WP Insider: Springs Unlikely to Play Against Dallas

I agree, I think corner will prove to hurt us in the time that Springs is absent. We better draft a corner or sign a dependable one in free agency this offseason.

we need to get springs that hyperbaric chamber that sharper and owens have

Think Matty has a point, yeah Carter wasn't even mentioned, but neither was Cornelius Griffin. did he just suddenly start to suck? I'm hoping it's more a statement about the Vikes then us.

pressure will be CRITICAL next game. our linebackers and safeties will have to be super on-point to cover the dump offs because at this point i'd rather send Rogers and Rumph as blitzers than try and cover the cowboys receivers. who the hell were the vikes receivers to embarass us like that?

always said Springs was the most important player on the defense, and at his age, my biggest wonder this offseason was why we didn't make one of those big news trades for the cornerback position - did we REALLY need Lloyd? did we REALLY need Duckett? good trades yes, but we NEED a corner!

griffin beats double teams, but not when they involve hutchinson and matt birk :/.

Unfortunately I think it's more serious than not having Springs. Which is REALLY serious. Minnesota's NONAME WR's burned us all day long. Perhaps because our front 4 couldn't get ANY pressure on Brad ALL DAY!!! Only time we got close was LB pressure. Wondering if David Patten or someone on the O could double as a corner, cause it's gonna get bad Sunday night if we can't stop Chester Taylor up the gut. Granted he had 31 carries for 88 yds which is not a great average but they exposed our DL inside and out. Especially by the 4th. Several 2nd and 2's. Can't win like that. Our whole team lost last Monday, not John Hall. The refs stunk, but whatya expect from same crew who did our Tampa game!? Sean Taylor still scares people, but he does need to make sure that he doesn't commit penalties. First personal was questionable and the second was immediate frustration. Was like NBA or something. And you guys laughed when I suggested signing Darrell Green... I'd bet the house that he'd have better luck than Rogers, Rumph, Jimoh, Wright on TO Sunday night!!!

griffin beats double teams, but not when they involve hutchinson and matt birk :/.

Thats a good point. Griffins whole job is to draw double teams, to open things up for our linebackers...hypothetically, he really shouldnt be making many plays at all to be honest; just eating up blockers so that our linebackers can come in and make plays.

I'm starting to grow concerned with Andre Carter though, I didnt see him at all on monday making a play and he was very quiet in the preseason.

Again, whoever said they hope htis is more of a statment for the Vikings than us, is what i'm hoping as well.

Andre Carter BEAST or BUST???

ready to call him a bust after one game?

... my biggest wonder this offseason was why we didn't make one of those big news trades for the cornerback position - did we REALLY need Lloyd? did we REALLY need Duckett? good trades yes, but we NEED a corner!

Did we REALLY need Rocky McIntosh?

It obviously didn't occur to the personnel dept. to groom an eventual replacement for Springs.

Did we REALLY need Rocky McIntosh?

It obviously didn't occur to the personnel dept. to groom an eventual replacement for Springs.

The replacement for Springs is SUPPOSED to be Rogers, we need to work on finding a solid number 2, hell who knows though...we might be in serach for a number one.

question not a statement!!?!?!
BEAST or BUST!?!?!??!?!
question??? poll rather!