Although head coach Brad Childries is from the offensive group and a wide receiver coach, the Minnesota Vikings is a team that is more defensive than offense; even in the offensive group, ground offense is better than passing and offense, which is also a very interesting thing.

Judging from the total data of the 2008 season in the previous lifetime, the Minnesota Vikings' offensive group ranked only seventeenth in the league, which is a mid-range position.

Among them, the ground offensive league ranks fifth, and the passing offense is the 25th in the league, barely getting out of the bottom position.

A series of relevant data can show that Childris' tactical traditions and outdatedness have never been able to keep up with the progress of the league's development.

Of course, it is also closely related to player configuration.

The starting quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings this season is third-year Tarvaris Jackson.

This is the young quarterback selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the 64th pick in the second round in 2006. He started as the starting quarterback in the fifth week of last year. His overall style is younger and more flexible, and he has certain ability to run the ball, but his passing accuracy is not stable, and the number of interceptions is always high.

Last year, nine touchdowns were reported, but twelve interceptions were made.

In short, Travis is still a quarterback who is waiting for growth. However, he has been "waiting" throughout his career and growth has not come.

Travis' arsenal is also average, with the top wide receiver Bernard Berrian and second wide receiver Visanthe-Shiancoe both have mediocre abilities.

The former is lighter and more agile, but the speed is not outstanding; the latter is stronger and more solid, but the receiving ability is only average.

The biggest problem with Travis is that he chooses on the spot. A little bit of pressure will easily get distracted and make wrong judgments and choices; while the ability of the wide receiver group is only around the average level, which does not create more opportunities for Travis.

What's worse is that Travis has limited understanding of the tactical manual, and is more accustomed to relying on his body. When encountering dangerous situations, he does not use passes to solve the problem, but subconsciously chooses to hold the ball and rush to run. However, there are serious problems with the timing of running the ball. In addition, Childress's tactical changes are originally inclined to ground attack, which further compresses Travis's growth space.

Passing accuracy, passing judgment, passing timing, these are the serious problems for Travis.

If the offensive front line is in excellent condition and provides good pocket protection for Travis, he can perform well; but if the offensive front line is a little less stable, Travis' performance will experience a cliff-like drop, and the overall performance is very serious, even more exaggerated than a roller coaster.

It is precisely because of this that it is not surprising that the passing offense has not improved; while the ground offense relies entirely on the individual abilities of the players, and the value of the stars is highlighted.

Adrian Peterson, a running back from the University of Oklahoma, became the seventh pick in the first round in 2007. He successfully won the title of offensive rookie of the year last year. He is still in a period of rapid growth and has gradually grown into the league's top superstar running back:

Seventh Pro Bowl, four All-American First Team, three All-American Second Team, three League ball running code kings, two League ball running touchdown kings, and 2012 regular season MVP.

From all aspects, this is a running back who deserves to be at the Hall of Fame level. He has taken on his own initiative to carry the entire offensive team of the Minnesota Vikings.

Coupled with Childris' tactical style and the ability shortcomings of quarterbacks and wide receivers, this has caused the entire Minnesota Vikings' offense to tilt to the ground, and even the main task of the offensive front line is to open the way on the ground instead of protecting the quarterback.

In the NFL, where passing and offense are popular, this is a retro team that relies on ground attack to conquer the world.

As we all know, the core key to ground offense is the player's ability, and tactical cooperation is the second.

However, all the burdens are superimposed on the shoulders of the running backs, but the running backs are not perpetual motion machines. They need to tear out a channel in the continuous collision and obstruction-

They had no way to run strongly in the whole game.

This is also the reason why running backs also need the offensive front line to help open the road, otherwise it will be difficult to sing alone.

Against a team like the Minnesota Vikings that focuses on ground offense, all defense teams in the league have developed a solution. In the final analysis, it is necessary to accumulate enough manpower on the front line to avoid missed tackle mistakes as much as possible.

Lu Yiqi also paid more attention because he knew Peterson's ability.

As a sophomore, Peterson has both youthful and energetic strengths and weaknesses.

The reason why it is said to be an advantage is that he thinks he is an omnipotent perpetual motion machine. The whole rush is very strong and powerful. He is not at all inferior to the strong duel. At the same time, he has the ability to seek breakthroughs in the gap. He can always get more rewards if he keeps working tirelessly.

The reason why it is said to be a disadvantage is that it lacks experience and wisdom, and it is often easy to rely on brute force, intuition, and body. It can be said that the running style is relatively "direct" and does not have too many tricks, which is far less difficult than the peak period in 2012.

That year, he became the second player in league history to have a single-season running yardage of more than 2,000 yards, and was only nine yards away from the league's single-season running yardage record in 1984.

However, even Peterson at his peak was unable to take the Minnesota Vikings to go further. In 2012, he lost to the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the playoffs. And after setting a record, Peterson underwent another minor surgery during the offseason, which was very expensive.

What's more, Peterson, who is now a fledgling one?

Lu Yiqi made a layout based on Peterson's style characteristics. He listed two linebackers and one safety guard to form three protective nets, completing gate-style defense layer by layer. He would rather sacrifice passing defense than focus on cutting off the ground-based propulsion.

If the Minnesota Vikings felt the weakness of the Green Bay Packers on the passing defense side and simply moved to the passing defense, this would be the result Lu Yiqi hoped to see.

At the same time, the entire defensive front line of Green Bay Packers also changed their tactical strategies, completely abandoned the raid of quarterbacks, concentrated all their energy to apply pressure, and all the pressures were all directed at Peterson, and they were able to intimidate Travis with a stance of fighting across the mountain, completing the wall-building defense on the front line-

Three defensive front lines and two linebackers have accumulated an absolute advantage in numbers and intercepted the ground offense as soon as possible.

The entire defensive tactics seem simple and crude, but the prepared defense successfully seized the upper hand in the on-site tactical command duel.
Chapter completed!