I'm re-watching the previous game(really just the 1st half) to remind myself how things played out, and there's a few things that really stuck out.
1)Missed tackles by Minnesota-there was a lot of bad tackling that day. I don't know if we can count on that happening again.
2)Ridiculous number of pre-snap penalties on the offense. Really, really hope this doesn't pop up again.
3)Defense was fantastic on run-fits, completely shut down AP while the run was still part of their game plan.
4)Defense got great pressure rushing just 4, particularly Bennett and Frank Clark.
5)RW was great with his calm movements in the pocket, and made d-linemen look silly when chasing in 1v1.
6)Willson and Helfet were big weapons.
7)Bridgewater completed the majority of his passes, but nothing thrown past 5-10 yards...except the interception to ET.
I didn't see anything that makes me think the Hawks can't have a repeat performance. There was a lot of talk about the injuries to the Vikes' D(4 starters in particular), but those guys are still banged up so even if they are back, they're not at full speed yet. They might be able to play a little better than their replacements, but they won't be able to help out their offense too much which was absolutely dominated in this game. I
1)Missed tackles by Minnesota-there was a lot of bad tackling that day. I don't know if we can count on that happening again.
2)Ridiculous number of pre-snap penalties on the offense. Really, really hope this doesn't pop up again.
3)Defense was fantastic on run-fits, completely shut down AP while the run was still part of their game plan.
4)Defense got great pressure rushing just 4, particularly Bennett and Frank Clark.
5)RW was great with his calm movements in the pocket, and made d-linemen look silly when chasing in 1v1.
6)Willson and Helfet were big weapons.
7)Bridgewater completed the majority of his passes, but nothing thrown past 5-10 yards...except the interception to ET.
I didn't see anything that makes me think the Hawks can't have a repeat performance. There was a lot of talk about the injuries to the Vikes' D(4 starters in particular), but those guys are still banged up so even if they are back, they're not at full speed yet. They might be able to play a little better than their replacements, but they won't be able to help out their offense too much which was absolutely dominated in this game. I