I think I came off as overly negative in Sunday’s post after a 14-point Vikings win on the road, outdoors and on grass. It’s a win I would have given my right testicle for in 2003 and 2004.
So while I’m still not confident the Vikings passing game is any better right now with Brett Favre than it was the previous three seasons with Brad Johnson, Tarvaris Jackson and Gus Frerotte, I realize it is a work in progress and I was wayyyyy more encouraged than discouraged by what I saw in the win over Cleveland.
Despite my reservations, this could be a special season.
Some Monday links
– What was the biggest upset so far in week one of the 2009 NFL season? For me, it’s learning that Vikes Geek actually had something good to say about Vikings head coach Brad Childress.
– Football Outsiders entertaining “Audibles at the Line” deals with the Vikings/Browns game at length. Two raise-my-eyebrows moments in the exchange: FO head honcho Aaron Schatz liked the Childress decision to try an onside kick to start the game (I didn’t) and the assertion by some guy named Mike Kurtz that the Vikings pass protection problems on blitzes was Favre’s fault.
It sounds like a plausible theory – blaming it all on the old guy who chose to skip OTAs and training camp and showed up three weeks ago – except that the Vikes offensive line has struggled with blitz pickups for as long as Childress has been in Minnesota. What we saw Sunday against Cleveland was not all on Favre.
– Playing linebacker in the NFC North has been hazardous to one’s football career the past 12 months. E.J. Henderson missed most of last season with dislocated toes. The Packers Nick Barnett still isn’t back to full strength after last season’s knee injury at the Metrodome ended his year. And now the Bears Brian Urlacher is gone for the season with a dislocated wrist.
I don’t like to see anyone sustain season-ending injuries. But .... Urlacher always seems to play out of his mind against the Vikings. (Desperately trying to hold off a smirk.)
– The National Football Post’s Andrew Brandt talks about the Williams Wall ruling.
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4 comments:
Whoa. I've known a few guys to offer their left testicle for something, but it's the first time I've seen anyone propose to part with the right one. It must really be important to you. :)
Mongoose:
I got carried away there.
Hey GT,
I know that this is off topic but do you have Sunday Ticket that you keep track of the Vikes or how do you follow the Vikes?
GB Nordic:
Yep, I've got Sunday Ticket. Now I never have to miss a Vikings game. What a great thing it is.
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