Three games in, the knives are out

Another game I didn't get to watch yesterday . . . and another game I apparently benefitted from not watching:

Looking at the bigger picture, I've completely lost any confidence in Chilly's offensive coaching. First, I've gotta discuss the clock management.

In both halves, the clock management was nothing short of an embarrassment. The Vikings had the ball with 1:07 to go in the second quarter, and they let 30 SECONDS run off the clock after a running play. They had plenty of time to get into field goal range, but they blew it. I couldn't believe what I was seeing . . . it was absolutely incompetent clock management.

Then, in the fourth quarter, the Vikings got the ball back with 1:45 remaining. No timeouts. We threw a three-yard pass and a five-yard pass. To the middle of the field. You can't make it up. Wasted tons of time. Again, clueless clock management.

The word "aggressive" isn't in Chilly's vocabulary. This conservative, "dink and dunk" offense is a joke. How about this: Let's throw the ball down field, let's use some play action, let's do SOMETHING to make this offense less predictable.

Of course, in the game I did get to see (at least part of), watching the Patriots try to do a Joe Thiesmann to J.P. Losman was ugly, ugly, ugly. If the Patriots' Vince Wilfork isn't fined by the league for that hit, it's clearly going to be open season on quarterbacks this season.

Update, 27 September: Vince Wilfork has been fined $12500.