There are keys to the season for the Vikings and then there
are keys for single games. Usually those go hand-in-hand. The keys to the
season are basically this: Adrian runs like a mad man, Christian Ponder/Matt
Cassel doesn’t totally screw things up and the secondary needs to step up and
not be a collect group of Swiss cheese.
So, what is the main key for the Vikings against Detroit?
The Vikings can have no dairy products playing in the secondary on Sunday.
Matthew Stafford has a big arm and can tear up a defense,
especially one with a mediocre staff of backs like the Vikings. Throw on top of
Stafford’s arm the fact that the best receiver in the game, Calvin Johnson,
also plays for the Lions, it’s crucial to lock that portion of the game down.
It’s not just Calvin Johnson to be worried about. Former-Vike
Nate Burleson is on the opposite side, the Lions had respectable tight end
Brandon Pettigrew and a great receiving threat out of the backfield now with
Reggie Bush. Detroit’s offense is pretty dynamic.
Who is dynamic on the Vikings’ DB squad? Harrison Smith?
Possibly. It’s an okay group, but not really a lot more than that.
The Vikings need to get a lot of pressure on Stafford right
away and try to make him make bad passes or the Vikings could end up leaving
Detroit with a one in the right hand column.
You want one in the left hand column.
Obviously, for the Vikings to win Adrian needs to have an
Adrian type day with Ponder not throwing the ball to the Detroit defense too
often either. It’s a winnable game for the Vikings, but it’s also a losable
game.
If you have any lucky charms, send their good charms toward
Chris Cook, Jamarca Sanford, Harrison Smith and Josh Robinson, Vikings fans.
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