Discuss amongst yourselves.
23 Vikings
26 Chiefs
The playcalling on the last two Vikings’ drives was catastrophically stupid. Here you have the lead, the leading rusher in the NFL facing the number 30 run defense in the league that also happens to be exhausted, and the ball with six minutes left.
Do you:
a) run the ball down the throat of the defense and burn the clock?
b) get cute and try to fool the defense with screens and draw plays on 3-13?
They actually chose (b) twice in a row. I knew we were in trouble from the first 1-and-10 call when Cousins didn’t just hand it off to Cook off-tackle. This is why Zimmer will never be in Belichick’s class. He doesn’t have the confidence to rely upon his team’s strengths and order his offensive coordinator to do the obvious.
Those who rely upon surprise rather than execution lack confidence.