Allen was too much for an aging Adams
Edwards was too much for an injured Colombo
Receivers were open but Romo didn’t have time to throw
Plus, we need a kicker who can earn his worth between the 40 and 49 yard line

But lots of teams would love to have him as a DC.

However, I’m not sure he’s a bad HC. First, let me ask how do you know he can’t override Garrett? I don’t think any of us here really know the working relationship he has with Garrett or Jones. What I do know that the relationship has produced an overall regular season record of 33 – 15, 3 playoff appearances, 2 Division crowns and one playoff victory. That just doesn’t sound like a team with major behind the scene issues where the head coach is being undermined.

They got pummeled in this latest game but I think the problems originated from our Oline problems. Minn took advantage of that problem and we could not overcome it. This isn’t new to the coaching staff or management. They’ve known about this issue for a few years and they’ve been trying to address it.

You just can’t fix this kind of thing overnight, you need to find, acquire, and develop the talent. Then you need a little luck. I don’t know how far back the problem goes but I know Parcells was trying to fix it, I know Jerry brought in some high priced FA to address it and i know they’ve drafted some Olinemen every year in the 2 – 4 rounds. There are just no guarantees on this. I believe they’ll hit on the fix soon.

and under Wade they have done that a lot more times than not.

it got the job done. Whatever works.

He just couldn’t contain his disdain. His reaction alone caused me to suspect that the last touchdown indeed was a F-You touchdown. He pouted before the game, and was venomous after the game. Nice job, Brad. You were one of HC’s I had respect for before the game. Now? I can’t wait to watch you lose. You probably still haven’t figured out the Cowboys never partook in the pre-game blow off of the Vikings.

we trade up and get a great LT
have you thoght about that?

Outside of Columbo getting beat like a drum, I thought most of the problem was the pressure coming straight up the middle. Visions of the 2007 Giants doing the same thing. We need interior linemen as well as a tackle. Free looked Ok at LT. As always a corner or safety wouldn’t hurt depending on value at our pick.

I agree with all of those.

I honestly think CB is one postion you can never have too much of.

and flo is next to go. He’s again fast.

Could be a good value pick if a DB is not had earlier.

One site vehemently stated he definitely wasn’t LT material. I guess their magic opinion (WalterFootball) counts more than others.

When you’re running from the 1 or 2 yard line, it tends to make your ypc go down.

next year, he’ll be fine

1) I think we have to cross our fingers and hope Colombo’s terrible performance was due to injury. He played 10 games this year giving up only 2 sacks and mauling very well in run support.
2) Upgrade at center. Get someone that can defend the A-gaps.
3) Think about going young at left tackle. There might be some growing pains, but damned if Free didn’t do a great job on the right side and hold his own against Jared Allen.

because the QB gets sacked more often when he does fail, where the others may give up more pressures because the QB avoided the rusher.

What does that mean?

As for Roy, he has underperformed for sure, but I think some of that has to go to Romo. He threw to him once in this game and had him wide open in this last game but went away from him. If Romo doesn’t trust him then he as a leader should have told Garrett, Wade and JJ that he wants someone else in there. That he would not throw to him has to be placed on Romo. Roy will be back next year so I hope they get things worked out this off season.

Which is really #4, but anyway.

these are vets. So if they can’t recognize combinations and twists, they still need to be gone, it’s just that pink slip will say “dumb” instead of “slow”.

and after a while you have to realize that these guys know just about everything they ever will. They are a limited bunch. Period.

plus he’s under contract

hahahahahahahahaha….I needed a laugh.

And I think he’ll join Shanahan in Washington or Cutler in Chicago.

You can’t count on him anymore. Too much injury history.

not really

I reckon there will be alot of competition at WR for who gets to play with Miles all the way down to the 6th spot—especially if they draft a guy.

your a dork.

They’ve been reading the blogs?

and if that’s cockiness, then Cowlinshaw should be condemning Drew Brees and Ray Lewis, too.

playoffs, so they made stuff up.

Yeah it would, but not here.

At least everyone else kept their hopes up

They were gaining good yardage. No reason to take the easy way out on the road against a dome team. Comes to be that the game turned right then.

I think Scandrick will be better next year
Brooking is a good 2 down player… Williams will most likely get into games, also maybe insert M. Hamlin as the other ILB on passing downs if Barbie isn’t back for some reason
Draft a good Guard and a high ceiling OT (Vlad Ducasse 3rd and Ciron Black for RTin the 4th)
Draft a WR in the first round (Williams or Tate please)
Draft a CB/PR (my choice Javier Arenas in the 2nd )
Draft a small school NT (Torrell Troupe)
Draft a safety/corner tweener from a small school in the 7th

Slow your roll. Favre’s old pallie Darren Sharper will pick him off multiple times and return at least one of those for six. Also when the Saints played them in ’08, they totally shut down AP. Yes, I realize that was the Tarvarded version of the Vikings but they still held him to absolutely nothing; at the very least the Saints D had to retain something about how they were able to stop Peterson cold.

Also it’s hyperbole to say the Cowboys destroyed the Saints. The Cowboys came out and punched them in the mouth early and had them in check the whole game but the fact is the Saints missed a few opportunities because of Brees uncharacteristically missing a few throws or that could’ve very easily been an even game. As it were, when the Saints did finally get revved up, they scored two easy TD’s. In fact, if the Cowboys had matched up with the Saints again I guarantee they would’ve had to put up more than 24 points to beat them.

I don’t see the Vikes steamrolling the Saints at all and it has nothing to do with the lame-ass Reggie Bush hype machine that is probably in overdrive by now, all because of pathetic Cardinals tackling. The Saints thrive on turnovers and all it will take is a little Favre magic backfiring to get them going.

Speaking of the man of the hour…….

Hail to the queen, baby. Favre’s a diva who couldn’t get traded to the Vikings in the first place (he’s Brett Favre, dammit, and he can damn well get himself traded to whatever team he wants, you mean old Ted Thompson.)

So he whored himself out to the Jets for a season then did the whole lame ass weepy-eyed retirement charade which was his contingency plan all along even before he played his first game in the Lucasville Hornet navy-and-gold. Now that being said, a Colts/Vikings Super Bowl itself would probably be a legendary game and the most intriguing SB matchup pitting future HOF-er QB’s against one another since Elway vs. Favre. But I’d still much rather see Favre throw six INT’s in the Super Dome next weekend and blow it.

As for upgrading one of the receiver spots, I’m not the biggest Crayton fan but why is he gone and not Sam Hurd? If Hurd was ever going to be better than him he would’ve already overtaken Crayton. And let’s remember that the last time Jerry tried to draft “a burner with shake in the return game” it was Skyler Green. And even if Jerry does finally pick a legit prospect in the 2nd or 3rd round, it still might take a while Romo to develop that rapport with him that he has with Crayton. Correct me if I’m wrong but the money saved from cutting Crayton would be negligible so why get rid of a guy that at least delivers when the ball does come his way. Furthermore, if this team was serious about “churning” the bottom of the roster, Roy Williams’ ass would be gone regardless of him being paid like a top dog.

A caveat to my position on Crayton is how much progress Ogletree shows this offseason. I do realize that the real problem with keeping a merely reliable guy like Crayton around is this team’s utter unwillingness to bite the bullet and promote a younger player with more upside. That’s never been more glaring than now with the news that Barber was playing the whole season at 85-90 percent yet in all but about four games, Choice only touched the ball 2-3 times despite the fact that he’s a more spry and instinctive back than a fully healthy Barber. So from that standpoint, I guess Crayton’s continued presence on the roster would mean Ogletree or a rookie receiver would have to wait their turn just because that’s the way this team is run. But with that obviously being the case, what in your wildest dreams makes you believe Crayton is going to get cut on a whim in the offseason?

I wouldn’t mind spending a 2nd or 3rd on Golden Tate. I don’t know how much wiggle he really has but he made a ton of long plays for the Golden Droners.

I thought it was a second, but someone here posted that it was a first.

Really?

Somebody wanted to trade a top 10 pick for Bennett?

That’s crazy, man. Crazy.