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JustJeff wrote:Packers 38
Bears 17
The Athletic wrote:Sacks came from Jaleel Johnson, Ifeadi Odenigbo and Eric Wilson, with Wilson’s coming unblocked. Johnson beat Pat Elflein for his sack and Odenigbo beat Riley Reiff for his. For the most part, the offensive line did a poor job preventing pressure and allowed pressure on at least seven dropbacks — likely more. In particular, Elflein seemed to be a concern.
Kenny Clark and Z's inside rushes and maybe Gary's are a complete mismatch for the interior OLThe Athletic wrote:Thielen looks ready to go, while Cousins and some members of the offensive line — notably Dakota Dozier and Elflein — still seem like works in progress. Given that Dozier took every rep with the first-team offense, it seems extremely likely that he’ll be the Day 1 starter there. Ezra Cleveland only worked with the third team and didn’t look particularly comfortable.
Holton Hill has been their best CB in camp (according to the same author who wrote that write-up, but has been struggling with penalties since they started enforcing that and brought in refs. No one on the team can cover Davante, and even our ragtag bunch of Laxard, MVS, and potentially EQSB if healthy should be able to win their share of individual matchups.TheAthletic wrote:For the most part, Mike Hughes seemed to have had the best day in coverage while Jeff Gladney looked like a starting-quality player. He nevertheless got turned around by Hollins on his deep reception. Holton Hill largely struggled, particularly against Thielen — though the best catch of the day, which came against Hill, was likely not his fault.
Our top-2 CBs are excellent and our top 3 shouldn't be punished by this crew. Our guys can cover their guys.Johnson is again turning heads at training camp and has so far done enough to hold off first-round pick Justin Jefferson for the No. 2 spot on the depth chart.
He doesn’t do anything flashy, but he consistently creates space and has good hands when the ball heads his way. And, importantly, he seems to have built chemistry with and earned the trust of Kirk Cousins.
and more scrimmage:The Athletic wrote:The Vikings could attempt to keep [Lynch] just for developmental purposes, but with Shamar Stephen, Armon Watts and Jaleel Johnson all but locks to make the roster, the Vikings would have to face a decision to cut Hercules Mata’afa or someone at another position that could use more bodies — like at receiver. Without a clear answer at three-technique, it’s a little discouraging that he hasn’t been able to show out.
Our LG and C are among the league's best and our RG is a former starter who has clearly regained starting form. Our iOL can block their iDL and run on them.the flip side of that is that the run blocking from the offense looked solid and the defensive line had issues staying stout, especially along the first team.
Suppose for a moment that everything you say is true... then if you're Mike Zimmer- what's your plan ?
I mean yeah yeah, sure sure, the future is the future; it can't be known. But what is most likely to happen? The better team with matchup advantages all over the field prevails. That's us. And I'm not particularly sure why the Vikings are considered to be a good team with problems all around their OL, their DL, and their offensive weapons and their secondary. It's like the most important aspects of football right now: the passing game (offense and defense) and the trenches (offense and defense). Those aren't good weaknesses to have, and I suspect we'll exploit them.Drj820 wrote: ↑03 Sep 2020 04:50I think it’s impossible to know how it will go at this point with no preseason, joint practices, or crowd. I think week one could be sloppy across the board league wide. I do think advantage will go to defenses and experienced QBs, and I think we have that. I am worried about ILB and the right side of our OL, but I’m sure they have areas they are worried about too.
Il give us the advantage bc optimism, but who knows really.
these teams played each other in December in the same venue and on National TV with a stadium full of fans
Correct. Though I'm not sure that's a surprise at all; it does, indeed, dismiss the speculation that Jackson was our "surprise starter," but all signs have pointed to this aside from that guess.
Also pretty irrelevant. Pettine plays a lot of dime. Jackson couldn't crack the Top-4 last year. I think that is his spot this year, so it will be interesting to see what kind of play he actually gets. If they are true to their word, it will also push Jaire to the slot in dime packages, which I really like and don't understand the hesitation to do before.YoHoChecko wrote: ↑04 Sep 2020 08:02Correct. Though I'm not sure that's a surprise at all; it does, indeed, dismiss the speculation that Jackson was our "surprise starter," but all signs have pointed to this aside from that guess.
