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Wow, Kirk is on the bench in Atlanta! It’s not shocking, when you consider how poorly the Falcons offense has performed recently. They put up 15 points against the Raiders defense on Monday, and Kirk threw his first touchdown since week 9. That’s a long drought.
The Falcons will insert Penix into the starting slot, thrusting him into NFL regular season action for the first time. It’ll be up and down, as it is for any rookie, but with some stamina, they’ll produce pleasant results. Sorry, couldn’t help myself.
Vikings News
Former Vikings QB Kirk Cousins has been benched in Atlanta.
Vikings.com checks the Vikings place in the various NFL power rankings. Some of these make little sense, until you read the reasoning for their rankings, then it makes even less sense. Read Josh Kendall’s (The Athletic) description.
NFL News
CBS Sports tracks the latest league injury news at their 2024 NFL week 15 injury tracker.
From Penn Live, an RFK Stadium site provision is included in the Federal spending bill. Great news for the Commanders, not so great news for taxpayers.
Media Selection
A song from Kirk to the Falcons.
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Watching “Convicting a Murderer”. This is REALLY good, well worth a watch.
I am watching UNLV vs The Berkley Liberals.
Go UNLV!
1st Injury Report.
And Geno was a FP for the Sea Chickens.
Looks to be awfully wet at the Sea Chickens on Sunday late afternoon….I would think that favors Seattle a bit.
With Gilmore back, Flores should be able to focus on stopping the run. Walker is still hurt.
Rain in Seattle in December? Insane, this darn climate change!
Ha, no kidding. It’s like that for 8 months straight.
@bowbunch found it!
https://home.myfantasyleague.com/
Like I said, the interface is janky, and iv never setup a league before, just been a part of it but its highly customizable which is nice. Also doesnt have an app so you gotta use the website on mobile.
Sweet, I’ll give it a look. I’ll let you guys know if you want to play in the league. It’s something different and the payout is usually close to 2k
Sounds good! Whats buy in?
I think it was $20 per team and you can have as many teams as you want. I checked out that website. It looks cool but I can’t quite do what I need to. Closest I’ve seen so far though.
Roger that
What type of game are you trying to setup?
Playoffs or something for next year?
Its a playoff game where you pick no more than one player per team. We call it horses. You fill a normal fantasy roster. There’s no points for yards just tds and fgs. More points for longer tds.
Hey, first time inspection on a foreclosed home today. I found a shake weight!!!!
Looks well used……wait
It still works (I had gloves on).
At a property in Jamestown.
You looking to buy a condo? I’ll have one coming up over by Sertoma Park on Jefferson Ave, has a pool. It had water damage. I’ll be putting in all new flooring, fresh paint throughout.
Oh man that’s a pretty area. Great for swimming the dogs.
Right across the street, next to the river. Nice condos. If they’ll let us own it & rent it out, we might buy it.
Buy to rent it out maybe ha. I already own a house with a yard why would I throw money into a condo?
Didn’t know if you were renting or own.
I actually had one of those. I won it at an office party.
It was even more ineffective than you can imagine…
I’m going to listen to Savatage now…
Come to our Riffmas show Saturday!
Riffmas, I like that lol. Our band is getting more focused now and giving each other home work to work on with new songs before we meet up each week. Ass holes picked I Believe In A Thing Called Love. If Im warm and feeling it, I can barely hit most of the notes in that song, I dont think its physically possible for me to do it unless its the first song of the night. I got a good high range but that songs nuts.
Key gonna show off his five-octave range!
You know it bb 🙂
Daaaaang, yeah that’s way up there in the register.
Its a fun song though. Teenagers by MCR, Some Breaking Benjamin, Seether, 10 years, Alice In Chains, all sorts of stuff.
Where is it at?
Sioux Falls? My niece is going there Saturday. Maybe she can drive me!
It’s kind of cool, Riffmas has been an even put on for years by the band Rifflord. Many years ago they always did it at this indoor skate park in Sioux Falls called “The Siouxer.” Address is “201 N. Harlem Ave.” So we are doing it there again. So, yeah in Sioux Falls. Rifflord is headlining again. Good dudes, known their front-man for a long time, his wife (also in the band) I went to high school with and their newest member a guitarist is a buddy of mine I’ve jammed with a lot over the past few years and lives right down the road from me haha.
Dang, it’s in Harlem. Better brush up on speaking Jive.
Word yo!
But to be fair Yoko was loco.
Good choice.
In the chip in this league
Took 2nd and playing to get into the chip in these two
Not a fantasy fan?
I have a lot of those players but not enough to get me anywhere. I got bounced. There were some moments of glory, though. Guys just weren’t consistent enough.
Damn, playing for money back at least?
It was just a for-fun league, so I’m not out anything.
Thats good then. No sweat.
it is kind of classic that kirk ends his run with the Falcons at 7-7
Lol so true
I kinda feel sorry for him, just read he has made over $400M in his career. He always worked and prepared hard, never could consistently perform at elite level…except when negotiating contract.
Do not feel bad for that man.
He just has no cowboy gun slinger in him. Which being an NFL QB needs. He’s like a classically trained guitarist, or Jazz band only guitarist that can play anything or make any throw as long as it’s scripted and on the sheet music or is part of the play. But man, QB needs some dirty blues improv, and taking a chance at times and getting creative. He has every skill needed to be amazing, he has the work ethic to be amazing… just not wired to be that calculated risk taker… just decides to check that fucker down on 4th and a mile with the season on the line.
The music thing is pretty apt. It’s like a guy who is good at playing the guitar playing the blues but he can only play previously written music. It might sound ok, but there is just something missing there and it will never be better than ok.
Exactly. Gotta have that swag and attitude.
If I had to categorize QB’s, I’d probably put Brady in the Beethoven school, and probably Manning too.
I wouldn’t. I’d put them in the Randy Rhoades and Eddie Van Halen category. Those two guys are classically trained musicians that can absolutely shred and rock out with the best of them. Beethoven is more known for his composing than his playing, to me that’s more of a coach than a player in my eyes.
Don’t really know music very well. But would say Brady and Manning operated on script at such a high level performance was always there with little need for anything else.
Some people are what they are no matter how much they try to change. The universe is self corrective to the middle.
Not his fault that every team he has ever been on was just not good enough to live up to his awesomeness. 12 years is hardly a large enough sample size to call anything a trend or put any blame on him.
It must be all these former OCs that went on to be great HC’s that really let him down. Or great WRs.
Jefferson is obviously a bum. Thielen was never anything. The fact that KOC has Sam Darnold at 12-2 proves he is a hack. Shanahan was a bum. He never even won a SB after him and Kirk weren’t together.
This makes me wonder if KOC is truly a QB whisperer. It will be interesting to see how Darnold does if/when he goes somewhere else.
He will undoubtedly flame out. He may get to Baker level, but he will never play at the level he is now. That’s what makes me confident in JJ if that’s what KOC decides. If KOC is ready to let Darnold walk to move to JJ, he’s gonna be a stud.
All is balanced.
For some reason not yet entirely clear to me I could stare at this for hours.
I had high hopes for Andre Carter II coming out of West Point.
Now he has been picked off our PS by the LV Gay-ders.
https://x.com/RapSheet/status/1869424173413736614
Yeah, we have a plethora of OLB/EDGE talent
Oh I don’t think it is a great loss for the team.
I just have a ‘soft spot’ for Academy Grads and hoped he would develop into more. Now he is headed to a loser organization.
A loser organization without Crosby where he might have a chance to actually see the field and make an impact.
For 3 games.
I am sure that a backup who has no familiarity with the team/players/defensive scheme will make quite the impact.
If nothing else he has a chance to make an impact on the coaches and solidify a roster spot for next year. No chance of seeing the field in Minny without injuries considering they have 1st round pick ahead of him who can’t even get on the field much and not because of lack of talent.
I knew this author was an idiot when I read this
‘While Cousins and new Vikings QB Sam Darnold are not the same – the latter is having an outstanding season and should win Comeback Player of the Year ‘
https://fansided.com/kirk-cousins-fate-falcons-tells-vikings-sam-darnold-future
How did I miss this?? Found it while researching QBs older than 36 after a NoDakRube post down thread.
‘Archie Manning was 35 when he appeared in just six games, all losses, for his last team, the 1984 Vikings.’
I was off playing Army, in Berlin. Pre-internet with little US TV I guess.
https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/pro/browns/2012/03/24/around-nfl-history-shows-quarterbacks/42196709007/
He was terrible when he was with us…well past his prime.
Remember when we had that over the hill QB from the bears? He awful too.
Jim McMahon?
Fantasy Football question:
Start LAC defense or DEN defense on Thursday night?
I’d go with the home defense.
Chargers defense has actually been better away than home this year. Best away defense in PPG and 4th in YPG.
Denver defense at home is 2nd in PPG but middle of the road in YPG.
I was looking at this all wrong. LAC is home. Denver away.
Denver offense has been below average at home for YPG but 7th in PPG, while the Chargers offense has been 27th in YPG and 25th in PPG.
I dunno.
I’d go chargers.
Chargers just got beat so Harbaugh will be pissed.
Denver is a little overrated and due for a loss.
Id start Denver. Chargers offense is mid to ass.
I hope the Chargers is the right choice because I could use big points from McConkey and the guy I’m playing in our semis has two Donkeys on his team.
Nooo Booo Lad, he can get 0.
I need to be up or really close by the end of Sunday. Otherwise I have to cheer for the Packers. I ended up having to go with Love at QB and the Packers defense. Luckily I have Gibbs, Brown, Addison and Bijon still with Aaron Jones on the bench.
Im in the Chip in one league, and playing to get into the chip in two others. If all goes well I could be banking $1200 in fantasy this season. Ill take it. Ill share my rosters here in a bit.
Did you remember the site for your playoff fantasy thing? I didn’t check last night. It’s a long shot to find something, but managing this on a spreadsheet is a pain.
Shit, no Its not saved on my work PC anymore. It is at home. The website is pretty Janky but once you figure it out its fine let me check again.
No worries. I’m trying to come up with an easier way to manage a league with 100+ teams, mostly from people who struggle with email, Venmo and Google Docs.
Those Packers Vikings tickets are getting incredibly expensive. I could sell my 4 tickets and clear $2,000. However, I have promised the family we were going….but if my wife ever found out how much they are worth she would insist I sell them.
Nice!
But then Packers fans would probably buy them and you would be responsible for them taking over the stadium.
I know….haven’t decided yet.
you clearly have money to burn so i’d say GO TO THE GAME
You know what…when I am lingering in the old person’s home I won’t remember whatever I did with that 2,000 dollars…but I probably will remember going to that game with the family…
But man 2,000 is hard to turn down.
What do you have into them $?
My cost is about 180 and it looks like they are going for about 780 per ticket.
Although I’ve joked about it for years, after our last virtual meeting with Fidelity my wife has finally turned the frugal corner and wants to put in a loft, replace the 15 year old couch, etc.
If you don’t fly first class, your heirs surely will.
Well said.
Let me know when they get to $10,000. Then I might be interested…
Nice gig living in the Bahamas…..
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43040664/former-rb-herschel-walker-picked-bahamas-ambassador
I just saw that! Interesting.
Won’t matter if he loses a shoe there…
I was going to make a joke about ‘working on his tan’ but I decided that I am better than that.
Good for him, I enjoyed watching his rally speeches when he was running for Senate.
It would be great if there were enough Vikings fans present Sunday to get a decent SKOL chant going…
Aaron Rodgers Calls Out Seahawks’ Lack of Home-Field Advantage
Let’s hope the Vikings are competitive enough to bring it on…..
I was in Seattle for that Refgate game with GB. I will say the fanbase travels well, there were more fans in GB swag at the Pikes Place market than Seattle swag by far. Like thousands. I’ve never seen that with Vikings fans, although admittedly the only times I have been in an opponents town on game day were when I was attending the game.
Vikes travel well too depending on location. Nashville game this year was 75% Vikings fans, it was basically a Vikings home game.
I’ve been meaning to ask you how your trip went? My son said downtown Nashville, was the same 75% Vikings fans. He said he got the SKOL chant going on the main strip.
It was fantastic! Nothing but good things to say about the place, time there and the game. Booze prices on Music row were sky rocket high but I was prepared for that so it wasn’t a surprise. I got some pictures from the trip I can post some other time. Thats awesome! I got a SKOL chant going when I walked into a bar and two Packers fans walked out (WHY WEAR YOUR PACKERS SHIT THERE WHEN IT WAS A VIKINGS TITANS GAME IN NASHVILLE?!) I said ” Fuck the Packers” to their face as they walked by and the guy singing in the band at the bar door heard me, and went ” Fuck the Packers? Who are you a fan of sir, Cheifs? Go Mahomes” and I went “Fuck Mahomes, SKOL!” And I started doing the chant and, now I know this sounds like I made this all up, I did not, half the bar behind me started skol chanting with me, it was amazing .Drunk Kfey was on one that Monday night ha.
Seriously though, every one was nice, having a good time, weather was awesome, easy to get around, nothing too sketchy. And the Vikings chapter down there is huge.
That is awesome, my son and his groomsmen had a great time as well. They did almost get into a fight, when a guy was walking by and intentionally shouldered my son. His best man was up in the guys face, but other than that it went well for them.
Come to think of it, it was probably the packers fan you yelled at.
Im glad him and his crew had fun! I more than likely saw them and didnt know it. And probably! It was a old, discolored black Packers shirt, and he had a hat on too. Like its the only pair of clothes they own. Just fired me up and my filter was gone haha. We should get a group of us folks here together for a game next season.
Stuff that only I might be interested in…
Based on yards per game…
Team Offense Rank Defense Rank
Eagles 6 1
Packers 4 10
Lions 2 14
Chiefs 14 5
Vikings 12 13
Bills 7 23
I would say based on those numbers we appear to be the 5th best team.
But I think we are peaking at the right time.
The last line is key. Peak at the right time. Remember the Giants when they snuck in to the playoffs as a wild card? I’ll agree with Dr. Debbie Downer that the Packers may be worrisome. They seem to be getting healthier as well and getting their poop in a group, unfortunately.
I agree we are peaking at the right time.
I think the Eagles and FTP are both stronger than the injury ridden Lions.
Anything can happen. One thing I know, the Vikings are in the playoffs.
There is no way I would put the Vikings above the Bills.
But I get the ranking.
I care more about defensing scoring then yards given up. As raw yards can be deceiving with out game context. We can give up yards all day, as long as we keep teams out of the end zone and generate turn overs thats all I care about.
I know…could have gone points, could have gone yards per play, both maybe better measures than the raw yards per game.
Not saying I dont appreciate the post. Its interesting looking at our likely top NFC opponents and where they stand.
They do seem adept and stiffening in the red zone and holding teams to field goals.
if you collect enough statistics, one of them will support your point.
My opinion: I could care less about our power ranking. By February, it will be clear where we stood for 2024
Yep.
The only games that truly matter.
January and February.
Kirk got lots of yards.
I think we have room to peak yet, so hopefully that happens over these next few games.
Offense still goes stagnant at times. KOC still has occasional brain farts. Defense gets gashed. If they can clean that stuff up at the right time, they can do some damage.
Nice regular season stuff. Playoff football, must be able to run the ball and stop the run.
This is what I have been anticipating….we are going to that game and then have tickets for the Wolves game that night….20 minute walk from US Bank to Target Center, we should make it just in time.
Report: Stadium workers told to prepare for Vikings-Packers time change
noon to 3:25 slot im assuming?
Yep.
Maybe the Vikings are winning by 28 points with 5 minutes left and you can leave a bit early?
Or, I am lazy enough to take a cab for that. Cost you 15 bucks and you will not be late.
Unless it is a nail biter, our plan will be to make our way down to the big exit doors and watch the last few minutes from there. It can take 20 minutes just to get out of the stadium if you stay in your seats for the whole game.
NoDak is not worried about cost.
He just lost $500 cash in his wallet, dropped $100 on a bet, has season tickets to the Vikings and is taking in two pro sports events on the same day.
I think we can call him Little Gouger at this point.
Ha!
The problem with getting a Taxi after the game is locating one. I would think that would be difficult.
I’d use Uber or Lyft, assuming Minneapolis didn’t pass that stupid taxi law banning them. We used Uber last year at the NYE puker game.
Seems like traffic after the game is so slow moving and backed I am not sure we aren’t better off walking.
I don’t know, maybe we will try a taxi…
They are parked right outside the big doors. Taxi’s are there vs Lyft or Uber. just hop in and go.
K, thanks for the tip.
Due to Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency…It is likely my company will be eliminated by the end of next year.
I will be starting a Go-Fund-Me Page and sharing it on Skoloholics.
The grift continues !!!
Now we know why NoDak’s wife is sticking it out for so long. She’s got her eyes on the prize!
If the timing is right you could ride the Metro blue or green line.
I had forgotten about the train. Used to drive to the Mall of America and take the train downtown. for twins and vikings games.
Not for me anymore. Did not really feel safe the last time I did that.
Nationwide constitutional carry would make me feel better.
we always use the train from the MOA stop. Always police at that stop, even when we arrive after a Sunday night game. Always felt safe, met some great people
It was the ride home after games the last two evenings. Picked up trash on Lake Street that was aggressive and violent and it made the rest of the ride very uncomfortable. Thankfully some good Samaritans escorted one piece of trash off the train at the next stop. The rest decided to behave.
That sounds…pleasant.
this throw was truly GROSS
Darnold has a few of those every game. Very impressive.
That was disgusting. Love it
And this is why if you understand that this is the result more times than not… you have to be OK and understand that sometimes the not happens.
Exactly, it is a high risk throw, sometimes bad things will happen.
Ill take 12-16 INTs in a 17 game season if the 35-40 TDs come along with it. Thats the scoring and risk taking you need to make it far in the league.
Agree, and I would say the same about defense..Much rather we dial up the blitz pressure and make some big plays and give up a few big plays rather than let a team march down the field.
Agreed as well, make em earn it. You wanna move the ball great, but its gonna suck and at the end we are either turning your over or you are kicking a field goal.
How about 18 TDs with those 16 INTs and 7 wins? You will only have to give me a little over $60 mill this year and guarantee me another $30 mill.
Correct. And 84 is standing there very wide open. Could make an easy throw and end up in the same spot or even better.
I think you are right…better option may have been 84, but I don’t think he would have made it to the 1, probably about the 5 but hard to say.
Regardless, given the riskiness of the throw, 84 was a better option, but he never got to that read since he decided he would shoe horn that baby in there and JJ was clearly his 1st or 2nd read.
Always a critic and devil advocate. Welcome back.
Who’s calling who what. Who said we would be a playoff team? Who said no Jrob this is just a rebuild year don’t even worry until 2025? who said Sam would be CPOY?
Who’s the optimist here? I’m almost never a devil’s advocate, but who consistently is?
That’s a Jay Cutler throw.
“Eff it, guy looks open to me…”
Yup, indeed.
I liked watching Cutler because he wasn’t my QB.
When he was off, very frustrating, but when he was on, it was a hoot.
One of my favorite throws of his was when he whistled the ball past the earhole and just over the shoulder of a defender for a TD.
The Benching of Kirk is the cherry on top of this regular season. All that was predicted has come true and its oh so sweet. SKOL. Geno healthy?
And he probably just found out this morning since yesterday was no football Tuesday.
LMAO. Facts. “We were gonna tell you yesterday but you weren’t here, you were slowly walking your garbage to the street pretending you’re an every day guy and not a filthy multi millionaire.”
don’t forget amongst his regular average joe day at home, getting $5K worth of body work done by the chiropractors that come directly to his house for 3 hours.
you know, like all us regular people
God that would be amazing. Not getting beat up and needing that special treatment but just to be able to do it. Get some dry needling done, hit the sauna.
kirk walking into work today:
Zing !!!
I agree.
Kirko sucks
Geno is probably playing.
This is another game the Vikings can and should win, but it will not be easy.
Did I mention Kirk Sucks? However, he does have the best agent ever.
Yeah Seattle in Seattle is a house of horrors for the Vikings they haven’t won there in well over a decade if im not mistaken. But agreed, it will be an ugly win but a W none the less.
Not since ’06.
Expect a dozen false starts.
Seattle isn’t the horror house it once was. Sea Chickens are 3 and 5 this year at home.
One could say that the majority of skoloholics are confident that the Vikings will win this game, and that crowd noise will not be a significant factor. I conducted a snap poll – 13 purple koolaids vs 2 doomers.
I will not be shocked if the Vikings lose. I contend they can and should win this game, since I think they are the better team.
Anything can happen, and SEA is a rough place to play.
Green Bay is the one of three remaining games I think will be the most difficult.
We’ll make that 3 and 6.
#nojinx
Remember when Mattison missed that 6 foot wide hole on 4th and 1?
so does the benching of kirko chainz mean he is done done in Atlanta? he’s technically under contract but they could obviously cut him if the peen does well.
1 year 100 mill deal? good for kirk
Eventually done.
He has a no trade clause, so I don’t know if he would accept a trade.
It has not been in him to truly help a team contract wise.
But if he wants a trophy for the superbowl shelf he built in his house, taking a low end deal with a superbowl contender as a backup might be possible.
I highly doubt it though.
it’s been pretty evident to see that his age and his injury is affecting him.
all while the vikings have a 27 year old healthy qb and a stud waiting in the wings.
things are looking upppppppppp
Someone here brought up the 2 universal truths
How did Brady do after 36?
Any other ‘outliers’?
Brett Favre sure didn’t do any good after 36.
He had 1 magical year with us in 2009, other than that he was average with the Jets and his 2nd year with us he sucked.
Don’t sign older QBs to multi year deals.
If they cut or trade him they have like a 60 million dead cap hit next year and if he’s on the team after March 15 an additional portion of his 2026 contract becomes guaranteed. They either have to eat having the second highest paid backup in the league (Watson is going to take that award) or cut him before March 15 with a post June 1 designation so they only have 40 and 20 or so million dollar dead cap hits. Maybe he retires? I don’t know how that would affect the cap though.
Retirement would like void the year 2 payments, no way he walks away from $40 million
i also read he has a $10 million “injury clause” ( similar to Daniel Jones), so that may have played a role in them benching him. If so, that may indicate Atlanta plans to cut him after the season
$100 million for 14 games, I picked the wrong sport….
Random thought: If I identify as an NFL QB, should I get paid like Kirk?
Exactly.
Kirk isn’t given up the money train until it’s over.
I don’t blame him. That’s who he has been his entire career.
What I wonder is if Kirk finally takes a team friendly deal somewhere to end his career.
Like Bow mentioned, I think he retires before he does that.
I doubt he leaves Atlanta willingly.
He will not retire without getting the most money he can get first.
Will Atlanta have the gonads to just cut him like the Broncos did with Wilson?
They might be more willing to with the success Denver is having, especially if Penix looks good for the rest of the year. That’s still going to hurt though. Cut him prior to March 15 and take a $65 mill dead cap hit. I thought $29 mill was bad.
Correct.
My guess is, he is in Atlanta through 2025.
Discussion on the matter from Florio.
I wouldn’t expect Kirk “I want to retire a Redskin/Viking/Falcon” Cousins to do them any favors.
Waiving or not waiving the no trade clause makes no difference and would actually give him a chance to realize more of his contract. If he plays total hard ball he ends up getting cut. If a team were actually willing to trade for him then he’d have a chance at the rest of the contract. He’d make more money if a team were unexpectedly willing to trade for him.
I doubt any team gives up a draft pick for that contract after this seasons debacle.
If he gets cut, he’s not gonna get a decent contract from anyone.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if the Falcons cut him and he re-signs with the Vikes for the league minimum? I am sure he would be welcomed back with open arms.
Awesome is not the word I would use.
Yeah, reading that made me throw up. Let him go to the Jets and wallow in their misery.
Only as a backup that is slightly better than Mullens.
At this time, I would prefer Daniel Jones be the backup to JJ. Kirko on a minimum deal would be funny though.
Why corrupt the lockeroom with a career .500 mentality?
Me….
Skoloholics Pick ‘Em League Update #15
I had another good week, only getting one wrong. I picked the Chargers over Tampa which bit me. That was a tough game for me, heart-wise. I really like Baker Mayfield 2.0, but Herbert is incredibly dreamy, so I went with him in the end
I don’t feel any betrayal, though (not like I would from a QB with the initials of KC). Sometimes the dreamy ones simply don’t come through. It wasn’t Herbert’s week. Oh well. Hopefully, he can come back with a win next week.
Here is a bird’s eye view of things:
Bowbunch continues to live dangerously with his gambling picks to gain ground. It is fun to watch. You can’t help but pull for the kid as he tries to catch Little Fishin’, Freezy and JacksonVike in the 8-10 spots. Freezy and JacksonVike need to stop going easy on Little Fishin’. He’s going to lull them, pass them by and then laugh manically in their faces and they look upon his ascendance and beg for him to take them with him.
I have been trying to catch DE Viking and Surly Viking for ages now. Since I write this summary, I’m going to say I have caught up to them. If they don’t like that, they can take it up with management. I’m now only 14-17 points behind them. If I would stop following up a good week with a trash week, I could conceivably catch one of them this week. Unfortunately, I continue to follow up good weeks with trash week.
Whose fault is that? Kirk Cousins, of course. He has taught me how to be .500 too well.
We have a heated battle in the 2-4 spots, with NoDakRube, Kirk is NOT still good and I’d rather be fishing only separated by eight points. Lots of movement can happen there. I set the league to go through playoffs because…what else are we going to do? Soon it will be January. Pick ‘Em League is the only thing we will have going for us while the world freezes to a crack glaze and the only turtles are in our pants.
Bleeding Purple ‘N Gold continues his dominance of the number one spot. Somebody better send some goons to his door with baseball bats, so they can drop hints that it would be in his best interest to shave some points in the coming weeks.
Iconoclast Awards go to Bowbunch for taking Browns over KC and Indy over Denver. They also go to Kirk is NOT still good and Freezy for taking Miami over Houston and I’d rather be fishing and Little Fishin for taking Detroit over the Bills.
It is interesting how many of us took the Bills over Detroit. We must all be dazzled by Josh Allen, who is dreamy, yes, but not as dreamy as Herbert. Unfortunately, Herbert also burned the most of us. Only Kirk is still NOT good, Surly and Bow got that game right.
Everyone got Cincy, Washington, Baltimore, Arizona, Minnesota and Atlanta right. Wow, how about that? Everyone of us picked Kirk to win.
I guess it is Christmas, after all. Tis the season to be charitable. So let’s not go out mocking Kirk. Let’s bask in the glow of the man, the myth, the dream…
I am almost as bad at this as I am at fantasy football.
It has still been fun though.
I like having something every week to fill out that is fairly simple.
I wish I could last longer than two weeks in a survival league, though. I think that would be really fun if one could make it into the meat of the season and be faced with dwindling choices.
Just have to give everybody 2 or 3 strikes to make it last a little longer. I’ve also done one where you have to pick losers. It adds a much bigger twist than you would expect.
I know GF and a few others were complaining about the play calling, mostly that we should be running the ball more. I would agree with this argument, but I have been thinking about it and maybe KOC was so sure we would dominate the Bares, that he decided to use it as a “scrimmage”. Try some new things in the pass game early in the game, so if you have to you can change it up and still get the victory. When it was time to put the game away, we pounded the rock, gaining 5-10 yards per run it seemed.
Seems we can always pass the ball. It’s the run game that is sporatec. Maybe the other way around if we are treating as a scrimmage.
Run plays, in my opinion, are less complicated. Whereas, a pass play takes timing, choreography and reads to accomplish. So if we are trying some new stuff in the pass game, a game against a bad team, where you get real time results is more beneficial, than hand the ball off and run through somebody.
Happy Hump Day! 🐫
Well, this movie had a !YIKES! subject…
What’s the movie? Do we dare ask, what’s the subject?
Incest.
Title is The Savage Is Loose…
isn’t that what game of thrones is all about? so i guess that movie was ahead of it’s time!
I believe so, yes. That queen and her brother are involved ickily, I think.
I never watched Game of Thrones, so I don’t know the specifics. I tried, but I wasn’t interested in following something through years of seasons. This is 2024. Who waits years for multiple seasons? Just wait until the show is done and then binge watch it like man was meant to watch stuff.
Since the scuttlebutt was Game of Thrones became terrible in the later seasons, I have never bothered trying to watch it.
i never watched it either.
i wouldn’t be surprised if ben watches it on repeat….
I do kind of like Lena as an actress, though. She is underused in film, I think. She successfully bridges the gap between feminine and believable in action movies.
she was good in 300
Indeed, she was. 300 auto rec
Games of Thrones the TV adaption pales in comparison to the books, so the best way to enjoy the story would be to read the books. The show had it’s moments, many of them actually, but in the end it still sucked.
and the author has no need to finish the books now, since he got paid.
I stopped reading after the second book. While the books are better, I get angry about not being able to finish the story.
I have wanted to read the books, but it sounds like GRRM will maybe never finish them.
I like to think he is sitting on a pile of done stuff and just wants to release it all at once, but that is probably a silly dream.
In book #5 he stated in the foreword that when he had finished that book it was too big as it was. So he split it in half and he would release the 1/2 half (#6) the next year.
I have been waiting for almost 13 years now. I don’t expect it now that the TV series is done. Even though he said that the movies were different that the books due to ‘production changes’.
Hump Dayyyy!!!
Skol
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Gone fishin’ is naughty.
That entire paragraph is full of innuendo, if you look.
GM!
FTP!
SKOL!
Kirko benched, Vikings at 12-2. All things football are looking good. Tomorrow is my Friday, and I am ready for the staycation the rest of 2024 and watching all the football.
Happy Hump Day!
KAM is GM of the year !!
This is my last week of the year, as well.
I feel for Atlanta the way I would feel for a friend dating a woman I know is crazy. It is just a matter of time before things hit the fan…
Now you can be there to support them after the car crash but also say I told you so.
Some folks can’t help but make suspect decisions.
“A .500 QB with an anchilles injury on the north side of 35? Sign us up for a $100 million!”
And all those happy that wasn’t what Kwesi said were just haters hating on an unhateable top of the league QB.
Where are those self proclaimed intellectuals at these days? I refuse to believe they dont have an internet connection and aren’t ghost scrolling here to afraid to man up and admit they were wrong. Ego’s are a sad thing.
Probably just sitting on the porch with a glass of scotch.
FTP Auto Rec.