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Matt Dee's avatar

I’m surprised the Vikings were 15th in those screen game stats last year. It hasn’t felt like a real part of the offense in a long time so I’m not holding my breath this season even if they do finally have an OL that should be able to do it.

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TheDude's avatar

20 eggs a day is serious work. Really excited to see how are young DTers do this year (along with Turner).

It would be nice to have a serious screen game.. I also think having a decent oline is rather important as obviously screen game works best when there is a blitz.. When teams are confident rushing 4 then of course screens get harder to run.

Matthew I hope you did pass a note to KOC telling him

Screen game yes

TE Screen game... Just say no.

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David Erickson's avatar

Love the jazz analogy. That's exactly what I was thinking before I got to that paragraph.

O'Connell often drives me crazy with his quotes. This one:

“I was really encouraged by was the the details was the the little things that showed up in the moment of, hey, we've talked about this, we've emphasized some important aspects of the play and then the guys make it come to life,” O’Connell said on Saturday.

is fairly comprehensible comparatively but his common stops, starts, pivots and backtracks often take much more effort than should be needed to figure out what the hell he's saying!

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andrew stead's avatar

Zimmer was an open book, but KOC's style seems to be more effective.

Also, as positive as KOC is publicly, Sam Howell and Lucky Jackson were held accountable in the most direct way that exists.

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David Erickson's avatar

I was referring to the way KOC talks, not the way he coaches.

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andrew stead's avatar

Sure, but a HC’s public comments are part of how he coaches.

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