I actually think, barring major injuries, they'll do a little better
than that and could actually finish 9-7 or so. Heck, we had a
handful of games we could/should have won last year with just a
marginally functioning offense. We've made upgrades with the
addition of A. Peterson to the offense and the defense should be
better too with Ray Edwards providing an edge rush, C. Griffin
starting across from A. Winfield and having C. Greenway back. The
key will be whoever is qb staying away from the big mistake and
scoring enough to keep games close going into the 4th qtr. Yeah, qb
is a big question but B. Johnson was awful the last half of last
season. Go Vikes!!


--- In novavikes@yahoogroups.com, "weatherman91" <weatherman91@...>
wrote:
>
> A veteran QB would just take snaps and learning experiences away
from
> Jackson. Manning, Aikman, and other great QBs had terrible first
> seasons on bad teams. You could put Brady or Manning on this team
and
> they are not winning the Super Bowl, so why bring in a scrub backup
> like Kelly Holcomb when you can play the kid who you think will be
the
> future of the club.
>
> Otherwise, I agree with your prediction. The road schedule look
> tough, and that will really restrict the number of possible wins
this
> year.
>
> --- In novavikes@yahoogroups.com, "mbuffster" <Mbuffster@> wrote:
> >
> > Viking Fans,
> >
> > This will be a rebuilding year for the team. The offense is
strugging
> > during training camp to get things in sync. Jackson has
struggled and
> > so have the new crop of receivers. Vikes will regret not
picking up a
> > guy with more experience at QB to backup Jackson and, perhaps,
replace
> > him if things go really bad. Vikes will need to run the ball to
have
> > success and limit passes to a conservative short game. Most NFL
> > experts are ranking Jackson and the rest of the QB crew as one
of the
> > bottom 3-5 in the league, and sadly I agree. Going to be a long
year.
> > Looks like a 6-10 season but perhaps things will improve the
following
> > year as the team starts to mesh. Don't be surprised if the
Lions
> > finally break out of their past failures and win 8-9 games this
year;
> > this will only further seal the Vikings fate. Hopefully, they
can kick
> > things off with a win against a Vickless Falcons Team;
otherwise, 6
> > wins may be too optimistic.
> >
>