Sam

[NoGain]

Identical man. Couldn’t believe it.

OMFG! It was a no brainer to run the ball there. More than once if need be.

 

[HawkRiderFan]

The reason for the only 13 points was Hawk mistakes. Same moved the ball and made some nice plays. He didn't have a "what was he thinking" moment on any throws.

Mixed feelings on that first and goal pass. Yeah on one hand just run it when you've been running all drive. The play was there but for some reason Sam didn't pull the trigger. All in all, probably would have been best to keep it simple

 

[NoGain]

The reason for the only 13 points was Hawk mistakes. Same moved the ball and made some nice plays. He didn't have a "what was he thinking" moment on any throws.

Mixed feelings on that first and goal pass. Yeah on one hand just run it when you've been running all drive. The play was there but for some reason Sam didn't pull the trigger. All in all, probably would have been best to keep it simple

I'm different than you on this. I had no mixed feelings whatsoever. RUN THE DAMN BALL! They hadn't stopped us on the ground. It was a no brainer to run the ball at least twice, maybe even do our version of the tush-push. There was no reason to risk more than we had to.

 

[James in PA]

Sam askin the haters, "How's my @$$ taste?"

 

[Hollandhawk]

Probably not going to be popular opinion but 13 points 1 TD against the most banged up D in the league. Sorry not impressed. Going to need more than that to make a run.

Not if you keep a hot (if not the hottest) offense in the league to 3 points.

 

[BChawkfan]

Probably not going to be popular opinion but 13 points 1 TD against the most banged up D in the league. Sorry not impressed. Going to need more than that to make a run.

He did more than what was asked of him. He didnt need to put the team on his shoulders.
On the road,hostile crowd,etc.
I'd say it was impressive.

 

[Natethegreat]

He made some critical plays on third down that won us that game. He played great. We missed 2 field goals and kneeled out the game when we could have scored. The offense played great the total score doesn't reflect how well they played.

 

[Sprfunk]

What pisses me off the most is that this "monkey" has been completely created by the media/bitter Vikings fans and blown completely out of proportion

Lots of QB's have bad games, and the games last year A: weren't as bad as they say B: Not totally his fault

Its a runaway narrative that probably has gotten to him a bit. Wish people would shut up about it (including our fans)

Happy for him today.

You are probably right. I love how the team has his back.
I still remeber when the team took the monkey off of Steve's back after a niners win.

Regardless, he had a record of not winning a big game, but he did multiple times, and i hope his confidence is sky high. Im glad he is on our team.

 

[chris98251]

This could go down as one of the dumbest moves the Vikings have ever made, and one of the biggest steals in Free Agency.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Probably not going to be popular opinion but 13 points 1 TD against the most banged up D in the league. Sorry not impressed. Going to need more than that to make a run.

FFS. You're STILL not happy.
Enjoy that misery. Holy hell.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

OMFG! It was a no brainer to run the ball there. More than once if need be.

We all hated it. Didn't matter one bit. Forced a 3 and out, got the ball, got a TD right away. Big meh burger.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

He made some critical plays on third down that won us that game. He played great. We missed 2 field goals and kneeled out the game when we could have scored. The offense played great the total score doesn't reflect how well they played.

This. Score doesn't even come CLOSE to telling the story. Math is hard sometimes.

 

[Hawkpower]

You are probably right. I love how the team has his back.
I still remeber when the team took the monkey off of Steve's back after a niners win.

Regardless, he had a record of not winning a big game, but he did multiple times, and i hope his confidence is sky high. Im glad he is on our team.

his "record" of not winning a big game was 2. 2 games. Total

Narrative has been greatly overblown

He's not perfect, but we can win with him and he's tough. Glad we have him too

 

[Biscanebay12]

FFS. You're STILL not happy.
Enjoy that misery. Holy hell.

Not happy with Darnold no

 

[Biscanebay12]

He did more than what was asked of him. He didnt need to put the team on his shoulders.
On the road,hostile crowd,etc.
I'd say it was impressive.

You're entitled to your opinion

 

[Biscanebay12]

Not if you keep a hot (if not the hottest) offense in the league to 3 points.

Seattle's D keeps the O on the field. Look how many opportunities the O had and still only came away with 13. Even if you have a hot O if your D can't get off field its hard to win.

Just saying its going to take a lot more to make it the SB

 

[Biscanebay12]

The nuance of the game was a big part of that

Playing it the way they did was smart. Niners couldn't move the ball hardly at all

They didn't need to get fancy just to impress fans on a message board

Had the fumble been recovered by SF or not had a ball tipped near to goal line for a int those 13 points would probably come up short.

Your explanation acts like they blew the opportunities they had on purpose and did only enough to win. Nice spin but if the Offense doesn't improve it will be a short run.

 

[Biscanebay12]

Sucks that you're not happy winning the first seed and NFC West championship since 2020. You must be the life of the parties.

Oh I'm happy for the win and #1, but not blinded by it.

 

[glenwo2]

Sam wasn't great tonight. But that's just it. He didn't need to be, and he played like it.

Actually, I beg to differ.

He WAS great.

A QB can be great without needing to do much.

 

[glenwo2]

Played a solid game and moved up and scrambled in the pocket. Missed the easy TD in the flat but who cares now

I think the bigger concern is our kicker missing two FGs.

Even without more redzone TDs, this could've been a 19-3 (at least) win.

Sam missed the easy TD in the flat but it's easy for us to say that while watching from a bird's eye view on TV and not on the field of play where a bunch of 300 pound men are coming after you.