Daily Norseman
It was a good day on Sunday in terms of being a Vikings fan. JJ and the team had a solid game. No complaints really. The goal now is to keep it up against Dallas which is going to be tough on the road. There is a lot of debate here about the “system” and whether or not KOC is making things easier for the boy wonder. It is quite comical to me. There simply is way more to it than even the most “sophisticated” of fans will ever know. In the end, and after reading the first link below, KOC needs to make it tougher on JJ in order for him to be even better next year.
There are not a lot of options out there next year for even backup QBs. Fans expecting the 49ers to trade Mac Jones or the Giants to trade Jameis Winslow (as if many want him anyway – I do) will likely be in for a disappointment because those teams know the QB market does not look promising (right now) next year.
We are going to need JJ to take his lumps and learn from them so that next year he will be that much better. I think the team probably brings back Wentz early on unless they are happy with Wofford. How bout JJ, Brosmer, and Wofford next year for the QB room? Exciting no?
Is it ‘the system?’
Vikings offensive coordinator Wes Phillips went into detail about the system they’ve asked JJ McCarthy to master this year. Are they doing it wrong?
Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Wes Phillips explained during his press conference why the team uses a “pure progression” system.
He said it was essentially born as an answer to coverage deception.
“In my time in the league from the beginning, everything was coverage read — it was, ‘here’s where I’m going… versus quarters, I’m going here versus two high, I’m going here versus single high,’ Phillips explained. “With the coverage becoming more complex and more versions of inverting the safety and the corner and play cover-2 or they drop the safety in the middle and drop both corners back and they’re the two deep guys. And there’s just so many different versions of coverage.”
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“The beauty of a pure progression system is that as you’re dropping back, if one is not open, all right, who took it away?” Phillips said.
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Warner tweeted on Tuesday about the “pure progression” system:
“It TRIES to combat disguising coverages… but just bc you build a play your QB can read across the field, does not mean it’s more effective & I argue the opposite!”
But then some less-legendary QBs signed off on the Vikings’ system.
“Love pure progressions,” ESPN analyst and ex-Lions, Colts etc. QB Dan Orlovsky wrote.
Ex-Saint/Brown etc. QB Luke McCown responded:
“It’s why pure progression offenses and or plays still have a place. When you can’t tell what the coverage or defense...
