I'm over it...Big Challenge in Minnesota.

their wrs arent much of anything (sorry cam) without Rice, so our secondary should be ok. We need to stop Peterson and force favre to beat us. Now he's more than capable of doing that, but he's also more than capable of throwing an int or two.

Going into Minnesota will be tough, no doubt. That dome is one of the hardest places in the NFL to play in. The interior offensive line is going to have to get a good push to handle Kevin and Pat Williams. We have to open up some holes for the running game early. If we can establish play action as a credible threat early I think our offense can do some good. The Vikings CB situation is unsettled and we could take advantage of that.

As for defense, a lot depends on Starks. If he can anchor the line then we should be able to prevent AP from killing us. We wont stop him of course, but we may contain him. The WR situation in Minny is very weak right now and Favre doesn't seem to have that killer instinct this year. If our defense looks as good next week as this week we have a legitimate shot.

Obviously the Metrodome is ridiculously tough to play in, so expect some false start penalties. So, 3 words: Contain Adrian Peterson. I don't think Favre will have a great game without Rice, so expect AP to carry a big workload. Anyways, we can always hope for some mind boggling call plays from Chilly that will benefit the Phins :up:

PS: The last play Favre was facing the Jets, this happened.

I think you just have to start knocking Favre around a little bit and he starts to make mistakes. Their defense is solid, but nothing special, once you get past the 2 Williams's, and we have our own Williams they can worry about.

We got this.

Favre had a blast the last time he played us IIRC. :shifty: Hopefully we pressure the crap out of him and he defeats himself for us. This could be a "he who makes the first mistake loses" type of game. I'm picturing Brett or AP turning it over early, giving us a short field to score on, and then our D never lets up. How's a 16-13 victory sound?

Were going to see what this D really has next week.

Lots of youth at the OLB spots makes Adrian Peterson VERY dangerous to us.
Coaches are going to have to focus on keeping the young guys keeping their responsibilities in mind.

Losing Rice was a problem for Minny.
Their passing game looked putrid.
Favre was still hurting and couldn't move like he always has.
I think we can get to him and shake him.

Shiancoe will be our biggest challenge in the passing game.
I also feel like Camarillo could be an issue for us.
Favre was desperate to find a reliable option last week and Cammy fits that role.

On offense the passing game will be key next week IMO.
The OL and our RB's will have issues if we cannot show any ability to get the ball down the field.

we need to capitalize on turnover opportunities. they have worse WRs than the Bills, but an o-line that is better several times over. but then again, the saints got a nice rush on them.

we need to bring our a game and make plays. we could win.

Pressure on Favre, hit him hard, 2+ turnovers, no penalties= win

AP can run for 100+ yards as long as its from the 30 to the 30 and they don't score.

Looking forward to seeing how Big Jake does against Allen..that should be a great match up.

No question Rice being out is a major benefit especially for containing Peterson. We may even see Bell in the box for a huge part of the game. Just bring it really to Favre. Knock him around as the team did a couple of years ago.

As for the other side of the ball Long and the offensive line must keep Allen and Edwards off of Henne. If they can then the Dolphins have a great shot at getting massive yardage out of the WRs. Running should be primarily off tackle.

I'm expecting a strong performance from the Passing game against the Vikings. I didn't go into the Bills game expecting that, I expected a run dominant game.

It will be exciting to see if Wake gets to Favre, I hope he forces a fumble. Defense will be hungry for INTs after those drops today.

Its going to be a tough game. I am not worried about the noise because the Buffalo fans were loud as hell today and we survived.

favre has no rythm or feel for his receivers yet so we're lucky to be playing them this early.

If we get our hands on some of Farve's passes we need to capitalize and win the turnover battle.

Marshall will help keep drives going, r&r will be in tough. Carpenter needs to be flawless.

It will be a tight game. Containing AP will be a huge challenge too.

Pound the ball behind Long right down Allen's throat. Good pass rusher, not much on the run defense. If you let him just sit there and go beserk on the QB he will ruin our day. Put him on his heels early and we should buy the time to throw.

OL and DL play will be key for both teams. For us, we need to contain AP, pressure Favre and hold off a potent Vikes DL. For them, they will need to contain the R&R train to keep pressure off a suspect secondary, and offensively they will need give Favre time to throw, and AP the room to make a move.

Will be a tough game. I don't think the Vikes are as good as last year and I think we can take them. Away dome games are always tough, but hopefully we can tough it out and come away with a win.

One possibility is that we run off tackle left a few times against Allen all the while rolling Marshall across the field to make the catch on a PA. Run that a few times it'll keep them honest. Their 4-3 can be stifled if those ends are neutralized. We do have a good pair of tackles to do the job but one of them will probably need help, hopefully not both. Even then you have to believe that if you give the ball to Marshall and Brown they can keep the team moving in a grinding fashion.

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favre has no rythm or feel for his receivers yet so we're lucky to be playing them this early.

Good point. IF I had to put up money on this game straight up I would take the Vikings. All around I just feel they have a better team.

That doesn't mean I don't think we can win though. If we can walk out of there 2-0 just think about it. Wow. with the next two games at home against divisional rivals we would be looking sweet.

Alas I am getting ahead of myself. This game is going to be very hard for us win.

Wake taking on Loadholt's slow ass..

Game over. Game ****ing over.

:yes:

The key is to hit Farve early and often.

If Odie is out, do we bring back Douglas or Grant?

Or bump McD into the starting lineup?

I loved the 4-3 looks and it really shut down the Bills, Nolan probably should use it against the Vikes as if AP is shut down their main weapon is Shinacoe

It will be interesting to see what our defense can do against an offense that exists.

I believe we can and will win this game. Farve just does not look the same as last year, he isn't moving the same and thus the Vikes are beatable imho.

They don't have Rice and we can contain AP, we also line up much better against their secondary, if our WR's will catch the ball!!

The Guy that scares me is Cammy, if he and Farve get hot, it will be a long day!

We will win if the Defense plays consistent as yesterday and tackles like they did! That is one of the best tackling games I can recall!!! Dansby, Bell, Wake, Misi??? WOW! The whole D...

Henne has to work on accuracy as that will be a key, as well as locking onto one target!!! If he does, we'll go a long way. And get rid of the ball quicker...

"HULKFish wrote:

We will win if the Defense plays consistent as yesterday and tackles like they did! That is one of the best tackling games I can recall!!! Dansby, Bell, Wake, Misi??? WOW! The whole D...

Henne has to work on accuracy as that will be a key, as well as locking onto one target!!! If he does, we'll go a long way. And get rid of the ball quicker...

That was pretty much my only concern, and I feel confident that he'll do that as he grows more as a QB.
I'm looking forward to it!