Should The Vinkings Have Punted?

[pbmax]

They were on their own 36 yard line with 3 TOs and 2:37 to play.

I thought they were kidding themselves, but Advanced NFL Stats says it was nearly a wash.

http://www.advancednflstats.com/2011/10/should-vikings-have-punted.html

[Harlan Huckleby]

ya, a punt is the right call. you can't analyse just with stats, you have to look at how offense and defense are playing in particular game.

[pbmax]

ya, a punt is the right call. you can't analyse just with stats, you have to look at how offense and defense are playing in particular game.

If you are right, then a punt is nuts, so to speak. Packers offense offers much more resistance to Viking win than the D during this game.

[Upnorth]

I would have went for it. Who do you fear, pack o or pack d? Glad they punted!

[Harlan Huckleby]

The question is, do they have a better chance of getting 10 yards, or holding the packer offense to under 5 plays.

In my gut, going on defense sounds better, but maybe you are right.

[Joemailman]

Probably the right call. Up until that drive, the Packers were 1-7 on 3rd down. They probably figured they could stop the run and force the Packers into a 3rd down situation. They just couldn't stop Starks when they needed to.

[CaliforniaCheez]

NEVER, EVER, UNDERESTIMATE THE viklings CAPACITY TO SCREW UP.

[Gunakor]

4th and 10 is a low probability scenario. The Vikings defense didn't perform terrible up to that point, so with 3 TO's left I think the right call was made. They knew we were going to run, which puts thier defensive strength against our offensive weakness. The alternative was to put the ball in a rookie's hands on 4th and 10 on their own side of the field with the game on the line. And Ponder wasn't all that great today leading up to that punt in the first place. Punting was the right decision IMO.

[woodbuck27]

They were on their own 36 yard line with 3 TOs and 2:37 to play.

I thought they were kidding themselves, but Advanced NFL Stats says it was nearly a wash.

http://www.advancednflstats.com/2011...ve-punted.html

GB 33 - MIN 27 Final ... too close for comfort.

NO 62 - INDY 7 Final .... The SAINTS ran up 62 POINTS I got that prediction right. That they would score the most points this week but 62 Points. Unreal !!!

[woodbuck27]

GB 33 - MIN 27 Final ... too close for comfort.

NO 62 - INDY 7 Final .... The SAINTS ran up 62 POINTS I got that prediction right. That they would score the most points this week but 62 Points. Unreal !!!

** GB 33 - MIN 27 Final

** That six point margin of win puts us statistically at 2 points under an average seven (7) point win, for OUR 7-0 2011 season start.

GO PACKERS !

[woodbuck27]

The question is, do they have a better chance of getting 10 yards, or holding the packer offense to under 5 plays.

In my gut, going on defense sounds better, but maybe you are right.

Harlan you answered the question in an earlier post (this thread). You do not as that gae was going punt the ball to the Green Bay Packers Offense with Aaron Rodgers looking for his 7th win this season. You take the shot. All the book say PUNT but not in that case. The Packers seem much better at clock control. What if they had a consistent running game. Just how great would OUR Packers be^ We can <ONL" imagine as that never seemed a high priority since TT tok control. He wants still to showcase AR it seems to me.

W need a fricken' running game to spare our defense. If we don't get that we are not going to repeat. E need to protect AR and we need to run the ball to help out there.









t get that we are not going to repeat folks.

[hoosier]

Agree with Gunakor, 4th and 10 is tough to pick up. I wonder how much the psychology of starting a rookie QB in his first game factored into that decision. It's not just that by going for it they would be putting Ponder in an especially difficult situation, it's that if you fail you would rather that it be on the defense and not on the rookie QB, who until that point had acquitted himself fairly well.

[bobblehead]

As I said to my friends as it occurred. The fact that I was desperately hoping they punt tells me that going for it is the right call. I wanted our offense to have the ball with game on the line, only needing to burn clock to end it. I didn't want out D to have to make yet another stop.

[mmmdk]

Agree with Gunakor, 4th and 10 is tough to pick up. I wonder how much the psychology of starting a rookie QB in his first game factored into that decision. It's not just that by going for it they would be putting Ponder in an especially difficult situation, it's that if you fail you would rather that it be on the defense and not on the rookie QB, who until that point had acquitted himself fairly well.

Yup, punt was right call. Besides, Packers offense was in a limbo. Thank you Starks & Sitton.

[Cheesehead Craig]

The Packers had -2 yds rushing in the 4th Q up to that last drive. The Vikes made the right call but it simply blew up in their faces.