Vikings-Rams Official Wildcard Game Thread -Legohead Darnold Judgement Day

[Astroslik]

Assuming youre a Philly fan

Yall some dogs I can’t front

Hurts though

I’m on yall ass pause if and when he falls apart he’s shaky

I can already admit that hurts is our Achilles heel. We’re only going as far as how he plays.

 

[GilSho]

I don't know man... we saw Justin Herbert throw 4 picks under similar duress during the same weekend.

Going by the Coli's commentary on it, Darnold didn't play well at all but we've seen worse, I'm sure.

Lol, this is one of the worst games of all time, Herbert was terrible yet this was somehow infinitely worse.

 

[Copy Ninja]

I don't know man... we saw Justin Herbert throw 4 picks under similar duress during the same weekend.

Going by the Coli's commentary on it, Darnold didn't play well at all but we've seen worse, I'm sure.

Herbert played terrible, but Darnold implosion was worse imo. Holding on to the ball and taking sacks looks all mental.

It's like Ben Simmons who refused to shoot in the playoffs because he's got mental block.

 

[Bleed The Freak]

Herbert played terrible, but Darnold implosion was worse imo. Holding on to the ball and taking sacks looks all mental.

It's like Ben Simmons who refused to shoot in the playoffs because he's got mental block.

Exactly. Herbert may have played like John Stark game 7, but fukk it at least he was swinging.

Ben and Sam went into a shell

 

[FaTaL]

Didn’t see it but it looks like ole darn old finally showed up at the worst moment

 

[MVike28]

@AlbertPullhoez @DonkeyPuncher718 @True Blue Moon

Brehs i know KOC is NFL's goldenboy and QB whisperer

but the inisiders been saying for years that dude is very stubborn with his playcalling and when he gets figured out he runs of out answers very quickly

Plays more often than not always involve a variation of a 7 step drop back and a long developing play for the wideouts to make their way down the field

The occasional bubble screeen or dump off

And he has a terrible read on who has the hot hand especially in the running game. Cam Akers did way more damage than Aaron Jones in moments, and he would just play him one play and off the field he goes

Last but not least him waving the white flag at the beginning of the first quarter is pathetic

 

[JLova]

lol nobody was giving Sam Darnold $300M. He’s probably gonna get a deal similar to Baker Mayfield’s deal. Baker and Geno Smith contracts are his comp given their similar bounce backs.

3 weeks ago he was going to get a mega deal. 50-55 per. There would have been a lineup to get him. QB play is atrocious. Worse than it has ever been, he was going to get paid. All he had to do was play well.

Now his ceiling is a Baker/Geno deal.

 

[JLova]

@AlbertPullhoez @DonkeyPuncher718 @True Blue Moon

Brehs i know KOC is NFL's goldenboy and QB whisperer

but the inisiders been saying for years that dude is very stubborn with his playcalling and when he gets figured out he runs of out answers very quickly

Plays more often than not always involve a variation of a 7 step drop back and a long developing play for the wideouts to make their way down the field

The occasional bubble screeen or dump off

And he has a terrible read on who has the hot hand especially in the running game. Cam Akers did way more damage than Aaron Jones in moments, and he would just play him one play and off the field he goes

Last but not least him waving the white flag at the beginning of the first quarter is pathetic

Yea, Sam’s play really distracting folk from how awful O’Connel was.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

@AlbertPullhoez @DonkeyPuncher718 @True Blue Moon

Brehs i know KOC is NFL's goldenboy and QB whisperer

but the inisiders been saying for years that dude is very stubborn with his playcalling and when he gets figured out he runs of out answers very quickly

Plays more often than not always involve a variation of a 7 step drop back and a long developing play for the wideouts to make their way down the field

The occasional bubble screeen or dump off

And he has a terrible read on who has the hot hand especially in the running game. Cam Akers did way more damage than Aaron Jones in moments, and he would just play him one play and off the field he goes

Last but not least him waving the white flag at the beginning of the first quarter is pathetic

You ain't never lied. He coached a terrible game yesterday and last week.

He has no idea on how to establish a quick, short passing attack, still has clock management issues, and refuses to make adjustments

 

[True Blue Moon]

@AlbertPullhoez @DonkeyPuncher718 @True Blue Moon

Brehs i know KOC is NFL's goldenboy and QB whisperer

but the inisiders been saying for years that dude is very stubborn with his playcalling and when he gets figured out he runs of out answers very quickly

Plays more often than not always involve a variation of a 7 step drop back and a long developing play for the wideouts to make their way down the field

The occasional bubble screeen or dump off

And he has a terrible read on who has the hot hand especially in the running game. Cam Akers did way more damage than Aaron Jones in moments, and he would just play him one play and off the field he goes

Last but not least him waving the white flag at the beginning of the first quarter is pathetic

I love KO but agree with all of the above. If he's going to take that next step he has some work to do. His faults start to show in these big games and they're fixable, but glaring. It was inexcusable for them to look how they did in Detroit and then come back the next week not looking remarkably better. Sam Darnold got shook and forgot how to play football, but KO made a lot of mistakes too and didn't have them boys prepared. Hopefully when the dust settles in the offseason he goes fishing with Sean McVay or something and soaks up some good game on what went wrong.

We should for real get offseason thread going this time. Also, I don't know what Vikings content y'all are on but I love Purple Daily on YouTube. The hosts are a former Star Tribune Vikings beat writer and Minneapolis ESPN radio anchor, and they talk Vikings 365 days. Their vent line was the first place I turned after the game went off while I was drinking

 

[lib123]

3 weeks ago he was going to get a mega deal. 50-55 per. There would have been a lineup to get him. QB play is atrocious. Worse than it has ever been, he was going to get paid. All he had to do was play well.

Now his ceiling is a Baker/Geno deal.

He was only getting a deal like that if he went on a Super Bowl run.

 

[True Blue Moon]

3 weeks ago he was going to get a mega deal. 50-55 per. There would have been a lineup to get him. QB play is atrocious. Worse than it has ever been, he was going to get paid. All he had to do was play well.

Now his ceiling is a Baker/Geno deal.

Dude messed up his money significantly. If anyone needs to get a sports psychologist and adopt JJ McCarthy's meditation regimen it's him. I understand being rattled in big games, but these are alarming levels and he gave teams plenty of reason to downgrade him three or four notches based on a flaw that significant.

 

[OneManGang]

Darnold played above his mean all year just to shyt on Vikings fans again when they let their guards down

 

[True Blue Moon]

You ain't never lied. He coached a terrible game yesterday and last week.

He has no idea on how to establish a quick, short passing attack, still has clock management issues, and refuses to make adjustments

McVay was eating up the Flores blitz beautifully in the beginning by having two or three receivers run little 5-yard sit down routes, likely as an option once the defense tips its hand. I would have liked to see the Vikings attack with short and intermediate routes. But even if they did, Sam was refusing to hit screens all game. Had JJ taking one step and turning around with the corner 15 yards off him in a zone and Sam still wouldn't throw the rock. It was maddening to watch.

 

[MVike28]

You ain't never lied. He coached a terrible game yesterday and last week.

He has no idea on how to establish a quick, short passing attack, still has clock management issues, and refuses to make adjustments

I think ownership needs to trade him for picks

he hasn't been given a new deal yet