Another hot but breezy morning practice for the Vikings on Saturday. The hour-long walk-through included a drop-back drill for all four quarterbacks who practiced their footwork and pivot.
Much of the session looked like 22 guys working on special teams and the other 60-plus guys standing around watching. Head coach Leslie Frazier said that may be what it looks like but that the walk-throughs are beneficial to the team in terms of gauging concentration levels and building attention to detail.
The walk-through will be in sharp contrast to what takes place tonight when the team moves inside Blakeslee Stadium for a workout from 7-8:55 p.m. labeled Family Football Night. The practice will include a lot of full-contact drills.
The Vikings plan to do a number of situational football workouts this evening. Among them will be a red zone drill in which the offense will try to score touchdowns while the defense tries to hold the opposition to a field goal.
There will also be a back-up drill, where the offense starts on the minus-3 yard line and tries to get out of that hole while the defense tries to keep the players pinned back.
Another will be what Frazier calls the four-minute period. The drill entails the offense trying to hold on to the football for the final four minutes by controlling the clock, running the football, converting first downs, In essence the players are keeping the defense from having to go back on the field and thereby winning the game.
From a defensive standpoint in the same drill, the players must try to find a way to get the ball back and allow the offense to get back on the field and win the game.
Tonight's workout is free and will conclude with a fireworks display.
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