Weekend Training Camp Thoughts
* Travis Taylor as I stated a couple months ago, is looking like he has a good shoot to start at Wide Receiver over Marcus Robinson. Although, Robinson is good for about 10 games, so he will start anyway. But Taylor was real impressive, Friday Night during the inter-squad scrimmage with his two touchdown catches.
* I am worried about both first round draft picks. The first one T.Will seems to be dropping balls left and right. The second one Erasmus James hasn't entered into any contract discussions for about a week. The only rookie near a starting spot is Marcus Johnson, and maybe the second most impressive rookie has been DE Eric Coleman of Clemson, even if all he does is make the practice squad. Although, I should note Dustin Fox did impress the Vikings at developmental camp, and should contribute when his arm heals.
*I think Kenechi Udeze is the break-out Star on Defense, I am more convinced of this after his multi-sack scrimmage friday Night.
* I think even without Erasmus James, The Vikings will improve from 38 to about 50 sacks.
*I also think they're sacks allowed should drop from 46 to about 35. This will be due to the Health of Jim Kleinsasser, and Mike Rosenthal making teams more hesistant to blitz. The Vikings also are going to try to run the ball more, and without Moss, and T.Will about to start being called "Lobster Hands" a lot of the slow developing down field plays that would lead to sacks last year.
* I am starting to think the Vikings D will be between 9-12 in Total Defense, as opposed to before in the area of 14-18. This is mostly due to reports I have heard about Kenechi Udeze, and also Kevin Williams is in better shape than I figured. The improved performance from reports of Donatarrious Thomas and EJ Henderson also increases this confidence.
* The O-Line played pretty well last night I guess, they weren't getting destroyed by the Williamses' like earlier in Training Camp.
*Napoloen Harris is looking good, and his insticts have been pretty good. He should be a nice compliment to the Vikings smartest middle linebacker since Greg Biekert in Sam Cowart, although Cowart has more ability than Biekert when he was with the Vikings.
*Richard Angulo is in the lead to be the third-tight end.
*Comments on Richard Angulo let you know you are done.
* I am worried about both first round draft picks. The first one T.Will seems to be dropping balls left and right. The second one Erasmus James hasn't entered into any contract discussions for about a week. The only rookie near a starting spot is Marcus Johnson, and maybe the second most impressive rookie has been DE Eric Coleman of Clemson, even if all he does is make the practice squad. Although, I should note Dustin Fox did impress the Vikings at developmental camp, and should contribute when his arm heals.
*I think Kenechi Udeze is the break-out Star on Defense, I am more convinced of this after his multi-sack scrimmage friday Night.
* I think even without Erasmus James, The Vikings will improve from 38 to about 50 sacks.
*I also think they're sacks allowed should drop from 46 to about 35. This will be due to the Health of Jim Kleinsasser, and Mike Rosenthal making teams more hesistant to blitz. The Vikings also are going to try to run the ball more, and without Moss, and T.Will about to start being called "Lobster Hands" a lot of the slow developing down field plays that would lead to sacks last year.
* I am starting to think the Vikings D will be between 9-12 in Total Defense, as opposed to before in the area of 14-18. This is mostly due to reports I have heard about Kenechi Udeze, and also Kevin Williams is in better shape than I figured. The improved performance from reports of Donatarrious Thomas and EJ Henderson also increases this confidence.
* The O-Line played pretty well last night I guess, they weren't getting destroyed by the Williamses' like earlier in Training Camp.
*Napoloen Harris is looking good, and his insticts have been pretty good. He should be a nice compliment to the Vikings smartest middle linebacker since Greg Biekert in Sam Cowart, although Cowart has more ability than Biekert when he was with the Vikings.
*Richard Angulo is in the lead to be the third-tight end.
*Comments on Richard Angulo let you know you are done.
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