The Key to the Vikings' D

I too don’t expect Payton to just leave Bushrod all alone to deal with Allen, not that I consider Bushrod to be bad or not up to the task. Payton and his staff are going to dissect ever little thing they can from those four Vikings losses this year. Finding a sure-fire way to neutralize that potent Vikes pass rush will be his task no. 1 this week. I’m confident he’ll find a way. If Brees gets time, I don’t think the Vikes secondary will be able to stop him.

Romos’ running game was ineffective b/c crygirls run draws and delays, and the Vikes seemed to be more adept at stopping it, we are a power and counter run with a fullback/TE lead or back-side containment, the “Cowboy Draw/Delay” left their lone running back on an island, and the Vikes D-Line dissrupts the timing of Draws and Delays, Romo had to pass more b/c they fell behind, deep routes and holding the ball longer, blocking breaks down….sack. I didn’t notice a whole lot of screens from the Crygirls either and when they tried to screen, the Vikes felt it coming and dissrupted it also,by being in Romo face or the RB’s face.

Very insightful information, thanks MtnExile.

Here is a thought, put deuce in as a pass blocker.

i agree 100%…what i find funny is that most of the so called expert analysts that ive seen so far all pick the vikes. “their pass rush will get to brees”, “adrian peterson will be the difference maker”, so on and so forth. have they forgotten that we had the number one offense in the league? that we lead the league in takeaways? it just amazes me how they all jumped from the dallas bandwagon to the minnesota one in a heartbeat

I was thinking the same thing. i think they are very vulnerable also in the middle of their LB crew, which is a part of what you are saying anyway. I expect their 4th CB to cover Meachem when we go with 4 wideouts and I think that’s exploitable.

I’d like to watch that game myself. While I’m certain we can win this thing, your observations made me feel even better about our chances.

that the situation with Deuce was a long time in the making. Just as Peyton might have done some things to get other teams to “show there hands”, as another post on here surmised, I have a feeling this is the case with Deuce. What I mean by this is, isn’t it possible Coach knew this situation was in the making? Who knows that 6 weeks ago he didn’t contact Deuce and say, “look, here’s the situation…………I hope you’re in shape, cause I’m bringing you back in to a.) help us in a situation where we need it and b.) to reward you for the dedication and time you gave this team.”
I’m not going to say Coach is sneaky, he’ s just well informed, very thorough and doesn’t tip his hand to much as to what he’s thinking/doing. I’m sure, as the day is long, that GW has the Vikings dissected and a defensive game plan in place that will drive them to drink and the Coach P has an offensive game plan in place that will shock and surprise both the Vikings and the fans. Peterson will be sitting on the sidelines like LT was for Diego last week by halftime. This game will be known as the most perfect and dominate game the Saints have played to date. (wow…bad grammar on that sentence!)

I’ve been thinking the same thing, you just articulate it much better.

To play devils advocate slightly, Arizona carved up a back-end that was missing Winfield and had to adjust in game to the loss of the MLB — Henderson (?) — to a horribly broken leg.

On the other hand, Winfield is back and has played badly enough that he’s the nickel corner from what I understand, and their replacement MLB, tho better than he was at first, isn’t elite yet and probably won’t be in time for this game.

And at that particular point in time, Zona’s D was looking pretty good. They have since fell off the map, probably primarily due to injury. If ours can play as well as theirs did, and especially if Vilma/Sharper can bait Brett as well as Zona did during that game, we should get a few picks. And that might well be enough to win.

also keep in mind that we shut down AP last time around. we lost last time because our secondary was whackerlands and we didn’t have a great running game. the new saints are balanced, motivated, more talented and ready to unleash. it’s going to be a great game!

i feel like a girl these days. every time i think about the saints going on to the superbowl i get all emotional… damnit!

Are any of you thinking Deuce actually plays or are you joking?

Does alot better against a 4-3 base because he knows that DE is coming every play. He played good games against top pass rushers. Ware and Spencer ate him up because they are 3-4 OLB that disguise the blitz well. Like Jason Taylor earlier in the year had 2 sacks.

PHI – Trent Cole 2 tck 1 sac
NYG – Osi 3 tackles
CAR – Peppers 1 tackle