Well, the decision to start either Case Keenum or
Teddy Bridgewater just got a whole lot simpler.
It has been an interesting scenario, to say the least.
Keenum came out looking like he knew this could be
his last game if things did not go well against Washington.
If he was feeling any pressure like that, he handled it extremely well,
two ugly interceptions aside. My main
concern coming out of this game is the defense.
Did Washington just give the rest of the league a roadmap to beating the
Vikings defense? The Vikings also thwarted the bye week curse from last season by winning after it.
The team is now 7-2, having won five games in a
row. If this feels vaguely familiar to
you, it should; the team did the same under Teddy Bridgewater’s leadership in
2015, his last season in the league.
This team might be better than that team, given the injuries to leading
RB Dalvin Cook and Sam Bradford, and they still racked up five wins to climb to
first place in the NFC North.
The big storyline this week is the LA Rams. They are also 7-2, which means they must fall
if the Vikings are to be taken seriously as contenders. This game will likely tell us a lot about both
teams. The other storyline is the fact
that Greg Olsen, a future opponent of the Vikings, will be on the broadcast
team. It’s likely that nothing will come
of this, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.
If the Panthers stomp the Vikings in a completely unrealistic way later
this season (like 41-donut), we will all know why.
It almost makes you wonder if there’s a conspiracy
to stop the Vikings from hosting and playing in the Super Bowl this year. Almost.
I mean, Bountygate happened. So
anything’s possible, really.
Though, the fact that the team is actually good
enough for a conspiracy to hypothetically happen feels pretty grand.
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