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Kiddo and I were hiking and didn’t get back until late, so I’ll be lazy and include my Vikings vs. Jets post-game wrap up here in today’s thread.
Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Jets Post-Game Wrap-Up
This game and last week’s game have some similarities. Strong start for the Vikings followed by costly turnovers and a stagnant offense which allowed the other team back into the game. The offense’s struggles wore on the defense, but they were strong enough to hold the lead, and secured the win once again via a turnover.
The Vikings offense did struggle, but we must not forget that they were playing against a very good defense. The Jets secondary is elite, and their defense overall is very good. Struggling against them is not optimal, but also not reason to panic. The Vikings committed some costly turnovers of their own that contributed to the “meltdown”, and the punt coverage unit did enough by itself to secure a loss for the team. Aaron Jones went down early, and the Vikings never really had a semblance of a running game. The passing game wasn’t a whole lot better. Let’s hope the Aaron Jones injury isn’t serious, but I have a bad feeling about it. Let’s hope I’m wrong.
The 2024 Vikings…..And Beyond
Getting out of that game with a win was an accomplishment. The Vikings are 5-0 and are the #1 or #2 team in the NFL, no question about it. This should be a fun day if you’re a Vikings fan, and I have a feeling that this season is going to be a very fun season of football for us. Even the future looks bright, as the team seems to have built a consistent winner & are being led by a young and talented coach who continues to get better at his job. The GM is also young, and after some first year mistakes, is becoming a very good general manager.
That being said, the offense can’t go to sleep for the last half of the football game. I hope that the coaching staff can figure out an answer to what the opposing defenses are throwing at them so that they can do a better job of building on a lead rather than just holding a lead.
The Vikings have the best record in the NFC at 5-0, are sitting alone atop the NFC North, which may be the best division in football, and are one of the best teams in football, if not the best team in football. The team is going into an early bye next week, and part of me wonders if Kwesi-Adofo Mensah will be busy behind the scenes trying to upgrade the inferior O-line. Oops, I meant interior O-line. Sorry. I hope the Jones injury isn’t serious, or he may be looking for a running back, although I think Adrian Peterson is currently available. We’ll see what happens. SKOL!!!!!!!!!!
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Love sports. Rogers plays like dogshit so the Jets fire the HC.
Just saw that.
Love the Vikings playing well enough to get other coaches fired.
Why are we talking on a Monday thread? What are we, animals?
We are like little children that the parents lock in a room and we are left to fend for ourselves for a few days while they take an exotic trip to Winnepeg. We feel alone, ignored, isolated, and abandoned and eventually we start assaulting each other.
I don’t know the drill
You have been absent, so we will let it go this time.
For a long stretch, the “daily” thread would be full of the same 5-6 people arguing for or against Cousins. So we agreed that Tuesday has been deemed the only day we can discuss Kirk Cousins.
hi Salad Fingers
Hurricane Milton is projected to be a Cat 3 by the time it hits landfall.
Not good but not as bad as the Cat 5 it is now.
Media playing up the ‘Monster Hurricane’ to get clicks.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-milton-maps-florida-forecast-tampa-bay-landfall/
They have to spin it into a Republican problem.
herrrr, durr, global warming
Well for those of us living right in its path, Cat 3 is still bad enough.
With all the rain we have had recently, things are going to get interesting for a while.
Poor Kamala…..
Some mornings no one is.
Especially weekends.
This guy is in charge…
oh great
Is it
‘Stefon Diggs allegedly had an affair with Cardi B when she was eight months pregnant with Offset’s child’
I know one of those names.
The Vikings stand with Israel.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/vikings-remember-reprehensible-oct-7-attacks-israel
Good for them!!!
And screw that Congesswoman form Minneapolis.
‘And screw that Congesswoman form
MinneapolisSomalia’FIFY
Should i cheer for aint’s tonight so we are the only undefeated team?
I don’t think I can cheer for that team unless they play the Packers
The main reasons to not cheer for them are gone. Aside from their trash fans but KCs have been trashier lately
the fact that their “victory” has not been expunged has rendered the team permanently dead to me
Yup, and we should want afc teams to always beat nfc teams. Who cares if KC goes 5-0.
Very true, same here.
Root for KC but if *aints win consider that a silver lining.
Yeah, at the end of the day, we are competing at least potentially, with the Saints. We aren’t competing with the Chefs for anything but the Lombardi in one game. Their success has no bearing on the Vikings. AFC over NFC first.
True, hated chefs since Hank Stram days.
(and SoCalMinnFan’s)
Of course, Chiefs Vikings Super Bowl.
Yes, and also because fuck the Chiefs, Mahomes and Kelce.
Not me.
Rooting for the Swifties since I hate the evil Saints.
The only reason to cheer for the Aints is to keep pace with the Falcons.
But I’m going with the Chiefs.
I will cheer for the Chiefs, I reckon.
They are basically in our division location-wise.
The man is passionate about his take.
I just hope his take is/and remains correct.
Sam after Ty pitch, got his hand on something to stop play. May have saved us, then a pick 6.
JR/NVF. Hang in there.
Thanks. Still here, believe NVF headed to Alabama.
Commenting closed! Guess Skoloholics is leaning left too.
Yes, you Fascist!
Lib calls me that i take as a compliment
Plantar Fascist?
Word salad is trying to be more moderate/centrist (unlike her 2019 campaign} to garner votes. If she gets in she will revert to her usual fucking bs. Spend money like a drunken sailor and tax.
Yes, and Yes…..We are careening towards socialism.
I’d argue we are already there.
If the big fat scary orange man wins maybe we can reverse our course a little bit.
Delay it anyway.
Its been going left for 40 years and will continue unless people say enough is enough and fight, fight, fight.
I think that they Woke/DEI types are in recession.
Logic is breaking out with all these companies back off, like Ford recently.
That is why Dems want Trump dead before it is too late for them.
A good “sailor” would show more restraint. Only alcohol and women.
Hurricane Milton already beyond a Cat 5 storm.
175 MPH sustained winds. oof.
Nice knowing you Tampa……St. Pete, Siesta Key, Clearwater, Bradenton, Sarasota….
And we’re a little nervous here in Orlando too.
My wife tells me combat shopping has already started – she just got back from store.
I’m sure you are.
We had a hurricane go over Delaware 8 years back, and even that puny Hurricane kept us up at night worrying.
I was in NoVa for that one too.
Even if you don’t worry, it makes so much noise you can’t sleep anyway.
FEMA!!! $1.50
Since it’s Tampa and a dem city, I would guess more action from the Administration compared to the deplorable western NC and Georgia.
$$ to Ukraine, Israel, Lebanon. American taxpayer? Fuckem.
Haiti, Mexico, Columbia, most Africa countries – but no money for NC citizens. If that state votes democratic, screw em.
FJB/Cackles allocated $100M to the hurricanes.
Of course they pledged $157M to Lebanon since they need the votes in Michigan.
Just curious – how/where does this money come from. What budget I mean?
‘They don’t need no stinking budget’
It is not their money so why should they care??
I mean there are laws governing federal expenditures. And Congress has to appropriate funds before the executive branch spends it. Fima is out of money and Lebanon money – good grief.
Think any tax payer should know how money is allocated. Would seem democratic.
No politicians can vote down funds for relief like we are seeing in North Carolina and the like.
Cackles will just shift money from the New Green Deal aka Inflation Reduction Act or some such.
But there have been no votes for funding.
And there are laws against taking funds allocated for a particular use and then spending it elsewhere.
What in our history, especially recent history, makes you think politicians care about laws and rules? They have written vague pass the buck bills giving the administration agencies the power to allocate funds and write administrative rules that are treated as laws because there is a law that says such and such agency hereby has the power to make their own rules.
I have hope that if Trump gets elected we will get back to being a normal democracy. President (chief executive) actually enforces the laws – not breaks them. The legislature rights laws and appropriates funding, and the judiciary determines the law.
This needs to start. For sure administrative nonelected agency heads should not be writing law thru regulation and spending non appropriated funds.
Who is going to stop them?
DOJ? FJB owns them.
Supreme Count? Take years to get to them.
House Republicans? They are part of the corrupt system, a lesser part maybe but some RINOs in there too.
Why is everyone thinking that our run game went to crap just because Jones was out? I think it was a combination of lineman play (possibly getting tired) and playcalling (trying to run clock with a lead) versus just Jones being out. Chandler was getting blown up at or before line of scrimmage many plays. I think he’s about as good as Jones, he just needs to catch the ball on that toss. His 35+ yard run getting called back for the “illegal shift” which I didn’t see on replay I think was BS. He’s got the explosiveness.
He may have the explosiveness, but he doesn’t have the vision to see the hole.
Possibly, but again, he was getting blasted at or behind the line – I don’t think he had much chance for success this game.
Jones avoids a lot of that. There are a lot of times where it doesn’t look like there is anything there but he’ll find a crease and get 5 or 6.
Don’t know one way or the other about the vision thing. But agree, there weren’t many holes for him and he had little chance.
‘Why is everyone thinking that our run game went to crap just because Jones was out?’
Maybe because it went to crap just as he went out?
I suspect the other changes were made because he was out.
Occams Razor.
I mean, it’s just as likely to be other factors than just him being out. I don’t think there’s that big of a drop off in speed or talent IMO.
One guy has never been good enough to be the starter and the other has made Pro Bowls, etc. It can’t simply be other factors when it starts immediately after he goes out. It’s not like Chandler has done anything prior to the Jones injury either. Does the O-line play worse for the plays that Chandler is out there so Jones can catch his breath?
Preach!
I would love to just see a game where he is the feature, sole back to see what we get from him. It seems he’s always used in a very limited role, and then everybody assumes why he doesn’t play is his blocking. I need a bigger sample size, personally, but I’ve seen many explosive plays from him.
Think Ty is more shifty, may not get out of the gate as fast as Jones.
Chandler does not have the patience or vision that Jones has. He ran right into his blockers several times when there was a hole opening to the right or left.
Chandler is about the same as Mattison, only a bit faster.
Need to draft a RB next year for sure.
If Ty can get to 2nd level i think he’s good. Big if though.
Because I played football at a high level (NAIA) I feel like I can offer an expert opinion…..there are several things that stand out to me regarding Jones vs. Chandler….
Jones has ELITE vision – understanding where a crease is developing before it develops…Chandler does not.
Jones has Above Average Balance and Strength – he can take a hit, maintain his balance and keep moving forward. Chandler is not above average.
Jones is an ELITE pass catcher out of the back field – you know it when you see it – the running backs that can effortlessly adjust to the ball in the air and consistently make the catches….Now, Chandler is no Adrian Peterson regarding the passing game – but he is not as good as Jones.
Chandler probably has higher end speed than Jones. I am not saying that Chandler can’t be an average NFL back…but Jones is clearly a step above.
Wonder when MRI is. Assume tomorrow.
I heard it was today…haven’t heard any results though.
That kid from Boise State is sure putting on a show so far this year. I think he’s at something like 90 carries for 1050 yards and 16 TDs in 16 quarters (he sat the second half of two of their 5 games so far due to them destroying the other team). Even if you chalk some of that up to playing lesser schools, I saw that the last 3 Heisman winning RBs, who also played crummy schools while also playing for powerhouse schools, had no where close to those stats.
Might have to take a trip over there to see him in person one of these Sat.
We saw their ‘Homecoming Parade’ Friday Night when we were out and about.
Dang Collage Students have a lot of energy.
I mean, the 35+ yard run (called back, which seems to happen to him a lot unfortunately) and other explosive plays in his past would indicate otherwise.
He’s not as good as Aaron Jones, come on now.
I would love to just see a game where he is the feature, sole back to see what we get from him. It seems he’s always used in a very limited role, and then everybody assumes why he doesn’t play is his blocking. I need a bigger sample size, personally, but I’ve seen many explosive plays from him.
Hopefully there will be little to no news on the Vikings for the next week other than updates on Hock and Jones saying they are ready to go.
Take away the keys to the Lambo.
CRAP!! I forgot its the bye week!
I watched the replay of the fair catch interference by Evans, I still say the punt returner stuck his leg out at the last second to get hit by Evans. I don’t know if that would constitute a penalty on the returner, if the refs seen it, but it should be a fine, since he could have injured Evans.
According to an ad I have heard about a million times, Trump wants to tax everything. Isn’t that a counterintuitive ad since Democrats like to tax everything?
Sometimes these political ads are so confusing.
Did you hear that correctly? Seems backwards.
Yes, Kamala keeps telling me that Trumps wants to do a national sales tax, or as she calls it, a Trump tax on everything. A Trump tax on clothing. A Trump tax on medicine, etc.
Well if Kamala says North, think South.
i love hearing the lies that come out, as well as empty promises
I don’t know about the cloths and medicine, but he does want a national sales tax. What they leave out is that he wants the national sales tax to replace income tax.
oh?
I thought they were misinforming everyone that the China tariffs were a national sales tax
Misinformation is only from the ignorant people’s of our dear country. Those in high leadership would never misinform.
‘High Leadership’ aka big on education and short on common sense?
A National Sales Tax to replace Income Tax could be interesting.
Or even a ‘Flat Tax’.
But would be so unfair to the poor and middle class – that’s the story.
Anything the Right wants to do is bad for the poor according to the Left.
Which makes no sense since people with more money spend more money. This would also incentivize saving money and I would assume would be like most sales taxes and food would be exempt.
Don’t think restaurant food and fast-food are exempt.
Fast food and snacks were included later to close some loopholes that were being used to skirt the taxes.
That would be fine. It incentivizes you to make a meal at home and not eat that greasy crap.
Once I retired I took over the majority of the cooking we went from multiple fast food meals a week to a couple a month.
Cooking is a pretty healthy and money saving hobby.
Not saying I buy this but here’s the claim.
Someone who makes 25k has to spend every dime just to get by and thus entire income is taxed.
A guy making a million a year, need really only need to spend 100k to get by. thus 900k is not taxed. Now, even if the person spends another 400k on boats etc ( not required spending) they still are getting by with 500k untaxed.
That’s the claim.
But they could very well end up paying more on the sales tax than they did with income tax and all of it’s loopholes.
As always, the devil is in the details.
Without studying it too closely, I would think a national sales tax would be more fair, because rich people overall would pay more because they buy more. It takes a lot of money to furnish those huge mansions versus the tiny hovel that I have. And I assume caviar cost more than generic brand fish sticks. The cost of a meal at a fancy New York restaurant cost more than buying the basics at Aldi and cooking yourself.
It’s more about discretionary spending and percent of income for basic needs.
It would depend how it is set up. I don’t know if any states now have a sales tax on grocery food or not, but I would think that should be exempt. However, I think most states tax restaurant food, which makes sense, since you don’t have to go out to eat. Minnesota doesn’t tax clothing, however it does tax sports, recreational and protective wear. Wisconsin however does charge sales tax on clothing. Like any other law that goes through Washington DC, I’m sure if a national sales tax was put into place, it would be a lot of mud slinging and there would be a bunch of weird exemptions attached such as people that live within 5 miles of the Wabash River would be exempt from paying sales tax on bee honey that was grown in hives that are produced by ABC Company since the CEO of ABC Company is a nephew of the senior Senator of Indiana.
For sure – how it is set up. End up with more loop holes, exceptions etc, and more complicated than the existing tax code. Fair is relative term.
Even Calif does not tax food in grocery stores..
It would be interesting to see what a National Sales Tax included.
This is exactly what the truth is, REPLACING another tax, but of course, the are lying sacks of s*** and leave out the important parts. And I agree with it – pay taxes on what you consume.
It would suck to pay more since I have kids. Sales tax means no more child tax breaks.
If clothing and grocery store food was not taxable, that would limit part of the taxable spending on kids. Let the grandparents buy all the kid’s toys.
That would be a pretty significant chunk of it. I want school choice vouchers as part of this deal so I can quit paying for two schools per kid.
Hope to see a Cam Bynum extension over the bye.
https://thevikingage.com/posts/minnesota-vikings-need-give-cam-bynum-extension-before-too-late
Stephon Gilmore says he knew what was coming on that final interception and he was ready for it.
https://fansided.com/posts/stephon-gilmore-admits-he-read-aaron-rodgers-like-a-game-of-thrones-novel-on-final-vikings-int-01j9ht9eejnq
Always good to smack talk The Douche……
I would rather we just ‘smack’ him.
Like we did Sunday.
That too.
Always like to see his whiney big stupid face when he doesn’t get the calls or he gives teammates the evil eye.
Before the year started I hated the early bye, now I think it comes at the best time. We just played some of the hardest defenses we will see all season, all in a row. Time to self scout, heal up, mentally reset. Come back out with fire against the former division champs at home and kick some ass.
Bye week now is good for a number of reasons:
Jones injury a chance to heal – KOC after the game said he believed the injury was short-term.
Hock practice window is opened already – likely he returns 10/20 and is full speed ahead.
Everyone else who’s been dinged up (Addison, Darnold, Pace, Turner) now has time to completely heal without risking further injury in game action – Addison still looks like he’s favoring his ankle a bit, the time off will help that.
I took the over 6.5 wins on the Vikings before the season started.
I’m 95% sure I’m in the money with that bet.
#nojinx
You are welcome.
I figured out who this lady is.
Gina Carano was 19-2-1 in Muay Thai and MMA before going into acting. In other words a typical Texas girl.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Carano
Isn’t she the actress that got cancelled by Disney?
Yup, was in the Mandalorian but said things that Woke Disney didn’t appreciate.
Yes
She got Axed from Disney for calling them out on their weird Leftist agenda bs.
She sounds like my new hero
Heroine.
#grin
How do you know?
Have you inquired about her “pronouns”?
Her fighting against Disney’s woke agenda make it pretty clear she’s not a total nutjob.
Well, likely.
I’m just stunned SoCal would assume some sort of gender without checking first.
I was watching MMA on youtube last nigh, saw a fight of hers when she knocked out another lady with one punch, looked her up on Wiki and was shocked to see that picture.
Had no idea she was an actress after she was a fighter, or that she got fired for not being woke enough for disney. I had seen that GIF before but didn’t know who she was.
Considering she is from Texas, has fight credentials, got fired from Woke Disney for talking out about their Leftist agenda I feel pretty confident in calling her a Heroine.
Stop posting GIFs of my wife, please. Thank you.
19-2-1 in MMA and Muay Thai, she is pretty bad ass as well as being pretty pretty.
She has a FUNCO POP face in how square it is, but dang if it doesn’t work on her!
Now that her fighting history is know those look like scars on her eyebrow. A different kind of ‘beauty mark’.
Her dad was a dallas cowboy so there is some stank on her
I’ll forgive her.
‘The sins of the father’ should not be ‘visited upon the children’ no matter what the Bible says.
I was born in Texas, but I don’t know a lot of Texas girls except for my cousins. None of them are like that, they are all very girly-girls.
I was stationed at Ft Hood for several years before retiring and I met quite a few that started as tomboys.
Might have to do with being in central Texas, no big cities, or near the military base.
My cousins are all East Texas girls.
Houston?
A mix of good people and good food with terrible crime and traffic.
Glad my daughter moved away from there.
Nope, most of them live a couple hours north of Houston. In the Jasper and Beaumont area.
My parents lived in Houston, but that was back in the 1950s, early 1960s. After I was born, they moved north to Iowa and then back to my Dad’s home state of Wisconsin and then to Minnesota when I was 6.
The last time the Vikings started 5-0 at the bye, they lost 4 straight and finished 8-8, missing the playoffs. 2016.
I’m glad we are 5-0, but I’m not convinced this team is 5-0 good.
The fact that they went 5-0 during the hardest part of their schedule gives me hope.
If they lose Jones or maybe Sam the wheels could come off.
This is the Vikings after all.
The 2009 *aints did NOT win the Super Bowl.
The won a farce game that means nothing.
Don’t think the Dolphins, Niners, or Rams actually did either.
the Dolphins and 49ers lost their Super Bowls clean/legit. Rams won in 99 (Greatest Show on Turf!) and of course the Broncos won in 98.
^THIS^
Chiefs are pretty much middle of the pack for being undefeated.
Nothing about them has looked impressive this year.
Great coach, great QB, really good defense – always going to be tough to beat.
top 13 defense!
LOL
Thought they were 7th in points allowed, and that’s playng the Ravens and Bengals. Pretty good to me.
I mean, they’re good, but they’re allowing more yards in situations that matter than a top defense should. Think “bend don’t break” (AKA a bit lucky and not sustainable)
Year before last took eight rookies and won a SB. Last year improved with all the youngsters and won again. Believe their DC has four SB trophies.
Now, if they could play the Jets, Steelers, and Dolphins, and maybe the Pats, believe their numbers would get better.
As a team still like their chances in any game.
This is a good graph.
Detroit at home after a bye is a must win. No excuses. If they are for real, you win that game.
I agree there.
If the Vikings can beat division teams, they can lock up the division early.
Sam:14/31, 179 yards, 1 INT
That won’t get it done.
Was enough to get it done yesterday…..
Could easily lost last 2 games.
But didn’t and that’s what matters.
I’m realistic.
AKA Doomer??
As we have been before.
I try my best. Still swear at the tv.
We all do. You’re not alone.
I was swearing at all the shot plays when there were yards for the taking underneath.
Saw a smudge meme where he started a swear jar yesterday. Had 6 5 gallon jugs full.
That’s fair. If I had a concern it would be the Jones injury. We need a solid running game.
And yet they didn’t.
I wonder if he didn’t bruise his ribs on that one hit where he took a play off
that’ll affect accuracy
Just know as long as you can play defense the way we do, we can beat anyone.
I’m sure similar things were said in 2016.
I’m just a poor worn out Vikings fan.
Better coaching now – both sides of the ball.
A dose of reality will hit sooner or later. The bright side is that it looks like decent parity in the NFC right now.
#nojinx
They’re efficient. DVOA thinks so, anyway. I wonder if there’s an update for week 5 yet….
Wasn’t that the Next Man Up year, until we ran out of the next man and had to field practice squad players throughout the defense?
Probably.
So nothing bad could ever happen again to the Vikings????
Yes, if 75% of our defensive starters get injured and 25% of our back players get injured we will probably not win many games.
While I am concerned about the second half play of the last two games, I’m very happy with 5-0. I never thought that would happen this year. On occasion, I like being wrong.
I am used to being wrong when prognosticating on sports.
I have learned to pick the worst option when answering survey questions since I expect to be wrong.
And that works more often than not.
I am wrong so often it no longer surprises me…
i’m generally overly optimistic about this team, and I even I didn’t expect anything this good.
‘overly optimistic about this team’
You must enjoy pain and heartache.
Me too. We’ve played better than anyone else so far.
It’s a long season and you don’t always have your A game. But good teams, still find ways to win and we can do that.
#nojinx
I wonder if Aaron Jones got hurt on that pass where he had to jump and landed awkwardly.
Maybe that Mullens pass, not sure. Of course, a MRI will be coming. Hope short term.
I’m having Sidney Rice hip-injury flashbacks!
‘Expect the worst and hope for the best’.
That is what we do as Viking fans.
Yes, Mullens tried to get him killed, just like Ingram is trying to get Sam killed.
I only saw a few minutes of the game. What was Mullens doing in the game?
Sam had to go out for a spell, looked like a possible knee injury, so Mullens went in, completed a like 23 yard pass, and then Sam was back.
Scratch that, it was a shot to the ribs, I think.
Place is dead. Did we lose?
Worn out from celebrating the win.
Some interesting games late last night like Cowpies/Steelers.
this is crazy:
That is crazy…Wow.
I read that too. He has only had 6 games where he has thrown more than 1 interception, 2 were against the Vikings. And, this was his first game with 2 interceptions in the opening quarter.
Saw that stat last week. Seems Rogers is an excellent front runner.
Also heard this morning last night was the first time in DAK’s career he had a late fourth Quarter winning score.
Whoever “Kirk Is Still Good” is, in the pickem league. Please keep picking MN to lose.
Never can trust them! I always do since it’s a consolation to if we do lose. Haha
It was close to being a good pick. I’d say if that game was played 4 times, Rodgers would have made it to the endzone three out of four times. In those alternate worlds, everyone else lost big points, and you gained a few. In this world, you only lost a couple of points.
Only good play with Ty was called back. What’s with all the stupid illegal procedure and delay of game calls? Get your head out of asses KOC.
Thought the same. Re: heads in asses. Maybe already discussed, but the Nailor muff against FTP last week I also thought was coaching. No need to even touch the ball, no benefit to fielding it. Put 11 on the line.
He is not the punt returner.
He was only back there because Powell was banged up on the previous play.
He still should have known better.
This is why I said it is more on the coach than Nailor. The ST coach should have made it abundantly clear, you do not have to make a play, if you can’t catch it get out of the way.
‘it is more on the coach than Nailor’
How can you/we know that??
The coach might have made it very clear and Nailor just got caught up in the moment and wanted to ‘make a play’.
Adrenaline can do that to a person.
How many asses does he have?
Typo, not awake yet.
Seven.
He is an Ass-Hydra.
😂
Live look at Kumbaya Kev?
Farts hearts.
Accurate.
Yup.
Have returned from the great (well moderately good) waterfowl shoot of 2024. Final tally 94 ducks and only one goose, we just couldn’t pick the right fields for geese.
Watched from afar my 90 yo dad shoot and miss 3 times at a flock of ducks, moments later another flock came in and he didn’t shoot. When I walked over a while later and asked why he didn’t shoot he replied he didn’t know how to load his shotgun. He’s loaded that thing at least 5000 times literally. Sigh.
In my absence we almost blew it with FTP and I was convinced Rogers would score on the final drive yesterday. Thought Darnold looked Darnold esque yesterday.
Want our kicker to get a meaningless miss before the playoffs.
Was trying to leave Bottineau NoDak Friday morning at 5:30 am, however had a near flat, limped to the tire shop and waited in the parking lot until 8 guy got to it at 9. Have a spare but is only rated to 50 mph. Note to self, put a real tire on spare.
Skol!
Yes, so much.
Maybe you can get your dad one of these. Modern problems require modern solutions!
That landscape looks North Dakota ish. That thing is bad to the bone.
Yes, that is part of the Eastern Border defense line we are installing to keep the wacko Minnesota liberals out, or at least to keep them from advancing no farther than Fargo, which they have already captured.
Hold that line and keep them away from us. You’re defenses need some work though. There are far too many leaking through. Is Kamala in charge of that border too?
Yeah, your bigger problem is on your Western border. I just talked to a business associate of mine who works in Portland…liberal as the day is long…he said his best friend and his wife just retired to Montanna….I would be shocked if they are not ultra libs.
I’m sure they ended up in BozAngeles or Missoula. When the time comes, we’ll have the high ground in the mountains that surround em, we’ll take out their coffee shops from long range and they’ll be lost.
If you live in Portland you are ultra liberal, or you keep your mouth shut if you want to survive.
Need a lot of hand strength to control that on any sort of auto function.
Wonder what the recoil is like on that?
Doesn’t seem to be mounted on that windowsill, that would be an odd place for it.
Looks like it is just resting there for the photo but even that would help brace it for the first shot or two.
“When I walked over a while later and asked why he didn’t shoot he replied he didn’t know how to load his shotgun. He’s loaded that thing at least 5000 times literally. Sigh.”
I feel your pain. My Dad is 85, doesn’t even try to use his cell phone or the TV remotes any more.
Here’s a Goose for you….
Good boy. My lab had many dozen water retrieves some >100 yds. Lost 10% of his body weight on the trip.
I like duck but i live in Minny, the progressive capital. License, state stamp, federal stamp. Rabbit stamps, squirrel stamps and stamp stamps. They migrate south and they just shoot the hell out of then for nothing.
I was $125 non res + the $25 Fed stamp
Hopefully the offensive weapons come week 7:
JJ
Addison
Nailor
Hock
Jones
That’s a good supporting cast.
The defenses we’ll be facing for the next five games (yds/game allowed):
DET (23rd)
LAR (29th)
IND (32nd)
JAX (31st)
TEN (1st)
That jets defense is for real, good to face some softer ones coming up….
I’m surprised Detroit is so low, I thought they had a pretty solid Defense.
depends on where you’re looking.
DVOA has Detroit defense ranked 15th
LAR 31
IND 21
JAC 32
TEN 9
(Minnesota has the #1 defense)
I listened to some of an Edelman podcast where he talked about playing with Vrabel. He said Bellicek would show the Patriots linebackers film of the Giants linebackers to show them how to play.
So one day Vrabel came out to the practice field in a Giants uniform and yelled to Bellicek, “You happy now!?”
That’s quality trolling.
Victory Monday, feels good!
SKOL!!
FTP!
Amen
I think these weird 2nd half offensive sleep fests are why KOC is a GOOD coach, but not Elite (YET). This isn’t a new thing and it has happened before.
He can get a little too cute sometimes. And i hope he learns from that.
I am VERY excited to be going into the bye 5-0 and SHOULD have a fully healthy team that includes HOCK….we have been desperately missing TE play and he will be a breath of fresh air for sure.
Things are looking up for the Vikings. the Lions will be a tough matchup, but the next few games after that seem to be the “soft” part of our schedule. this could be getting fun, guys
I think the second half vanishing offense yesterday was because Jones was hurt and without him there is no decent running game. Sam also threw a few bad passes and took two sacks vs throwing the ball away.
Coach could have made some different calls, but the guys downfield were open enough to take those chances imo. With a decent run game, the safeties would be up closer to the line. That went away as soon as Jones was out.
Future is bright for this team. No idea how far they will go this season, but this is an absolute blast compared to the last 6 years.
AMEN
also, the Jets have a very good defense.
I’m ready to start playing teams that don’t have stellar front lines and overall very good defenses…
Great start to the season, and now we have a bye to get rested up, and heal a little. KOC says he kept throwing the ball deep because they were playing tight coverage at the line, and he wanted to take advantage of it. Except we couldn’t. Which bugged me. Seeing Sam slinging the ball 40 yards downfield with no chance of completing it, over and over, just irritated me. We’ve clearly demonstrated over the first 4 weeks we can move the ball effectively, then KOC does that. Set Sam up to fail in my opinion.
yes, I agree. the lack of adjusting by KOC was surprising, and disturbing. With no running game, and a QB who was off, we needed to try something different. i only recall 2 screen passes by the Vikes. Darnold and Chandler had poor games. Ever JJ was les than his usual “stellar”. Let’s hope the Offense rebounds
I think the offense will be fine. KOC needs to pull his head out.though.
Did you want them to throw screens to the guy that couldn’t catch a toss?
Well, better to drop a forward pass than a lateral. Or we could Target a TE or WR. bottom line is let’s keep mixing it up!
Yeah, you got me there. At least it would just fall harmlessly to the ground. At least we’re squabbling about how they could win by more and not complaining about why they got blown out.
so true. Skol!
He’ll learn. I trust him.
Jets defense had something to do with it. They play tight press coverage and it’s tough to get open on short routes. and, for the most part, Sam had good time to throw. They just didn’t hit on them.
Just happens sometimes. And our running game seemed to dry up.
It rains a lot in London, I think that’s why that bridge fell down.
Aaron Jones cannot get injured. He just cannot. Full stop. Not allowed.
Otherwise, I saw the last Jets drive. I figured there was about a 95 percent chance Rodgers would get the go-ahead TD, but it didn’t happen.
Offense needs to stop going to sleep in the second half. Beyond that…London games can take a long walk off a short pier. They are weird and should feel weird.
If Jones is out for a while, maybe it’s time to ride with McBride.
That’s really good news
Good game. Tough win….better than a tough loss.
I think the rain affected the passing game of both teams with a slick ball. Jets defense though is also very good, and every catch was contested.
Will Reichard is the man.
Hopefully Aaron Jones only has a hip pointer, and hopefully Sam’s ribs are ok. Good timing on the bye week there.
Been a fun, unexpected season already! Skol!
GM!
FTP!
SKOL!
There were some issues that need to be fixed, and Aaron Jones is a beast the team needs. Huge drop off in the run game once he left.
Still, 5-0 feels damned good!