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What an awful start to the game. CMC fumbles. Dropped first down pass. Missed field goal by Moody. D a sieve. And at the end of the half, Ward has a pick ripped out of his hands, falls down, and the receive waltzes 40 yards into the endzone. Sheesh.

imo just a terrible decision by c ward to go for the interception with no help nearby. minnesota has 3rd and long from their own 40. just knock the ball down and the vikings have to punt. an arrogant, me-first play. and maybe poor coaching as well. defense is not fired up this year and makes stupid mistakes.  steve wilks just not in the same league with robert saleh or demeco ryans.

and on offense, a terrible play by jennings to end the game.  it looks like purdy misses him by a mile, but to my eyes purdy throws the same perfect pass the announcers have been praising all night: 20 yards straight down the middle, released just before the receiver breaks from outside the hash marks to the middle of the field.  the ball goes exactly where ayouk and kittle have repeatedly caught the ball on the crossing pattern, but jennings runs a button hook instead of a crossing pattern.

Purdy missed both passes badly.  As for Ward, it’s a play makers league.  He had the int.  Fluke play.

But the problem is bigger than a couple plays. They got smoked physically. Second straight week.  Last week there were excuses galore.  This week?  

Defense has been very disappointing.

I suspect that Purdy was concussed when he missed both of those passes. It happened on the quarterback sneak in the fourth quarter, and those passes were subsequent to his concussion. He's currently in the concussion protocol.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal...n-protocol

Get ready for the Sam Darnold Era to begin...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/10/25/4...r-bengals/

[Mick]

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What an awful start to the game. CMC fumbles. Dropped first down pass. Missed field goal by Moody. D a sieve. And at the end of the half, Ward has a pick ripped out of his hands, falls down, and the receive waltzes 40 yards into the endzone. Sheesh.

imo just a terrible decision by c ward to go for the interception with no help nearby. minnesota has 3rd and long from their own 40. just knock the ball down and the vikings have to punt. an arrogant, me-first play. and maybe poor coaching as well. defense is not fired up this year and makes stupid mistakes.  steve wilks just not in the same league with robert saleh or demeco ryans.

and on offense, a terrible play by jennings to end the game.  it looks like purdy misses him by a mile, but to my eyes purdy throws the same perfect pass the announcers have been praising all night: 20 yards straight down the middle, released just before the receiver breaks from outside the hash marks to the middle of the field.  the ball goes exactly where ayouk and kittle have repeatedly caught the ball on the crossing pattern, but jennings runs a button hook instead of a crossing pattern.

Purdy missed both passes badly.  As for Ward, it’s a play makers league.  He had the int.  Fluke play.

But the problem is bigger than a couple plays. They got smoked physically. Second straight week.  Last week there were excuses galore.  This week?  

Defense has been very disappointing.

I suspect that Purdy was concussed when he missed both of those passes. It happened on the quarterback sneak in the fourth quarter, and those passes were subsequent to his concussion. He's currently in the concussion protocol.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal...n-protocol

Get ready for the Sam Darnold Era to begin...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/10/25/4...r-bengals/