The Miracle in Minny.... time for a re-match
 

I haven't completely gotten over the dagger-in-the-heart sudden death kill shot by Minny in the final seconds of NFC Divisional Playoff game last season.
It was Saints 24 to Minny 23 with 10 seconds left. Minny was on their own 39 yd line with no timeouts.... you know the rest of the story.
So, my question is, how much does this event weigh on the Saints players going back into US Bank Stadium in primetime this Sunday night?

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Meh, they won the game fair and square.
Everybody was butt hurt, myself included. But I think we have bigger ambitions this season.

Fortunately I don't think the Vikings offense has ever really gelled in 2018 with Cousins at the helm. They even sputtered this past week with the Jets until the 2nd half.

How much will it matter? Not much when Brees and company are slicing that defense up like a roast! ;)

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They've given up more points than we have...

:banana:

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revenge week. You better be ready to exercise those demons.

And more importantly finish the game. Defense almost squandered a win

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We showed the NFL how to beat them in that game. We're better this year. :popcorn:

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And who covers Thielan and/or Diggs again? Lord help us if it's Crawley. He's already made John Brown look like the 2nd coming of Odell Beckham Jr.

Anyone saw the facial expression on Aaron Glenn's face after Ken gave up that late, uncontested 4th down conversion against the Ravens?

I see players (Ken & PJ) not executing on Sundays. How do you correct this?

I hope these guys have a good week of preparation & film study.

Thielan, Diggs and Cousins are problems.

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The Vikings have also played 1 more game than the Saints.

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The Vikings were the "In" team last year. Undefeated for much of the season but couldn't ride that wave into the Superbowl. In fact after we exposed them, the Eagles ate their lunch in the NFCCG.

They've made changes hoping they would be for the better, but they don't have chemestry like they did last year.

Besides, the -ahem- got blown out by the Bills earlier this year.
Any team that gets blown out by the Bills has fallen in importance no matter when or where it happens.

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The Vikes scare the **** out of me. They have a dangerous offense and our defense isnt exactly solid. We're good against the run, but against the pass...yikes.

Cousins is good. Thielan is a monster this year. And Diggs is a playmaker. And let's be honest here...our secondary isnt exactly making life rough for opposing QBs. What do we have, 1 interception?

If the defensive line doesn't pressure Cousins and the secondary doesn't make some plays, this is gonna be a long and frustrating game.

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^^^^ ^^^^ precisely.

Without any d line pressure, Kurt will absolutely shred us with those WR's.