Minnesota Vikings poob Woefully luv luv hauv qab teeb ci

Ntsib cov Vikings tshiab. Yuav luag tib yam li Vikings qub.

Rookie lub taub hau tus kws qhia Kevin O'Connell tej zaum yuav yog tus pab kub tom qab Los Angeles Rams yeej Super Bowl lub caij dhau los, tab sis nws tau kawm sai heev nws tsis yooj yim heev los hloov lub franchise tsuas yog nqa kev txaus siab thiab phau ntawv ua si tshiab rau tog.

Tom qab tau txais kev yeej zoo tshaj plaws ntawm Green Bay Packers, Vikings yog dab tsi tab sis hauv lawv lub Limtiam 2 Hnub Monday hmo kev poob rau Philadelphia Eagles. Cov neeg tuaj xyuas tsis tuaj yeem los ze rau qhov sib tw hluav taws thiab kev txawj ntawm lawv cov tswv ntawm ib feem ntawm lawv qhov kev sib tw.

Cov Vikings nyob ntawm lawv cov hnub qub los ua tus coj hauv kev ua si loj, tab sis Kirk Cousins, Dalvin Cook, Justin Jefferson thiab Danielle Hunter tag nrho poob luv. Yog tias koj tab tom taug qab, uas yog $65 lab-ntxiv rau cov nyiaj hli rau plaub tus players lub caij no. Ua ke, lawv tau ua me ntsis rau lub caij tam sim no uas tau ua me ntsis los tawm tsam tus neeg sib tw tsom.

Qhov kawg tshwm sim yog 24-7 swb nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm ib lub teb chaws cov neeg tuaj saib, thiab nws poob Cousins ​​cov ntaub ntawv rau hnub Monday Night Football rau 2-10. Tsis muaj quarterback hauv NFL keeb kwm uas tau ua 10 lossis ntau dua pib hauv thawj lub sijhawm muaj cov ntaub ntawv tsis zoo.

Lub quarterback kom meej meej muaj nws feem ntawm cov neeg thuam, thiab feem ntau ntawm lawv taw tes rau nws cov ntaub ntawv ob qho tib si hauv qab teeb thiab tawm tsam cov neeg sib tw muaj zog. Cov kwv tij ua nws qhov yuam kev nrog peb qhov kev cuam tshuam, tab sis nws muaj kev pab ntau los ntawm nws cov phooj ywg hnub Monday hmo ntuj.

Qhov kev ua si tuaj yeem sib txawv yog tias nruj kawg Irv Smith Jr. tau tuav mus rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv lub quarter thib ob nrog Vikings taug qab 21-7. Smith tab tom khiav mus rau sab laug sab laug, thiab Cousins ​​unleashed ib tug pov uas ntaus lub nruj kawg nyob rau hauv stride. Es tsis txhob ntes nws thiab muaj peev xwm coj nws mus rau qhov qhab nia, Smith tsuas yog poob lub pob.

Jefferson kuj tau ua yuam kev loj heev rau Minnesota thawj qhov muaj nyob rau lub quarter thib peb. Cov Vikings tau taug kev hauv thaj teb thiab muaj 2^nd-and-10 ua si los ntawm Philadelphia 19. Jefferson ua tsis tau tejyam txiav mus rau nruab nrab tom qab Cousins ​​tso nws pass, thiab uas tso cai rau cornerback Darius Slay mus rau ib tug uncontested xaiv uas blunted Minnesota txoj kev rov qab los.

Cov kwv tij yog 27-ntawm-46 rau 221 yards, ib qho touchdown thiab peb interceptions. Nyob rau sab nraud, Philadelphia's Jalen Hurts yuav luag zoo tag nrho thaum nws ua tiav 26-ntawm-31 hla rau 331 yards nrog ib qho TD. Nws kuj maj nrawm rau 57 yards thiab ob qhov qhab nia ntxiv.

Vikings tiv thaiv, uas tau zoo heev ntawm kev txwv Aaron Rodgers hauv thawj lub lim tiam ntawm lub caij, tsis muaj peev xwm ua dab tsi los txo qis Philadelphia game plan. Qhov kev pab cuam yog mos txij thaum pib mus txog rau thaum xaus, thiab thaum Vikings tuaj nrog peb lub hnab - ib tug ntawm lawv los ntawm Hunter - Mob raug tso cai zaum nyob rau hauv lub hnab tshos, soj ntsuam lub teb thiab txiav mus rau theem nrab.

Kev tiv thaiv tau zoo ib yam zoo ib yam rau chav tsev uas tsis tu ncua saib tsis zoo nyob rau xyoo 2020 thiab 2021 lub caij. Cov Vikings tsis yeej feem ntau ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm lub cev, thiab lawv tsis tau npaj rau kev tawm tsam li lawv cov tswv. Cov neeg sib tw yog pab pawg neeg tshaib plab, ib yam dab tsi uas feem ntau zoo li cov teeb meem hauv qab tus thawj coj tus kws qhia Mike Zimmer.

Lub sijhawm no, tsis muaj kev thuam ntawm Zimmer rau nws qhov xwm txheej cantankerous thiab ib leeg-lub siab mus kom ze. O'Connell zoo siab los tawm tsam qhov kev liam ntawm nws cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis zoo los ntawm kev lees paub Eagles.

"Lawv zoo li muaj lub cev tshuab nrog lawv cov kev ua si khiav," O'Connell tau hais, "Thiab thaum lub sijhawm tawg tuaj, [Hurts] tau ua ntau qhov kev ua si."

Los ntawm ob qhov kev ua si ntawm lub caij nyoog, Vikings tau los nrog ib qho kev xav tsis thoob tawm tsam cov neeg tuaj ncig tebchaws uasi Packers thiab lub taub hau-tawv zaub tawm tsam Eagles. Ob qhov kev ua si qhia tias pab pawg Minnesota yuav dhau los ua lub caij no.

Lawv muaj peev xwm txhawb nqa qhov pib zoo hauv qhov qhib rau 60 feeb, tab sis lawv tsis tuaj yeem tig txhua yam tom qab pib tsis zoo rau lub lim tiam tom ntej.

Kev nyuaj siab yog txoj hauv kev ntawm lub neej rau txhua pab pawg hauv NFL, thiab yog tias Vikings tsuas tuaj yeem yeej thaum lub sijhawm so mus ntxov, nws yuav yog lub caij poob siab.

O'Connell yog qhov ntse txaus los ua qhov kev ua si yeej ntau lub lis piam. Nws muaj tswv yim thiab technically savvy. Txawm li cas los xij, nws puas tuaj yeem txhawb nqa nws pab neeg kom khawb tob thiab tig txhua yam thaum muaj kev nyuaj siab? Qhov no tuaj yeem ua pov thawj tias nws qhov kev sib tw loj tshaj plaws thaum lub caij 2022 nthuav tawm.