Comments on: Breaking Down The Film http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/26/breaking-down-the-film/ The Definitive Minnesota Vikings Blog! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:41:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam Warwas http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/26/breaking-down-the-film/comment-page-1/#comment-12270 Adam Warwas Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:00:38 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2217#comment-12270 Thanks lost, good analysis from Clayton. They keep getting burned on this whether it's Mike Wallace, Falcco picking them apart, Vernon Davis running down the seam, Jermichael Finley... argh. This has to stop. The Vikings corners played very admirable game today, almost completly shutting down Holmes and Ward. Safeties need to step it up big time. Thanks lost, good analysis from Clayton. They keep getting burned on this whether it’s Mike Wallace, Falcco picking them apart, Vernon Davis running down the seam, Jermichael Finley… argh. This has to stop. The Vikings corners played very admirable game today, almost completly shutting down Holmes and Ward. Safeties need to step it up big time.

]]> By: Lost Viking http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/26/breaking-down-the-film/comment-page-1/#comment-12269 Lost Viking Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:48:08 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2217#comment-12269 We have to fix the cover 2 coverage. From Professor Clayton at ESPN: "The Vikings still might be the most talented team in the NFC, but they appear to have a serious flaw in their secondary. Roethlisberger exposed coverage problems with Minnesota's safeties, particularly late in the second half. The Vikings let Darren Sharper go in free agency, opting to have Madieu Williams and Tyrell Johnson handle the two starting jobs. In the final two minutes of the first half, the Steelers picked apart to the Vikings' Cover 2 scheme. Trailing 7-3 and starting at the Steeler 9, Roethlisberger noticed Williams and Johnson were split wider in the deep half of the field than most Cover 2 safeties. He also noticed how a linebacker would stay with wide receiver Hines Ward when he was running from the slot, so Roethlisberger decided to get fast rookie Mike Wallace behind the linebackers and between the Viking safeties. On a second down from the Steeler 38, Roethlisberger hit Wallace for a 22-yard gain. Two plays later, Wallace ran the same post route and got a 40-yard touchdown because Williams and Johnson took bad angles to tackle him. A week ago, Baltimore QB Joe Flacco had drives of 75, 73, 33 and 41 yards in the fourth quarter against the Viking secondary. " We have to fix the cover 2 coverage. From Professor Clayton at ESPN:

“The Vikings still might be the most talented team in the NFC, but they appear to have a serious flaw in their secondary. Roethlisberger exposed coverage problems with Minnesota’s safeties, particularly late in the second half. The Vikings let Darren Sharper go in free agency, opting to have Madieu Williams and Tyrell Johnson handle the two starting jobs. In the final two minutes of the first half, the Steelers picked apart to the Vikings’ Cover 2 scheme.

Trailing 7-3 and starting at the Steeler 9, Roethlisberger noticed Williams and Johnson were split wider in the deep half of the field than most Cover 2 safeties. He also noticed how a linebacker would stay with wide receiver Hines Ward when he was running from the slot, so Roethlisberger decided to get fast rookie Mike Wallace behind the linebackers and between the Viking safeties. On a second down from the Steeler 38, Roethlisberger hit Wallace for a 22-yard gain. Two plays later, Wallace ran the same post route and got a 40-yard touchdown because Williams and Johnson took bad angles to tackle him. A week ago, Baltimore QB Joe Flacco had drives of 75, 73, 33 and 41 yards in the fourth quarter against the Viking secondary. “

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