tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post2313350227143217061..comments2023-10-30T09:37:03.456-05:00Comments on Vikes Geek: While Vikings Continue to Look at the Tape, Opponents Appear to Have it Down Perfectlyvikes geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530336385552424416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-12169289893471309002013-09-24T11:37:03.700-05:002013-09-24T11:37:03.700-05:00So Spielman made a collossal blunder with Ponder. ...So Spielman made a collossal blunder with Ponder. A mistake of that magnitude will often cost someone their job. Quarterback are drafted too high all the time in the NFL though, it is the toughest position to evaluate in American sports. He has otherwise drafted pretty well, and was smart enough not to extend Frazier. Would you give him another chance to get it right next May? The coaches have to go, but do you let Spielman choose the next guy? I hope they keep him on.ErictheRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12663043268113495778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-55330360133477188902013-09-23T12:42:39.800-05:002013-09-23T12:42:39.800-05:00Here are the answers to the questions you posed in...Here are the answers to the questions you posed in your last paragraph: <br /><br />-No. The offensive line has measurably regressed from last year, regardless of Ponder. And the coaching staff simply is not taking that into account in game planning. As just one example: Where were the screen passes in response to the heavy rush?<br /><br />-No. The defense is simply bad, separate and apart from the failings of the offense. Part of the problem is again coaching. When Josh Gordon was going crazy, there was no change in the approach. The other problem is the players are not that good. Its one thing to give up a scoring drive at the end of the game to Cutler in Chicago. Its quite another to do the same for Hoyer in the dome.<br /><br />-Both, but with an emphasis on bad coaching. The approach is simply wrong. You play action on first down rather running a dive play up the middle 75% of the time. When you can't hold out the rush, you run draws and screens to slow it down. Half of the boot legs would have resulted in a three yard gain if Ponder could actually throw an accurate pass (which he can/t). The entire system is flawed. But it probably would not matter, Ponder is not an NFL starting QB, pure and simple. The fact that coaches are ignoring that fact speaks to their intelligence as well.<br /><br />2011. The Browns had every reason to roll over, especially after being down 7-0, and after the really bad interceptions. But they kept going. And they threw caution to the wind with fake kicks. When is the last time the Vikings faked a kick of any kind? Seriously, I can't remember. Fraiser may be an ok coach for a veteran team when things are going well. However, he has no answer for handling adversity and is not nimble enough to change his vanilla-simplistic approach to all phases of the game. Nice guy, but by no means a blue-chip NFL coach. The Wilfs learned their lesson from Childress and were smart not to extend him after last year.<br /><br />You will have to check me on this, but I don't believe the Vikings have ever hired a head coach with prior NFL head coaching experience. Perhaps its time.Childress of A Lesser Godhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847657650852421881noreply@blogger.com