Vikings fan reviews Panthers vs. Saints

[Icege]

S/o to the Panthers subreddit for the link

https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-vikings-can-90016136

 

Apologies for the lack of cliff notes. Still @ work and likely going to be unable to get to a summary write up until Sunday.

Edited September 29, 2023 by Icege

[Icege]

Had my 1:30 meeting canceled so I'm about to listen to this while picking up my son from school.

Will hopefully have the summary written up soon!

[Jon Snow]

13 minutes ago, Icege said:

Had my 1:30 meeting canceled so I'm about to listen to this while picking up my son from school.

Will hopefully have the summary written up soon!

Thanks in advance. 

[MasterAwesome]

38 minutes ago, Icege said:

Had my 1:30 meeting canceled so I'm about to listen to this while picking up my son from school.

Will hopefully have the summary written up soon!

I'm expecting top-notch analysis from you, so I'm paying you your beer in advance.  But I WILL retract it if it's not up to standard.

[Icege]

The creator is part of the Lock On podcast network, specifically the Locked On Vikings podcast. He's looking for what he believes to be things that the Vikings can look to expect (and in some cases, exploit) when they play against the Panthers. It's not so much a criticism, just pointing out what he thinks he's learned about the team from the film.

• The Vikings are going to have to cut off escape lanes with their blitzers since they'll be blitzing often (pictured below). The DBs will especially have to abide by scramble drill rules (if they're shallow when he breaks the pocket, drop deep. If they're deep, work back to the ball). This will be especially important since the Vikings will be bringing pressure which won't allow Bryce to set his feet and heave it, so he's going to have to make throws on the move and off platform. That means that so long as the Vikings defenders don't lose their man and instead keep it tight, Bryce will have to throw it away or take a sack.
  
  
   
• Sloppy zone runs might allow their LBs to shoot gaps without worrying about bouncing to the back side. Pointed out specifically the guards being slow in getting to their blocks laterally and climbing to the second level.
  
  
   
• Keeps mistaking Ickey for Taylor Lewan. This drove me crazy.
• Thought there might be something with stacking the LBs over the DL due to the struggling guards (especially Zavala). Miles bounced it to the backside due to how bad Ickey lost to an inside move from Granderson, but even if they were to flow the other way Zavala still has a tough job that he's not doing well at the moment since he seems to not have the lateral motion needed.
  
  
   
• Feels that Flores should be comfortable blitzing 80% of the time. Doing so takes away Bryce's RB as a checkdown since he'll have to stay and help with pressure, especially with the way the offense looks like its running through mud (play speed and design wise). Executing fast and precise will be a problem vs. the Vikings, but the Panthers don't seem to be doing that. He was still surprised that Bryce found something on the play and mentioned that he liked him a lot.
  
  

 

Only had time to write up on the first 15min. Will get the remaining 30min after dinner!

Edited September 29, 2023 by Icege

[Bear Hands]

19 minutes ago, Icege said:

Sloppy zone runs might allow their LBs to shoot gaps without worrying about bouncing to the back side. Pointed out specifically the guards being slow in getting to their blocks laterally and climbing to the second level.

This is what I've been thinking was a big issue for us.  The guards just aren't displacing and their timing is off.  Sloppy, ineffective play.  This is likely due to them being what I call "not good"