Sunday, October 25

Great Vikings game. Disappointing end.

My thoughts progressing through the game:

Vikes are ok. Need to improve their tackling! They need to catch the ball, too. At least two drops in the first half. I don't really think they will beat Pittsburgh there. I just want them to play well. And, of course, I hope they win.

I'm finding Daryl Johnston very annoying. Is it just my own bias?

Two bad calls by the officials against the Vikings. We can't beat Pittsburgh away and the refs.

(The first return for a touchdown never should have happened because the tripping call that brought back our TD on the drive was bogus.)

We had it in hand, tie or win and disaster strikes. Not Brett's fault; he hit Chester in the hands. Not really Chester's fault, either. A few too many passes. Wish they would have run more. Something is bound to go wrong.

Credit to the Steeler's D. They kept fighting.

Oh, well. Well played, Vikes. We'll keep playing hard. Know we did a good job. Never really figured on going undefeated. Still in good shape int he NFC North and the NFC in general.

5 comments:

Shawn said...

I'll give you the bogus tripping call, but what was the other bad call?

Favre definitely needs his receivers to catch a few more balls though.

I wish our kicker would start acting like a real football player on the field rather than just celebrating like one off the field. I could've tackled better than he did on the kick-off return.

Sean Meade said...

the phantom defensive delay of game penalty that no one else saw. maybe it was there, but i haven't seen it on a replay yet.

true, we dropped too many passes.

good point about Reed, obviously.

Eric said...

Great game. Definitely a suspect tripping call. Those kind of calls damper a victory as well. However, the D came through with some big plays. I can't understand why the Vikes didn't just give the ball to AP when they were already in field goal range towards the end of the game. The goal line stand that held the Vikes to a FG was as much of a key as the return TDs. I was really surprised to see the Vikes not go for it in that situation. In any case, great game.

I've never been too disappointed with Reed's football play. That guy has made many clutch kicks for the Steelers, and I don't expect him to be able to tackle Percy Harvin. However, his off the field antics have definitely worn thin.

Sean Meade said...

thanks for the comment, Eric.

absolutely right about the Vikes. i really don't know why teams don't run more. i prefer the pass, too, but jeez!

Anonymous said...

This is a game that both teams deserved; the Vikings because they had better numbers, and the Steelers because they had a bit more heart.

As a Steelers fan I admit we got some calls today, but we also lost some, too. Winter blows, every game he refs he impacts the game.

This is premature, but this game felt Super Bowl-ish. Both teams were tentative in all aspects, and the special teams and defenses were huge. Both teams made a ton of mistakes, and I'll give you the fact that who calls defensive delay of game? Wha?

The Vikes should've been running or delay passing Peterson, it's like a given 10 yards. Yet, they kept calling the wrong call. The Steelers should've got Ben calmed down, because it was obvious he was antsy out there, no pump-fakes, everything was out of synch. Maybe this is why it felt like a Super Bowl, because Ben has a tendency to get tight for big games, only to loosen up in the final quarter.

Good luck, Vikes fans, maybe we'll be seeing each other early next year.