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Hump day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m in the middle of two redemptions (where I remove all personal property from a home after a foreclosure and get it ready to sell), and I’m about 80% certain that the front wheel bearing is going to hell in my pickup. I made it back home, but it didn’t sound good by the time I got there. I take it in to my mechanic this morning, hopefully he can have me rolling again by the end of the day. This is the first real mechanical issue I’ve had with this pickup, and it has almost 280,000 miles on it.
Vikings and NFL News
For those of you who can’t get enough mock drafts, Vikings.com has version 1.0 of their Vikings 2026 Mock Draft Tracker.
The Vikings are projected to be one of three teams in the hunt to sign QB Daniel Jones this off-season, per The Sporting News.
The Titans hired former Giants HC Brian Daboll to be their offensive coordinator, per NFL.com.
Bill Bilichick was not selected to the NFL Hall of Fame on his first ballot, per CBS Sports. Ridiculous, but we already knew that the Hall of Fame selection is a farce, it took Cris Carter 5 tries to get in, which is criminal.
From ESPN, Mike McCarthy definitely would like Aaron Rodgers to return as the Steelers’ QB. Didn’t Rodgers get McCarthy fired in Green Bay?
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Well, crap…
No big deal, it will be handled.
Supreme Court’s 8-1 ruling allows the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for 300,000 Venezuelan migrants.
The decision overturns a California district court’s injunction, affirming DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s February 2026 memo that TPS extensions under prior administrations contradicted national interests, with only Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting on procedural overreach.
‘Kristi Noem’s February 2026 memo’
So they affirmed the memo she is going to write next month???
Yeah meant to say ” memo effective on 3 February 2026″
To bad that they have to go to the SC every time to get things done.
I am worried about the Tariff decision. They have been saying for months now that it will be announced any day. Lots of bad ramifications if we lose that one.
Ok the Belichick HOF discussion.
They changed the rule of eligibility from 5 years of waiting to a one year wait for coaches.
Lombardi, Shula, Walsh, Gibbs, Parcells didn’t get in at one year.
Belichick will get in at some point.
He will. The word on the street is Polian wanted him to serve a “one year penance” for Spygate.
Who is Polian?
And why would anyone give a crap what he wants or says?
Bill Polian. Former professional football executive. He rose to league prominence as the general manager of the Buffalo Bills, building a team that participated in four straight Super Bowls (never won). He’s a muckity muck in the NFL and one of the 50 voters for the Hall of Fame. Apparently carries some weight.
How many SB did he win? How many did Belickick?
I believe he was the GM of the Colts that drafted Manning and built those teams as well.
Fine, he can put them all together and they are still not as good as Belichicks.
Laughing… this is gonna wind some folks up…
LOL…
So cousins gets credit for Penix’s MVP season…..
And… voila… KDS strikes again. Can I get you some hot tea and a valium?
How much effort do you go through to find hot Cousins takes.?
You must be on Kirkos PR team speed dial to come up with your constant kds hot takes.
None… things pop up in twitter… so I just post stuff… you react to anything about Cousins though, so I love seeing your emotional response. Total KDS.
I actually didn’t realize that the Packers QB coach is Sean Mannion.
He is interviewing to be the OC for the Poopeaters.
https://thevikingage.com/former-minnesota-vikings-sean-mannion-qb-might-call-plays-jalen-hurts-philadelphia-eagles
Yeah, saw that and it’s how I learned he was the Packers QB coach… grin.
Here’s my idea for how to make the country better immediately. Pass a law that makes it illegal (felony) for any elected official to lie to the public. Penalty is immediate removal from office, and lifetime ban on any future elected office pursuits at any level.
Not spouting opinions or overstating/exaggerating things, lying. Like when you say a President has acted unlawfully or unconstitutionally when he or she has not. You could say “I believe” the President may have… but not state things as facts that are not.
Things would get much better, very quickly.
‘A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the intention of deceiving or misleading someone.’
They could never agree on what was a Lie.
Trump believes that the 2020 election was stolen so when he states that it is not a Lie, it may be factually wrong but belief matters.
*side note, I believe the election was rigged’.
Because the ability to ‘lie’ skillfully is now considered a qualification to be a politician. The ability to dodge tough questions, deceive and misinform is now a skill.
Politician, PR and Marketing people go to special experts to develop and sharpen these ‘lie’ skills.
And while this statement may sound sad, a great many people don’t want to hear the straight truth. Would rather hear what they want to hear.
You couldn’t pass the law you suggest because there isn’t a politican in Washington that would sign on to it.
Meant the law NLV suggested.
Once the side that is in power gets to decide what is and isn’t a Lie the other side will all be kicked out, well after a few years while all the lawsuits work their way to the Supreme Court.
Never happen anyway – they all lie, it’s just a matter of degrees.
If all the liars were removed from office who would be in charge?????
People who knew better than to lie.
It depends on what the definition of “is” is.
(Here, easier to read?)
NFL is going downhill in every way.
It gets worse and worse. More people I talk to (big football fans) say they don’t watch the NFL anymore. Not a surprise to see why. For some it started way back when players were kneeling for the anthem.
Also, forgot to mention what happened to the “Pro Bowl”
Your list is a good one, including the pro bowl crap.
And hearing the calls by media talking heads and even Mike Peirra saying we need full time refs. Total joke.
Why in the hell would 50-60 year olds running with pro athletes, making split second calls, get any better if they were in the office full time?
Total stupid argument.
Yet, that will be the focus on how to “fix it”.
Yeah, as if they don’t know the rules. I also heard that most of them don’t have other jobs anyway (though they technically could and some do).
Last I knew, most of them have other careers. Hochuli was a lawyer I believe. I think the argument behind making them full time is that they would be able to have some sort of training program, etc between games. Another issue I see there is that if somebody like Hochuli has a good career and they are forced to choose between that or being an NFL ref, how many good refs would you lose because they’d rather keep their real job than deal with the growing pressure on NFL refs?
Bold prediction… Terry Bradshaw is forced off the Fox NFL Sunday set and is replaced by Kirk Cousins this year.
Book it.
Your nephew texted you about this?
Or maybe he joins the Vikings Network when they force PA out for having the gall to speak not anti-ICE. I mean, he would kind of technically retire with the Vikings then.
Browns finally found a coach…
Some old, white dude who knows other old white guys and so is now ‘in the rotation’ for top NFL team jobs.
Try again…
My twitter posts won’t imbed now. Guess something is wrong.
I think we’ll survive.
Tried sharing a video clip of Harrison Smith’s interception for a TD in the pro-bowl, but it wouldn’t take… sigh.
I do not understand teams that hire McCarthy. McCarthy is a lateral move personified.
McCarthy is a fat slob who has the stench of both FTP and the Cowpatties on him.
Given The Douche and a good roster he had some success in Gravy Land but didn’t accomplish jack in Jerry’s World.
But some, including here, seem to think he is a valid option. He is more a ‘Name’ that will sell tickets at his best.
He’s good.
Waaron and Dak made him look better than he is.
There are worse coaches.
He’s the Kirko of head coaches.
But…. he has a SB ring! So he must be great.
Well, if you look at his resume’ it’s pretty darn similar to Sean Payton, Mike Tomlin, John Harbaugh. Yet those guys are being praised as good coaches.
NFL is going downhill in every way.
Sports betting is ruining the trustworthiness of the outcomesReffing getting worse, which happens to coincide with the betting linesAdding games for more money, risking injuries more and more and ruining the watchability of the late seasonStreaming games exclusively on multiple streaming services, even playoff gamesSaturating the week with games on most nights, making the game less prepared, less healthy, and not allowing fans’ yearning to watch games build until the next weekend (lowering the desire to watch overall)Woke junk messaging being thrown at the fansBringing in a Spanish singing America hater to perform at the super bowlAnd now playing games with the Hall of Fame ballot, denying perhaps the greatest coach of all time an easy first-ballot entrance (because feelings were hurt, maybe, by the press?)
It gets worse and worse. More people I talk to (big football fans) say they don’t watch the NFL anymore. Not a surprise to see why. For some it started way back when players were kneeling for the anthem.
Could say 20 Amen’s to this post!
Formatting get weird for anyone? It was supposed to be bullet points
It is unwatchable for me now for many reasons. But they’ll still make their billions.
Haven’t heard anything from Mjolnir lately about Madison, but let’s remember to keep her in our prayers today.
Yes, pray for Madison….
And then there’s this…
Play Stupid Games and Win Stupid Prizes.
Happened in 2009, but it’s a great lesson for all time.
LOVE this idea…
It has been pitched before. The NFL will never allow it – they don’t want accountability for bad/missed calls, or someone making a blunder and admitting they were supposed to favor one team in their calls for the game. 0% chance it happens as the NFL doesn’t want transparency or fairness.
How in the hell could Bill Belichick not be a first vote HOFer?
Yeah… definitely a head scratcher. I mean, seriously…
Politics.
Is Belickick a Republican?
Human politics is more than Rep/Dem.
He was disrespectful to the media in their opinion when he was coaching so this is their payback.
This isn’t Grandma’s tea party and where everyone needs to be nice and well mannered.
If the people doing the voting can’t put petty BS like you suggest aside, they should not be on the panel voting.
Every vote should be made public snd the doubters can then explain their ‘nay.’
Worse…Green Party.
Another take as to why, was doing penance for the spygate scandal.
It’s just media dolts who think they know better.
The longest filibuster in U.S. history was 75 days. It was in 1964 when the Democrats were trying to block the civil rights act. I guess people don’t really understand reality sometimes.
‘people don’t really understand reality’
Reality is overrated.
That and the majority of people in the country probably don’t even know this.
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
If the Vikings were to get Burrow and keep McCarthy, they could each play 8 games and the 3rd string can play the 17th game since we won’t need to win it.
Interesting take, but bringing Burrow in would create the infamous “QB controversy” and we can’t have that now can we?
That said, how badly did the organization botch the QB situation last offseason? To me, in retrospect, that was the biggest reason we ended up where we did. Sam Howell? Really? Then cut him just before the season starts and bring in Wentz? WTF? KAM absolutely blew that completely.
If Burrow comes here there is NO controversy.
Oh there will be for sure JR. McCarthy is the QBOTF. Remember, Bow said Super Bowls were coming. He’s a sure fire HoF QB. Can’t bring in someone to overshadow him. The pundits will pour gasoline on that fire endlessly. I mean, we can’t even refer to Jefferson as JJ anymore, now that the GREAT JJ McCarthy is here. He’s the star QB we have waited for since Tarkenton retired.
Thought when the Burrow idea was posted last weekend, the deal was Burrows to Vikings and Bengals got McCarthy, Addison plus two first round picks.
So, JJ was a bye bye.
True… that was what folks were talking about. Good catch.
My hypothetical was IF we had both they could each play 8 games. Mostly trying to be funny since neither QB has been able to play an entire season.
That’s sure true, not exactly the most injury free QB’s in the league.
Vikings luck says Burrow would suffer a 10 week injury week 1 and JJ would get an 8 week injury in week 2.
Somedays we have zero threads, today we have TWO.
And I was about to answer Ben’s Lady Gaga question but alas got confused.
Bad Romance video is pretty hot.
Lady Gaga is not hot. I am still convinced she is a man.
Believe I noted video.
what was the Lady Gaga question?
Ben had today’s thread up earlier and asked if Lady Gaga was hot.
i’m with jacksonvike, i don’t think she was born a woman
I don’t really care. But would bet here halftime show was fifty times better than what we are going to see this year.
I won’t see the halftime show this year… guarantee it.
Same, just like every other year.
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