Cov teeb meem loj cuam tshuam rau Minnesota Vikings Nrog NFL Sijhawm Sijhawm Ua Si ntawm Qab ntug

Cov teeb meem ntawm qhov chaw ncaws pob thawj zaug los ntawm nws qhov kev txaj muag thib plaub ntawm lub caij zoo li tsis tseem ceeb tom qab hnub Monday hmo kev xwm txheej cuam tshuam nrog Buffalo Bills tiv thaiv rov qab Damar Hamlin. Saib ib tug tub hluas tawg tom qab ua ib qho kev sib tw thiab paub tias nws lub neej thiab kev ua neej nyob twj ywm nyob rau hauv qhov sib npaug ua rau tej yam xws li playoff seeding thiab rebuilding pab neeg kev ntseeg siab zoo li tsis tseem ceeb.

Tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov xwm txheej uas tus thawj coj qhia Kevin O'Connell ntsib thaum Vikings npaj rau kev ua si hauv ob lub lis piam. Thaum pib ntawm lawv lub Limtiam 17 kev ua si tawm tsam Green Bay Packers, zoo li muaj lub sijhawm raug cai kom muaj kev txhaj tshuaj ntawm cov noob saum toj kawg nkaus hauv NFC playoffs, tab sis thaum lub sijhawm lawv tau polished los ntawm 41-17 npoo, cov npau suav ntawd. ua dash.

Hloov ntawm No. 1 lossis No. 2 noob, Vikings tag nrho tab sis raug kaw nyob rau ntawm No. 3. Lub San Francisco 49ers muaj qhov sib npaug ntawm ntug vim muaj cov ntaub ntawv sib tham zoo dua (9-2 vs. 7-4), thiab tshwj tsis yog cov Niners poob hauv tsev mus rau qhov chaw kawg Arizona Cardinals (4-12, nrog rau 6 qhov sib law liag) thiab Vikings tuav lub Bears hauv Chicago, Vikings yuav mus rau lub caij nplooj zeeg raws li No. 3 noob.

Qhov no txhais li cas rau lawv txoj hauv kev playoff? Lawv yuav ua si New York Giants hauv Wild-Card puag ncig. Cov Giants clinched lawv thawj playoff tshwm sim txij li thaum 2016 lub caij nrog lawv 38-10 yeej tshaj Indianapolis Colts nyob rau hauv Lub Limtiam 17 - tib pab pawg neeg Vikings xav tau los sib sau ua ke los ntawm 33 ntsiab lus los yeej.

Lub lim tiam tom ntej, Vikings tau tawm tsam Giants 27-24 thaum Greg Joseph ncaws pob 61-yard lub hom phiaj raws li lub sijhawm tas sijhawm. Yog li ntawd ua rau nws pom tseeb - Vikings yuav tsum muaj kev yeej yooj yim dua Giants.

Yog, txoj cai. Cov Vikings yeej tsis muaj qhov yooj yim yeej tawm tsam leej twg, thiab kev ntseeg siab tsis yog qhov nce siab tom qab noj lawv cov kev ntaus los ntawm Packers. Cov Vikings tuaj yeem muaj cov neeg tawg rog hauv Justin Jefferson, Kirk Cousins, TJ Hockenson, Dalvin Cook thiab Adam Thielen, tab sis cov kab kev tawm tsam yog cov lus nug tseem ceeb tom qab raug mob rau Brian O'Neill, Austin Schlottmann thiab Garrett Bradbury.

Qhov kev ua si khiav tau dhau los ua qhov teeb meem loj, ib qho uas O'Connell tau lees paub. "Peb yuav tsum nrhiav txoj hauv kev kom peb qhov kev ua si khiav mus," O'Connell tau hais. "Lub tswv yim tsuas yog xav tau lub suab, thiab peb yuav tsum tau txais lub kaus mom ntawm lub kaus mom thiab tau txav mus los thiab sim muab Dalvin (Cook) thiab Alexander (Mattison) qhov chaw qhib thaum ntxov hauv kev ncaws pob."

Qhov teeb meem loj

Kev tiv thaiv tau muaj teeb meem txhua lub caij, vim tias chav tsev no tau sib cais los ntawm Eagles, Cowboys, Lions thiab Packers. Nws tsis zoo li tus kws saib xyuas kev tiv thaiv Ed Donatell ua haujlwm nws cov khawv koob hauv 12 qhov yeej, ib yam nkaus. Tom qab ua yeeb yam zoo hauv Lub Limtiam 1 tawm tsam Green Bay, Vikings tau muab 22 lossis ntau dua cov ntsiab lus hauv txhua qhov tab sis ob ntawm lawv 15 qhov kev ua si tom ntej.

Nws tsis yog tag nrho Donatell qhov txhaum, vim tias Vikings tau muaj ib pab pawg tiv thaiv phem tshaj plaws hauv pab pawg txij li xyoo 2020, tab sis nws tau raug coj los hloov pauv. Qhov tsuas yog qhov uas tau pom zoo yog tias nws tau ua rau kev tiv thaiv ntau dua thiab yooj yim dua rau kev tawm tsam quarterbacks thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm tawm tsam los nyeem.

Donatell tau sim hloov kev xav - ntawm O'Connell qhov kev thov - sai tom qab Vikings tau txiav txim siab 34-24 rau Lions. Thaum muaj qee qhov cim ntawm lub neej, Vikings tiv thaiv tsuas yog qhov Giants quarterback Daniel Jones xav tau.

Jones muaj qhov kev ua si zoo tshaj plaws ntawm nws txoj haujlwm tawm tsam Minnesota, ua tiav 30 ntawm 42 kis rau 334 yards. Ua ntej qhov kev ua si, Jones tau paub tias yog ib lub quarterback uas tuaj yeem ua si nrog nws lub peev xwm khiav, tab sis tsis sib haum nrog nws dhau.

Nws tau ua raws li kev ua yeeb yam tawm tsam Colts, ua tiav 19 ntawm 24 kis rau 177 yards thiab 2 touchdowns thiab khiav rau 91 yards thiab 2 qhov qhab nia ntxiv. Mam li nco dheev, Jones yog lub quarterback ntawm qhov nce thiab nws tau ntsib Minnesota tiv thaiv dua. Cov Giants yuav tsis muaj kev ntshai thaum lawv rov qab mus rau US Bank Stadium rau lawv qhov kev sib tw.

Donatell tuaj yeem tuaj nrog kev txhim kho kev ua si? Danielle Hunter thiab Za'Darius Smith puas tuaj yeem muab kev sib tw dhau los? Puas yog Patrick Peterson thiab Harrison Smith yuav ua kom nruj rau hauv qhov thib ob?

Cov no yog cov lus nug uas Vikings yuav tsum teb kom nce qib hauv kev ua si. Lawv tuaj yeem yeej yam tsawg kawg ib qho kev ua si playoff yog tias lawv tua rau txhua lub tog raj kheej thiab tau txais tsawg kawg qee qhov kev txhim kho los ntawm kev tiv thaiv.

Tab sis lawv tuaj yeem mus dhau qhov ntawd. Lawv puas yog ib qho kev hem thawj rau ntaus 49ers lossis Eagles?

Nyob rau ntawm no, nws yog heev tsis zoo li. Muaj ntau qhov kev raug mob ntawm txoj kab kev tawm tsam thiab ntau qhov ntawm kev tiv thaiv.

Tus tub txawj ntse O'Connell tuaj yeem tsim tsev neeg qhov chaw thiab tus cwj pwm yeej hauv chav xauv khoom, tab sis nws tsuas yog tsis txaus. Nws yuav tsum tau los ua ib tug txuj ci tseem ceeb ntawm lub sijhawm no.