If we're placing blame for this loss, we can look at, in no particular order:
Adrian Peterson: Three fucking fumbles? Purple Jesus really does have holes in his hands like real Jesus. If you're wondering why the Vikes couldn't commit to running the football, look no further than this asshole (and Percy Harvin, who managed to fumble the ball on consecutive plays after being put in the game at running back). However, Peterson did break off some big runs otherwise, so his mistakes were kinda sorta not really forgivable.
The Offensive Line: I've had better protection when eschewing a condom and wrapping my dick in Saran-Wrap than Brett Favre had tonight. If there's one area of the offense that needs to be overhauled in the offseason, it's the left side of the line. Bryant McKinnie being named to the Pro Bowl doesn't mean he's good. Hell, Brett Favre made the Pro Bowl as a Jet last season, and he was fucking awful in the second half of the 2008 season (just like McKinnie! how convenient!).
Pants on the Ground Guy: Only true, lofty assholes watch American Idol.
Brad Childress: Holy fuck, you outdid yourself with that clock management. Hey, let's let 30 seconds run off the clock so my kicker can attempt a 50 yard field goal! That's makeable! Moron.
The Dipshits Responsible for the 12 Men in the Huddle Call: I don't know if Chilly or Bevell sent on 12 men, or if some jerkoff just got confused and ran into the huddle without them knowing. But Christ on a bicycle, that can't happen, especially coming off a timeout.
Brett Favre: Hey, I have a quandary: I can either pick up 7-10 yards running the football, slide, and put my team in position to kick a game winning field goal, or I can throw back across my body and try to force the ball to a covered receiver. LET'S HAVE SOME FUN OUT THERE, WHADDYA SAY!
Jared Allen: Someone want to put his face on a milk carton? Where the fuck was he today?
The Refs: No. You cannot blame the refs. Blaming the refs is always fucking lame and is the type of thing sports talk radio hosts do to get their viewers riled up. You sound like a fucking third grader when you blame refs for a loss in a game where your team had five goddamn turnovers and actually had fewer penalties than the opposition. Sure, the refs made some questionable calls in overtime that went against the Vikings, but they weren't exactly perfect in regulation. If T-Jack, and not Brett Favre, is quarterbacking the Vikings, Anthony Hargrove isn't called for roughing the passer and the Vikes don't have a chance to extend that scoring drive. And that's just the most blatant example. I have more.
Finally, as much as I enjoyed seeing Brett Favre piss away another meaningful game with the poor decision making that's plagued him throughout the latter portion of his career, I feel bad for some Vikings fans. Because, as a Bills fan, I know how much it sucks to watch your team fail in this memorable of a fashion. Although I haven't experienced the Bills doing this in a game with playoff implications since 2004.
Those Vikings fans who still hated Brett Favre but managed to repress that hate in order to root for your favorite team, you have my sympathy. It sucks. I'm sorry. Your first drink is on me.
Those Vikings fans who adopted Brett as one of your own, and did shit like buy his jersey, you can all get fucked and you deserve all the pain you may have suffered today. That's what you get for selling your soul. Shitheads.
But hey: at least we have an offseason of "will he or won't he retire" to look forward to!
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How do you get that penalty?
What penalty? The 12 men in the huddle? Yeah, that's fucking moronic and there's absolutely no excuse for that.
Yup, that's what I thought too but just wanted to make sure that there was no excuse for it.
FUCK.
FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK.
I didn't see any reason why it would be excusable. They were coming out of a timeout, for fuck's sake.
Maybe I missed something.
As bad as this game was, there is NO WAY it's worse than '98. Here the Vikes were the road team, in a back-and-forth game (not one they lead the entire way), and although they had a chance to win it in the last minute, at least they didn't even get a kick off (unlike Anderson's miss).
I only blame Chilly/Bevell for this one. To trust Favre in the final minute, but not AP is blatant disregard, contradiction, and arrogance. The 12 men in the huddle falls back on those two no matter who actually was at fault.
And the one thing that really chaps my ass is that after the game Favre says "I didn't know exactly how far out of field goal range we were, but I knew we needed something"???? Where the hell are the coaches to say, during the 60 second timeout, we need 5 to get within Longwell's range! That no one told the offense where they stood and how much they needed to get is the most inexcusable in my mind.
And the one thing that really chaps my ass is that after the game Favre says "I didn't know exactly how far out of field goal range we were, but I knew we needed something"???? Where the hell are the coaches to say, during the 60 second timeout, we need 5 to get within Longwell's range! That no one told the offense where they stood and how much they needed to get is the most inexcusable in my mind.
Favre's been playing in the NFL for nearly 20 years. Even if Chilly or anyone else didn't say anything to him (and maybe he did and Ye Olde Slinger of Guns just was off having fun somewhere) Favre needs to at least know where his team is on the field and have some idea of his kicker's range. That's shit that even a high school QB needs to know in a late game situation, regardless of whether the coach reinforces what the QB already should know.
I also don't understand how anyone could view this loss as worse than 1998, when in 1998 the team was (1) at home (2) favored (3) one of the most dominant teams of the late 1990's (4) did not give indications of weakness down the stretch and (5) had a player committ a mistake he couldn't possibly have been foreseen to make (Gary Anderson's missed FG, in contrast to Favre's interception or Chilly's fuckups or AP's fumble problems, all of which couldn't be completely unexpected based on their history). But I'll defer to Vikings' fans judgment on the matter, since you guys actually give a shit about this stuff
I'd blame one of APs fumbles partially on Childress for lining him up in a THREE POINT STANCE one foot behind Favre at the end of the first half.
"Giving them a different look" when its goal to go is outweighed by the comfort level your players have. AP stood up and was already elbowing the ball. That exchange looked more awkward than AJRs dance moves
I think the loss is worse than '98 in the sense that we beat the shit out of the opponent both offensively and defensively. I don't think that could be said in the game against the Falcons. That loss was worse in terms of the expectations going into the game, but this one hurts worse because of the superior play by the Vikings, except when protecting the football.
In other words, they weren't beaten last night, they just beat themselves....This sadly, was also the sentiment after meltdowns in 1987, 1998 and now 2009....God help us for 2020.
Also, my dance moves are killer.
Even though AJR is right in the fact that the Falcons outgained the Vikes by 70 yards and the turnovers were even, there's still no comparison. You have to take into account the entire season and the buildup to the title game. The loss to the Falcons will forever remain a more stunning and gut-wrenching loss to me.
And dmk, you're right when you say that Favre should have known how far he needed to get, but ultimately it falls on the coaches to talk about the situations at hand. The same is said for the 12 men in the huddle penalty. Maybe just cuz I'm a coach, I'm overly critical of the coaches but I feel its well deserved in this case.
AJR, your dance moves are killer.
In the same way that the botched handoff late in the 1st half was a killer.
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