Afterthoughts - Vikings vs. Colts

I think with the announcement of Gus Frerotte starting at QB for the Vikes the rest of the season I am finally somewhat over my disappointment with how the Vikes lost last weeks game, but it was the fault of BRAD CHILDRESS, not Tarvaris Jackson. When the booth is calling out plays during the game before you run them, you're in big trouble, cause I'm sure the other teams coaching staff knows even more then them from the film they study...A team that dominates almost the entire game in all phases but still manages to lose has nothing to do with the strong effort the team put on the field that day, it has to do with coaching and the management of said game by said coach. The Vikings never should have lost this game and I am furious with Brad Childress for letting it happen. Granted, you have to score a TD sometimes BUT that brings me to my next point...

Predictable, predictable, thats all I can say about the offense run by Chili with Jackson at QB. Maybe thats because the playbook has to be somewhat limited by what T-Jack could run, but we'll see if anything changes this week against Carolina, I suspect the predictability will remain because Childress lacks any semblance of an imagination.

This question has been brought up numerous times this week, but why on God's holy green Earth would you call a deep fly route pass play on a 3rd and 5 play late in the game when a 1st down not only keeps your own drive alive, but enables you to run some more time off the game clock so Peyton Manning doesn't have enough to drive his team down the field for a winning score? Who the hell taught Childress to coach? He lost this game for his team, and if I were his players, I'd be pissed about it. This officially makes Brad Childress my first entrant into the MinnesotaSportsGuy's doghouse. I'm calling for his head Zygi, Brad Childress turned a 9-7 team run by MIKE friggin TICE into a 6-10, and 8-8 underachiever in his first two seasons, and so far in his 3rd, nothing has changed despite all the money you've spent, Childress finds ways to lose games for this team, and this cannot continue. One more meltdown like this with how well the team has actually played in these 2 games and you MUST send him packing, and yes, in the middle of this season. And I hope you learn a lesson from all of this Zygi.

Anyway, the actual game:

Great run defense(and overall defense), AGAIN. Great running game, AGAIN. Pass rush much improved, good to see Jared Allen causing havoc, this needs to continue. T-Jack just looks lost, and I am now completely convinced that NOTHING can be learned about a player or a team in the Preseason or with how much work they do in the offseason. One play Jackson zips one in there between a couple defenders and you say 'wow.' next play he misses a wide open target horribly, this cannot happen. With Gus Frerotte now taking over, I expect this 'consistency' and 'game management' aspect to improve, but not dramatically 'ala Jeff George taking over for Cunningham in '99.

random thoughts:

-Adrian Peterson is currently on pace for a 2104 yard rushing season. One should expect a team with a runner like that to be sitting in great shape, but this one is 0-2.
-I love how Chad Greenway flies around the field with reckless abandon.
-The slow-mo replays of Pat Williams stopping Joseph Addai dead in his tracks at the Goal line were awesome. I suspect if they had ruled Addai didn't score, they also would not have overturned it. Still loving the goal line defense.
-Bench Visante Shiancoe for Garrett Mills right now, how many TD receptions does he have to drop before you make a change? Thats like 7 in his brief minnesota career already. (did have a nice catch down the seam, but that wouldn't have put the winning points on the scoreboard)

'Til next time