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Another day removed from the Vikings’ big win over the Giants, I still like what I saw from the offense and defense on Sunday (and the special teams, nobody screwed up at least). I like the feeling of enjoying a win far more than sitting here after a loss trying to convince myself that one loss is nothing to worry about. Some early grades are in from Sunday.
I’m sitting here watching Monday Night Football. The 49ers running game is destroying the Jets defense, and the Jets offense is sputtering mainly due to dropped passes. Rogers is making some nice throws, and he just connected with Lazard on a free play (offsides defense) long ball. His interception was due to a tipped ball where it looked to me like the WR didn’t come back to the ball & gave the DB a chance to get his hand in there. I’ll link the final score below, I’m going to bed.
SKOL!!!!!!!!!
Vikings/NFL News and Updates
CBS Sports hands out their week one team grades.
Here’s the final score of the 49ers vs. Jets Monday Night Football game, from CBS Sports.
At Vikings.com, Harrison Smith talks about getting his 35th interception and the Vikings quest for ‘even better’. I love the fact that Smith is likely to spend his entire career with the Vikings, he’s still my favorite current Viking.
Media Selection
This is a few years old & it’s a couple hours long, but it’s a really good watch. I think people deserve to know the facts.
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So i watched the KOC interview with PA. I really appreciate how intentional KOC is when he compliments a player and he can lay out many examples of the positives a player brings. I really enjoyed what he said about Phillips and why they found it necessary to get him signed on for another couple years.
I then watch Flores interview, and it’s funny how those 2 coaches are just so different in terms of “coach speak”. While we all tease KOC for his coach speak, i also think he is completely intentional in how he describes a player and their attributes and qualities. Flores is just a little….quieter on that front. When asked about what he likes about Phillips, Flores didn’t struggle saying nice things about it, but it just doesn’t FLOW like it does with KOC, is all.
all in all. excited to have phillips back and excited to have KOC as our head coach and Flores as our DC
So you are saying that the compliments don’t ‘flow out of Coach Flo’?
they seem to more…trickle…
Sprinkle? Drizzle??
fo shizzle
There’s a pill for that.
Do you ‘trickle’ onto the pill??
Asking for a friend.
The two top hump day gifs in a single post? You wouldn’t be pandering to the audience, would you?
i mean i get why there isn’t a new thread up, it’s not like it’s the beginning of the actual vikings season. it’s not like there are actual football things to even talk about.
so it makes sense.
Logic checks out.
it’s interesting to see that when a new thread isn’t posted, the comments are way down, even though, we can still all comment on this thread and it won’t get bogged down.
I don’t want my wisdom to be lost in the ether…
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
blade runner auto rec
That scene honestly made my eyes a little misty when I saw it in the theater, long before you were born.
i have seen it in the theater as well…..but not when it was actually made, a billion years ago
Stop crying
Everyone enjoy the political theater last night? As soon as Kamala refused to answer how the Trump tariffs are so bad when they haven’t repealed them in 3.5 years, seriously I was yelling at the TV to her response, “that’s not the questions, that’s not what they asked!”
Then when Trump refused to answer why he shot down the border security plan because he had to defend his precious little rally ego. But really he answered without answering. It’s not hard to figure out the only thing he wants on the border is an ineffective waste of money of a wall because it would be “Trump’s wall” and the only thing that guy loves more than grabbing pussies is big structures with his name on them haha. Can’t blame him there lol.
I have found when I was younger I ws fairly good at poking holes in what others did and said. But with age and placement . in serious positions where I was the decision maker, found the need to be more constructive and solution based.
Was there any good or anything positive?
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You need to be sent to a re-education camp if you are not feeling the “vibe & joy”.
Delaware will be sending a tranny as our lone congressional rep.
Just when I thought I had escaped the re – education camp after leaving DC for all those years. I can only go so far South – running out of territory.
Ummmm you conveniently ignored Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy that reduced border traffic significantly. This policy forced all asylum seekers to remain in Mexico until their court date. This fixed the problem of asylum seekers coming through the borders, getting a court date, and never coming back for their hearing. They just disappeared into the country. It was an excellent “border control” policy.
Of course Biden ended the policy, but the Supreme Court sided with Trump, and it was reinstated.
As far as the debate goes he still dodged the question bigly. But yes I agree Remain in Mexico was a good policy, but why did he kill that border policy that was widely a bi-partisan deal? I still think it’s because he just wants that damn ego boosting wall.
Is that the same bill that had Billions of dollars going to Ukraine?
If you don’t know the answer to that, then you’re underinformed. Even before a bipartisan group of senators unveiled the text of a foreign aid and immigration overhaul bill on Feb. 4, it faced significant opposition from Trump and other Republican leaders.
Before the bill had been released, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz described it as “a steaming pile of crap.” After seeing it, Cruz said, “it turned out my assessment was far too kind.”
The bill seemed to allow up to 5,000 illegal immigrants a day, on average for seven days, before the restrictions from DHS could be activated. Democrats argued the bill was being misinterpreted, and Trump and the Republicans were playing politics.
Clearly the verbiage was not strong enough in this regard for Trump, and it really could have resulted in 35,000 illegals to enter before being enforced. In general it appeared to me that bill was aimed at two things. First spend $118B of taxpayer money, to increase the infrastructure and personnel to dramatically increase the processing of migrants into the country, and second reduce the President’s ability to close the border. You know, take away the power of the President to secure the country, which is job one for the President.
Neither of those things were good for the country, or the taxpayer.
Didn’t watch it. Knew it would be heavily biased in one direction, and from comments online, it appears that was true. Big surprise.
It wasn’t. Moderators really did try to hold both accountable for things imo. Both just wanted to skirt by any tough questions and get their sound bytes in. I am already sick of Opportunity Economy deal Kamala made sure to say 50 times lol.
I heard they were “fact checking” Trump in real time and pushing back on him to answer questions or calling him out on things, but they really did not do that at all for Kamala.
It was OK, nothing to write home about. Harris clearly “won” the debate. I think it barely moves the needle as at least 97% of voters have decided by now.
Didn’t watch, already know who I am voting for and the ‘election stuff’ is getting old.
Went to get a drink while The Teacher was watching and heard Cackles throwing out the old ‘dictator on day 1’ trope and I was glad I gave it a pass.
first!
Congratulations!
SKOL
Lol…. Clearly not.
see below.
VP smoked you by a full 13 minutes…..
freezey dum dum
The first to be second??
First auto rec
Except he is not first…..
No hump day apparently.
Not with that attitude!
Pablo gave up 4 run, none of them earned, in 7 complete and the Twinkies won 10-5.
In their 4 game losing streak they only scored 4 run so I guess the O is awake now.
Let us hope anyway.
All Day in trouble…..
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41206659/adrian-peterson-ordered-turn-assets-pay-12m-debt
39, earned a 100 mil and broke. Going after his assets. Man, poor planning.
No he just couldnt keep his dick in his pants and he is genuinely a stupid person. Just listen to his interviews, he’s dumb as hell , an amazing athletic specimen, but dumb as your car door.
This! But it’s interesting how the brain works. Dude clearly has very fast processing speeds and great spatial awareness.. but he dumb.
This I can agree with.
Tuesday thoughts…..
BFlo has his work cut out for him next week after watching SF chew up the Jets front 7. Will be interesting how they try to make up for our lack of an interior presence. Wondering if LDR will be active to have fresh DL legs on the field…
Offensively I think we can slow them a bit with the screen game – an area where AJ really excels. That and getting the ball out of Sam’s hand quickly. Thought the OLine held up well (except Ingram) against Lawrence & Thibodeaux – I think they can do the same against the 49ers. We’ll need excellent blocking out of our tackle tandem as both Bosa and Floyd can get after it – also will need Nailor to step up and fill Addison’s shoes as I’m betting he doesn’t play.
Weighing in since it’s Tuesday – I’m neither a Kirko hater nor an apologist. The goal here is a SB, many thought he was the guy to deliver it (most importantly the guys that write the checks). After 6 years and a lot of money we got a handful of good memories, twice as many forgettable ones and zero championships to show for it. The experiment failed. Period. He’s on another team now and I only care about how he does Week14 when he returns to Minnesota wearing another team’s jersey….
That said, I watched the ATL/PIT game alongside the Vikings game and the Falcons had no answer for Watt. Kirk looked sluggish and uncertain of his teammates and there a stark talent differences between Drake London and Justin Jefferson as your WR1. I think some can be blamed on scheme – but it looked clear to me that Kirko in ATL will be a work in progress. But seriously…. who gives a shit?
The MINNESOTA VIKINGS ARE 1-0! That’s all I care about.
Skol!
McCaffrey has calf/achilles issues, not sure what’s going on. Wonder about Addison, he’s running out of healthy ankles. Nailor (they call him speedy) would need a good game. Run game prob most important.
Blew by 420 comments today
Might could say we smoked past it….. 😈 🪴💨
Indeed
Is there a word or psych term for people who find delight in others’ sorrows or misfortunes?
Schadenfreude
Google this JR, prob get a 100 synonyms for it.
This is correct
Can often be confused with vindication.
Gesundheit….
Assholes
Haters
Blake Brandel played well Sunday, maybe the Vikings have finally found a good interior lineman
I’ve learned to not be too optimistic about one good performance, but wouldn’t that be nice?
Debate night. Get to hear the infinite wisdom from word salad. Moving to a centrist theme, doubt it has anything to do with buying votes.
“I’m speaking….. !!!”
Read over 90% of her staff has left in last 3 years. Speaks volumes.
Trump: Kamala, do you know what tomorrow is?
Kamala: Wednesday… duh…
You get to hear Kamala do a lot of “coach speak” and flowery nice words with no substance behind it while using gross over generalizations in order to demonize the right. While we get to hear Trump say he he’s the best at literally everything with no substance behind it mixed with name calling and punchlines and using gross over generalization of the left to demonize them.
Both sides constituents are so brain washed they’ll buy it hook line and stinker.
You know Edge, Switzerland never won a war.
But they never lost one either
I ain’t fuckin neutral. Nuke both sides!
Then what? Blow up the world to save us from ourselves.
Would rather live with imperfections.
I was being hyperbolic and silly. Not nuke the world. But tear down the Democratic and Republican party. That’d be nice.
No need for that – read below.
Country is in deep shit as it is. I just think with her it will be deeper shit.
The question though is does Trump stop the country from the shitter or simply delay it? It feels inevitable at this point until there are major changes which Trump will not do because congress won’t. If we are just delaying the inevitable, maybe we just rip the bandaid off and stop slowing down the wreck.
Trump doesn’t care about the country being the in the shitter. He cares about getting revenge.
Kamala doesn’t care about the country being in the shitter either.
Walz doesn’t care.
Vance doesn’t know where he is. Seriously, that dude is one dumb SOB.
Yes, the guy that went to Yale is an idiot.
Yeah, so clueless. Although ivy league education doesn’t make someone smart IMO, it is clear the guy isn’t close to being dumb.
He is a ding bat. Let’s put aside all the dumb dumb shit he has said since getting the nomination. Would you agree someone who said these things about Trump was an idiot:
I can’t decide if Trump is either a cynical asshole like Nixon or that he’s America’s Hitler
Trump is just another opioid for middle America, cultural heroin.
Trump is an idiot who creates fear and division.
Trump is a moral disaster
Trump taps into racially ugly attitudes.
All things Vance has said. But I guess since he has that Yale education you think these are smart things he has said…
You conflate saying some dumb shit with being a dumb shit.
If ANY Dem said ANY of those things you would say they are fucking dumb. BUT because the guy who is now your guy said it, that’s not what you say. Shocking.
I didn’t pass judgement whatsoever on those statements. I simply pointed out that you are cherry picking quotes to prove somebody is an idiot. Was it dumb to say those things? Yep, but that does not prove that he is dumb. He is supposedly at least smart enough to have had an open mind and changed his mind.
The reason I picked those, (there are so so many examples of what a ding dong he is) is to prove a point that you would hold a Dem to the flame for the comments. Don’t act like you wouldn’t if you say you wouldn’t then we can’t discuss anymore because you can’t argue with someone who is being disingenuous but since Vance said them… then let’s find reasons to not hold him tot he same standards.
I’ve agreed that they were stupid comments. All I’m saying is that he is not an idiot as you claim. I have no opinion of Vance really and don’t give a shit. If, big if, Trump wins, Vance will do basically nothing like all VPs and in 4 years, somebody else will likely beat him in the primary so Vance is irrelevant.
Maybe at the time that’s what he felt. Does that make him dumb? It might make him a liar or flip-flopper (like most politicians). I don’t think Ivy League education makes anyone smart, in fact, in some cases, it might do the opposite.
Not the point, not the point at all. I don’t care if he was honest, or whatever people are allowed to change their mind. I have no issues with that. My issues is if a Dem said those things you guys would put it on SUCH hard blast and say what a fucking idiot. Even if it was in the past. BUT since Vance said, it all the sudden let’s find reasons to not blast him for it. This is the shit that infuriates me. I’ve seen this thread put people on blast for saying much less of Trump.
Wow… you can’t decide if Trump is America’s Hitler??? That’s just not even remotely plausible.
These are things VANCE said, not me.
Sorry, I didn’t read it right. Now I need to check and see if Vance actually said those things in the context presented.
Yeah, Vance was a pretty hard Never Trumper.
So I did some research, and Vance was a never Trumper, like many politicians in 2016. The messaging on Trump was he was a Billionaire, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, who could never relate to the “common American” etc, etc, etc. The Hitler comment was based on his musings on what to make of Trump, not that he believed Trump was America’s Hitler.
What many folks learned though, was Trump was more committed to making America great again, than anyone could have believed. Vance saw up close and personal how Trump wielded power to indeed strike fear in the hearts of our enemies, and improve our strength, our power, and our security.
People can be misinformed, and have opinions that are ill-considered. That is all that was going on here.
Trump wants to make America great again… everything he did when in office, benefitted Americans.
See! There you go!!! You just said everything he did benefitted Americans. That would include benefitting himself! @He is all out for himself@
Laughing… and the spin is on!
Seriously? Based on what?
Here’s from a simple dumbass thst spent the last 50 years in DC dealing with this crowd.
Trump cares about the country.
Harris cares about the country.
BOTH want better future. BUT they differ greatly on WHAT is the bright future and HOW to then achieve this.
All the rest of this is theatre.
If Trump cared, actually cared about this country he wouldn’t have spent his whole career fucking the tax code and buying foreign steel etc… you can say he was a good business man for that, fine, but in the end HE DOES NOT CARE about the country. He cares about his bottom line first and if it is also good for the country then so be it. Again, like making sure off shore drilling is legal but not on beachfront property he owns. His bottom line matters first.
Kamala? If she cared more about the people of this country than climbing the ladder she wouldn’t have shit on peoples lives a DA when there was judge ruled shit evidence and involved. She was corrupt as hell and screwed peoples lives.
The Democratic and Republican party’s job is to win and pay back the people that funded their campaign with legislation that is good for them. That is their primary function.
Does this apply to Clinton Inc and Joe Biden Inc, selling access for cash?
Or only Trump?
This might shock everyone, EVERYBODY tries to avoid paying taxes if they can. Even you.
If you saw a guitar for sale on Facebook for $200 but you know that guitar is worth $500 what would you do?
He would buy it, then pay sales tax to the government to make sure they got their fair cut.
Yeah because giving another American money for their product they are selling for a few hundred bucks less than it’s worth is the same thing s giving foreign countries millions and millions instead of American companies and avoiding American taxes. True, great comparison.
It’s a simple character test and you failed to answer in an exactly predictable manner.
It’s you changing the point of what I said to try and win. It’s a strawman situation. Good job.
Nope, it’s you saying if Trump was a good person he would simply pay more than he has to. It’s easy for you to say he would when you have absolutely no concept of the amount of money you are talking about so I brought it to your level.
no no no, I never said Trump wasn’t a good person. Never said that, I said he cares about his bottom line first, not America’s well being. I think one of the only truly bad humans in vice or presidential office in my lifetime was Chaney. Like actually kind of evil.
I’ve heard stories and think Biden is up there as well.
That is ridiculous.
Can imperfect people have better thoughts.
Trump can be a trash man and Kamale a whore. OK, but can they still mean well and have a hopeful picture.
get past the theatre and personalities.
We are just going to disagree and I am fine with that as long as someone is consistent. That’s OK. As long as you aren’t just forgiving to one side. I just see the companies (Dem Party and Pub Party) they work for and how they operate. What matters first and foremost is NOT the American people.
Fair, we can disagree, that’s OK.
You present examples with merit and there is certainly a lot of it. But I maintain, while that is large, it is still in the minority.
Yeah I am totally down with people disagreeing with me. I am not in the right, my perspective is mine, yours is yours. What gets me pissed is when someone presents an argument but only applies it to their side if it’s positive and only applies it to the other side if it’s negative but never both sides equally. Just believe in what you say.
Look – lived iin DC for a long time and fully aware of all the assholes everywhere. Both sides. But all is not lost
Encourage you and everyone else – want to fix this. Stand up, be counted and make a difference. Do something about it. Words are great, action better.
And I simply will say this.
Kamala, for all the crap, stands for a progressive agenda.
And Trump, for all his crap, is really. not a conservative but more of a populist and that drives his popularity.
Now er can say they are both crap, and both parties are crooked and don’t care, but that serves very little purpose. Pissing into the wind.
Really? I agree on the Trump stance but I have a hard time thinking Kamala is progressive when her whole stint as a DA wasn’t very progressive. But I understand what you are saying.
She “stands” for a progressive agenda. She is a puppet of Obama. He’s calling the shots.
Lets see, forgive college loans, free health care and services to as many illegals come to America as possible, grant immunity to illegals currently here, institute price controls (not really progressive just stupid)…institue a tax on unrealized capital gains…
Nope nothing progressive about her.
Price controls is an old commie trick and don’t forget that she was the most liberal senator when still there.
Haha yeah, just ridiculous comments by edge. But everyone else is the problem.
Do you care about this country? If so, do you give extra to the IRS? If not, you do not care about this country.
Wow…. clueless. Vance is dumb? Really? He talks better than all the others combined.
Also, revenge might be how you get people to stop breaking the law and driving the country further into the proverbial “shitter”. Consequences for treason and lies.
Anything short of the Javier Milei chainsaw approach will not be enough.
Yeah, perhaps Elon’s efficiency commission can cut 75% of government and trim the fat like for X.
That’s the only hope, but I don’t think Kamala will hire Elon.
Haha yeah, exactly. Once she wins by 100 million votes, it will be unlikely.
Anyone who Larps as a high level national guard member and talks about eating funnel cake like its his national past time is dumb, yes.
The vast majority of people are dumb, IMO. But when compared to Kamala, Trump, Biden, or Walz? He’s significantly smarter on pretty much any scale, I would bet.
I just confused Walz with Vance, my bad. Swap those two in my comment. I was mostly trying to generate some humor. Carry on
You can’t drain the swamp when you’re ass deep in aligators – first things first.
I’m just saying that it feels more and more like the swamp will not be drained until it is burned to the ground and scooping a couple of cups out is not gonna keep it from burning to the ground. I fear the country is too far down the path of destruction to turn around.
Trump needs to win and then 8 years of Vance. Trump will not listen to the insiders this. CIA FBI DOJ – clear out all senior executives. And then. most all the woke folks including flags in the military.
And be vigilant about.
I tend to agree.
If Trump actually takes the oath of office, it will be a four delay. I don’t see anybody else willing to fight like Trump.
I honestly think DeSantis would help some things. But probably cares more about his reputation than Trump does, so he could fold somewhat.
The deep state has dirt on all of them. That’s why even the ones that seem to be the staunchest hard liners fall in line when they get any power.
I see some of the stuff he’s done in Florida, however, and the BS he’s put an end to, and am optimistic (though realistic, too, that even if he wants change, people will fight to continue the corrupt system as is).
Yeah, but that’s at the state level. Trump didn’t cave to the deep state and look how that’s gone for him. Look at some of the Speakers for example though. Conservatives were happy with Johnson because he was supposed to be a hard liner and the day he was signed in as Speaker, poof, his backbone is gone.
I agree, that’s why I said he might fold. I could see it happening.
You need. more reps. That aside, the swamp is upper levels of civilians at DOJ,CIA DOD,FBI
Start the clean up there.
Trump knows better this time.
DeSantis is an absolute stud. He would not fold and is tough as hell.
Of course you do, you usually vote for which party? I bet I can guess… We ARE NOT in good hands either way. The companies funding these campaigns are, as usual in a win-win situation. We the people are in lose-lose. But roughly half of us will feel like we won because we’ve given in to being divided, picking a side to care about but it’s a side that couldn’t give one shit about we the people.
Trump increased minority owned businesses at a higher rate than any President in history. We were exporting more oil than we were importing under Trump, something that I have never experienced at any other point in my lifetime. He canceled many bad trade deals where the U.S. was getting robbed. He threatened to cancel the two new Boeing 747 contracts because they were grossly bloated, and the CEO acquiesced to his demands. He let Putin know if he ever threatened Ukraine, he would know what it’s like to get his ass whooped.
I could list literally tens of dozens of real accomplishments, but you claim he never did anything of substance. Trump is hands down the greatest President I ever served.
Yup Trump did some good things. I don’t doubt that. He isn’t a an absolute villain trying to destroy the country. You know who else did good things? Obama, Biden etc… So? Do you really think because they did some good things it was in the name of giving a shit about this country?
I have said repeatedly it’s easy to spot someone who is just totally brain washed because if you can name good things your side has done but none of the other side… then you’re brain washed.
Name something Obama did? Like ignoring Americans getting beheaded on international TV? remember that? I DO!
Actually Biden did do something – rather big. He said he wanted to be a transformational President and he was.
When he came in office race relations had reached an all time high – only about 33 % felt it was bad. When he left, 33 rose to 68%, and the entire Woke movement took off.
And the country has not been the same since.
Biden should have said “Obama.”
Name a few good things Biden did. Or Obama. I’d like to hear.
Loathed Obama’s race baiting and divisive rhetoric, but he did sign law or EO (I forget) allowing me to carry a sidearm in National Parks. I agreed with that and I carry in Glacier, haven’t been to Yellowstone for a while.
Hadn’t heard of that, honestly. Surprises me a great amount.
Me as well
No, anyone I have ever had this talk with who said something that ridiculous won’t accept reality. It is a very easy thing to find. Only thing is, saying Biden did it isn’t really true, his puppeteers and administration might have done it, not him, so I misspoke there.
That ridiculous? You suggested it!
I especially like the 28 percent inflation on food that he has been able to pull off since he got into office…It so helpful for the poor and the middle class.
You forgot the price of gas. It was $2.38 a gallon on average when Trump left office.
The only problem with the suggestion is is you might think and claim something is good (like providing “gender affirming care”), while I might say that it is bad (or not helpful to the country at best).
Yeah, but he doesn’t talk nice, so…… feelings.
No need for word salad when you have the questioons.
It’s gonna be great! Hopefully the ratings are so high as to guarantee another debate.
Norseman, you broke the glass on the Debate topic and all hell broke lose…
Then i exit. (snicker)
My wife sent me this…
Huh, I had you pegged as a Swifty, NVF.
Laughing… so hard.
Beavis and Butthead, best cartoon ever. Seen all the episodes, old & new. I pay for Paramount+ just for this cartoon.
This is great…
No cap! That was bussin!
Kittle seems sure McCaffrey will play Sunday. Purple are at +4.5 now.
Probably don’t need to remind anyone, but tomorrow will be the 23rd anniversary of 9/11.
Never forget.
I will never forget since it’s my oldest daughters birthday.
Wow…
She was born in 1997, not 2001.
If I forget that, send me to the funny farm.
Laughing… still a very significant date, and as you say, you’ll never ever forget it.
One generation had Dec 7 we have Sep 11.
And another generation had Jan. 7th.
Happy 74th birthday JR!!!!
Thanks, Were times didn’t think I’d get here. You no doubt know more about that than I do. Nonetheless, it’s been a lot of fun and I’m blessed in so many ways.
As expected
Is this a joke – did they watch Rogers play last night.
Just shows the greatest of PFF. I’m sure Zim will concur.
Believe both Sam and Purdy played very efficient games. And I’m completely fine with being a game manager. But who you’ve got around you and who you’re playing make a huge difference in performance.
I was thinking the same thing. No way does he grade out that highly.
Anyone have further opinions on the Tyreek Hill cluster on Sunday prior to the game?
I watched the entire 28 minute bodycam video online. I really think Tyreek was being a bit of an ass at the beginning when he was first pulled over.
However, the officer overreacted as well. I could never do that job. I would just shoot people.
I am sure lawsuits are following.
Made me think of the last time I got pulled over for speeding. I was doing 49 in a 40 zone. Saw the cop as I rounded a corner, the patrol car was facing me. As soon as the lights came on, I pulled over, got my license and proof of insurance out, rolled down my window and had my hands at 10/2 on the steering wheel. Officer asked me what the speed limit is. “45”. Nope, 40. me “well, I was going faster than that for sure”.
I was never hauled out of my car or tazed. But I am also driving a shitty Kia not a McLaren.
I always know what I did wrong when a cop pulls me over. When they ask, I just admit it.
The only things I’ve ever gotten tickets for were running two stop signs. Otherwise, they just let me off with a warning.
Reminded me of the Scottie Scheffler incident, frankly. The cops didn’t need to manhandle Hill the way they did, or handcuff his fellow teammate. They just needed to give him a ticket, and be done with it.
I think they would have just gave him a ticket and would have been done with it had he not been such a dickhead about it.
I agree. Don’t be an ass to cops. They have guns.
Likely true.
They require compliance.
Once he rolled up his window and ignored him he elevated the situation.
Overreaction? sure, douchebaggery? probably.
Note, I did not watch the 28m body cam footage either.
My gut feeling is to exactly agree with you but then I go… did the cop overreact? I did NOT watch the full 28 clip but just the highlights of him bitching at the cop to not knock on his window and such. I guess the cop could have said, “Get out of the vehicle” and then when he didn’t he could have said, “I am only going to ask one more time, after that you will be physically removed from the vehicle by force, the choice is yours.” Ya know, so I am not sure the cop went “too far” per say but he could have went about it what he did in a better way.
Haven’t heard what he did before this to lead to them pulling him over.
He was speeding and not wearing a seatbelt.
Or, the other version, he was a black man driving an expensive car.
I’m sure it’s the latter and the cops didn’t know it was a player on his way to the game.
with tinted windows
yeah, the situation could have been avoided completely. But instead of asking him to get out of the car it was “Get out of the fucking car!”. cop went full aggressive mode to a level that is scary. Did not give him a chance to get out of the car, but pulled him out and tossed him to the ground. Two teammates stopped to see what was going on. The aggressiveness of the officers showed up there as well. Basically, Hill was an ass, and the cops said “we will show you how to be an ass”.
Yeah, some politeness could have gone a long ways, but at the same time, with some of the people they have to deal with daily, I can understand their limited patience with stuff.
100% agreed with your side and what you are saying here.
lol
Arguing with Inmates all day can get old quick.
Keeping a sense of humor helps a lot.
Of course that ‘triggers’ some inmates as well.
I’ll go there.
If that was JJ McCarthy or Justin Jefferson, I would have zero sympathy for them. In fact, I would be a little pissed as a fan that they would act in that matter.
I have watched plenty of videos of people successfully playing the “I don’t answer questions, I don’t consent to search…” etc. Tyreek did it all wrong.
First of all, he was clearly speeding and double dumbass not wearing a seatbelt. OK he says “do your thing do what you gotta do” after griping about the officer knocking on his fully tinted raised window. Key #1 is you need to answer the officer’s questions. You are not legally required to roll the window all the way down but you can’t roll it all the way up when they ask you to have it down, and you need to verbalize your reasons for not rolling it all the way down. Fully tinted window all the way up the officers had every reason to be suspicious and concerned for their safety. He then ignores the officers repeatedly which is not wise, say “I don’t answer questions” but don’t sit there mute.
The officer asked him 7 times to get out of the vehicle. If a peace officer asks you to get out of your car, at that point you have a crystal clear sign that the whole traffic offense has escalated dramatically and you just need to do exactly what they say. I thought they took him out of the car very gracefully considering the potential threat.
Next thing you have multiple people rolling up and walking up to the scene. If you are approaching a traffic stop you can expect to be asked to move back or present ID.
I think Tyreek acted like a dumbass. He’s 100% at fault for the situation escalating like it did.
That being said, the cop could’ve handled it better, too. Might be a learning moment for him.
Doesn’t he have about 10 kids or am i thinking of someone else?
Nah, Hill is just a classy guy that beats up women.
Pretty sure he has more kids than Adrian also.
Rumor has it Adrian has to turn over assets for a $12M debt.
I’m not sure about that, but he did beat and choke his pregnant girlfriend and the child was later found to have been abused when like 3 years old
Looks like he has 3 kids with his ex and then knocked up 3 women within 4 months, none of them being his wife at the time. Maybe not AD level, but he’s trying.
I didn’t know that, I just knew had the three with his wife, didn’t know they split but looks like he’s on a trajectory for that Dominique Rodgers cromartie level
Yeah, 3 in 4 months is impressive.
that’s correct – beats up women!
So Darrisaw threw a ‘no hitter’ on Sunday for the Vikings.
https://thevikingage.com/posts/baseball-analogy-christian-darrisaw-week-1-minnesota-vikings-new-york-giants
I like the block where he used his guy to block the DT next to him.
That’s some shit out of a movie haha
Pay the man!
oh, they already have
I’m in Williston having lunch, eating some Mexico food. Yum.
I haven’t been to Williston in decades. Crazy with all the talk around here you would think it was like Bogota.
It’s not horrible, but I don’t stay long. I do my inspections & leave, sometimes I eat, like today.
Now I am hankering for a quesadilla, thanks.
I’m having fajitas
I pronounce those fadgeittass
That’s correct
Have fun and ask the Spanish speakers in the restaurant to say vegetables, chaos, daughter or literature.
Got the tortillas and chicken, already had the salsa so all set now.
I should ask for chop sticks.
Iv never been to Williston and I plan on keeping it that way but NoDak has had an influx of folks from across the boarder in the past 12-15 years and with that has come some fantastic, legit Mexican food. They keep popping up in Bismarck and the one in Dickinson next to the interstate exit is also very very good.
Heh there are 4 Mexican restaurants within 200 yards of the centre exit in Dickinson.
Yup! The one directly to the south west on that little hill is my favorite. Theres an older one to the north when you turn to go to Manning thats been there a while, and is not as good imo. Then theres a food truck one to the NE. Its wild.
If you ever want breakfast in Dickinson, go to Country Rose Café on East Villard.
Noted
This has to be Wrenage’s new favorite player.
Egad! That hair!
So the Falcons really know how to use Kirk it seems… from Yahoo:
23. Atlanta Falcons (0-1, LW: 15)It is troubling that the Falcons changed their offense to presumably account for Kirk Cousins not being able to move. They were the only team in the NFL through Sunday’s games that didn’t have one play-action pass. They were in the pistol or shotgun formation on 96% of snaps according to ESPN’s Field Yates, and Cousins has never operated extensively out of the pistol formation. Atlanta was predictable too, never running out of the shotgun and running 81% of time when they lined up in pistol, according to Yates. If Cousins can’t move as he comes off a torn Achilles, Sunday’s offense is unsustainable and they’d have to consider rookie Michael Penix Jr. at some point. Not all Week 1 issues are long-term concerns, but this one is.
So basically, one of the most effective quarterbacks at playaction, you don’t even use once the whole game. Good work, OC and HC.
Part of me thinks they are running this offense for Penix.
Glad it’s not Kirko’s fault……
Read they run this offense as MCkay switched to it last year once his line fell apart. Suppose to let the QB get rid of ball quickly.
Looks like crap to me.
Believe Cousins has been in top 3 of the league over last five years on play action. Last year had over 2350 yards in 8 games. From 22 year, he was second to only Mahomes with air balls over 20 yards down the field. Yet, atlanta seldom had a receiver beyond 10 yards of scrimmage. Simply crazy.
That’s mind bottling.
I didn’t watch the game, as I was watching the Vikings (of course) but if this is true, that OC is a total dumbass.
The pistol formation is very versatile, IF the quarterback is a threat to run the ball. The Pistol is paired with the option play, where the quarterback reads one or more defenders and reacts to their responses to the snap, then makes a decision to either hand the ball off to the running back, or keep it and run himself. Cousins is a pocket passer. WTF is the OC doing putting him in the Pistol, four yards off the line of scrimmage, with the RB lined up three yards directly behind him? Cousins can’t adjust the RB, to help pick up the blitz, and he’s a sitting duck at four yards. The pass rushers can just blow him away from that spot.
As I said, I didn’t watch the game, so cannot say much, but on the surface of it, Cousins in the Pistol is ridiculous in the extreme.
Lots of rumors swirling that the achilles isn’t actually healed or he doesn’t trust it so the play calling was to compensate.
Dumb. Then play someone else for a few weeks.
I’m sure there are lots of rumors, but every single reporter from training camp said he was running around and dropping back with no problem. Cousins himself said he was full go from the start of training camp. There was no report that he looked like he was favoring his leg at all, and everyone on the planet was watching for that.
I think it was a rookie OC that made a huge tactical error.
CMC also said he wasn’t hurt and there was 0 chance he wouldn’t play last night.
I don’t know anything about that, I just know Cousins is fine. Reporters were tracking his every move in training camp, watching for the slightest inkling that his keg was not healed.
Heard today, from a couple of guys that Played with Rogers, they could tell he wasn’t fully healed and didn’t move at all like he usually does.
And to make matters worse, they had absolutely no plan to block Watt – he destroy the offensive RT.
You couldn’t come up with a worse scheme to go at the Steeler defense.
Had a bit of an emergency, so got to watch the game by accident.
Looked like a Mickey Mouse offense.
You should go watch the game recap, its quite entertaining.
Why?
I just thought you’d be curious how your favorite player did in his debut, at home, as a lauded known, reliable, great product. I was told there would be tears in my beers as well.
well you wrong, as usual…
I have no idea if he was hurt or not, but there’s one maybe two QB’s in the entire NFL could have thrived in those circumstances.
The excuse train has left the station, choo, choo.
About what, please, elaborate in detail how I was wrong. You didnt even watch the game, at least I can say I did. You can’t tell me im wrong if you have nothing to back that up. (Im absolutely right btw and its okay for you to admit that you wont burst into flames, I promise)
You’re wrong about pretty much everything KFEY.
You’re not going to give me a proper football based answer because you have none. And you let your bias and hubris get the best of you. At least man up when you’re wrong. That’s okay. I’ll bring it up again next Tuesday after we see more trash tier play on Monday night 🙂 ta ta there bud.
There’s no need to answer you about anything… stay on the porch son. Where you belong.
Scared, weak, wrong, arrogant, response. The porch is lookin pretty sunny and nice these days <3 Better be careful, it might be the only part of the house thats left standing.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
He cant run play action if he cant physically move. He was a statue BEFORE this injury, now he looks bolted to the ground. If he’s not 100% he shouldn’t be out there. Thats on Atlanta. But it looks bad if your highest paid player is on the bench week 1, let alone at the QB position. Its a circus…and Im here for it!
Exactly. Either don’t play him, or come up with a better plan. Incompetence all around.
Or, they want him to fail so they can play the rookie so they are coming up with game plans to make him look bad.
That would be….. extra dumb. Paying him that much to sabotage is next-level stupidity.
Maybe it’s a Spielman/Zimmer situation and the GM signed him even though the coach didn’t want him.
I will admit, its fun watching this from the outside. Is this what the rest of the league was like watching us for the past 5+ years?
yes. The Vikings tried to fit a square peg into a round hole, and the rest of the league laughed.
Can’t speak to last 5, but last 3 (since moving) and the rest of the league seemed to be quite amused with our defense, especially the two minute defense.
Not talking about our defense or said excuses. Dont change the subject.
Could be, but ultimately that makes everyone look worse, and potentially costs them their jobs.
That’s far too Macavillian.
I’m sure it’s mostly incompetence all around. I figured I’d better point out the sarcasm directly since there seem to be a few busted sarcasm meters these days.
Incompetence is the right word for sure.
Already trouble in the Big Apple?
Just treating him like family.
LOL
That’s funny right there.
Well plaid.
Brooooo lol, he’s already dead
these things are SO DUMB.
it’s a 2.5 second clip, rodgers is obviously holding his own tablet, someone to the side of him is also talking to him. and i guarantee you he wasn’t “ignoring” hackett…
this is no better than TMZ crap
Right?
It was, he quickly turned back, after clip. BS stuff.
It’s a 2 second clip, he just as easily could have someone talking to him on the other side.
Or you guys could chill and have some fun with a funny clip and stop over analyzing a joke.
Since I bet the Jets didn’t think funny at all. Hackett is the worst OC in the league.
Falcons OC might be after deciding to pay Kirko 40 billion dollars and then not use any play action. What a dingus!
Heard either they changed his footwork or he did because of the injury too. If they pushed it, that’s pretty bold to try with an old QB coming off an injury.
You don’t pay a guy a boat load of cash and sign him for 4 years and not use him in a manner in which he has always shown is the best way to use him.
But maybe their coaches are smarter than all the other ones.
Folks should look at that offensive set up. Looked like PeeWee football. And, this is worse, their OC had never heard of Watt and had no plan for blocking hime. It was crazy to look at.
Why would he care about light bulbs when he’s making his game plan?
He was in the dark for sure..
Did you watch the game? That shitty huh? Kind of feel bad for him.
Yes, on down here. My wife had a medical problem so was watching away from house and NFL Plus.
It was the shittiest looking offense I have seen. Even a successful pass, hardly goes beyond 5 yards from LOC.
Hope your wife is OK.
Fine now thanks. People on blood thinners cutting tomatoes – bad combo sometimes.
I’m 74 today and just enjoying all the enlightening football insights.
Did you remind her that the knife is for the tomatoes not her fingers? (Also, glad she’s alright and it wasn’t anything more serious).
That is exactly what the Vikings did.
Go and get a very accurate pocket passer that is not really mobile, and then place him behind a crappy interior line, and expect magic.
Well especially after it was quite obvious looking at Keenum’s year he was OFTEN escaping immanent death.
2017 was a crazy run.
Surprised I did not die of heart failure that year.
I did several times. It was my list year living in an apartment, and had a friend as a roomie, we hosted many Vikings watch parties in that place in 2017-18. Good times, good friends. Miracle game there will always be burned into my mind.
He for sure boosted that O lines rankings. Running away form pressures and sacks. And it worked. It was such a fun ride to watch every week.
He at least has the excuse that was his first game as a OC. What’s Hackett’s excuse?
Naw, this is exactly what happens in damn near all aspects of our lives. We are so damn tribal. We like to suspend our rational brain if it’s something that confirms biases we already have. Good or bad and it drives me nuts.
No. It was nothing more than a funny look from a QB I thought everybody here had at least some mutual dislike for. Go ahead and read more into it if you want but it will have as much meaning as a tarot card reading from a blind homeless guy.
What the heck does this mean – really?
He must find deeper meaning in everything that is not there so he can feel like the smartest guy in the room.
It means that just because I think Aaron is a d-bag prima donna doesn’t mean I am going to turn any reasoning in my brain off to say, “Yeah a 2 second video confirms that, he’s terrible.” Didn’t think it was really a joke either, sorry missed the punch line I guess.
I agreed with you – just didn’t understand what you said. And to me Rogers has/had talent, one of the most talented ever.
And part of his talent is how damn smart/football smart he is. Using every angle and inch to his advantage. I think he is more talented than Brady but I think Brady elevates and entire team more, obviously.
Not helpful.
Time for The Jacksons to shine.
Tristen to be active and maybe move Lucky off of the PS for the week?
Nailor will be the WR2.
But yeah, could be the Jackson 2 game.
Speedy to the rescue.
Love it.
I love me some Tristan Jackson.
I
Luckily they’re deep at WR.
A little early for this hype, but why not?
The second rookie since 1961 to have a sack for the Vikings in their first game? Wow.
So everyone but two guys were eunuchs?
Well Plaid.
Rec for you.
That’s the claim.
Um… wait… most people have more than ONE SACK?
Well apparently most Viking rookies have no sack, at least week one
A detachable Sack?
lol love that song
can you do me a favor?
Maybe
stop moping around and start commenting on here more regularly
I’ll try, my work schedule gets in the way sometimes
1 sack in 1 game.
I want the guy to be great.
So far, he looks pretty good.
As long as he lines up onside. lol
actually love the first part of that speech.
i do love KOC and we can joke about the current “kumbaya” stuff, but he knows how to encourage people. shows all the ways they were the better team, and not in a mean way.
i love it
I wish he was my boss
#ThatsMyCoach
LOL well right on cue talking about re-signings this morning….
Extensions don’t really effect all of the current cap money we have available I believe.
Still have some we have to use up or lose at the end of the year especially after the Hock move they made recently.
i don’t know either way, i just like shoring up a solid team.
we only have a couple more guys we need to re-sign and we are set for a couple years
It depends on how they structure it and the remaining cap space they have for this year will carry over to next year as long as they spend like 70% of the cap.
So we converted a bunch of money from Hock to clear cap space in order to carry it over to next year??
Color me skeptical.
I don’t think that is the reason.
They now have like $8 million for this year.
Likely to sign some players if and when necessary.
There won’t be much carryover into 2025 IMO.
Good job Skolly.
Nicely done Freeze
some could say i’m the most GM-minded poster here right now….
You’re always first with me.
He’ll probably be on IR before the bye now
FFS,
Yep.
I like it.
Need a few more bodies for depth, but this is a very good move.
Kwesi SMRT
Irv could still breakout with his latest potential team. Patriots.
‘Breaking out Irv”
Seems like we have heard that somewhere before.
It’s the next Netflix football documentary
We joke about this now, but so many here were legitimately convinced he was going to be a superstar. I hated him from the start, since he only ever seemed to catch 50% of the passes that hit his hands.
Next year if he’s on a team the only thing he’ll be breaking out of is the unemployment line…
I was just on the phone with IT for the third time. Gotta love how they couch their tech speak in mumbo jumbo acronyms and jargon…you’d think they were a bunch of gougers.
Simple problem, my computer won’t open up journal articles through the central campus library site on the intranet. This is a new problem. Now I get that they don’t want some skoloholic hacker hijacking my computer to access medical records but jeez you wouldn’t think you need to invoke NSA boss admin protocols to access the latest edition of NEJM. Next thing you know they will revoke my access to the online edition of Playboy, which I only read for the articles (does Playboy even exist anymore?).
‘does Playboy even exist anymore?’
I have heard, but cannot confirm, that there is so much more ‘interesting stuff’ on the inter web thingie that Playboy is only worth visiting it for the articles, if it still exists and has articles.
I figured as much.
Kinda on the same tangent as my tossing out volumes of comic books, a buddy of mine in high school had a couple of big boxes of Playboys, probably 150 in all. His dad owned the local convenience store and in exchange for my buddy ripping off all the covers of all the other skin books and magazines (which I guess they sent back to the publisher to get credit) and tossing all the racy stuff in the trash, his dad would let him keep each months Playboy. This had started about age 12. In other words, his dad would let him keep the “soft” stuff if he didn’t swipe the raunchier stuff.
They were moving and he wasn’t allowed to move the magazines to the new house so I helped him as we hauled them out to the dump and threw them in the pit end of our senior year.
Sometimes I wonder how much they would be worth these days. Again not in pristine condition but there were the Bo Derek, Vanna White, etc editions.
I remember all of those issues.
Patti McGuire was still my type more than the others. Made me take up Tennis since it worked out well for Jimmy Connors.
The Internet has made pornography too easy. Coming across a crumpled, ripped-out centerfold was the equivalent of finding buried treasure in the past.
Now porn is ubiquitous.
I will help you out…what medical topic where you trying to access? I probably have the answer to your question…..
Speaking of Playboy…that reminds me of the time I purchased a copy of Playgirl for a coworker several years back. The featured center fold was some male musician that she had the hots for but she was too embarrassed to purchase it. Because I am an awesome co-worker I purchased it for her.
My wife has an edition of Playgirl that her girlfriends superimposed my face over all the models – for her bachelorette party. She has hung onto it all these years.
Thats funny! She is maybe still waiting for you to transform.
A gal can dream.
I would like to see this Playgirl.
For research purposes only. I’m doing a paper on bachelorette party customs…
Haha
If you could kind of keep it on the down low…don’t share with the group on skoloholics…ahh umm a friend of mine has an itchy red bump on his penile shaft…can you check the early findings of crabs and neurosyphilis?
I am sorry to say it does appear to be a symptom of a new sever form of crabs…nonprotectusscrewedtheslutitis.
Oh shoot I bet it’s terminal.
I didn’t get to see the Bears game, (got to see the Vikings, Lions, and Packers) so no idea how Williams looked. Anybody see him play? I know the Bears won, just didn’t get to see what fingernail polish boy looked like.
He threw for less than 100 yards and no TDs, soooo…..
Yeah, saw the stats… sometimes there’s context to those though. Just wondering what he looked like. Was he lost? Did he make good throws that didn’t work out? Did he make bad throws/bad decisions?
He thought he could scramble around like he did at USC and found out that NFL players are faster than Pac12 players.
Ahhhh sooo….thanks Bow.
I had to laugh at the guys on NFL radio yesterday morning though. They so badly didn’t want to admit he sucked it up. They went as far as to give him credit for the win because he “didn’t screw it up”.
Laughing… it’s all about perspective, I guess.
Yeah, I’m sure those were some of the guys that spent the last 6 months saying how great he and the Bears were going to be.
Ha! I heard the same kind of thing on one of the NFL network shows….
Some guy actually said “Well, I have a lot of hpe for Caleb because he had the SELF-AWARENESS to acknowledge that he didn’t play well.”
I nearly spit out my coffee…that would be like complimenting me for having the self-awareness that I need to lose weight before wearing a speedo….
they are rooting hard for the kid.
They’ve spent all summer hyping him up. Can’t backtrack now.
Laughing NoDak… that may be the greatest analogy I’ve ever heard.
Yeah, but chalk one up to the “QB wins” category, even though he played terribly and by no means deserved a win.
First #1 overall pick since David Carr to win their first game.
Yep, and almost zero because of him. I guess he didn’t throw the game away…
Yea for all the boys that say w/l’s are a QB stat, go watch. that game and get back to me.
In a single game, that may not be the case, but over time trends tend to develop. If fingernails continues to play like that, they won’t win many games.
Even trends need context.
Yeah, what if he plays for Legion of Boom and wins 13 games playing like that? Is he an all-time great rookie? No.
I mean, it could be enough to get a huge contract out of the Broncos.
Haha yeah. Do you remember Brock Osweiler? Another terrible QB, but he had an 18-9 record with the broncos. So do you consider him really good? Another argument against the QB winz category.
One or two seasons is not a trend. 5+ years on the other hand…
He looked like shit…he could move though.
Playing QB for the Bears is always an experience.
Well, you know my perspective on rookie QB’s. They all come in with talent and high expectations. The learning curve is very steep though, and raw athleticism will only get you so far.
Jayden didn’t look too bad. Caleb seemed lost.
Jayden ran the ball great… passing was very so, so. I mean he threw the ball fine, but he is a far better runner than passer at this point. We’ll see if he evolves into a really good NFL QB. Those legs won’t carry him far.
For sure, but for the first game of his career, he didn’t look like garbage at least.
Agree
Listening to Belichek yesterday talking about several of young QB’s. Seems Jayden and Nix are counting on YAC as actual air distance beyond LOC is really low.
Yep, and some of that is by design. Don’t give them the opportunity to hurt themselves in a game yet. Get the ball out, let the playmakers make the plays.
if you are interested in spending 7 minutes….here is every pass and rush of his debut:
Thanks, very rookie like performance.
some GREAT throws, some TERRIBLE throws…
your assessment is correct.
but how excited are you to see what he does with his nails for week 2?!?!?!?1
Honestly, I didn’t see a single “great” throw, but I’m definitely looking forward to his selection of nail polish for next week.
Looked terrible, just won because Levis was even worse.
oh how i missed fastasy football complaining and kickers beating teams talk blah blah blah blah blah
You’re just cranky because you’ve been eliminated from the survivor pool.
Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell could laugh today after they got a sideline warning following Andrew Van Ginkel’s pick-6 against the Giants.
I love that. Thats my coach. But also lol “Yeahhhh you’re entire defensive staff is having a tea party in the end zone right now, we cant have that”
I lost by 2 pts in one of my leagues because Jake Fuckin Moody decided to put up 26 pts for kicking. Pissed.
Quit being so fucking moody!
Moody gave you the Blues?
Lol….
I won by 4 because of him…..
I BLAME YOU THEN!
I got my ass kicked by 50+ points!
I lost pretty bad and I don’t have a QB now, but it was worth it.
We appreciate your sacrifice.
Well, lets hope you made it last for 3 more weeks at least.
If he plays and they win, your mission failed.
Love?
I had Love, too. I also have Herbert. I am trying to pick up Baker Mayfield.
Otherwise, I was doomed anyway. I have McCaffrey.
Yeah, I have a knack for drafting a QB that will get hurt. Usually it is in the Skolholes league, but since we didn’t draft, it followed me to my other league. 2 years ago I think I ended up playing like 6 or 7 different QBs.
I actually had Mahomes last year, but he had some truly dog games that cost me wins.
Happy KirkTuesday everyone!
Kirk just needs a little time….
Kirk Cousins is going to need a minute until he finds his mojo again for the Falcons (msn.com)
Thumbs down for Kirk AND msn.com
Well, it is his day off.
Maybe the Kirko Sabbath is what he needs.
Hey, it’s not like there were any other QBs that actually played well playing in a new system, with a new coordinator, on a new team.
And it must have sucked for him to be forced to leave.
He had no choice. Life sucks I guess.
Their defense obviously gave up too many TDs. No skill at the skill positions.
Hay you shouldn’t do that. One of our Admins chastised a couple of posters last week for talking about a certain QB – ‘once the season starts no more talk about an Atlanta QB.’
And we all know no one likes a flip flopper.
Well, as a pretend administrator I have deemed it acceptable to continue to talk about Kirk on Tuesdays.
Eventually this will get boring…but lets face it, we are all interested in how Kirko does in Atlanta, so allowing this conversation one day a week is acceptable.
I do agree on strictly limiting to one day a week….
It’s MC Sammy time.
“Slinging Sammy Darnold” I don’t know if I like that nick name much.
Guess we’ll see if that Admin does what he says.
so in looking at the vikings spotrac…
it looks like players we will need to look at re-signing sooner than later…
Byron Murphy (although i don’t fully understand what i see with his contract, but it looks like he is an UFA next year)
Josh Metellus (we have him under contract next year, but if he continues his rise, i would think we would want to get him on a multi-year deal sooner than later)
Cam Bynum is a UFA next year, thinking he’ll be the highest priority…
We also have fat boy phillips UFA next year, but i hope we can replace him in FA or draft
thoughts?
How old is Phillips? He is playing well.
28 i believe.
perhaps we keep him around as well.
Yeah, I was thinking he was older. As always, depends how much $$$ he wants lol. I remember that next year is our year actually out from under Cousins contract right? So we should have a LOT of cap to play with? Maybe we could get a good CB that wasn’t old enough to vote for George W, or a Center or RG who isn’t an absolute turd.
it kinda sucks to have NO draft capital for this upcoming draft….
yeah we should have quite a bit to play with and fill the gaps with
We have a first round pick that he will probably turn into a late first and a 3rd or something haha.
Guarantee we move out first rounder this year for a haul and are sitting just fine. Know what doesnt suck? Having CAP SPACEEEEEE
Depends.
If they are in top 10 of the draft, I would say yes.
If they are in the bottom 16 of the draft, I wouldn’t guarantee that. I haven’t been impressed with Kwesi’s draft day work.
We might want to, he’s playing well enough.
LOL i just posted up top.
we’ll there we go
just updating my “the unCine” journal
doesn’t look like Lewis Cine played at all on Sunday.
i’m SHOCKED
EZ money next Monday Night!
Kirko in Prime Time vs a good Eagles defense.
Eagles defense – really?
Not as good at Pitt, obv, but yes, a decent defense and Kirk on the road in Prime time.
Didn’t Kirk throw 4 Td’s and about 350 against them last year on Monday night. Still, a poor secondary.
With JJ, Addison, Hock and KOCs hand holding, yes. He has none of that now.
Very interesting and insightful football observation. Really like the “hand holding” part.
Gave you a red flag since you gave me one.
Thanks! 🙂
That is not lining up well for Falcons fans.
i feel super bad for them
Do you though?
😂
The first week of the Pick ‘Em League is in the books.
Bleeding Purple N’ Gold is guarding the rear.
NoDakRube is next, laying in the weeds to strike out for higher ground.
Me and DE Viking are currently tied. I’m not sure if you guys know this, but you are supposed to let the guy who set up the league win. Pretty sure it is even a law in Canada, and you get your license to Tim Horton’s revoked if you don’t comply.
Then comes Rick Vice, who must have changed his first name from “Miami.”
I’d rather be fishing has a kink in his neck from looking way up at his progeny from so far down.
Kirk is still good is next, and his name is perfectly acceptable for a Tuesday, but if this was written on a Wednesday, we’d have to get reparations.
Surly Viking is hanging out in the middle, comfortably satisfied with things, but beware the surliness that will manifest itself if things take a downhill turn.
Bowbunch is next, and he knows loftier heights are within reach.
JacksonVike is holding onto a podium position by the skin of his teeth.
Freezeface, the guy who is so nonchalant about his skills that he needs to be reminded to make his picks, finds himself in second place and probably doesn’t even know it!
And who is at number one but Little Fishin? The fresh-faced rookie has come into the league and dominated all the wily veterans.
Yet, it is still early, It is anyone’s game. Get those picks in before Thursday’s game. It’s all more fun when you have opponents to chase and opponents to hold off.
oh yeah see…tough spot to be in…
i can’t really brag, because if little fishin is who i think he is, i’m getting beat by a 9 year old so….
I knew a family who had a nine-year-old who was “good” at chess. They were always bragging him up. Then i got a chance to play him, so I was like…I better actually try here so I’m not embarrassed horribly because a nine-year-old good at chess is not an unheard of thing.
I absolutely killed him and made him cry, and I am not a chess master. Turns out all the other adults were going easy on him when playing.
I didn’t know!
But, I have to admit, I’m not that sorry. He was pretty cocky..
Thats on the adults for not being honest with you, another adult and like “Hey, go easy on him, we let him win”. You taught him a valuable lesson so I wouldnt feel bad outside of that moment. LOL to the last sentence.
Yeah, it doesn’t hurt to taste the bitterness of disappointment at times. It motivates one to work harder.
I always let my kids win until they were 5, then it was game on.
That’s good fathering!
That’s a little thing called life.
I am fine with this. I am pretty sure the 9 year old knows more about football than I do.
(thanks for the summary, it’s fun to have a summary about ANYTHING, since ben got lazy, boring, and unfunny)
We have SF right where we want them.
Easy win on MNF. Short prep week.
Underestimate the “crappy vikings”.
Time to shock the world KOC!!
Sincee we beat them last year, don’t think they are coming in here and thinking we are “crappy.” Believe they will have quite the opposite motivation.
I will be there! we are making the 8 hour treck from Gods Country…
SKOL!!
Nice !
Hopefully Walz is out of town.
Speaking of Walz, love this article….
If my company was Minnesota based I would be in jail right now.
Apparently, as management, I cant say something like I said last year to my employees
“Since the inflationary policies implemented by this administration has hurt everyone’s financial situation, we are going to try hard to give you a 5 percent raise this year.”
This is currently illegal to say in Minnesota right now.
Opinion | How Tim Walz Defines Free Speech (msn.com)
Better hope Walz doesn’t see that. He will extradite you to Minnesota for prosecution, especially, if someone snitches…
The tree of Liberty is looking a little dry.
I don’t get it? How is this not an infringement on free speech? I mean especially if businesses are people.. It’s like Ag Gag Laws, it’s incredible the amount of allowed corruption we allow in this country by supporting the people who allow it. The people who allow it are pretty much all Dems and all Pubs. But that’s OK, let’s keep them in office.
That’s effing crazy.
But you are forced to listen to him spew his nonsense.
Have you ever been there NoDakRube? It’s a cool stadium for sure. Be loud, we need the home crowd to be deafening when niners are on offense. Oh yeah, bring the plastic with ya, no cash accepted.
I am sure Shanny is relieved not to have to face the daunting Kirko and dealing with a crappy QB like Darnold.
I doubt Shanny thinks Darnold is crappy – he coached him last year. If you like real news, you can go back and hear his and Bosa’s interviews following last year;’s game. Should still be on y tube.
He was the backup to mr irrelevant. Brock Purdy.
I doubt he has that much hype for him.
He won’t say that of course, but if he wanted him that much, he would have kept him.
also sounds like CMC might be out/limited against us. I won’t complain about that!!
Yep. Although the dude last night lit up the J E T S …. Jets, Jets, Jets !!
i’d rather face that guy 10/10 times than CMC
Nope he’s gonna come in HUNGRY and ANGRY.
Oh I forgot it’s a MNF game.
Oh it’s not. I read DE’s post wrong. haha
it’s ok, i’m working with my 7 year old on reading and comprehension as well…
you’ll get there!
I ain’t no talk good eether.
Great start to the season! So great to see a complete domination of an opponent for once. Looking forward to seeing if the team can keep this going. I think we’re all seeing stars a little bit right now. I know I am!
The Jets must not have come back last night.
I’m old, I fell asleep
I did drain and refill my hot tub, so I got something done
Those things are way more maintenance than I expected, but I really enjoyed having one.
Do not miss the maintenance, but man, you get a really good night’s sleep after sitting in one of those for awhile.
They are somewhat similar to a boat. I pined after a hot tub for years, the home we bought in Billings had one. Seemed like every time I said to the wife, let’s go soak in the hot tub, it was either too cold, too late, too smoky, etc…As you mention, they are more maintenance than you think so after about 5 years of limited use when the pump went out I was happy to give it to a hot tub dealer for no more than their effort moving it out of my yard.
A couple of months ago my wife said “it would be nice to have a hot tub out on our deck, we should have had the electricians wire in an outlet”. Heck no.
i watched a bit of the game.
and i’m definitely not one to overreact to ONE game, but rodgers looks….OLD
Truly he wasn’t happy with the offense. Had some dropped passes, had some missed passes, and the defense couldn’t stop the 49ers offense. We didn’t see that wizardry we have become accustomed to with Rodgers though for sure.
I kind of noticed that all the “established” teams tended to do well this week and all the teams with new coaches, OC’s, and DC’s didn’t fare very well for the most part.
i don’t have a great feeling for the vikes this week, but hey….re-vamped defense…our linebackers are actually….good…
never know
I think it is reasonable to believe they can at least compete. I just want to them to look like they belong in the game. A win is a bonus.
Same.
Expecting Doom, since… well, history.
SF is a very good team.
Maybe I will be surprised.
I have hope… the team looked great against the Giants. Obviously the 49ers are a different level of competition, but we looked very competent.
Perhaps it’s lack of preseason play, but great many of the offenses and QB’s looked rusty. Think it was very low for opening day TD passes and yards.
Since it’s Tuesday, Kirk was ass in his debut with Atlanta
So glad he is gone.
His career will be remembered as having a HoF agent, and getting overpaid for average results.
@good for him@
Gotta be the highest paid player ever. Nice job, Rick!
I believe he is 5th highest all time but may move up a rank or two after his current deal in Atlanta is done.
I’m still wondering what team he ACTUALLY wants to retire with.
Like his career is over and he signs the one day contract to retire as a….”insert team”
My guess is Minny.
The one day contract would probably cost the team a few million
With guarantees into day 2
“It’s not about the money, but what the money represents”
Unless you’re gonna go in the HOF, the one day contract doesn’t matter.
kirk is hardly the first ever player in the history of the NFL to get paid an exorbitant amount of money and not live up to his potential…
in fact, he’s probably in the 90th percentile for that….
that being said…
i’m ok with him being gone as well
Yep. He got paid well. He is good at what he does, I just feel his play does not match his pay.
Next season will be interesting for sure, with the extra cash Kwesi has to spend.
In the meantime, I am enjoying the ride this year, even if this week is a tough task.
I live in a very different part of the country andas such get to hear very little of the local Viking hype. Do get to talk to quite a few football people though.
Looking back at 20, 21, 22, 23 seasons most folks thought all we had was Cousins to JJ, AT. No defense, sporatic running game.
given that, what should he have been paid?
oh i have zero clue.
my comment was saying kirk gets blasted for how much he got paid, as if he is the first professional sports player who got paid a ridiculous amount of money and never lived up to what his money made him “worth”…
If all the people on these teams that didn’t live up to their salaries was beer, we could have an Octoberfest.
Does anyone know how Kendricks looked in Dallas?
GM!
FTP!
SKOL!
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!