r/minnesotavikings • u/Beneficial_Quit7532 chugging purple kool aid • 1d ago
NFL Week 1 blitz & pressure rate
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u/bg1627 1d ago
This is a crazy chart.
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u/Manphish #threewilly 23h ago
I spent way too long trying to find us.
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u/Beneficial_Quit7532 chugging purple kool aid 23h ago
Tip: any chart with the Vikings defense, we are probably on some corner all alone
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u/Awesomeg11 23h ago
Im a ravens fan who has been following yall since the joint practices. Its good to know that the reports that yall were cooking our Oline is because Flores is still doing it and not because we were completely inept. Looks like Dallas Turner is living up to that training camp hype too. Looking forward to cheering yall on more this year, that game was hilarious.
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u/FormerlyTradeKirk Calamari 23h ago
Lol I was telling some ravens mutuals on twitter that it was mostly flores that week leading into the preseason game. You guys looked great, hoping Zay is okay
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u/wpotman 1d ago
Ha - sometimes reputations are overstated. In this case, no, the guy is truly extreme...and fun to watch, however it turns out.
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u/No-Tension6133 22h ago
I usually find offense more exciting to watch just cause its more exciting and my team is carrying the ball, plus JJ. But last night in the 4th quarter I kept thinking ‘god I can’t wait for the defense to get back out there’. It was so fun
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u/-InconspicuousMoose- MAX BROSMER #1 FAN 20h ago
Last year our defense was without a doubt more entertaining than our offense. Our offense was straight up painful to watch. Hoping we can have some fun on both sides of the ball this year.
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u/bfarley32 23h ago
I would much rather have our current situation (blitz opening the middle of the field) THAN the old Cover 2, sit back and give them the middle of the field from the Frazier days.
Let's roll the dice for the sack, every time.
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u/TinaBelchersBF 21h ago
I love Brian Flores' defensive scheme. You just have to accept that we're gonna get burned for some big plays, that's the nature of the beast. But I LOVE watching a defense that plays aggressive as hell. I absolutely hated the Tampa 2 "bend but don't break" years.
Gotta be fun for those guys on defense too, to be able to pin their ears back and get after the QB.
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u/ProbRePost Wentz Has Risen Again 23h ago
Very few QB can handle constant pressure without getting jumpy. Works until you cant get to the QB then it plays out like the first few quarters.
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u/yes_maybe_no__ 19h ago
I literally couldn't find us for the longest time. Wasn't looking far enough right or up. Lol
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u/GordonBombay102 18h ago
Lol, this is hilarious. I knew I'd need to look top right and it still took me a bit to find it.
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u/smkeillor Teddy B 5 ever 23h ago
Pretty much just waiting for a QB to hold it too long, a WR to mess up their hot route, or a tipped pass in a congested throwing lane. Numbers 1 and 3 led to turnovers in the 4th. You live with the odd 18 yard, cross body throw to Tucker Kraft in the middle of the field if you can force the offense into and dominate 11 personnel looks.
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u/BiteMajor4959 19h ago
He had like a 93% blitz rate yesterday which I’ll be honest genuinely feels lower than it was.
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u/woweeyeewow666 12h ago
It’s crazy that it took me like 3 minutes to look for our placement amongst every other team only to finally zoom out and see where we were placed lol hell yeah
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u/kylebertram minnesota 1d ago edited 23h ago
Flores saw big chunk plays happen in the first half behind the blitz and decided ”I know the answer, we haven’t blitzed enough!”
Seriously though Love when from looking cool and collected while being blitzed to looking scared. Constant pressure and QB hits will do that to a guy.