leader. I'm glad the Vikings got him for one last shot before he fades into the sunset....
I'm glad the Vikings got him for one last shot before he fades into the sunset....
I'm not glad! I wish they would have never drafted AP either! I started hunting a dozen years or so ago. And after the 98' season debacle, was able to each year ween myself a little more from this team that has done nothing but frustrated me after decades of me giving them my nice, Fall, Sunday afternoons. With my new found freedom, I learned to really appreciate a nice autumn afternoon. So when I have almost completely extricated myself, they have to get Peterson, who is almost impossible to not watch. Then they have to add a quarterback, who, although aging, can actually step up his play and lead the team to victory. (Does anyone believe Tavaris could have finished the game that way?) I am getting sucked back in against my will. And only a Superbowl victory could make it seem worthwhile. And I still don't believe AP and Favre can break from the Viking's tradition. (And the Twinkies aren't helping me out either, even though I know they have no chance even if they win the Division.) I was gonna be a one sport fan, but just can't do it now.
(Yes, I am as pessimistic as Scooby when it comes to sports other than Gopher hockey.)
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