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I do not have any fun things to report about meeting someone famous. I have this week off work, so I have been reading, watching some movies that the Mrs. would hate, and got all the Christmas decorations up. I also have the smoker prepped for the Turkey Breasts for tomorrow.
Plenty to be thankful for if you are a Vikings fan. 9-2 is pretty nice, even if they only have dominated 1 game so far. Also thankful the election crap is over, so now I get to see all the ads for medications instead of political ads. @Got that going for me@
NFL/Vikings news
No Daniel Jones signing yet. I still think he would be better than Mullens moving forward, but my wife also reminds me I know nothing. She also reminds me that the Vikings should have taken Bo Nix. I will hear that for a long time, until JJ proves he is better.
Media selection – I just really like this song
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wut?
Which what?
I got a bunch of notifications. Weird.
From here?
I tried several times to post the injury report and it would say ‘awaiting approval’ and then it would disappear.
Are you getting notifications from those?
Ohhhhh, that’s what it was. Hahahaha
for some reason, it thought you had a bunch of links in the post.
Injury Report
Josh Oliver
TEWrist/AnkleDNP
Jay Ward
SElbowDNP
Harrison Phillips
DLNot Injury Related – RestDNP
Cam Robertson
TFootLP
Patrick Jones II
OLBKneeLP
Kamu Grugier-Hill
LBShoulderLP
Andrew Van Ginkel
OLBThighLP
John Greenard
DLToeLP
Brandon Powell
WRAnkleLP unspecified
https://www.vikings.com/team/injury-report/
Injury Report
Josh Oliver
TEWrist/AnkleDNP
Jay Ward
SElbowDNP
Harrison Phillips
DLNot Injury Related – RestDNP
Cam Robinson
TFootLP
Patrick Jones II
OLBKneeLP
Kamu Grugier-Hill
LBShoulderLP
Andrew Van Ginkel
OLBThighLP
Jonathan Bullard
DLToeLP
Brandon Powell
WRAnkleLP unspecified
https://www.vikings.com/team/injury-report/
Wed Injury report.
Josh Oliver
TEWrist/AnkleDNP
Jay Ward
SElbowDNP
Harrison Phillips
DLNot Injury Related – RestDNP
Cam Robinson
TFootLP
Patrick Jones II
OLBKneeLP
Kamu Grugier-Hill
LBShoulderLP
Andrew Van Ginkel
OLBThighLP
Jonathan Bullard
DLToeLP
Brandon Powell
WRAnkleLP unspecified
https://www.vikings.com/team/injury-report/
Our GM is a genius. We now have three top 10 drafted QB’s on the team. Don’t think any other team has had that.
But I thought that ‘if you had two QBs you have none’ per John Madden.
How much worse is it if you have 3??
Think John meant two so so QB’s – we have 3 top 10’s. Amazing really, it’s just never happened.
Well one is out for the year and one is newly signed and won’t report until after the holiday, so we only have one at the moment.
In six or 8 weeks if Danny is all read in of the Offense and if Sam is struggling it might be a issue. But that is a problem for a latter date.
This was a fun watch last night.
A bit lengthy at 37m. I had never seen her before. She said she is a ‘Populist’ who hates the Democruds for what they did to Bernie Sanders.
She had some good thoughts/insights like calling Tampon Tim ‘The first White Male DEI hire’.
yeah, that was a fun video
She has a sense of humor, puts some serious effort into the editing and talks a lot of common sense to boot.
To the Lib criticizing the ‘non collage educated men’ for supporting DT ‘Those are the people who build America Bitch’.
I think I am a fan.
Just got done raking leaves. Hopefully the final time for the year.
I like the low end cost of signing Jones. I think he sucks, but you never know.
Favorite foods on thanksgiving:
Honorable mentions would be apple pie, mashed potatoes, stuffing.
I hope the Loins and Pukers get spanked tomorrow.
We got a storm over the weekend and it blew all the leaves off the tree in front and also blew all the leaves on our lawn down the street.
It was glorious!
Damn you!
We have zero trees on our property.
So I am cleaning up other peoples leaves.
Cut your grass super low in the fall so the leaves just blow right through.
We have no trees either.
The only one fell in the spring just before we made the move.
Was ready to rake but except for minimal leaves in the back it is not required. Just sweeping of the porch.
We’re covered in snow
Vikings signed former 1st round pick off the FTP practice squad to be the back up to Pace’s old back up Grugier-Hill.
‘Davis will likely split time with Vikings linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill, who filled in for Pace’s responsibilities on defense against the Bears.’
https://fansided.com/vikings-news-jamin-davis-replace-ivan-pace-ir
Stopped by to check out the reaction to the Daniel Jones signing. I get why the Vikings signed him. On his end, guess he liked the way Darnold improved. Personally, I’m going to take it as an indication that the Vikings have no intention of giving Darnold big money, which makes me happy.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Hey Kathy! I bought this the other night at a silent auction
Wow! I absolutely LOVE that.
you should send it to Kathy.
If he stays on the practice squad, they will only pay him about 100k. Then they’ll have in house insurance when Sam moves on for big bucks and they will get first chance to try to sign him to a new deal to be JJ’s backup next year. Worst case Jones gets a decent contract somewhere to compete to start and the Vikings get another plus in the comp pick equation.
Can’t anybody poach him off the PS?
They could, but he can say no and I anticipate him being activated to the 53 in a week or two.
really? He can say no? I had no idea that was possible.
My reply sounds snarky but it isn’t I had no idea someone on a practice squad can refuse to be poached.
Yeah, typically they don’t because the other team has to put them on their active roster which means a nice pay raise. I don’t think a couple thousand dollars one way or the other is going to be much of a factor to Danny Dimes.
He already said No to the Raiders, who wanted him to start, and the 49ers and the Bills.
Unless Mahomes goes down I don’t see him agreeing to play for anyone else.
Why would the Chiefs want him? They already have the ND Saint.
Also, Go Cats!
Not saying that they would.
But that is about the only situation I could see him leaving our PS for.
In that case can the Vikes activate him to the active roster before the Chiefs could ask?
Hard to argue giving that a try, since he’s practically free.
I think it shows that KOC is considered the QB whisperer around the NFL.
Sams turnaround (so far) gives other underperforming QBs hope that they can be resurrected here as well.
Of course Jets helps as well.
Agree.
Hi Kathy!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I expect that Jones could be the backup next season.
That’s what I’m thinking too. Have a great time tomorrow!
Ordered a heating pad on Amazon for the bed yesterday after The Teacher mentioned getting chilly at night. They overnighted it as we have prime and it was delivered at 5am this morning.
That is some crazy turnaround, can’t imagine how they make money on that.
I ordered some wifi outlets from them on Sunday, they showed up here in my remote neck of the woods on Monday. Might have to do with the new warehouses in Billings and Missoula.
They are building a new one here in Nampa, to go with the two they already have in the area.
Lolz
That’s for sure his reasoning.
Can’t keep track of roster moves.
Still above ground, taking nourishment.
Can he play Guard or left tackle?
this surprises me
Why? If he comes super cheap, he’s a better backup than Mullens. And could we possibly get a comp pick out of this?
i didn’t say i didn’t like it…
i’m surprised he didn’t go with buffalo or ravens if he had a chance to. they are more super bowl quality than we are.
Gotcha, you are more surprised from his end not ours.
yes correct
Wowza.
Makes sense. His situation is a lot like Sam’s was.
So Sam can go to the Giants to be their starter next year, and Jones can then be our new “Sam”
But on the bench behind JJ.
Exactly
But what if he stays and plays better than JJ in camp and preseason?
Yes
He won’t. But if he does it allows JJ’s knee to fully heal.
Good move by Kwesi hedging his bets for this year and next.
Then JJ can get in reps and rehabilitate his knee until he is better than Jones.
Jones can play starter until he returns to form.
Kind of Sam 2.0
Having 2 good QBs would be a good problem to have.
I think he is playing for free as a way to thank us for getting him is big paycheck.
LOL, no kidding
To the practice squad.
Yep. They must have read my take on this yesterday. Most likely on the PS initially to learn the offense and see if he can beat out Mullens. Worst case they have a good 3rd option should something happen to Sam. I’m sure Jones wanted to learn from KOC after what he’s done with Sam.
Or he gets to show he can pick up and function in KOC’s offense and get a low price deal for next year.
1st he can learn the offense, program.
Maybe next week he can be the #3 emergency QB.
Then in a couple weeks see if he is an improvement over Mullins (100% completion rate).
At the end of the year we can see if he wants to stay and be JJ Mac’s backup or not.
No downside as he is getting almost all his pay from the Giants ($12M).
Yep. I think the Vikings are only paying him a little over 300k for the remainder of the year and then they will have the first chance to negotiate with him if they want to bring him back next year. If he leaves for a chance to compete to start somewhere, he’ll get a big enough contract to affect the compensatory picks.
So what’s everyone TWO favorite thanksgiving foods?
Mine are mashed potatoes (momma freeze makes some DELICIOUS ones, not even sure whats all in them) and then peanut butter pie (sister freeze makes a delicious one)
runnner up is the smoked turkey my brother in law makes
Green bean casserole and like a real American, apple pie.
is it the type of apple pie that’s made with a bunch of different apple varieties? those are the only good apple pies IMO
If you’re having turkey for Thanksgiving, hopefully it’s not a Butterball
They sure… Buttered their balls! What a bunch of turkeys!
That’s a fowl joke
First thing I though of to.
Mashed potatoes and gravy, and stuffing with gravy.
good man with the mashed…
Same. I like sweet potato casserole too, as long as it doesn’t have pecans in it. Not much of a turkey fan. Cousin makes a yummy pumpkin cake.
Mashed potatoes and turkey, 100 percent.
I am making the mashed potatoes. I dress them up a bit with cream cheese, garlic and melted butter mixed in but all that seems unnecessary. I like them just fine plain, too. Plus, there is gravy at Thanksgiving.
Potatoes are my go-to utility food. I eat tons of potatoes.
potatoes are VERY versatile, so i understand that.
I’m pretty sure momma freeze makes mashed just like you to.
Then I have to make beef stew Sunday because my wife wants that for her birthday.
Cornbread dressing and turkey. My wife does a great job with both.
Tough one. Mashed Potatoes and Gravy (it’s one food damnit). Probably then my moms scalloped corn. Turkey I would say is so hit and miss. I’ve been spatchcock and smoking turkey with a compound butter up under the skin. Best results I’ve ever had.
Hard question so many good choices. Maybe cause I don’t get these things much rest of year, good dressing and pumpkin pie.
Yorkshire pudding and parsnip and carrot puree.
With a side of poutine?
(young MT): Poutine? What’s that? Is that that frog shit that the Quebecois eat?
(old MT): THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!
Someone has to send shock waves through the usual bland fare offered at American Thanksgiving. Now is my wife or I going to take the time to make Yorkshire pudding or carrot/parsnip puree? Nope. That’s a Canadian Thanksgiving thing.
‘Yorkshire pudding’
Thought that was a British thing.
Canadians are basically British still. Except the French portion.
That could be. Something my mother always made. Perhaps to please her Welsh husband. Not sure about that.
Dad did most of the cooking during the year. Mom did the turkey, cooked spare ribs, and Yorkshire pudding. Other than that, it was all dad.
I’m smoking a turkey. I have to go find some gigantic rolling papers.
That’ll take a pretty big lighter too.
Pretty sure GF is capable of producing a large flame. He is a guy after all.
*assuming gender*
Probably works better with feathers on.
It’s been over 40 years, but I can still remember the smell when you dip chickens into boiling water so that you can remove the feathers.
Kiddo & I are gonna do some baking, trying our first gluten-free pie.
Good luck.
Seems like there should be some good possibilities out there.
French silk pie from Perkins and fresh veggie platter
solid choices!
I actually do like them, but far from my favorites. Actually it would be hard to pick just two, I really like Thanksgiving (and Christmas) food.
I love to contrast Thanksgiving memories at my folks place (Canadian style) and memories with my wife (American style). The former was very staid, little conversation, might have one aunt, uncle or grandparents over. The latter was bedlam, at least 50 people in attendance, seven conversations taking place at once, football on in the living room with the men sneaking in to grab food and head back out to watch football.
Gonna be a bit quieter this year. Stepson and two grandkids might be coming, and possibly their dad/granddad (wife’s ex). Stepdaughter and fam are definitely not coming, wife had a convo this morning with her on speaker and my analogy would be witnessing the reactor lid coming off Chernobyl #4 and releasing clouds of highly radioactive particulates into the atmosphere.
Sorry to hear about family drama.
Was curious but didn’t want to ask and bring it up. Hope all who attend make for a great family holiday.
When I was stationed in Germany I had a group of German friends and they came over for Thanksgiving.
It was a work day for them so I would cook and go all ‘American’ for them. Always a good time.
Don’t think we ever had Deutschlanders over for (Canadian) Thanksgiving, as it was as you point out a work day for them. My biggest memory around the holidays was that Krampus dude and the chocolates the host family gave me having schnapps in them, boy did I sleep well after stuffing my face with some chocolates.
The Commissary on the AFB in SoCal would have a large selection of German Christmas foods every Dec. Got The Teacher hooked in some of thier good stuff.
Looking forward to seeing if they do the same here at the Idaho AFB.
Mountain Home must be about an hour drive for you?
If we hit rush hour traffic thru Boise.
Otherwise it is about 45m, 90m round trip is a good day.
Plus shopping time of course. We get a lot to make the shopping trip worth the gas it takes.
Family drama sucks.
My son and daughter in law are not coming over for Thanksgiving or Christmas, since I refused to vote for Kamala.
More turkey for me, and more money to spend on golf instead of Christmas presents for people that think I am Hitler.
I have several Woke relatives in Commifornia, We seldom if ever talked politics. If we did it was because they brought it up. I would slap them down and no one would bring up the subject again.
Seemed to work well for the most part.
Sorry, that’s gotta suck. That’s crazy.
Lefse and dark meat turkey
Forgot about Lefse.
I want to change my answer. Lefse is way better than turkey.
Lefse?
Isn’t that potato tortillas?
I tried it once when visiting the in-laws in ND.
Once was enough.
I’m not a fan, not really any good unless you’ve load it up with sugar and butter
That is how I remember most of the in-laws eating it.
Reminded me of some neighbors that fed their kids butter and sugar sandwiches.
Gag!
The thinner the better. Lefse done well is amazing.
I have not had any store bought that comes close to what grandma and my aunts would make.
And of course, with butter and sugar most things are even better.
‘with butter and sugar most things are even better’
That explains Rhubarb pie.
You don’t even need that much butter’.
Stuffing and mashed potatoes. Those are the vessels that the Turkey (meh) rides on.
I’ll let you know after tomorrow. For now I would say stuffing and mashed potatoes and gravy, with the cranberry sauce on top.
I am cooking my first Thanksgiving day meal. I have smoked a turkey before, which was good. But this year, I am frying a Cajun turkey and I cured and will be smoking a ham.
Good tune!
Beat me to it, only I’d say great tune.
In case you didn’t see it yesterday Pace is on IR.
Damn.
They grow on trees and don’t make a difference…
Happy Hump Day! 🐫
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I haven’t been able to write up a summary of last week yet. I’ve been busy as a really busy person during a particularly busy time of the year within the framework of general busyness. Maybe I can whip something up later today.
Regardless, get yer picks in! I am going to do mine right now…
Picking the Bears tomorrow. Probably silly, but I cannot get over how many times I have seen the Lions find a way to lose on Thanksgiving….
Would help us a lot if dabears find a way to beat the Lions, but I’m afraid the Kitties will find a way to win (with a little help from the refs, if necessary). Don’t want to influence your pick, just my 2 cents considering how the season has been going so far.
This has to be the Lions year unless they get bit by injuries. There seems to be no one in the NFC who can challenge them at this point.
I’m already shuddering at the thought of the 20-yard passes they are going to drop on us when we play them again.
I’m hoping for when we play them next, the game won’t matter to them and they don’t start their starters. i know that’s not the way campbell does things, but i think if they are legit super bowl contenders, he will rest his guys
They’re no going to be able to rest anybody because the Vikings are going to win until then and they will drop at least one so they will go into that game tied and it will be for the division.
And that would make for a great big time game.
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