No excuses for the Vikings

[USArmyVet]

You don’t like me. Another feather in my cap.

I do not think it's your cap the feathers are stuck in.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Don’t forget 14 points up on the team

On the Packers? The defense helped the offense get up by 14. They even STARTED with a turnover...

When the defense needed help later...the offense couldn;t do squat.

I htink that might b.e a concern some have. Can Dak direct this team to 4th qtr, game winning drives? We couldn;t even score in the 4th, and in fact turned it over. Not all dak;s fault of course. But, as QB he gets most of the credit and ...most of the blame. They even keep track in QB stat line.

 

[5Stars]

PMd

Can you PM a mod? I did not know that.

Boy, oh boy a few of them there mods don't know what's coming!
I mean really, who would run a forum that would let me join?

I learn something everyday. Life is wonderful...if we want it.

I would really like to PM Jerry, and his backwoods son...then I could really ask JJ what the hell is going on?

 

[jazzcat22]

I don't form opinions like this from just one post.
No big deal.
Happy Thanksgiving Jazz. Here's to celebrating a big win tomorrow.

What ever, I can say the same back about your post history as well.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Can you PM a mod? I did not know that.

Boy, oh boy a few of them there mods don't know what's coming!
I mean really, who would run a forum that would let me join?

I learn something everyday. Life is wonderful...if we want it.

I would really like to PM Jerry, and his backwoods son...then I could really ask JJ what the hell is going on?

I think they call it "conversation" here. And they let any old shady character in...so no worries!

 

[GINeric]

"come across as..."?

LOL...good one. Translation:

"I'm gonna PERCEIVE them as disappointed so i can FIGHT!"

Nope... the words they type doesn't reflect happy moods after a victory. Since you're being their representative..... explain why the type only negative stuff after mistakes, but never type positive things after big plays or big wins....

Explain why they text from Sunday to Sunday when we lose, but don't text until Thursday or Friday after we win.


I'll wait.....

 

[visionary]

There’s been many folks, talking heads and thus Zoners, who have been making excuses for the Cowboys win over the Vikings saying Minnesota lost the game because they gave up on the run. The Vikings did give up on the run,,,,,because they had to. Take the first drive for the Vikings. A 3 yard run and a 4 yard run and then the Parsons strip sack on a passing down. They didn’t give up on the run, they had to pass to get a first down. Next thing you know it was 13 - 3 and the Cowboys were dominating both offensively and defensively. Any coach worth their salt knows that the momentum was in the Cowboys favor. They were dominating both lines of scrimmage. The Vikings knew their only chance was to try and get chunk yards passing. They weren’t going to win on the ground with the way the Cowboys offense was playing. The Cowboys never punted in the 1st half.

Why Zoners would try to make excuses for the opposing team is beyond belief. It’s sad.

they hate the Cowboys

hate them

that's why

hate


The


Cowboys


Hate


Just


Hate


The


Cowboys

 

[visionary]

Nope... the words they type doesn't reflect happy moods after a victory. Since you're being their representative..... explain why the type only negative stuff after mistakes, but never type positive things after big plays or big wins....

Explain why they text from Sunday to Sunday when we lose, but don't text until Thursday or Friday after we win.


I'll wait.....

I’ll answer only if you get together with Rockport and figure out one thing






Why





do




They





hate






The





Cowboys

 

[GINeric]

I’ll answer only if you get together with Rockport and figure out one thing

Some of them don't hate the Cowboys... they just hate Dak. When we were winning with Rush, they were happy after victories and when we loss with Rush, they weren't critical, they were silent.

But when we win with Dak under center, those cowards aren't happy and don't show the same excitement.

 

[Rockport]

Some of them don't hate the Cowboys... they just hate Dak. When we were winning with Rush, they were happy after victories and when we loss with Rush, they weren't critical, they were silent.

But when we win with Dak under center, those cowards aren't happy and don't show the same excitement.

Instead they make excuses for the OTHER team. It’s unbelievable, it really is.

 

[Rockport]

Isn't arguing what the OP wanted to achieve here?

But no...I don;t really want to argue. And yes...I read the whole thing. My comment was not necessarily based on just that one, but what I have seen before. I'll leave it at that!

Poor little thing. Grow some.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

There’s been many folks, talking heads and thus Zoners, who have been making excuses for the Cowboys win over the Vikings saying Minnesota lost the game because they gave up on the run. The Vikings did give up on the run,,,,,because they had to. Take the first drive for the Vikings. A 3 yard run and a 4 yard run and then the Parsons strip sack on a passing down. They didn’t give up on the run, they had to pass to get a first down. Next thing you know it was 13 - 3 and the Cowboys were dominating both offensively and defensively. Any coach worth their salt knows that the momentum was in the Cowboys favor. They were dominating both lines of scrimmage. The Vikings knew their only chance was to try and get chunk yards passing. They weren’t going to win on the ground with the way the Cowboys offense was playing. The Cowboys never punted in the 1st half.

Why Zoners would try to make excuses for the opposing team is beyond belief. It’s sad.

Because deep down some prefer to lose so they can complain, and when we win easily, they cannot complain. Furthermore, Dak played well and they believe he sucks so if he plays well, there must be a reason outside himself.

 

[Flamma]

Rocky, my friend, I don't know what you are talking about. Maybe you should have given a few examples of people doing what you are saying rather than just saying it and expecting folks here to just believe you because you say so.

He's actually right on this one. Someone made that argument to me in one of these Vikings threads. But he actually made a pretty good argument. Statistically speaking.

 

[Rockport]

Because deep down some prefer to lose so they can complain, and when we win easily, they cannot complain. Furthermore, Dak played well and they believe he sucks so if he plays well, there must be a reason outside himself.

Amen brother.

 

[visionary]

Some of them don't hate the Cowboys... they just hate Dak. When we were winning with Rush, they were happy after victories and when we loss with Rush, they weren't critical, they were silent.

But when we win with Dak under center, those cowards aren't happy and don't show the same excitement.

those




Cowards

 

[JoeKing]

He's actually right on this one. Someone made that argument to me in one of these Vikings threads. But he actually made a pretty good argument. Statistically speaking.

You may have had that pleasure but I did not and I’ve never seen anyone make that argument.

 

[gimmesix]

You may have had that pleasure but I did not and I’ve never seen anyone make that argument.

I believe this is a call-out thread by Rockport based on the thread I created with the header, "Vikings played into our hands." What I pointed out is that the Vikings did not try to follow the game plan of either of the teams before them. Minnesota had been a better passing offense than either of those teams and they thought they could beat us with balance (their first 18 plays were nine runs, nine passes, if I remember correctly). It was a poor game plan by them considering the issues our run defense had been having.

I'm not going to go back and look at the play-by-play again, but I know on their first drive, they ran for 4 on first down, 3 on second down, then tried to pass and it resulted in a strip-sack. Then, on the field-goal drive, they moved down the field with a combination of runs and passes, then after running for 8 yards on first down, they passed twice to stall out. There were multiple instances of them passing on third-and-2 or third-and-3, when Green Bay or Chicago probably would have run the ball.

All of that was simply observation that Minnesota tried to play their game on offense and it was a game we were better suited to stop. It doesn't mean they would have fared any better if they had tried to run more, but Cook did average 6.6 yards per carry, so maybe they would have.

Rockport sees any kind of critical thinking about what happened in a game as some kind of affront and a reason to try to bully those who make the remarks. It's amazing to me the leeway that Rockport's given to call other members haters, fools or whatever else.

My point was that Minnesota may be an outlier as far as how teams will approach us. New York will most likely try to run on us until we can stop it, partially because their passing game isn't as strong as Minnesota's (and I believe they have four starting OL missing this game). I expect the Giants to use a game plan more similar to Chicago's since Jones is an effective runner. Lots of RPOs where they block down on the rest of the line and leave an end unblocked facing the choice of taking the RB, taking the QB or taking the TE in the flats. It will be interesting to see if we've developed a counter to that after Chicago hurt us with it multiple times.

This is the kind of discussion some of us were having in that other thread. But like I said, Rockport just sees it as excuses for some reason. Personally, I enjoy discussion much more than call-out, name-calling threads, but it's clear that some don't. The fact that the Vikings used a poor game plan against us does not in anyway take away from the fact that we waxed them, but some just apparently can't understand anything more complex than "Dallas good, Vikings bad."

 

[buybuydandavis]

They tried before the half but our kicker was so good he kicked two 60 yd field goals in a row to put the points on the board.

Bet a lot of fingers were pointed at the refs after that second kick.
But not index fingers.

 

[GINeric]

those




Cowards

Yep!!!




Those




Dak




Hatin




Cowards.

 

[Blackrain]

Bet a lot of fingers were pointed at the refs after that second kick.
But not index fingers.

I hear that,. Makes me fear what's in store for us with today's officiating.

It just seems to be getting worse by the week.