Comments on: Bernard Berrian: “I’ve been getting open…I’m doing all I can”

By: Mr. Wright 212

Mr. Wright 212 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:27:18 +0000

Berrian is a bum.
Don is done.
NFL fans are pissed that the Vikes are wasting Young All Day’s prime with this joke of a team that is tussling over a stadium instead of doing us ALL a favor and trading him to a team that will use him effectively.
The Vikes are tanking (just not blatantly) obviously. They’re losing that stadium battle and will be free from their lease after the season. They’re going to be in Cali, and the NFL will ensure that Luck won’t have to do anything more than head down the PCH to get to his home games next season.

By: th56

th56 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:06:31 +0000

The Vikes have the worst offensive line in the NFL. Until they fix that, the offense will stink. They were the worts last year , so all they did was ignore it in the draft, then down grade from McKinnie to Johnson. Frazier actually managed to make the O-Line worse than last year.

By: reconl63

reconl63 — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:53:32 +0000

@Mr. Wright212 said:
“Hands of stone. He’s just fast, that’s all.”

More proof that the Vikings will move to LA. Everytime a WR drops a pass their team moves to LA, which is a superior football market to Min.

Check,
Cincinatti 1985
Oakland 1983
Tennessee 1991
Houston 1995
Jacksonville 198

Anything else dummies?

By: The Phantom Stranger

The Phantom Stranger — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:09:27 +0000

Berrian and McNabb have a lot in common. Nothing is ever their fault.

By: stellarperformance

stellarperformance — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:53:35 +0000

If the “best season ever” by Favre was only one season removed from the less than impressive season last year, and it wasn’t an anomaly as so many bandwagon Viking fans maintained, then why in the hell wasn’t everyone begging the guy to come back and avoid the “next best thing” in the persona of McNabb? Wouldn’t Favre make more sense than this guy? Favre had the charisma that made the team feel like they could win. He knew this team. Favre gave up on this team. I don’t want to hear that his arm feels as good as ever. He quit. He asked for more chances than any one player deserves and after getting the chance of a lifetime (his preferred choice by the way…the Vikings that is,) he quits. One season removed from his best ever? He quits? And his arm is as strong as ever?

Do you all finally understand why..despite all the good he can bring (and brought,) Favre is a self-centered egomaniac that ruined the Vikings for years to come? If he was all he says he is, he would be taking his lumps one more time to pay back the team and the fans that put all their faith in him.

He made the Vikings rudderless and very likely paved the way out of town for a franchise I have always respected and looked forward to facing every year.

What’s my point you ask?…..Favre does not deserve your admiration. He is a golden calf and McNabb is a sorry alternative.

By: backindasaddle

backindasaddle — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:20:05 +0000

Donovan McNabb doesn’t care anymore. He never did have any heart/intensity/fire. Now that he’s at the back end of his career he just doesn’t give a crap and he’s not going to put forth the time, effort or commitment it takes to excel. He has no passion to win and never has. Now that he’s fat, rich, complacent and content it’s just even more so the case. At this point McNabb is just very happy to lackadaisically go through the motions and collect a big fat paycheck.

By: threedeep1998

threedeep1998 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:16:03 +0000

Berrian is 100% useless but he was open for so many plays during the Vikes vs Bucs games. I had upperdeck 50 yd seats and on every play action Berrian was wide open. Much like favre…McRibb doesn’t trust Berrian

By: Mr. Wright 212

Mr. Wright 212 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:19:24 +0000

He stinks.

Hands of stone. He’s just fast, that’s all.

Don does throw 5-6 balls short and skips passes to receivers, but Berrian is garbage.

By: eagles512

eagles512 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:17:39 +0000

All receivers have suffered by playing with McNabb? That is easily the dumbest comment I’ve ever seen on here? He has made productive receivers and tight ends of guys that were borderline NFL players. Todd Pinkston, Torrance Small, Freddie Mitchell, Chad Lewis, Greg Lewis, Hank Baskett, Kevin Curtis, etc.

By: alreggie

alreggie — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:54:59 +0000

He has beaten man-to-man coverage several times but McNutt overthrows or underthrows him. Except for the preseason game when it didn’t count.

By: vikesfansteve

vikesfansteve — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:38:54 +0000

Berrian drops the ball, plain & simple.

Harvin & Shaincoe still drop as much as they catch.

Instead of always playing on Twitter, these idiots needs to pull a Jerry Rice & practice, practice, practice on not dropping the F’n ball!!!!!!!!!!!

By: balzosteel

balzosteel — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:11:29 +0000

Folks, it’s quite simple…..if a WR is claiming “I’m open”, what they really mean to say is “I can’t get open at all, and it’s both frustrating AND embarrasing the hell out me!!” That being said, Bernard Berrian wouldn’t even make the Packers roster as a #5 WR (Cobb would beat him out) – and what’s even more funny is that he’s getting Greg Jenning’s type money! Look it up if you don’t believe me.

By: wesvikes17

wesvikes17 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:59:58 +0000

If I was McNabb I wouldn’t even throw his way. He has proven if the ball is in his hands he will drop it. He’s consistently bad game after game and year after year. Drop him or just let him sit on the bench there’s no reason he should be playing let alone starting. But McNabb has not looked that bad. He isn’t a good qb anymore but he’s servicable and he’s doing what he has to do to try win. But let’s all be honest we have the worst coaching staff in the league we are better off letting singeltary coach or pagac because fraiser and musgrave are making a mocery of this franchise.

By: 2blackaces

2blackaces — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:49:07 +0000

As a vikings fan let me clear a few things up. Berrian restructured his contract and is making $2.2mil this year and then can opt out next year. He was wide open and had his man beat by 5 plus yds in the SanDiego game and would have walked into the endzone to win the game. McNabb overthrew him. Last week he was streaking towards the endzone and had 3 to 4 yds seperation and McNabb threw the ball 5feet over his head and out of bounds.

His best season as a Viking came with TJack as qb? Go figure.

By: mj5150

mj5150 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:48:46 +0000

Maybe he is open because the defenses know he can’t catch a cold let alone a pass-LOL
I’m not sticking up for McNabb but there are a LOT of factors involved in every play- who’s the main target, is he open, does the qb have pressure, is he running for his life, do the other recievers come back to the ball etc- Berrian is a moron and needs to shut the F up

By: dogsweat1

dogsweat1 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:28:00 +0000

It’s time to bring back Moss…….

By: balewsquare

balewsquare — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:26:26 +0000

Man, Berrian was so good in the Chicago offense. It could be that we had nobody to compare him to, but still, he put up numbers with Sexy Rexy and Neckbeard throwing to him.

By: rraider

rraider — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:05:57 +0000

Karma…Karma…Karma. 18 months ago mcnabb said he didnt what to go to the Raiders or 49ers because he wanted to play for a winner. Wow, a year and a half later the guy is getting trashed throughout the league and media..and will be lucky to have a starting job in 3 weeks.

So much for HOF.

By: asublimeday

asublimeday — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:04:05 +0000

Boy did the bears dupe the vikings on this one lol

By: coleman121280

coleman121280 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:02:02 +0000

Bernard is a lover on the field, he loves blaming the other 10 guys. He’s not a fighter either, doesn’t fight for positioning, cathces, or playing time. Win lose or fail, the check always clears…

By: christopher525

christopher525 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:00:20 +0000

I think they’re happy with Ponder as “The Future,” what I think is more likely is they aren’t “sucking for Luck” as much as for downtown LA. A horrible season will result is less revenue, so they could try to justify running. New home, new coaches, and IF they get the top pick, major trade power for anyone in dire need of a quaterback.

By: randomjim

randomjim — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:34:51 +0000

I do believe Berrian reworked his contract & is not getting paid as much as he was before.

By: randomjim

randomjim — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:33:12 +0000

Jenkins is getting catches but no real yards after the catch. McNabb hasn’t hit anyone in stride & has been missing Berrian this season. I did not want him on the team to begin with but with the lockout I could see why they got a mobile veteran. Isn’t working.
I don’t know if throwing Ponder in right now is a good idea. It has worked out well for rookie QBs so far this year but each case is different. I say put Webb in with maybe a few packages for Ponder to get his feet wet & see what works out best.

By: axespray

axespray — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:24:30 +0000

Yo Minny, cut Bernard and check with us about james jones…. (or new england with ocho)

at least you’d get a solid run blocker/route runner.

and bench mcnabb already, see what that Ponder kid is made of.

By: daysend564

daysend564 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:22:26 +0000

The LA Lakers are named as such because they moved from Minnesota. I wonder if they will also keep the Vikings name.

By: CKL

CKL — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:10:43 +0000

moochzilla says: Oct 1, 2011 9:23 AM

You are wrong. Nothing is ever McNabb’s fault. If only the Vikings had All-Pros at every position, like the other 31 teams, he could win.

And he needs a HOF coach.

And every player needs to be in their prime. And healthy.

And they need home field advantage.

McNabb can be successful if they could only make these things happen for him in Minnesota. But they disrespect him by choosing not to do so.
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See, insert “Drew Bledsoe” for McNabb and the arguments amongst a lot of us Pats fans were similar. Neither is a bad guy but both had huge flaws in their games (and personalities) and never got better and didn’t respond well to being coached. They both usually stunk it up in the playoffs as well. But because each of them were juuuuuuusssssttt good enough to help keep the team competitive usually…excuses got made like crazy. Though I do think Bledsoe was a better player, there’s such huge comparisons between them to me that McNabb’s always been an interesting career to follow.

RE: your take on his ints, I always got the impression from the games I watched that his INTs were low because he usually threw too low instead of too high, which are the balls that get picked most often.

By: gamingphenom

gamingphenom — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:06:30 +0000

I don’t watch Vikings games normally but I happened to see the last few minutes of the Detroit game because they showed it on TV. I saw Berrian get open and McNabb overthrew him badly in the endzone. I wouldn’t be surprised if this has happened a lot. The problem is much more likely to be McNabb than Berrian.

By: drbob117

drbob117 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:00:19 +0000

Take it from an Eagles fan Bernard, it’s not McNabb’s fault. And even if it is, he’ll find a passive- aggressive way of telling the media that it is not.

By: mallet22

mallet22 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:57:35 +0000

All I know is Fairyan was wide open last week for a game winning TD against the Kitties and McNabb overthrew him by 5 yards. McNabb sucks but Fairyan doesn’t do his QB’s many favors by trying (fighting) to get open.

By: oarfan5

oarfan5 — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:51:05 +0000

Vikings are about two more losses from signing Moss, firing their coach, having the roof collapse and McNabb texting his McNuggets to a sideline reporter.

Berrian has been open–even for long TD’s, and McNabb didn’t throw the ball anywhere close to him.

That being said, neither did Favre, or Jackson, or any other Vikings’ QB. If you’re looking for the short list of most-overpaid players over the past three years, he’s near the top of that list.