Week 4 Lions GDT Vikings (2-1) @ Lions (1-2)

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Still sounds like fans are belittling how talented the Vikings really are.

I love this ultimate underdog role.

Don't sleep on the Vikings this year. Don't use last year's record as any indication for this year. Its a completely new team. There is a new energy around this team, and the head guy, Christian Ponder, has stepped up huge for us.

If it wasn't for our defense playing dumb/offense got any sort of momentum until the 4th quarter 2 weeks ago, we very well could be sitting at 3-0.
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[EnglishLion20]

Lions are the more talented team IMO, but all the excitement and positivity, momentum is with the Vikings haveing had a good start to the season and bringing down the 9ers last week.

Hopefully the Lions actually show up on D and special teams, and we target Calvin a little more, just let him make a play, 1 target in the first half was inexcusable last week.

Secondary will be picked apart by Ponder and I expect him to have a good day, im just hoping the Lions can come out with the W, should be a close game, hopefully the Lions can actually perform for a full game and we stop shooting ourselves in the foot as much as we have through this season.
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[38andy38]

TBH Simpson is the one that frightens me the most. His ability to stretch this D and the kind of time opposing QBs have seen so far could result in some big chunks of yardage being given up. The Lions' safeties may allow him to get behind them and Ponder has shown he will make the right decisions. The defence may get lulled to sleep early with all the underneath stuff to Harvin and Rudolph and then get burned by Simpson.

I'm hoping the home crowd makes it difficult for Ponder and since this is a divisional game I fully expect a raucous crowd.

It will be frustrating to watch the Lions come out of the gate and allow the Vikings to force them to avoid Calvin early. I'm hoping Linehan has something in his gameplan that gets Calvin involved early and pumps the crowd up into a frenzy.

I like the coaches plan of using Joique Bell as their closer. He is showing that he deserves a role and I hope he continues with his success. He is easy to cheer for.
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[vikingsrule]

MN loves to run the bubble screens, drags and flairs with Percy Harvin, they do it often, so Detroit will need to have its LBs step up. They cant afford to take bad angles or missed tackles because Harvin is so explosive and he can quickly turn a pass behind the LOS into a 10 yard first down. Its a play MN runs often and has a lot of success with.

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Certainly, that is a generic point that can be directed at any RB in the league. If LeShoure fumbles the ball and the Vikes can take advantage of it, that would be huge for the defense. Given what we know of Peterson and his ball handling skills from the 2010 and 2011 season, with his new technique in place, he is actually better than most RBs at not fumbling (only had 1 in 2010 and 1 in 2011).

I am not saying Peterson wont fumble, but to say that he is fumble prone and the expectation that he fumbles more often than the typical RB isnt really fair considering the work he has put in to fix the issue. Which he clearly has corrected.

I get the argument but I dont see it as one that favors any team as it really applies to both teams. The team that limits turnovers and mistakes will win. This applies to Matthew Stafford and Christian Ponder as well. Neither QB can afford to have a 2-3 Int game.

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