tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post6105328145579898457..comments2024-03-28T02:23:44.367-05:00Comments on Pacifist Viking: Wednesday Afternoon BlizzardPacifist Vikinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630996018868040440noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-16589424373411933342007-11-29T21:33:00.000-06:002007-11-29T21:33:00.000-06:00PV - what do you think about this bit from the Foo...PV - what do you think about this bit from the Football Outsiders FOX rundown?<BR/><BR/><I>Brad Childress doesn't have many admirers in Minnesota. Bloggers across the Internet started calling for his head after the team fell to 1-3. There's even a Fire Childress Web site, though it seems to get as much traffic as an Alaska road in January. Childress deserves criticism for putting all his eggs in Tarvaris Jackson's basket and for the pass-heavy game plans he devised early in the year. But the Vikings are on a little winning streak, and they've surprised the Chargers and Giants in the past month. They're winning without superstar rookie Adrian Peterson. A quick look at the upcoming schedule (the Niners, Bears, and Redskins follow the Lions) suggests that the Vikings might finish 8-8, maybe higher. That's not bad for a team so committed to a long-range plan that they refused to load their roster with costly veteran role players. Childress deserves some props.</I><BR/><BR/>I sort of agree. It looks like the Vikings are playing pretty well for a team with a relatively shaky secondary and no playmakers, or even semi-competent receivers, on offense other than AD. TJ looks like he is improving to the level of competency, and if Minnesota gets their hands on a legitimate receiver or two during the offseason, I could see this being a 11-5 team with another year of experience.JDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18404078122731805819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-26127786830499199772007-11-29T10:03:00.000-06:002007-11-29T10:03:00.000-06:00The reason they are mentioned is because he had th...The reason they are mentioned is because he had the saints listed twice and one was in the 13th spot where the Vikings should have been.<BR/><BR/>That is the whole reason.MN DUDEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105846186686285064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140411.post-35347196678742888922007-11-28T15:23:00.000-06:002007-11-28T15:23:00.000-06:00The Minnesota reference in the headline for Dr. Z'...The Minnesota reference in the headline for Dr. Z's power rankings column is probably the web editor's call. I'm sure Dr. Z files his story, perhaps with a suggested headline, but once the web editor gets his/her hands on it, he gets no more say in it. Nor would he be bothered to try.<BR/><BR/>The web editor was probably struggling for something catchy to put in there, saw the Vikings had jumped to 13 from 24 in the rankings (which seems a bit too much by Dr. Z) and then came up with the headline mentioning the Vikings.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe the web editor is just a Vikings fan.Darren Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280352819585972328noreply@blogger.com