Minnesota Vikings Discussion – SkolAsylum: 05 – 06 Aug 2023

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Minnesota Vikings News:

From MSN, Vikings DL James Lynch tore his ACL and is out for the season. I hate seeing guys get hurt in preseason, that has to be devastating to the player. Dude works his tail off his whole life to make the NFL, then gets hurt in preseason and misses an entire year. NFL players only have a short period of time where they can play, so missing a year has to be tough. I guess continuing to collect a paycheck worth millions while you’re sitting at home eases the sting a little.

From the Washington Post, Alvin Kamara will serve a three-game suspension for taking part in an altercation at a night club back in 2022. He’s lucky he didn’t spank his kid or anything, then he’d have had a year off.

CBS Sports has a list of the top 20 NFL players who have not been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Odd, I didn’t see Christian Ponder on the list.

Seahawks WR Dee Eskridge has been suspended for 6 games and Chiefs DE Charles Omenihu has also been suspended for 6 games, both were suspended for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.

Video of the Day:

Here’s an excellent tune by the immortal Joe Walsh, this one is called Rocky Mountain Way. Enjoy!

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Lifer
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6 August 2023 7:55 pm

TJ, I believe, is holding in and I don’t mean using the bathroom.

-With contract possibly coming, T.J. Hockenson hasn’t been practicing much-

As Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson prepares for his first full season with the Vikings, he’s currently not doing much actual preparation.

Via multiple reporters covering the team, Hockenson has not been participating in team drills during padded practices. On Saturday, he was not in uniform for the full-pads session.

Hockenson is due to make $9.3 million in 2023, the fifth-year option of his 2019 first-round contract. The Lions traded Hockenson to the Vikings during the 2022 season.
The Vikings gave up a second-round pick to get Hockenson will full appreciation of the fact that they’ll eventually need to pay him. Unless he’s got an injury that has yet to be disclosed, he’s avoiding potentially serious injury until he can get the kind of contract that will properly reward him for his skills and abilities as one of the better tight ends in football.

DE Viking
Reply to  Lifer
7 August 2023 6:52 am

@KAM needs to pay everyone top dollar. Salary cap be damned.@

No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 3:57 pm

The Vikings have signed WR N’Keal Harry.

No idea why…

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 5:23 pm

Possibly better than our 5th or 6th guy so you upgrade.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 5:30 pm

I don’t think he’s done anything at all since he was drafted in 2019.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 5:33 pm

Might provide a big target in red zone.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
6 August 2023 5:35 pm

6’4″ and 225 lbs is a big target.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 4:22 pm

When you start doing your long puts like that, you don’t have to worry about the short ones.
As an aside, the Old White Course at the Greenbrier is one of the most beautiful in the country.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
6 August 2023 5:22 pm

I want to play there someday haven’t before. Old White Course took some major major damage by a 100 yr flood back in 2016. 8 inches of rain feel in a 24 hr period. Below was the streets in the area. Old White suffered major course land redirection to the point they had to close 9 holes completely as the entire area was washed away. It is now only a 9 hole course. No plans when or if it will be restored after 7 years.

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JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 5:32 pm

I read the Liv tourney was played on the Old White. saw some of the holes on video and sure looked like the Old White

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
6 August 2023 7:01 pm

I just looked it up…I must have read an inaccurate article said half the course was still closed. They had to rebuild greens but apparently they redid all the damage in 2017.

Lifer
Admin
6 August 2023 3:20 pm

J.Thomas with an eagle on 15 to get to the 70 number. 3 to go tough holes.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 3:22 pm

Shit shot on par 3, he’s toast.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
6 August 2023 3:36 pm

bogey…still at 70 but will get bumped.

Weather coming thru…just went past my place. Will be to them soon they’ll have to stop play it was strong.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  norseman1
6 August 2023 3:44 pm

Followed up with a shit shot drive on 18

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  JRobert
6 August 2023 3:57 pm

Think he needed the green at 16. Bad shot. Pulling for him, not sure how it plays out. He only made 3 cuts in last 8 PGA’s, not good.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  norseman1
6 August 2023 4:10 pm

At that level, if you can’t hit a green with a 9 iron on a par 3, that’s not good.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  JRobert
6 August 2023 4:12 pm

Not sure they get the rest in. They said a hour, add warmups.

DE Viking
6 August 2023 2:24 pm

Horchels putting routine is flat out stupid.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
6 August 2023 2:44 pm

Which is worse Horchels or Harmon’s routine?

Lifer
Admin
6 August 2023 1:05 pm

J. Thomas update….currently sitting at 73 FedEx position, -9. He’s 4 holes in to today’s rd, all par’s. Gonna have to get hot.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 1:10 pm

Wants the Ryder cup also, prob has to get in FedX to do it tho.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
6 August 2023 1:26 pm

He has little chance at either where he’s at. Just can’t turn it on, is taking what he gets at times instead of taking control and dictating.

No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 11:07 am

Regarding the projected roster construction, last year the Vikings kept 25 players on offense, 25 on defense and three specialists among the 53 players.

The offensive roster make-up looked like this:

QB – 2
RB – 4
FB – 1
WR – 5
TE – 3
OL – 10

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 11:21 am

A question as I don’t know much about this – about the 25/25 split.
If you’re mostly an offensive team and have more talent around on the offense than the defense, might you alter the split some?

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
6 August 2023 11:25 am

The roster construction varies year to year slightly. We could see 26 offensive players and 24 defensive players.

DE Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 2:25 pm

They have like 10 TEs on the roster right now. Probably 4 on active with 2 on PS.

No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 10:22 am

How many wide receivers and TE’s do we keep out of this bunch?

Wide Receiver
WR1: Justin Jefferson
WR2: K.J. Osborn
WR3: Jordan Addison
WR4: Jalen Nailor
WR5: Jalen Reagor
WR6: Brandon Powell
WR7: Blake Proehl
WR8: Trishton Jackson
WR9: Cephus Johnson
WR10: Thayer Thomas
WR11: Lucky Jackson
WR12: Garett Maag

Tight End
TE1: T.J. Hockenson
TE2: Josh Oliver
TE3: Johnny Mundt
TE4: Nick Muse
TE5: Ben Sims
TE6: Colin Thompson

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 11:17 am

I am thinking 5 WR/Returners (hopefully not Reagor) and 4 TE.
With spares on the practice squad.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
6 August 2023 11:22 am

I actually agree with this. I think we’ll see some 3 TE sets this year that will be a run first option, that could end up a play fake with a WR, two tight ends and the RB in the pattern.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 11:18 am

WR-6 JJ, KJ, JA, BP, TJ, LJ
TE-3 TJ, JO, JM

No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 10:16 am

Headed to the Columbia restaurant in Ybor City for some Brunch with my wife. Hoping Justin Thomas has his best round of the year today. I’m thinking he needs to shoot at least 8 under to get into the FedEx playoffs next week. A 59 today would be great.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 10:23 am

My wife and her friends love the Columbia restaurant in Celebration. Enjoy, but watch your diet.
Don’t know about JT and 8 under though.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
6 August 2023 10:39 am

Yeah, I’m sure we’ll find something I can eat. My wife just told me they don’t have a brunch menu, just lunch. Bother. Was thinking eggs and some pancakes.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 11:13 am

Projected at 70, the cut line.

No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 8:19 am

Current Vikings O-line players:

Left Tackle
LT1: Christian Darrisaw
LT2: Blake Brandel
LT3: Vederian Lowe
LT4: Christian DiLauro

Right Tackle
RT1: Brian O’Neill
RT2: Oli Udoh
RT3: Jacky Chen
RT4: Jarrid Williams

Center
C1: Garrett Bradbury
C2: Austin Schlottmann
C3: Josh Sokol

Left Guard
LG1: Ezra Cleveland
LG2: Alan Ali
LG3: Jack Snyder

Right Guard
RG1: Ed Ingram
RG2: Chris Reed (NFI)*
*NFI = Non-Football-Injury List

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 8:29 am

Zack Martin holding out in Dallas with 2 yrs left on his deal is brilliant cause there isn’t jack shit left out there to replace him.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 9:20 am

The best guard in football. To bad we can only dream.

DE Viking
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 10:06 am

Well, except for the $50k per day fines.

Lifer
Admin
6 August 2023 6:59 am

USWNT defending back to back champions just eliminated from the World Cup on penalty kicks. Last penalty kick by Sweden to win the US goalie initially stopped it popped straight up and curve in a tad on the way down she knocked it out of the net…the VR review officials gave the goal to Sweden as the entire ball has to cross goal line. This was the VR review of the ball lol….Viking’esk way to lose US.

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DE Viking
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 7:05 am

I’m not upset by this.
You diss your country on the world stage, you don’t deserve to be on the world stage.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
6 August 2023 7:15 am

Rapinoe the blue haired old lady was a late substitution by the coach…came in was ineffective then on her penalty kick sent it completely over the net and wide not even close. She was horrible, thankfully this will be her last game. Good riddance.

KFEY93
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 11:41 am

Ahh the Saints, where great Vikings RB go to die.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  KFEY93
6 August 2023 11:45 am

Cook rumor mill, getting old. Leverage moves i guess. You’d thin he’d want to be in some camp.

KFEY93
Reply to  norseman1
6 August 2023 11:48 am

I personally dont care where he ends up. Its not news to me any more. He’s not a Viking. I care about the Vikings.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 5:56 am

If only we had a good QB that can get the ball to the receivers while getting killed in the pocket…

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 6:54 am

Maybe some day…

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 9:28 am

More the placement of the ball than the route.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
5 August 2023 10:00 pm

Vikings activated Edge Andre Carter II from the PuP today.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 8:33 pm

We are used to seeing those kind of plays from #19.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 9:27 am

Guy has good moves.

No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 6:20 pm

Cousins needs 7 TD’s and 3,842 yards this season to rank second all time to Fran Tarkenton in yards and TD’s. Barring injury, he probably does that.

No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 6:12 pm

5 days till we play in Seattle in the middle of the night. Think I’ll be asleep long before gametime.

Surly Viking
Admin
5 August 2023 5:44 pm

I think Zimmer was right about Mond.
Dude looked awful Thursday night.
Hoping Hall looks better. Mullens inspires zero confidence.

Vikings need a decent backup in the unlikely event Kirk ever misses a game not related to having cold symptoms.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Surly Viking
5 August 2023 5:46 pm

I see him every day in practice…

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 5:51 pm

And Zim got hammered for that.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
6 August 2023 5:58 am

Yeah by people who don’t know shit about football but make a living writing about it.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 9:24 am

And about 95% of the fanbase too.

No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 5:02 pm

CANCELED: Sunday, August 6 Training Camp

Due to the impending weather forecast, fan activations for Vikings Training Camp on Sunday, August 6, have been CANCELED. 

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 5:20 pm

DE Viking
5 August 2023 4:30 pm

JT right at the 70 line to make FedEx cup playoff.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
5 August 2023 4:34 pm

Yep, gonna need a low round tomorrow though.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
5 August 2023 4:36 pm

He turned it on yesterday on 9 going -4 through the rest of the round. Today first nine he had 3 more birdies then finally bogied. So he has to really turn it on and contend hard.

Lifer
Admin
5 August 2023 4:29 pm

Found something….check this rep out..Addison vs Bynum. Addison off the line looks like Sammy Davis Jr after a line of blow lol… This rep worries me for what his prospects will be against the cream of the league corners. He’s getting out physical and late on the route. That could be a huge problem. JJ is a decent route runner his elusiveness, sneaky speed and length is the difference. Thielen had the art down I wish he were still here to teach Addison. McCardle will be a good teacher hopefully.

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NoDakRube
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 4:49 pm

Good rep by Bynum…That is fine with me.

Mjolnir
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 4:50 pm

He’ll be fine.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Mjolnir
5 August 2023 5:22 pm

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Mjolnir
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 5:50 pm

Lol… just saying. It’s one rep. Other guy gets paid too. I think Addison will be a good addition to the offense.

NoDakRube
5 August 2023 3:31 pm

Hey Lifer, shot an 85 today…Had the lucky horseshoe up my ass again. Hit two shots into ponds that somehow found rocks and bounced out…parred both of those. Had 2 legit birdies on a couple of par 3s…can’t remember the last time I had two birdies in one round.

DE Viking
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 3:32 pm

Great round Rube.
Take good luck when you can get it.

NoDakRube
Reply to  DE Viking
5 August 2023 3:33 pm

THanks man.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 3:35 pm

Scorecard doesn’t care how the score was made – good luck or bad luck. It all evens out.
Congratulations on the round. Two birdies is great.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 3:46 pm

Best round I remember someone posting this year man unless NVF shot a stroke or two better. Way to go!! I would be ecstatic with an 85!

88 is the lowest I shot this year but shot a 41 on a nine this year so I’m lurking in that area on a good day.

I had some lucky bounces yesterday also, pulled a power driver hard straight left, went about 100 yards hit the middle of a big oak about 20 feet up and ricochet straight across to the right not going forward or backward just dead right, right in the middle of the fairway. Smoked my 3 wood 225 around and down a dogleg left to the right middle of the fairway (by far my best shot of the day, guys were amazed i hit it they were down the fairway sanding to the side) hit a wedge in close and made a par.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 4:48 pm

Thanks man, as I said I was a little lucky,,,I only hit 2 greens in regulation and birdied them both…12 to 15 footers…but my playing partner was on the same line and a little farther out. It is much easier to putt when you know how its going to break rather than guess.

But I was always around the green, so had a lot of 2 putt bogeys, only had one blow up, 18…that bastard got me again with a triple…even a bogey there gets me a 83…oh well.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 5:30 pm

Two putt bogeys saved ya…

NoDakRube
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 5:32 pm

yeppers…bogeys are my friend…if I slop out and get a par its a bonus.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 4:54 pm

Smoked my 3 wood 225 around and down a dogleg left 

Thats a decent 3 wood. Those are the shots that keep us coming back.
I think my 3 wood maxes out at about 210 these days…When I was a young buck I could hit it 250+…Oh well….still a great game.

Mjolnir
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 4:58 pm

Can’t speak for the 3 wood but I smoked a 2 gram earlier and that was nice….

NoDakRube
Reply to  Mjolnir
5 August 2023 4:59 pm

Good for you dude! “Smoke em if ya got em”!

NoDakRube
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 5:01 pm

I have a feeling its an entirely different kind of high…

Again, I have never done pot or any other drug…doesn’t mean I am morally superior in any way…I drink enough alcohol to keep several distilleries in the black…

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 5:22 pm

I never cared for smoking pot. Had free stuff around as a teen since my dad grew it. It just made me hungry and tired. Now I am fine with a nap.

Today I am a big fan of the THC gummies, and even the seltzers. Zero hangover, different type of buzz. Loving the chill. Way better for me than booze.
Still drink, just way less often and less volume.

I can get THC couchlock and think some lame movie is entertaining. Wake up for work at 5 am and feel fine.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Surly Viking
5 August 2023 5:25 pm

Yeah, people keep telling me I should give it a try…
Little worried that I since I have become an over achiever in alcohol consumption, the same thing would happen with gummies et al…

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 5:34 pm

I highly suggest trying gummies.
5 mg “MN Nice” will not do much, just relax you. If you wanna feel something more, wait an hour and take another., Then chill. Literally.

A friend gave me a few 30 mg gummies from CO. I cut it in half. Still knocked me on my ass.

Found cheers reruns on TV and had a glorious 3 hours of laughing.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 4:23 pm

Nice round! I played 9 this morning. Bogey, double, threw away the scorecard and enjoyed the rest of the round.
I only missed one fairway with my driver, and the second shot was playable for a decent golfer (long rough). I promptly hit the ball into the water. Lost two balls, made some good shots, made some terrible shots. Irons are going well, Driver is going well.

Hybrid and short game misery today.

More fun next weekend. Tomorrow looks like a rain out.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Surly Viking
5 August 2023 4:35 pm

Glad you threw the scorecard out and just had some fun. Try some shots, see what happens. Good for you.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 5:03 pm

Nice round! The question is, did you have fun?

NoDakRube
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 5:10 pm

Yessir, I had a lot of fun…

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 5:44 pm

Awesome… glad to hear that. Golf is a game we play. If you’re playing, and you aren’t having fun, there’s something wrong.

NoDakRube
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 5:12 pm

Although I will say walking the golf course is part of my weight loss program…
After today’s round the scale was on the right side of 300 for the first time in quite a few years….I played college football at 230…want to get down to at least 250…walking a golf course is a great way to burn calories.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 5:24 pm

See my reference to THC Gummies/Seltzers vs booze.
Easiest way for me to lose 15 pounds in a month was zero booze and lower carb/no sugar.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Surly Viking
5 August 2023 5:26 pm

Yes…this I know…alcohol is the enemy of weight loss.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 5:28 pm

yep. but it is so much fun!
I do miss beer. Even lite beer is better than the white claw things. But for me, beer = fat juice.

Still drinking beer on my Birthday, and once per month during football season.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Surly Viking
5 August 2023 5:30 pm

Yes…I am at about 28 per week…(down from 34), split between light beer, wine, and whiskey….Need to get it down to under 14….

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
5 August 2023 5:41 pm

Good luck!
It sucks to have to give up things we like. Beer and Pizza would for sure be my last meal choice.
Steak a close second (still with beer)
I still have 20 pounds to lose, but cutting back on booze has helped a lot.

Lifer
Admin
5 August 2023 3:25 pm

CJ Ham has lost 12 lbs this offseason to be quicker and more of a run threat so when in 12 personnel if defenses double JJ, Cousins can audible to a run and he can lead block or take the hand off and if they don’t double JJ, Ham can stay in and help Oliver block. Going to be a lot of options in this defense especially if Addison becomes the threat from great route running.

DE Viking
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 3:27 pm

Cousins can audible 

Cousins doesn’t audible much.
Thats a huge weakness.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
5 August 2023 3:36 pm

Why doesn’t he audible much?

DE Viking
Reply to  JRobert
5 August 2023 3:41 pm

Not sure.
I read a story last year where it said Cousins rarely audibles and actually leaves it up to Bradbury to change it at the line.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
5 August 2023 4:26 pm

The center never calls an audible. They change protection at the line. In the new offense which of course no one mastered last year, there is a primary call in the huddle and sometimes a “can” call. If Cousins doesn’t like the defensive look he’s getting, he can “can” the play to the alternate. Unless the team has simple audible calls at the line that are one or two words, it’s impossible to call the whole play on the fly at the line.

It’s important to note that if the QB is audibling at the line, and the rest of the offense doesn’t know the play, it’s a disaster waiting to happen. This offense is really hard to master, and has a lot of moving parts. Maybe this year KOC will have audibles built into the game plan the team can use. Last year the offense wasn’t mature at all.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 4:40 pm

At first thought, I’d have an audible for kirk anytime he looks out and sees JJ in single coverage.
but then starting thinking, if JJ is in single, they’re probably bringing heat and we may not have the formation to handle it. And I guess, if we have time to move folks around, they’ll change the defense. Mind games.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
5 August 2023 4:47 pm

Hot reads are always something the QB works on with the receivers. If a CB is playing way off, Cousins can take the snap and hit the hot read immediately. He used to do that with Thielen a lot.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
5 August 2023 3:45 pm

Zimmer didn’t want him to and got upset when he did.
KOC wants him to do it more but with the new Offense he is working on doing more of it.
As I understand it that is.

norseman1
norseman1
5 August 2023 12:53 pm

Read article said 3 vets in danger of being cut.
Joseph
Reagor. Yes.
Lynch. Duh, must have been the kiss of death.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
5 August 2023 12:58 pm

Have heard the the rookie kicker is accurate from inside the 50, no so much from distance.
Seems like we have tried that once before.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
5 August 2023 1:02 pm

Hope to see some competition Thursday.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
5 August 2023 3:15 pm

I read that article yesterday then Lynch shreds his knee…yikes. Sounds like he was on the bubble anyway.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
5 August 2023 2:49 pm

If he can regularly make XP’s that would be a plus.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
5 August 2023 3:03 pm

Joseph made 4 50+ yard FGs last year. To include that 61 yarder to win the 1st Giants game.
He also missed the 6 XP, looking like 12pts vs 6. Maybe the rookie can manage two long ones and we can call it a draw.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
5 August 2023 3:08 pm

I really don’t pay much attention to kickers. Until it counts of course – typical fan.
But I do think when you score a TD and then miss the XP, a good thing sort of gets tainted. Sort of a psych thing.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
5 August 2023 3:12 pm

Given that an extra point is now 33 yards more misses are understandable. Not a ‘given’ as the old 15 yarders were.

I didn’t like the misses as it changed the dynamic of many close games, but I didn’t see it as an Epic Failing either.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
5 August 2023 3:15 pm

Agree. Better D will solve a lot more of our problems.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
5 August 2023 3:18 pm

I understand the ‘narrative’ as all the misses seemed to complicate the rest of the games.
In part due to so many close games we had.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
5 August 2023 4:29 pm

The problem is our kicker led the league in missed extra points two years in a row I think.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 4:50 pm

Once every 3rd game (counting playoff) Tragic.

Could be better, hope they fix it.

norseman1
norseman1
5 August 2023 11:54 am

Read a satire on word salad gal:
Today is today. And yesterday was today yesterday. Tomorrow will be today tomorrow. So live today, so the future today will be as the past today as it is tomorrow.
That’s her.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  norseman1
5 August 2023 3:07 pm

How utterly ridiculous she is… and imagine… she is the Vice President of the United States…. galling.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 3:09 pm

One bad day from Sniffer away from becoming Cdr & Chief, scary.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 3:16 pm

Can you imagine she actually tried cases in court? I mean WTH

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
5 August 2023 3:17 pm

Suspect she had plenty of ‘help’.
She was more of a DEI hire as a DA here in Calif.

In fact the 1st time I heard her name was when a black inmate was Cuzzing about her, doing a dang good job if it too.

norseman1
norseman1
5 August 2023 11:47 am

Commenting closed! Ok man, whatever.

No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 9:25 am

Putting this at the top of the thread. Helsinki concert my wife is going to.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 9:27 am

With attachment

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Lifer
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Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 9:39 am

I’ve never heard of a single band on this promo. Interesting some aren’t even a name just a symbol. There are going to be some weird agents of darkness at that event that is for sure. I’m picturing some closet serial killers like from “Girl with the dragon tattoo” just weird fucks with demented kinks.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 10:44 am

Yeah… my wife likes some weird stuff. But she also likes the Righteous Brothers, Sam Cook, etc. She likes old Country as well. Broad appreciation of musical genres.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 12:31 pm

I can appreciate metal for sure, very talented musicians and I listened to a lot in the 80’s and early 90’s.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 12:36 pm

How many 3 putts? GIR don’t mean shit if your putting all over the carpet.

HUNViking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 6:27 am

Nice line up, your wife should have a blast. Helsinki is an awesome city as well.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  HUNViking
6 August 2023 6:34 am

This will be her third trip to Finland. She’s very excited.

HUNViking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
6 August 2023 6:59 am

I can see why she would be excited. I´ve been to Helsinki twice, hope I can go a 3rd time as well.

Lifer
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5 August 2023 8:46 am

So had an interesting round a Trump National yesterday evening. Beautiful afternoon post the day and a half of rain the course was perfect other than the greens still had punch marks from mid July that due to dry conditions had not yet fully recovered but were 80% back.

Was grouped with my friend member and two other gents, one customer I recognized from the balloon factory, the other a literal carbon copy of Rush Limbaugh I shit you not, looked just like him AND he works as a on air conservative talk host on a local radio station here lol…can’t make it up. Well I introduced myself pulled out my rainbow shafted driver which got some funny looks and my buddy laughed and said, “He calls that his Joe Biden shaft” (which I do) and we were off and running for 18 holes of pure political barbs and jokes. Had a fantastic time.

Shot a 50 / 54 from tee to green was in the zone, hit 9 GIR on a very long difficult course, my driver, woods and iron shots were on. Other holes naturally had some wayward shots but nothing I couldn’t scramble out of. The killer of the round was I had NINE 3 putts. I mean I couldn’t putt for shit, lag putting was ok not great and could not make anything inside 10 feet. That was my killer, also 3 triples and one quad on 18 didn’t help. Bad break on 18 perfect drive, perfect 7 iron to a layup position short of water, pulled my GW left to the back edge of a bunker had no down swing without hitting the edge of the bunker coming down so tried and sent my ball over the green in to the weeds. Chipped up and two putted for my only quad.

So my short game is killing me and the TriHot Putter below on the left is out and I’m going to try a TM Spider mallet in my bag in the middle there that I retrofitted with two 16 grams weight on the back. I have my Scotty in my 2nd guest bag on the right that probably is what I’ll end up going back to but will give the Spider a try.

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JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 8:53 am

Glad to hear your ball striking was that good – 9 GIR’s is great. I wouldn’t worry to much bout the putting on recently punched greens – one small mark will knock a ball off line.
Until you feel really comfortable with your putting, I’d go with the heaviest putter you;ve got. Gives you better feel.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
5 August 2023 9:12 am

Yup that’s my thought exactly…the Spider is the heaviest of the three and feels great in my hands.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 9:10 am

Glad you had fun…even with redneck conservatives. I shot a 90 yesterday…giving it another go today.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 2:53 pm

See you have an R11s driver – used to be a favorite of mine. Also see some Cleveland Xbore woods, they were great in the day.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 10:31 am

you have a lot of golf clubs.
I know once I complete my set, I am not keeping the 27 year old irons.

No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 7:49 am

Re-watching the Vikings Redskins game from last year. Remember the huge TD pass Heinicke threw into triple coverage and the back judge ran into Bynum and knocked him down? I mean talk about a strange season last year.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 8:17 am

Oh yeah…that and the beating Cousins took was a thrill ride…little did we know Kirk wasn’t done and 7 days later had a 2nd act that was even better.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 8:32 am

Plays like that are a reminder that luck went both ways last year, although many don’t seem to remember that.

Mjolnir
5 August 2023 7:35 am

Sad to see that Steve McMichael is not doing well. Always liked him as a player.

Lifer
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Reply to  Mjolnir
5 August 2023 8:15 am

Saw that this morning…ALS. Probably the worst diagnosis I’ve encountered in 30 yrs of healthcare experience. You have total cognitive awarenesses but gradually lose all motor functions except your eye movement. Breathing everything gradually goes and you are left trapped in a shell withering body on mechanical ventilation until your heart gives out. One of the first patients I cared for as a 20 yr old RRT was a Merrill Lynch SVP who was in the end stages of ALS. To watch him and his beautiful wife who cared for him succumb to the horrors of ALS was life altering to me.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 8:25 am

It’s hideous. I’d rather someone sneak up behind and put a cap in my head.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
5 August 2023 8:54 am

I wanted to ask the SVP, hey…I can adjust the setting on this ventilator and you’ll go within a few minutes, but naturally never would even if he asked but would if it was legal. He would lay there in his underwear, body atrophied and skin yellow with an unhealthy oily sheen…I mean god damn man no one should have to suffer like that. I would 100% kill myself before I got to the state of not being able to take my own life. It was horrifying. His wife was in a zombie level state…it totally fucked her up….she was caring for him but he freaking broke her hard…she never said more than two words to me. Sad.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 8:26 am

Too bad State laws (most States) won’t allow someone to choose euthanasia rather than suffer to the end.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 8:48 am

Kevorkian was right in trying to change the perception of assisted suicide.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
5 August 2023 9:41 am

Problem is they go after the person that assisted them, your family or friends if you’re in a state unable to do it yourself.

Mjolnir
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 10:50 am

Not in Vermont. Can legally end your life there.

ChiVikesFan
ChiVikesFan
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 11:23 am

Agreed. It is a terrible thing to watch someone go through. My brother passed away from it at age 50. Was slow progressing and took him over the course of 10 years after diagnosis.

Surly Viking
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5 August 2023 7:17 am

Going to try that golfing thing again today. Only golfing 9, and it is a playing lesson.
Tomorrow looks like a wash out and no Sunday football yet.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Surly Viking
5 August 2023 7:26 am

Enjoy your day on the course. It’s not work, it’s play. Laugh a little, be relaxed, and have fun.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 7:34 am

Laughing. 6 days of just me and the cats.

DE Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 7:35 am

Lol…
I realized I responded to the wrong post and deleted it.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
5 August 2023 7:36 am

Wondered what happened… was like huh?

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
5 August 2023 7:05 am

GM and Skol!

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SkoIdiers
5 August 2023 7:07 am

GM and here we go!

Wife heads to Finland next Wednesday for some Heavy Metal festival in Helsinki.

DE Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 7:35 am

No sneaking ice cream while wifey is gone……

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
5 August 2023 7:38 am

She’s very excited about the trip. She has a number of friends in Sweden and Finland who follow the same bands she does. They all have VIP passes and will be roaming around Helsinki at all hours of the day and night. One of the featured bands come on stage at midnight, and there is some after concert party that starts at 4 a.m. on Sunday.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 8:49 am

Hun will probably be in attendance. He’s a big metal head lol….wonder what the headliner bands will be?

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Lifer
5 August 2023 9:19 am

Here’s the poster

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HUNViking
Reply to  Lifer
6 August 2023 7:26 am

Unfortunately not, aiming to go to Steelfest next May for a 3rd time.

NEW_HOME

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 August 2023 7:37 am

Quality music choice. My wife’s last concert was Taylor Swift.
I took her to see AC/DC, she complained about it being too loud.

Surly Viking
Admin
5 August 2023 6:12 am

Skol!

Weekend time

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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