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VIKINGS NEWS
Team signed a few more bodies for the game tomorrow. Roster cuts will be interesting.
NFL NEWS
Two games last night, three tonight, and the final practice games wrap this weekend. It is interesting to see how the different teams are handling this final preseason game in regards to playing time for starters. Hoping no more major injuries happen. Lets get to the regular season as healthy as possible.
Question of the day
Are you attending the Minnesota State Fair? If so, name your “must have” treats. Mini-donuts and cheese curds for me, but this year I am trying new things instead.
After Harris’ acceptance speech, the New York Times spoke to voters outside the DNC who expressed doubts about Harris’s ability to turn the country around.
One voter said he did not like the Democrat’s rhetoric on race—stating his support for Trump.
“Their whole messaging is always, ‘You need to vote for us because we’re the good white folks, and they’re the bad white folks,’” the voter said. “That has been their pitch for decades.”
Exactly
Not sure I trust that type of reporting done ‘small scale’.
You can find people to say anything if you look a little bit.
String together a video to support your personal narrative and suddenly you are a ‘journalist’.
Both sides can and do do it. I hope there are more on my side than there other but there is no way to tell at this point.
Some teams playing their starters a lot in preseason, some not at all.
I believe that is pretty typical.
Teams and ‘starters’ are in different situations each year.
Yeah, some coaches are worried about injuries, some are worried about getting the starters ready to play when the season starts.
Will the Vikings start Gilmore?
He need reps to get more familiar with the scheme but he is older and played in Coach Flo’s system back in the day.
Arguments for and against it.
Yeah, late additions to the roster need reps. They need to do some work. They haven’t been through OTA’s and training camp with the team. Sitting on the sideline isn’t gonna get them ready for week one.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is denying a woman’s claims that he sexually assaulted her over three decades ago.
In a virtual hearing on Friday, the attorney for Adams (D-N.Y) called the case “fictitious” and rejected the possibility of settling the case, leading to a heated exchange where the plaintiff’s attorney threatened a defamation lawsuit.
The lawsuit was brought forward by Lorna Beach, who alleges that Adams assaulted her in 1993 during their time in the New York Police Department (NYPD).
Hmmmmm… remember when that gal accused Justice Kavanaugh during his confirmation? Came out of nowhere, and said he sexually assaulted her on an unspecified date in the early 1980s, when both she and Kavanaugh were high-school students.
Yeah, it was a totally bogus attempt to keep Kavanaugh off the bench, as the Dem’s were trying to hang it on him.
I bet we don’t hear a peep from all those folks about this accusation, or worse, they will overtime to discredit the woman.
Well they would never try something like that with Trump.
And if they did the ‘upstanding’ NY judicial system would stop it cold.
Oh wait.
I read this:
Tim Walz, previously claimed that despite being able to retire from the military the same week as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, he courageously felt obligated to his country to re-enlist. However, Walz wasn’t qualified to retire and receive benefits until 2002, according to the Minnesota National Guard.
I was sort of struck by the “courageously felt obligated to his country to re-enlist” comment. Like he was laying his life on the line or something. Then he bolts when his unit is actually scheduled to deploy. He lied and said he could have retired, and then misrepresented his decision to re-enlist as some courageous act. Galling. All Vets should be voting against this guy.
I looking into reenlisting after retirement when 9-11 happened but they said I wasn’t needed at that point but they would make an announcement if that changed.
I remember the day well. Was at a 3 day conference, and all of a sudden folks are talking about the Twin Towers, and the Pentagon. Conference canceled, we all high-tailed it back.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the race and endorsed former President Donald Trump, as expected. Hopefully his voting bloc will feel the same way.
I have read that half his base was anti Biden and those have already bailed on him when FJB quit. Hence his falling support.
The other half is more in line with Trump and so they may give DT a point or two of support. That could be enough to make a difference, in any case it will not hurt.
I watch most of his presser.
Pretty stunning that an old liberal democrat would just rip the current DNC structure and call them out.
Will see what happens.
My memory may be a little rusty, but when his Uncle ran against Carter, he was allowed to be on the ballot. Democrats pulled every stunt to keep Robert off the ballot this time. Can see where he’s a little pissed at the DNC.
And he’s said all along, the Democrats were more of a threat to democracy than Trump.
Found this interesting…
Why are we not listed as #10 when we have the same # of points as the SeaChickens?
NFL bias obviously.
Alphabetical order, probably.
That doesn’t stop them from listing us both as #10 since we are tied for that spot.
Agree
So no one attended/is attending the State Fair so they can’t answer the QOTD?
The Teacher and I went to a smaller county fair a couple of weeks ago.
She got a big plate of Nachos and I went and found a Funnel Cake with Strawberries and Whipped Cream.
We both shared since they each were large enough. Pretty decent meal.
Not going, but if I was I usually try to find something I haven’t had before.
Have not been to a fair since Nephews grew up, maybe 10-12yrs.
I always like funnel cake so got that as a craving.
The Teacher was hungry and chose the Nacho’s.
Said afterwards she was disappointed in them but my tastes are not so sophisticated so they were fine.
I’ve never been to the MN state fair, or for that matter any of THE state fairs (Montana’s is in Great Falls).
At the smaller fairs @I usually go with a kale smoothie and Mediterranean salad@
Mostly county fairs for me.
There is one in Boise currently but I don’t know if that is The State Fair or not. We decided that one fair this month was enough, not interested in crowds.
As for you food choices all I can say is ‘Veggies are the food that my food eats’.
Do they even know what that is in Montana?
We need some real football to talk about.
OK, heard Falcons are going to win 12 games this year with their new veteran QB. That’ll get the boys going.
Laughing
I am definitely going to watch Hall tomorrow…would be nice if he could be an adequate backup.
He had a perfect passer rating last week.
The only question is do the Vikings use a roster spot or put him on the PS.
Sounds like it’s Hall and Corral.
I will probably try to watch some of it.
I will watch.
Unless something else comes up that is more fun to do tomorrow.
Hopefully Corral will do something other than look like a lost puppy this time.
Going to be hard to achieve that as he was signed this week and playing with the bottom of the roster.
I was going to cut him slack since his Viking uniform still had creases in it during last week’s game, but then I realized he had been a Viking for one day, but he’s been a quarterback for years.
He didn’t look like much of a quarterback in the plays vs Cleveland. He had trouble getting out of the way of the RB, and was strip-sacked for a safety.
I’m just glad these posts aren’t… Wierd 🤣.
Also apparently KOC is the only coach on the Vikings. The rest aren’t coaches hahaha. What a sad petty idiot.
Let’s STIR this pot!
Best President I have ever served.
The best thing that could happen to Trump is if he broke both of his hands so he couldn’t tweet. .Yes Waltz was obviously ‘coach’ – he was defensive Coordinator for the state championship team and apparently pretty good at it. Defensive Coordinator is a pretty big job in a large high school – so to minimize it and make fun of it is stupid.
Yeah, I don’t get the “he wasn’t a coach” thing.
I mean he wasn’t a head coach but who cares.
More important things to be concerned about.
Let’s just call him Command Sergeant Major.
He did serve as a CSM and held the rank.
He did not retire as a CSM as he didn’t meet all the requirements.
The issue is not his service, which was honorable.
The issue was his lying about it afterwards which was not.
You have more military experience than I do, and certainly more recently although I worked with retired millitary my entire life. Never once knew of anyone who misrepresented his rank after they retired
He did not hold the rank. He never sewed it on. He also was “hired” into the rank as you know. The reserves promotions are based on vacancies, and hiring actions. He never met a promotion board in his 24 year career.
So he was a SGM frocked to SCM?
Don’t know much about how NG ranks work, especially once you get higher up.
I have no doubt Politics is involved, it is in the active army as well.
No… he was MSGT.
Sargent Major, E8, is a SGM.
Never heard of a MSGT.
Master Sergeant (MSG) and First Sergeant (1SG) are the two E-8 ranks in the Army. Sergeant Major is the E-9 rank. A Command Sgt Major is an elevated E-9 position at a Higher Echelon of Command.
Thank you for the reminder.
Was confusing MSG and SGM as in Staff positions there is not much difference.
Actually trying to remember if I ever worked with a SGM. Maybe in 1st Cav’s Div Support Command? MI Bde S-3 SGM?
Getting old is tough.
MSGT is also E7 in the Air Force. Senior Master Sergeant is E8, and Chief Master Sergeant is E9.
Was going to ask you a question about NG. And I am very dated and was first in service when draft was around.
Thus, when I was in, the NG was a joke. We called them dipidy doo warriors. Most all were in to avoid the draft. And you had to be very connected to get it.
Now, after the wars in the Middle East and the call ups of the NG, realize there has been some change.
Where do you see the NG now?
We called the NG ‘No Goods’ but not to their face of course.
I suspect, like you, that changed during the Gulf War and aftermath.
I won’t disparage them now as they went when called and did their duty.
Even later I had several Reservists work for me. Went their once and month, two weeks in summer, and collected their money and quite happy.
And then then Gulf War hit, and they got called up for extended active duty. They were very unhappy then.
Quite a few articles in the WSJ at the time about all these guys trying to get out of duty. Seems they didn’t sign up to be ‘real soldiers,’
I was in the national guard. I actually signed up with the guards because I wanted to go to Dessert Storm. Unfortunately, I was only 17 when Operation Desert Storm started and it was over before I turned 18 and graduated.
My reference to the NG was a very long time ago. And I don’t want (mean) to equate it to today’s circumstances.
Just out of curiosity, why NG and not RA?
I would say that today’s NG is a lot different then you remember.
Even when I was in, there were old school guys that really needed to retire. They would complain about having to do actual drills. They would talk about the “old days” where they would come in and just sit around and drink and play poker.
I was still in high school, so I could not join RA.
I was hoping to have my basic training done between Jr and Sr year, which they changed the rules and didn’t allow anymore. I was hoping after graduation, I would be able to go fight in Operation Desert Storm, but like I said it was over almost before it started.
Thanks. When I was in you didn’t have to have a HS diploma and cold be 17. They would take any warm body.
I was able to join and go to drills, but If my unit would have been deployed, I would not have been able to go.
We called them tampons as they only in once a month. Certain Gov resembles that remark
Were you AF? My Dad was retired AF.
yes 21 years and then 15 working for AF and Army
That’s a lot of great service to the country – thank you.
The Guard isn’t great, but they fulfill a need. They’re citizen soldiers, and most just do it for the pay and benefits. I deployed with a Guard unit during an action in Bosnia, and all I heard from them was complaints about having to actually do their job. I dressed down their O-6 for their lack of professionalism.
When I went thru basic, you had to say whether you were RA, AR, or NG coming into mess hall. DI’s always made the NG eat last as they. didn’t think they were real soldiers.
I think that’s a bit much, because they all got their heads shaved, and had to go the Basic Training regimen the same as everyone else, but DI’s aren’t there to be your friend.
Shit no, they hardly tried.
You guys are fucking hilarious. He’s a liar, true but the nick pickiest bastards about Walz but have no issues with what a liar Trump is mixed with dodged the military with heal spurs. Trump is a draft dodger who brags about how tough he is. gtfo, ugh. But you’re gonna try and defend your stance with some mental gymnastics.
Were you in the service?
Not sure what tangent you’re trying to take. I don’t know anyone that defends Trump on this matter, nor have I ever heard him claim he served in the military. I’m much more invested in policy.
I do think it is important to have someone that served (Walz/Vance) either in or adjacent to the oval office. I don’t fault the service of Walz, I fault the stolen valor. I sincerely doubt that makes a difference to the average voter that probably can’t tell the difference between a lieutenant and lieutenant colonel but it certainly makes a difference to command sergeant majors.
Laughing… I guess you are completely uninformed about how Biden avoided the draft, and then claimed he had a nomination to the Naval Academy, huh?
You might also note, that more than half of the 27 million American men eligible to be drafted during the Vietnam era were deferred, exempted, or disqualified.
So Trump was one of about 13.5 million young men.
I might just add this.
It seems that guys that actually served in the. military take it far more seriously when someone lies about their rank or being in actual combat than people who didn’t serve.
And clearly, we take those kind of lies more seriously than the normal politician bull shit we hear from both sides.
Trump was deferred from the draft for college four times. I had many friends who went that route, and I also knew many who were exempted for bad knees, bad feet, etc.
Stolen valor is a far more serious trespass, than avoiding the draft. Biden lying about his Naval Academy appointment is also sickening. How dare he profess such a thing?
By the way, Biden received five student draft deferments, first as an undergraduate at the University of Delaware and later as a law student at Syracuse University.
But Trump never claimed to have gone to war, there in lies the difference.
Yes Trump lies, I don’t know a single person, who has never lied.
I think most of Trumps ‘lies’ are more like exaggerations.
‘Best ever’ or crowd size or ‘blood everywhere’ etc. He grew up a businessman and he is used to talking up his business.
I agree with this. He’s a born promoter, so I do see where he exaggerates on some things. Biden on the other hand has blatantly lied through his teeth his whole career.
Exactly…..
Well yeah.
I get that Walz lies with just about anything he does, so by saying “coach” he gets to give the impression that he was the head coach.
But for Trump to waste his time about that, doesn’t seem like a wise strategy IMO.
Trump is just belittling his opponents as is his want. Some folks are put off by his somewhat overbearing nature, but when you’re going to be a world leader, you better be overbearing. You think Putin respects Kamala? He’s laughing his ass off that she could be his next foe.
Yet somehow we’ve survived as a country having had only one president in my lifetime (since 1967) that is as overbearing as Trump, the one exception being Trump himself. And, to be clear, my vote helped put him in office in 2016.
Leaders can demonstrate determination and a strength of personality without being overbearing about it. But, for better or worse, Trump’s style is “one note” and I think a lot of folks are starting to tune him out, including some of his base constituents.
Have you ever even sat in a room full of world leaders?
I think this is where two things can be right and yet also both be incorrect.
I think ( actually know) the public Trump is far different than the private Trump.
Skolifer’s statement ‘leaders can demonstrate…….’, is far more like the private Trump.
Now, the public “one note” has some merit, but I would maintain even a one trick pony is better than a no trick pony.
I have seen how Trump interacts with world leaders. He commands the room. Saying “we got along fine without an overbearing president” is actual misstatement of reality. Our country has been dragged around by the nose for decades. Trump is the first U.S. President in my lifetime that started kicking sand in the face of these countries who take our money, then decry us.
i agree with that. He does command the room and everyone knows we (US) are not going to be dragged around. And he sure as hell got NATO’s attention.
But privately, with his staff and other leaders, he is not the overbearing ass that he can come across in public. He is thoughtful, smart and is a great listener. Also has great empathy for others.
Simply, there is a lot more to him than people give him credit for.
He is… I wonder how you might know that?
I’ve met him.
Since it appears one can get attacked here personally if they might have more actual experience than others, best not to mention too much.
My exploits are hardly ‘worldly’ anyway, but I did live in DC for 50 years and have made several trips to Palm Beach. And about a month or so ago, had an interesting dinner with Bill Barr.
Ahhh soooo… what I loved about Bill was his stance on crime. He advocated for tougher criminal justice policies, while folks wanted to go the other way in Government.
Had a tough road to hoe with the Trump AG appointment. Land mines everywhere.
Save for the last month, Barr had nothing but high praise for Trump. He fully understood the showman and the private guy.
And, I think there’s something a lot of folks don’t understand – these guys can be 180 privately from what they appear in public. For instance, good old Uncle Joe is a complete asshole privately.
This I know
I know you know, not so sure about others.
And I fully appreciate you have been in some “big time” rooms with a great many important people
Yes, but I’ve never met Kirk Cousins… grin.
Well I’ve never jumped out of an airplane.
lol…no, I haven’t, but I guess this gives you the opportunity to tell us all about your worldly exploits…again.
Unlike some, I don’t need to tout my experience and success to feel secure and credible when commenting on topics. I’m also confident my lack of “room full of world leader” experience doesn’t make my point any less relevant. I’ll accede that there’s a time and place when amping up “overbearance” is necessary in leadership. I’ve been there, done that. But it’s certainly not a requirement to be that way, every day, in every way, with everyone, which is how Trump behaves. That’s just boorish.
But feel free to educate us on how wrong I am…I’ll leave you to it.
Well, I didn’t tout anything. I asked a question. Obviously you felt compelled to denigrate me as a response.
I’ll consider the source here.
Guessing he is feeling defensive.
Don’t be ashamed of your experience. I for one welcome hearing what people with actual experience have to say.
Damn, when I go to the doctors, I always look up his background.
Dude is self destructing. The funny part to me, is he hasn’t really changed, it’s only self destruction because now he has a competent opponent. What’s that tell you about just how terrible Biden is?
He no doubt has self destructive moments, but are you suggesting Harris is “competent” ?
By competent I guess I am saying sound of mind, as in her brain functions unlike Biden.
Sound of mind. – OK. Think a political party going forward should just hire a professional actor to be their candidate.
Say someone like Jimmy Stewart in his prime – can read and act out everything. Doesn’t seem to really matter what they “think” or are capable of, just the projection.
Agree with JRobert, Harris is not ‘competent’.
Which is likely the reason her history of staff turnover is so high. Incompetent and perhaps a bully.
He got over 74 million votes… he is just being himself, and most folks understand that. His commentary isn’t what matters. His ability to get the job done for America is what matters.
If only that were the case – “get the job done.”
Just don’t believe a great many people think about it that way.
He’s always getting the job done in divorces and bankruptcies, dude never fails ever.
More personal attacks and character assassination. Nothing to do with running a country. That’s the sum total of what you got. Just blather and personal attacks.
Personal attacks and character assassination, hmmm, right out of the DT playbook.
Hmmm methinks you fail to see the light here. For decades this has been the sum total of the Dems platform. Conservatives have tried to take the high road, while getting trounced. Trump ain’t playing that shit anymore. He’s returning fire. I for one, want a fighter not a milquetoast politician as my President.
The personal attacks and character assassination that the Dems and the media have conducted on Trump far and away surpass anything he’s ever said.
That can’t be true since the Media only reports one said as ‘an attack’, the other side is ‘reporting the facts’.
TDS in all it’s glory.
Right because ‘Hitler/Nazi’ and ‘Threat to Democracy’ are not personal attacks and character assassination?
Are you up for a more pertinent question? I was going to say something about Kamala sleeping her way to the top, but that’s just tit for tat.
I was glad to hear a hint of policy last night. The next month (for me) is about separating the policies of the two parties.
A lot of “hope and change” for the future. Of course the Democratic Party has had control of the executive 3 of the last 4 presidential terms, control of the senate 12 of the last 18 years, and control of the house 8 of the last 18 years, so they have had the advantage of power to enact hope and change since 2006. The message is that this time they’ll get it right.
I enjoyed the parts about the Russia Ukraine war that VP Harris referred to, specifically the land invasion that started February 2022, when she referred to meeting with President Zelenskyy 5 days before the invasion to warn him (good job – I bet NLNVF has a better timeline but the state department was reporting on national media a good two weeks before the invasion that a false flag operation was in effect). She also organized 50 nations in a coalition against the Ukraine, which probably took some effort, although the US has contributed by far the most to the war since 2022.
I also heard that she and President Biden are working “day and night” on a peace process for Israel and Gaza. Those stories about Biden not being available before 10 am and after 4 pm, and the time he has spent on the beach in DE and CA, are apparently fictitious.
Yeah, the whole problem I have with the Ukraine event is the Biden administration allowed Putin to invade it in the first place. Then they went through their usual “condemnation, sanctions, and diplomacy” BS, and spent Billions of taxpayer dollars which hasn’t done anything to resolve this mess.
Trump told Putin up front that if he ever threatened the Ukraine, he would pay a price he could not afford. Putin loves the Dem’s because they literally won’t do anything to stop him.
I am off to watch my nephew run cross country. Nice morning for a cross country meet.
Party on, kids!
Great… have fun, and good luck to your nephew!
Fairmont?
I believe this is the first time in my life where a Presidential candidate has NO official platform for their campaign. No formal policies have been published.
It truly is a campaign about nothing.
Just approve the bill before you read it.
Just elect Harris to see what she is…
Everyone knows what she is and unfortunately I’m not sure they care. She can play ‘rope a dope’ all the way to the WH.
Yeah, I was being facetious of course. Obviously we know what she is. The fact that anyone with half a brain would vote for her to be the President of the United States, is disturbing.
Yeah, well, other than acting like they haven’t been in charge of the country since the last election, and being the answer to the country’s many ills. That, and demonizing Trump.
Trump does that all on his own, every time he opens his mouth…the Dems are just casting a light on it, and currently beating him at his own game. And before everyone loses their shit because I’m now one of a few folks around here that is willing to admit I don’t worship the ground Trump stalks on, I’ve voted Republican 7 out of the 9 elections I’ve been old enough to vote.
That said, I’ve always tried to be open minded enough to not just blindly check every box on the right side of the ballot. Am I “excited” about the prospect of potentially voting for Harris (I’m still undecided)? No. But the amount of one-sided vitriol from the extremes of both sides (it just so happens one of them is overrepresented in this room) is exhausting and ridiculous.
That’s harsh but fairly accurate – especially about Trump running his mouth.
Now, I actually applaud Edge (told him so recently) about standing up for the other side here. And told Lifer so also when he was here.
And I don’t really think anyone here worships either of these candidates and also has a pretty good idea of what they are getting from each.
And, would guess most folks think they are ‘open minded’, but of course we know better.
Politics is a strange game.
Couldn’t agree more skolifer- most of Trumps damage is self-inflicted because he can’t shut his pie-hole. Did you hear his ramblings during his call in to Fox the other day? In the end they basically had to hang up on him because he wouldn’t shut up.
That being said he was a great President with great policies.
You’re use of “most” is interesting.
How much damage do you think he suffered by being compared to Hitler, a threat to democracy, will cancel all abortion rights, will gut social security?
If not much, then someone is wasting a heck of a lot of money for nothing.
By and large over the years (dating back to the DN OT days), I’ve stayed out of the political foray on these sites. Although, for some reason, I’ve decided to contribute a few thoughts to the discussion today. As I said in my prior comment further down in this thread, I’ve voted Republican in presidential elections most of my life but I’m admittedly undecided on this one. That said, I think the Dems have done a brilliant of framing their campaign for Harris.
At a high-level, they’ve built their message around Joy and Freedom, which are hard platforms for Trump to defend (especially ‘joy’ because of all his many assets, projecting ‘joy’ isn’t one of them) and can also be effectively leveraged to support a variety of policies, from reproductive rights (I think the “re-branding” of abortion rights in this way was a stroke of genius by the Dems, whether you agree with their policies or not) to gun control to border/immigration, etc.
Yes, I agree this hasn’t yet led to full clarity in terms of their full “policy vision” but they’ve provided several specific examples throughout their convention of where this might lead. Again, I’m not saying I’m supporting the Dems or their policies, but I think for Republicans, they should be paying attention and scared by the current disparity in how the parties are presenting themselves and it would be a mistake to believe the Dems are running a “campaign about nothing”.
I’ve watched most of every day of each convention and, objectively, I believe the Dems have been far more successful in terms of the relatability, energy behind, and consistency of their message, including doing a better job of broaching policy than Trump and other republican leaders have to date. Unfortunately, as much as his campaign staff is trying to get Trump off the “personal” messaging and onto a “policy” message, he just doesn’t seem to be able to help himself. And unless he comes around, I think he’s going to destroy his chances of re-election.
I vote based on policies.
I couldn’t care less how any campaign makes me feel or the vibe.
But I agree, it’s all about the PR and democrats always have a built in advantage. It’s been one month, and no media outlet has even challenged her on policies. Can she run out the clock over the next two months?
Definitely possible.
Well said
Although we’re playing Philly tomorrow, i’m more interested in looking ahead to the first regular season game. I’m thinking about where we are better than the Giants, and where the Giants have an advantage over us. Let’s look at the venue, head coaches, and offenses…
I do not agree that the QBs are a push.
If Sam does not play better, by a large margin, than Daniel Jones, the team will be 1-16 this season.
Jones sucks.
To me, game 1 is a must win, since the start of the schedule is brutal. Get the W against a very bad team.
I think Jones is stuck behind a really bad O-line, which affects his play and production. Like Darnold, he can make plays, but also can make mistakes under pressure. Thus I see the QB’s as a push. JMO.
But Jones gets to play against our defense.
Also, Jones is in his 6th season with the team, so familiarity with the offensive scheme and players is much better. Might have to give a slight advantage to him, based on those factors.
It’s never the OL to blame for a QBs play if you ask most around here lol.
Yeah, it’s like the other 52 players on the roster have no effect on a game.
Actually, it’s always somebody else’s fault if the QB sucks.
No OL
No defense
New OC
New Coach
“Always” ? Maybe sometimes the QB sucks just on his own.
OR as has been the case with Vikings the last several years, the QB is one of the most productive in the league despite all that. Also the most prolific QB in Vikings history.
For sure. If we can’t beat the Giants, the next six weeks are going to be really tough.
While I agree the NYG is a game they better win, they won 3 games with the cast of characters last year, so I think they would still get 6 or 7 wins.
It likely will be an ugly season though.
The Vikings will still be in preseason mode against the Giants. They won’t be ready for the real thing yet. I don’t think JJ or Aaron Jones have even played yet. We are still starting a safety who is a member of AARP.
If we played the Giants later in the season, it could be a win, but they will be more ready than us in the first game.
Last time I was at the MN state fair was probably 1980.
I’d be eating fried cheese curds, deep fried Oreo’s and a good hot dog.
Do they still have car racing there even though it’s bad for the climate?
The commies ended car racing in 2002
Not surprised.
Darnold, Mullens, and Hall (in that order) are our QB’s. Mullens and Hall will be playing against the Eagles, with Corral in there I assume in the 4th quarter to close out preseason. I think at this point the roster is pretty much established, and all KOC will want to do is come out of the game without any injuries.
2 weeks to real football
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