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From local twin cities Fox9, Justin Jefferson wants to “break the bank” on a contract that will make him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL and “be a part of an organization that wants me and to really give me what I deserve,” the current highest paid non QB is Aaron Donald at about 32 mil per year. IMO, the words “give me what I deserve” really turn me off, GTFO with statements like that.
An article saying the Viking should sign Derrick Henry on a 1 year 4.3 mil contract, I agree.
From Will Ragatz (I like him) Is Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy a Good Fit for the Vikings? “He’s mobile and tough as nails, and scouts praise his arm strength and ability to make difficult throws in big situations,” based on what I’ve seen of him I agree. Also said of him, “McCarthy has projectable physical tools with an NFL arm and above-average mobility. Scouts consistently bring up his intangibles as a strong selling point for their coaches because of his retention, recall and competitive toughness,”
From our old friend the DN, Teams know the Vikings want to trade up for a quarterback
NFL News
The 49ers are practicing on garbage grass laid over artificial turf while KC is practicing on normal natural grass at the Raiders brand new state of the art facility, hmmm…
VIKINGS QUESTION OF THE DAY
Spotrac has Derrick Henry at a market value of 4.3 mil for one year, at that price is he a fit for the Vikings?
Media Selection
I lost my closest friend in October when he was killed a vehicle accident. We grew up together, wrestled together, served our country together, went to college and lived together, worked together in a mine (a real mine, not the fraudulent one VP refers to), and remained very close despite later living 600 miles apart as mostly fully functioning adults later in life. He was a huge Nebraska football fan, his dog was named Frost Lincoln, and he took me to my first game at Memorial Stadium in 2014, which was an awesome experience even before the BBC (CB Briean Boddy-Calhoun, MT do not google BBC) ripped the ball from Pierson-El, causing a fumble in the final minutes to secure a Gopher win. Moments after the end of the game Jerry Kill ran a lap around the stadium giving high fives to all of us Gopher fans who stayed, to chants of JerrySota. Husker fans are by far the best I’ve been around for an opposing team in CFB, they were gracious all the way. Anyway, this song popped up on youtube when I was letting it play out yesterday, and it reminded me of that trip when we both belted out the lyrics as we cruised down the interstate to Lincoln from MPLS. I’m not eloquent enough to express how much I miss him in a way that would do him justice, so I’ll just say he was the best battle buddy and friend I ever had.
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If there are any doubts regarding KC’s readiness for next season after Achilles surgery they should be erased after that little dance number – had to be cleared by a doctor to do that I’d think….
Jared Allen passed over for the HOF again.
Per Chris Tomasson. ‘Source says that DE Jared Allen, who was a finalist for the fourth straight year, did not make the Pro Football Hall of Fame for class of 2024. Allen starred in the NFL primarily with the Chiefs and Vikings and spent the past season helping #Broncos as a pass rush specialist.’
So the investigator doing the classified documents investigation into Biden included this in the report:
He has been playing that role for decades.
He pretty much doesn’t even have to pretend any more.
Yep, there’s also this, which is curious, how does he know when Biden will be a former president? It doesn’t take 4 years to try a case.
His mental capacity now does not affect his mental capacity then. The report says he knew what he was doing and he knew how illegal it was. It even describes how the tattered boxes of classified information were just sitting in the garage next to potting soil, etc. Unbelievable.
Can’t wait to see the pres sec try to handle the media on this one
He also couldn’t remember when he was VP, when he stopped being VP or even within multiple years when his son died.
too unfit to stand trial, yet not unfit to be pres.
Yeah. I am starting to feel like this was worded and included on purpose to get him out. The powers that be have been trying to find a way to get him out and here it is.
Even ‘they’ know the consequences if they had to go with the VP.
COMMENTING CLOSED AGAIN. ODD HOW A SITE WILL LOG YOU OFF!!!
PFF Reports Risner resign would cost roughly 24 million over 3 years… Thoughts?
Not worth it when we can easily draft a tackle and move him to LG position.
This is sadly how Vikings fans have been conditioned to think.
Probably not worth that since he can’t run block very well.
PFF is bullshit, those are my thoughts.
That is one thought…
They also molest collies, there’s two.
In non shitposting political news, it seems likely that no presidential candidates will be removed from any state ballots, it also appears that SCOTUS will have a partisan decision, even the libs at CNN think so, apparently the CO lawyer got embarrassed by SCOTUS.
But in Blue States ‘Woke Logic’ prevails.
@SCOTUS has to take that into consideration.@
All dems believe in federal over state power though, so not too surprising considering that’s what the case is about. We’ll see what happens though.
Hawaii is trying to pass and amendment to keep Trump off the ballot.
A different twist than just have state officials decide.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hawaii-bill-that-could-boot-trump-ballot-narrowly-advances
If the SCOTUS decision goes as expected its irrelevant, states don’t have the power to remove someone from the ballot if so.
Depends on the wording of the ruling.
Just like SCOTUS said Biden can cut the razor wire on the border, it didn’t stop Texas from immediately rebuilding it though.
As it should, this could be a 9-0 decision.
I’d say 7-2.
Sotomayer and Jackson will go against the majority.
Kagen still has a little judicial integrity, rather than political.
Would still think 7-2 sends a strong enough signal – 5-4 and the press would go nuts.
Anything short of a ruling banning Trump from the ballot, the press will go nuts.
My vote for a media selection of the day
Poll….
Washington.
Abe Lincoln.
Robert Byrd
He’ll probably talk about how he helped push through the patent for and then advertise for the cotton gin hand in hand with Eli Whitney.
Yes.
It is that time of year.
The Teacher brought home 16 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies last night now that her main dealer is up and running.
So added to the 4 boxes she got last week on a side buy I have now run out of fingers and toes to keep track.
And she will undoubtedly make some more impulse purchases when she is asked by a co-worker or friend of a co-worker or a parent or a student or some random person who has a GS in their life.
Looks like we will be hauling GS cookies with us to Idaho this summer.
I was just thinking about that yesterday.
Can they still be called “girl” scout cookies?
Sounds offensive.
I guess girls can be trans now.
Seems like the Mormons started a group that had the original Scout Ideals not the current Woke ones.
Me if I buy any of those things.
I try to pace myself.
Sometimes that works.
Yeah, if I open a sleeve, it is gone.
I just do not buy them anymore.
I did that last night with some Do-Si-Dos (Oatmeal/Peanut Butter).
I was nibbling on them and looked down and there was only one left. No point in saving just one cookie right?
Looks like a plus size Ray Romano….
I think I’ve got some thin mints in my freezer, they suck unless frozen, then for some reason they are delicious.
Around here we have to be careful that they don’t melt in the summer.
Need a hammer and chisel to separate them if that happens.
So got to put them in the fridge once the weather turn warm.
MT type post:
I worked with a guy whose daughter was in Girl Scouts. I would buy cookies from him every year, until my son became old enough to play in organize sports.
For my sons MYFL team, they sold cookie dough as a fundraiser. I brought the sales sheet to work with me and many of my coworkers bought cookie dough. I ask the guy whose daughter was a Girl Scout, and I had bought several boxes of cookie from, if he would like to purchase cookie dough from my son.
He asked me what it was for and I told him it was for his youth football team. He said he would not purchase anything for a sports team. Apparently when he was in sixth grade, he was on a basketball team. One weekend the coach took some of the better players on the team to a tournament. He was not included in the group that got to go to the tournament, he made a solemn vow on the day he learned he was not going to the tournament, he would never support a youth sports team because they are all unfair.
A few months later, it’s cookie season for the Girl Scouts, and he asked me if I wanted to buy any cookies. I told him I would not buy any cookies from a group that excludes a person solely based on the gender.
He was pissed.
LOL, I would have said I won’t buy anything from someone who is anti youth sports.
Lol
LOL, well done.
Why is it not possible to have candidates that aren’t diaper wearing pants shitting geriatrics?
Not my fault women throw money at me after sex.
It doesn’t count when they’re giving you your change.
LOL!
Ben,
That game was the first game my wife ever attended – her eyes were huge as she first caught glimpse of the field close-up, the same way mine were almost 20 years prior when I attended my first game.
It was Senior Day, and Kenny Bell – one of the most popular Husker receivers – made a huge play early in that game and was injured and didn’t play the rest of the game.
The Pierson El fumble happened in front of the end zone where we were sitting.
It’s true that Husker fans are notoriously gracious and good hosts – I still remember giving Rickey Williams a standing ovation when he left the field in a game NU lost – Williams ran for over a 125 yards in the 4th quarter alone.
It’s not true that you don’t have the eloquence to express what your buddy meant – I feel it, I’m certain the rest of Skoloholics does as well.
Skol!
&
Throw The Bones ☠️
I was pretty pessimistic after Gerry ran back that blocked FG for a TD, 10 point swings like that are incredibly difficult to overcome, especially when your QB throws like Edward Scissorhands, but in the end the Gophers just ran the ball and didn’t bother passing, I want to say they ran it like 60 times or something like that. It was an exciting game though with several big swings in momentum. I was very impressed with memorial stadium as well.
Also, the Gophers had a legitimate opportunity to win the Big Ten west after that game, in a winner take all game at Camp Randall the Gophers led by a TD at the half, but Leidner completed like 20% of his pass attempts for probably under 50 yards and the gophers lost, the next year against them he threw 3 picks to lose the game, the year after he threw 4 picks in the second half to lose the game, he was an absolutely awful QB, can’t believe Todd McShay suggested going into his senior season, that he could in the first round of the draft.
Leidner was awful. Was your buddy originally from Nebraska?
Nope we grew up together in a small town in western SD. Nebraska was always broadcast by the local ABC station so like most everyone he was a Nebraska fan. I also liked Nebraska, I’d watch their games with my grandpa who was a big fan. I hate that they moved to the Big Ten, I don’t like hoping for them to lose.
Leidner was the absolute worst.
Then we get like 14 years of Tanner Morgan.
Gophers are cursed with poor QB play.
Morgan was at least functional and knew where to put the ball, he just didn’t have the arm talent to do it at an above average level. Leidner didn’t have anything, other than he was big and could get you 3-4 yards rushing consistently.
Gophers are just cursed in general.
Basketball, Football, Baseball…..
I guess they are good at Wrestling and Home Economics.
They are typically a top 10 wrestling program. I remember when they were good at BB under Clem Haskins and were in a final four that was erased from existence. I think they recently won a championship in cheerleading or interpretive dance or some such nonsense though.
Also Bill Musselman had them a top program in the late 60’s and 70’s. Just seems like all Minnesota sports have gone full blown pansy these days.
I was not alive, I just know Musselman is Eric’s dad and he coached the Wolves at some point.
You forgot hockey.
They are adequate in Hockey. But I grew up in 70s and watched Herb Brooks win National Championships. Didn’t want to be a total hater, but I agree, they suck at Hockey too, compared to what I watched as a kid.
Think we need to jettison some dead, dead weight from our team
Collins, Murkowski and Romney got to go!
I know Romney is not running again.
He see’s the writing on the wall.
If i was running my campaign slogan would be “I don’t speak to dead people”.
Well, when you are from the favored political party, that is an asset.
I believe Hillary said she spoke with Eleanor Roosevelt.
I get e-mails, Biden gaffe, volume 97. He is humorous to listen to, got that going.
So, apparently, the UNLV field is terrible. 49ers and the NFLPA are complaining about it.
So why didn’t the powers that be who selected the site actually look at these matters BEFORE they chose it?
Have the UNLV athletes been complaining about it?
Elitist problems I guess.
No, because UNLV plays on field turf, not sod laid over field turf.
Brilliant.
Lay sod over field turf and we are good to go!!
Yeah, how the nfl came up with that is mind bottling, especially considering kc is practicing at the raiders stadium where the game will take place
Vegas all about $$.
One could get the impression that the NFL is favoring the swiefties… doesn’t seem fair that they are allowed to get used to the turf and stadium while the 9ers have to practice on some shitty turf in a college stadium.
I think the rule is the team from the conference matching where the game is played, gets the actual field for practice.
But whoever came up with and agreed to laying sod over a turf field for the other team, should be fired.
ben, to be completely serious, what you wrote about your friend up top was exactly eloquent enough to express how much you miss him. i think stories and memories are the best way to show love and remembrance and the miss someone has for them…
i remember when this happened, and i’m glad you brought it up to us again.
i’m not crying you’re crying
I did NOT cry typing it.
I almost did. Reminds me of someone lost and brought up a fond memory. Seems even with time, a picture, piece of music, any type of small thing, can bring up a memory of a lost friend, loved one.
Yep.
When my daughter went through her health emergency, the music my wife and I listened to on the 1 hour and 15 minute drive every day, is still very painful to hear when those songs come on the radio today.
That was a deep, dark, valley your family went through. Glad it turned out.
Thanks!
man, i remember this too…SO THANKFUL your daughter is doing so well now. man.
Thank you!
She is talking about moving out in April.
99% back to normal.
You have surely been through a lot.
My Grandmother lived to 99 and once told me the saddest thing in her life was having her children precede her in death.
Thinking of the loss of a child…. well. don’t even like to think about it.
Glad your daughter is doing so well.
Thanks!
Very blessed.
He has been thru a lot….
and don’t call him Shirley….
Great news, DE! I can somewhat relate, having a daughter myself. Very happy for you guys!
Nice. Life is short and extremely fragile. One should never forget. I think we get caught up on everyday bullshit to acknowledge.
Amen
That’s good to hear she is pretty much back to normal, I would have probably kicked her out at 90%!
Even at 90 percent normal she is more normal than pretty much everyone on this site.
Yeah, a lot of the people here voluntarily live in Minnesota.
LOL.
The long game is that I will need to be taken care of at some point.
Touching story Ben, sucks losing someone that you are that close to…
Sorry for your loss, Ben.
Get ready for the media onslaught.
Yep.
But the cringe outrage about it all will be glorious….
Yeah, that’s what I mean, the response will be a bunch of blah blah blah
lol, neither side can let the other side ever be correct about anything. I bet when those first 3 pics happened the right side also had disparaging things to say.
Hmmm…I don’t remember that.
Likely. The “disparaging” things likely was the fawning media coverage given to Putin back then.
I don’t care what Putin has to say. I don’t believe anything that comes out of his mouth, just like most US politicians.
Exactly, I don’t blame Tucker for doing this but it’s also a big nothing whatever Putin says is smoke and mirrors. He’s so far mentally ahead of Trump and Biden it’s sad. Putin is playing chess, Trump is playing Candyland. Biden is vacuuming the grass.
I do know this though….if Trump were consistently talking to dead people, he would have been removed from office within 10 days…
In his second mix-up this week, Biden talks about meeting with dead European leaders (nbcnews.com)
No he wouldn’t. He’d just say it’s fake news and move onto his next blunder so the media would start covering that and repeat.
Because if we don’t paint them as ‘evil’, some might see that their is some ‘good’ in what they say and their actions.
The EU is trying to get a travel ban in place for Tucker already. Sad times.
Sorry for your loss Ben. A friend like that is hard to find.
So the mythical words say my mine is mythical.
Correct
Aaron Rodgers was on Joe Rogan. He is generally fun to listen to, in my opinion. Personally, I like Aaron Rodgers. Too bad he had to be a Packer.
FTP!
Sounds like they’re gay, not that there’s anything wrong with that
If he could only get rid of that smug smirk.
He’s still smug, arrogant, and whiney and used that ON and off the field but I agree with his stances on COVID, personal rights and view on todays politics. You can do both, you can agree with someone and still dislike their personality. Its a grey area.
Is it possible to disagree with someone on the issues but still like them?
Sure! Thats the beauty of it, or at least it WAS the beauty of it before everyone in this country lost their damn minds. Good people do and say shitty things some times, and shitty people are capable of doing a good deed every now and then. Its wise to take note and also give people a chance to change as well.
Wisdom for sure!!!!
Cold day in Hell
I think you want Kirk a little bit deep inside
Nope, he nailed it.
Ill become a fan the day he retires from the NFL.
Rogers is an ass on and off the field.
I will admit that sometimes he can be entertaining in interviews though….
I would pass on Derrick Henry. He should go to a contender to fill a crack. He doesn’t really do the Vikings any good at this point.
I agree he should go to a contender, but disagree otherwise, he’d do the Vikings a lot of good, they currently have no RB that can get 1 yard when you really need it, hence the failed Mullens QB sneak attempts. At this point, Leroy Hoard would probably be an improvement over the current RBs, at his age he probably won’t get you 3 if you need five, or if you need 1 he won’t get you three, but if you need 1 he’d get you 1.5.
Bring back Scottie Graham!
I saw him in training camp in 1998. At that point, he had the biggest calves I have ever seen. It looked like he had volleyballs surgically implanted under his skin.
He had one game where he was an absolute beast, just up the gut over and over and no one could stop him.
And that was about it…
Scotte Graham….liked watching him play
I looked that game up. It was 1993 against the Chiefs.
Graham had two games where he racked up 305 yards, which is still the most ever by a Vikings RB in a two-game stretch.*
First game was against the Packers!
*You would think AP broke that with his 296 game and the next game. Maybe it is an error.
I liked watching him play, cool story, but he wasn’t very good.
Only 1 of his 6 NFL years did he have an AVG yards per carry over 4….
BUT in 350 career carries he had 0 fumbles, the dude knew how to hang onto the damn ball!
‘two game stretch’
Or if he got at least 10 yrds the game before his 296 game.
So I call BS on ‘most ever’.
I agree, that would mean that AP didn’t play the game before or after the Ravens game, where he broke the record for most yards in a game.
Wasn’t the Ravens. Was the Chargers.
CORRECT.
That’s right he beat the Ravens RB’s record.
I looked it up, he had 70 yards the week before his 296 against Chargers so that’s 366 in two weeks.
I remember this game! Was a Sunday Night game – folks didn’t have cable back then so I’d listen to games on my radio in my bedroom. Was clear as a bell – Kevin Harland was on the National Broadcast and it’s the first time I heard his patented…’OH BABY WHAT A PLAY!’ call – Graham was a monster that night.
Next game AP carried 11 times for 45 yards before being injured by Al Harris. Vikes were shutout in Lambeau.
And game before he carried for 70.
The Scottie Graham and Jim McMahon season was one of my favorites, IDK why but it was just a fun season for me, the low grade steak even made a few starts at QB that year and didn’t completely embarrass himself. I think the game you refer to was against the FTP if memory serves correct. The pharmacist was signed fairly late that season, Robert Smith of course had his annual season ending injury, Barry Word sucked and also got hurt, Roger Craig’s corpse was on the team too but I think he may have also gotten hurt, which prompted the GM to dial up the local Walgreens looking for a RB.
I remember reading or hearing a comment by McMahon. In a game I believe it was CC came back to the huddle and told Jim that he asked the defender why he didn’t continue covering him. The defender said he knew Jim couldn’t throw it that far anymore. Jim disregarded the play the coach had called and said we’re running the same play. Jim hit the receiver for a long TD.
I always liked McMahon, he was a bit cocky but I like players with swagger that aren’t divas. Also, probably the worst cheap shot I’ve ever seen was Charles Martin slamming his head into the turf like 5 seconds late, here’s the video
Yes, I showed that video to my nephews who are Packers fans, when they complained about Barr breaking Rogers’ collar bone.
December 26, 1993
Vikings 30
Chiefs 10
McMahon the starter
Graham ran 31 for 166 and a TD
I think he also had similar numbers in the Packer game.
Also, Scottie is the RB coach at Washington University.
Happy Thorsday!
A very nice tribute to your friend. Well done, Ben. I’m sorry for your loss.
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
GM
FTP
Ben, sorry to hear about your friend. Nice tribute.
JJ hasn’t learned the proper way to achieve this yet. He supposed to publicly say “he wants to retire a Viking and money isn’t the issue”, while he and his agent quietly demand a contract on his terms.
At least JJ is honest about it.
Seems like he wants to break the bank and get Cousins back…..Math may not be his strong suite.
Justin Jefferson wants connection with Kirk Cousins to continue (msn.com)
Starting to think JJ and Kirko can shove it.
I am also getting to that point.
Can’t pay $70 million per year for 2 players, and expect a competitive roster.
So, you sign Cousins to a 2 year deal, Sign JJ to a 5 year deal, where most is paid out in the final 3 years. Then you draft a QB to take over in two years, when JJ’s contract starts paying out the top money.
That’s the point. Kicking the can into the future.
When you have a competitive team where the draft picks are the core, you can do it.
The Vikings don’t have the young talent to keep them both and be competitive.
If you sign JJ to an extension now, nothing but the prorated signing bonus will have an effect on this year.
Won’t work, why i grow weary. The cap was a good idea but now positional players are destroying it. Tired of it. Think i’m a bit snarky today.
Dallas has like $84 million between Dak and another player. But they have drafted well to fill in the cheap part of the roster.
Buffalo has like $74 million between Allen and Diggs, but they are $52 million over the cap that has to be cut away by March.
I forgot the KAM factor.
KAM read PFF before he goes into draft?
Worked good for the Lions with Stafford and Calvin.
Depends on what you mean by competitive, I’m very certain the Vikings could pay 70 mil to two players and still finish around .500 and make the playoffs once every three years.
He. Does. Not. Care. If. Kirk. Is. Gone. Period.