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Vikings News
Saturday’s game was extremely boring, and sloppy. Three weeks from today this team goes into Chicago to try and start the season 1-0. I like how the defense looks. I have questions about the offense. Week 1 will be a good test. I honestly expect the offense to improve as the season moves on. The IOL will take some time to gel. Hoping they can start fast.
Other News
I actually watched the New Heights Taylor Swift podcast, since my wife and daughter are both big swifties, it was that or not talk to them for awhile. I would expect some people’s heads to explode if when she is announced as the performer at this years Super Bowl halftime show. I also think that would be entertaining. I still like the Swiftamine bit from SnL. If the NFL is smart (and they DO know how to make money), they will find a way to entice her to do the halftime show. It would create the best ratings ever, even if the game is shit again.
NFL News
Caleb Williams (crybaby) did look very good last night. I do not really like that, but good for the Bears if they finally hit on a QB. Time will tell.
FTP!
Media Selection – I do love this skit.
Looks like the Admins celebrate the KirkoSabbath as well.
Happy Tuesday?
Ugh!
In a stunning and alarming development, U.S. Attorney Judge Jeanine Pirro confirmed that a woman traveling from New York to Washington, D.C., was arrested for plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump. According to Pirro, the suspect “was working to have him eliminated.” She is now in custody and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
The left remains committed to killing their political opponents.
Woke is going to do woke things.
TDS is a hell of a drug.
Can not find any ref to the report on-line.
Fake news? Or outlets waiting for comfirmation before posting it??
Here’s where I read it…
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/18/pirro-announced-a-woman-was-traveling-from-new-york-to-washington-dc-to-assassnate-president-trump-n2662010
OK… this just made laugh…
Merica Memed?
Why do they both have British accents.
‘Raised on a farm’ but chickens are pets???
It all sounds fake to me.
Very. $hitty acting.
Since the driver is on the right side of the vehicle, I believe this was in Britain.
‘Since the driver is on the
rightwrong side of the vehicle’FIFY
clever boy
Sean McVay said Matthew Stafford did “a good job” today at practice, but he doesn’t have any updates on future plans. He did 26 plays of team drills. Today was his first day of practice, and they are seeing how he feels, taking it “a day at a time.
Impressive TD throw there by Burrow. Threaded it in between a bunch of people in the end zone. No pressure on him at all, but still an impressive throw.
Burrow is awesome, I wish we had some of that. Maybe JJ can approach that level in a few years?
McCarthy has a strong arm. Processing and decision making will determine how good he is.
So, today we saw Oofda, PPB and Edge.
Hmmmm…
Exactly, hmmmm
Preseason game 3 fodder.
I could see that… but just for one last preseason game? Bring in a guy who doesn’t know the offense at all? Maybe just special teams.
This. Or for the 3rd game he’ll only have 2 running plays and some pass protections to memorize playing in the 3rd & 4th quarters?
Cut him, he sucks – Five Fingers
I miss FiveHole. (Sarcasm)
He sucks, cut him (sarcasm). 🙂
I heard FiveHole got cut. 🤣
Yep, Brad cut him from this blog. Five got way out of control. Same with Kodiak.
Someday, I hope they can both come back.
This is my shocked face after reading the above comment:
Burrows tried to pull a Tarkenton and scrambled around to avoid a sack, took a 17 yard loss down to the 3.
Who is Burrows? Grin.
Of all the things I might like to try one day, this ain’t one…
I mean seriously…
Thanks but no thanks.
Yeah… hard pass…
Laughing… so hard… that’s perfect!
I hate snakes!!
Same here, don’t care if they’re 12 inches, or 12 feet long. They all give me the heebie jeebies. No cobras up here in Wisconsin (I think), but we do have rattle snakes up in the bluffs.
There are only four poisonous snakes indigenous to the United States:
Rattlesnake
Water Moccasin
Copperhead
Coral Snake
That’s it.
None of them in Minnesota (except the illegal immigrant rattlers that come up on river barges…winter takes care of them, though).
All 4 live in my area…
substitute snake for spider
This is right… and really good.
Yeah,
The little gay guys we got are not doing any of that.
Their arms do look a little muscleless.
Gruden is the boss…
The shirt he’s wearing is phucking awesome!
The falcons has released wide receiver DJ Chark. Could be a decent option for the purple. Our wr room is getting bare, especially first 3 weeks. He’s 28, second round pick, and our current wr coach was his in 2019 when he had his best season.
I found it odd they released him. Didn’t you?
I honestly didn’t know he was a falcon, played some for the chargers last season I think. Hasn’t had a good career really, but 73 catches for 1003 yards in 2019. He’s big, fairly young yet, and fast from what I’ve read.
Wouldn’t be a terri-bad pickup.
If he clears waivers maybe we can pick him up on the cheap.
Not sure if he has to clear waivers. I think he’s free to sign with any team. Would have to look into it.
So he gets a whole new contract?
Don’t have take over whatever he signed in Atlanta?
They have been known to overpay a player or two. #grin
I think we assume his contract if we claim him on waivers. If no one claims him, then he can resign a new contract
Which is why I suggested we wait.
Vikesfan suggested that he doesn’t have to go thru the waivers process, just curious if that meant a whole new contract.
https://www.thefalcoholic.com/atlanta-falcons-roster/85689/falcons-cut-wr-dj-chark-waive-injured-emory-jones-ben-dinucci
He may be washed.
Finally found time to get away from my zoo keeper duties to read today’s many posts. Thought the ‘discussion’ on truth was interesting. So much so that I went and looked up some true meanings of truth. Seems it’s a little more complicated than I thought and quite a bit of material on truth, reality, perceptions and how it is intertwined. Guess never to old to learn.
Yep. One can speak the truth but be factually wrong because one doesn’t know what the facts are.
That never happens around here.
Reality is the world as it actually exists whether anyone knows it to be ‘true’ or not.
Perhaps ” to the best of my knowledge” would go a long ways.
Just don’t try to define “reality”. Can really get deep in the weeds on that one (Are we living in a simulation?)…
I try not to get that deep – today’s discussion just had me thinking ‘some.’
Simple reality, jump off the empire state building, probably something bad is going to happen you. Eat some rotten food, probably get some stomach/gut issues.
Leave the deep stuff to the big thinkers.
Oooohhh! If you like this topic and have 55 minutes to listen to a podcast, one of the hosts of the Stuff You Should Know podcast, Josh Clark, did a series called The End Of The World with Josh Clark. The whole series was awesome (but pretty depressing- WARNING) and he actually added an epilogue specific to the Simulation Argument.
The 50 cent tour of this theory is that we’re overwhelmingly likely (almost infinitely) to be actually in a simulation if a civilization became capable of creating conscious simulations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis
It’s not that complicated.
Truth is only what NLNVF says it is. Apparently.
Hard to have any meaningful discussion with that mindset.
There you go, lying on me again DE. My truth, is the truth… as I know it.
Get over yourself.
Just avoid facts…those will get ya!
I pretty much always stick with data, reality, and the facts…
Hard to have any meaningful discussion with that mindset.
If you want a meaningful discussion with me, stick with facts, data, and reality. False narratives, faulty logic, irrational positions, and of course lies won’t cut it with me.
Then we should get along.
Except I know I’m full of 💩 and don’t take anything too seriously.
Being self aware is a very good trait… grin.
Dallas Cowboys Relieved To No Longer Be Gayest Team In League
https://babylonbee.com/news/dallas-cowboys-relieved-to-no-longer-be-gayest-team-in-league
Baldy’s take… I like this…
Been a long day, all I can say is SKOL and FTP!
Vikings are 100% doomed this year.
book it.
Hey Pete. Good to see (read) you.
Hello! Just checking in.
I thought Edge was the new guy.
He’s the New new guy.
ah.
HEYYY PETES STILL ALIVE! WHOOOOO
Before we take da bears too seriously after this weekends preseason game.
Last year…..Chi 33 Buf 6.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Last year the Bears didn’t have Ben Johnson as their coach, and their rookie QB didn’t have a clue what he was doing though.
I can’t write them off completely this year.
Here’s video of Farva racing to Winter Park.
“Week to week” doesn’t sound all that positive.
Not month to month…
what is it, 3 weeks until the first game? or 2.
he’ll play week 1. book it.
He’s not worried about the games…..
9/8 (three weeks) @ Soldier Dump.
I was told he would never play football again.
#okaydoomer
The federal crackdown on D.C. crime has, so far, resulted in nearly 400 arrests, including 135 illegal aliens and 21 firearms illegally obtained, which were seized as of Monday. The head of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) union praised the federal intervention as a “critical stopgap” amid what he described as “out of control” crime. However, he also emphasized that it should remain temporary.
STFU Dem’s.
Cape Hatteras (OBX) is now under a mandatory evacuation.
Hurricane track keeps coming further West with every update.
NHC is usually pretty good, but I think OBX is going to get hammered.
Not the eye, but high surf.
Yikes 🙏
Similar to many discussions on here. 😂🤣
Hmmmm… the Bengals are hosting Dalton Risner on a free agent visit tomorrow.
I know Cincinnati has been looking for interior offensive line help, but Risner?.
They could do worse.
Ingram for example.
Yep. I still don’t understand how that guy makes an NFL team, much less plays every game. One reason I still think KOC is overrated… decisions on playing players that suck and have a consistent track record of being terrible over players that could possibly be better.
I think KOC is overrated just based on his inability to win a playoff game.
Another reason. That being said, I think the whole team (maybe minus a few players) is mentally weak and they fold under the slightest bit of pressure. There’s always at least one weak link that ruins their chances on a big play (or several, usually). Darnold was the clear bed-crapper last year.
Maybe.
I’m not a fan of his rah-rah everything is love and roses mentality all of the time. I think the players like him.
Sometimes, the players need a swift kick in the arse though.
Yeah, I think there’s a time and place for that as well. But not Zimmer’s “I hate everyone all the time” attitude lol.
Correct.
And I think that happens, KOC just keeps it out of the public.
Netflix caught KO ripping into the team after the Eggos game in 2023.
https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/netflix-documentary-reveals-kevin-o-connell-s-frustration-after-loss-to-eagles-01j2f5fm0gza
Well, we’ve won a ton of one score games. Mentally weak teams don’t do that. Just my opinion.
Not against good teams consistently though. Come back on inferior opponents you shouldn’t be down to in the first place is nothing to hang your hat on. Just my opinion. But that was old team, old hat. Here’s to new things.
That’s a bullshit take. You should never be down against an inferior team. I mean WTF are you talking about son? Every team in the NFL has PROFESSIONAL athletes on it. Great players who can make great plays.
Try living in the real world.
Lol sorry but the 2022 Colts that we actively tanking for the number 1 pick were not trying to win that game in the second half. Which is why that come back is a joke, same with Denver in 2019 (2020?). Both teams are professional, one had infinitely more talent. I would recommend you do the same there Trump Jr.
Another complete bullshit take. There were a number of things that went completely wrong in the first half of the game, that the Colts capitalized on. Then the Vikings righted the ship, and executed the greatest comeback in NFL history.
Them’s the facts son.
Again, let’s live in the real world, not your made up, la la land.
KO is 4-2 against the greatest coach and best team of all time since becoming the Vikings HC.
(Insert a Lafluer Gif because I can’t)
Lol touche
They do have a knack for making easy games against bad teams look hard.
That they do.
Don’t get me wrong, they’re better than they used to be (as a group), but end of last season, when the games really mattered (Lions and then Rams in playoffs), they fell apart. Mentally strong teams step up and win in those situations, not fail at several points.
The team definitely didn’t perform in two games. That said, they won 14 games in the regular season. Mentally weak teams don’t do that.
CANCELLED because he can’t get along with Spike Lee.
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Hmmmm…. I saw this:
Spike Lee’s documentary on Colin Kaepernick was scrapped, but the decision had NOTHING to do with pressure from the NFL, ESPN’s longtime business partner, sources tell TMZ Sports.
The news initially broke over the weekend when the award-winning filmmaker was asked about the project while walking a red carpet, saying, “It’s not coming out. That’s all I can tell you.”
Soon after, Lee and the network released a joint statement, citing “certain creative differences” as the reason for cutting bait.
Spike: “it’s not coming out”
Reporter: “why?”
Spike: “apparently NO ONE cares about colin whats his name anymore”
Laughing… nice Freezey.
Does anybody else remember Playmakers?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375411/
It was mysteriously cancelled…
https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/nfl/playmakers-espn-cancelled-nfl-history-anniversary
I remember the show, but I personally didn’t watch it much.
I would guess it was cancelled because the NFL dangled big money on ESPN to drop it.
why am i zero shocked Edge came out of his slumber to comment on what he did.
love you edge
It’s about time he returned, I’ve been failing at balancing things out in the discussions.
you never have been good on balancing on that fence
Scheffler is definitely the world’s #1. Let’s see if he holds up. If he stays healthy, and doesn’t suffer things like a broken leg like Tiger had when he won the U.S. Open, I can see him doing it.
woods streak is quite impressive.
AOL dial-up service to end next monthhttps://www.aol.com/news/aol-dial-end-next-month-141352725.html
No internets for KodiakVoxing?
Starlink covers Alaska now. Better capability with broadband satellite access.
Who still has dial-up? That craziness.
Actually a couple million people from what I understand.
That’s mind bottling.
How will people know when they have emails now???
I have a logic question.
Trump said he would be disappointed if he left Alaska without a cease fire.
He left Alaska without a cease fire but now he and his team claim the Alaskan meeting was a huge success.
This doesn’t compute. I think they are embarrassing themselves by trying to say it was a great meeting.
Thoughts?
That’s not what Trump said at all. He said he wanted to see if there was a possibility of a ceasefire, and ending the war. He wanted to personally sit with Putin and see what the possibilities were. He said he would know quickly if there was no chance for peace, and he would leave. Then he stayed, he met with Putin for 3 hours, and he thinks an end to the war is possible.
He stated that the purpose of the meeting with Putin was to set up the next meeting. Putin is playing hardball and the ‘long game’. Trump has economic cards to play but Putin plays the ‘nuke’ card.
Lots of stuff going on, working on it is better than just throwing $$ at it like FJB did.
The nuke card is a loser. We can destroy everything in Russia sooner than they could reach us and Putin knows this. He would be dead, and his whole country destroyed if he decided to play the nuke card. It’s a complete loser. Trump knows this and Putin knows this. That rhetoric is to fear monger the populace. In reality, it’s a guarantee Russia would be totally destroyed forever.
Russia has no cards. None. We hold all the cards. Trump wants real, lasting peace. He wants our countries to find a way to get there. Putin doesn’t, but he has no choice.
There are no winners in thermonuclear war.
Did you know that at its peak the US had over 31,000 nuclear warheads in the mid 60’s? Can you imagine? Enough firepower to bring the earth back to the insects and algae at least five times over, in the hands of a single country.
Not exactly a poker chip you can ignore.
Yes, and I know why we had that arsenal too.
@To make the military industrial complex a shitload of money?@
You clearly do not know how many threats there are to the country.
And neither do you (or you shouldn’t), because you’re blabbing about it on an open forum on the internet.
I haven’t blabbed anything… I guess your common knowledge is extremely limited.
Tell me something top secret to prove you know things.
Laughing… you have issues oofda…
With all due respect…
Too often you come off like Five and his ‘trust me I know’ schtick.
So what? I don’t care how I come off. Get over it.
fun movie.
Prime Ally Sheedy!
Oh it is a ‘Bluff’ for Putin but it worked on FJB and his handlers.
But to Panic-icans especially in Europe it moves the needle, of course they are a lot closer to any mushroom clouds.
That’s why it’s a loser for Putin. He would have to launch tens of thousands of missiles all over the world, while the rest of the world would be sending tens of thousands of missiles at him. He would suffer total destruction long before we suffered any hits. There are only 9 countries with nuclear arms, and 6 of them would be pointed at Russia.
Putin loves the Dem’s because they are panicans, and have no balls. They talk tough, but they’re pussies.
Putin came out looking better. He got the red carpet and regardless of whatever was said behind closed doors the optics are that he walked away as an equal in the global political scheme.
Except optics don’t mean shit MT. Everyone saw the President, showing Putin the power of the U.S. and in private letting Putin know he can crush the Russian economy if there isn’t peace.
Politics!
this is weird, we don’t EVER discuss politics here, it’s in the bylaws, so this is just an anomaly
It is actually just listed as a ‘guideline’.
LOL
Trump did in fact say he would be disappointed without a ceasefire.
So I assume he was/is disappointed.
But if that didn’t happen, he has try the next step.
Do you publicly say it was a failure, or move forward with might work?
Both things can be true IMO.
That’s not true DE. By default, Trump could not garner a ceasefire on his own. That isn’t actually possible. He said he wanted a ceasefire, and an end to the war. He said he would be disappointed if it wasn’t possible, and Russia would suffer severe consequences if that was the case. He went there to see if peace was possible. He said he would know if it wasn’t very quickly.
Well Trump agreed he would be disappointed without a ceasefire with Brett Baier on his show. He never said he would get one.
That’s not the point.
The point is Trump did say he wouldn’t be thrilled without one.
Call me a liar all you want.
You are just purposely being an idiot.
I’m just telling the truth… as usual.
The Princess Bride Auto Rec.
Laughing… I certainly know the meaning of the word truth oofda.
Truth =/= “My Truth”
My truth = THE truth.
Okay Zoomer.
I am what I am oofda… your perception of me is what it is… it matters not though. This is a blog. Carry on with whatever floats your boat.
Personal attacks on me only lessen you.
And this…..
😂😂😂
Both can be true, and a Vikings fan should know this. The Vikings can be successful, by winning a game. They can also be disappointed in the win, because the other team stepped on their nuts and lost the game.
Trump can be disappointed that a cease fire was not signed, but feel successful because a dialogue was started that may lead to an end of the war in Ukraine.
Sadly this is becoming more of a reality.
Sickening
NFL has had male cheerleaders since 2018 and 12 teams now have them. Big whoop, who gives a shit? It has no effect on you, your life or the game itself. Anyway, I am very high on hopeium right now, glasses are a DARK tint of purple and gold. High expectations, hope everyone is doing well!
It’s not that it matters from a game standpoint or anyone’s personal life, it’s the excessive promotion and cramming it down everyone’s throats that makes it annoying and a big deal (IMO).
And also there’s a large contingent of football fans that see it as wrong and therefore it makes them uncomfortable when seen.
For people who just want to “escape” the real world for a bit, watch a favorite sport and their favorite team, to be bombarded by heavy real world, political, cultural, and religious issues during entertainment gets old.
I would be good with them doing away with cheerleaders all together.
Same here.
^^this^^
I went to buy Lakers tickets at the old Forum back in the day, it was mid morning. It was also the first day of tickets sales for the season so they brought out the ‘Laker Girls’.
They were tiny, pale and not ‘morning people’, pretty sad overall. Cheerleaders are a distraction and look better from a distance, or darker light or if you are drunk and the bar is closing.
agree….they are paid next to nothing to display their bodies….Exotic dancers get a much better deal, at least they are paid.
Supply and demand, they must get something out of cheerleading.
Publicity. They can put it on their resume and have a set of video clips.
They get access to pro-athletes who make lots of money and not a lot of good choices.
Plus attention and publicity, attention ho’s. Not all of them of course but the majority I suspect.
Also, they wear a ton of makeup, so if seen up close, it is really not good.
I haven’t seen a movie in a theater since Top Gun Maverick (3 years ago!!) for this very reason. Also why I watch 0 national news.
I also watch 0 national news.
It’s way more calm.
Same on the news. And same on the last movie in a theater. Maverick was a very entertaining movie. Saw it in iMax as well.
Now I stream things with no other people bothering me instead.
I watch zero national and local news.
Agree with both Edge and JRo….its not a big deal to me and it doesn’t affect my life – glad we have no trannies on the squad…but yes the NFL and the media sure want to shove that shit down our throats.
Male cheerleaders in college I would wager are there cause they want one of the girls to date or just like being with women. These freaks are on the team cause they want to be like the girls, big difference.
They also need big strong guys to throw the girls into the air.
Even though they are generally petite, you’d have to have bigger guns than I have to let a girl stand on your upraised hands.
A lot of it is showmanship. Anything new is groundbreaking, anything new is BIG NEWS. STEP RIGHT UP AND SEE THE SHOW!
Not a show I want to see.
Yo Edge… get real. Male cheerleaders tossing female cheerleaders in the air, catching them, holding them up, etc has been around a long time. Male dancers shaking their asses is what’s happening here. Men dancing around emulating women. Men like women in skimpy outfits dancing in front of them with sexy moves. Men DO NOT like men doing that. That’s what we’re talking about.
I’d place a wager that the NFL media will promote this.
Is it a big whoop?
Not for most fans.
But the Media will make it a big whoop.
Can they virtue signal for the NFL?
Nah. Just shut up and watch oofda…. (sarcasm)
No sarcasm font necessary. (Also sarcasm 😂🤣)
You are right that in the grand scheme of things it matters not a whit to me, they could abolish NFL cheerleaders altogether and my viewing experience would be unchanged.
I also have zero problem with male cheerleaders doing male cheerleader things like spotting, leading cheers, doing backflips.
I don’t like male cheerleaders dressing like female cheerleaders. It’s really as simple as that. Will that change my viewing trend, nah. Some people will say they will walk away from the NFL over this trend, but the viewing numbers will continue to mysteriously increase.
This^^^
99% of viewers will forget about it in 3 weeks.
More than anything it is something for fans of opposing teams to razz me about, same with our dearth of super bowl victories, dearth of recent playoff wins, ability to destroy our starting QB knees, etc…
If you can’t get annoyed at being teased about such things there really is no point in even following the team anymore.
Yep.
The purple pansies will be a thing again.
Hello, new guy.
MSNBC has finally located the source of its declining ratings and viewership and is actively taking steps to ameliorate them. They’ve decided the culprit is the name itself: MSNBC. By year’s end, it will be rebranded as MS (My Source) NOW (News, Opinion, World).
Joe Scarborough and Andrew Sorkin discussed the rebranding on “Morning Joe,” decrying the rebranding as “entrepreneurial.” Sorkin went as far as to say he liked the change because he thinks “it does have the sort of independence that actually gets away in some ways from even the idea of legacy media.” Scarborough even said that MSNBC is “moving in a direction beyond corporate media.”
So NBC has decided to take the “NBC” out of their name…
Should be BS Now
I’ve worked in small business for a long time and even there when there is a name change you will have some people (especially those involved in the process) that will get all excited because of the name change. Because apparently a new name means everything is new. The reality is that if nothing changes with the actual content, the name change is meaningless. And often the reality is that the only thing that changes is the name.
Yes, if “Bob’s Burgers” are bad, and nobody likes them, changing the name to “Best Burgers” isn’t gonna help. The burgers still suck.
Seems to me that most of the companies I’ve seen change their name were failing and at the end of the day folded unless the name change was from an ownership change or actual change to the business.
LOL
Yeah their problem is the same problem CNN has, FOX News has etc… they aren’t news. They are News Entertainment and anyone with half a brain has wised up to it.
Didn’t know it still existed.
So I thought it was likely baloney, but my wife told me that Minnesota had a male head cheerleader. Of course I said it can’t be true. But I just got shown a video of “Hughie” I believe rocking his poses on the field, by a Raiders fan. Deep fake AI videos are a thing but I now find myself asking if anyone has real life confirmation that the Vikings cheerleading squad is going woke.
They hired two gay cheerleaders and fired two females.
At least they aren’t Trans.
I felt that Hughie did seem quite gay in his enjoyment of the dance routine, but also thought man I wish I was that flexible.
Like the Panthers
Yes, sadly.
I don’t think I have seen the Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders ever highlighted by the media.
CBS national broadcast on Friday.
I bet we get a full 3 minute story about two male cheerleaders.
Long suffering fans of other teams, like the Raiders, love to point out the “progressive” nature of the Minnesota sports teams to yours truly.
The male cheerleaders are featured heavily in the FartBook rotation my wife views. I truly thought it was BS of the highest order.
I understand male cheerleaders as in HS and college that provide the muscle and anchor for the cheerleader aerial routines but let’s just say I’m not a fan of this latest trend. I will say that during a televised broadcast any time in the last twenty years I might see a brief shot or two of the cheerleaders for a total of twenty seconds during the entire broadcast, unlike the lingering creepy shots of the 80’s and 90’s…watch that trend be reversed now with Hughie and co being featured heavily in the down time broadcast. Maybe some nice tight shots of his heaving buttocks. Oh joy.
this honestly looks and seems like an SNL skit, wholly and completely.
Sick of the NFL forcing liberal views on us. Men don’t want to watch other men shaking their asses at them. We don’t need woke slogans in the endzone or on the back of players helmets either.
The game is just worse and worse every year. Sick of the crap they keep pushing out in support of their cause. They are ruining the sport.
The word Redskins is not a slur by the way.
1000%.
Gay men probably disagree with that.
But they don’t watch football and don’t have money. (Sarcasm)
So here is a picture of our trailer trash kitchen at the moment. Gotta love surprises when doing home projects.
We still have to rip out the cabinets on the end because it is probably wet under there also. I’m not sure, but we may have to pull off more drywall also. Fun times.
Yep, that’s work. My daughter bought travel trailer of some sort, for very little money. She has an acre of land, and wanted to put a place to sleep and hang out on it. Once the trailer was delivered, she found out it was in bad shape. She and her boyfriend (from Belgium) tore it apart over a period of three summers and replaced the flooring, the plumbing, carpets, drapes, some electrical stuff etc. They bought stuff on sale, and even found things at estate sales and garage and yard sales to refit it. It looks great now, and everything works.
She amazes me actually.
Unfortunately this is our home, not a trailer. I used the term trailer trash instead of white trash because I didn’t want to be racist (and yes, that is sarcasm). But yes, my wife, with a lot of help from her sister, found some cabinets already off from Facebook Marketplace. My SIL is quite handy and will be putting in the new cabinets for us. The evening after they bought the cabinets, my SIL was here measuring and designing already. She gets excited about stuff like that.
Looks a bit rough.
Make sure you post ‘after pictures’ as well.
Actually doesn’t look too bad under the sink. Now all that crap you have stacked on the counter…that would not fly at my home, not one little bit. If I open the mail and leave one sheet of paper on a flat surface anywhere near our kitchen or dining room or living room I’ll get the “can you come here, please…what is this…is this where that belongs…let me hear you say it…where does it belong…so why isn’t it in the office???”
My wife is very particular about the house too. I’m thankful for it, but she has also chastised me at times. I tell her the same thing every time. “I’m not in the habit of doing this. Once in a while I leave something out in the wrong place. Give me a break with the damn attitude woman”.
I appreciate my wife, never gonna take crap from her. Just the way I am.
Inside the walls is her domain. I do get testy when she grabs a tool like a screwdriver from my workbench and puts it back willy nilly, then slams the drawer shut so all the screwdrivers mix together like peanut butter and chocolate. That’s when you get the “you were in there last” line, uh huh.
The Teacher has lots of stuff for decorating and organizing and such. Most of that doesn’t have anything to do with me. She made herself a list of chores and I leave them to her. I ‘help’ as in move stuff when she is vacuuming or fold and put away my clothes but the rest of the time I just stay out of way.
My wife is a stacker. It drives me nuts. However, I am cutting her some slack right now because of the chaos going on in the kitchen. Plus, in addition to all of this going on, it is her first day back at school, so her time will now be limited to working on the project. I told her the other day that I hate living in flux. Unfortunately the flux is going to be going on for awhile.
Electrical “accident” and buy another one.
According to OTC, the Vikings currently have $26.4 million in 2025 cap space and 90 players on the active roster. That means 37 players will be released or put on IR. If all 37 of these players are the league minimum, that means the Vikings will gain at least $37 million in cap space. The Vikings are also allowed up to 17 practice squad players, with salaries varying from $200K to $300K each. The high-end cost would be $5.1 million for PS players.
$26 million plus $37 million less $5 million is a whopping $58 million in cap space AFTER the roster is set. There will likely be dead money paid, so I assume $50 million in cap space for 2025.
KAM will have the ammunition of getting any player, via trade or free agency, he feels is necessary.
With Vikings currently OVER the cap for 2026 in the $66 million range, KAM will have various options available to him. He could roll over the entire $50 million surplus into 2026, virtually wiping out the 2026 deficit. (I assume a few cuts this year will improve some 2026 cap space.)
He could front load and redo some of the deals from 2026 into 2025.
Bottom line to me is, I think the Vikings have done an excellent job managing the salary cap the last few years.
I don’t think that all 90 current salaries count towards the cap number.
Total cap is $294 million, top 51 is $241 million.
So I believe the $26 million for all of the available cap space is mostly accurate.
Spotrac has top 51 cap space of $28 million.
Not sure what that means.
Maybe OTC is completely wrong.
Spotrac says that with the top 51 they currently have about $28 million in cap space for 2025. Unless there is a cut to somebody with a large contract, I would expect that is approximately what they go into the regular season with.
That could be correct.
I guess we find out in a week.
I think you’re missing the $12 mill in dead money for this year. With just a quick glance at the contracts on the team, the only ones that really create more cap space would be CJ Ham (about $2.5 mill) and maybe you’d consider Tavierre Thomas at about $1 mill in savings.
I’m probably reading OTC wrong.
Two different ways of presenting information.
I would still expect around $25 million plus in cap space for 2025.
Nice.
I think I was wrong on reading OTC.
It’s probably closer to $25 million in cap space.
Not going to get Kirk back for that…
Tuesday already?
Yep.
Australia.
Nope.
Thank GAWD !
FYI – I am NOT a doomer.
I just bet my Broncos loving communist sister 50 bucks that the Vikings would have a better record than the Broncos.
It was an excellent investment.
Bold. I hate their coach, but like the team.
This were I am as well.
Bo Nix could have the sophomore jinx.
Swiftamine up top. pretty funny.
I am not sure how much you can glean from Saturdays game about how our Offense is coming along. There were no starters on the field that I know of* just a bunch of 2nd and 3 stringers fight for a roster spot.
*game was ‘blocked’ here so I didn’t
get tohave to watch it.Oh and FTP.
The first 2 drives the Patriots had most of their starters on offense against our 3rd stringers. It’s a preseason game. The most that can be determined is how did individuals on the bubble make or break their opportunity to make the team. Of course, all of the pundits will babble on about how sloppy the Vikings looked and how WONDERFUL the Bears looked in their game.
Yeah,
I pointed out that to NLNVF last night after he said how much better The CryBaby looked. He had one read against 2nd and 3rd stringers and since it was open he was better? Not sure that translates vs a starting defense but people will see what they want I guess.
Week one will show the truth when the Vikings wipe Soldier Field with the Bears.
Yeah, it was interesting that the Fox announcers were making such a huge deal about wide open receivers against a vanilla, preseason defensive game plan.
Caleb will be on his back a lot more week one.
Some of the NFL announcers are mostly showmen.
“Step right up and see the show!”
The Bears offense was indeed working against second and third stringers last night, but Caleb was making quick, excellent reads. He also threw the ball with accuracy and touch downfield. Yes, every QB can make those throws in the NFL, but what Caleb lacked last year, was processing. You insist he made one read throws. He didn’t completely do that though. He saw the defense, read the correct part of the field post snap, and made the correct read on the linebacker drops and safeties. He didn’t do any of that last year. Mostly he just improvised, and ran around like a true rookie, depending on his athleticism. Williams looked a lot more like an NFL QB last night.
I think we have to be careful with putting too much stock in analysis of preseason games.
The same goes for McCarthy last year and this year. The game will be very different when all starters are in there and the coaches are focused on winning games instead of mainly focused on evaluating talent.
I’m not putting any stock in pre-season games. I think I’m usually the one tempering any pre-season or training camp hype. I did see a big change in Williams play last night though, so I highlighted that. He looked solid, and he did make actual reads. He didn’t look like that last year. When he faces a real defense, disguising coverages, and bringing different rushes, his processing will be tested. But last night he went to the right place with the ball on every play.
You are correct that the starters were not playing. I am only going off week 1 preseason. The O Line looked okay. I know the interior has been upgraded. My concern is how well are they playing as a team. They have three weeks to become, literally, ready for Prime Time.
I agree that they need time working together. But at least this year we have some ‘actual talent’ on the IOL.
We may have to reclassify portions of western Wisconsin as rain forest soon.
Are they mosquitos bad out your way VP with all that rain? They are horrible here right now, can’t go outside without spray.
I haven’t had that much an issues with mosquitos, but then again, I rarely go out in the evening, so who knows.
someone at church yesterday said “well we need the rain” and i wanted to slap them.
we have had like 8 inches of rain in less than 2 weeks. this summer has been so stinkin wet. stop. stop the rain. no more please.
it’s middle to late august, my lawn should be dead so i dont’ have to mow it anymore
Normally in August I am out watering any of my new trees. I have watered trees once this year when we had that brief time (maybe 2 weeks) with minimal rain.
I love having a green lush lawn.
My neighbors hate me for it.
Well, we need the rain.
liessssssss
my in laws tell me dawson county is the greenest they have seen it in possibly ever
It is green for August, that is for sure, but I never pass up the opportunity for a little more rain. Big thunderstorm last night about 1 am that maybe dropped a hundredth of an inch of rain…don’t need any fires.
Guy told me all the lightning we have had lately is responsible for the green appearance of the countryside. I have my doubts about that.
so he’s of the mindset it’s the lightening and not the rain making things green??
Correct. He actually said that, verbatim.
It does. Adding Nitrogen to the soil makes things greener. AI confirms
“Yes, lightning can add nitrogen to the soil. While most nitrogen fixation (converting atmospheric nitrogen into usable forms for plants) is done by bacteria, lightning also plays a role. During a storm, the intense heat of lightning breaks apart nitrogen molecules in the atmosphere. These free nitrogen atoms then combine with oxygen to form nitrogen oxides, which dissolve in rainwater. The rain carries these nitrates, a form of nitrogen that plants can use, down to the soil, effectively fertilizing”
Thanks for that insight, what would we do without you!
I was reading the words up top first thing this morning, was incredulous that Brad was a Swiftie, until I scrolled up to the byline.
Have less Drama, for sure.
Kirko Still Sucks!
Great minds Surly. I was just going to post that until I saw you already had.
That also says it takes rain to collect those nitrogen molecules and carry them to the ground. Easier to just spread sulfur.
I agree, almost 6 inches since Friday by me.
That’s crazy amounts of rain for around here. We had some water in the basement again on Saturday morning.
Yeah, it’s crazy. Keeps saying that it’s almost done, but then keeps raining.
We got another .4 last night and as I’m looking out the window now, the deck is wet, so we must have got some more this morning.
auto rec for first.
You buy that new mansion yet?
He has to wait to see if it has a big enough vault first.
so we put an offer, they countered. so we are going to the house again to really look at it and see if it’s something we really want.
it’s pretty crazy considering we have only been passively looking and thursday this dropped into our laps and now it’s like wow, can we? should we?
It sounded like you were considering buying it as an investment for you kids. Has that changed? Planning to move into it?? Selling the current home??? Going to rent it out or lease until family is ready to move in????
I have the resources to buy another house here but don’t have the need and not interested in being a landlord until there is one. Just curious if you are in a similar situation. I get that it is a great place.
since you have the resources, can i have them please? 🙂
investment for the kids as in a great property for them to grow up with. i would have to sell to afford this place. it can be done, but it’s a HUGE step and at the very top of our budget.
praying about it and making a pros and cons list currently haha
It’s very important to pray. Then it’s very important to make a pros and cons list. It’s also very important to buy with solid financial data and not on emotion.
yep 100%
thankfully mrs freeze is lock step with me
We would have enough for a down payment and fees. Might be able to cover most of the monthly mortgage payments. After that the place would have to pay for itself, hence the rent/lease. No family nearby who needs it and can ‘take over’.
Don’t worry about the price…. with inflation and QE by the government (to infinity and beyond!), the price will be a steal in 5-10 years.
Harsh.
not you, i wasn’t including you
Oh now I’m an outsider, I’m even a bigger loser!
I got the coolest power tool for defeating thickets of weeds. The rain we got has accelerated the weed population to the point I needed a brush cutter to tackle them. Sweet battery powered unit with an evil sharp four headed blade. I just ordered a chainsaw style rotary blade (Forester) to tackle the worst of them.