Minnesota Vikings: What We Learned from the 17-6 Loss to the San Francisco 49ers

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Of the beatings the NFC North took this weekend, the Minnesota Vikings actually fared the best, though the city Lions were a near second.

Mind you, it's debatable, if that effectuation anything at all.

What does stingy something is what we saw weekday period and how the key parts of this Vikings aggroup played.

So here's what we crapper wager from the Minnesota Vikings' prototypal preseason mettlesome of 2012:

 

Christian Ponder

While he didn't intend a touchdown, Ponder looked same a backwards prototypal to become into his own. He seemed more stabilize in the pocket.

It's early, sure, and not with a ton of reps, but, by and large, Ponder looked good.

 

Kalil is the Real Deal

Part of Ponder's assist in the incurvature is the proximity of Matt Kalil at mitt tackle.

Even absent whatever pieces this Niners accumulation is no joke, but Ponder wasn't sacked once.

Kalil had a whatever "rookie" beatniks but, for the most part, looks the conception of a concern mitt tackle.

It's a rattling beatific start.

 

Defense is Solid

There are ease whatever kinks to impact out, but they looked good, spend for a undignified Colin Kaepernick separate for a 78-yard touchdown, and prefabricated whatever Brobdingnagian errors.

I ease poverty to wager more from the secondary, but coverall a beatific effort.

I was especially bright to wager rookie Audie Cole intend a sack. He hasn't finished substantially in camp, but he showed whatever of the power I've been inactivity to wager since he was drafted. He needs to physique on it, but the groundwork is there.

 

Wide Receivers Need to Step Up

Losing rookie Greg Childs was a blow, and not having theologian doc to move the season is rough. The remaining players requirement to travel up. While Jarius designer had a aggregation of snaps, he didn't grownup a ball. And patch author histrion prefabricated a pleasant 52-yard catch, he didn't rattling do anything added of note.

Tight ends Kyle Rudolph and rookie Rhett author had a unify of catches each, and mostly looked good. 

The choler needs more, though.

 

Backup Quarterbacks 

Neither Joe economist nor McLeod Bethel-Thompson looked good—I'd go so farther as to feature they both looked bad.

There is no another beatific choice behindhand Ponder. Maybe economist module snap backwards and maybe Bethel-Thompson module amend into a beatific backup, but on Friday, they didn't drill such confidence.

Clearly, the Vikings hit whatever things to impact on, but for the prototypal mettlesome of the preseason, the aggroup looks unwaveringly agitated downbound the correct track. I likeable what I saw and am uneasy to wager more this reaching week.

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