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I give Case some credit but I also give a huge credit to the OLine who has been very good, the WR's have been great. The Playcalling and game plans have been excellent.

I honestly think that Teddy could perform as well, maybe possibly better if he is completely back to his original form as Case.

You'd have to be almost crazy though to pull Case at this point though with the way the Vikes are winning. Are the Vikes good enough to beat the Eagles in the Playoffs? I don't think so.

I am with you. As a unit they are clicking. I think if Teddy would excel with that group playing as they are, but putting Teddy out there might throw everything off.

Right. That would be a gamble. I looked up Carson Wentzes numbers and they are not much better then Cases really. He has twice as many TD's though and still only 5 Ints.

Case- 14 TD's and 5 int's

vs
Carson- 28 TD's and 5 Int's

Yards per game about the same and yards per pass exactly the same. So I may question my previous analysis and say, with Case playing well (as he has lately) and our defense paying well we possibly could contend with the Eagles.

Still, as any Vikings fan knows, I'm not counting chickens yet. Let's see if they can make the playoffs first. After 30 years of dejection, I don't get my hopes up anymore.

I get that everyone loves the Eagles. They've had a cakewalk schedule. They barely beat the Giants and Chargers back when both were atrocious. They have 2 wins against teams with winning records today. We have back to back wins against teams with winning records. They've had 4 straight versus the gutter of Chicago, Dallas (in shambles without Elliot), Denver and the 49ers. These next two weeks will tell us more about them than this whole season (@seattle and @Rams).

I think we're built to beat them. They're the second best rushing team yardage wise. We're the second best run defense in the same category and their number 1 rushing defense has faced 40 less carries than us. They've given up twice as many sacks as we have (25 to 12). Jeffery is covered by Rhodes (rough week against Detroit, but still another great season from him). They have a good defense that I think will test our offense, but Case doesn't turn the ball over and our O-line is one of the best at protecting him.

I think they are heavily overrated right now and would be a challenge for us, but I think we're the better team.

khans2k5 wrote:I get that everyone loves the Eagles. They've had a cakewalk schedule. They barely beat the Giants and Chargers back when both were atrocious. They have 2 wins against teams with winning records today. We have back to back wins against teams with winning records. They've had 4 straight versus the gutter of Chicago, Dallas (in shambles without Elliot), Denver and the 49ers. These next two weeks will tell us more about them than this whole season (@seattle and @Rams).

I think we're built to beat them. They're the second best rushing team yardage wise. We're the second best run defense in the same category and their number 1 rushing defense has faced 40 less carries than us. They've given up twice as many sacks as we have (25 to 12). Jeffery is covered by Rhodes (rough week against Detroit, but still another great season from him). They have a good defense that I think will test our offense, but Case doesn't turn the ball over and our O-line is one of the best at protecting him.

I think they are heavily overrated right now and would be a challenge for us, but I think we're the better team.

I agree Kahns they are overrated. I will say that I have not seen them play at all which is kinda weird since I have watched more NFL games this season than maybe any year in quite some time. I'm not a believer that any team in the NFC is above the rest. Making the case for the Vikings being better than the Eagles isn't particularly difficult but I just letting these things play out. One thing I notice is the Eagles RBs don't seem to be volume threats catching the ball. McKinnon has more receptions by himself than their whole group. Ertz is on pace for another 70+ reception season.

Another good Teddy read

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2017/11/29/16713894/i-still-believe-in-you-teddy-bridgewater

I happened to see a YouTube video of Jon Gruden having Keenum at his QB camp years ago. There was nothing too exciting in there but it's kinda interesting that Gruden had him on there. Towards the end he showed Keenum a couple clips of another undrafted gunslinger guy named Tony Romo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA8UewJPnJQ

That was a good video to watch I was watching the Seahawks game. It almost is better not being uber tall as a QB. When a smaller QB ducks they escape more. I wonder if you look at the number of sacks by height under pressure if a guy 6'2" or under does better than a tall QB.

bleedspeed177 wrote:That was a good video to watch I was watching the Seahawks game. It almost is better not being uber tall as a QB. When a smaller QB ducks they escape more. I wonder if you look at the number of sacks by height under pressure if a guy 6'2" or under does better than a tall QB.

Shorter QBs are naturally going to be quicker and likely more used to moving a bit more in the pocket to find throwing lanes. It also helps when you are as naturally athletic as Russell Wilson is.