What's next for Vikings?

[JAfish]

Are we stuck with names such as Peterson (fumbles age and contract), Patterson (foolishness) , Kalil (no words can describe it)?  

And personally- the local media says "Oh, the Vikings had the perfect game plan"  Not seeing it.  We still ran the ball on 1st down to Peterson most of the time and kept trying to make Bridgewater into a pocket passer when he needs be moving around the field like Russell and Cam Newton.  Bridgewater has talent but will continue to have problems in the pocket with the side arm motion,smaller size and lack of arm strength.  

 

Edited January 11, 2016 by JAfish

[BringAnExtension]

Peterson was the rushing champ.  Kalil was not a disaster this year.

Patterson, well he is still under rookie contract so you will see him on the squad next year because he is a cheap kick returner.  After next year, he will be gone.

My concerns lie with Bridgewater.  So many people are enamoured with him because he is an upgrade from every quarterback the Vikings have had since 2009 Favre. 

The upside is that he mostly avoids mistakes.  The downside is that he is so focused on the check down, that he doesn't notice open receivers.  There were at least two instances where a receiver was open down field but he was looking for the check down and never saw the opportunity.

The question is can he go from being a stable quarterback to a great one?  He has only played two seasons, so he is still learning.  We shall see.

[Born2Fish]

He as focused on the checkdown. And I believe that was only because he is used to defensive lineman and linebackers getting through the line in about half a second flat. I don't know a single quarterback that would sit in the pocket and absorb hit after hit and not start automatically looking for that check down. While I also think that he has a LOT to learn yet, I do believe that he can become a very good quarterback. Get him an offensive line that can block and maybe we might start seeing more of those downfield passes we all so desperately crave.