The Vikings will win four

Tom Schardin — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:09:24 -0500

The Vikings will win four games. This team lacks an identity. I thought the Vikings could pull a Ravens or the Bears two years ago when Kyle Orton was starting and the team went 11-5.

Win with defense. Win with running the ball. Win by not making mistakes. But that's not the makeup of our coach and there's the problem.

We have a finese-type coach who wants to run the West Coast offense - dink and dunk - yet the makeup of the team more suited for smash-mouth football with a punch-in-you-in-the-face-type defense.

You can't fit a square peg in a round hole.

Yes, the QBs are terrible and will never be any good (Tavaris included). The wide receivers are not good, but Sydney Rice has a chance to be a very good player (not this year) down the road.

The defense is top five in the NFL, but they are not miracle workers. In the second half, KC exploited the D's one weakness - suspect safeties. The Vikings D can be had in the middle of the field if the opponents receivers are willing to take big hits and hang onto the ball (like Tony Gonzales did).

Still, the D is one of the best in the NFL.

10 years from now the Vikings are going to looking at Mike Tomlin and wonder, "How did we let that young guy get out of town?" He's the real deal and you could see it before the Steelers played their first game.

Vikings’ fans: All we have left is optimism

Shawn Hogendorf — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:41:23 -0500

It’s early in the NFL season, but as a Vikings’ fan it seems that all there’s left is optimism.

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The Vikings will win four

Vikings’ fans: All we have left is optimism