August 9 Thoughts
*Is Napoloen Harris a bust, since he is reportedly being challenged for the starting strong-side job by journeyman Keith Newman? Not neccessarily since the Vikings are going to blitz quite a bit and since Newman's speciality is blitizing. Neither Harris nor Newman is that good in pass coverage. So this comes down to run-stopping ability. If Newman has improved in this area, he should be able to compete with Napoleon Harris.
*Fred Smoot is on the field, and will make the Vikings top 2 corners very tough to throw at.
*Erasmus James is signed, I don't know that he will make as much of an impact as I thought before, when I thought around 8 sacks, now I am thinking more like 5 as Lance Johnstone is the primary nickle-rusher.
*I have heard that the Vikings are concerned about Brad Johnson's arm strength and whether he could be a capable back-up for any period of time.
Questions
1. Do you think Troy Williamson will be a bust? Yes, in the sense that it will be shown he wasn't worth the 7th pick in the draft. This isn't to say he might not be a good complimentary receiver, but he will show he wasn't worthy of that pick. I wanted Shawne Merriman at the time, and he hasn't really shown anything. People say Derrick Johnson is impressive, but of course he is, he's a good athlete, he still needs to show consistent tackling ability.
2. Will Mike Tice coach the Vikings in 2006? No, because the Vikings might win ten games, but they will not do anything serious in the playoffs, unless they have better coaching. The word around the league is the Vikings two-late season collaspes have been due to coaching, where as their good starts due to talent. Their is no doubt since Tice took over, overall talent has improved. But Tice seems to be a liablity in the X'S AND O's. It also doesn't help that he has such low-paid assistants. I have said more than once I would like Kirk Ferentz to be the coach of the Minnesota Vikings come 2006.
3. When will I first call for Mike Tice's head? When it first becomes obvious that they are being outplayed by teams with less talent. So it will be early in the season.
4. When will I state again what a mistake the Randy Moss trade was? Probably after the Week 1 game vs Tampa.
*Fred Smoot is on the field, and will make the Vikings top 2 corners very tough to throw at.
*Erasmus James is signed, I don't know that he will make as much of an impact as I thought before, when I thought around 8 sacks, now I am thinking more like 5 as Lance Johnstone is the primary nickle-rusher.
*I have heard that the Vikings are concerned about Brad Johnson's arm strength and whether he could be a capable back-up for any period of time.
Questions
1. Do you think Troy Williamson will be a bust? Yes, in the sense that it will be shown he wasn't worth the 7th pick in the draft. This isn't to say he might not be a good complimentary receiver, but he will show he wasn't worthy of that pick. I wanted Shawne Merriman at the time, and he hasn't really shown anything. People say Derrick Johnson is impressive, but of course he is, he's a good athlete, he still needs to show consistent tackling ability.
2. Will Mike Tice coach the Vikings in 2006? No, because the Vikings might win ten games, but they will not do anything serious in the playoffs, unless they have better coaching. The word around the league is the Vikings two-late season collaspes have been due to coaching, where as their good starts due to talent. Their is no doubt since Tice took over, overall talent has improved. But Tice seems to be a liablity in the X'S AND O's. It also doesn't help that he has such low-paid assistants. I have said more than once I would like Kirk Ferentz to be the coach of the Minnesota Vikings come 2006.
3. When will I first call for Mike Tice's head? When it first becomes obvious that they are being outplayed by teams with less talent. So it will be early in the season.
4. When will I state again what a mistake the Randy Moss trade was? Probably after the Week 1 game vs Tampa.
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