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Minnesota Vikings Discussion Topic of the Day
What should the Vikings do at QB? Re-sign Kirk? Draft the QBOTF? Both? Neithe?
Media Selection
The Beatles suck, but Chris Farley certainly does not
Minnesota Vikings News:
Former Viking Dalvin Cook was cut by the Jets after a terribly unproductive season
Vikings PFF grades here
Playoff probabilities for all teams here
The Vikings signed Abraham Beauplan to the practice squad
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I have been insulted.
Ok Ben, read the Myth series by Robert Asprin. Very funny fantasy series.
If you like some horror or light horror, try any of Robert McCammon’s works pre-2000 ish. One of my favorites is the epic Swan Song.
A series I just recently discovered is the Atlantis series by Thomas Greanias. I have read the first two of the trilogy and have enjoyed them.
If you enjoy the old pulp books, there is an author that is an expert on that type of book and has written some new Tarzan, Doc Savage and Sherlock Holmes stories (he was authorized by the respective copyright holders). His name is Will Murray. Some of his works are a little spotty, however he mostly does a great job. He also ghost wrote some of the Destroyer series.
If your taste are more towards literature, you should check out The Library of America. They have an extensive library of American authors with a wide range of subjects. I have collected a lot of those. One of the series that I particularly enjoyed was American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King Jr. They have authors from Twain to Lovecraft to Hammett to Poe to Longfellow (a whole collection of poems which is rather interesting) to Hemingway and a ton more.
If you are in to more collectible books, try the Folio Society out of London. They have all of the Ian Fleming Bond books bound in cloth and encased in a slipcase. They have a reward winning artist that illustrated the books with some striking images.
That’s probably enough to get you started.
Since you are probably not around this late, I will copy and paste this to tomorrow if I have time.
OK, for folks who think Cousins has nowhere to go next year, I submit the following.
Baker Mayfield is a free agent after this year. Tampa has $48M in cap space in 2024.
Cousins or Mayfield?
I keep hearing that Cousins is really bad and that he is incapable of taking any team on a deep run into the playoffs.
All that being true Mayfield must be a better choice.
The people that would want Mayfield would want him as bridge QB for the Rookie stud to sit behind. No one would want Baker as a long term answer. Dont twist these things. Also Cousins IS incapable of a deep play off run, has been for a decade + and thats not changing.
Why would Tampa pay $45 million to Cousins when Mayfield would cost $35 million ish or less? Mayfield would also probably be flexible in year 2 or 3, whereas Cousins has never been flexible on that.
Is Cousins better? Yep. But that doesn’t mean teams will fork over that type of money given Cousins known 10 year career.
Summary:
First comment of the day is DE initiated Kirk discussion even though it is NOT Tuesday, also included in the comment is the pregnant lady hump day gif
Surly likes Pizza Ranch because Aaron Rodgers doesn’t go there
Kohls proximity will determine where Kirk plays next year according to Bow, he also reports Kirk’s Uncle said Kirk will not be playing for the Vikings
Nobody has told Norseman to get bent in a while
hump day gifs
NoDak’s employer keeps poop books in the office
VP doesn’t know what day it is
Freezey admits its his fault peterplaysskinflute doesn’t comment anymore, he won’t even respond to Freezey’s emails
Florida and hun post soda slut, NoDak says a double dose of soda slut is a red letter day
Mjolnir changes it up today, posts pic of Marley
Wrenage chews people asses at work for 90 minutes so they won’t come in his office
Freezey thinks the gov’t of MN is kind and benevolent
Freezey saw NoDak try to trip Lebron at the twolves game, says China will be dealing with NoDak accordingly
Wrenage watches videos of White Chocolate
Bow reports that DE wants Benjammin to slide into his DMs
According to Socal, Mullens is a pastry chef
MT asks the question who doesn’t bang their dog
Jrob says next november will be the game of our lives
Norseman can’t wait for mock drafts, its his favorite time of the year
Bow tries to lure Lifer with golf videos
Bow wants to bring Tebow out of retirement instead of drafting a QB from CO
VP sells books and allegedly reads them, but can’t recommend any books to read
Kfey seems to struggle with spoilers
That about sums it up….
Accurate
Well done, thank you!
Ben’s question of the day….
Way to blame someone else for initiating the discussion.
What a pansy.
Not gonna lie, I posted the thread last night and completely forgot the question of the day today
‘According to Socal, Mullens is a pastry chef’
Whew, just got back from the AFB, thought I had missed making the summery.
That would have been a (fill in a color here) day.
*Whatever color is opposite of Red.
According to the color wheel (I had no clue it existed or what it was until I got married) the opposite is green
Thank you.
Green doesn’t seem like an appropriate color for ‘NOT making the summary’, but what do I know, I have an Adams Apple.
And let me guess, Yellow is half way in between Red and Green?
#stoplight
I think it makes poop
Saw maybe Browns pick up used up Cook.
Makes sense, he likes Steff and knows his scheme.
seems accurate
The line across western MT is a little too high, but close. I love that all four teams playing are in the north and people clamor about how the south is where real college football is and college football is the south’s sport.
Mullens to start…glad thats over with…
Sucks, cut him
What? cut the MVP of Superbowl LVIII? I think not!!
225 yds/4 int’s/2 fumbles.
Not shocking, he throws picks but at least he can move the offense until he throws a pick
agree….
That pick to a D-lineman enuf for me. He makes the dumbest throws ever. Sign Minshew and sweep these qb’s out. Draft one.
One reason to watch the Vikings game this weekend…we don’t get Jonathan Vilma as an analyst…dumber than a box of rocks…I would rather listen to smug Joe Buck.
Think I will just have red zone on, make some prop bets on Underdog and call it a Sunday. My bar is having their Christmas party that night so I plan on not being coherent by time SNF is over.
It’s good to have a plan going into those things!!
Not sure how im getting home though, might have to crash at someones place like last year. I would Uber but no one does it around here anymore
Moving/alcohol violations will haunt you. Choose wisely young buck.
Iv walked the very narrow line a time or two, got lucky a time or two. I know my body and my limits, I know if im going to be drinking like I KNOW im going to be drinking, im not driving.
Just insurance alone can harm you for years. Even simple moving violations. Insurance will suck your money for several years, if you stay clean even.
Yeah I did some self inducted damage to my truck last winter …$11K worth…I had to pay $1200 out of pocket. My insurance has since gone up $45 a month roughly. ugh
Harby to the Raiders?
Yo, think he takes JJ with him in the draft? That would be wild.
I’m guessing McCarthy will leave if Harby leaves, and stay if Harby stays.
He might actually stay in college? I thought he was basically a lock for this year’s draft.
No, he hasn’t decided, he is only a true Jr, 20 years old and I’m sure getting NIL money so I could see him going back
Dang, I want them all to come out this year so there are options for the Vikings and they might not have to move up and spend a bunch of draft picks.
Yeah, there’s also no guarantee Caleb Williams will declare either, though I’d expect he does. Maye is the only legit QB prospect to have declared so far
Penix a Jr as well?
He’s out of eligibility, he’s like 25
Raiders aren’t gonna give the job to Pierce? He’s done pretty good for an interim gig.
His luster is kinda wearing off this past month imo. Locker room likes him, maybe keep him on in an assistant role?
He has done well, and has real potential but Harby is a known commodity as a high end head coach.
That would suck. I still hope Harbaugh somehow ends up as Vikings HC. Fat chance of that now, I know.
Nope, we had our chance. I know people commend the Wilfs for “saving” the Vikes and keeping them in MN, but they’ve done jack squat when it comes to running the show properly, getting a legit generational QB and fielding a SB team. They like the occasional “big” signing / trade to generate hype but outside of that dont know when to call their plan a failure and adapt. Are also too hands on as owners.
I agree – but still glad they kept them in Minny. I was terrified they’d move the team. Don’t think I could’ve/would’ve followed. I love football too much to not follow so I had every intent on picking a new team but I had only one criteria: New team also would have zero Lombardi’s – would feel like a total bandwagon fan (something I detest and get a heavy dose of in NE). Had my choices narrowed down to Buffalo & Detroit. Thankfully it didn’t happen, but I agree. I want results too.
I wont abandon the team if the resignSpoiler Kirk Spoiler Kirk
LOL WTF is this attempt at spoilers? almost but not quite as bad as five
I think he’s starting his holiday party already.
LOL, he must be
NoDak havi the party. I’d run up but 8 hours each way a bit pesky.
Kfey has one on Sunday. He’s just starting really early.
Oh..ok. Training?
I think the Wilfs are trying….they are trying and failing so far but they are giving it their best shot..unlike the penny pinching Polads, the Wilfs have invested in their practice facilities to make it top notch.
They have invested heavily in training/medical facilities. They have also always allowed their GMs to spend up to the cap and have forked out big time money on contracts, remember all guaranteed money in contracts must be held in escrow so it has to be given out immediately, even for the Wilf forking over 84 million up front is a fair amount.
Now if you want to judge how competent they are, that’s a whole different story.
I know its not Tuesday, so I apologize, but near the end of this thread the talk of Cousins contract came up.
I found a source that is suggesting 2 years at 40 million per year guaranteed is his market value and likely what the Vikings will pay.
My question is….since we “owe” him 28 million already for next year, does this basically become a 2 year 108 million dollar deal equaling 54 million per year in cap hit?
Of course they will likely “Kick the can down the road” and end up with owing him some after year 2.
Any new money will be added to the 28 mill cap hit remaining from void years. If they don’t extend him, it all hits the cap this year. If they extend him there is a $14 mill hit in ’24 and the same in ’25 plus whatever the new contract is. If they were to give him a 2 year deal and add a void year or 2, the cap savings would depend on how much of the new contract is signing bonus compared to roster bonus, incentives, salary, etc. They would not owe him money after the contract, just have to “pay” the cap.
Thank you bow,
The cap/contract stuff is confusing to me.
If he blows out his tenodesis week 1 can the Vikings recoup the $80 large from the doc?
No…..unfortunately not.
Depends on the structure of the contract, but highly unlikely.
God that total number makes my stomach churn
Better get ready to down some pepto there KFEY!
Oh I will. Then you will not see or hear from me (many of you rejoice) until Kirks gone. My interest in the team and the NFL in general outside of fantasy will be dead until that time.
Mine is waning more and more with each passing week.
We need some contrary voices…you should stick around.
What if they also draft a QB round 1?
Which is very possible.
Regarding mock drafts, if the Vikings don’t take a QB and stay at 12, a good fit that would fill a need would be Jer’Zhan Newton from Illinois, very disruptive interior player who had 7.5 sacks last year. The Vikings haven’t had a disruptive interior player like that since Kevin Williams, speaking of which, I wonder when he will be in the HOF.
I’m not sure about this, don’t really follow college, but if you’re going to build a top notch defense, you’ve got to put some quality players on that side of the draft.
So I don’t know if this is some new thing or if they are just f’ing with me but Delta has sent at least a dozen emails over the last five months regarding schedule change for our upcoming trip to Hawaii. Every time I look I see no significant change, maybe the departure time or arrival time has changed by one minute. Somehow knowing that my flight to SLC will arrive at 0632 instead of 0633 is deemed important. I keep waiting to open the app and find the departure date has changed by two days.
They do that to me as well, its usually pretty minor changes
If they don’t notify everyone effected some AssHat will sue them because of ‘reasons’.
*the actual reason is because the AssHat will believe that they can get $$ out of it.
Sorry Ben, I don’t have any book recommendations right now. When I was in Oregon last week I found an awesome used bookstore on the coast. I brought home about 20 vintage sci-fi books.
CJ Box books are good.
We had a flood in our basement about 4 years ago so I am rebuilding a few of my collections. I picked up a few Robert Asprin books (Thieves World, etc) and a McCammon book (horror).
I have read most of them. Got my Son hooked on them as well.
He listens to them while on ‘sales calls, driving ND rural roads out of Bismarck.
A book salesman that doesn’t have book recommendations, sounds about right
A sci fi book I read by Dexter Palmer called “Version Control” was pretty good.
have you read “the mote in god’s eye”? probably one of my favorite scifi books i have read.
also a sucker for Dune
Dune auto rec
Nick Pirog, The Thomas Prescott series, your welcome trust me worth the read or listen.
Does anyone besides me want us to draft PrimeTime’s kid just for the sheer entertainment value of it? We could likely get him in the 2nd round.
Absolutely not. I’d rather them bring Tebow out of retirement.
Lets get ready for it!!!
We would likely get Prime on staff as either QB or Secondary coach….an added bonus!!!
Even more reason not to draft him.
Second!!!!!!
I will watch, whatever they do.
I also think the Vikings will mess up yet again at the QB position.
Same, on both.
He isn’t a terrible prospect
Ha! where is this from??
I know there was some of this in France recently and supposedly Germans are gathering for a mass protest next week.
Think we pick 1 day where mocks allowed. Who is with me?
April 24, 2024
PERFECT!
Absolutely 1 day – got my vote.
Seriously, I would say Thursdays Mocks should be allowed.
Tuesdays Cousins talk is allowed.
Agree, just don’t have college marts, along with other smarts.
Has there ever been a Mock close to correct? Would rather talk about pretty women.
No, but I have never done one, so that is about to change.
Found a video of Lifer practicing in his backyard.
https://x.com/NUCLRGOLF/status/1742389833513799950?s=20
https://twitter.com/NUCLRGOLF/status/1742389833513799950?s=20
Can’t be – Lifer’s swing isn’t that compact and efficient.
Doesnt hit as hard since he’s not here to see it. Him and Skolly lost their minds this season lol. So unhinged
I was just hoping he was lurking and I could draw him out of the shadows.
There’s no way Lifer is lurking, he doesn’t have the self control to read and not respond to comments
Let me try…..
BIDENOMICS HAS BEEN A DISASTOR AND WE NEED TRUMP BACK IN TO FIX THIS COUNTRY!!!
The beacon has been lit!
Can’t wait for mocks, favorite time of year.
You only wear shoes a certain time of year or just a certain type of shoe a certain time of year?
Tad cold this time of year bow. Saw 10 day extended, showed high of 8 Jan 12 here in cities.
.
You know college, that Penis guy i heard of.
You reached for Corum…
I think Mock drafts should be allowed every single day of the week.
Depends on which site you use, they vary, I typically use mockdraft database
Comment below about White House made me think of something.
Season is about over and all the drafts, QB’s of future, Cap stuff will be discussed to no end – may even get a little redundant.
But 2024 is going to be a huge year for an even bigger game – who is going to be the “QB of our country.”
I’d submit we are never going to see a “game” like this in our life times. We already have one “player” under four indictments and removed from ballot in two states. Another “player” is being investigated for impeachment and a cabinet member is now under impeachment hearings.
All of this, and the game hasn’t even started. This will be one for the ages!
Perhaps as events fold out, Mods may let us discuss “current events” a little bit. It’s going to be a hell of a “game.”
Whoever loses will blame the “refs”
It’s going to be epic.
All that matters is which team hires the score board operator.
HA again.
Unfortunately, that has mostly already been decided.
Ha
Like it JR. When i bring something remotely political i feel i’m walking on 1/2 inch ice.
That it is JRobert, that it is….It’s hard for me to understand how close the vegas odds are when one player has performed so poorly….
It’s an absolute shit show. Both sides are an absolute mess and both sides have no one to blame but themselves. Dems literally rigged their primaries to keep the tried and true old dusty ruffle Kilary as their nominee before, and then they pushed like the dickens to make sure sleepy Joe was their nominee last time.
Republicans… man Trump is the perfect representative culmination of the perfect FOX News selfish monster.
The difference I think is it’s the Democratic party that pushed for the garbage puppets not as much the people. Where the Republicans, it was more the people bought into Trump hook line and sinker rather than the establishment. Either way there is no options like the Vikings have with Kirk Cousins. We basically get to choose between Tavaris Jackson or Ponder lol.
When I was in the Army had a Sergeant that used to say – that which you can do nothing about, you endure. And I can’t do jack about what the Vikings do with their roster and players next year.
Now, the other game, can’t do much but can do a little bit. .But I’m pretty damn sure we are never going to see anything like this year. And I find it fascinating to think and talk about.
It’s going to be interesting for sure. I have a feeling fans are going to try and take out the opposing teams QB though. Could be either or both, but there is a lot of animosity in this rivalry and it’s just getting worse.
Hoping for the day English is the primary language.
That would be good. I’m also ready to see the list of players that vacationed together on their private island.
Saw Joe looked liked he burned badly. 38% in WH and then doesn’t know where he is. FTP.
Interested in this as well. Lot of nervous folks out there right now…..
I’m actually starting to come around on Rodgers. His shot at Kimmel was pretty funny.
Is it just me or does this guy look like a douchey version of Rodgers?
A douchey version of The Douche?
Maybe it being so interesting we could set up a day to talk about the big game some – without being on thin ice. Guaranteed there will be a lot to talk about.
I think it just needs to not get into attacks and that crap and not turn into an everyday all day deal. Not my site though. Don’t get personal and avoid the circle arguments. It is kind of big news or will be over the next 11 months.
OK. But seems to me, and I’d bet a beer on it, the Cousins stuff gets far more contenscious many times over compared to the political type stuff – especially without Lifer.
Yeah. Not gonna disagree on that one. I know there have been people that stopped coming because of politics. Cousins debates could do it to, but at least currently he is a Viking and this is a Vikings site. I think we just follow GF’s be cool rule and we should be alright, but somebody else may have a different opinion of what be cool is than me.
Fine with me. Will talk about the “big game” stuff with care. And for sure, will not got after someone.
It IS a game. All those actors posing as politicians do exactly that – play the roles their superiors intend for them.
Sounds like ‘current events’ to me.
We have not had personal attacks during ‘current event/politics’ discussion since the mentally/emotionally unstable one left. And that was over Fantasy Football not politics.
Current Polls have Trump even or up 1 with Biden.
That this is the best these 2 parties have to offer is bizarre.
Wife’s birthday on 2/16
5 years ago a friend of ours threw a ‘Murder Mystery’ party. Set in a 1919 North Chicago speakeasy. Everyone had roles – victims and killer marked in the bios with various character details. End of the night 3 people were nominated as the killer, then a vote (they were wrong, real killer got away with it). Lots of booze and appetizers – great time, and the wife had a blast.
So I’m writing an original one for her birthday.
Looking at a cast of 9-12 people. Need to determine a setting, victim(s), killer and character bios. Not sure if I’ll use present-day or try to go back in time like the first one. My original idea was to write it as a bunch of random Americans holed up in the US Embassy in Havana in February of 1959 – but that’s likely just a starting point.
Gonna brew up another pot of unleaded and fire up the bong and get crackin’…
Skol!
Have the setting the White House, present day and they have to figure out who left their cocaine out. Nah, never mind, there’s no way somebody could get cocaine into one of the most heavily protected buildings in the world.
I really like that….
Ooh, somebody could be murdered to help cover up the true owner of the cocaine. Some shlup security guy though, not the cocaine owner. Members of the mafia don’t commit their own murders.
Too easy, the Clintons did it.
Depends what your last name is.
Funny, but true.
Setting: a huge boat on lake Minnetonka
characters: several professional athletes and hookers imported from Florida
Might get sued for copyright infringement.
We might have a winner…..
Setting: HOF induction after party with previous and current years inductees attending.
Big ass cheap shot HOFer found dead in back room after party. Crime scene reveals obvious personal foul committed.
That’s cool and fun as shit man! Good luck!
I think we did the same exact one for New Years 2 years ago. It was a blast.
Very well could’ve. The first one we did the host got it from a friend who I think got it online somewhere. I’m gonna write an original. Can’t be that difficult. Write roles, character bios, designate victim(s) and a killer, toss in a twist and let chaos ensue….
How many comments does DN average a day?
-5
Not even looked in a year or so.
It’d help if they posted it before noon, but Mark is on the west coast, and the other guy that posts it is a lazy gen z’er whose twitter photo looks like he bangs his dog.
who doesn’t. Want to lick a little peanut butter, fido?
If you have an exhibitionist streak, just get a dog. If mom and dad start fooling around, they love to stare with rapt attention and omg the post busy smells are to die for! Pervs.
depends on the day. their game threads blow up, way more than ours…
some of their other articles go crazy too…
their daily threads aren’t as bustling as ours
Its funny to me that somehow, someway, Kodiak is NOT banned there.
he must know talk flowers much over there.
Their daily open thread? Maybe 50 or so, but they don’t post it until like noon. They get large amounts on their articles.
Happy Hump Day (I’ve seen she has already been posted, but who cares)!
A double dose of soda slut!!!
This is a red letter day!!
Wonder if she’s ever fooled around?
Someone posted the full video that this comes from a while back.
She is like red-head crazy….stay away, far away.
She definitely has a quirky sense of humor, here’s the video
Obviously the result of Social Media as Parenting.
Looks like football mostly sucks here in minny this weekend. (Purple too). Bills@fins Sun night about it.
When are we going to find out who is playing QB for the Vikes this weekend?? @The suspense is killing me@
One of the Three Stooges.
I vote Moe then.
As long as it’s not Curly I’m good.
Mullens for sure
425 yds/7 int’s/3 fumbles.
Not sure, they may want Dobbsy as backup. What does Mullens make?
turnovers
So he’s a baker?
Pastry Chef.
I’m guessing Mullens is the starter, Dobbs backup, and Hall inactive emergency QB3
Keurig sucks
Brewer?? Pods?
Yes
I have a proposed rule change for the NBA…I have heard NBA insiders say the refs need to do a better job of not getting the STARS in foul trouble since that is who the fans are paying money to see.
That is of course complete BS. The better solution would be that you eliminate the 6 fouls and you are out rule. Instead, each time a player gets a foul after his 6th its a one shot technical. it would work, it would be fair, don’t know why they haven’t done it yet.
Some truth to that for guys like KAT. Early foul trouble and on bench early 2nd qtr.
no one goes to the wolves games to watch KAT, in fact, he has easily become the most annoying player to watch….
He sucks, cut him
i haven’t seen a more out of control player, flopping arms, flailing arms, running people over etc….
He’s the biggest whiner I’ve ever seen, literally and figuratively.
he’s a product of what the nba has become. fouls on almost every possession. the slightest bit of contact gets a whistle….
also i can’t stand him
I am in agreement, would love to trade him.
while i can’t stand him, it’s always nice having a big that can hit 3’s, but he’s barely a big in the sense that he SUCKS at defense and plays way smaller than he is.
we need to get a starting caliber point guard to come in off the bench and help keep conley’s minutes down. that’s what we need.
If he’s hot beyond arc most effective. Have to live with it for now.
do you email PPB at a hotmail or gmail acct?
i just have his hotmail account
oh and i do have his gmail too haha. i’m going to email both right now
Yeah, I noticed the one from this site (I think only the admins can see this information) is different from the old DN where you could find what email users put in their profile
i just looked in my email history and found both. i emailed him telling him he should come back since you have been trash talking him BIGTIME
If that’s what it takes, then that’s what it takes.
i knew you wouldn’t be mad with this.
i didn’t really say that though. just said we miss him
A lot of people missing lately, GF isn’t around, stu, Mick, skolly, etc.
yeah it’s kind of a bummer to see so many regulars missing.
do you have mick’s email? he all good?
I can look up anyone’s email, I think he’s probably just been busy with the new baby and such, I saw he was on here the other day for a bit.
Well, since you have the power, can you get me NLNFV email and post it to sleeper?
I messaged you there, but you ignore me.
I rarely look at the sleeper chat, but if NLNFV is ok with that I will
I owe him money if he wants it.
You can send direct messages in Sleeper. DE is actually just trying to get you “to slide into his DMs”.
Ben dum dum
I have a proposed rule change for the NBA, contract it.
Soccer first.
Agreed
I’ve been watching a lot of Jason Williams lately. Dang, the NBA used to be so much fun.
Ever watch videos of ‘The Professor’?
Yep, I have watched him. He has some fun videos.
He does – fun to watch. My favorites are when he’ll go to Venice Beach dressed like a nerd and ball out. Straight breaking dude’s ankles while wearing a backpack….
Loved Pistol Pete. RIP
Sad – great talent. And then there was Earl the Pearl
Used to be ardent fan back when but 20 years of suckage with Wolves turned me off.
Climb back on that band wagon, the Wolves are fun to watch.
See the Knicks slapped them but good chance #seed in West.
yes, they dug themselves an early 22 point deficit and climbed back to within 4 points…but you just can’t dig that deep a hole against a good team.
We were at the Lakers game on Saturday night, it was awesome.
Amost blew that one. At least you saw a team win.
i saw you try to trip lebron from your courtside seats….
Yeah because NoDak is a dirty racist
china will deal with nodak accordingly
Ha!
I bought the tickets early this season and got them cheap, about 75 bucks apiece in midway up the upper deck on the side, not bad seats at all.
Last time I went to a T-wolves game was like 3 years ago, tickets were $5. I didn’t even go to see the Twolves, they absolutely sucked, I wanted to watch the Greek Freak in person.
i honestly think the last time i went to a wolves game might have been with cp3 was with the hornets still….
That was like 20 years ago I think
honestly almost….that makes me feel so old.
i think i took my church youth group kids to that game
When I was a kid the only pro-ish sports team near was the Rapid City Thrillers of the CBA. Every year the KOC would take us altar boys to a game. It was awesome, their mascot the thrilla gorilla was super fun. The team was always really good, Bill Musselman, Flip Saunders, and Eric Musselman were all HCs there.
Haven’t watched much for that long either. Seemed after Michael, Bird and Magic left, game kind of changed. More Shaq ball.
My wife and I are both introverts (not extreme).
She decided we needed to throw a Holiday party tonight.
About 6 different couples/with kids and us.
Its really not my thing. I enjoy socializing with our friends one on one but to bring a group together where our friends are not all friends with each other is awkward to me. Especially since as host I will have to try and make everyone feel welcome and part of the group.
Oh well, First-World problem…
this is where you need to invite me..
while i can sometimes be an introvert, a majority of the time i’m an extrovert to the point that if i got invited to something like you are throwing, i would be the first person there and greet all the people as they arrived…
i love people and being in peoples lives and talking etc…
Freezey you are invited!
It’s only a 7 and a half hour drive from the ciities. If you leave by 10 a.m. you can get here by party time. We will let you sleep on the couch in the basement before you head back to tomorrow…
7 1/2 hours from Minot?
Yes, Minneapolis to Minot is about 7 1/2 hours with quick gas stops.
I usually just rip farts while I’m driving
Ha!
Google says 9 hours from GDV to MSP. No f’ing way. Shoot that stretch from St. Cloud into the cities takes six hours, at least in my nightmares.
If you don’t drive like an old man you should be able to make that in 9 hours….but yuck, 8 hours a day is about my max car time.
I hear your jive. I would be in the same boat.
Dollars-to-donuts, I bet you fall into the rhythm of things and have a good time once it gets going. The party will build up its own momentum once everyone gets there, and you can just ride the wave.
yes, they are all good people and can have fun…I bet it all works out, I will let you know.
You’ll have fun.
Just get everyone liquored up and it’ll be fine
But start with yourself first – softens up the edges for introverts.
Ohh for sure…I intend on having a couple in me before I even get home after work…Pushing Wine Beer and Whiskey will be my main job.
1 of the 6 couples do not drink….too bad for them!
Great plan – it will work!
Pro tip, this.
get some fun group games (highly recommend “blank slate” as kids of all ages can also play, or code names, cranium, scattergories etc)
Yeah, fun group games at a couples party…
😂
Party on a Wednesday? What do you do Sat nights?
Well, we are all fairly old (late 40s through 50s), 2 couples have kids in HS sports. The thing about a Wednesday night is there are no HS sporting events so everyone can make it. It will not be a 4 hour rager….likely just a couple hours of drinks, food, and talk.
‘a 4 hour rager…’
noyst
You’d have to substitute hour for minute.
Nice option if in a smaller town, not deal with 45 mins crosstown traffic like the cities.
True, 5 of the couples are within 5 minutes of my house. One will have to drive about 15 minutes.
Would be fun minus the kids (depending on age) , if they are old enough to stay home alone, leave em there. 6 couples all with kids sounds like hell to me.
Sounds like only a few kids will be coming, all teenagers.
Should be manageable then. No chaotic screaming, crying, food mess. Unless the adults get hammered, then all 3 happen
A holiday party on a Wed night?
Don’t judge.
Ok.
Is this a pre-MLK Jr party?
Nah, but today is National Drinking Straw Day! So everyone will be required to consume their beverages via a straw (plastic of course)
Has to be paper. Plastic straws are racist.
Yes, we all know that global warming and oceanic pollution disproportionately affects people of color.
They should all try to walk to my place via “greenways”, because I have been told that roads are racist as well.
I heard MSNBC say so, so I know it is true…
I suppose the positive about going to work with a cough is that it might keep people out of my office all day.
i’m sick but not really sick. i feel completely fine but my voice is an octave or two lower than normal…
i would love to stay home and not work but i can’t justify wasting sick days on the fact that i sound WAY worse than i feel….
You should stay home, the great state of MN mandated sick and safe time starting this year! Its not even just for you, it could be your neighbor, dog, mailman, literally anyone you know who is sick or “unsafe” that you feel compelled to take time off to “care for”. Don’t worry, taxpayer dollars will pay for it.
the state of minnesota is as kind as it is benevolent…
We love to take your money and give it to others, its what we do
Was in Minnesota over the weekend, I saw so many Pro-Hamas Billboards that I wanted to throw up. What the hell is wrong with you people??
we are…..
Isn’t Omar the House Rep in Congress from there?
Yeah, she’s an anti-Semite
Huge contingent of muslim immigrants
Can you politely ask the Muslim immigrants to knock off the anti-Israel BS or go back to Mulslamistan?
strange how “inclusion” isn’t always “inclusive.”
As a straight white christian male, I am the anti-allah, so that would do no good
Asking a Muslim to get off the Jewish thing would be like asking Colonel Sanders to get over chickens.
I hear you clucken Big Chicken…
We are culturally enriched!
I guess that is one way to look at it…
Those aren’t billboards, it’s our new state flag.
Ha! I am ok with your new state flag, they didn’t go with the version with stripes which would have made it look pro-palestine.
The old version was racist….you racist, racist bastards.
Minny can shove state flag up ass. I’ll take a mother loon and babies.
NDs state flag is very “pro-American” but it is not racist.
People rarely come into my office now, as I have become “that scary guy.”
It is a surprising benefit of going off on people in a 90-minute ass-chewing one day. Normally, it takes me years to build up 90 minutes of verbal spewing, but I finally reached the point of having ENOUGH!
Good morning Skoloholics….
Marley sees you.
Skol!
Where’s Goose?
Ask and you shall receive….
The rare Marley sighting!
Here’s one from his Cholo days….
I like this pup better
lol….
Im sure they’re both lovely pooches. Ones just more aesthetically pleasing to me than the other LOL
lol…. Goose’s underbite is awesome. But I feel ya. I don’t take offense.
Goose kinda looks like he wants to bite your ear off.
The secret is to work harder on your vacation than you do at work. That way you are always happy to return to work.
The convo yesterday about broken condoms and Mjolnir’s regrets stated below reminded me of my fiendish past and that if there is a hell I am sure to be a charter member. MT anecdote to follow:
My third year of college there was a guy on my dorm floor named Howie. He was an odd duck from Grande Prairie and had some distinct speech patterns and diction that made him easy to impersonate. Both my friend Doug and I could do a pretty good impression. It helped that he was kind of an arrogant dink.
So he was dating a non-university gal he knew from Grande Prairie, she worked and lived downtown. One day in October she came off the elevator with a stormy disposition and he guiltily jumped up from the couch where we were huddled around the radio listening to the Jack Benny show. We could tell there was discord in the air.
Months later there was a story about a (dead) baby found wrapped in a garbage bag in a dumpster outside an apartment downtown. It wasn’t even the biggest story of the day, I believe Mike Krushelnyski had been downgraded to a will not play for two weeks; more of a pressing issue to the Edmonton public at the time. A short time later two cops showed up on the floor and asked where Howie’s room was. Two and two put together and it was the gf that disposed of the baby.
A dozen of us are hanging out next night in Doug’s room and we started doing a disgusting impersonation, “heh heh heh let me the f out of this garbage bag, ya bunch of stupid dinks heh heh heh”. Howie walks in, clearly pissed, and asks what we’re talking about. Awkward. Last I heard he flunked out spring semester.
So Howie, if you are out there, I apologize for my lack of compassion. That would have sucked.
Bunch of asswipes
You should hear the impersonation of me. Was spot on back in the day. I used to have some tape recordings of the bits.
Where’s the soda slut?
Thanks! On a sad note that gif makes me miss peter, hopefully after the Vikings lose Sunday he’ll come comment. His last comment he said he might come back after the Vikings fail this season just to say I told you so.
Is Peter Lifer?
peterplaysbass, he was a longtime commenter on the DN then got banned, then unbanned, during the great pansy controversy of 2022 (Freezey also got banned at that time) and then came here. He had an epic meltdown during the Giants playoff game thread last year, apparently his father was not long for this world and was not going to live to see this season so he was rather upset at the outcome of that game, he said he’s no longer a Vikings fan and would not be commenting again ever except maybe to come gloat after the Vikings were under .500 this year. He also said about 500 times on the thread that Bradford>>>>>>>>Cousins
Thanks, before my time. Any recent news on Lifer?
Last I talked to him he was enjoying taking a break from here and the Vikings, said he’d be back eventually
my street cred skyrocketed…..which is tough to do for a guy who doesn’t swear
peterplaysbass was a good dude, and a good commenter. Alas, he could not handle yet another Vikings disappointment.
So that is what happened to PPB. I had no idea. He always seemed a pretty congenial Vikings fan. He was fun to talk religion subjects with, too.
Plus, he had a great sub-nickname from Five. Peter Plays Skinflute, I think it was…
Skinflute for short…
Yeah, ole skinflute, one of Cane’s best nicknames
PPB leaving makes me sick. I played a part in that ugliness. Very few regrets in life – that’s one of them.
I wouldn’t worry about it, it was the Vikings losing/his personal stuff, I had never seen him lash out like that.
I blame the Vikings. They ride us like the devil with their folly.
crossing my fingers.
won’t even respond to my emails.
maybe it’s all my fault
Of course its your fault, I’ll send one to him too.
I had emailed with him once on the old DN way back but I see that on this website his email is different, I wonder if he does not look at the older one.
Love it!
Last night I turned on the tv to watch Monday Night Football. I don’t have any idea what day of the week it is.
I think MNF ended last week too
There’s a WC game going to be played on a Monday, that’s it.
Yeah, the past few weeks of the season after college football regular season ends they start the Saturday games and MNF ends, it kinda sucks
I like MNF because I can sit there and read a book. If I hear a loud cheer, I can look up and see the replay and then back to my book.
I should read more, what books would you recommend? My favorite is probably Jude The Obscure if that helps.
Thomas Hardy fan? Pretty scholarly
I do like what I’ve read of his books
Everybody Poops….
We have that book in the office. We used it as part of our pro-Colonoscopy campaign.
I read that to my kids.
Great book. Here are a few others I’d recommend.
’Those Guys Have All The Fun’ Inside The World Of ESPN
’Live From New York’
: both written by James Andrew Miller & Tom Shales, both anthologies and they’re fantastic.
’The System’ The Glory and Scandal of Big Time College Football – Jeff Benedict & Armen Keteyian
’Jarhead’ – Anthony Swofford (I’m sure you’ve read this being a Marine, but if you haven’t, you should)
The Oilers throat punched the Flyers last night. After a disastrous 2-5-1 start they are now 19-15-1 and slowly climbing the standings, still a few points back of the top 3 in the Pacific. I know you wanted that update of meaningless things.
Think they were 2-8 and something.
Yes it was pretty abysmal there for a while.
Wish we had a McDavid. Mild are borderline with everyone healthy and they are beat to shit, as usual.
Step one: Kirk is back. It is the Wilf way.
Step two: Bring in Chris Streveler to shore up the backup QB room.
Step three: Draft a safety
Step four: Profit
All will happen except Step 4. Well the Wilfs will Profit, the Vikes fanbase will not
They already drafted a safety to take over for Harry.
Good morning, SKOL!
Happy Hump Day!
GM
Happy Hump Day
If Kirk accepts 2 years @$30 million per year, sign Kirk and draft JJ McCarthy when he declares for either this year or next year.
If Kirk says no, move up to draft a QB this year.
Good plan.
I like the way you think.
Solid plan.
Zero % chance of that happening, it’ll be more like 2 years $90 mil that he’ll demand, and that’s a “discount”
Then Kwesi should just tell him
$80 mil?
75 tops and that is with year 2 not guaranteed and no NTC.
IDK, we’ll see if Kwesi is a pansy who just yields to Kirk’s demands like wReck did or if he has a backbone and tells Kirk to get bent.
“Get bent”, ain’t heard that one in awhile.
Kwesi already told Cousins bye, bye… last year.
What do you want Queens to do with QB moving forward?
He’s gonna follow Kirk to his new team that has no chance of competing because every team that has a chance already has a QB. Denver might be Kirk’s only hope outside of Minny.
“Queens”? Not tracking… Is that some slang derogatory term for the Vikings or what?
It’s a old term. Prob only old locals remember. term used when they suck.
Ah sooo… well to answer your question, I think KAM will go after Russell Wilson, but what I want them to do is bring in Ryan Tannehill or (dare I say it?) Teddy Bridgewater, then look at someone in the draft who did well on the S2 Cognition test, has an accurate arm, and is at least 6’3″.
Teddy is retiring to coach HS football.
Teddy is quitting. Don’t want old baggage like Wison. Minshew being a FA intrigues me.
Wilson.
6’2 is good
Viqueens, was a degrading term when sucked.
Maybe he will really want an Owl more than money. And takes a very team friendly deal.
Minimum wage up to $10.85 in Minny, somewhere around there i think.
Their is nothing in his history to suggest that to be true.
Kirk’s uncle guarantees that Kirk will not be a Viking next year. The entire league will be competing for his services. If Kansas City wins the fight, maybe the Vikings can settle for Mahomes.
Oh well, if we have to take Mahomes we will just make the best of it.
If Kirko ain’t back we have to draft a QB no matter who the bridge QB is that we bring in.
Even if Kwirko is back I think they should draft one.
How close are Kirk and his uncle though?
Be 36 coming off a achillies. Might not want to uproot family. Need a bridge to QBOTF and Mully ain’t it.
First step to seeing where he may go is seeing which NFL cities have a Kohls.
And a Pizza Ranch!
You big city boys have no idea how lucky you are to have such amenities.
Kirk is right about Pizza Ranch, it rocks.
Love it! we are very fortunate.
Does your have an arcade?
Unfortunately not.
We have two here. One with an arcade and one without. I’ve never been to the one with an arcade. Luckily it is on the other side of town that I never go to and my kids don’t ask to go there.
Three things are great about Pizza Ranch
Now that he’s left cheese land, I think I’d rather have a beer with him than Kirk. Kirk would be sitting there drinking a glass of skim milk anyway or maybe a Whiteclaw if he was getting crazy. Rodgers would have something crazy but I think the conversation would be more interesting.
Agreed but he is older and now not invincible to injuries.
There is a LOT in his history to indicate that is true. He has offered team friendly terms (below market value contracts) to both the Redskins and the Vikings. The Jets offered him more money than the Vikings did for example.
The Jets didn’t really, the Vikings offer was like 1 mil per year less but included easily attainable incentives that made it the same. His allegedly “friendly” terms were reported from his camp and have never been actually verified. Like I said, zero evidence he would.
Spin it however you want Ben. The Jets offered more money.
I agree. That won’t happen.
Just needed to let people who call me a hater see that I do put a value on Kirk as a QB.
Considering the current market for QBs, his age, and the uncertainty of his injury, I’m guessing on the open market he’d get 45 mil a year on a two or three year deal.
I don’t think he gets that much fully guaranteed though, which is always Kirk’s demand.
I’d say 38-40 fully guaranteed.
Let him be somebody else’s issue then.
The first year will be fully guaranteed at around 45 mil, I’m not sure anyone will be willing to give him a multi year fully gtd deal like he demands though
45 first year 30 non-guaranteed in the second sounds fine to me with the ability to trade him.
I’d rather see a lower salary in year 1 though I think and have bigger incentives. If you do it with incentives, especially in year 2, you could build the incentives that some of them wouldn’t hit the cap until 2026, if at all.
This was posted on December 27th by someone who thinks they know stuff..
That is never going to happen. KAM isn’t signing Cousins to any contract he can’t get out of, and Cousins isn’t signing any contract that gives the GM control over his future (no trade clause and lots of guaranteed money). The two sides will never come to terms.