Jump to content
  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

A bit of levity...


twylyght

Recommended Posts

A lot has been made of our vaunted defense, so I wanted to bring in a bit of perspective to what has been accomplished this year.  Looking over the stats for the year thusfar, we have played some weak offenses.  To date, we have played the last three offenses in the league with respect to total yardage production.  The highest ranked offense we've played ranks 15th.

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/total

 

The good news is that we play 3 more games against teams that are firmly in the lower half of the league for offensive production (Tampa and Atlanta 2x) with the Jets and New England ranking 13th and 14th respectively.  

 

The bad news is that we play New Orleans and San Fran which are top 10 offenses.  San Fran has had to deal with much stiffer defenses, so their ranking is more convincing as being formidable.  New Orleans is much more of a mixed bag as their competition has been a bit lighter.  

 

By the end of November, we should have a much better idea of how good this team really is.  2-2 says that we are firmly average.  3-1 says that we are playoff worthy.  4-0 says that we are true contenders and we've arrived.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

worth noting that our defensive ass-spankings contributed to their drop to bottom-tier offenses statistically. we beat bad offenses, but we also are part of the reason they're considered bad.

 

the fact is they've look especially bad against us, which is good news. that's what's supposed to happen when good teams play bad teams. you're supposed to beat their asses off.

 

losing our first two games basically nixed any breathing room we might've had this season, so i'd if we beat the falcons on sunday then our game against san francisco will be by far the biggest game we play this year. it'll be our test, on the road, against a good offense and defense, and we'll find out whether we are who we think we are.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.


  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • Sweet jebus this is idiotic Yes, overall team success in this league, you need a good QB, but beyond just that painfully obvious fact, let's get into the rest of the stupid in there......... First things first, you say.. "if we need a good QB for him to have success, then why are you drafting that player with the #1 pick" Show me one time I've ever said we would need a good QB for T-Mac himself to have success... you can't, because I never have.  I think you're referring to the "he's bad enough that we then have a Top 5 pick to target a QB" part of my post, which is very clearly talking about said QB, not T-Mac.  The other way to interpret that is just overall team success, which again, wouldn't be anything about T-Mac or his ability to impact the offense or overall team wins and losses. I'm quite sure I could do this with a number of teams over the years, but I don't want to spend the time to do multiple, so I'll keep it to just the 2023 Vikings right now since you wanted to use Jefferson as your example....... The Vikings went 3-6 after Cousins went down last year.  And two of those wins came before Jefferson even came back from his own injury, they were 1-4 in the final 5 weeks after Jefferson came back. In those 5 games, Jefferson had 31 catches, 503 yards, and 2 TDs Having the WR you specifically called out didn't help them go better than 1-4 with a bad QB, even though he still put up a great stat line for that time period either.  It also didn't make that QB good enough to where they then went out and brought in TWO new QB's this year to replace Doubs and Mullens who started down the stretch for them last year. And that's with 4th year Jefferson, not a rookie that T-Mac would be If you expect a WR getting drafted #1 overall to be the player to turn a franchise as bad as we are around in 1 season, make whatever QB we're able to put in there be successful, and lead us to a solid season, then you are literally insane. We are AWFUL, we have a few young guys who could turn into great players, but we are so far from being a good team, that there isn't any player we could draft next year that is going to change that in 2025.
    • They might be ass but it’s the professional level like NFL!! I will take a win no matter what!! Still not over
    • So you are just going by what these analysts are saying. So if come draft time they say Ward/Sanders is worth pick 1 you should be good. The future draft QB class is always going to be projected as the next great thing until these young players start playing the game and scouts can see some flaws. Think of all of the high school phenoms that didn’t look as good in college.  If Manning does turn out to be the next great prospect only one team gets to draft him. Odds are someone else could get the top pick, especially if go all in on building a supporting roster. I’m never going to be a just wait another year guy, because there are so many variables. If our staff loves Ward/Sanders then we should just draft them with our pick. It’s as simple as that. I also might go with Hunter over TMac as WR1 in this class.  The roster has the OL to help a young QB, young weapons in Coker, XL, and JT to grow with a QB, and a RB who can catch in Brooks as a safety net for a young QB. Sign a vet WR, extend BC and our offense would be set outside of depth. Let our young offensive core go through their growing pains while we iron out the defense. It’s definitely a path forward.
×
×
  • Create New...