Minnesota Vikings Discussion-Monday SkolAsylum: 27 Oct 2025

case of the mondays

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Vikings Discussion & Random Thoughts

The last Viking game sucked. As a matter of fact, much of the season has sucked so far in 2025. This is surprising to me and to many others who expected the team, especially the offense, to at least take a step forward. This hasn’t happened, and we’ve seen little to give us hope that things will change much. It isn’t one area of weakness, one thing leads to another, which leads to another. Something in the chain of events always breaks for them, especially on offense, but the defense has its share of the blame to shoulder.

it seems like the entire team is off. Everyone from the top to the bottom, from the coaching staff down to nearly every positional group. The pla calling has been less than stellar at times, the blocking has been atrocious at times, the team’s overall tackling seems to be poor for periods of time. KOC’s teams are normally disciplined and usually sit at or near the bottom of the NFL in team penalties. This year, the Vikings are 9th in the league in total penalties (with 6 of the 8 teams above them having played one more game than Minnesota), not the worst but pretty close.

The team is off. The season isn’t over by any stretch, you watch the rest of the league and there are no teams who are impossible to beat. That said, this team better wake up soon, or we’ll be discussing draft position and all that garbage as early as November. Yuck.

Vikings and NFL News

Adrian Peterson was arrested for DWI and a weapons-related charge, per CBS Sports. That sucks, I hate seeing the former players struggling. That’s what was cool about meeting guys like Marcus Sherels, Randall McDaniel, and Darryl Thompson (even though he’s a Packer), they’re genuinely good people who are succeeding in life and still doing good things in the community. I hope AD gets the help he needs, he obviously has some issues.

CBS Sports has their NFL week 8 winners and losers. I wonder if the Vikings will make either list?!?!?!

NFL.com has notable injuries and news from around the league after Sunday’s action.

Derrick Henry scored his 111th rushing TD, per NFL.com. Henry is now in 5th all time in rushing TDs.

Scores and highlights from around the league, courtesy of CBS Sports.

Media Selection

Interesting interview here, Bohemian Grove is a fascinating subject, great rabbit hole if you’re bored.

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No longer New Vikings Fan
28 October 2025 7:18 am

18 innings in the World Series game 3. Crazy.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 10:05 pm

Turn out the lights… the party’s over…

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 9:17 pm

That sure looked like a catch to me.
Lets see who the NFL want to give it to.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 9:10 pm

Yep… KC Touchdown… crap.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 9:04 pm

As well as the Redskins have played, and fought, I think KC is about to take a big lead and pretty much seal the deal here. Redskins have been unlucky tonight with the early interception, penalties, and muffed kick. Too much to overcome unfortunately.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 8:56 pm

Dinner finished. Just in time to watch KC get a 4th down TD.
Wonder why we can’t seem to do that??

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 8:36 pm

Tied at 7 at the half. I think the Skins will be happy with that, but they should have kicked that field goal when they had the chance. The kicker looked shaky on the extra point though, so maybe they don’t have any confidence in him.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 8:06 pm

OK, now they get the TD. Crap.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 8:04 pm

Crap… Chiefs TD

Oh… just short…

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 8:02 pm

3rd and 1

Straight up the middle for four yards…

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 8:02 pm

That’s a play KOC could run with Hock. Short little run up the field about two steps and get the ball to him. Easy five yards.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 8:03 pm

Boy does KC look like they have a “fast” offense.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 7:57 pm

Redskins go for it on 4th down again. Bad plan. Failed.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 8:11 pm

Don’t get why they didn’t take the FG there.
It was a scoreless game, points are important.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 7:53 pm

More tipped interceptions. Still 0-0, Redskins making the Chefs work for it.

Blame it on Travis Swifts engagement.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 7:51 pm

Redskins get a lucky bounce of Kelce’s hands for another interception!

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 7:49 pm

Didn’t stop them…

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 7:46 pm

3rd and 4 to start the second quarter for the Chiefs. Hope we can stop them.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 7:43 pm

I thought Ertz got the first down. I think that was a weak spot. 4th down risk, came up 5 inches short. Sucks.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 7:42 pm

‘Virtual Measurements’ are so much BS.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 7:43 pm

Totally agree.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 7:33 pm

Wow, now THAT was an interception by the Redskins. Great defensive play by Lattimore.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 7:37 pm

Mahomes must have a lot of trust in his WR to throw into that tight of coverage.
They were practically wearing the same jersey.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 7:29 pm

That interception sucked so bad. Bounced off the receiver’s face.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 7:13 pm

Retired Army Master Sgt singing the National Anthem.

Better than Bad Bunny or whatever that freaks name is.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 7:16 pm

Love our colleagues in arms. Great to see.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 6:58 pm

Redskins taking on the Chiefs tonight. Another game I’ll watch on mute. Hoping the Redskins can get a win, but no confidence Marcus Mariota can get it done.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 7:07 pm

Would not a Redskin loss do more for the Vikings playoff chances.
That of course assumes that they team is not falling off a cliff going forward.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 7:16 pm

Really hadn’t considered that. I guess a Redskins loss would help, but if we need help from them, we’re in trouble.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 7:24 pm

News Flash: We are already in trouble.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 7:42 pm

A wise ovservation.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 5:29 pm

I changed the battery in the wife’s key FOB for her Challenger.

Took about 10 seconds.

She thinks I’m a GD mechanical genius.

Sssshhhh… don’t tell her.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 6:57 pm

Something to be proud of. Such things are what lifelong happy marriages are made of.

The keeping of a secret from her not the battery change.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 7:13 pm

Laughing… indeed.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 5:44 pm

Some of those bad throws make more sense now. Glad he gave us all he could.

I am now scared that the team will give up a draft pick(s) for a useless vet. Just play JJ and Brosmer. If one of them gets hurt, poach some teams practice squad. Just do not give up anymore draft picks.

Of course, if you are willing to take Cine over Hamilton, I guess picks do not really matter.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 5:27 pm

Gotta protect the QBOTF… you know… he’s more important than Wentz.

kathy.clater.3
kathy.clater.3
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 5:37 pm

That is horrible. Shame on the trainers and anyone else that knew or should have known.

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 5:48 pm

We could all see it playing out in high definition on our TVs. When it comes to things I’ve witnessed on live TV, without a parental advisory warning, this came near the top. To say he could keep playing because they didn’t want to play Brosmer, when we were down multiple scores, is just pathetic. Borderline abuse.

NoDakRube
27 October 2025 5:09 pm

Apparently Wentz was playing with a torn labrum and a fractured socket while taking a beating….

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  NoDakRube
27 October 2025 5:14 pm

They used him like a rented mule.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 5:09 pm

A&M whooped that ass!!!

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 4:21 pm

Yep… Wentz to IR

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 4:51 pm

Now what?
We have played like 28 quarters of football and had maybe 6 or 7 quarters of good QB play. You cannot win in the NFL like that unless you have a stacked roster. And as we saw last week that ain’t the case.
Seriously, what are we going to do.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
27 October 2025 5:27 pm

Seriously, what are we going to do.

Vikings will lose a lot of games.

Then, with the bad record, get a decent draft pick that they miss on.

Again.

MT Viking
Reply to  JRobert
27 October 2025 5:50 pm

We could shoot for the #1 overall pick, a first for the franchise I believe.

Go Jets Go!

VikingPhilip
27 October 2025 3:58 pm

Wentz is out for the rest of the season. Shoulder surgery.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  VikingPhilip
27 October 2025 3:59 pm

Per an alert I received from the NFL app.

NoDakRube
Reply to  VikingPhilip
27 October 2025 4:06 pm

Thanks for the heads up, VP.

Let it never be said he wasn’t a tough SOB….

EAGAN, Minn. — It will never be said that Carson Wentz didn’t give everything he had for the 2025 Minnesota Vikings.
After starting five consecutive games and enduring considerable pain in his left, non-throwing shoulder for more than half of the contests, Wentz has been placed on Injured Reserve.
The Vikings announced the move Monday, the same day the team announced it had claimed tight end Ben Sims via waivers.
Wentz first suffered the injury in the first half of Minnesota’s Week 5 game against Cleveland in London. He gritted out the second half and led a game-winning drive by going 9-for-9 passing with 71 yards, featuring a 12-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Addison with 25 seconds remaining.
Wentz did his best to rehab during the Week 6 bye and started in Week 7 against Philadelphia, the team that drafted him No. 2 overall in 2016.
The Vikings were unable to mount a comeback in a 28-22 loss to the Eagles and then had to go to Los Angeles to face the Chargers on Thursday Night Football. The short rest and travel didn’t help his recovery process.
Determined and relentless, he wore extra bracing on his shoulder (that he had never worn before). Prime Video cameras showed Wentz wincing in pain after multiple plays.
Wentz was sacked five times, and press box statisticians tallied eight quarterback hits by the Chargers. L.A. sent rushers from multiple directions and capitalized on Minnesota being without right tackle Brian O’Neill, as well as missing left tackle Christian Darrisaw for all but nine snaps and tight end Josh Oliver for all but eight.
Despite the adversity, Wentz kept telling Head Coach Kevin O’Connell that he wanted to stay in the game.

Per Vikings.com

KFEY93
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 4:14 pm

He should never start another NFL game. Regardless of his health his decision making is awful. He can start, just not for the purple. No thanks.

KFEY93
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 4:23 pm

Thats a low, low bar. He’s a back up when he’s healthy at his age. And now he’s not healthy. Not a starter. I liked him as a back up but its been agony since the Bengals game ended.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 4:17 pm

He’s out for the season. I’m sure someone will pick him up next year if he wants to play.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  NoDakRube
27 October 2025 4:15 pm

Man, why was he on the field. No line and a screwed up shoulder.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 4:21 pm

I am really shocked KOC let him play. You don’t play a person who can’t protect himself. He was holding the ball in his right hand, would get sacked and fall with all his weight on the left shoulder. No way he could protect himself (and the ball).
He is tough as hell, but the coach should protect an athlete from himself.

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 5:52 pm

McFragile™ just needs a couple more games to heal up his ankle and get up to speed with playcalling and his footwork.

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 3:33 pm

It’s Monday… usually Mondays are meetings and treatment day. Guess since we played Thursday, it’s an extra practice day.

DE Viking
27 October 2025 3:27 pm

The Carolina Panthers are 4-4.

NoDakRube
27 October 2025 3:08 pm

From ESPNs Dan Orvlosky….couldn’t have said it better myself.

He says, “I think this is the most disappointing roster in football right now. This is an organization that this off-season spent the second most of free agent money in the NFL, and this was a roster that was built in many of our eyes to be, like, quarterback independent. . .this offensive line cannot protect on a consistent basis at all. The interior of their offensive line is very poor. . .I’m shocked, because I honestly thought that this team was built for average quarterbacks play, and you’re an NFC championship contender. Anybody that wants to tell me Carson Wentz is the issue right now in Minnesota, we could have a conversation, and I’ll tell you’re out of your mind. . .This roster is unbelievably disappointing right now.”

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  NoDakRube
27 October 2025 4:39 pm

That is a damning article.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
27 October 2025 4:42 pm

It’s what we have seen for ourselves. Straight up.

MT Viking
Reply to  NoDakRube
27 October 2025 5:53 pm

We have proven the old adage that the team that wins free agency rarely wins on the turf.

NoDakRube
27 October 2025 3:05 pm

Late in the day post that no one will read…

I was at that Chargers game. What a shitty shitty game…Disappointed with everything about the team – but especially the defense. I do not believe the Chargers punted once.
The Chargers fans were for the most part polite…Some drunk 20 something kid was mouthing off to my brother-in-law and me as we were leaving the stadium. I thought about squashing him like a bug but I knew my wife would be unhappy with me.

While there we also took in the art museum at the Getty Center to get some culture…Son of a bitch those old Italians sure could paint. I highly recommend it.

All in all I am just happy we left LA without getting shot or robbed.

pirateflip
Reply to  NoDakRube
27 October 2025 3:29 pm

I almost didn’t read it to prove you right, but couldn’t help myself. Watching on TV they just looked tired, no spark on eithor side of the ball. Hopefully they can get their shaving creme together for Sunday.

Wrenage
Reply to  NoDakRube
27 October 2025 3:50 pm

I read it. I will read it twice in case another person misses it.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 3:59 pm

I appreciate your effort.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  NoDakRube
27 October 2025 4:36 pm

Late in the day post that no one will read…’

I promise to never admit reading it.

MT Viking
Reply to  NoDakRube
27 October 2025 5:54 pm

Yup, when you don’t punt you are either playing really really well, or, rarely, really really poorly.

Wrenage
27 October 2025 2:30 pm

I want to go home and eat pork loin. I have given all I have to this day.

DE Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 3:06 pm

JacksonVike
27 October 2025 1:00 pm

I think we have the Lions right where we want them. They will be coming off of their bye week, probably looking past us.

#trapgame

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JacksonVike
27 October 2025 1:14 pm

Those poor bastards,” Puller said. “They’ve got us right where we wantemWe can shoot in every direction now”
USMC General Chesty Puller

NoDakRube
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 3:00 pm

Love that!

DE Viking
Reply to  JacksonVike
27 October 2025 3:04 pm

You’ve changed your picture from “ I heart wrenage” to a trash dumpster.
Hope everything is ok.

JacksonVike
Reply to  DE Viking
27 October 2025 3:48 pm

We broke up

Wrenage
Reply to  JacksonVike
27 October 2025 3:51 pm

IT WAS MUTUAL!

JacksonVike
27 October 2025 12:46 pm

This is the first week I am not taking the Vikings in pickem. We should win now, you’re welcome.

freezeyface
Reply to  JacksonVike
27 October 2025 1:26 pm

look at you, standing in your ivory tower, looking all prideful as you shame all the idiots who are already out of the pickem league…..

MT Viking
27 October 2025 12:08 pm

You guys ever encounter some dick while you’re on vacation, that puts a bad taste in your mouth for the rest of the day?

Background is that we were staying in a VRBO with another couple, and half of the homes in Sedona are short term rentals, so you can imagine there is probably some gripes from the locals about tourists. We were up at the base of Capitol Butte and there were few sidewalks, lots of people walking along the side of the road.

Four of us went for a walk about 9 am one morning, on one such road without a sidewalk, keeping to the edge of the road (not like it’s wooded, this is Arizona). We spot three javelinas trotting through a cul-de-sac on the other side of the road, stop to snap some pics. Car comes along heading downhill (opposite side of the road) and comes to a stop, window rolls down, some lady says, “Do you wanna die? Standing in the middle of the road is a good way to get hit by a car!”…with the last half of that statement made as she starts rolling the window up and driving away.

I yelled HAVE A NICE DAY! after her but her window was up.

freezeyface
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 12:09 pm

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WHYYY DO YOU DO THIS

encounter some dick while you’re on vacation, that puts a bad taste in your mouth

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  freezeyface
27 October 2025 12:16 pm

TMI!
Not to mention No Kink Shaming..

Mjolnir
Reply to  freezeyface
27 October 2025 12:42 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

This will make my week.

I WILL giggle about this in traffic. Several times.

thank you

🔨🔨🔨

KFEY93
Reply to  freezeyface
27 October 2025 12:57 pm

Everyone likes some dick on vacation

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  KFEY93
27 October 2025 1:01 pm

When we were in Florida last winter, somebody tried to say I stole their luggage and even had the cops on the way. I got my butt chewed by some old lady after being frustrated on airplanes all day. I gave it back to her and then after a couple of hours I saw her again and she finally apologized.

Wrenage
Reply to  bowbunch
27 October 2025 2:08 pm

I hate the apology after a blow up.

Then I think…why did I blowup in the first place?

But…we are emotional creatures.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 3:33 pm

She calmed down when she realized I didn’t steal her luggage. Wouldn’t listen to reason of course initially, but I took the high road and actually found one of their bags in the parking lot.

KFEY93
Reply to  bowbunch
27 October 2025 4:16 pm

Too many people let emotions run their lives instead of logic. Including me, especially when it comes to women. But yeah, at the air port you cant be emotional, its only going to make your day worse. Let alone accusing someone of theft. Like come on.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  KFEY93
27 October 2025 8:47 pm

This was at our hotel as I was leaving to get food for my family.

freezeyface
Reply to  KFEY93
27 October 2025 1:50 pm

KFEY93
Reply to  freezeyface
27 October 2025 4:17 pm

MT Viking
Reply to  freezeyface
27 October 2025 1:06 pm

I just knew I could count on you…

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  freezeyface
27 October 2025 1:12 pm

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 1:21 pm

Never blown a dude before, so no I haven’t

You guys ever encounter some dick while you’re on vacation, that puts a bad taste in your mouth for the rest of the day?

Surly Viking
Admin
27 October 2025 11:42 am

A few things I noticed while in Sarasota / Venice Florida.

  1. Palmetto bugs are not as prevalent as they were when I lived there for a few months in 1985. Probably since it is not too cold outside.
  2. The lifeguards employed by the county could all be on a TV series like Baywatch or Rescue High Surf. All I saw were very fit and attractive humans.
  3. I was surprised that Jai Lai was not readily available (Beer, not the sport).
  4. Seafood at various restaurants was decent to very good.
  5. At 62, I felt like a kid considering the age of some of the people around.
  6. My arthritis did not bother me at all.
  7. The Airport is lame.

If I ever end up relocating, it will probably be to Florida. Summers can be brutal, but I like enough to want to live there.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Surly Viking
27 October 2025 11:47 am

The other eight or nine months are more than worth it. And there’s plenty of water and AC in the hot months.
And the arthritis help is a big deal, at least to me.

MT Viking
Reply to  Surly Viking
27 October 2025 11:49 am

My wife would seriously like to live in Arizona January and February. Other than those months, she loves our home in Montana.

I get a six week sabbatical in 2028 or 2029, I bet we spend the majority of that time in Sedona (this trip was my first to Sedona, she has been there twice before).

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 11:58 am

We considered Arizona (Flagstaff and Prescott) strongly before we choose Idaho. But at the time the border was wide open, thank you FJB, and it was being flooded with Illegals.
If we had to choose now with DJTs closed border we might have picked differently.

Northwoods
Reply to  Surly Viking
27 October 2025 12:21 pm

Palmetto bugs are just rich people’s cockroaches, right?

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Northwoods
27 October 2025 3:40 pm

Yep, but they also fly. not far, but they have wings. Basically flying cockroaches and they are pretty much evil.

MT Viking
27 October 2025 11:09 am

We vacationed in Sedona last week, I would describe it as kind of a Disneyland for the 55+ set. Beautiful scenery, great hikes, very quiet (and dark) at night. Would recommend.

My wife was convinced we’d run into flight delays but this is the first trip in a while where we had smooth sailing from TSA to bag pickup on the trip down and back.

I have to say all the Waymo cars in Phoenix, especially around the airport, kinda freaked me out although they were intriguing.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 11:29 am

I really enjoyed Sedona when we were there. Beautiful places to hike. I still prefer water over mountains and high desert, but both are better than Minnesota winters.

Wrenage
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 11:35 am

Sedona was mentioned in our sermon yesterday, so I have now heard that word two days consecutively after not hearing it in probably decades.

Maybe I should go there.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 11:37 am

I think it is a very nice area. I am not a gouger so I could not afford to live there, but it is absolutely a fantastic place to visit. Serene is the word that comes to mind. Really nice state/national parks.

MT Viking
Reply to  Surly Viking
27 October 2025 11:40 am

Surprisingly, real estate (at least on Zillow) did not seem very expensive there. Most listings were at or just under 1 mil. No basements,etc…

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 12:14 pm

Yep, but in Florida, I can find a 3 bedroom home in a 55+ golf community for around 450 – 600k…..

Northwoods
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 12:22 pm

Did you tour any wineries? The one in Jerome has breathtaking views.

MT Viking
Reply to  Northwoods
27 October 2025 1:04 pm

No. We are not wine drinkers. One of the things about Sedona is that it is what we in Montana call Bozemanized, in that all the commercial businesses are stealth camouflaged, with no visible signs from the street and all with that red adobe look.

MT Viking
Reply to  Northwoods
27 October 2025 1:05 pm

I did go down the slide at Slide Rock state park twice. The water temp was nothing to chuckle about, I got major shrinkage.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 1:15 pm

JRobert
JRobert
27 October 2025 9:27 am

Before I fully decide on Hock, is the year lost or not?
Usually I’m an optimist, but after the other night, a bit shaken.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
27 October 2025 9:41 am

The Vikings sort of stopped using their TE as a primary weapon right after Cousins got here in 2018. Rudolph went from being a great receiving TE, to a blocker. It was a weird change I didn’t get. Then when Hock came in, Cousins used him very strongly initially, and with great success. Then, he faded as a threat. We paid Hock a lot of money to stay with the team after his “holdout” but he hasn’t been used as a big weapon by KOC. Jefferson is the star receiver and then Addison. I don’t know why the offense seems so limited now. It just doesn’t work efficiently, and eschewing the TE in the grand scheme of things bugs me.

Defenses stuff the run and blanket Jefferson, and the offense has no answers.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 9:48 am

Seems like they need the extra blocker this year with the OT injuries.
Although it doesn’t seem that Hock does that very well.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 9:54 am

So we more two TE sets.
Oliver to block and Hock to catch.
But we already have 3.5 good WRs.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 9:51 am

Would think with our pass blocking problems. Hock would be the QB’s best friend. He should be getting tons of balls.
Cover JJ, feel pressure, throw it to Hock.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
27 October 2025 11:10 am

McCarthy used his TE in college quite a bit so maybe things change this week.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  bowbunch
27 October 2025 11:31 am

I hope so. Getting the ball out to a guy and giving him a chance to move the chains has got to be job one for KOC. Throws to the TE don’t require hardly any processing. This why Mahomes has was so successful with Kelce early on. Mahomes didn’t process anything. Just threw the ball to an open TE. These are simple reads and throws. I hope we utilize this scheme in the offense much more in the future. Instant success for McCarthy and the offense.

KOC wants to run complex route combinations, but they take time and a lot of processing by the QB. Just get it to a guy in a little space, and let him run.

Northwoods
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 12:26 pm

Just get it to a guy in a little space, and let him run.”

That’s what Cousins did on a 4th and 8 a few years back, got crucified for it.

Shit…I’m a day early. Sorry

JacksonVike
Reply to  Northwoods
27 October 2025 12:44 pm

Shit…I’m a day early. Sorry

It’s amazing how a band of misfits, like us, adhered to that unwritten rule so well.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Northwoods
27 October 2025 1:37 pm

Hock really made a bad choice on that play. Cousins was working JJ deep, but there was no way to get him the ball, and JJ himself didn’t even look back. Hock took his route outside. I think if he takes it inside, he gives Cousins a much better throwing angle that allows Hock to move upfield. The out was pretty much dead, unless Hock broke a tackle.

JacksonVike
Reply to  bowbunch
27 October 2025 3:50 pm

No he didn’t, he just handed the ball to a running back.

MT Viking
Reply to  JRobert
27 October 2025 10:22 am

In terms of a competitive season, that’s not going to happen. I’d trade Hock in a heartbeat, he is underperforming his contract.

My wish for the season has and will continue to be seeing what McFragile™ can do.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 10:33 am

I’m just tired of the ‘wait until next year.’

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
27 October 2025 11:30 am

Wait until next year, and “Someday” are all we ever have.

Northwoods
Reply to  Surly Viking
27 October 2025 12:27 pm

FREE BEER TOMORROW!

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
27 October 2025 1:23 pm

This year is not over yet. Might be dark right now, but the night is always darkest just before the dawn.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 11:31 am

Love the new name for JJ

 McFragile™ 

Perfectly accurate

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Surly Viking
27 October 2025 1:19 pm

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
27 October 2025 11:29 am

Season is a bust. Fire sale time IMO.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  Surly Viking
27 October 2025 12:34 pm

Nah, now that JJ is coming back, the season is just getting started.

Mjolnir
Reply to  bowbunch
27 October 2025 12:44 pm

Rec for optimism

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 8:54 am

This coming game against the Lions will definitely be a telling one. I was very surprised at how poorly we played Thursday. We have not lost games by double digit margins much over the last 7 years. We got beat up by the Chargers though. Can we pull a Rocky, get up off the mat, throw some haymakers with blood streaming from our face, and win?

Wrenage
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 8:58 am

I expect that the Lions game will not be as “bad” as expected. Vikes will still lose, of course, but I don’t expect 50-3 or anything.

My main concern is OL breakdowns, which will make JJ try to do too much with his feet and get dinged again. He really needs to string some games together.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 9:04 am

‘I don’t expect 50-3 or anything’

#nojinx

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 9:07 am

Running the ball for 18 yards on 9 carries just killed the offense from the start. KOC has never really embraced the concept of a strong running game though. He likes to throw first to open up the run game. The problem is, he can’t do either right now.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 9:12 am

Mine is our defense – it’s terrible.

Wrenage
Reply to  JRobert
27 October 2025 10:59 am

Defense is doomed. On the plus side, the Lions don’t have Johnson anymore, so it may only be partially doomed.

JacksonVike
Reply to  Gone fishin'
27 October 2025 4:26 pm

Maybe MT has it, I think he’s into that kind of thing.

MT Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 10:18 am

I would say a win in Detroit is about as likely as Jennifer Lawrence sending me a love letter.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 10:20 am

Hmmmm… well you’re married, so that’s probably a good thing.

MT Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 10:26 am

Oh I agree (plus she is so liberal that the fantasy would be spoiled right from the beginning).

VikingPhilip
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 10:31 am

If I were to pick someone to correspond with, it would not be Jennifer Lawrence. I would be hard pressed to find any Hollywood actress that would interest me. We would have nothing in common to discuss.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  VikingPhilip
27 October 2025 10:34 am

Think about three feet lower.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  JRobert
27 October 2025 12:27 pm

The problem with that is that it doesn’t last very long and then you have (at least at my age) days of trying to relate to someone that which you have no common ground.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  VikingPhilip
27 October 2025 10:58 am

Sidney Sweeney seems nice, intelligent and fairly conservative from what I have heard.
Not that she would interested in interacting with a creepy, old man such as myself.

Wrenage
Reply to  VikingPhilip
27 October 2025 11:02 am

I would pick Cynthia E. I think we’d really connect…

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 12:34 pm

I’m glad I don’t know who that is.

bowbunch
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Reply to  VikingPhilip
27 October 2025 12:38 pm

Isn’t that one of the cheerleaders for the Panthers?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
27 October 2025 12:46 pm

Not white, pretty and male enough to be one of ours.

#sad

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
27 October 2025 12:59 pm

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Mjolnir
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 12:53 pm

Kathy Bates for me……

give a f*** about her politics, just think she’s an awesome actress

Wrenage
27 October 2025 8:43 am

I saw that after we poached Fries and Kelly from the Colts, they now have the top-rated OL in football. I just thought I’d tell you that in case you have any open wounds…

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 8:49 am

Thanks…

vikesfanincheeseland
vikesfanincheeseland
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 9:45 am

They also have a qb that’s balling out. SMH.

Wrenage
Reply to  vikesfanincheeseland
27 October 2025 10:59 am

Oh yeah…THAT guy…

No longer New Vikings Fan
27 October 2025 8:40 am

Lions and Packers looking strong this year. Ravens did a good job beating the Bears. We have issues.

manly-purple
27 October 2025 8:07 am

At least the Bears lost.

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benjammin
Admin
Reply to  manly-purple
27 October 2025 10:36 am

FTB

benjammin
Admin
27 October 2025 7:15 am

I’d be open to trading hock, he’s been good, not elite, injuries haven’t helped, but with this team seemingly going nowhere I wouldn’t blame the FO for trading him

freezeyface
Reply to  benjammin
27 October 2025 7:34 am

when we trade him for a 5th or 6th, i can’t wait to watch the fans MELT DOWN….

Wrenage
Reply to  benjammin
27 October 2025 7:42 am

Hock was a good safety valve for Cousins.

He also hasn’t been the same since his injury. Pretty sure it is in his head. He seeks the ground after most catches.

Northwoods
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 12:29 pm

….leading with his back. Good way to get hit in the back.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  benjammin
27 October 2025 7:56 am

I remember a handsome feller saying the Vikings should draft a tight end to replace Hock last spring and said gentleman being called an idiot.

freezeyface
Reply to  bowbunch
27 October 2025 8:01 am

i don’t recall ever saying that…but i appreciate the compliment

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  freezeyface
27 October 2025 8:29 am

It was a handsome feller that can change a battery in under a day.

freezeyface
Reply to  bowbunch
27 October 2025 8:51 am

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
27 October 2025 10:57 am

Most should take about 10 mins

JacksonVike
Reply to  benjammin
27 October 2025 12:37 pm

You mean, it’s not supposed to take 3 days, asking for a friend?

Wrenage
Reply to  bowbunch
27 October 2025 8:30 am

Loveland!

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
27 October 2025 10:56 am

there isn’t anyone on here who would qualify as a gentleman

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  benjammin
27 October 2025 11:00 am

Gentleman equates to ‘Nice Guy’ now a day.
Nice Guy equals ‘friend zone’.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  benjammin
27 October 2025 12:22 pm

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benjammin
Admin
27 October 2025 7:13 am

Kinda sad, dude has always had off field issues and it continues into retirement

Wrenage
Reply to  benjammin
27 October 2025 7:41 am

This is the evolution of a RB who can’t learn to pickup the blitz. It snowballs.

There’s got to be an NFL program for former players about stuff like this. AP needs help.

freezeyface
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 7:52 am

he couldn’t pick up the blitz or catch well out of the backfield…

how can you be expected to catch life changes if you can’t catch a freaking football?

it’s not his fault.

Wrenage
Reply to  freezeyface
27 October 2025 7:57 am

Another victim of a capitalist society.

freezeyface
Reply to  Wrenage
27 October 2025 8:08 am

MT Viking
Reply to  benjammin
27 October 2025 10:16 am

Ben, couple of posts I read yesterday suggest you lost your dad recently? If so, condolences.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 10:40 am

He passed about a year ago, it sucked, thank you

MT Viking
Reply to  benjammin
27 October 2025 11:04 am

I need to keep a database on such things…I miss my dad some times, as well.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  benjammin
27 October 2025 11:33 am

Sorry Ben.
I miss my father. He is still alive, but with dementia he has no clue who I am.
I have not been to visit in almost a year. It is just depressing to see him.
On the positive side, my Sister got married and I got to be the one to walk her down the aisle. And I did not fall down or trip her, so it was a success.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Surly Viking
27 October 2025 11:41 am

That’s sad. So Sorry.
I miss my Father every day of my life.

MT Viking
Reply to  Surly Viking
27 October 2025 11:45 am

Things are tough with my mom (80) now (they say she has mild I would say moderate dementia). She acts very depressed, although she denies it. Her care team advocated for ECT but my sister (with my agreement) as her POA declined that. I had told her that we were going to Sedona, on Wednesday got a call that she thought I was lost in Calgary with my dog, and that my brother in law and I were joining the military. They suspect a UTI but can’t get a specimen from her.

Called her yesterday, still confused, 0930 and hadn’t got out of bed or had breakfast yet. She is skin and bones, I suspect she is going to break a hip one of these days and that will be the spiral.

I, too, am frustrated by how amotivational and anhedonic she is.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  MT Viking
27 October 2025 12:35 pm

Getting old sucks.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Surly Viking
27 October 2025 1:24 pm

I remember you talking about him before and the dementia, that sucks

DE Viking
27 October 2025 6:53 am

Leaving MSP this AM.
Almost took the Bengals in survivor pool, but changed to the Pats.
Trade Hock.
FTP!

About The Author

Gone fishin'

Gone fishin'

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

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