Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice and NFL writer Charles McDonald discuss the Vikings quarterback’s struggles in Sunday night’s defeat at Detroit. Hear the full conversation on “Football 301” – and subscribe on , , or
One thing that Sam is usually good for where it’s like, Oh man, I up, but I’ll forget about it and we’ll just move on to the next play.
It’s what gets him in trouble sometimes and it’s what has made him good sometimes.
But today it just felt like, I don’t know if it was like the weight of the moment, like this is the accumulation of the whole season and Like the most important game he’s ever played in his career by far, with the stakes not only for the postseason, but also the stakes financially for him after the season is over, since the Rose Bowl.
No, seriously, seriously, in terms of what it means for what’s next for him, yeah, that’s that’s that’s 100% accurate.
So I don’t know if that was on his mind, but he just, he didn’t seem to have like the normal like, all right, I messed up.
Let’s get back out there and try it again.
It just seems like all compound as the game went on.
A spray happens.
I’ve seen the greatest quarterbacks in the.
I miss like easy throws that happens.
I watched last week moms do it.
I watch, I’ve watched every quarterback and ever do it.
Donald misses high and I noticed that he was missing a few high, but when on those key 4th downs, the 4th and goal from the 3 and the 4th and goal from the 2, the fact that he stared at an open guy and concepts that I know are man beaters, they’re pick plays essentially.
And then he just doesn’t throw it.
That to me is the whole like, oof, like that’s where I and I’ll get on young quarterbacks about this and this is why maybe I won’t go as high on some guys because like oh they’re passing up the throw that they should get like go should go to and it’s kind of just like a little bit like, oh man, like if he pulls the trigger on one of those, it’s a whole different ball game.