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The 2023 schedule came out yesterday. We’ve been contemplating which away game we’ll attend this year. Denver was at the top of our list of choices, and the game in Denver just happens to fall on my wife’s birthday. Well, I guess that decision has been made for us.
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I tried to think of something I hadn’t played before, and I don’t think I’ve played this one. This is Faith No More with Epic. Enjoy!
Gets worse
Sybil’darius was set to make $12.1….Browns reworked his deal to $11.7 so the difference is what the Vikings ate. We had a $3.3 dead hit also. We had $1.0 cap space now we have around $10. After Cook impending release we’ll have $20 so at least we’re getting the cap in order for this year. Maybe sign one more significant FA out there. good DT or Edge rusher, maybe a corner or Risner.
Yup…of course he didn’t want to be here but yeah.
Béla Lugosi auto rec
Vikes are gonna be worse than the 2011-14 Vikes here soon. KAM tanking us worse than Rick
Hunter and Davenport will be injured by week 6. Then woonum and Patrick Jones are your next guys up
KAM is a pansy. Scared to draft a QB high and scared to go toe to toe to a player in which Vikes have all the leverage.
Sucks
What if Flores wanted this?
Terrible fucking trade. Gives up 2 picks and a good pass rusher for two 5ths one being two years away. Idiot. KAM sucks at being a GM I can’t stand him.
Starting to think he is one dumb fuck.
Z didn’t want to be here.
He unloaded his contract and moved up 2 picks. Not great, but they got something for a guy who didn’t want to be here.
Hope he tanks.
Loser
He might be……
QB1 in 2024 !!!!!
Fine his ass. Vikes have all the leverage. Like you always tell me… money talks and these players will eventually show up (aka JJ)
Yeah, but would Smith be worth the fight?
Eh… I don’t think he was that good.
Yes he is. He’s a super cheap DE with decent talent. Dude was making pennies for a pass rusher
Salary dump.
Another guy from the 31st worst defense who won’t be back.
2025 5th huge.
Correct.
Now Cook doesn’t have to be cut, but likely will be.
Damn, that is all they got?
Salary dump
KAMs a pansy. Rick is probably going to be better
This indeed looks like a bad deal. Even if Z didn´t want to be a Viking anymore, this deal stinks.
Well…that ain’t shit for him and now our pass rush BLOWS
Well, he wasn’t that good last year.
This move doesn’t surprise me.
Z Smith traded to Cleveland
Pretty funny JJ has yet to acknowledge Addison yet in any sort of way
I like that. Make him earn a shoutout and JJ is protecting KJ who damn sure has earned the #2 spot.
We’ll see how smooth he is when he has grown ass men dropping the hammer on him.
Good point.
Why would JJ just offer up anything about something he can’t control?
JJ not a lock to be here. Don’t rule it out
Notes from today’s vikings practice. (Will—SI)
Here are a few observations from Friday’s practice.
First-round pick Jordan Addison looked as advertised. He’s sharp in and out of his breaks while running routes, with little wasted movement as he changes direction. And although he did have one drop on a low pass in 7-on-7, his hands looked good as well.
“Jordan’s been meeting over Zoom a little bit since we drafted him, obviously within the confines of the rules,” O’Connell said. “You can tell he’s a little bit ahead of a lot of the guys out on the field today, where he’s lining up, understanding exactly what that play means for what routes he has and how to go adjust once the pictures changes when that ball’s snapped. I thought Jordan had a really good day and just looks and feels the part, which is exactly what I expected out of him.”
Seventh-round pick DeWayne McBride, the running back from UAB, wasn’t participating as he recovers from a hamstring injury. (Great..hurt already)
So the guy leading the Byron Nelson after two rds had a little convo with Tiger and suddenly you realize just how good Tiger was when he was on. Next level greatness.
kicked off and invalid nonce in one day. Nice effing job!
Laughing… well you ARE a rabble rouser…
I guess they like a quiet site.
Looks like it, since apparently one can only join the site with an American IP adress.
beginning to think that is the ‘new normal’.
Brads mentioned to us we may move to a new platform maybe sometime this year. We’ll see.
Right now we use WordPress but it’s a little outdated and there’s only so much stuff we can do.
sorry chief
Frustrating cuz you are not aware of it happening.
Well…pretty obvious he was likely a goner. Still a few weeks for him to decide he wants to stay and take a paycut if the market isn’t showing him much.
Understandable but really too bad. Cook was a locker room leader and great community supporter. Truly a solid guy who wore the purple and gold proudly. He was one those guys that you loved.
Damn. Once again I don’t have an active Vikings jersey. Maybe I’ll wait and see if Joseph kicks the Super Bowl winning field goal and then I’ll pick up his jersey.
I got JJ that’s all that’s left… he’ll be gone prob do to my jersey curse
I have a JJ jersey.
He will be here awhile.
My #22 is alive for one moar season, it seems. Then I´ll have to look for a replacement… thinking Hock at this point in time.
Another excuse for Cousins fans…
”Play action isn’t working because Cook is gone….”
I think Vikes going to do power running game this season and not zone running like they did last season.
we’ll see how it turns out but I think KOC wants to move that direction
Don’t you need a good OL for a power running game?
4 down, 2 to go.
Thought some of you guys might be interested in this raffle for a good cause.
Sounds like a good time/cause/thing to do.
And as a Veteran I approve of it wholeheartedly.
Giving out my prognostication on team record Dec 15th. Stay tuned.
Waiting with bated breath… grin.
Slow day, so reading some football articles. Came across a stat that I probably should have known but didn’t – namely, our guards led the league in allowing QB pressures. So I wondered, although we lost AT, might we have been better off overall be selecting a stout interior lineman early instead of a WR?
Too many needs, so few picks. Yes interior pressure wreaks havoc, we can only hope.
The Vikings have tried to fix the O-line over the last many years through the draft and free agency. They have two very good tackles, but yest the interior line remains way too porous. Cousins is the most hit, knocked down, sacked, and pressured QB in the league over the last 5 years.
Yep, cuz of KC’s style he needs interior help the most. Esier to step up if a edge guy takes a outside shot. If his center gets bull rushed and laying on his feet it’s not good.
think KC’s style actually makes it a lot easier or our tackles which are good, but harder on the interior guys. Oh well
Ezra,Turd and Ingram need to be better. Not at all sure.
Ezra was the worst of the bunch last year and that’s no joke. I have hope for Ingram because he has the anchor and strength to spare it’s his technique. Turd was better and serviceable. Ezra was straight dogshit.
I’d like to see them cut Cook and sign Risner and put him at LG. Then we’d be cooking with gas.
I remember when the Redskins drafted RGIII and the media proclaimed he would “instantly make the O-line better with his mobility”. That in fact was note true though. The O-line said they never knew where RGIII was going to be, so they had a lot of trouble setting up and protecting him. A pocket passer makes it far easier on an O-line because they know where he is going to be, and what they need to do to protect him.
Guards are more likely to take a outside rush and push him aside. He assumes QB is in the pocket.
Correct. Keeping in mind the defensive guy can see where the QB is, and the O-lineman cannot. If they know where he is, they have a better chance of protecting him.
That being true, seems like a good lineman would help the offense so much more than a WR- how about all the 3rd and short getting stuffed. Well, just my opinion.
Yes, I was surprised at the WR pick as well. Football is won and lost in the trenches as you well know. Cousins being a pocket passer, a good O-line would be job 1 to me. Belichick had amongst the best O-lines in the league every year for Brady. He also had amongst the best D-lines. To me, Cousins has been pretty damn good with such a poor line in front of him 5 years running.
Now JJ puts up 2,000 and wants even more $$.
Yep, that O-Line has been our major weakness for several years.
little rain this morning which sucked but cleared up towards the back 9. Long course at 6.3k yards. Finished +24 for first go around of the season. Had 3 blow up holes that really forked me as Mick would say.
elimste even one of those I would’ve been decent. Got the rust off after the front 9
Playing tomorrow morning with some guys who want to play for money. I met them a couple weeks ago and they were fun to play with. We exchanged numbers and I told them if they wanted to get together again to contact me. Got a text last night and said they were playing Saturday and needed a 4th. Said they were going to play for a couple bucks to spice things up. I told them I was fine with that and would see them there. Playing a course I’ve never seen, so will play my normal conservative round. Just get off the tee decently, get the ball around the green decently, hit a decent wedge, and make a decent putt.
I’m itching to get out again, but it’s Mother’s Day weekend, so I’m not going.
“Couple” of bucks – depends. But have a great round.
Yeah, I’ve played $5 a hole skins a few times in my life. I’ve also thrown $40 into a pot that is divvied up at the end based on scores. Doesn’t matter to me. I just play my game and let the cards fall where they may. It tends to work out for me more often than not though. People who play for money tend to put too much pressure on themselves to perform, and try shots they have little chance to pull off. Plodders like me irritate them. I’m not gonna make worse than bogey on any given hole. That usually means they have to make pars and birdies to beat me.
A man’s got to know his limitations.
Ok Dirty Harry. Saw that FLA crib, looks like you can bet more.
Yeah, never bet more than you can stand to lose. If I win that’s great. If I don’t I ain’t missing any lunches.
When I play golf, I really focus on three things. Be relaxed, swing in rhythm, and aim for a specific target. That’s it.
Well, maybe you have that place cuz you know your limitations! LOL
Through God’s grace and only through God’s grace, I am alive today to enjoy my later years. I have worked long and hard in a dangerous line of work, and succeeded, yes. But the amount of Providence I have been blessed with throughout my career and life is something I will never take for granted. In a word, I have been one very lucky son of a bitch.
I respect you for it. Even more so in this collapsing society. God help us.
I am profoundly speechless reading this,but extremely respectful. Spent my life working with veterans, seems like the ones who gave the most, were the most thoughtful.
Thank you sir. I have survived two helicopter crashes (sole survivor in one) been rocked by a rocket propelled grenade that destroyed the courtyard I was standing in, in Iraq, had a vehicle hit with an IED, taken bullets, etc, etc, etc. There have been over a dozen times in my career where I should not have survived. Yet here I am today. Pure providence.
Thank you for your service.
Thank you Surly, appreciate you.
BZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all you have done. You have definitely earned some peace in your life.
Wife and I got a neat gift from our daughter.
We have a playing lesson tomorrow and Sunday, and my daughter is joining us.
Looking forward to it.
That is so cool Surly. What a great gift!
Nice!
sweet!
We really need to plan a skoloholics golf outing, maybe somewhere around a Vikings game we all could attend. How fun would that be! We’d have a blast and be talking about on here for years. We need to start discussing the hows to do it.
Yes I second that
That’s not bad and to be expected and I honestly thought you’d have little to no way of breaking 100. I’m going to and 5 strokes as I know you took some liberties you’re not telling. That’s a tough course my man…hard to start back at something that hard. How’d your buddy play?
I have a full crew golfing at 7am. I feel like I’m going to play well. We’ll see.
I never cheat don’t see a point. My score is legit score. We played a blue gold blend. It’s not on that scorecard but certain holes were blue some were gold.
my buddy better than me. Think he finished +17. But he’s a 12 handicap legitley. Greens were wierd cause of the rain so he’d land in 2 but then 3 putt sometimes which isn’t like him
I had 2 9s on two of the holes. Triple on one my other blowup
Ouch…that’s painful. Last more than a quad was last year I had a 12 on a par 4. Mental meltdown got frustrated and just kept chipping all over the place. It was funny and sad all rolled in to one.
Fwiw I’m a +19.7 handicap over 3 years since I’ve begun tracking it on each course
I’m a 25 but I have only kept it measured on courses with even higher slope ratings than what you played today so probably around the same.
Happy Moms day to every Mother out there. Mine is in Heaven. RIP Mom. For all you driving do it safely.
Momma was a good lady, chief. She raised ya good.
New Monday Night Flex Scheduling this year.
Good, been some MNF yawners.
Yeah. Good for TV ratings. Might be bad for fans trying to go to games though.
HI DEF BABY.
It’s one of those days to cross off the calendar to get to the weekend, for sure. I’m listening to music to keep me awake.
Did you ever hear how this song came to be? Puffy was struggling to find a beat to the song he was tasked to do for that Godzilla movie. And he woke up one night with his TV still on and there was on of those, “Buy these greatest hits of the 70s” type of commercial. Led Zeppelin’s “Cashmere” came on and he was like… “Yes, this is it!” Lol.
I had not heard that. It is a good riff. I remember back in the day before Internet, I had no idea what the song was called. I only knew LZ sang it, so I went to the music store and just blind-bought a LZ album.
It turned out to be the last song on the disc, so I got SUPER lucky with my guess!
Ha! That is lucky with all the albums they have.
Good times Bad times made me wanna learn how to play bass guitar.
never did.
Hardly any comments and they still kick you off. WT…..
Pietrangelo almost amputated the wrists of the leading scorer in the playoffs and gets one game…Oil better bring big league intensity tonight. Gonna miss Nurse.
I’m trying to listen to the F*#@ing song!
Might have to watch the movie again this weekend for kicks.
Me too. Been a long time since I’ve seen it.
Another late one, try and catch some.
9 pm your time, what else you got to do you can always sleep in. (I will not likely stay up until 11 or later to catch the end of the game, can catch the replay tomorrow).
They make the finals, then I stay up as late as it takes.
Has to be tightly contested. Turned Dallas game on and it was 3-0 fast. No thanks.
Not a big fan of the Stars (they eliminated the Oilers about a zillion times in the 90’s) but would rather play them than the Kraken. Not a big fan of the Knights later gonna be tough in their building tonight. Hopefully lots of Oil intensity and stay out of the penalty box while gracefully drawing penalties. They stick to their game stay disciplined they can beat anyone.
Hate Dallass, wanted to lose.
I still hate the NHL for letting the stars leave MN.
That said….
Yes, release them from postseason play.
Yep, fuck Norm Green!
Interesting picture below about 2023 Vikings. Sort of interesting, in an understated way, no defense.
Looks like half the crew took today off. Slackers. Rainy all weekend, beautiful weather come Monday of course.
Just trying to get some work done so I can leave early and shoot my bow if the rain doesn’t move in, and patiently waiting to find out I didn’t draw any tags.
Already down pouring here, Im visiting the fam for mothers day this weekend, wanted to load up my lawn mower to change the oil, still gotta pack. Gonna do that over lunch I think. Not much to talk about. Silence can be nice.
Summers right around the corner and nice weather will be the norm.
I do all my oil changes, cars, riding lawn mower etc… was collecting quite number of containers with used oil so I bought a 6 gallon commercial grade cooking oil storage can so I can have a nice way to store a few oil changes then eventually take it to the county dump to recycle. The cooking oil cans work perfect. Removable top with clamps, handle to pour and a sealed top that won’t leak.
That’s a great solution. I use a 5 gallon jerry can to hold oil, plus the pan I have holds 4 gallons in the internal tank.
This is what I bought…they have a few different sizes. It’s perfect got it yesterday. Has a nice lid lip with a rubber seal in it so it won’t leak at all.
Thats not a bad idea at all. The John Deer dealership back home (old building and new) heat their shops with the discarded oil from equipment. So instead of dumping it or paying someone to take it they just reuse it for heat in the winter. Good deal all around.
I had to report to the balloon factory at 4:30 am today. Big truck of Chinese spy balloons coming in have to unload.
Here in NC we had that sunny and perfect all week until Friday night a cold front moves in with rain and the weekend goes back to mid Jan. Good news it’s finally shifted so I think that crap is over.
Yeah Mothers Day Weekend usually marks the later end of Spring, summer is a few weeks out. We made it
That might be the first official hot take I’ll accept on this topic.
Still say Cook won’t be cut.
And if you lose him via trade then you don’t get a comp pick right?
You only get a comp pick if they leave via free agency.
Correct, you don’t get to cut a player and get a pick.
So we’d probably get a 5th rounder in comp pick so wouldn’t trade him for less right? What would be the point unless there was some FA we are looking at trying to sign and need the cap space? Or what am I missing in this scenario.
No. You don’t get a comp pick for cutting a player.
Right but I am saying losing him to FA down the road could still be a reality if we can’t get at least what he comp pick would essentially be
Oh gotcha.
Well he is under contract for at least 2024 and maybe longer.
He wouldn’t be worth the wait at his current salary.
Cap hits: $14.1 million in 2023, $15.6 million in 2024, and $13.5 million in 2025.
Slick is a dum dum
Yes he is.
Correct. And stupid.
The Vikings trading for Mahomes this offseason could still be a reality too.
It just isn’t likely to happen.
There’s no way he’s leaving via free agency. He’ll either be cut or traded, I see no scenario where Cook plays out his entire contract.
Right.
A trade would be whatever the deal is for. No comp.
Nope. You only get comp picks if the contract runs out. If they cut him they get nothing but cap space.
Correct
Correct.
Like I said. No Comp pick.
Just whatever you get in a trade.
Right, and if we release/cut him, we get nothing other than the cap savings.
Correct.
Or a different way to say it is, pay him for not playing.
CORRECT!!
LOL
I don’t see a situation to keep him. Maybe they want to get a picture of how the depth looks behind him first but I don’t see a trade market for him.
Yet. See who’s #1 goes down this offseason.
He is the only RB on the roster who can break a big play for a TD.
Defenses have to keep a player on Cook. I don’t think defenses would be that worried about Mattison or any other RB currently on the roster.
I disagree.
Cook broke 100 yards twice last year. Once was Buffalo which he ended with 119 on the ground but had an 81 yard TD…the other was against AZ. He had 111 with a long of 30.
He isn’t the “guy” he was. In the KO scheme at least.
You are probably right.
But I didn’t say Cook is dominating game in and game out.
He is just a threat to break any play to the house, and the only RB on the roster with that threat. IMO.
McBride may fill that role.
With Mattison being the defacto lead back, it guarantees opportunities for those behind him because of what he is lacking.
McBride might be.
But I doubt he becomes that threat if Cook is gone. He will be fighting for a roster spot.
I’d be shocked if he even becomes #2 on the depth chart this year.
Kirk can break off a TD run he’s proven that.
The fans and coaching staff want Cousins (a natural pocket passer in the mold of Manning, Brees, Marino, Brady, etc) to suddenly become Lamar Jackson and make plays with his legs. They fault him publicly for not doing so. I would advise the Vikings to utilize Cousins best trait, which is throwing the football, and stop insisting he run with the ball. Running QB’s get injured. ALL of them. Cousins is not a running QB and insisting he become one isn’t going end well IMO. He’s never missed a game for injury… so let’s get him running around in the open field so he can end up like Alex Smith.
No, that’s not correct. No one is asking for a heavy does of RPO or anything like that from Cousins but rather when a play DOES break down he has enough athleticism to make something happen and extend plays.
Yep.
I don’t think anybody wants Kirk to try something he can’t do. We all know he can’t make that play very often, therefore it is a significant QB weakness.
Believe he actually did run RPO’s first couple of years under Shanahan. Actually scored a big TD on one against SB bound Ravens, But why would anyone want him or any pocket GB like him (or Stafford, etc) to do it.
That RPO scheme under Shanahan was designed for RGIII. From that perspective, Cousins ran an offense that wasn’t designed for him. He just executed the play. Much has been made of Cousins age here. He was in his early twenties then, he’s in his mid 30’s now. I think it’s folly to insist he run around at this stage of his career. Take advantage of what Cousins does best. Don’t try and make him something he’s not. Just my opinion.
I don’t disagree at all with your take. Someone had said he “couldn’t” do it. I was just pointing out that he could. And like you, it’s crazy at his age to use him like that. And I do believe he’s a far better athlete than most people give him credit for.
The problem is (as I stated) Cousins is a pocket passer. He isn’t “athletic enough” (your term) to do what folks want him to do. Forcing a square peg into a round hole is fool’s work.
Yes he is athletic enough when a play breaks down to extend it. Or even gain some yards. He absolutely has the physical capabilities to do that and has proven that he does.
I think he’ll end up like Alex Smith if folks push him to run around. He isn’t an instinctive runner, nor is anywhere near the athlete the running QB’s are. Again this is my opinion. It’s absolutely stupid to ask a guy who is NOT a running QB to be one. Especially when if he is injured you have no chance to win.
But that’s just it, no one is asking him to be a “running QB.” Who is asking him to do that? They are saying he has the speed, (no he’s not Lamar, but he also isn’t stuck in concrete either), to escape MORE than he does, He has the speed to make MORE out of broken plays. They aren’t saying to turn into a running QB but he has the abilities to do a little more with his speed.
Why didn’t anyone ever insist Tom Brady run more? How about Drew Brees? Manning? Marino? All HoF QB’s and Brady certainly the GOAT. Why? Because they weren’t scrambling QB’s. They were pocket passers. All QB’s who use their legs get injured. All of them. Know which Vikings QB has never missed a game for injury? Kirk Cousins. Running QB’s get hurt. He is not a natural runner. It’s not in his DNA. Watch when Cousins runs. Does he look accomplished? Does he look good running? No. It’s because he’s not good at it.
You’re changing the argument again. Cousins HAS enough speed to extend plays and at times escape. Again, no one is saying just be a scrambler they are saying he could make more use of that skill. That’s it. Good lord, why does everything have to be so extreme.
Reasonable Coach says: Hey Kirk, I think you could use your athletic abilities a little more with some success.
No Longer’s Reaction: HOLY FUCK! How dumb! They are literally asking him to be Lamar Jackson except with more running. So dumb! They are basically saying all RPOS ALL THE TIME except with no Pass Option!
I am not reacting emotionally Edge, so don’t assign that type of reaction to my commentary. Rather my position is rational. Cousins is not a good runner. He is awkward looking when he runs and not elusive in any way. It is far from a strength. So… with that in mind, when the head coach sends in a bad play call, let’s depend on our pocket passer to use his legs to save the day. THAT is stupid. What the OC should do is design the offense and any play call to give Cousins a way to get the ball out of his hands. That would be smart.
Purely pocket with some designed rollouts. He can get you 5-6 maybe but i’d rather not look at it. Lets just give him more time.
But you straw man the shit out of the situation. That is what I am saying. All that was mentioned was he could use his speed to extend plays and at times even gain yardage a little more. Then you go and say he’s not Lamar Jackson. No one is saying he should be. That’s textbook Strawman.
I said he’s not Lamar Jackson for sure, and he isn’t. Lamar Jackson missed the last 6 games of the season this past year.
Cousins tried to scramble many times last year mostly to little use. He was tackled by a D lineman most of the time. If you can’t evade a D-lineman, you’re not much of a runner.
Expecting a pocket passing QB who can’t get away from a D-lineman to use his legs and save the day when the OC calls a bad play is in a word, inane. That is literally dumber than a box of hair. That’s the plan though.
Brady pretty much never had to run to save a play. He did use his legs about 6 times in his career to get a first down. KOC expects Cousins to do that at 34 years of age. I don’t agree with this plan of action. Rather he should set his QB up to succeed with a good scheme, good play calling, and good play design. Don’t rely on your QB’s greatest weakness to save the day.
Healthy Chandler, 1,000+.
He definitely has potential. As does McBride.
I just don’t see either of them being a real big play threat. Certainly not to start off the 2023 season if Cook is cut post June 1.
The role of the RB in the NFL is more complex than ever these days. Rookie RB’s must be able to run the ball against more sophisticated and talented defensive fronts than they ever faced in college, obviously. They also must be able to pick up the blitz, read defenses, and be accomplished receivers both in the flat and downfield. In addition, NFL offensive schemes and plays are a huge leap in sophistication and nuance from college to the pros. Rookies will need to master all this if they want to be RB#1 for any team in the NFL these days.
Correct.
Which is why I think Cook still has value to the offense. He is overpaid as RB go, but he is enough of a threat to where play action can freeze a defense for a second. I don’t think any other RB on the roster will have that dynamic to affect an opposing defense.
But reading the tea leaves, it looks like Cook is gone. Which will hurt the offense IMO.
You have a good take – Cook has value, a HR threat. Just don’t understand his “balance thing”. He still has speed to break it, but just seems to fall down so easily and not really from big hits.
My guess would be Cook is afraid of getting hurt. He is on the wrong side of his career.
Agree DE… you can see teams focus on Cook. They assign defensive players to him, and scheme to stop him.
McBride can definitely pop runs to the house from within the 50-yard line, but he doesn’t have the long field breakaway speed Cook does. He has a nose for the endzone but probably won’t score much from the other side of the field.
Epic song selection!!! Love that track.
Yeah, was trying to think of good music that I hadn’t listened to in a long time. That one popped into my head.
Excellent choice, love me some Faith No More.
That name (faith no more) makes me think of that Bradbury novel Something Wicked This Way Comes.
me every day….
If Brady owned partial stake in raiders would that eliminate him from playing NFL ever again?
I don’t think Brady is coming out of retirement.
But I believe you are right.
I think the NFL would only allow him to play for the team he is a part owner of, if at all.
The Real Thing and Angel Dust are primo albums. Angel Dust was is weird, though. It was like ahead of its time…but time never really caught up to it.
I’m listening to this song currently. It is like Black-Album Metallica crossed with Audioslave maybe…
Just never dug A7X. The musicianship is there, the song writing is there but just never moved me. I’ve always gotten the feeling they were always cutting off any of the sharp edges of metal to soften it and make it more accessible to the masses. It reminds me of my cousins whose mom was an early childhood expert and all their cool toys if they had any sharp edges like a Batman action figure the top spikes of the mask were always rounded off, the spikes on his glove/gauntlet were always rounded off. It was like, cool toys but, that’s weak sauce lol. I just wish A7X would go full saturated tone instead choked to death guitar tone, put some grit in things instead of making it so damn pristine and compressing/squeezing all the rough edges off.
I only knew Bat Country by them up until about a month ago, so now I am going through their catalog a bit on YouTube.
Your assessment is reasonable. I do like their singer’s voice, though. He’s got a good raspy/melodious thing going on.
Skol baby! Golfing all day today. Hopefully this rain holds off till later today
Have fun!
Gm
Good morning, SKOL!
Nice song choice. I am awake now.
Not woke, but awake.
SKOL!
Games I am eyeing to attend is week2 @Filthy and week4 @Carolina.
@Cincy is possible, as we were in Cincy last fall. I kind of liked the area.
I doubt I will fly in to MSP to see a game at the Bank this year.
Come on down to Carolina Oct 1 I’ll meet ya at the game and buy ya a beer and we’ll give’m hell.
Would love to do that.
We will see. My brother likes Carolina so you might have to put up with two of us.
We’ll tailgate in the pride section so wear something rainbow or BLM or LBGTQ. I have a couple XL Bernie tee’s if push come to shove you can borrow.
I’ll be wearing my MAGA hat.
Wouldn’t wear anything “viking” while attending a game in Phily.
Good advice.
Home games are on sale
Not attending any games until the team upgrades at QB.
What qualifies as an upgrade at QB? Like him or not Cousins is easily top 5 and probably top 3 QB the Vikings ever had. So you might have a better chance of that glass getting filled up than you ever going to another game.
I know. You are correct.
I just refuse to waste more money watching him play QB live.
2018 buffalo and chicago are literally the worst QB play I have ever seen live.
And I saw ponder (and others) over the years.
I do like Abrasive ale, so staying home drinking that vs giving money to the wilfs for being stupid is my choice.
I was at the Broncos game in 2011. Ponder threw for nearly 400 yards, but our D couldn’t stop the elite play of Tim Tebow and we lost by 3. 35-32 or something like that. Ponder threw a pick to seal the loss.
@Kinda like 4th and 8 last year@
People can’t let one play go when the defense got absolutely shredded and made Jones look like Mahomes.
Yep.
I have issues.
You have it backwards.
The defense stopped the Giants in the 4th quarter and Kirk and company had not one, but 2 chances, at his Kirko chains 4th quarter comeback.
Finally stopped the Giants you mean. It’s a 60 min game fyi….
Yeah, Kirk is not exciting to me.
I fully expect a waste of a $500 weekend by watching him wet his pants.
I like being at a game live though.
I went to the Buffalo game in Buffalo in 2014? if my memory is correct.
Great place to see a game.
Is that the one where Greenway gave up a 25 yard pass on 4th and 21?
Yep. Happened on our side of the field.
Vikings were winning most of the game.
Buffalo fans weren’t happy. I was wearing Vikings gear but pretty much kept my cheers to myself out of respect.
Buffalo fans were hilarious where we were.
After Buffalo went to third and 21, 3 fans started walking out, and left. The were pissed and drunk. After that 4th down conversion they came running back into their seats.
It was sad, but hilarious.
I agree that live games are amazing.
Unfortunately, the best part of both of my trips to the current stadium was the Skol chant. Once the game started I was less than happy,.
Well I am trying to figure out if I am going to Vikings games or Packers games this year haha. So fucking weird. But getting to go to a game with the family to see Tuck… I’ll make my father sad and probably buy a Kraft Jersey lol.
BTW I got tickets for he SDSU game at Target field hoping the Vikings were also playing that weekend in Minneapolis. They aren’t. Anyone want some SDSU tickets? haha
guess you’re going on NYE
I tried shopping that one but seems like they want to go to Lambeau or Vegas.
LAAAAME.
It should be nice in lameblow that time of year.
Just buy a Jackrabbits Kraft jersey & wear it. Support the kid without having to wear those God-awful colors.
I remember when he took his call and said, “I’m ready to rep that green and yellow”. Bunch of people on the internet were saying, “it’s green and gold!” Lol. He’s a Viking fan, what does he know? Well he was a Viking fan lol.
I haven’t been to the Bank yet.
Want to do it, but don’t want to spend the time and cash to watch Kirk.
We looked at those, also the Broncos & Vegas. Since the Broncs game falls on Mrs. Fishin’ birthday, I guess that’s the one we’re going to.
me in Denver…..
Tempting. Might need it to deal with the city of Denver. They have a Great Wolf Lodge in Denver, I’m guessing we’d stay there. It’s a Sunday night game.
Those waterparks are a blast!
There are some good ones. We stay in water parks whenever we can, been to them all over. Been to a few of the Great Wolf Lodge places, they’re all a lot of fun.
Really liked Great Wolf lodge in the Dells.
Blizzard Beach in Disney was also really fun.
If you ever decide to take a cruise, Royal Carribean has a super fun waterpark on their private island.
Yup, been to Blizzard Beach, was a blast.
We haven’t been to the GW in the Delles, but we’re thinking of going this summer.
I don’t think I’ll ever get on a cruise ship. Not my cup o’ tea.
Have you ever been on a cruise?
I think that’s you anywhere……….
Hate smoking, but edibles are a blast.
I assume they are now legal in Minnesota?
Yep, Hemp derived THC is “legal and regulated” since last August.
Fully legal things is happening soon.
Nice !
I try to avoid going to a game on national tv, since I can watch it live from my couch. Which might rule out the Filthy game……
I’d like to run down to Tampa for game 1, but, not sure I can make it. Work bullshit…
Work is bullshit.
Yes it is
lol, amen, brother.
It’s been really weird here. Each day I come in, I wonder if it’s my last day.
How so?
Well, the game is in Minneapolis.
HA, I miss-read that, Thanks!!
I’m getting old and senile…lol
I’m already there….