Post by Funkytown on Nov 16, 2014 4:03:45 GMT -6
What We Learned: Vikings at Bears--Mike Wobschall
Overconfidence isn’t a problem
The Vikings have won two consecutive games and are coming off a bye. Next up is a Bears team that has lost three straight by a combined 83 points and hasn’t won a home game yet this season. A quick glance at the matchup may reveal that the Vikings are going the right direction while the Bears are going the wrong direction. But it’s clear the Vikings have gone beyond a quick glance and aren’t about to let overconfidence set the stage for them to underestimate their fierce division rival.
“Who? Us? No, no definitely not,” LB Jasper Brinkley responded when asked if he thought players had to guard against overconfidence. “We’re gonna keep a level head going in and play football the way it’s supposed to be played defensively. We’re going to continue to try to get the offense the ball as many times as possible.”
Zimmer dismissed any notion of overconfidence, as well.
“Our team over-confident? No, I don’t think so,” he said with a chuckle. “We really haven’t done enough to get over-confident. I just continue to talk to them about the same things I talked to them when we lost, I guess it was three in a row – hard work, paying attention to detail, doing the things we need to do, trying not to change the message.”
The Vikings have won two consecutive games and are coming off a bye. Next up is a Bears team that has lost three straight by a combined 83 points and hasn’t won a home game yet this season. A quick glance at the matchup may reveal that the Vikings are going the right direction while the Bears are going the wrong direction. But it’s clear the Vikings have gone beyond a quick glance and aren’t about to let overconfidence set the stage for them to underestimate their fierce division rival.
“Who? Us? No, no definitely not,” LB Jasper Brinkley responded when asked if he thought players had to guard against overconfidence. “We’re gonna keep a level head going in and play football the way it’s supposed to be played defensively. We’re going to continue to try to get the offense the ball as many times as possible.”
Zimmer dismissed any notion of overconfidence, as well.
“Our team over-confident? No, I don’t think so,” he said with a chuckle. “We really haven’t done enough to get over-confident. I just continue to talk to them about the same things I talked to them when we lost, I guess it was three in a row – hard work, paying attention to detail, doing the things we need to do, trying not to change the message.”
... and neither is this Chris guy.