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Originally Posted by Luis_Rivera
The offense has hit the ****s as a whole... Culppepper is having an awful year, that's for sure. However, the offensive line has played as one of the worst in the league... which has also resulted in the running game going from one of the best in the league last year, to below average this season.
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But for 7 years the Vikings had changed personnel, not had great running backs and lacked a #2 receiver. They did generally have talented O-linemen, but there were a few seasons when that was kind of in question outside of Birk. But, everything always seemed to work out very well. The O-line always came through, Bennett/Williams/Smith/Moore/whoever you put behind the line could run, Cunningham/Culpepper/Frerotte/whoever you put behind center could pass.
Then all of a sudden Moss leaves and all of that falls apart, and I'm supposed to believe that's coincidental?
It's easy to have a good running game when there are only 6 defenders in the box. It's easy to have a good passing game and kill the defense on screens when Moss is thrice bracketed and the rest of the field is 10-on-8.
The Vikings have not coincidentally fallen apart on the 8th year when Moss left. They lost their magic wand.