'That's the loudest I've heard it' Vikings DC Brian Flores heaps praise on U.S. Bank Stadium crowd,
When you think of crowd noise, it's meant to frustrated the opposing team's offense. The speed makes it harder to communicate effectively for the offense but it can also put a strain on the defense. It's especially critical for the Vikings defense to communicate. They thrive on deception and confusing the quarterback. High level crowd […]
When you think of crowd noise, it's meant to frustrated the opposing team's offense. The speed makes it harder to communicate effectively for the offense but it can also put a strain on the defense.
It's especially critical for the Vikings defense to communicate. They thrive on deception and confusing the quarterback. High level crowd noise can impact the defense.
However, if you can harness the crowd noise to your advantage, that can be a game-changer. When speaking to the media on Tuesday, Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores praised the U.S. Bank Stadium Crowd.
"I thought they were tremendous. Gave us a real home field advantage. That's the loudest, you know, in two years that I've heard it, and as a play caller, it's something that I thought about, and I didn't really know, just going back to a year ago, it took me two to three games to really realize how loud it not two (to) three games, but two or three games to start to use it, as you know, part of our kind of defensive system, we know it's going to be loud. We know it's going to be loud for the offense. It allows us to disguise and move and, you know, give the offense some pre snap looks that we think will be hard for them, that will force communication in a place that it's that is hard to communicate. So we try to use it to our advantage as much as we can. We're very thankful and fortunate that we've got a fan base that that is yelling and screaming and and and really part of helping our team win. So I was excited for that."
Flores has found a way to harness what the fans are giving them and turning it into a major advantage. They are allowing just 12.0 points per game at home this year and have made the lives of Brock Purdy and C.J. Stroud miserable.
The crowd got so bad that the Houston Texans did something that he'd never seen before: four-straight pre-snap penalties.
"Yeah, I've never seen it. You see it? You know, once, twice. That was a great example of how what an effect our fans had on Houston, and really knocked them out of field goal range. So they saved us some points, which was always good. Yeah, so kudos and shout outs to the Vikings fans."
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