By that point, Billick had no control over the players, Ryan continued to encourage that kind of "passion," and we just didn't have anything to lose in general as our 13-3 campaign in 2006 was followed up with a horrible 2007.
I'd be interested to see how you saw it from your point of view as far as Billick goes.. I recall seeing him on the sidelines, arms crossed and looking like he'd rather be somewhere warm. He didn't seem to be into the game.
Maroney is #1 for me in that game. The 43 yard catch and run seemed to swing things in our favor. Sanders' pick was a gift.
I loved that exchange between Rodney and Billick. For an offensive guru, he led some awful offenses in his time there. Then the year he leaves they finally have the brains to draft a good QB and they appears fine now.
As someone who followed the Vikings very closely for a long time, I gotta say that Billick's reputation was always overstated. He built it on that 1998 offense, which IMO was mostly a product of the fact that the rest of the league didn't realize how phenomenally good Moss was yet. He was obviously an excellent receiver, but even as a rookie he was even more than that- just phenomenally, historically good. Moss makes offenses run, which makes it all the funnier that even he couldn't jumpstart Oakland.
Seriously...how flippin' hard is it to just close your eyes and chuck the ball as far and high downfield as you can, knowing that Moss is running routes for you??
Truly amazing that Oakland can even destroy a guy like Moss, had he stayed there long enough.
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