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VIKINGS NEWS
Team looked very good in the second preseason game. I know it was preseason, but it was still encouraging. The team is reportedly signing Gilmore to a 1-year contract. We need the CB depth, for sure. One more practice game, then the real fun starts. Cine showed up for a change.
NFL NEWS
FTP, and they looked terrible last night. Although, they rested most starters. The Bears look like serious contenders, at least on defense. Bo Nix also looked very good. I wanted to be wrong about him since I hate his head coach, but he looks very good so far.
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Why must Republicans run their mouths so much. All gong public telling the world how Trump is screwing up and how he should be running a campaign. And most all are seond stringers or ‘never was ers’. If they have something to say, pick up the phone and shut up on national TV.
Blue Flu in Chicago.
Can’t say I blame them.
Also, DNC released the platform with Biden’s name still on many items.
I’m quite sure all the news coming out around the DNC convention is 100% accurate, just like all the news coming out around the RNC convention was 100% accurate with no bias on interpretation and reporting of that info. Like how Grinder usage was up A LOT to the point it crashed during the RNC Convention which absolutely means Repubs are all gay and looking to bang. Only logical conclusion. Don’t worry the same ding bat Dems that believed that crap (don’t get me wrong the memes are funny, just like the couch memes haha!), are the same ones who will refute anything negative coming out of the DNC convention.
I heard the officers who called out sick are the horse patrol officers and they just called out on the day that Walz will be there, to protect their horses.
Well Krusty Gnome will be there too so all the K9 Units probably called in too.
Doesn’t really matter at this point – seems one team is blowing a large second half lead.
One group is actually well organized and the other isn’t.
I honestly don’t know which you are talking about. The DNC isn’t organized they just did what they should have done from the start which was get the old timey fuck out of there and put someone in there people could be excited about (don’t get me wrong here, I am not saying I like Kama-Jama, but she’s not a geriatric patient). I don’t call that organized and if you are saying the Pubs are the organized ones, I also don’t understand your thinking there. They might be sans Trump but right now Trump IS the RNC sadly.
Organized. Have you ever seen a sitting President, and winner of every vote in the democratic primaries, get thrown aside and the entire party is lined up behind the new nominee – in 24 hours!
It is the finest example of political organization in our history.
They do know how to follow orders.
How the dims get votes.
A message to Repubs – ala WC Fields – Anything worth having is worth cheating for.
BAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAUAHAYAYAHAYAYAYAYAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA – breath – HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
While you’re not wrong… That’s the kettle calling the pot black. Trump shitting all over his other candidates, making fun of their wives etc…. They all say what an unfit president he would be and then all fall in line and support him 8 years ago. Ha!
I really don’t want to give them credit for doing the thing they should have done 8 years ago though! Lol.
Connor McDavid just got married…his bride had five dresses and he had a tux and two suits to wear during the wedding. Nice to have a low maintenance woman as your companion for life while navigating the rigors of a hockey season!
What’s wrong with her face? It looks frozen. Maybe too much botox?
Wind can be darn cold on those Ontario lakes.
It can be common in other cultures for the bride to change dresses throughout the day and at the reception. Just sayin’.
That said, I would guess that she is indeed high maintenance, but he’s got the money so why not.
True, those damn Canadians are an odd bunch.
I’m just nervous @nothing bad ever happens when an Oilers superstar marries a high maintenance beautiful blonde woman with her own career@
The Teacher had explained that her wedding (right out of HS) was organized by her mom and her ex’s mom. She had practically no say in it.
So when she agreed to marry me and she asked about the wedding I told her ‘as big or small as you would like’.
She chose to elope, we didn’t tell anyone until after the fact. Of course 2nd for both of us, the photographer was the witness.
Confirmation that I ‘chose wisely’ IMHO.
Amen brother,
We had ours in our backyard (actually across the street from the hospital I’m sitting in right now). I invited my sister and parents, plus my best man and his wife. That was my wedding party. Maid of honor was my stepdaughter. I think about 40 people showed up.
It was a perfect day.
‘A Drama Free Wife equals a Happy Life.’
Life provides enough drama, don’t need a partner who looks for it or manufactures it.
Not sure if this link will work (I don’t know how to embed such things), but this video came up on the link to the pic above…Connor’s home in Edmonton is all of three blocks from Parkview School where I went to Junior High for a year and a half. His place looks over the river valley and down onto Hawrelak Park hence the name of the neighborhood.
Only 8000 square feet.
Isn’t this the dude the boinked his teammates moms?
Haha NO!
You’re thinking of the since disproven rumor about Corey Perry and that Bedard kid.
Oh. Ok.
I thought all hockey players did this.
Puck bunnies are a real thing.
Nice !!
You can take the boy out of Detroit but you can’t take the Detroit out of the boy.
was it a mostly peaceful urination?
It was pissful. So similar.
Sometimes the line for the lavatory can get long on a plane. When a guy’s gotta go, a guy’s gotta go.
I am guessing he had a window seat and the guy on the aisle wouldn’t let him out.
@I probably would have done the same thing.@
R Kelly approves
I also wonder how these guys (he’s 6’7″ and 316 lbs) can even go to the bathroom on a flight. I’m 6’5″ and 215 lbs and have to do some major core exercise and yoga poses in order to pee without missing. My GPS watch actually records exercise during urination thanks to me bracing myself against the bulkhead.
That is a visual I didn’t need.
@thanks@
How dry I am,
How wet I’ll be,
If I don’t find,
The bathroom key.
A little jingle we used to sing as kids.
Tua throwing major shade at Flores
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40918015/candid-tua-tagovailoa-calls-brian-flores-coaching-style
What about that 66-yarder the Cowboys dude kicked?
That was pretty cool.
Feeling like Cine is going to do just enough to make the roster.
We’re all wrong about Cine…
That’s why he’s fourth string.
He’s going to break out any day now.
If he keeps up with those numbers I don’t mind him being on the roster.
2nd choice is a trade for a low round draft choice or similar player since his salary is a sunk cost.
Last choice is a cut since we lose since the salary stays and no draft pick/similar player.
Trade is possible.
7th rounder I guess is better than nothing.
Well…
i’m sure it was discussed this weekend, but since i don’t go on the weekend thread at all…
how the heck was that not a safety in the vikings game??
It was discussed and we all hold the same disbelief that you are expressing.
ok good, i’m glad we are all on the same page
I know sometimes they give them the benefit of the doubt, but this was obviously a safety. Maybe the referees were sampling some of Harris’s happy juice.
We were asking us the same question when it happened, that was clearly a safety. Should have been two moar points for the good guys.
Initial contact was at the 2 yard line, so forward progress would have been stopped at that point. I believe is how it is viewed officially, but the QB was moving backwards on his own.
It was unquestionably a safety.
The refs were just practicing screwing the Vikings. Gotta get in shape for the season.
Laughing
this actually would make the most sense
I was watching the condensed version so didn’t hear any protracted discussion from the announcers. Seemed odd to me.
One of the hardest things in football has to be when a punter jams a punt more or less straight up and the ball is coming down right in the middle of the playground, where all the blockers and coverage is concentrated in a ball. I can see a high risk high reward scenario where a play is set up that way by design. Coverage sneaks a peek at the arc of the ball and steers blockers into the area hoping for a carom off the receiving team.
The refs need practice on screwing the Vikings.
You can’t have them just screwing the Vikings without a few attempts in the preseason.
They need to be on their game for the regular season.
While wins and losses are mostly irrelevant during the preseason, it is always fun to see the good guys win.
At least we are winning, even if it’s only the preseason. I have a nagging feeling that the winning might stop soon enough when the games that matter will start… let’s hope I’m wrong.
i’m starting to get on the bandwagon that Kwesi is in over his head as an NFL GM.
I tend to agree. Wasn’t overly happy with hiring Queasy from the start, but what particularly gives you the impression at this moment that he might be in over his head?
He drafted a QB that got hurt before they even played a game.
Which is a first since 1967 or so, I have been told. Very Vikings.
Yep. Typical Vikings. Breaking records you didn’t know existed.
well looking at his first draft, SWING AND A MISS. our first 3 picks are safe to say have been busts. The best player in that draft for the vikings might be Nailor. a 6th round pick…
2023 Draft, Addison is obviously good, Blackman we were hoping was going to be good (i don’t fault injuries on Kwesi)….nothing else really…
2024, JJ dropped into our laps thanks to Atlanta. Glad we got Turner but gave up quite a bit for him (could be a STUD), but we now have 3 draft picks for 2025….
He seems to have done a better job with Undrafted Free Agents (and honestly i put more on his coaching staff/scouting staff, for those than Kwesi himself) than he seems to do in the actual draft….
I just think he’s in over his head. Doesn’t mean he hasn’t done some good things. I know alot of guys here love that he isn’t extending over the hill players and kicking the can down the road. that is a good thing. but again, i’m not so sure thats ALL ON kwesi.
Anyways, those are my thoughts on it.
So the good things are because of his staff and the coaches and the bad things are his fault.
well, when you put it that way….
i guess i have a hard time believing that an NFL GM has his eyes on undrafted players. I would imagine alot of those types of guys, are being scouted by the scouting staff. perhaps Kwesi really has his eyes on that second level talent, actually, now that i’m typing it out, that makes sense he does, because he sure seems to suck at finding 1st level talent in the actual draft…..
Even the high draft picks are made based on what the scouts tell him. Where he comes in on the UDFAs is convincing them to come to MN over going somewhere else. There’s been a couple that had competing offers and they chose MN because Kwesi didn’t low ball them and was able to sell them on MN.
I give him half of a pass on the first draft. It was his first draft and was with Zim and Rick’s scouting staff. If the drafts didn’t seem to be getting better year to year then I would be more concerned. Getting Turner and JJ was a huge win and they might have got a gem in Rodriguez too.
well, i can point to 6 or more draft picks who are not only NOT getting better every year, but are in fact getting worse.
but i’m not trying to argue either. I just think he’s in over his head a bit. that’s all
Everyone’s opinion is valid. At least that is what they teach in school now a days.
everyone’s opinion is valid, unless it’s trash
Even trash has value.
Yep.
@what put me over the edge was selecting someone who died. Kwesi should have planned for that@
Obviously didn’t do enough analysis of JJ knees or the defensive driving skills of Jacksons friends from back home. Sad
It is possible.
The issue is also exacerbated by being in the NFCN.
Green Bay and the Lions are killing it. If Bears pass us, too, that is a problem.
And there in lies the problem. there is a time to take the high risk/ high reward route and a time not to. Lions and Packers are killing it and if the Bers hit with Caleb, we’re in the sellar of the NFC North.
Timing is everything.
If you are in the cellar with a seller, it might be time to sell her.
Only until JJ gets healthy. I am still not sold on Love. He may be solid, but I’m not convinced middle of the pack isn’t his ceiling, but we’ll see. Goff has grown and the Lions have a solid roster that will start needing big money so we’ll see how they manage that. I’ve seen a lot of overblown hype on Caleb and I don’t think the way he’s playing is going to translate long term but there’s a lot to be seen there.
But he really didn’t have to go this route. I’m sold on Love and think as much if JJ turns out Caleb will also, and Caleb is more talented overall.
And then there’s picking up the injury prone Z.Smith and the Coach.
Here’s my thinking as a rank dumb fan.. We won division in 22 if Cousins hadn’t gotten hurt last year believe we would again or been very close. We beat the Packers and no way Cousins throws 6 interceptions against the Lions.
Last year, I would have signed Cousins three years at 37 mil, and also drafted JJ this year. Also would have worked hard last year to keep Hunter.
Perhaps this route is a little slower, but al least we’re not going to be fourth in the division for a couple of years.
if Caleb is good and if JJ is good…
i’m honestly looking forward to the NFC North games over the next 5-10 years. Every game will be a battle. Thats fun!
Yep. The Bengals aren’t complaining because the Ravens are good too. Iron sharpens iron and the rest of the league can fear the division. Plus, it’s highly unlikely all 4 teams continue to improve at the same rate with big contracts coming due and such. Just build the best team you can and see what happens.
“How” you get there is important too.
Yeah and I think they are building a team for the long haul.
But could have been done, get to the same place, with less short term downside.
That would come with some long term downside though. I’m not saying it’s right and quite frankly having Turner fall to them was a huge boon.
Not all that much.
And I’d rather have a shot at the division this year – I’m a dumb fan, like to win.
I’ll sacrifice one year of a shot at the division for 10 years of a shot at a Lombardi.
I’ll beat you a case of beer on this – if we come in last in the division this year, we will next year also.
Personally, I think both the Lions and Pukers are overrated.
I predict the division winner has 9 wins.
Wouldn’t shock me if the division winner has 8 wins.
‘Past performance is no guarantee of future results.’
Doubt that the division will be ‘NFC South Bad’ but not convinced that they will all contend for the SB either.
I just think everybody beats up on each other.
“We are going to beat the hell of them……”
Mullens was his typical self, missing on almost half his passes but still completed some great throws for 135 yards and a TD. He is one of the most frustrating QB’s to watch. One second he’s lighting it up, the next, he’s chucking it all over the place.
He is also the opposite of mobile. I think a mobile Mullens would have lit up the Browns (2nd string) defense.
Missed the game but watched highlights. Seems like they have him rolling out to right by design a fair amount of time. Not sure why though as we want defenses to have to cover the entire field.
Rolling a QB out, while running the old 77 routes, gives him a little more time, and a chance to see the field, and the two receivers in the route pattern, a little better. The defense does have to cover the whole field initially, so while rolling out “condenses the field” for the defense, they’re still playing assignment football. You’re playing for the receivers to fit themselves into two windows. The window between the CB and linebacker, and the window between the linebacker and the safety.
True enough. But I thought the essence of McVay’s offense ( KOC too) is to ‘make’ the defense cover all nine quadrants, strech the defense from sideline to sideline, short to long, and then. hit WR in the weak area of the defense. When. rolling to the right with someone chasing you, pretty hard to throw much of a ball across your body back to the other side of field.
Favre could do it.
Takes one hell of an arm if you can’t plant your feet. And then again, Favre could be rather reckless with the ball at times.
I don’t think it’s possible to attack 9 sections of the field with one play.
Difference between “attack” and make the defense cover entire field.
Hmmmm
Come on, you know how.
I could go into a long, detailed discussion on how NFL offenses and defenses work, but I’m not going to. Grin.
JJ leaves the line with JA in the slot beside him. Both are 8 yards down the field. At that point, and this is just one side of the formation, the defense has to protect a lot of the field – flys, posts, flags, crosses and drags.
Treadwell went 7 catches for 72 yards this weekend.
Did he just equal his entire pro output in a single day?
He’s breaking out!
We gave up on him way too soon…
He pulled a Cine?
AKA One good day against 3rd and 4th stringers.
Missed the game but watched some highlights on the interweb. I also read the game thread comments on this site, sounded like a decent outing for the Vikes.
The Vikings offense and defense looked solid. Really not bad, but of course they sat all the starters as did the Browns. Still, we won handily so it was a fun watch. No idea why we threw Corrall out there at the end.
Perhaps there can be a Super Bowl ll – for the team with the best second stringers?
Laughing
Great idea! Second String Super Bowl. LOL
It can replace all that spring football crap.
KOC said he wanted to ‘make sure we got Matt out there’ because he has been ‘that guy before’.
Question come about 7:15 into the video.
I didn’t see the game. I got a rotisserie chicken instead.
I actually enjoyed the game Saturday. It was nice to see Cine figure it out, even though it was against backups. I was not a fan of throwing Corall to the wolves like we did.
QotD: Should KOC give up play calling and let Wes Phillips do his job?
I’m not in the camp that Cine did anything particularly well….
Also trade him, his stock could NEVER be higher than it is right now
It was a fun game to watch, team did well. Maybe Philips should get more influence when it comes to play calling, good job IMHO. Don’t know what they were thinking throwing Corall out there, didn’t like that decision.
i am not going to put much thought into the 2nd preseason game 2nd and 3rd string offense vs the 2nd and 3rd string defense.
that being said, wes phillips constantly looks hungover to me. is that my bias showing since he got a DUI? maybe.
Pretty sure Churchill did some of his finest work when half loaded.
So Kamala is taking the Churchill approach to her campaign?
This woman has no business running for President of the United States. A ham sandwich is better than her.
While I am not defending her, if a police officer could just say you were intoxicated, there would be no need for a breathalyzer. I kind of dislike when people try to analyze stuff like this via video. Often it is just a person’s bias showing through.
On the other hand, maybe she is just not qualified to be president because she is just not qualified. And sounds weird.
There’s been a growing number of reports about her having a drinking problem and a breathalyzer is not actually needed. An arrest for DUI is not made based on BAC. In fact, until fairly recently a PBT was not even admissible in court and may not be still in some states.
I really don’t know anything about this since I don’t drink, so it is not something I study. However, I’m pretty certain that in court there has to be some proof that a person was drunk versus just a police officer saying that the person looked and sounded drunk.
Again, I am not defending her and I’ve heard the reports that she has a drinking problem. Alcoholism is a difficult problem to beat and an active alcoholic shouldn’t be running our country.
Standard Field Sobriety Tests are what is used to determine intoxication and an arrest/no arrest decision. I think there are a couple of PBTs that can be used now in the field but I’m not sure on that from state to state. A breathalyzer is typically taken, but can be refused. Depending on the state you are in (implied or assumed consent) blood may be taken if the breathalyzer is refused. While a BAC is typical, it is not necessary.
What is included in a Standard Field Sobriety Test?
Eye nostagmus (this is the main one. The others can be “practiced” and passed under intoxication. An experienced DRE can usually tell what the BAC is here and will also be able to determine if the impairment is from something other than alcohol.), walk and turn, one leg stand
The Coast Guard also has approved methods that can be conducted on the water. Nystagmus is still one, then there is a counting one and alphabet one.
The legalese on the issue is you will be arrested if you register .08 BAC, but you can also be arrested if you show impairment and have any amount of alcohol or illicit substance in your bloodstream.
I would imagine you wouldn’t be arrested, but maybe made to undergo driver testing again if you drive with impairment and have zero illicit substance in your blood……..
.08 is the amount for WI. Not sure of other states.
.08 is the official limit in all 50 states, but the language allows for arrest under impairment. Also, as I said, the actual BAC is not typically known until after the arrest has been made unless you have an approved PBT and your state allows that. I don’t know the rules anymore, but as of a few years ago a PBT was not admissible in court. The statutes usually say something like a breathalyzer reading over .04, within a certain time frame, is assumed to have been .08 at the time of arrest. The breathalyzer is simply an additional piece of evidence furthering the arrest that was already made on probable cause of impairment.
She wants to be president?! WT living fuck is this country coming too?
Lots of wierdo’s and sicko’s want to be president/have power.
The scary part is that the woke’s identity politics have allowed her to get as close as she is.
She’s only a figurehead. We know Biden isn’t running the country currently.
What a glorious choice for our first female president. All the amazing women out there and she gets the nod.
I was hoping Condoleezza Rice would have run in 2008, I would have voted for her.
Even though she is a life long Cleveland Browns fan and was even rumored to be in running to be for their head coaching job in 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice
i don’t think Churchill was never not half loaded
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