The San Francisco 49ers host the Minnesota Vikings on Monday, and as we prepare for the game, I wanted to take one last look at some tweets from Trent Dilfer. The former NFL quarterback will join Chris Berman in the booth for the latter half of the annual Week 1 Monday Night Football doubleheader.
Dilfer did some film study over the last week, and tweeted some thoughts on a variety of topics. We previously looked at his tweets about Colin Kaepernick, and the 49ers defense. Today, we present his tweets on the Minnesota Vikings, a team viewed by some as a darkhorse in this year's playoff race. I figure Dilfer will be hitting on a lot of these points during the broadcast, so here you go!
Vikings #FilmStudy 1-Super impressed w/coaching expertise of Vikes staff. Innovative coaches that don't neglect fundamental development
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy 2-Vikings D will be headache on 3rd & 6+. Dbl A gap mug (Zimmer invention) & change ups create nightmare match ups for O
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy 3-Defensive personell is versatile enough to be "game plan specific" each week.O will have tough time know what to expect
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy 4-Play Calling is "Secret Sauce" in NFL...Norv & Zimmer are two of the best in game. Put players in position to succeed
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy 5-Zimmer does excellent job of creating looks to make QB uncomfortable in middle of pocket. Lots of pressure on C & G's
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy 6-Secondary disguises need to be next area of growth for D. If they give away look too soon QB will get cheap completion
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy 7-Love Teddy's pocket instincts. Climbs, protects ball, eyes moving through progressions & accurate from odd platforms
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy 8-Teddy has the two most underrated traits of gr8 QBs. 1- Quick eyes 2-"chunks info" (processes lots quickly)
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy 9-R side of O-line could be Vikes limiting factor. However, scheme can help w/violent departures from TE's & RB's.
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #Filmstudy 10-Norv does gr8 job of middle of the field match ups. Teddy will get great looks vs LB's, Safeties, and Nickel corner
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy 11-Sleeper player that I love for Vikes is WR Charles Johnson. Physical with twitch & strong hands in conflict.
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy 12-Peterson is obviously gonna be awesome in run game, don't be surprised if he makes huge plays w/screen & check downs
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy 13-For Vikes run game to be dominate TE's need to be great in-line blockers. Much of run game depends on edge movement
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
Vikings #FilmStudy last thought on D is that they need to do better job up front getting hands up vs quick passing game to defend 12 & 9
— Trent Dilfer (@TDESPN) September 8, 2015
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