Daily Norseman
After the Carson Wentz impending surgery and move to IR, the Vikings will need to add another QB to the team. The current raging topic is about how the team and, specifically, KOC handled Wentz in the Chargers game. There are plenty of fans who feel it was inexcusable to leave him in the game when he was clearly in a lot of pain at times. There are others (like myself) that feel Wentz wanted to be out there and KOC did OK since he did ask him throughout the game if he was alright. I am sure this will be beaten down for a little while longer. It is as it should be.
Looking forward, I think the team is going to look much better. The Lions are tough especially at home. But the Vikings should have Darrisaw and O’Neill back in action and might get back Josh Oliver. That could really help against the pass rush and in the run game. I also think that JJ McCarthy is going to surprise us with more efficient play.
If the offense is able to sustain longer drives then the defense wont be out on the field for 39 minutes like they were against the Chargers. Ain’t nobody gonna tell me that does not affect them. Still, they did not perform well enough and they know it. I think the team is going to be “hot” under the collar and they are going to get after it against the Lions.
The Lions are good though and will score. I am hoping the team is competitive and has a chance to win at the end. I have to hope otherwise I would be a miserable fan. Cant go out like that.
I wonder if the Vikings will try to snag a QB off a practice squad. I like Bailey Zappe, Jake Haener, and Trevor Siemian.
I am still looking for a cornerback addition and maybe a linebacker.
Keep hope alive or get your pitchforks out!
‘A bleep show with the training staff’: Vikings under fire after Wentz injury fallout
Multiple insiders say Wentz played through a dislocated left shoulder that included a torn labrum and fractured socket. He suffered the original injury in Minnesota’s Week 4 game in London, though it’s unclear if the injury worsened in games that followed against the Browns, Eagles and Chargers. But last Thursday, while the Vikings were being blown out and Wentz was battling through extreme pain, O’Connell and the medical staff allowed Wentz to keep playing.
Was it the right thing to do? Why did the Vikings play him in the first place? If he didn’t have two young players behind him — undrafted rookie Max Brosmer and 22-year-old J.J. McCarthy, who was cleared but only as the emergency quarterback — would he have been allowed to play?
Wentz is a grown man who said he was “physically able to go whether it hurts or not.”
Either way, the...
