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Wow, Friday is here already, a Divisional round NFL weekend just around the corner. I have a feeling that there could be a couple of blowouts this weekend, but I could be wrong, I don’t think the NFL allows those to happen anymore.
Vikings and NFL News
Yahoo Sports isn’t very impressed with Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s most recent draft, and they wonder whether he’s on the hot seat.
Aaron Jones Sr. was announced as a finalist for the NFL Salute to Service Award, per Vikings.com.
Vikings.com moves on to the running back position in their 2025 Vikings position recap.
Sports Illustrated suggests a possible replacement for T.J. Hockenson in the 2026 draft, should Hock become a cap casualty. Also, Adam Thielen announced his retirement from the NFL. All the best to Adam and his family as they move on to their next chapter, Thielen is one of the good guys.
CBS Sports looks at the big questions facing the NFL playoff teams who are left standing.
Sam Darnold popped up on the injury report with an oblique injury, per CBS Sports. Darnold told reporters that he’ll be playing.
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OK.. got the new phone… Galaxy S25. The wife is happy now.
New thread for the weekend. We had two basketball games this morning.
Oh, oops.
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Wife has advised me that her phone is “dying” and it needs to be replaced. “Now?” I asked… you guessed it… now.
I think today will be the first time in a long time that I actually enjoy Kirko doing football things.
He will make a very good commentator/announcer.
Cousins is very adroit conversing about football. He is comfortable in front of a camera, and provides his views fluidly. Easy to follow, easy to understand, and not a lot of the same old “canned” commentary you hear from other “on air talent”. He has a sense of humor too, which is genuine and natural. Should add a little something to the broadcast.
I’m looking forward to his financial advice on getting big money.
Easy… learn to be a starting QB in the NFL for ten years and get to 15th all time on the career passing TD list. I’m sure you can do that DE.
Shitting one’s pants isn’t very hard, though.
I assume you’re referring to DE… grin.
Niece and Nephew flew in last night. We fetched them, got them settled then talked/joked/told stories and such until 3am. I am the only one currently up in the house.
I expect at least the Nephew up soon. Then we will got to Lowes to pick up a small shed that I was notified yesterday was ‘ready for pickup’ despite the fact that when I ordered it they stated it would be ready Jan 26th.
By the time we get back The Teacher will be finished making her breakfast/brunch creation that involves croissants, blueberries and some creamy mixture.
Digging it SoCal… sounds like you’re going to have an awesome day!
People are starting to move around.
Headed for Lowes while The Teacher starts in the kitchen.
Now I want breakfast….
Blueberries are awesome.
It was pretty good. And she had several different syrups/honey/whipped cream to top it with. And sausage on the side of course.
I made bacon and fried taters on the griddle. Yum.
Hmmmm
When I woke up this morning, I was 99% sure it was Saturday. Skoloholics is a time warp.
In the year 3535
Ain’t gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today
‘You woke up this morning
The world turned upside down
Lord above, thing’s ain’t been the same
Since the Blues walked into town
But you’re, but you’re one in a million
‘Cause you’ve got that shotgun shine, shame about it
Born under a bad sign
With a blue moon in your eyes…’
The game today between the Broncos and the Bills will be interesting. Josh Allen has been in the league for 8 years now, and played in 124 regular season games, and 14 playoff games. He is mature, and his team is mature. Bo Nix is in his second year, with 34 regular season games under his belt, and of course that one playoff game last year against the Bills where they lost 31-7.
While teams win or lose games, it will still be interesting to watch and see if Nix is better this year vs the Bills than last year. Likewise, it will be interesting to see if Allen can beat the Denver defense again.
I agree. I am actually looking forward to all 4 games this weekend.
And while I hate to admit that you are correct about teams winning games, I still feel that the better QB usually wins during the playoffs.
Usually.
For that reason, I pick the Bills today. While Bo Nix is decent, and improving, and Denver has the better overall team, I think Josh Allen will finally get it done for buffalo to lose another heartbreaking Super Bowl.
They are the AFC Vikings, after all.
I am also picking SF over Seattle. Even if Darnold is healthy, I expect him to get sacked 4-5 times and turn the ball over. Seattle is for sure the more complete team, with a crazy good defense and great run game. Still, turnovers and shit QB play derails anyone.
Certainly good QB play is generally needed to help win games, but C.J. Stroud made some terrible plays last week, and the Texans still beat the Steelers. I agree with you though, that Allen is probably going to be the difference in this game. Nix is playing at an average level at this point in his career; he’s pretty good, but still a work in progress. Allen is whatever he will be at this point, and that is currently better than Nix IMO. I give the edge to the Bills because of Allen’s experience.
Steelers really should have won that game. I love the Houston defense, but man, Stroud was terrible last week.
The Steelers lost because Rodgers had terrible QB play.
He handed Houston’s defense two TDs.
Regarding the Niners vs the Seahawks, I’m astounded the Niners are still in the mix this year. They are playing 3rd stringers across the board now with an IR list that is longer than the Nile. I think the Seahawks beat them today because honestly, the Niners are out of players.
Here is my cheering schedule for the weekend.
Bills
49ers
Patriots
Rams
In addition, I hope Butthole face gets run over on the sidelines.
‘I hope Butthole face gets run over’
Hope they used something bigger than that toy car.
Clever… and funny
I went to use the public bathroom down the hall from my office, and the door was locked. I didn’t even know you could lock the door. At first I thought, why would someone lock the door to a public restroom…then I thought, why would I want to know what is going on in there…99% chance it is unpleasant (in a hospital you start thinking of things like an ostomy bag leak, etc).
I am not sure, because I am not in that situation, but I think I might rather just be dead then have to mess with an ostomy bag. My dad had one for a few years following a surgery that went bad…but he eventually had it removed.
Maintenance locked it due to leak/water shut off/issues?
Would have thought that they would hung a sign or some such.
Nothing to worry about, just someone shooting up.
NEED MOAR POLITICS!!!
There’s one in every crowd.
There’s not much to talk about in the offseason.
Dont worry, thats all its gonna be until the week of the draft, then more politics and butt sniffing until training camp.
So… if someone raped his wife and smashed his face in with a pipe, that violence would be an artificial act?
They want illegal immigrants, and felons to have more rights than law abiding citizens. That is one of the first steps in tearing down a successful society.
Maybe we are trying to build the wall on the wrong border. We should probably build it around NYC.
Snake Plisken reporting for duty.
“Violence is an artificial construct.”
Well he is right when Woke/Libs say ‘if you don’t use their preferred pronouns for Trans People that is committing violence against them’.
Otherwise he is pretty much a Moron.
Interesting comments from Howie Roseman…
— Eagles have had 15 picks in Days 1-2 of draft since 2021
— They’ve hit on 14 long-term starters
Comparing that to the Vikings…
— Vikings have also had 15 picks in Days 1-2 of draft since ‘21
— They’ve hit on ~4 long-term starters
2021 & most of 2022 are on Rick.
Kwesi has not done much better though….
KAM has been horrible at drafting. Not sure why Minnesota has stuck with him!
(Flips on the news, watches what Minnesota elected officials have to say about fraud and violence/obstruction of federal officers, complete lack of engagement of sane Minnesotans)
I see now why Minnesota has stuck with him!
yeah, I am not watching the news at all. This weekend I will watch Fallout on Amazon and NFL football. Both fake shows that I enjoy.
Fallout has been a bit boring this season
What comments?
Well said.
Really???
I suspect he will look for one of the HC positions that are currently open first.
Don’t know how good his DC chops are, he always seemed like a ‘Me First’ type.
Hopefully there are better options if we need to find a Coach Flo replacement.
I would be okay with it, he is a solid DC.
I apologize in advance for ruining next season for Jefferson. Family got me a gift card to Vikings Locker room. I just got a #18 jersey in the white out. Pretty cool, but that has been the kiss of death for Kirko, McFragile, and Teddy in the past.
They thew in a bobblehead of Jets doing the griddy. Bonus!
Eat some Chunky soup while wearing the jersey for good measure.
You will all hate me for posting these.
Destroying another great franchise/movie/show.
It is what Hollywood does now days. Sad.
It’s like the redub of the Simple Minds song below. Shite.
We did a story on this at The Last Movie Outpost. They released the first episode for free on YouTube. The most viewers they had concurrent was 1,300. A cow hoof trimming video gets more than that…
Those cow hoof trimming vids are super interesting
Dude The Hoof GP is one of my most watched subs. I am not joking. Graeme Parker is the man I aspire to be, gets shat on by a cow, works a hoof knife like a culinary chef, squeezes pus out of a frog abscess accompanied by a low moan of pleasure from the cow, all while cracking jokes with a smile on his face.
Woke star trek can go to hell. Hope each and every actor is doomed to infomercials for the rest of their professional lives.
Yeah I know some people who do that for a living. They check cow health and any dietary deficiencies all by checking the hooves. Fascinating.
I consider it a huge victory if I can get a horse to let me lift their front leg to let me inspect their hoof (that’s kind of a team building exercise that some equine therapy places use). You have to gain their trust and put yourself in a zen place or they say GTFO.
Reminds me, Bubba and I walked in the pleasant breeze today (sustained 40 mph winds with significant gusts, ambient temp 22 degrees). When we got home, he started doing his raped ape impression zooming around the shop with his back end trying to get ahead of his front end. He came at me like a missile, tried to jump in my arms (80 pound sack of wriggling potatoes) but the slick epoxy floor caused him to do a somewhat graceful back somersault and slide upside down between my legs. Stupid dog, that’s how they blow a CCL, but I still laughed once I knew he was okay.
Lol those scat dog episodes are the funniest. Glad he’s ok
Cool Puppy-like acting dog story.
OH MY GOD are those clips bad…..
SO bad. I laughed real hard after watching. Although this would be my worst nightmare, being held captive and forced to watch stuff like that
Thank you for posting this. I used to like star trek things and may have ruined some time watching a bit before rage quitting.
Maybe that’s their key market for the show. Angry lesbians
Competing with the WNBA
I have Niece and Nephew coming in today to visit for the weekend. She is a lawyer from San Diego and he is a Physics Teacher from the Central Calif.
They are already lamenting the low temps as we will have highs it the 40s and lows in the 20s. They are coming from SoCal with the highs in the 70-80 range.
I expect we will be inside Playing Card/Board Games most of the weekend. We are thinking of taking them to Cracker Barrel one night and Boise Fry on the other. Boise Fry is a uniquely Idaho place that focuses on local potatoes for the French Fry options. Looking forward to trying it out.
https://www.boisefrycompany.com
Cracker Barrel is solid.
We ‘rediscovered’ it a few weeks ago. The food is excellent and the staff is very good.
But for my Niece/Nephew/Family the store is right up our alley. So many funny joke/cheesy items to go thru.
I suspect I could go to a place like Boise Fry every day.
I am already looking forward to ‘Homestyle’ Sweet Potato Fries and a Bison Burger with mushrooms.
Excellent media selection today. Why is this administration protecting pedophiles? We must not forget. Release the files!
Admittingly, I don’t follow the Epstein stuff very closely….I know that if there were any evidence against Trump it would have come out in the Biden administration.
That being said I thought they did release pretty much everything a few weeks back…
They released what they had but then ‘discovered’ a buttload of more files when the pulled what they had. Those are still being ‘gone thru’ I believe.
Per Copilot
I agree, the full files should be released and then let the chips fall where they may. Full Stop.
On a related issue I wonder why the Woke/Dims/Libs didn’t care about the Epstein Files for the entirety of the FJB term, protecting their own? Then when DJT comes into office it suddenly become a major issue for them.
Playing Politics Much?? Fake Virtue Signaling???
Exactly. Like previously mentioned above, if there were damning photos or videos of Trump in the Epstein files he would’ve been black mailed into not running again. If he did run, that would’ve been the first thing they released during his campaign.
Playing politics? IDGAF what political side you’re on. A pedophile is a pedophile. It wasn’t brought up by the Biden administration because they were protecting rich and powerful people also. Both sides are protecting these pedophiles, but only one side is in complete control right now to do the right thing.
And yet Lib/Woke had nothing to say until DJT got into office.
Then/Now they pretend to care about Epstein Victims.
Actions speak louder than words and both sides show by their actions prove that they give a damn about the Victims. Additionally the Woke/Libs only care about trying to get Trump.
Bill & Hillary were subpoenaed.
And are defying the subpoena.
They should be in jail just like Bannon and Navarro right?
Anyone that was involved with the trafficking and sexual encounters with the under aged girls should be in jail.
Jail would be the easy place for them. I have other ideas
‘Jail would be the easy place for them’
No it would not be. Inmates get extra ‘street cred’ for shanking a Pedo.
Exactly. My ideas would be worse than getting shanked.
Seems plausible
Kirk Cousins stands out among Jets ‘likeliest’ QB targets
heading to dallas on sunday for work.
Even thought its supposed to only be in the 50’s, it should feel like a really good break from minnesota weather
You can just admit you are going to a Dallas Cowboys Fan convention. You don’t have to say it is “for work.” We won’t judge you…
‘We won’t judge you…’
Yes we will.
#grin
It’s not a logo it’s a rating.
Going to use that on my Cowboy Fan son when I get the chance.
Are you carrying a suitcase of cash? Sounds like an everyday thing at MSP.
i wish i had that much cash to carry in my suitcase!!!
Who needs suitcases?
Did you set aside 2-3 extra days in case of battery issues?
I am glad it is Friday. This week was a bear.
I hope to do nothing this weekend. I am going to watch TV and take naps. It is going to be cold anyway. The protestors might even stay home.
Black Stone Cherry putting out quality bangers like they always do
I see Black Label Society has a new song, too…
Zach is a machine
Also that guitar tone, sounds like he did on the Black Rain Ozzy album
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
FTP Auto Rec.
It’s finally Friday, let the good times roll.
@cute puppy@
Cousins has his next 💰grift sights on TV networks.
Cousins headed to CBS studios for the playoffs.
“Kirk Cousins lands TV gig with disastrous $180 million Falcons run fading”
I think Kirk will do very well on TV. He seems to be a natural.
Just another talking head now……
Disasterous for the Falcons. Heck, Kirk got $100m for mainly holding a clipboard and giving advice. I would take that gig
As long as it is fully guaranteed.
He shoulda been doing the TV Gig after the end of the 2019 season.
I love to roast Kirk, but I think he would make a really fun neighbor and be a good sport about it. I would even mow his lawn for him if he was away for the weekend, but maybe I would leave a quarter of the lawn incomplete just for fun.
“Hahaha!” Kirk would say. “Let’s have a root beer!”