The
Minnesota Vikings travel to play the San Francisco 49ers at Levi Stadium on
Monday September 14th at 9:20 CST.
The game
will be telecast on ESPN with Chris Berman and Trent Dilfer handling the play
by play and Lindsay Czarniak handling the sideline duties.
Minnesota
Vikings come in according to Las Vegas as a 2.5 point favorite.
A look back
at Teddy Bridgewater’s 2014 Week 13-17
The Vikings quarterback
ended on a roll so how will h be able to carry these unbelievable numbers into
2015? I say after the 2015 preseason he more than answered the question.
2014 Week 13-17
-Bridgewater
tied for 1st with a 72.1 completion percentage
-2nd
with a passer rating of 103.0%
-2nd
in yards per pass attempt 8.79
-3rd
in TD percent with a 5.7
VIKINGS DEFENSE RISES IN 2014
The
Minnesota Vikings defense gave up 113 fewer points in 2014 than 2013 under
Coach Zimmer’s defense in his first year. The team rank also rose from 31st
to 14th.
VIKINGS OPENING DAY INFO
-The Minnesota
Vikings are 30-23-1 all time in opening day games.
-Adrian Peterson
has most rush yards in week 1 amongst all active players with 823 yards in 8
games
-2015 road
game vs San Francisco is 3rd consecutive road for the opener
-Vikings
return 19 of 22 starters from 2014 team with 10 on defense and 9 on offense
- Vikings
are 4-1-1 vs San Francisco in Week 1 all time and Vikings are 1-0-1 in these
games on the road
-last time
Minnesota traveled to 49ers for Week 1 was back on 9/11/66 and final was 20-20
played in front of 29,312 fans
VIKINGS ALL TIME MONDAY NIGHT RECORD
-Minnesota
is 26-30 with home 15-9 and road 11-21
-Vikes have
lost 6 in a row on Monday night football
VIKINGS VS 49ERS ALL TIME SERIES
RESULTS
-Vikings vs 49ers
is 22-22-1 all time
-Vikings
14-9 at home vs 49ers and 8-13-1 at San Francisco
-last time
teams met was 2012 Week 3 Vikings win 24-13
-3rd
Monday Night game between these 2 with San Francisco leading 2-1 (1976, 1994
and 1995)
A VIKINGS VICTORY MONDAY WOULD DO?
-A win would
make 2 consecutive opening day wins both on the road
-4th
straight win over San Francisco
ADRIAN PETERSON RECORDS ON OPENING
DAY
-2ND
most rush attempts (25-2009)
- Most rush
yards (180-2009)
-3
Touchdowns (2009- tied with Daunte Culpepper)
-2 Touchdowns
(2012 and 2013)
- Longest
run 78 yards tied with Robert Smith
49ERS NEW HEAD COACH
-Jim Tomsula
hired January 14,2015
-since 2007
tenure with 49ers team is 1st in allowing only 98.4 yards per game
-2nd
overall giving up 3.72 yds rush
-3rd
in league only giving up 19.4 per game
-4th
in league only allowing 320.9 yards per game
-2011 set
NFL record not allowing a rushing TD in the first 14 games then only allowing 3
total for the year which is the fewest since the 16 game schedule came in 9178
KEY 49ERS TO STOP FOR WIN
-Quarterback,
Colin Kaepernick first and foremost must be stopped especially with his
scrambling ability
-no Frank
Gore so now rookie Carlos Hyde and veteran Regge Bush must be stopped
-top 5 tight
end, Vernon Davis must be contained
-wide outs,
Anquan Boldin and Torrey Smith both with veteran presence will keep Vikings
defensive backs busy
-49ers left
offensive side with Tackle,Joe Staley and Alex Boone will be a good challenge
for Vikings D line
THOUGHTS ON
THE GAME
Yes, Monday night
football and the Vikings have struggled in recent years but this Monday will
not be the case. The Zimmer lead team will show America just why the National
Media and Vikings fans think so highly of this team.
The 49ers
have lost so much on the defense by way of retirements or other reasons the
Vikings must not come in overconfident of which I don’t believe Zimmer will
allow to happen.
I can’t wait
for the first Bridgewater handoff to Peterson because I believe if not the first
handoff but soon after we will see the beast break a big one. I will not be
shocked if the 49ers stack the line to dare Minnesota to run. I do not believe they
can stop Peterson.
The chance
they do eventually stop or slow down Adrian if when the real fun begins as we
see Teddy get to play with all of his offensive weapons. Kyle Rudolph down the
seam, Jarius Wright cutting across the middle, or how about there goes deep,
Mike Wallace? Well 49ers just who do you stop? This is finally the year the
defenses have to worry more than just Adrian.
The Vikes
will win 30-13 and come home for the next 2 to start off a potential 3-0 before
heading to Week 4 in Denver.
Thanks for
reading
Purplestick
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