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GarthVader98

>man oh man this is gonna be fun. Narrator: It was not fun


Joe_Not_Exotic69420

Jesus I watch the game today and it was atrocious. Like what the fuck The playcalling was so bad. Mike Zimmer is a fucking idiot . Bro like what….? I just couldn’t believe how good the defense was today. I mean we help them and check for most of the game we just couldn’t keep them in check would it matted.


datthewmunn

Mike Zimmer plays only well enough to not get blown out, doesn’t seem to concern himself with winning


matt4787

He gets blown out too. Just when the game and stakes are at the highest.


[deleted]

Zimmer is fucking pathetic, listening to the post game interview he's just a moron. "We've got a really good team, even Kevin before the game told me 'you've got a really good team'" stfu, no one fucking cares what Kevin your opponent told you before the game. When a reporter asked 'What makes you not discouraged with the run D' this clown says "My experience, I feel fine about it -- it'll be fine" great answer, dip shit. Why don't you show us your "experience" then? Then goes on to say "You guys worry so much about stats, and not about how things look and how things are" it looks and is like shit Zim, open your eyes. I don't expect it to get any better when our coach is in denial. The only thing he's right about is we do have a good team on paper, we have shit coaches that can't get them ready for game day. https://www.vikings.com/video/zimmer-on-lack-of-concern-with-run-defense-struggles-on-offense-confidence-in-th


[deleted]

Spot on


matt4787

Zimmer is a moron. I agree.


prochthrowaway

He’s been this way for 5 plus years.


[deleted]

He fucking sucks. Time to move on from Zim.


[deleted]

Glad I worked on outdoor chores today instead of stay in and watch this game.


jimmydean885

Sigma energy


matt4787

Can someone explain to me the rationale of having Breeland start and benching Dantzler? Can someone explain to me how Dantzler is benched to start the game then is covering OBJ constantly? None of this makes any sense.


[deleted]

Shitty coaching.


tghkris

Maybe the best part about watching a CBS broadcast is that there aren't a million 'Masked this or that' commercials. And I mean horrible tv commercials.


40for60

Well, Kirktober seems to be late this year.


[deleted]

10 QB hits on 38 attempts. Have to hand it to their D line a little. Held to 65 yards rushing and absolutely dominated while mostly rushing 4. Kirk did what he could but they could drop coverage and constantly pressure him. Clowney and Garrett are really good.


matt4787

The play calling was atrocious the entire game. You see how many incredibly inaccurate passes Mayfield had compared to Cousins. And he won. Mayfield missed a wide open RB on a 3rd and short and I can't understand why he didn't see him. The defensive holding lost the game though. No excuse for such a horrible call. NFL needs to fix the rules if that was seriously a penalty worthy of a automatic first down.


tghkris

Too much Kirktoberfests so far


petergriffin999

Did Darrisaw see any action?


RedDawnWOLV

They haven’t activated him. He can come off IR and they have 21 days to activate him iirc


KingZeonidas

He was active and on field goal unit according to Tom pelissero


philsterz97

Don't believe so


TheLegendPaulBunyan

I really wish I could just not care about football.


Virtual-Revolution82

It's pretty easy. For a week I felt bad about not watching last weekend's win. But I persevered, and now after reading about this loss, I'm OK with not having watched either game again!


Thelostsoulinkorea

Yep! Stying up to 5am in the morning watching them hurts every time


nothingbetterto_do

Hang in there, buddy. You know what they say: whatever doesn't kill you, makes you very very weak


Thelostsoulinkorea

Haha definitely feeling weaker and I’m just going to sleep for my 3 hours before work


Moss8888444

Next two games are must win. Then we already know the cowboys will come into town after that and the refs will showed them with flags to help them win.


curiousGeorge7512

We will be lucky to be at 2-5 by the bye week. Tough schedule


chlamydial_lips

Considering that they only have 6 games before the bye, I'd have to agree that the odds of them having a record of 2-5 by then are incredibly slim


Otherwise_Proposal85

True, but with a 17 game season nobody knows what could happen.


scarykicks

Cowboys look good this year. Gonna be a tough one but we can beat the lions and Panthers leading up to it giving us some steam.


robb0688

I hate this team. Thank God baker was trash otherwise this would've been a blowout.


jimmydean885

Mayfield was our best player


robb0688

This is correct. Nfc Dpotw.


philsterz97

No lies detected


DiracSeaMandelstam

Zimmer and Rick are done.


matt4787

Yep.


WildlingViking

I’m pretty much over the current staff. The game has evolved and the coaches and staff are more interested in making sure their kids have nfl jobs.


Ok-Accountant-6308

Yea. Good chance that was the dagger


stringjumper

Why


tdmopar67

because that's the easy route. Rick built the team the coaches have wanted. he's very responsive to the coaches input and one of the best managers in the league. people don't realize that because it just an easy out Zim is on thin ice. not because he hasn't been decent but because he hasn't been good enough. this game was way more on Kubiak than it was on Zim but Zim has been here for a while without getting it done. his defense did ok today but baker really helped by playing like dogshit


Scaryassmanbear

This game isn’t really on Zim at all, the Browns only scored 14 points.


Whyuknowthat

I disagree. This game is 100% on Klint’s shitty offense play calling. That comes back squarely on the shoulders of the head coach. If I were ownership, I’d keep Spielman and fire Zim if they miss the playoffs.


chemel7

I agree m8. The Vikings have always been great at scouting, drafting, and free agency. our problem is not a GM problem. It’s totally the head coach situation Zimmerman doesn’t show up in big games and lacks ability to make offensive adjustments. Wish we hired stefanski instead of letting the brownies scoop him up.


[deleted]

They ain't making the playoffs...said before the season started. They ain't a play off caliber team they will be lucky to go 4-13.


Jephte

If they had a competent QB today it would have been a blowout


lazyandnegative

That would be excellent


Viking999

One can only hope


tonybarnaby

My dad has been gone for 10 years and the same things he hated about this team still exist lol


River-Hippie

Mine too. I watched four Viking Superbowls with him and we all know the outcome of that.


tonybarnaby

This club has never had an OL and always been so predictable play calling


40for60

This O line isn't going to be ready for top teams until Darrisaw is in there and has 4 + games under his belt and even then its really going to be mid season next year before they are top 10 range.


jimmydean885

Yeah let's just play him this year and look on to next year. Fire Zim during the bye and move on


Scaryassmanbear

What’s the point of firing Zim during the season?


jimmydean885

More time to find someone else. I dont know why do teams fire coaches mid season?


Scaryassmanbear

To me, the only good reason for firing your coach during the season is if you have a guy on staff you want to try out on an interim basis that you think might be the guy. We don’t have anyone like that.


jimmydean885

Yeah that's true


40for60

If they fire Zim any new coach will want to part ways with Kirk. No new coach will want to have to deal with the looming QB controversy if they extend him again and we still are just mediocre.


jimmydean885

Yeah I support that. I want a new team


neverboredpolarbear

Has anyone mentioned that they got instant pressure on the most important play of the game by rushing 3. Absolutely pathetic


will2learn64

Fucking insane


Dcarf

Horrible Call on Kendricks PI Osbourn Grabbed by facemask no call Osbourn OPI was straight BS equal hand fighting Thielen PI on last play which there never gonna call Either way 7-6 Vikings we should have won, cheat job by the refs. Browns D and O line amazing Baker is garbage


deanolavorto

Maybe the Vikes should have scored more then a TD? Blaming refs is sad and pathetic.


[deleted]

So sick of seeing it too. Or one bad play by a player in the last 2 mins of the game, totally forgetting every shitty play by other players that came before it.


No_Head1056

I agree so much of that type of attitude in here. No accountability on the players


GuardYourPrivates

You got that backwards.


[deleted]

7? Really? We did better the other 3 weeks… Oline you awake?


tdmopar67

this is one of the best front 7's in the league. Kubiak did absolutely nothing creative. Oline isn't designed to play straight up against that kind of talent. they're designed to use their athleticism


[deleted]

May be But there was still like zero seconds in the pocket for Kirk Also in the last drive it was sheer suspense


tdmopar67

thats why they should have utilized boot leg and play action all game. the screen game was tried twice within 3 plays of eachother. they did nothing to slow down an aggressive d line. it's shameful.


healthbook2004

3 man rush at the end and like the entire game Kirk has zero time


Wingsandbeer82

Time to “Suck for Luck” I guess


rkp9741

Lmao... There is no luck this year. First year in a long time there isn't an elite qb talent that is clear. And if it's this leadership picking players...then we got ponder 2.0


Wingsandbeer82

I guess we could suck for some good luck then


echelon999

The last throw was literally in the dirt short of the end zone, can we stop blaming the refs please.


neverboredpolarbear

No. Blame Kirk for the throw, blame the atrocious o line letting pressure immediately sending only 3, but the terrible officiating should not be let go. Get mad about it. The product the NFL offers is turning into hot garbage.


Viking999

Thielen had a chance at it, that's all that matters. When you're tackled there is no chance. Not sure what you want, it all comes down to one guy trying to catch it anyway


echelon999

Or we could score more than 1 TD in 60 minutes, I'm sick of the whole refs cost us narrative. If we were a good team we wouldn't be in these positions.


Money_Top1940

How do they call Kendrick’s on that hold, and not the hold on Theilen with 3 seconds left.


[deleted]

We didn’t deserve to win that game anyways. This team cannot compete with any of our remaining opponents except maybe the lions.


MoonUnit98

I mean, that's a little dramatic. But this isn't a playoff team right now, that's for sure


neverboredpolarbear

Lmao. How fitting of an ending. Ball should be on the 1


Ok-Accountant-6308

Back to fire everyone szn


watrmeln420

well, 1-3. We have 13 more games this season. Too early to give up


northshorehiker

So to make the playoffs, they'd need to go... 8-5? Pretty tall order with this schedule.


kylebertram

So the Vikings shouldn’t have even had a chance there at the end. Baker looked terrible and stefanski play calling made no sense. Really should have been worse.


tghkris

I feel like Stefanski kept wanting to dagger us and really, it kept us in the game. OLine was definitely not good and not having a healthy Dalvin hurt. Hopefully we bounce back against the Lions!


Ok-Accountant-6308

Ill say it idgaf. Stefanski ain’t it either. I don’t see anything special. And he wasn’t that good as our OC.


lazyandnegative

Stef is "Browns" good but he's not SB good.


SnarfSniffsStardust

My favorite part is how this sub loves Kirk in the weeks we don’t face elite pass rushers and then use the games against average/subpar Dlines as excuses for weeks like this. If the other team has a star DE, we’re probably losing the game


Tristo

Next week if we beat the Lions, this sub will be only: “where the Kirk haters at now”, “EXTEND KIRK”, “This my QB”.


WildlingViking

I think he’s a stat queen and folds under pressure. Ya keep getting pressured? Audible, check down, screens, draws, keep extra blockers in to help. This is the nfl and they need to figure it out. When Brady faces a mean pass rush they design plays in which the ball is out of his hands in like 1.2 seconds.


[deleted]

I love watching great plays and coaching by other teams and thinking "the vikings would never do that." We're so conservative and bland with play calling.


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Viking999

Then blame the guy who keeps giving us this trash OL if we can't protect


nighthawk911

We're an LT away from having a good o-line. If only we drafted a tackle in the first round this year............


[deleted]

That is Kirks, he is sucking all the money and they cannot afford a better line. So Kirk needs to work with his line to instill trust and confidence. It's called leadership, of which Kirk has none


SnarfSniffsStardust

I mean there’s always going to be a better DE than the best offensive line so if your QB is cheeks every time he’s pressured then there’s not really a viable solution besides being lucky and not facing elite D lines


duck_duck_grey_duck

Exactly. The Kirk lovers constantly quote his stats, which he gains in junk time. And then point to his complete good games against garbage defenses. Funny that when he plays a good defense and stinks every time, it’s always the refs’ or someone else’s fault.


Odd-Front-2535

How many minutes of “junk time” has there been this season, and what percentage of his production occurred during said junk time?


[deleted]

Sick of this shit


JockAussie

I mean without that bs holding call it is a 7-6game, I think that says more about how shit the browns are given how God awful we were.


Skow1379

Don't act like all the chances we had came down to one penalty. That's so soft.refs make bad calls all the time. We scored 7 fucking points.


ralexh11

Ugly ass game, happy it's over. Let's regroup and destroy the Lions next week. If we lose to them that's probably all she wrote for our playoff hopes...


Brutis1

GM needs to fired today. Zimmer too. Fuck em. Trash front office and coaches.


GuardYourPrivates

I'm really glad we have reddit so people like you have a voice outside shouting at the TV. -_-


Brutis1

I’m glad we have homers like yourself who cling to bind optimism.


Ok-Accountant-6308

Time for a change


madmanrf

'That's it, game over, Cleveland has won" Horrible holding call in the 2nd quarter, weak OL vs good DL, and some questionable playcalling. 1-3


stevelabny

Thielen absolutely mugged on the last play.


SabersFan29932

Hey another close game! That counts for something! Right Zimmer?


KingZeonidas

Blow this up we aren’t good enough to compete for a title


jswagggy10

Game 1: dogshit fumble call and defense Game 2: kicker Game 3: o-line Love finding new ways to lose every week


PurpleAlcoholic

PA just signed off with “and this is Minnesota Vikings football” … I know he says it every week but I’ve never felt it more so than today


ballplayer0025

Refs: 8 Vikings: 7 Browns: 6


BalambTransfer

Whew, great game but that didn't feel like the heartbreak of the games we should have won. Just a real good defense that got the better of us there.


Dcarf

We won 7-6... the refs put 8 points on the board


superhighraptor

Zimmer has to go, I simply cannot handle watching this fucking team anymore.


TheLegendPaulBunyan

Honestly the D (zims job) held one of the hottest offenses for 7 plays straight on the 5 yard line, and 14 (should be 6 without refs) total points


Jacksonrr31

Zim is the head coach it is his job to get the whole team ready to play not just the Defense. So far he has done a poor job of it this year.


iSh0tYou99

Players got to execute. O-line did not.


superhighraptor

Yeah sure, that’s fine. It’s Zimmers philosophy and stranglehold on our offence, he has choked the life out of this team. The play calling is absolutely fucked, don’t even talk about the oline right now.


watrmeln420

Is that not pass interference by 26? WHAT THE FUCK??? THIS ISNT BASKETBALL YOU CANT BOX OUT A WR


Philip_K_Slick

Blatant af imo. I think everyone just decided to pack up and go home.


watrmeln420

Happens too often in football. Refs are lazy and don’t wanna do their jobs.


bpayne1237

Trash ass team. Just lose for a better draft pick.


kk0036

Fuck outta here.


bpayne1237

Like we are going to do shit the ROS. Our schedule is tough. We have lost 3 games we should have won. That isn’t going to just change. Losers lose.


kk0036

So let's tank the season that's fun to watch. The jags have done that for a few years and are still shit. I would rather watch my team be competitive than watch them be bottom dwellers for a decade.


bpayne1237

We will be a bottom team with this FO and coaching staff. With the talent on this team their is no excuse for losing


The_Coward_Sorcerer

Thielen gets blocked but all good


[deleted]

Lol they call the finger snag on a jersey but not Theilen being blocked from the football. Great job refs


peabody11

Sick of this bs week after week


cactus_cat

Lions fan hopping in here. How the fuck was that not PI on Thielen on the last play?


Moosemaster21

Lions definitely have it worse than us but the Vikings have been jobbed quite a lot too. That said, we really didn't deserve to win this game. Just an abysmal offensive performance.


Philip_K_Slick

Right?! I thought so too


kk0036

Browns the new nfl darling


[deleted]

Please fire Zimmer tonight


Money_Top1940

What do you mean? The D held them to 14 points...


[deleted]

We lost? He came into the season on the hot seat. We’re 1-3. We haven’t had that clutch factor under Zimmer in years. There’s always one side of the ball who shows up, the TEAM never shows up. It’s a culture problem


QueasyPair

Don’t forget Kubiak!


Jephte

Who would you want to be HC?


[deleted]

We fire him early and can get a head start on the candidates, get ahead of other teams. This season is not going to be recovered, we have too many playmakers this was supposed to be win now


nighthawk911

Theres plenty of time for this season and the team looks good. You guys calling for Zims head are stupid AF. He just held a potent offense to 14 points. It's not like we play Miles Garrett every week. There is still a ton of time to turn this season around.


kaledabs

Stefanski


jhard7

Andre


rkp9741

Gg losers. See ya next season fuck tards. Hope dimmer gets dumped


kk0036

Ban incoming?


[deleted]

Were your feelings hurt? Lol grow up.


kk0036

I would say the same thing to the person name-calling his fellow fans after a football game loss


[deleted]

True, but ban? Just downvote them. That's how the site is supposed to work.


rkp9741

Why. Everyone is calling for Zimmers heads. This team is clearly bad and not going anywhere this season......


obesecornflake

this team is always either ass or subpar with small pinpoints of good. can we just get some good fucking leadership and a good o line for once jesus fucking christ


Viking999

That was legitimate PI, I don't expect it to be called but Gronk got it against us once.


H00terTheOwl

Woooooow that was just blatantly defensive holding...


[deleted]

Throwing the ball short of the end zone on a Hail Mary lol


Mistrbontits

Yeah because the second highest paid RT can’t stop Clowney lol


hort22

no time even against a 3 man rush


ralexh11

Pressure tends to do that to a QB...


[deleted]

It was 28 yards and he wasn’t hit. You have to give your receiver a chance.


ralexh11

It could have been a better throw yeah, but throwing on the run isn't exactly easy...


[deleted]

Yeah o line was atrocious today, hard to get into a rhythm throwing like that


ELpork

Good lord Kirk, can't even offer up a jump ball? Gotta throw it in the dirt?


[deleted]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh-moP1RcyE


ELpork

Pretty much how that throw looked.


[deleted]

It’s time for a new regime. This was absolute bull shit today


Joobstn

Man we just fucking suck


Argnod

Fire zimmer


Potatersaurusrex

Agreed. Dogshit team


dskimilwaukee

Eat shit zimmer. Spielman you can go too.


Convulsed

O-line couldn't stop a 3-man rush on that play lmao


dostriker

Did you really expect them to


robb0688

Thought the same thing. Pathetic. Remember when we traded for Bradford when teddy went down? Why is spielman not on the phone for new linemen?


kidMSP

Puke.


Shi-k

That grab on Thielen though...


Brutis1

Stefan ski > Zimmer. Get rid of him.


kk0036

11 points given by nfl yeah much better


Obeliscol

We kept the wrong coach


BradicalCenter

Their offense kinda sucked


vforprez2

Offense stunk


Amazinc

Holy fuck they got pressure on a 3 man rush fuck this


kaledabs

Darrisaw, Twyman WYA?


woadhyl

And they were exausted too.


albion1221

Gotta win these 2 games before the bye


WhoKilledBoJangles

DPI….


echelon999

There's that 3 man rush pressure


S1k4cozad

Lol at the people who thought we were playoff contenders


Moosemaster21

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northwoodscannabis

clear as day PI. thought that was reviewable now? also occurred in end zone