Youth Anthony Barr Jersey , whenever something has gone wrong for the Minnesota Vikings, it seems as though linebacker Anthony Barr is connected to it
in some way. Whether it’s through any fault of his own or not. . .such as being
stuck in coverage against a wide receiver, for example. . .it just seems like we
haven’t been getting the Anthony Barr we’ve become accustomed to throughout much
of his NFL career.Bill Barnwell of ESPN has taken notice of this, and in his
column recapping the first quarter of the 2018 NFL season named Barr as his
“Most Disappointing Player.” Here’s what Barnwell had to say about #55:I’m not
going to speculate on why Barr hasn’t had the rough start he has in 2018 thus
far, and as both Barnwell and I stated here, not everything bad that has
happened to him so far this year has been his fault. I don’t know if Barr’s lack
of impact. . .positive impact, in any case. . .is connected to his contract or
anything like that, or if this is simply a matter of how he’s being used.After
all, we heard this offseason that the Vikings wanted to use Barr more frequently
as an edge rusher. I’m not sure if I’ve just missed it or whatever the case
might be, but I don’t know if I’ve actually seen Barr line up with his hand in
the dirt at any point this season. You would think that in the absence of
Everson Griffen that the Vikings might be doing more things along those lines to
generate more pass rush, but as I said. . .unless I’ve just flat out missed it,
I haven’t seen anything like that so far this year.If the Vikings are going to
turn around their defensive slide from the first quarter of this season, getting
Barr back to making positive plays in both the run and the pass game would be a
pretty solid start. Hopefully we’ll see some of that going forward, starting
this Sunday in Philadelphia. The Minnesota Vikings get set to face the Arizona
Cardinals in a Sunday afternoon contest. The Vikings are coming off a confidence
boosting win against the Philadelphia Eagles, while Arizona found its first win
of the season last week against the San Francisco 49ers. Arizona has competed
with teams over the past few weeks. The Cards lost to Chicago 16-14 and Seattle
20-17. Here is this week’s three things and five predictions:Will Dalvin Cook
get back on track (If he plays)?I think so, this may be the best case scenario
game for Cook to play in. Arizona (1-4) doesn’t have the best rush defense. The
Cardinals have allowed its opponents to rush for around 140 yards a game.
However
White Dalvin Cook Jersey , the defense has only allowed two carries to go for over 20 yards. Arizona has also allowed eight rushing touchdowns. Obviously
Cook has been dealing with a hamstring injury, but besides that, it seems like
he hasn’t been able to get back to old form. Cook hurt his hamstring late in the
game against Green Bay in week two, but even in week one against San Francisco,
he didn’t seem like himself. Through the three games he’s participated in, he’s
only managed 98 yards from 36 carries. If he does play, I could see him getting
around 15 touches, while being incorporated in the passing game. This could be a
big morale booster for Cook. What will Linval Joseph do this week?I’m setting
the bar high for Joseph moving forward. He really lifted the defense with his
fumble recovery that he returned for a 64-yard touchdown against Philadelphia
last week. I’m now expecting him to make one big play like that for every game,
the rest of the season. It doesn’t necessarily have to be taken back for a
touchdown, but a turnover, or a play that shifts momentum will do. People are
going to be looking at Joseph as “The Guy” on defense.I think Joseph grabs two
sacks against Arizona, nothing flashy, but enough to where it’ll make an impact.
He’ll step into that verbal leadership role a little more, as well. It hurts to
still have Everson Griffen out, but it’s good seeing players like Joseph
stepping up. Will Larry Fitzgerald have a big game?The Minnesota native returns
back home, and the one storyline that continues to get brought up whenever the
two teams play each other is how Fitzgerald used to be a ball boy for Minnesota
back in the day. I mean
White Ben Gedeon Jersey , I guess some people still may not know that. It’ll be a meaningful game for him, no doubt. I’m sure he’ll have a lot of
friends and family watching him play at “The Bank”. I believe he’ll want to play
football, and when I say play football, I mean ball out. Fitz hasn’t started the
season the way he probably would have liked. He only has 17 receptions for 176
yards so far. However, Fitzgerald is third on the all-time receiving yards list
with 15,721 yards. Terrell Owens is in second with 15,934 yards. Fitzgerald
would only need 214 yards to surpass Owens. As a Vikings fan, I wouldn’t want to
see that happen, but I understand how emotional that could be for him to
accomplish something like that in Minnesota. My five predictions Vikings will
not look passed Arizona, and make the same mistake it did against Buffalo.
Minnesota puts on a show for its fans, and wins 57-0, just kidding, it’ll
probably be more like 32-14. The defense will sack the quarterback a total of
six times. Kirk Cousins will toss the ball 30 times for 300 yards and two
touchdowns.Laquon Treadwell catches two passes, and drops three. George Iloka
will have an interception.
