Payton need to go?

burningmetal · 09-11-2017, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Brees had that deer in the headlights look from the first snap...

Payton preached all off-season about balance, running the ball more...

He even signed Petersahn with other holes in the roster, especially O-line...

Abandoned the run game by the second series, playing to the strengths of the Vikings Pass Defense?

This is not smart Payton football...

From what I saw tonight, Minnesota will be hosting the NFC Championship Game...

And we just gave away Home-Field Advantage...

But, here's the problem I had/have with Payton tonight...

Payton's nature is to be aggressive - that's where he makes bread...

And to not go for the touchdown in the red zone on fourth down, not once, not twice, but three times?

Going contrary to his nature, that is what's bothering me right now...

And save this BS title thread for Week 12...

The running game was not working. The swing passes weren't working. The downfield throws were, however, and THAT is what we simply didn't do enough of, in my opinion.

If we would run actual screen passes (not the same thing as a swing pass, though Payton must not agree with me) where we can catch their defense off guard, like they did to us, maybe we'd take some pressure off of Drew. Those swing passes are always telegraphed, and rarely work as a result. The Vikings offense will rank in the lower half of the league again, because they don't have great personnel and they don't run anything magical. We gave an NFL QB all the time he needed and busted in coverage over and over again. That will make any offense with a pulse look like the Vikings did tonight.

09-11-2017, 10:42 PM	#11
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Payton need to go? Originally Posted by jeanpierre Brees had that deer in the headlights look from the first snap... Payton preached all off-season about balance, running the ball more... He even signed Petersahn with other holes in the roster, especially O-line... Abandoned the run game by the second series, playing to the strengths of the Vikings Pass Defense? This is not smart Payton football... From what I saw tonight, Minnesota will be hosting the NFC Championship Game... And we just gave away Home-Field Advantage... But, here's the problem I had/have with Payton tonight... Payton's nature is to be aggressive - that's where he makes bread... And to not go for the touchdown in the red zone on fourth down, not once, not twice, but three times? Going contrary to his nature, that is what's bothering me right now... And save this BS title thread for Week 12... The running game was not working. The swing passes weren't working. The downfield throws were, however, and THAT is what we simply didn't do enough of, in my opinion. If we would run actual screen passes (not the same thing as a swing pass, though Payton must not agree with me) where we can catch their defense off guard, like they did to us, maybe we'd take some pressure off of Drew. Those swing passes are always telegraphed, and rarely work as a result. The Vikings offense will rank in the lower half of the league again, because they don't have great personnel and they don't run anything magical. We gave an NFL QB all the time he needed and busted in coverage over and over again. That will make any offense with a pulse look like the Vikings did tonight.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

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