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Had a great night last night helping coach the kids. There were only two of us coaches there (other coach is a good guy, lives up the street), but we had a good time. It’s getting me back into shape quickly, those 10 & 11 year olds can run.
I was happy to see that the Vikings added Thielen yesterday, I was very happy with both the additions of Wentz and Thielen. I think both bring positive and varied experience into the locker room, and have both played at a very high level, Thielen for obviously much longer. A lot of people focus on Theilen’s history with the area and with the Vikings, but Thielen can still ball at 35 years old, and will be a solid addition to the wide receiver room.
I see this as a fairly big loss for the Panthers, especially considering Bryce Young was just starting to show a little something last year, and it seemed like he was at his best when Thielen was in the lineup. I’m not sure why the Panthers made this move.
I don’t expect any other major moves unless the team finds a way to acquire an improvement at cornerback.
3 votes for “I secretly love the Packers” on yesterday’s poll. LOL
Vikings News
Vikings.com has details on the Adam Thielen trade that brought him back to the Vikings.
Also, the Vikings begin to form their practice squad, from Vikings.com.
NFL News
CBS Sports has a practice squad tracker where you can see all the latest moves across the NFL.
Colts GM Chris Ballard said the Colts won’t trade Anthony Richardson despite interest from other teams. Ballard seems like a poor GM. I don’t mean in this instance because I think it’s the right move to hang on to Richardson, I just think he’s a poor GM in general.
The NFL has suspended Chiefs WR Rashee Rice for the first 6 games of the season, per NFL.com.
From the article:
Rice, who is now prohibited from practicing with the Chiefs as well, is suspended without pay and effective immediately, becoming eligible for reinstatement on Oct. 13, following the Chiefs’ Week 6 game against the Detroit Lions.
Rice’s suspension stems from the 25-year-old’s conviction for, along with another driver, causing a multi-vehicle chain-reaction collision on March 30, 2024, in Dallas. Rice was sentenced to 30 days in jail on July 17. Rice pleaded guilty to two third-degree felony charges of collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury.
Media Selection
I thought this was interesting. I’m not a fan of the Federal Reserve system, and I think it’s been the main catalyst to the demise of our country’s financial health, so this piqued my curiousity. I’ll be up-front, I haven’t looked into this guy much, and it’s the first of his videos I’ve watched, so I take it with a grain of salt, but it’s interesting.
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The Gophers never fail in their ineptitude
Consistency is normally thought of as a ‘good thing’.
Nebraska still has a team? Whodathunkit?
Dallas also gets Kenny Clark, in addition to two first round picks
Eberflus got fired in Chicago. Eberflus will get fired in Dallas.
My wife is rather snake phobic, frequently sends me pics of snakes around our place or that she encounters walking the dog or hiking around. Almost universally they are garter snakes, North American racers, or gopher snakes. She’s like oh phew I thought it was a rattlesnake.
This afternoon she sent me a pic of one lounging on the side of the shouse. Uh…that’s a prairie rattlesnake. I called her after I finished my procedure, asked what she did…killed it with a shovel!
My wife, the snake slayer.
Name of your sex tape
Sounds like a horror movie if this is a sex tape.
At least the Vikings have an offensive line and hopefully a qb that knows how to get rid of the ball. Caleb Williams is probably in a corner right now sucking his thumb.
Whilst sitting in mommy’s lap
Hope he doesn’t chip the paint on his thumbnail.
Hitman is ded
That’s what I was thinking. Here i thought they were going to get Hitman and Thielen their rings but apparently Hitman hasn’t figured out how to play with Depends on. It was a nice thought.
His personal health problem…. Incontinence
Thank goodness, we are awful lean at S
They’re paying him $12 million a year more than Jefferson. That’s ridiculous. Who impacts a game more, a pass rusher or the best WR in the league?
Play off time in the cold it might be the Edge rusher, but they gotta make it that far first.
Let’s wait and see after we play them.
Most teams rank edge rusher as the second most important position on the field, after QB. Wide receiver traditionally ranks around 5th.
Depends on the QBs. If the QB can sling the ball and handle pressure and keep a play alive with his feet, the WR will have more of an impact.
If the edge rusher is rushing a QB that cannot handle pressure well, it will be game over for the offense and the DE has made a bigger impact.
We have seen this on our team through history.
I know Brad mentioned something about this in the past. I found a book about magic mushrooms, so I thought I would do a little research. This article is way above my education level, but there are some interesting conclusions.
There’s a good book I listened to on audio book out there called The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross by John M. Allegro. Kind of ties in how mushrooms were used 1000s of years ago and might explain some things that are referenced to in the bible and why they were regarded as sacred across the world and cultures. Of course the Catholic church had a problem with it but, still a good read.
The book I ran across is, Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower’s Guide by O. T. Oss & O. N. Oeric. I haven’t read it as I am putting it in by bookstore inventory and don’t have time to read everything I list, but it intrigued me because of some other stuff I’ve heard, so I did a quick search to read a few short articles.
All the more reason to dive in.
Sign me up
I’ve eaten those before, it’s quite an experience
Let’s agree to eat them simultaneously, then I can spit it out.
They taste terrible
Dry them first, a tablespoon equals about a gram. 5 tablespoons will be a really fun time, but work up to it. Start with 2 or so.
Yeah, have not tried those. DMT is on my wish list of experiences, but I would want to be in a controlled setting.
For now, gummies
Another great one here, Pollan is an expert in the field.
Gophers open their season tonight, hopefully it’s on local tv
Shows FS1 ben at 7 if you have.
Shoo, I do not have cable
We talked earlier about laughter being good for us. That should be funny enough for me.
sad. That will not be fun to see twice per season.
We have the tackles to handle him.
“Now to Pam who has an update from the Vikings sideline on the injury to Darrisaw…”
Shut your face!!
KOC will figure it out. Every blitz run right at him.
Better figure it out… I still remember Lawrence Taylor’s hit on Theismann.
Yep. But Gibbs and Theisman had been beating Taylor and that defense for several years.
We will need to be balanced and not to pass happy. And JJ is going to have to account for him on every play.
Run Mason right at him over and over then dump a screen over his head.
That would work.
A lot of this will be on KOC to adjust.
Since NLV brought up the Skins, I remember Gibbs saying on his show when they play the Giants he just throws half the playbook away because it just wouldn’t work.
One sack a game and not great against the run
The last team he needed to go to. So pissed. Hopefully they gut all of their good picks for the next few years and thank God we have a better interior line now.
Two first round picks, not nothing but not extreme either, we’ll see if he is the same player after getting paid
How many Super Bowls do you remember that were won because of an edge rusher? I remember Von Miller being very good, but the Broncos also had Peyton. Jordan Love is not Peyton and none of their receivers are anywhere close to DT.
Wasn’t Miller the MVP of that SB and at that game Manning couldn’t even throw the ball 10 yards.
The real problem with Parson there, you have to use resources to stop him and that makes it easier for others on the defense.
Yeah, but that’s the only example I can think of off the top of my head and there have been lots of very dominant pass rushers. Plus $47 million a year is insane and what did he do for Dallas? Pretty sure they were still bottom of the league in run defense last year.
Can’t speak to the money. Recall Charles Haley for both Cowboys and Niners almost simple handedly winning championship games.
I don’t think its so much as edge rusher per se, but if the defense has a dominate player like this. like Aaron Donald, you have to double him every play or he can kill every drive.
This doesn’t mean we can’t beat them though.
So the first reference you can come up with was from 30+years ago. That’s my point. Does he make them better? Yes. With what they are paying him and Love though, I’m not going to lose sleep over this.
I didn’t try real hard. But he is a player the calibre of Aaron Donald ( not quite 30 years ago) and you will have to have a blocking scheme in place to account for him.
I’m not losing sleep either as KOC can come up with a plan to handle this.
And we’re playing football this year in about two weeks. If the Packers have managed their money, that’s down the road.
I remember Simeon rice wrecking Oakland back in the 2000s when the Bucs won the SB, but it’s pretty rare
That’s my point and most of the guys you can think of were probably on rookie contracts and not making QB money and their team has a legit QB.
I think they’re paying him as much as the Vikings paid kirk, all for at best 1 sack a game.
That makes me feel better. Not a recipe for sustained success.
Seems about right. How may Playoff wins did we get with Kirk?
It actually cost them DT Kenny Clark and 2 firsts.
I’m really glad they included Kenny Clark. The guys kills us every year.
Yeah that takes the sting off. I hope they over rely on him to carry that Defense. That and Golden is now their “best” WR who hasnt taken a snap yet. Praying for a collapse.
Peckers better hope he stays healthy. Rolling the dice.
I was hoping this was a scam, but I checked my phone and I see I got an alert from the NFL app that confirms it. Ugh.
UGH! I wanted the Cowboys to lose Parsons, but did it have to be to Packers, yikes.
Freezey is always first with the scoop…
Parsons to the Pack.
OH NO
Meh, gonna make the Packers better just like Mack did for the bears. Sounds like they have up a lot to get him too.
Please not the pack, please not the pack, please not the pack
Agree
Fuck
Agree again
What a great leader.
The team loves JJ.
i think being “captain” is one of the most overrated things in pro sports
No way, you get to call the coin flip.
oh i forgot about that.
It’s a HUGE deal, my bad
Lots of secret injuries going on this preseason?
Still have not heard what is going on with Hock.
i hadn’t heard something was wrong with hock….
That is because it is a secret.
He hasn’t even dressed for practice for weeks I understand.
‘ When it came to what specific type of injury Hockenson is currently dealing with, O’Connell described it as a “hip, leg, back [injury]. Whatever …’
https://thevikingage.com/minnesota-vikings-tj-hockenson-injury-update-sounds-better
isn’t that a rap song??
“my hip, my leg, my back…just like that”
Maybe wants a new contract.
He does have ‘Priors’.
Worked once before.
Might as well try it again….
Hock has been far too injured, return on that investment is not good.
don’t worry, he just has a $21mill cap hit next year…………………………………………………………….
He’ll be elsewhere or extended, I’d prolly choose the first option
I remember some handsome fellow suggesting drafting someone like Loveland if available and being betrayed here. Super happy about Jackson, but they definitely need to come up with a long term safe guard there.
“Take a bow”
Awesome episode.
Has Gink made it back to practice yet?
That might explain all the safeties on the roster.
Old age?
Incontinence
Let’s just hope Wrenage doesn’t see this.
i’d have to assume this is some sort of mental health issue??
Nope
well ok then.
mono, the kissing disease probably
Damnit I might have caught what Smith has, double vision itis
I am guessing Peyronie’s Disease…
Oddly specific…
Wonder how many concussions he has really had.
Nailor did have some procedure with hand with idea he’d be there for the Cubs. Between questionable and probable. Not sure what a Thielen factor is. Is Thielen healthy? Anyways. looks like Nailor would miss one game only.
He’s fine
-Mike Zimmer
‘he’d be there for the Cubs’
The Bores?
Yes, thought maybe Bears is offensive now.
My doomer outlook for MNF only increases day by day.
I still think the crybaby fails for a few games before improving. Our defense should be good enough to make him cry. I would like that.
But I certainly would not be surprised at any outcome week 1.
I don’t know if Williams has NFL level processing speed Surly. He’s good when he knows exactly where he wants to go with the ball, and has a good opportunity to deliver it. When that is not the case, he seems to struggle. Take his first read away, and put some pressure on him, and he is a far lesser QB in my opinion.
He probably ain’t the only young QB in that boat.
True.
i must say, i’m feeling similar….
Van Gink, Hock, Hitman all not practicing….
Saw that the Minnesota Trans shooter regretted his decision to transition.
Transitioning often makes their depression and mental anguish worse, not better.
These people need help, support, love, etc…they do not need to be talked into doing a transition.
I will now step down from my soap box.
I know an ex special forces guy I served with who transitioned using the military care system. He is a big person, around 6’4″. Not fat in any way shape or form. He had surgeries, and for a good ten years, lived his life as a woman. I heard recently he transitioned back. Don’t ask me how he did that. He was not attractive in any way as a woman, and it was always awkward when I was around him. For both of us.
I have no idea why he transitioned in the first place.
It could be like any person who is truly unhappy/depressed. It is easier to look for a quick fix rather than look inside yoursrlf as to why you are really unhappy. The quick fix takes your mind off your problems, but eventually they come back
Not sure, but don’t those people that due transition are put on some very strong meds. Also not sure if this is cause or effect, but large doses of meds like this has to have an affect.
Transitioning does not seem to be a quick fix. More like permenant damage.
My two cents.
Also, booze or weed or just watching stupid funny things on TV can also take your mind off your problems.
@or so I hear@
I don’t have any experience with the booze or weed, but definitely watching stupid funny things on tv can help distract a person.
Probably much healthier, so well done.
Laughing is good for us.
Booze is definitely not healthy, but it is a short term solution some people take to feel better. I know I want a beer or three sometimes when watching this team. And while it is absolutely a carcinogen, I still drink booze on occasion.
I was never into smoking pot. Tried it as a teenager, and it just made me fall asleep. I did get the giggles a bit.
Fast forward to a 60 year old Surly, who took some Advil because the knees hurt. well, cannot have booze. Family came over for dinner, and one family member offered me a THC selzer. Zero calories, felt very relaxed, no hangover.
Good stuff. Gummies work well for me also.
Why can’t you drink booze if you are taking advil??? never heard of such nonesense.
Long term use of both = stomach ulcers, impaired renal function
I want neither of those things.
Tylenol and booze destroys your liver. Advil and booze destroys your stomach and GI tract.
Ew to both.
Why can’t we have beer and pizza and ice cream be as good for us as broccoli?
for some reason beer and pizza don’t go well together for me
How about pizza and Chianti?
i thought it was supposed to be liver and farva beans with Chianti
Well, you just have to eat something else with your beer.
You could go to Pizza Ranch and order a Roy Rogers with your pizza!
I usually do a burger with beer
I usually do beer with everything I eat.
Well generally, not for some reason I get indigestion with pizza
I thought that was Tylenol that caused that??
According to by brother-in-law “The Colonel” the military actually tracked the success rate of transitioning soldiers in terms of decreased suicide rates and increased general happiness amongst its “Trans” population.
The result – transitioning soldiers did not result in reduced suicide rates or an increased happiness score. The military has since tried its best to suppress its findings because it didn’t fit what the woke narrative.
Certainly that is my personal anecdotal experience. I’ve known 5 people in my life who transitioned. Two transitioned back, two committed suicide, and one is in therapy.
Again, I have no idea what drove these men to transition. None of them were attractive as females.
If someone where to transition from male to female and then back to male, could they ask to get a larger penis attached???
Asking for a friend….
Well I have no idea how that works NoDak. That said, if one has a choice…
Yes, I got the John Holmes.
Ha!
The John Bobbitt model is removable.
LOL!
Apparently, he also praised Hitler in high school.
Going to be hard for the media and dems to figure out which side to frame this evil.
So they won’t frame it as anything other than senseless gun violence and another reason why everyone’s guns need to be taken from them.
That too of course.
Did you the see the report that he had “kill Trump” written on stuff?
I mean, I agree, that lack of gun control will be the start of it, but Trump has to be blamed. It’s in their DNA.
All things bad lead back to Trump.
Over 400 million guns in this country. “Society” is getting dumber and more unstable than ever. There ain’t no GD bill going to fix that.
And people are getting more drugs and are crazier than ever. This is going to be quite a movie.
They’re already saying he was a right winger because “kill Trump” doesn’t mean anything and he claimed in his video that he met Brandon Herrera at Shot Show (which he did not) and said that everybody should elect Brandon as president.
That’s my point.
Trump is Hitler.
Kid praised Hitler.
Kid wants Trump (Hitler) dead.
Which one is it??????
Any mention of whether she had top or bottom surgery, or both?
I’m guessing that chopping off one’s d*** would cause one to be a bit down.
They typically don’t chop it off, they just hollow it out, reroute the pee plumbing, and flip it inside out inside the pelvis to create a neovagina. No biggy. I can share pics if you like.
Note to GF: DO NOT GOOGLE
He’s looking old. I’m sure he will be a bust.
no that’s kevin siefert, the guy in white is adam thielen, not old and won’t be a bust
translation: we’re getting a 6th.
Not with our superior training/nutrition/medical staff..
Or they just lock up the 1 seed in 13 games and sit him for the last 4 to bump that draft pick up.
I would say the odds that sitting at 13-0 after week 14 vets us the #1 seed (meaning the next closest NFC team has 8 (or 9 depending on head to head, strength of schedule, etc) wins) is not in our favor.
You are full of optimism, which is a desirable trait to have. I’m a little more grounded atm.
KOC announced we have 8 team captains. WTF? Participation trophies for all?
Just lots of leaders on the team.
I grew up with one team captain that the team picked. Times change.
Things change over 50 years..shocking
Stay on the porch son…
Doesn’t the nursing home limit your internet time yet?
Oh… snark… the tool of fools…
Hell, I’m closer to the nursing home than you. I wouldn’t worry about it – just look around at this “younger” generation. Watching the evening news and it’s like are these people real.
Button pushing people who lack any authoritative data sources for their narratives don’t have any affect on me.
I also prefer the term “seasoned” when it comes to my age.
It’s more accurate.
You look like a little girl.
Wooosh – right over your head
You look like a little girl
Snark, sarcasm, and good sense of humor actually have been linked to higher levels of intelligence
Good sense of humor is always welcome. Snarkism and sarcasm can come off as being mean spirited.
I have a sign in my garage that says “sarcasm, I sprinkle that shit on everything“
Where’d you get it? I want one haha
Not sure. My family usually finds things like that to give me as gifts.
There is a difference between being sarcastic and being caustic.
“Sarcasm is the weapon of the weak”
I try to remember that but it still sneaks into my interactions way too often.
Yeah, I definitely try my best to remain civil, but I am a very strong willed person.
Still we all know snark comes out when one has no argument left. Weak sauce.
As I said… stay on the porch…
Used to have the t shirt – “If you can’t run with the big dogs, stay on the porch.”
great picture of a dog too.
Apparently KFEY is under-informed…
Ahhh Big Dogs Clothing.
A fine company started in Santa Barbara, been to their stores many times and have have quite a bit of their stuff in my closet/dresser.
https://www.bigdogs.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoo8lr4NL9r67UcQoFJVb1MvkDxkNPU8J95M6Jilbez4LhSqKLVg
Used to wear it to the gym and about a third of the guys there had a Big Dog shirt on.
Good stuff.
Quality clothing, and stylish.
Plus their t-shirts have a good sense of humor.
I had a bow hunting shirt from them in high school. I don’t remember what it said now but I remember I really liked that shirt.
My adopted nephew was undersized. We got him a Big Dog fishing shirt that said ‘I might be small but I am a keeper‘.
He loved that shirt, had to fight just to get it off him just to wash it.
Yes, I know…
Got a fun surprise on my walk the other night.
Silhouette
Just over a week and you can send an arrow his direction.
I’ve been watching him grow for a couple years now. Kinda want to leave him and hope he makes another year to see if he keeps growing.
She seems nice.
What’s that thing that’s holding the arrow?
I wouldn’t kick her out of bed for eating crackers…
I don’t know, I wouldn’t want to be in bed next to someone who’s engaging in cannibalism.
Wait, what did you mean by eating crackers?
Can it be a dad joke with that kind of sexual overtones?
At least you got the joke
Her – what’s the contraption she is holding?
Compound Bow.
Looks like a Mathews I do believe. I shoot a Hoyt, but don’t mind Bowtech’s pros
The bow?
good thing the Indians didn’t have those.
I thought you outdoorsmen just cut a small branch and put a string on it.
On a side note I don’t consider compound bows to be very sporting at all. I bet at least one fellow Montanan on here would disagree, but I got in a spirited argument with one of my partners once where he was flipping out about the potential of crossbows being used during archery season, not sporting, but of course to be up in a stand set up on private land ten feet from the only water for miles around with a compound bow whose pull is about 10 pounds is diabolically difficult hunting.
It’s a lot more fair when you shoot them with a high powered rifle……hunting is never very fair or sporting…..it’s just necessary for population control. God bless the hunters!
Two things, first I’m talking about elk, and second elk are far easier to harvest during bow season because of the rut…and because there are fewer hunters out there pushing them around (and onto private land). Virtually unheard of in these parts for a bowhunter to not harvest an elk in a desirable district.
LOL!
i didn’t realize you were so…..blonde, bow
Makes me wanna take up archery for some reason….
Little velvet there
Fake ass cowboy hat
Good thing for Caleb that Flores doesn’t run a lot of pressures or run exotic disguises at the line of scrimmage.
SKOLLLLLL!!!!!
Bring in all the players who cheered for the Vikings growing up!
I am still an unsigned Tight End who grew up rooting the vikings! I will gladly fill the TE 6 role.
They should expand practice squads to include 5 local fans.
That would be awesome. Of course at least one of them would have to be a non-male.
just what a soulless ginger would say
And Thielen was dinged up for a good portion of the year and didn’t use it as a crutch to excuse poor play.
Nope, it was an overpay. Kwesi sucks, Theilen sucks, we will never fix our cap for next year, KOC’s play calling is too complicated and the Vikes will never win a game this season
You forgot, Kirko is the best ever to wear purple.
Pretty much so far. 11th in the NFL all time in 300+ passing yard games, out of over 1,500 other QB’s, way ahead of any other Vikings QB ever.
yep, Kirko, the king of Garbage Time stat padding and getting paid for it.
Still and forever he will have an empty Super Bowl trophy case.
OK Surly… let’s rumble. Tell me the games that Cousins was in garbage time and “padded his stats”. That’s one of the the biggest false narratives on Cousins, ever.
And just to help you out, I’ll give you the real definition of garbage time:
“Garbage time refers to the period in a sports game when the outcome is no longer in doubt, typically occurring towards the end of the game. During this time, teams often substitute their starters for backups, and the focus shifts from competitive play to allowing less experienced players to gain game experience.”
Cousins singular trait throughout his career has been keeping his teams in a game. That is, within a score or two, and still having a chance at the end of the game. I can think of only two games in his entire career where he led a drive at the end of a game, and scored a meaningless TD.
No need to rumble. I know you love Kirk and in your eyes he can do no wrong. You are also not changing my mind. We agree on a lot of things, but Kirk is not one of them, and never will be.
You know I have always felt that Kirk is a very good QB that has been grossly overpaid since his first Vikings contract. Those overpaid contracts prevented this team from filling a roster with talent. Having a shit GM made things worse. Having a stubborn head coach made things worse. Having a constantly changing offensive coaching staff made things worse. I can agree with those points you make.
I am not going to change your mind, and History has proven and will continue to prove that Kirk is, indeed, a good QB that got paid. He got paid a lot. And still, he has yet to produce the success teams were hoping for when they paid him.
He is in the MoneyBag HOF for sure.
Right now, he cannot beat out Michael Penix for a job, so he gets paid to hold a clipboard. He gets paid a LOT to hold that clipboard.
Good for him.
Reporters aren’t so sure about that. I saw an article where a reporter who had been watching camp noted that Cousins looked like he was doing better with the second team offense going against the first team defense, than Penix was doing with the first team offense against the second team defense. He asked the OC if he was convinced Penix was better than Cousins. The OC answered in typical coach speak. He did not say he believed Penix is better than Cousins.
The fact is, Penix isn’t in Cousins league (yet) when it comes to playing the position of QB. He is a big strong athlete, who can throw a ball right now. He is years away from being able to decipher NFL defenses. Remember Mahomes said it wasn’t until his fourth year that he started being able to read defenses. Yes, he can make reads. All NFL QB’s can make reads. It’s the next level he lacks. Cousins sees the defense pre-snap, and from years of experience and film study, he knows what that defense is most likely to do post snap, and what he needs to process to know where to go with ball. It remains to be seen if Penix has the discipline, and ability to put in the hundreds of hours of study required to know what he’s facing on the field, and know where he needs to go with the ball.
I would take Joe Kapp.
He was a winner, a fighter a leader and an excellent QB (7TDs in one game).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kapp
I would have said Tarkington.
Tarkenton is the right answer by a mile
Lots of great all time Vikings…but pretty hard to beat Tarkenton. He may not have had elite physical skills but definitely had the “IT” factor.
And now we have a QB with the “IT” factor and elite skills.
I sure hope so.
Dude would scramble 30 yards in the backfield with D lineman chasing, and then Tark would stop, launch a bomb to Gilliam or Washington and complete it.
Happened just about every game in the 1970’s.
A fine choice.
But after watching ’40 for 60′ I have a better appreciation for Joe. When he turned down the MVP honor saying that they were ‘all MVPs’ that spoke of his leadership.
A tough great leader for sure.
Complain incessantly about what some other people say on here.
Some folks here.
I expected Jets’ and JA’s catch percentage to be higher. I feel like they catch almost everything thrown their way.
Yeah, I don’t know how this was calculated. I’ve seen the average separation thing though and it gives me hope that Thielen still has enough to help.
For sure, especially as a WR2 then WR3.
We just have Jets and then 2 WR2s. 11 personnel with Jets, Addison, Thielen, Hockenson all on the field is almost unfair.
Guy can’t spell separation… credibility gap there right off the bat.
Coming from a guy who thinks Dov, the guy who this morning said Deshaun Watson is one of the best QBs in the NFL, is a credible source of information.
So Dov is a pundit, like every other pundit. He posts stuff to get noticed for sure, but he also posts very credible stuff.
That’s the way sports reporting works Bow… I thought you knew that.
Separation is one of those words that I use to struggle with. I inherited a spreadsheet at work where the originator of said spreadsheet spelled it seperation. Finally it bothered someone enough that they pointed it out to me.
Shame on the Republicans to use this to go after the trans community. BUT, it’s OK for the Democrats to use this to go after gun control.
I think this is more about ‘Mental Illness’.
And Trans are included in ‘mental illness’ ala the Venn Diagram.
It is totally about mental illness. Normal, sane guys don’t go get their peckers chopped off.
This is the issue. You’re exactly right. It isn’t about guns. Guns in the hands of sane people with good morals is a good thing because of evil in this world.
And this is what people who support trans ideology have sacrificed. Refusing to say it’s a mental illness fails to address the heart of the issue, so they have to go after symptoms (use of guns).
I think this response to Paski’s dismissal of Prayer was about perfect’
“Your party encourages mental illness in telling men they can be women, then encourages them identify as victims when the world does not indulge their perverse fantasies, and then screams ‘prayers are not enough’ when insane transgenders shoot up schools,” journalist Megan Basham said. “Prayer is vital. So is a mentally balanced populace that recognizes reality.”
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbcs-jen-psaki-turns-church-school-shooting-attack-prayer-trumps-dc-crime-crackdown
From his manifesto:
I blame our schools, dem politicians, media and gullible parents for destroying the mental health of our kids.
They will howl out their talking points/narrative unless the truth doesn’t support it then they will hide/distract from the truth so as to not interfere with their talking point/narrative.
One week till the first game of the regular season. Dallas and Philly in Philly on Sept 4th. I’m not sure if it’s actually a Thursday Night Football game, even though it’s on Thursday night. It’s going to be broadcast on NBC. TNF is on Prime video.
First game is usually picked up nationally. NFL wants people hooked before they make them subscribe to every streaming platform just to watch football.
You gotta be sick to be hooked on Dallas or Philly. As far as i am concerned, this season starts on a Monday
I am sick that way. I will watch NFL football over any other tv show, even when it is two teams I hate.
We usually watch 3 games a week. My wife loves football
I will have a game with two teams I have on a 2nd screen with the sound off.
Just to see if the Meteor strikes as I hope.
Yup. Same. Football. Junkie.
I rewatched every game last year on NFL+ in the offseason. Not just every Vikings game. Every. Game. Just throw it on in the background most nights/weekends.
Constantly watching highlight videos on NFL+ as well. NFL Top Ten, NFL Films Presents, Peyton’s Places…..
Just shoot it in my veins, my neck….
JUNKIE.
Fantasy baby, I usually tune in a bit to every game.
Redzone is pretty cool when the Vikings aren’t on TV. My wife likes watching it too.
This will be my first year with it. I’m excited for it.
It is very addictive.
That first “7 hours of commercial free football” is going to hit like crack. Unless I’m taking my bow for a walk anyway.
Are they still doing commercial free football with ESPN taking over?
Probably not eventually, but I think so for this year. By next year it will be Stephen A with some other moron and a minute of commercials every 30 seconds.
sure hope not
I asked Google “Will Redzone still be commercial free?”
AI gave me this answer:
Sounds about right. I guess I’ll just quit watching. ESPN sucks.
Hopefully ESPN will realize what made the product great.
Knowing them, though, they won’t. They didn’t do that with SportsCenter.
Their parent company also didn’t do that with Star Wars, Marvel, etc.
ESPN and parent company are all about:
So, if there are ads, the service will be free, right?
I won’t be paying for it anyway if there are ads.
ONE OF US ONE OF US!
Can’t wait! Let’s get it on!
I’ll be checking out all the college football this weekend, too.
#1 Texas vs #3 Ohio St will be a great start to the season.
We’ll finally see if (the great hype of) Arch has anything real.
I already watched some college football last week. There was a game in Ireland.
I was supposed to be at the Oklahoma State game today, but other stuff got in the way.
If anybody watched the Ireland game you will have noticed a lot of signs for Kerry. My daughter works for Kerry. To bad she didn’t get some tickets to the game.
one of my favorite bands is Thursday.
one of my mom’s favorite bands is Third Day
Megadeth is pretty good too
As is The Starland Vocal Band.
Yeah…
Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
Gonna grab some afternoon delight
My motto’s always been “when it’s right, it’s right”
Why wait until the middle of a cold, dark night?
sky rockets in flightttttt
Old guys rule…
whoa whoa whoa…
i’m a kid compared to you
peeeeeew, afternoon delight.
and polka, I love polka
If I say that polka all sounds the same, is that racist?
Caotain and Tennile
eh. they are fine
David Ellefson from Megadeath is from Jackson MN, he ate in my restaurant when he was back for his brothers funeral.
Yeah, Dave Mustaine was talking about him on the Shawn Ryan interview.
That’s really cool, they’re really good & under-appreciated.
Vikings PS:
OLB Gabriel Murphy
CB Zemaiah Vaughn
DT Taki Taimani
RB Xazavian Valladay
WR Dontae Fleming
TE Bryson Nesbit
G Henry Byrd
CB Fabian Moreau
S Kahlef Hailassie
DL Jonathan Harris
WR Tim Jones
WR Jeshaun Jones
WR Lucky Jackson
G Vershon Lee
TE Nick Vannett
T Max Pircher (international player pathway)
So they will have to make a corresponding move to add Teielen the roster.
If they cut a WR would then add them to the PS? They already have 4 on there.
Are they going to add one and release one of the ones already there?
Who else might they cut from the 53?
Wasn’t it Keys?
I searched but couldn’t find the ‘Corresponding Move’, figured they had not made it yet, waiting on physical or some such.
Ah, probably
Right where I want the “experts” to be on the Vikings.
Lurking on the outside.
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The love for the Packers every year is just insane.
It is.
I mean, they haven’t been terrible for decades, but they aren’t projected super bowl contenders every year, as they are promoted.
It’s like a biased fandom effect that every team has, but it’s every analyst for them.
Whatever though, proof will be in the pudding.
I know, they can’t help theirselves. Pavlov’s dog.
Would that be theirselves or themselves?
I waffled back-and-forth for a while and was too lazy to look it up
themselves
Seriously. It’s ingrained in them. They see the Packer logo and inflate things all the time.
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Amen!
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
Happy Thorsday,
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Skol!
Welcome home, Adam!
Can’t figure out what the Vikings are doing at CB right now, but the rest of the roster looks really good.
rec for first and the Mario gif
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