Minnesota Vikings News & Links: 22 Jul 2022

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It’s finally Friday!

At last, our beloved Friday has arrived. The odds are slim that I will work until the end of the day today. It’s supposed to be beautiful outside, and kiddo and I have a weekend of camping planned, so my guess is that we will get started on that early today. We’re camping up at Cross Ranch State Park, a really nice park on the Missouri River, and it’s going to be a blast. The fishing has slowed, as it normally does during the summer, but hopefully we can manage to find a few. I heard they’re biting on the big water further west, but I also heard that you should plan for an hour or two wait in order to launch your boat, and plan to wait another hour to load it back up. I’m not patient enough for that s***.

Recent News:

If you haven’t checked out skoldiers’ schedule breakdown series, you should, he does a tremendous job of providing analysis for each section of the schedule. Here is weeks 13-18, another for weeks 7-12, and another for weeks 1-6.

From Yahoo Sports, the Cardinals signed QB Kyler Murray to a five-year extension worth $230 million, with $160 million guaranteed. Yowza.

Video of the Day:

Here is the legendary George Jones kicking off this Friday for us. Enjoy!

That’s all I got, folks. Y’all have at it in the comments, and remember, be cool to one another.

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SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 10:15 pm
Lifer
Admin
22 July 2022 8:02 pm

Cousins & Mannion a close _________(fill in the blank)

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Kodiak
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 8:13 pm

a closed fist kinda couple?

Adrenaline
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 8:33 pm

2 peeing in a pod?

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 8:52 pm

galaxy far far away…

Kodiak
22 July 2022 8:00 pm

Hey skollyosis, Here’s a bit of reality thrown into your perpel crack dreams.

Oddsmakers Don’t Favor the Vikings Early in the Season

Looks like they expect 2-4, but we likely lose to the Lions again and go 1-5.

Kodiak
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 8:19 pm

The Vikings are underdogs in four of their first six games.  In fact, Per Stathead, there have been 211 teams that started 2-4 since 1990. None of them made the Super Bowl.

Wait till we lose to the Lions, we won’t be favored except dabares and Giants all season.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 10:03 pm

Uhhh do you know how Vegas or sports book odds work? Probably not in Alaska.

Favorites lose all the time especially at -3.5 covers LOL. You bet 100 on that you may only win 115-150 (15-50 buck profit) at best.

Perfect example you can relate to since it’s less than one year ago. Bengals had odds at-115 to win less than 6 games last season. +2200 to make the Super Bowl!!! Bet one dollar on that you win 220 bucks.

long story short… odds given by Vegas don’t mean anything. I win a lot on underdogs in football

Kodiak
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 11:50 pm

it means the majority of bets are that the Vikings are losers. The house keeps it balanced. They might not lose by the + or – numbers, but they lose.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 10:16 pm

FYI I love the username skollyosis

Kodiak
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 11:48 pm

Skollyosis it is then!!

No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 7:58 pm

Justin Jefferson: “After this year I’ll be the best receiver in the NFL”.

Is he going to another team? How does he expect to be successful enough to be the best receiver in the league with Cousins throwing the ball? After all, Five and Kodiak (and a few others here) insist Cousins sucks.

Sorry JJ you don’t have a chance in hell of being the best receiver in the league.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 8:04 pm

I don’t think beaker sucks. I think he is great some games and sucks donkey dicks other games. He balances out around average.

I agree with the nfl experts who rate him the same, average.

JJ needs to talk out his ass like this. Great players have YUGE egos and think they are the best. Even crap players have said very similar things.

Remember it’s the Vikings so JJ likely separates his shoulder week one and misses 7-9 weeks to start the season. Thielen will hurt his leg again, so we will be depending on beaker and the #3 and #4 receiver.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 8:10 pm

Well Cousins is very good the vast majority of his games over his career. So I look at the majority over the few bad games he has. And as I have mentioned, he has great games behind one of the worst pass blocking lines in the league every single year. If he ever has a really good line, he might break a few NFL records.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 8:14 pm

I thought he had a couple nfl records already. No? Lowest qbr and most fumbles over a certain time span.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 8:24 pm

He does own a couple NFL records at the moment which will make you gleeful no doubt. Already owns many Vikings all time records as well. But of course because you are wise, you know this already.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 11:52 pm

Yes and he should have a few more vikes records in time. The game isn’t what it was in the 70’s for sure. The game is a passing and yards contest these days.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Kodiak
23 July 2022 8:47 am

No… defense and a great running game win championships….

Lifer
Admin
22 July 2022 7:53 pm

Lol…..it’s a crazy ass world out there folks…

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Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 7:54 pm

😂

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No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 6:39 pm

Packers opened camp today by placing 12 players on their PUP list. Ravens placed 6 on their PUP list.

Wonder what the Vikings PUP list will look like?

Mick
Mick
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 6:46 pm

Including their pick in the Vikings trade…. WR Christian Watson

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 6:49 pm

Yeah, but every year players come to camp and are placed on the PUP. Just have to wait to see what the injuries are. Could be anything.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 6:54 pm

He can still come back before season starts. No time amount required he has to wait.

I will say if he misses a good chunk… him and AR connection won’t be looking to hot at US Bank week 1

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 7:40 pm

It would be great if he had some sort of issue that kept him out the first six games like Darrisaw last year for us.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 6:53 pm

Probably a few low tier guys. If it was a big time player we would’ve heard already

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 7:31 pm

At least 6 starters out every game. End of the season will be terrible due to having such an early bye week. That’s if we’re average. We could get lucky or be worse.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 7:38 pm

Knew I could count on you Kodiak for a positive take! Grin.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 7:54 pm

That is the good take. Hopefully we are only average in our injuries. Above average and have 8-10 out could make us lose to the giants, currently our one hope of victory.

VikingPhilip
22 July 2022 5:02 pm

Lifer
Admin
22 July 2022 5:00 pm

Officer Michael Fanone: 
“Josh Hawley is a bitch, and he ran like a bitch”

Lifer
Admin
22 July 2022 4:42 pm

Rep. Adam Kinzinger on CNN: In 10 years, “you’re not going to be able to find a single person that admits to supporting or voting for Donald Trump.”

I concur. I have receipts if any of you old fucks are still alive.

Adrenaline
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 4:51 pm

Kinzingoober has been rong about virtually everything, so no sweat on my part.

He’s like Biden, who has been on the rong side of every bill he’s ever worked on.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 4:59 pm

Has certainly voted yes on some questionable legislation just like all the rest of them no doubt.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 5:02 pm

Won’t have to admit to Sniffer and cackles, more important to me.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 4:43 pm

Absolutely right. People think losing Adams is not that big of deal. Its huge.

Kodiak
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 7:29 pm

aAron made Adams, Adams did not make aAron, wait and see.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 7:41 pm

I am interested in seeing how effective Adams is with Carr.

Adrenaline
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 7:45 pm

Carr’s a good QB, he can put up some numbers.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 10:05 pm

Kodiak essentially he said he sucked. Surprised since Maddon had Carr way better than Kirk. Kodiak thrives on that news

HUNViking
Reply to  Adrenaline
23 July 2022 5:30 am

Should have drafted Carr instead of Bridgewater, but that´s ancient history now.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 8:06 pm

As am I and also how good aArons unproven guys are. I expect they will be much better than anticipated due to aAron.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 10:04 pm

No. Both are good. Rodgers will still thrive and so will Adams. But both won’t be as good if they had each other.

Money on that if anyone interested

Kodiak
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 7:28 pm

So they might only beat us by three scores the first game.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 10:04 pm

Win doomer

bowbunch
bowbunch
22 July 2022 3:23 pm

Have a good weekend you crazies. I’ve had enough fun for the week. Time for a cold one and fire up the smoker tomorrow.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
22 July 2022 3:28 pm

Stay out of jail.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  norseman1
22 July 2022 3:43 pm

Adrenaline
Reply to  bowbunch
22 July 2022 3:45 pm

Yup, don’t get railroaded into a kangaroo court like a Bannon

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 4:37 pm

Maybe he’ll finally be forced to take a shower.

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
22 July 2022 3:11 pm

@Peoples_Pundit
Breaking: The Kangaroo County in the tainted (cess) jury pool has found Steve Bannon guilty on two counts of being a Trump supporter who initially honored executive privilege.

Mick
Mick
22 July 2022 2:58 pm

Titans’ deal for Roger McCreary includes $3.845 million signing bonus, plus base salaries of $705,000, $1.121 million, $1.538 million and $1.954 million, per league source. https://t.co/xfPRDGyO1l

— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) July 22, 2022

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 2:58 pm

Wonder if booth signs soon….

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
22 July 2022 2:13 pm

Looks like Russia is spilling the tea on the corruption in the US.”

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  kathy.clater.3
22 July 2022 2:19 pm

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No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 1:31 pm

All the best! Have a great time!

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 2:04 pm

Enjoy! They grow up so fast.

VikingPhilip
22 July 2022 12:24 pm

I’m baaack!

Over the last 2.5 weeks I was in 10 states, drove thousands of miles and in New Mexico survived Border Control and 109 degree temps.

Did I miss anything?

Kodiak
Reply to  VikingPhilip
22 July 2022 12:42 pm

Nothing.

DE Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
22 July 2022 12:54 pm

I was thinking about where you were at earlier today.

Things you missed:

  • There was some new Cousins stat that shows he is just like Brady, Rodgers, Mahomes etc…

.

  • Lifer and Five had a little discussion about politics.
Fivefingers
Reply to  DE Viking
22 July 2022 12:56 pm
  • lmao
  • There was some new Cousins stat that shows he is just like Brady, Rodgers, Mahomes etc…
VikingPhilip
Reply to  DE Viking
22 July 2022 1:57 pm
  • Lifer and Five had a little discussion about politics.

I’m shocked!!!

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  VikingPhilip
22 July 2022 1:59 pm

Some name calling too.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  norseman1
22 July 2022 2:02 pm

Like this?

MT Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
22 July 2022 1:32 pm

Assuming you were in the US you should have told the border control thugs to jam it.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 2:01 pm

We were driving along and came to a sign that said, “Weigh Station”. However they had the road closed and everyone had to go through the “Weigh Station”. Interestingly enough, it was all manned by Border Patrol. The guy in front of us was hauling a rv trailer and they had a dog sniff around the trailer. We pulled up with our Ford Escape, with Wisc plates. Since we are pasty white old people, they guy just ask if we are US citizens. I said yes and he said have a nice day and off we went. Apparently we did not look like a threat.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  VikingPhilip
22 July 2022 2:07 pm

That sounds like profiling and racism.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  bowbunch
22 July 2022 2:18 pm

I wasn’t offended if that makes any difference.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  VikingPhilip
22 July 2022 2:19 pm

Nor did I try to burn down the weigh station.

MT Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
22 July 2022 1:33 pm

Oh and I managed to work in some random conversations about rotting corpses, poop, etc…

VikingPhilip
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 1:57 pm

Excellent. I’m sorry I missed it.

Fivefingers
22 July 2022 12:21 pm

Joe Biden Calls Obama To Wish Him A Speedy Recovery After Hearing The President Has COVID
Jul 22, 2022 – BabylonBee.com

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 1:30 pm

Now THAT’s funny…

freezeyface
22 July 2022 11:27 am

this honestly kills me.
do people not see the ridiculousness of this??

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-images-show-extreme-withering-220924440.html

“lowest water level since 1937”
so….it hasn’t been this low in 85 years?? why weren’t people freaking out in 1937? did the climate stop changing for 85 years?

goodness gracious people, open up your eyes

Northwoods
Reply to  freezeyface
22 July 2022 11:33 am

Nobody was freaking out in 1937, because that’s when Lake Meade was created.

Adrenaline
Reply to  Northwoods
22 July 2022 11:35 am

And they certainly aren’t freaking out enough now to build any more reservoirs or desalinization plants.

freezeyface
Reply to  Northwoods
22 July 2022 11:47 am

but the point remains, so many articles calling for “it’s never been this bad SINCE” always make me laugh. 120 year old heat records getting broken etc….

DE Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
22 July 2022 11:52 am

Yep.
All of the ” sky is falling” panic also ignores the single most important component that drives our weather and life as we know it.
The Sun. (The Son)

freezeyface
Reply to  DE Viking
22 July 2022 12:17 pm

AMEN

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 10:55 am

Going through hours of Ethics and Security training today…FML, too

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 11:18 am

When you’re on your death bed you’ll cherish these memories.

Fivefingers
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 11:21 am

Agree. By far the most popular headstone is “I wish I would have spend more time at work and not having any quality cigars”

MT Viking
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 11:27 am

I’d sooner puff on a dried up piece of cat shit.

freezeyface
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 11:28 am

i mean ditto, but maybe something other than that.

Fivefingers
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 11:37 am

jealousy will get you nowhere

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 11:37 am

sounds like the next cheech and chong movie

Northwoods
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 11:56 am

Hmmmm….how well do they stay lit?

Adrenaline
Reply to  Northwoods
22 July 2022 11:57 am

And are they from Cuban cats?

Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:44 am

Not that it’s a huge burden on him but it’s nice to see some humanity. The GOAT Bo Jackson just gave like 170K to pay for the funerals of the Uvalde people that the left likely did on purpose. Those cops are fucking cowards and will rot in hell too.

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freezeyface
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 11:29 am

yep, it’s always nice to see good in the world.

stuman55
22 July 2022 10:40 am

TheHurricane4
Reply to  stuman55
22 July 2022 10:44 am

Stoop-kid

Fivefingers
Reply to  TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 10:45 am

stuman55
Reply to  TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 10:48 am

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  stuman55
22 July 2022 10:47 am

Fivefingers
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 10:48 am

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:57 am

So Hot!

Fivefingers
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
22 July 2022 10:59 am

Northwoods
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 12:34 pm

I used to think he grew up to be Jason Segal

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 11:01 am

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Fivefingers
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 11:03 am

she aged like spilt milk

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 11:07 am

I don’t think I’ve seen her since that movie Drop Dead Fred back in the 90s.

Kodiak
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 12:34 pm

Recent pics disagree, she just turned 59 and is still hot

Fivefingers
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 12:50 pm

please post them

stuman55
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 10:48 am

great movie

No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 10:28 am

As we near the beginning of training camp (first actual practice is next Wednesday) my expectation is barring injury, Cousins will once again put up 4200 yards and 30+ TD’s regardless, but if the new offense clicks, he could put up 5,000 yards and 45 TD’s.

freezeyface
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 10:31 am

doesn’t matter what kirk does, he costs too much, everything is his fault, wish we had teddy back blah blah blah

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  freezeyface
22 July 2022 10:34 am

Yep

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 10:45 am

SB here we come, don’t see a loss on the schedule!

Adrenaline
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 10:50 am

No worries, no worries at all!

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 10:54 am

Do I detect a bit of sarcasm here Ben? Grin.

The cards can fall any one of a million different ways. We just have to wait and see. Lose Cousins in the first game and the Vikings will likely not win many games, if any. Same may be true of Green Bay with Rodgers, but they have their back-up guy Jordan Love who they think is gonna be the next Aaron Rodgers.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 11:02 am

A bit, I expect a team somewhere around 7-10 wins, maybe more maybe less depending on how KOC is as a coach.

Kodiak
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 11:20 am

2-7 wins. 2 hurt, 7 healthy

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 11:29 am

Also possible, there will be injuries, Theilen most likely misses a game or more, Cook a game or more, Hunter might play half a season this year hopefully. Depends a lot on when the injuries happen too.

Kodiak
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 12:37 pm

Expect 3 O and 3 D starters out, that’s around average in the nfl the last couple years. All depends on which 6 are sitting. We could really suck or really suck less than expected depending on our and other teams injuries.

DE Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 11:09 am

Lose Cousins in the first game and the Vikings will likely not win many games, if any.

Why would you think this?
It’s a team game.
The QB isn’t responsible for wins and losses.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
22 July 2022 1:05 pm

It’s a team game. The QB is part of the team. The quality of the QB’s play affects the part of the team he is responsible for. If the quality of the QB play is bad, then the offense will not produce sufficiently. Without offensive production the team cannot win. Much like without defensive production and special teams production the team cannot win. This is as simple as it gets, yet you don’t understand? That is VERY hard for me to fathom.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 1:27 pm

When one player has the cap use of what 5-6 average players have, he becomes responsible for not having the additional 4-5 average players. So he needs his production to be that much better to offset the loss.

The nfl is all about value and the cap.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 1:45 pm

Wow… that may be the biggest stretch of reality I’ve ever heard. QB’s get paid the most money because if you don’t have a good one you have no chance to win. Not to make plays for 4-5 other guys. Cousins did his job, but unfortunately the defense, O-line, and special teams sucked last year and the year before that. That’s like 26 different players not 4-5.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 2:53 pm

It’s a team game and not a stretch at all. Having a good qb who costs 40+ mill should elevate a team above having a 20 mill qb and 3 extra good players. The rookie contract window is so good because it allows a team to have a decent qb and the extra good players.

Like I said, it’s all about value in todays nfl. Teams with mediocre qbs have won before and may likely again.

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 1:02 pm

Haven’t heard Jordan Love’s name for a long time, so forgot about that brilliant Packers’ move, thanks for the chuckle today!

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  kathy.clater.3
22 July 2022 1:23 pm

Welcome!

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 10:58 am

Agreed. I am concerned about the D, again.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
22 July 2022 11:06 am

Kodiak
Reply to  bowbunch
22 July 2022 11:21 am

defense should be top 30

Fivefingers
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 11:22 am

Good morning, nice too see you being happy and overly optimistic again.

Kodiak
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
22 July 2022 11:21 am

TWSS, seriously??

Fivefingers
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 11:22 am

never had it happen to me personally

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 11:32 am

This Five

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Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 11:18 am

Nobody cares about him, we want the team to win. Couldn’t give 3 ratfucks if Cook, beaker, JJ, Turdbury or Kendricks played. Of course some of us will laugh whatever happens. Life is short, enjoy it however one can

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 1:00 pm

Well, as the old saying goes, only the unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. So laughing at the misery of others… well you can figure that out Kodiak.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 1:23 pm

I see you assume misery, you are actually becoming a Vikings fan. Laugh at whatever happens could mean we suck less than other teams and do well, relatively speaking, and actually lose our final game. I would laugh at our success or our failure. Maybe Mond comes in and we go to the nfccg like in 2017.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 1:27 pm

I am an optimist at heart, so no I do not anticipate misery. I’m also a realist and understand misfortune could result in the Vikings having a less than stellar season. I would not laugh at that, but it appears you would.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 1:29 pm

After 61 years in a row, it’s kinda expected.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 2:17 pm

And Kirk will still collapse when it matters most.
Good stats though…..

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Surly Viking
22 July 2022 2:47 pm

Cousins rarely collapses when it matters most… on the other hand the O-line, the kicker and defense ALWAYS do.

Adrenaline
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 3:48 pm

I’m going to keep a log of the Kollapsing Kirks this year.

Kodiak
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 7:35 pm

It would be like keeping a diary of the shits you take. Then in 20 years……… oh look, July 23rd 2022 I had a good solid shit and made it to the toilet by myself and on time. Ah, those were the days

Adrenaline
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 7:39 pm

Lol, I’ll be writing in the journal with finger jello by then

Kodiak
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 8:07 pm

or poop

HUNViking
Reply to  Adrenaline
23 July 2022 5:47 am

Then you should keep a log of all other failures as well, missed kicks, blown coverages, Special Team fuckups, RB fumbles etc, you get the picture.

Team game after all, right?

TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 10:27 am

DE Viking
Reply to  TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 10:35 am

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 10:59 am

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 11:03 am

HUNViking
Reply to  TheHurricane4
23 July 2022 5:48 am

Same here

TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 9:57 am

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 10:01 am

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TheHurricane4
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 10:04 am

Brock actually selling!

Fivefingers
Reply to  TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 10:02 am

TheHurricane4
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:05 am

What’s happening? Got my run in this morning, showered, and then about to head to a team lunch.

Fivefingers
Reply to  TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 10:08 am

Not too much. I sold my house. Got a rental MTM while I look for a new one (perfect timing on the buy as market is tanking). New coach is making the system child-like so beaker can try to execute it. FJB and company making the entire country into a savage war zone.

TheHurricane4
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:09 am

How much it sell for? Multiple offers?

Fivefingers
Reply to  TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 10:12 am

1.3M , yeah, hit it right and my hood was tight on inventory and many still want to live there for some reason. Sold at 5K over list, 2 week close and I got 2 months of lease back for free. I gave a 12K credit though so basically 1.3M . Now, I find a 750K house soon (that is now 950K) and invest the rest and kick back and relax.

TheHurricane4
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:17 am

MTM is what you want for rent. Reasonable rate? I’m sure you had your connections…….

Fivefingers
Reply to  TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 10:21 am

This is my buddies place so no lease, etc which is nice. Nope, $3600/month and that’s like every single house in the metro area regardless of condition and location. Nicer houses in burbs? 6k/month. But I save $1500 on pods and all that bullshit and MTM so fine. If I spend 20K on rent I know I can get that off the house being a cash buyer who can close quick. The market is TANKING like we knew it would.

TheHurricane4
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:26 am

Yeah, market was way overdue for a correction. Tons of volume-related mortgage workers already getting let go at places (i.e. underwriters, Title workers, brokers, etc.)

Fivefingers
Reply to  TheHurricane4
22 July 2022 10:31 am

Yup and wait until the depression causes lay-offs. CC debt all time high, people losing in 401 and stock market, etc. The jig is up.

Adrenaline
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 10:40 am

Our total family net worth in America is about $90 trillion, and the total personal debt including federal is over that.

Kodiak
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 12:38 pm

Few years ago average net worth in the US was around 8 grand. I wonder if it’s still that high?

Adrenaline
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 3:50 pm

Nope, we’re now negative, if you include each citizen being responsible for government debt.

Kodiak
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 7:36 pm

It was then too. How much is the debt pp these days? Last I heard was around 75K.

Adrenaline
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 7:44 pm

Debt
federal 91k per citizen, 243k per taxpayer, lots of freeloaders increasing rapidly
Add another 10k per citizen state and local
70k personal debt per citizen

Kodiak
Reply to  Adrenaline
23 July 2022 12:00 am

Problem is they count taxpayers wrong by including gvt employees, who, by definition, can’t pay tax. Last time I looked I think 28% actually paid income tax. So about 350k per taxpayer.

Fivefingers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 10:41 am

Yup. Repo’s on cars is already way up. These clowns selling used fishing boats from 2006 who think they will get more than thy paid new are in for this

MT Viking
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:47 am

I’m moving in to Five’s garage.

Fivefingers
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 10:50 am

I saw one the other day, 5 car garage and heated, It was sweet.

Adrenaline
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:59 am

Too bad one of the stalls is an empty space with a sign, “Ford Lightnings park here”

Kodiak
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 11:26 am

You sold your house for 4 mill and now live in a shed down by the river. You have a 20 car garage with the shed.

MT Viking
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 11:30 am

Kodiak
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 12:40 pm

Well you keep it in several investment accounts. Banks won’t insure your level of cash, so why bother.

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 1:07 pm

Nice!

Fivefingers
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 9:50 am
kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 1:10 pm

Disgusting. J6 Grandmas still in jail though.

DE Viking
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 9:51 am

@He probably deserved it. Nothing to see here@

Eric Scott
Reply to  DE Viking
22 July 2022 10:29 am

I don’t think anyone should be publicly attacked with a knife over political views…

DE Viking
Reply to  Eric Scott
22 July 2022 10:32 am

Nor do I.
I would have used a sarcasm font.
Since there isn’t one I just used the @ for that.

But the fact remains, many people on the left think this.
Some professor wrote a book about assassinating GWB.

Kodiak
Reply to  Eric Scott
22 July 2022 11:27 am

That’s encouraging.

Adrenaline
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 11:32 am

Just once I’d like to see someone pull out a bigger knife like in the Aussie movie or a gun like in Indiana Jones.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 9:55 am

somewhere Maxine Waters is smiling

that ghoul

MT Viking
Reply to  peterplaysbass
22 July 2022 10:17 am

She seems nice

Eric Scott
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:27 am

And they released the guy after booking him..,

Fivefingers
Reply to  Eric Scott
22 July 2022 10:32 am

I posted that too but it has links so went to GF for approval. You attack a US house member and they let you go? Fuck the left forever. Gonna get ugly when the right finally has enough and starts smoking these mfer’s.

MT Viking
22 July 2022 9:25 am

Re: words up top.

You would have to wait two hours to use the boat ramp…in North Dakota!?! How does such a sparsely populated state have a two hour wait at a boat ramp?

peterplaysbass
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 9:43 am

not very many lakes

MT Viking
Reply to  peterplaysbass
22 July 2022 10:23 am

I think that’s what Montana means in Spanish. Shoot, the whole road between Bismarck and North Dakota is just mile after mile of driving between big sloughs.

Fivefingers
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 10:34 am

it means whale’s vagina

MT Viking
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:42 am

Fivefingers
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 10:47 am

DE Viking
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 9:45 am

Maybe the lake only fits a few boats?

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 9:51 am

lol, NoDak is so weird with their spelling, like sakakawea instead of sacagawea or sheyenne instead of cheyenne.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 9:55 am

it’s canadian/indian?

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  peterplaysbass
22 July 2022 10:01 am

NoDakian

Fivefingers
Reply to  peterplaysbass
22 July 2022 10:01 am

feather indian

MT Viking
Reply to  peterplaysbass
22 July 2022 10:22 am

The preferred term ATM is First Nations, for the indigenous people of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Metis. Although they are technically not indigenous ie. originating or occurring naturally in a particular place. In Canada Indian would be a person from India as they represent a significant portion of the immigrant population.

Adrenaline
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 10:25 am

I like how the narrative here in Minnesota is that “the original name is X so we should rename it to X”

In spite of no one being able to comprehend that tribes took over other tribes and wiped them out or pushed them away and no one could possibly know what the original name of anything is.

Fivefingers
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 10:34 am

they tried to keep all the land for themselves, greedy

Fivefingers
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 10:34 am

When I was up there and we had the radio on it was all pandering to them all day.

MT Viking
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:46 am

Fo sho. When I was listening to CBC radio on trip to and from Regina (round and round the rugged Regina rocks the ragged rascal ran) one topic that came up was the potash mines on reserves and Crown land.

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 10:19 am

Man, one boat ramp for a big lake like that. I’m always praising North Dakotans for being so progressive. Can’t you just sorta back the trailer into the shoreline and push the boat off while applying full reverse power?

Fivefingers
22 July 2022 8:58 am

y

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benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 9:03 am

Never know, have to wait and see but I get the feeling November 8th won’t be so kind to one of the 2 parties.

Adrenaline
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 9:08 am

I’m not convinced it will be a shellacking, because each race is personalized to the candidates, and many voters are too stupid to vote based on the direction of the country.

DE Viking
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 9:36 am

The House will go R.

The Senate is a toss up. I would lean the D’s keeping the Senate because those are State ballots where the larger D cities can find/print the ballots they need.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 9:42 am

I do not anticipate a shellacking, never know what will happen but historically speaking it is common for one or both of house and senate to change in the middle of a pres first term, Americans historically don’t like one party to have all senate house and POTUS.

Fivefingers
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 9:48 am

cheating

Kodiak
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 11:32 am

I have confidence in the American people like I have confidence in the vikings

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 1:22 pm

If it’s not a shellacking, it will be the fault of the establishment GOP. They get to keep their grift even if Dems win. America First candidates want to drain the swamp.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  kathy.clater.3
22 July 2022 1:25 pm

They’re trying to not win so big.

they don’t want.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 9:04 am

LOL!

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 8:56 am

I saw that the other day, when you start decriminalizing all this shit that’s what happens. I was reading recently that California, or at least the shitty woke cities, are decriminalizing crimes associated with homelessness like pissing or shitting in public or nudity associated with it. Wonder how that’s gonna work out.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 8:57 am

Shitty

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 9:01 am

I wouldn’t step foot in Portland, its a shithole.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 9:44 am

didn’t Walgreens close 100 stores or something like that?

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  peterplaysbass
22 July 2022 9:48 am

Yep, a bunch in SF the last couple years and other “urban” cities around the country. That’s what happens when there are no consequences for crime.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 9:52 am

steal $800 worth of merch? don’t stop ’em, don’t confront ’em, don’t call the cops.

don’t want to be seen as hateful.

also the DA won’t prosecute.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  peterplaysbass
22 July 2022 10:00 am

There’s that, but even if you are caught or prosecuted charges aren’t stacked so its just singel petty misdemeanors you’re charged with and since they’re petty and all separate criminals are cut loose immediately with no bail because of the laws in these blue cities/states. There’s a guy in NYC that recently went over 100 arrests for shoplifting in the last couple years and of course immediately was released and continues to fail to show at court hearings but they won’t issue bench warrant for petty crimes so he just keeps stealing whatever he wants and once in a while gets caught, arrested, immediately released, and repeat.

MT Viking
Reply to  peterplaysbass
22 July 2022 10:26 am

Well, FWIW, if you were working 9 to 5 at Small Mart would you confront some shoplifter over $100 worth of merchandise? Hell no and besides it is against corporate policy. I carry and can tell you 100% I wouldn’t confront them. some jackwagon in Billings did that and started shooting at the shoplifters across a parking lot. Dumbass.

Best thing to do IMHO is shame the hell out of the shoplifters put their pics up all over town but even calling them out as dirtbags face to face might end unpleasantly for you.

DE Viking
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 10:29 am

Best thing to do IMHO is shame the hell out of the shoplifters put their pics up all over town but even calling them out as dirtbags

I don’t know, Does this even work in our society anymore? Many people would put it on their selfy page and brag about it.

Adrenaline
Reply to  DE Viking
22 July 2022 10:32 am

It only works in some parts of rural flyover country where people still have a shred of morals.

It’s incredibly hard to find prosecutors who didn’t go to a communist school these days and side with the dirtbags who won’t learn or hide in shame until they get the necessary lesson in life.

Fivefingers
Reply to  DE Viking
22 July 2022 10:36 am

shoot them

Kodiak
Reply to  DE Viking
22 July 2022 11:36 am

No such thing as shame anymore. Look at the trannys and the rest of the whackos

Fivefingers
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 10:35 am

I would

Fivefingers
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 9:51 am

It’s gettin real now and soon someone is going to start making these shitbags eat some lead.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 4:30 pm

Go get-’em paw paw.

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freezeyface
22 July 2022 8:46 am

getting ready for my Pastor’s memorial service tomorrow….
expecting over 500 people to show up.
should be a really good service. nothing like a funeral to help put life into perspective.

it’s better to be in a house of mourning than a house of feasting….

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  freezeyface
22 July 2022 8:50 am

Usually ends up being both in my experiences. RIP Freeze Pastor.

it’s better to be in a house of mourning than a house of feasting….

Fivefingers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 8:57 am

That me, best religion by far.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
22 July 2022 8:59 am

Especially small towns where the food after the service is all different dishes that church ladies and people in the community bring, at my grandmas in small town ND last year there were ribs, casseroles, lasagna, Swedish meatballs, desserts, all kinds of stuff, that’s the best.

MT Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
22 July 2022 9:24 am

How old was he?

freezeyface
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 10:11 am

he was 64.
he was diagnosed with cancer 7 years ago, he beat it, then was diagnosed with another form of cancer 3 years later, and he beat that, and then was diagnosed with lung cancer 1.5 years ago, and he couldn’t beat that.

leaves behind a wonderful wife and 8 children (grown, youngest is 21) and a ton of grandkids…

but the worst days, right before passing, went very quickly, which we are all very thankful for

MT Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
22 July 2022 10:28 am

Yup, a woman I know lost her mom when she passed suddenly while using the bathroom at 64. She has that typical survivor guilt because she did not get along well with her mother, and I’ve tried to tell her she should be thankful she went so quickly.

My mother is definitely in the dwindles and I would prefer she die today but for all the control I have in the situation she might circle the bowl another ten years.

Adrenaline
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 10:37 am

Same with my mother.

Unless she gets cancer or something, she could go another 10 years and reach 100, but she can barely walk to her front door and just watches TV and reads most every day while her ability to do even that is diminishing rapidly.

Still has a temper and is as mean as ever, though. Never lost that.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 12:30 pm

The dragging on is the worst. My mom had a stroke and then was miserable for 3 more years. She had to be in a home and couldn’t read (she loved to read) and couldn’t take care of herself. We all would have preferred she was gone when the stroke happened.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  freezeyface
22 July 2022 9:45 am

I didn’t realize your pastor entered glory. Good for him!

Peace and joy that surpasses understanding to his family & friends.

freezeyface
Reply to  peterplaysbass
22 July 2022 10:12 am

his cancer ridden body is now perfect and glorified right now….can’t be sad about that!

but, he was one of my dearest friends, and he was my dad’s best friend. so it hits hard for sure. but so thankful that we have a hope!

Adrenaline
Reply to  freezeyface
22 July 2022 10:13 am

Condolences to you, your clan, and the Pastor’s family, Freezey

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  freezeyface
22 July 2022 2:01 pm

People of faith will feel God’s presence there. I like to silently commune with him at such times.

Kodiak
Reply to  freezeyface
22 July 2022 11:37 am

Is it better to be feasting while mourning?

Mick
Mick
22 July 2022 8:31 am

….

Adrenaline
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 8:40 am

Yup, this morning saw an obit of a person in my town who died of “an undiagnosed heart condition” in his 40’s

DE Viking
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 9:03 am

The vaccine likely killed by wife’s aunt.
She had the vaccine in March of 2021.
Died 6 months later with no known reason. She went to Johns Hopkins and they couldn’t figure out what was going on.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 4:28 pm

It’s medically well documented globally that the negitive side effects from natural covid infection is far worse. Its a pandemic, everything gets fucked up including a certain percentage that have vaccine side effect issues.

Kodiak
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 7:42 pm

It was never even close to a pandemic. The mortality rate was much to low. 99.97% survived. Now if 30% would croak, that would be a pandemic.

HUNViking
Reply to  Lifer
23 July 2022 6:54 am

It was a manufactured “pandemic” from the start. WHO had to change the very definition of the word to even be able to install their “pandemic”. We´re well on our way into a dystopian medical dictatorship, China style.

Adrenaline
22 July 2022 8:01 am

Down in the fine print, McConnell says he’s going to simplify what Kwirk needs to do since Kwirk isn’t good at something

https://sports.yahoo.com/head-coach-kevin-o-connell-122914941.html

freezeyface
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 8:24 am

McConnell says he’s going to simplify what Kwirk needs to do since Kwirk isn’t good at something

hopefully it’s improving the line/calling quicker plays since kirk is terrible trying to throw from his back

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  freezeyface
22 July 2022 9:57 am

Let Kirk call the plays. Allow him to go off script

Adrenaline
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 10:06 am

Oh boy…

Fivefingers
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 10:09 am

lmao, ok.

DE Viking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 10:23 am

Kirk calling plays?
Hmm…..more potential excuses I guess.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
22 July 2022 10:33 am

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 4:24 pm

This should have no less than 5 recs every time its posted.

Kodiak
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 7:48 pm

It so classic beaker.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 10:33 am

Off script is Kirk at his absolute worst, its like you’re saying you want to see Kirk put in the worst situation possible.

Fivefingers
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 10:37 am

correct, he flunked every test

Kodiak
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 11:42 am

He would really be fun to watch sharting himself every time

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 1:14 pm

Well, people say that because like Brady, Cousins is a pocket passer who executes the offense as designed, and as called. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t ever escaped the pocket and made plays off script. It’s just not what he’s known for.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 1:35 pm

In spite of your rhetoric, he’s known for being a loser and a dork with good stats. Not to me but to coaches, players, scouts and execs in the nfl. I’m just the messenger, no need to try to convince me, convince them.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 8:27 am

Something that we’ve all noticed with Cousins is that he isn’t the type of quarterback to put an average team on his back and carry them into the playoffs. Although this may be true, he also hasn’t held his team back when we look at his production.

Kirk is not the problem, also not the solution.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 10:08 am

Well in Washington Cousins had anything BUT an average team on his back. The two seasons before Cousins became the starter the team was a collective 7-25. The four seasons since Cousins left they are a collective 24-41. With Cousins, the Redskins went 9-7 in his first year and won the NFC East. The next year they went 8-8-1, and his last they went 7-9. So with Cousins the team was .500 and without him they were .320. So it’s not that Cousins can’t carry an average team, it’s really that no QB can carry a really bad team, just make them competitive. Remember Drew Brees went 7-9 three consecutive seasons with the Saints while setting NFL passing records. In regards to the Vikings, no way a QB by himself is going to carry a team with almost the worst O-line in the league four years running, and also the worst defense in the league, and kickers who routinely miss extra points and field goals. That’s not an average team. That’s a bad team. Especially when the head coach restricts the offense the way Zim did with his “prevent offense”.

Fivefingers
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 10:10 am

let me know when he catches Mark Sanchez in playoff wins. lmao

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:14 am

Let me know when you grow up… LOL

Fivefingers
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 10:16 am

never! that’s how life gets terrible

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:23 am

Laughing… touche’

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 8:33 am

I didn’t come away with that… O’Conell said he was creating an offense where the “answers” to the decision making were built in, versus the QB having to go through progressions and decipher defenses. This means there will be more zero read pass plays. That’s what Kyle Shanahan did with RGIII as rookie. He had zero read throws as the majority of the pass plays, and then a step down from that were a number of one read throws that Griffin made a read and then took off running if it wasn’t there. To me, this offensive scheme helps Cousins get the ball out of his hands quicker and suffer far fewer hits. This isn’t a reflection on Cousins abilities or need to simplify the offense for him as much as it is protecting him from a bad O-line. Also the actual play calling has change dramatically. O’Connel use plays with a one word or two word description vice say Jon Gruden’s extensive verbiage to make a simple run play. This will allow Cousins to run a no huddle much better.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 8:37 am

LOL, Kirk needs a dumbed down rookie based zero or one read offense in his like 11th season.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 8:41 am

Actually Ben, Cousins doesn’t need a dumbed down offense. The O-line is so bad, the QB has to get rid of the ball, so zero read throws will become more of factor in the equation. You might note that Tom Brady did this for twenty years in New England. He said that his whole function was based on a simple concept of 1,2,3, throw, He said the longer he held the ball, the more likely the play would fail.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 8:47 am

Actually don’t know what the oline will be like. If Ingram comes in and wins the LG job and actually doesn’t suck it will be only one excuse left on the oline for Cousins in Bradbury.

Also, I read your post and know what you’re saying, I was joking about Kirk in his 11th season.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 8:53 am

Cool… The key to zero read throws are the receivers. Cousins will be throwing to spots on the field (holes) and if the receiver doesn’t get there the ball will be intercepted or fall to the grass incomplete. I ran a similar offense in college. I threw a lot of incompletions.

Fivefingers
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 9:54 am

correct, it’s the fear factor for this weakling

Fivefingers
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 9:53 am

hopefully it’s holder his sphinpter valve shut to avoid a messy diaper

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 7:36 am

Happy Friday

Mick
Mick
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 7:44 am

Happy Friday

Adrenaline
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 7:51 am

Happy Friday

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 7:52 am

Happy Friday

Adrenaline
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 7:59 am

Happy Friday

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 12:31 pm

It’s Friday?

Adrenaline
Reply to  VikingPhilip
22 July 2022 3:52 pm

My relatives don’t seem to act like they’re ever going home.

And I just got here at 3:00am yesterday after a 4-hour delay on my flight.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 5:01 pm

Kodiak
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 7:50 pm

Well that explains why you went to Kalifornicator. Relatives. I have had one friend visit and my sister twice in 22 years.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 7:55 am

Mick
Mick
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
22 July 2022 8:04 am

Happy Friday

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 8:09 am

Happy Friday!

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
22 July 2022 8:29 am

Happy Friday

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Mick
Mick
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 8:32 am

Happy Friday

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 8:36 am

I have a stye, its annoying but at least its friday and I’ll start drinking a beer at roughly 4:30, and my wife gets home soon from being gone the last few weeks so I can get a bit of a break from being Mr. Single Mom.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 8:41 am

Ben’s getting lit tonight.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 8:51 am

I will probably have 2-3 beers and fall asleep by 8:30

Mick
Mick
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 8:58 am

Adrenaline
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 10:15 am

Leftist creeps

Kodiak
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 11:47 am

Old hyde is going to ride you like a stolen mule. 3-4 times likely.

MT Viking
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 9:22 am

Put some warm compresses on that baby.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
22 July 2022 9:44 am

I have been doing that, I get them every few years, likely associated with wearing contacts I’ve been told.

Fivefingers
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 9:55 am

First sign of herpes

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 10:43 am

Funny they got a vaccine for covid in like a year but can’t do the same for ole herpes

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Adrenaline
22 July 2022 7:33 am

Long babble-speak puffery article about our new GM

https://sports.yahoo.com/never-want-full-rams-analytics-095713781.html

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 8:05 am

Sounds like he looks at personnel decisions as math problems, while openly stating that no player selected in the draft is a certain success story. I mean, he says the teams with the best rosters (most Pro-Bowl and All Pro players) stand the best chance of winning a Super Bowl (OMG why didn’t I think of that?) and then says there’s no way in the draft that you’re selecting a guy with that ability for sure. Man… and this guy is considered the smartest man in the room?

Adrenaline
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 8:15 am

Yup, his first draft doesn’t look like any All-Pro-ers will emerge out of it, yet the Yahpoopers and others are already puffing his resume like he’s a multiple Supper Bowl winner.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 8:48 am

If you read that article he sounds more like a Wall Street PR department then a football analyst or player assessment guy.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
22 July 2022 11:50 am

Well at least we have a new reason on why we suck.

Adrenaline
22 July 2022 7:29 am

In high-level sports nooz, Drew Brees is now the owner of a professional sports franchise

https://sports.yahoo.com/drew-brees-is-now-the-co-owner-of-a-professional-pickleball-team-014529757.html

Lifer
Admin
22 July 2022 4:42 am

Bwahahaha…

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Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 5:17 am

Accurate.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 5:32 am

Hey…taking care of these ladies for my neighbors who are vacationing in Australia for the next month. They are quite a joy to visit daily. Getting a couple of eggs a day from the 4 of them.

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Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 5:37 am

Tough to see through the screens but the pay seems good.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 5:57 am

Yeah I’ll get you some better pics of the pen he built for them. Has an auto watering system, easy nest access for fetching the eggs, scratch area for them to do their thing. Might give you some ideas of building one if you ever want / need too.

Fivefingers
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 9:56 am

good roasted too with potatoes and carrots in a beurre blanc sauce.

Eric Scott
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 8:23 am

Did a non-profit grab that lighthouse or is it still for sale?

Lifer
Admin
22 July 2022 4:24 am

Well this was an interesting tid bit on Jan 6th as it played out.

Members of Pence’s security detail were calling family members to say goodbye.

Meh…it was just a peaceful protest right?

DE Viking
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 5:03 am

That’s probably about as accurate as the lady “testifying” that Trump “lunged” at the steering wheel. Other SS personnel said it never happened.

Or that the Good Samaritan that killed a gunman in Indiana was an illegal immigrant.

Likely more fake news.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
22 July 2022 5:16 am

yes let’s just say everything didn’t happen, wasn’t accurate, that comes from the other side. That will get us to a better place.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 5:34 am

not surprised the SS won’t say or admit to shit. She knows the drill..

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Adrenaline
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 7:15 am

Still the first unarmed insurrection in history.

If the committed an insurrection, it would look a whole lot different.

The Constitution, regardless of what the left says, gives the right to protest, in spite of the set-up conducted by Pelosi and her goons.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 7:22 am

You are correct. History is written by the victors.

peterplaysbass
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 9:49 am

all of this

gun nuts don’t leave their guns at home when insurrecting

Fivefingers
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 9:58 am

Yup, when cooter celebrated a 33 yr old vet who was unarmed being murdered by a pig racist POS cop he must have thought she was going to strangle everybody.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Fivefingers
22 July 2022 4:10 pm

33 yr old traitorous whore you mean. I would have put two in her for good measure and emptied my gun in the rest of them.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 4:08 pm

They had hand guns that is well documented.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 5:20 am

Why did Ray Epps have contact with Pelosi’s office days before and upto Jan 6 and what did they talk about?

Why is Ray Epps free?

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 5:28 am

I have no idea if he actually did contact her office, nor do you. Maybe that’s all a right wing conspiracy theory to pin it on him, maybe it did happen and he called her office never spoke to her and never got past the receptionists. Who knows.

I don’t discount the fbi knew what was coming that day, likely did as warnings to all elected leaders were given days in advance. Maybe they didn’t realize how bad it would actually get BUT normally they prepare for the worse, hope for the best. There was an actual de-escalation of security support going in to that day. None of it makes sense. I think the entire government needs torn down and we start over. It’s rife with corruption and lies. Makes Gotham city look like a utopia.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 5:38 am

Why did Pelosi deny requests for more police/NG?

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 5:54 am

I don’t know is it up to just her? She’s an old relic like most of the rest of them. That’s half the problem. Her, Biden, McConnell and all the old fucks should have been out of politics a decade ago. But here they are.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 6:32 am

I think newsome gets in the fold for ‘24

trudeau 2.0

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 7:02 am

Yeah probably….at this point I’m uninspired about any candidate from the left and horrified by any candidate on the right. They all suck, both sides. It’s the system not the candidates.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 7:21 am

I can’t figure out how anyone would support any of this liberal bullshit.

more than two genders… being able to murder unborn children. Unchecked illegal immigration… grooming young children…

if that stuff doesn’t horrify you but leaves you uninspired instead….. oooof.

the system of washing tax dollars as foreign aid to come back clean to pols is fucked.. but supporting these insane liberal policies as something normal? That’s horrifying.

soon they’ll be normalizing pediafilia. That it’s ok and they can’t help who they love blah blah blah. And you’re a bigot if you don’t support it. That’s horrifying.

stuman55
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 10:44 am

lol you guys on your side are major wimps

horrified by any candidate on the right

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 5:41 am

There is only one reason that this is “something” and that’s to try and prevent T from running in ‘24 with the “insurrection” label.

David Hogg bust into a hearing yesterday… did he get arrested?

How about those who bust in on the SCOTUS confirmation under Trump?

It is all a sham.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 5:52 am

Hogg immediately got escorted out by security fyi…

it’s not a sham, it’s showing how an administration tried to stop the electoral process. That’s not even up for debate any longer the evidence is endless.

Doesn’t matter…the dems also are just grifting assholes for the rich elites anyway. This country is fucked seven ways from Sunday.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 6:31 am

It is a sham.

all theater.

just like AOC getting “arrested”

she’s smart. Made a ton of money off of that skit.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 7:04 am

That’s the problem, it’s turned in to social media publicity acts for clicks and attention and away from policy development to help our nation. We’re truly fucked. Dry and slow.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 8:52 am

Is fast and wet better?

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 8:40 am

Deep down AOC, just like every socialist, is a capitalist.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 8:42 am

It’s what’s on the inside that counts.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  benjammin
22 July 2022 9:58 am

It’s funny that people think Trump is whack. AOC beyond crazy

MT Viking
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 9:17 am

I agree, Sandy is smart. It would be political suicide for a Montana politician to turn aside (making these numbers up) 5000 jobs at an Amazonian facility because they want some corporate tax breaks, and then fumble the whole thought process as to why that happened. But with her electorate, she is adored. I’m sure she’ll be re-elected by a landslide. Harris Ocasio-Cortex 2028?

stuman55
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 10:47 am

How exactly is people walking through a building and attempt to “stop the electoral process”.. Lol, this idiotic grandstanding language you guys use doesn’t drive a point home, it makes you look silly. And this entire thing is a sham which has already included completely fabricated and made up testimony. It’s a joke and Mick is right, it’s only to paint a picture in the public eye to ensure the guy you seem so afraid of will not run for pres again.

Kodiak
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 11:55 am

It all makes sense if it was a set hp by the left. Actually, it’s the only way it makes sense.

Fivefingers
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 9:59 am

b/c this ridiculous bullshit is made up and a false flag and NOBODY but hardcore leftists give a fuck about it and it is rigged. Fuck that pig fat slob cheney

Fivefingers
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 9:57 am

lol, cowards

Kodiak
22 July 2022 3:02 am

First to comment. Whats new boys and girls?

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Kodiak
22 July 2022 4:09 am

Not sure yet this early in the am. Let me do some scanning and I’m sure I can find some outraged libs, triggered wingers and corporate grifters to post about. It appears I hate everyone currently.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 5:20 am

On a Friday? You’ll find em.

Adrenaline
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 7:24 am

How about a GOP candidate for Governor of New York getting attacked by someone with a knife at a speech yesterday?

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 7:35 am

Already made bail.

Muh insurrection

Adrenaline
Reply to  Mick
22 July 2022 8:04 am

Since almost every assassin in our history is a leftist, doesn’t fit the narrative.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 4:04 pm

John Wilkes Booth was a hard line conservative sympathetic to the south and slavery. If you knew your history, republicans were union leftist against slavery, democrats were conservatives confederates then and pro slavery.

Adrenaline
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 4:42 pm

Ha haaha… I see the revisionists have re-written wiki to make it seem like he was on the right, which he was not.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Adrenaline
22 July 2022 4:45 pm

No one has re-written shit. He was on the outs with his family who was pro union, wasn’t able to perform in certain markets as a actor because of his view points. He was basically five but with talent and a successful career.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
22 July 2022 8:33 am

It appears I hate everyone currently.

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Gone fishin'

I'm a dad, husband, Army vet, believer, and a die-hard, life-long Vikings fan from the great state of North Dakota. I've been a Viking fan dating back to 1980, I've been covering the Vikings for nearly a decade, and I founded Skoloholics in 2022. I work in real estate and property management, I love spending time with family, working in the yard, doing anything in the outdoors, and as you can tell from my username, I love fishing. SKOL!!!!!!!!!!

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