Coach Leslie Frazier spoke to the media this afternoon. He talked about the "many positive things that happened in" the Vikings' 24-17 loss at San Diego, "particularly in the first half."
As you know, however, it was the exact opposite in the second half as the Vikings blew a 10-point lead. The offense had two first downs and 26 yards in the second half, while the defense missed several tackles while giving up 193 yards passing and 17 points.
I asked Frazier what the difference was between the two halves.
"We wanted to be able to execute a little better," Frazier said. "We didn't always execute as well as we should have. It wasn't like they changed what they were doing coverage-wise on defense or what they were doing front-wise. It was pretty much what we expected.
"We didn't execute as well and we have to get better on third down. If you want to stay on the field, you have to convert third downs. We didn't do a good job the second half. First half, we did. The coverages weren't a lot different than what we saw earlier. We just didn't execute as well as we should have."
Then I asked him if the Vikings are hamstrung when it comes to making halftime adjustment because they have a new offense that's been together for about a month thanks to the lockout.
We have enough in to adjust to whatever we're seeing, so that wasn't a handicap for us, what transpired over the offseason or what didn't transpire," Frazier said. "We didn't do a very good job of executing in certain situations, and one of them being third down."
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