Was the Vikings game as bad as the preseason?

Not even close.

We were a play or two away from putting up 20+ points.

If one of those redzone trips could have been turned into 6 instead of 3 it would have been a completely different game.

I don't think we have major problems right now, just some fine tuning that needs to be done.
Moss had that ball in the back of the endzone. nice hit knocked it loose, but if that is week 4 or 5, Santana holds onto that ball and we win.

Moss had that ball in the back of the endzone. nice hit knocked it loose, but if that is week 4 or 5, Santana holds onto that ball and we win.

Sharper (it was Sharper, wasn't it?) should get a Pro Bowl nod for that TD saving hit. Perfect timing and decision making to blast him with a good hit.

Did anybody notice a particular red zone run in which #45, #46 and #47 were all out as lead blockers for Portis ? That, my friends, is sure to yield many TD's in the future. Just wait, guys, we're not in sync yet but we will be in a few games.

No Springs = not much blitzing.

GW doesn't want to leave guys like Wright and Rumph exposed in coverage.

We saw how well that worked in the Vikings game. It's a catch 22. If we can't get a rush with our front 4 I say bring the house and hope that Wright and Rump can hold coverage for a couple of seconds. Give Bledsoe something to think about.

Was it me or did it seem that Evans had the best game of all the DLINE?

On offense, No
On defense, worse than preseason. Remember how the D came out to start the first preseason game in Cinci? If they had played like that on Monday I have no doubt that we would have won. But, like some others said before, not having Springs in there meant that the D couldn't really blitz as much, and their o-line is a lot better than the Vikings'.
There're still 15 games to kick some ass.

At least half our games will come down to one or two plays. That hit on Moss in the endzone was a key play in the game. Our inability to shut down the Vikes on 3rd down, esp late in the game, really hurt as well.
Springs is a key player for us, but we have to be able to win without him-- he's a talented player with a history of injuries.
Rogers will get better in a hurry, and I think Arch will be OK. Only time will tell how the other corners do.
It seems that 20 points is the magic number in a lot of our games-- if we score 20, we have a good chance to win.
Still, would be nice to have Mark Mosely or Chip L back to kick some game winners...

Ideally this is the kind of game we would have put together in week 3 of the preseason. But we didn't and now maybe we're a little behind schedule but it's just one game and we're definitely a much better team than we were a couple of weeks ago.

in a couple of weeks, they will master the thick saunders playbook
then TD and wins will come in bunches

hail to the skins

i'm so tired of these people that just look for any reason to bash the skins. its starting to piss me off.