Thaum kawg, Danielle Hunter thiab Vikings tiv thaiv tsis tuaj yeem tuav lawv qhov kawg. (Duab los ntawm Jonathan … [+]
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Thaum kawg, qhov tsis muaj zog tau dhau los ua lub zog rau Minnesota Vikings.
Thoob plaws hauv 13-4 lub caij ib txwm muaj ob lub tsev kawm kev xav rau Vikings cov kws qhia, cov neeg ua si, thiab, yog, lawv cov kiv cua ntev ntev. Ib qho yog cov ntaub ntawv nws tus kheej, thiab nws yog qhov zoo heev uas Vikings yog pab pawg hauv chav kawm, ib tus muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo hauv thaj teb txhua lub lim tiam.
Lwm qhov yog tias cov ntaub ntawv yog ib qho illusion. Cov yeej tau nyob ze, tab sis qhov poob tau raug puas tsuaj. Nws tsis yog qhov sib txawv ntawm qhov sib txawv, nws yog tias thaum lawv poob, lawv tsuas yog muaj zog thiab dhau mus. Cov pab pawg zoo tsis tau tawg los ntawm Eagles thiab Cowboys. Tej zaum lawv yuav tsis yeej, tab sis lawv nrhiav txoj hauv kev los sib tw.
Lub caij Vikings tau xaus thaum lawv poob qhov kev ua si hauv tsev mus rau pab pawg upstart uas tsuas yog nrhiav tau nws tus kheej. Giants tsis muaj zog, tab sis lawv txhim kho. Cov Vikings tsis tau txhim kho. Cov poob tau coj cov hmoov txhuv nplej siab tawm ntawm pab pawg, thiab thaum qhov kev ua txhaum muaj ntau yam riam phom, kev tiv thaiv tsuas yog phem heev.
Qhov ntawd tsis muaj dab tsi tshiab, vim tias Vikings tau yog ib qho ntawm cov softest thiab feem ntau yielding tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv pab koomtes rau peb lub caij dhau los. Thaum cov kws qhia thiab cov tswv yim muaj qee yam ua nrog nws, qhov xaus ntawm no yog tias nws yog cov neeg ua haujlwm.
Hais qhov koj xav tau txog yav dhau los tus kws qhia Mike Zimmer, tab sis nws paub meej txog kev tiv thaiv thiab kev tawm tsam nrog rau txhua tus txiv neej hauv pab koomtes. Thaum qhov kev tiv thaiv poob qis hauv nws cov thawj coj, nws txhais tau tias muaj teeb meem loj.
Ed Donatell tau txais txiaj ntsig Zimmer txoj kev tiv thaiv, thiab nws tau muab tso rau hauv lub tswv yim zoo nkauj. Tsis yog vim nws txwv, tab sis qhov kev nkag siab yog tias cov neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv tsis muaj qhov uas yuav ua rau muaj kev sib tw ntau dua.
Cov neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv tsis muaj zog, ceev, ballast thiab qee qhov kev xav tau. Lawv tau raug thawb mus rau qhov zoo ntawm peb lub xyoos, thiab qhov ntawd tau ua pov thawj tias yog qhov tsis ua tiav hauv 31-24 poob rau Giants.
Daniel Jones thiab tus thawj coj qhia Brian Daboll ntawm New York Giants tau pom tom qab kov yeej … [+]
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Giants quarterback Daniel Jones yog ib tus neeg ncaws pob zoo tshaj plaws tab sis nws yog ib txoj haujlwm ua tiav. Nws muaj ob qhov kev ua si A-ntxiv rau xyoo no, thiab ob qho tib si tawm tsam Vikings. Nws tau tua cov foob pob hluav taws nruab nrab tawm tsam Minnesota theem nrab txij li pib hnub Sunday. Nws ua tiav 24 ntawm 35 kis rau 301 yards nrog 2 touchdowns thiab tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam, thiab nws coj Giants nrog 78 rushing yards.
Nws tau ua qhov nws xav tau vim tias Minnesota tiv thaiv tsuas yog tsis zoo txaus los npog cov neeg txais New York. Lawv tsis muaj kev txawj ntse, ceev thiab xav them tus nqi thiab ua si. Qhov kev sib tw dhau los tau cuam tshuam tsis zoo los ntawm Giants kev tawm tsam thiab tsis tuaj yeem ua rau Jones hnov cua sov. Cov linebackers ib txwm ua qeeb qeeb thiab lawv qhov kev sib tw tsis muaj txiaj ntsig.
Tom qab cov Vikings tau tsav lub tshav pob hauv kev tshaj lij ntawm lawv qhov pib muaj thiab coj 7-0 tus thawj coj, Giants tuaj ntawm lawv zoo li yog tsov tso tawm ntawm lub tawb. Kev khiav loj los ntawm Saquon Barkley thawj zaug tau tsis pom zoo los ntawm kev tuav hu. Nws yog thawj-thiab-20, thiab nws yuav tsum tau muab sijhawm rau Minnesota los teeb lub suab.
Hloov chaw, Giants tau ua raws nrog kev tua neeg rov qab-rau-rov qab tsav. Lawv ripped hauv thaj teb hauv tsib qhov kev ua si, taug kev 85 yards los khi cov qhab nia ntawm 28-yard cheb los ntawm Barkley ncig sab laug kawg.
Ntawm qhov muaj tom ntej no, Cov Giants tau zoo dua, mus 81 yards hauv 4 qhov kev ua si uas tau ua tiav nrog Jones 14-yard touchdown hla mus rau Yaxayas Hodgins. Ib yam li ntawd, Giants tau ua ntej 14-7 thiab txiav txim siab ntawm qhov kev ua si.
Lawv yeej yuav tsis poob tswj. Cov Vikings yuav poob qab 24-14 ua ntej khi cov qhab nia ntawm Kirk Cousins TD hla mus rau Irv Smith thiab Greg Joseph lub hom phiaj. Tab sis qhov ntawd yog ib qho illusion. Tsis ntev tom qab Vikings tau squared qhov kev ua si, Giants mus 67 yards ntawm 12 plays thiab mus ua ntej kom zoo ntawm ob-yard TD khiav los ntawm Barkley midway mus txog lub quarter thib plaub.
Thaum Vikings yuav sim rov qab mus rau hauv qhov kev ua si ntawm ob yam khoom nram qab no, lawv tsuas yog tsis muaj chav txaus.
Ib lub caij ntawm kev sib tw yeej ib qho kev ua si tuaj yeem nres sai, thiab qhov kev xav ntawm kev ua tau zoo tau dhau mus.
Ntau yam yuav tsum tshwm sim ua ntej Vikings pib npaj rau lub caij 2023. Tab sis ib qho uas Kevin O'Connell thiab Kwesi Adofo-Mensah yuav tsum paub hauv lawv lub siab yog tias kev tiv thaiv yuav tsum tau muab tshem tawm ntawm cov seams thiab rov tsim kho hauv av.
Ib yam dab tsi ntxiv yuav ua rau kev ua tsis tiav thiab mob ntau dua.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevesilverman/2023/01/16/defensive-woes-led-to-abrupt-end-for-2022-23-minnesota-vikings/