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Minnesota Vikings Discussion
The Minnesota Vikings offense is struggling to score. The team is averaging fewer than 20 points per game over the past four games. This, despite the fact that the defense is forcing turnovers, and despite the fact that the Vikings are dominating the time of possession battle. When your defense is doing its job, and you’re controlling the ball on offense, one would assume that this would equal more points. That hasn’t been the case, the Vikings’ scoring has faltered for the past four games.
One of the biggest reasons for this lack of scoring is the turnovers the Vikings have committed, especially in the red zone. Another reason may be the Vikings offensive play calling. It sure seems like the Vikings offense has a tough time punching the ball in once they get near the goal line. The stats suggest support this hypothesis, stats courtesy of teamrankings.com. The Vikings red zone TD% for 2024 is 56.3%, but has fallen to 41.67% in the past 3 games (I couldn’t find data for the last four games, sorry).
Question of the Day
Does it seem like the offense is struggling in the red zone? If so, why do you think they’re struggling?
Vikings News
Kevin O’Connell discusses film from the team’s last three victories, from Vikings.com.
Vikings.com takes a look at the Vikings’ placement in the power rankings after their third straight victory.
NFL News
The Jets fired their GM Joe Douglas after more than five years with the team, according to NFL.com. In those 5-plus years, the Jets’ record has been 30-64. That record includes a 3-8 record this year, a year when ‘experts’ projected the Jets to go on a deep playoff run with a healthy Aaron Rodgers under center. The Jets unexpectedly fired their head coach earlier in the year, now they unexpectedly fire the GM. Do they know what they’re doing over there?
CBS Sports looks at what the Douglas firing means for the Jets.
Speaking of firings, the Jaguars are evaluating everything as they contemplate coaching changes………again, story from CBS Sports.
Speaking of poorly run teams who seem to always be in the midst of a rebuild……..Kevin Stefanski says he’s not worried about talk that he’s ‘on a hot seat’, according to ESPN.
Media Selection
This is really good, a pharmaceutical rep turned whistleblower sheds light on the practices that lead to catastrophes that affect the nation. Enjoy!
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Give me my Thorsdays
1st injury report.
Ellen Degenerate says she is moving to Britain and never coming back to the US.
Poor Britain.
They never follow through on these promises.
She said she is ‘has moved’.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ellen-degeneres-moved-great-britain-205501750.html
i hope she does. one less wack-job
Just finished emptying a property. 80 cubic yards of garbage, holy shit.
garbage and holy shit, where do you dispose of that?
Landfill. This job was big, so I rented a rolloff dumpster.
A 30 yard dumpster. I filled that heaping full twice, plus my dump trailer heaping full.
It was a foreclosure. I have three more on the back burner, two of those are going through eviction proceedings.
Did you miss the dad joke, or, more likely, just ignore it?
Thinking he missed it.
He was Focused.
I got it
Before
After
We sold ‘as is’ so we could leave whatever we wanted in the house.
We donated, trashed and gave away close to 1/3rd and moved the rest with us.
But there was still furniture and stuff in the house. Certainly not 80 cu yards, although I don’t really know how much that is.
Before again
Alan Lichtman needs Dr. Phil.
Lichtman is the acclaimed “presidential predictor” using his 13 point test to predict the election winner. This year, he failed spectacularly.
I went through his test and came up with Trump winning.
My wife was upset when she saw him predict Harris.
I reassured her, that Lichtman is a staunch dem with TDS.
Anywho….
Here he is going bonkers because someone called him out for how wrong he was.
Fun times !!
And the guy that called him out is a hard core lefty. They are eating each other now.
Yep….
‘They are eating each other’
I love it when they do that.
*seems to be a gay joke in there somewhere but I am beyond calling it out.
Cenk is on the verge of being red-pilled. He was even giving kudos to Trump Jr. today on X.
Laughing – “I’ve only been a professor for 50 years,” That in itself makes him disqualified.
Yep.
Can you say bubble boy.
I like when he said ‘I won’t be persecuted’.
So Uygun asker him ‘Persecuted? who are you Jesus Christ’?
Finally saw the review of the JA hit and penalty from Sunday.
After reading this article is seems like a reasonable call.
Two officials threw the flag on the play and both had good views.
https://atozsports.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings-news/vikings-titans-controversial-call-clete-blakeman-mike-brown-jordan-addison/
And given the Stat Tweet Brad posted in the Mythical Words Up Top I assume that the play was not considered a ‘Dropped Pass’ due to the penalty.
I’ve come around on it. I thought it was bogus at first, but I can see why it was flagged, especially in real time. That said, I can understand if Titans fans are upset at that game…the reffing was one-sided.
Well they are fans.
I would probably be upset it we were on the other side of the call.
But now having seen the replay I can understand why it was called.
Game was not available here so I didn’t see it until today.
DB was in perfect position to swat the ball out of JA’s hands, but he chose to launch himself into his chest with extreme force.
You see it a few dozen times per game – defense could simply reach down and tap the WR or RB on the shoulder to touch them down but they choose to roll them up. They hit or tackle after the ball carrier crosses the goal line. Hits/tackles when it’s obvious the ball carrier is going out of bounds.
It’s so obvious they’re trying to injure the ball carrier, not just force a turnover.
Yes, could have extended arms and pushed him, too. Didn’t need to missile into him Sendejo style.
rec for Sendejo style
Ol’ Misfire Missle
Wonder if there’s a dance for that?
Agreed, unnecessary.
I saw Heretic.
Sounds interesting.
How much is Gore/Violence and how much is Suspense and Tension?
There is a little bit of gore, mostly in one scene.
Otherwise, most of the movie lives on tension.
The Teacher is not a fan of Horror Films that will help.
And I am not a fan of Whore-er Films but Hanoi Jane is not in this one.
Speaking of Bond, Pluto is running a bunch of the 007 movies, and after reading the critiques on LMO I have a greater appreciation of how entertaining they are. I remember watching them with my dad when they came out on TV (we didn’t do movie theaters when I was growing up) and we always looked forward to seeing the next one after they were moved to the airwaves.
I have a set of the original Ian Flemming books. Not sure if they’re worth anything.
Do Mormons really send out female missionaries?
Not cute ones that I have seen.
#joke
Apparently, but there are rules. Like they can’t enter a house and be alone with a man unless another household female is present.
That is addressed in the movie. They don’t want to come in, but Hugh tells them it is okay. His wife is in the kitchen, and he will get her.
When I first read this article I thought, that lady should be fired.
But upon further review she is reminding us how unhinged the Woke is and why the nation voted for DT.
Let her continue to rant and foam at the mouth.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-columnist-claims-republicans-want-kill-your-kids-its-actually-true
The Washington Post while always some left leaning was once a great newspaper, Now, just trash and writers like this is exactly why. The editorials start on page one.
New Owner Jeff Bezos is trying to crack down and Make The Post Great Again.
The woke meltdown is glorious.
We’ll see. The Post started to go to hell when he took over. When Trump won last time, he put on first page democracy dies in the darkness. Still there I believe.
Maybe his recent change of heard is because he does a lot of business with the government and he saw the writing on the wall.
Will be interesting to watch.
Maybe he didn’t interfere with the woke editorial board when he first took over and now he is getting more comfortable/confident in his control?
Or maybe he is now making ‘Business Decisions due to contacts/contracts with Gov Agencies as you alluded to.
Would say, as best I remember (read it for 40 years)) the editorial board leaned left before him. but then went crazy left after he bought it. And, I was stunned when they didn’t endorse Harris for president.
Will be very interesting to see how the paper acts after Trump takes over.
Think they will go full ‘Morning Joe’ and kiss DTs ring?
#grin
Would guess they are going to “act” slightly less biased but will be just laying in the weeds awaiting to ponce on any little anti woke thing.
To the woke everything the non woke do is at least a ‘little anti woke thing’.
For sure. If you don’t believe in DEI you’re a racist.
She is an unhinged idiot. She has said a lot of bonkers stuff in the past. Crazy. Ignore her.
The comedic value to great to be ignored.
Kiddo & I get to see Michael Vick on Monday.
Keep your dogs safe.
So I never got much of an answer on why the toss fumble was credited to Darnold on Sunday. Seems to me it was an Aaron Jones issue. Any explanation?
Well any center-QB exchange fumble is automatically charged to the QB.
As well as any QB-RB exchange.
I guess that at ‘pitch’ is considered a handoff?
Best guess I got.
Incredibly dumb. So RB can never be at fault unless he is running with the ball for a few steps? That pitch was just fine – Jones just didn’t catch it.
Then again, I guess dropped passes are credited to QB as incompletions, and tipped passes that are picked off (sometimes 100% receiver’s fault) are credited to QB as interceptions too, so from the consistency standpoint, they have that going. Still goes against common sense, but the NFL is stupid and rigged.
I still remember that pass that Diggs ‘volleyballed’ to a defender that was called an interception on KC.
Could not figure how that was fair even if it was ‘the rule’.
That’s different because Voldemort is always to blame. If the Vikings fail this year it is because of the 27 million in dead money because of him.
That is exactly the play I was thinking of when I wrote that! lol
I’ve always said it should be treated like a wild pitch/pass ball in baseball. If the turnover is clearly the recipients fault i.e. drop ball, catchable tipped ball, or pitch, it should be accredited to the recipient. If it is clearly the QBs fault than it should be accredited to the QB.
I agree.
Was watching the Cowboys the other night. Lamb was running a slant in and it looked like QB threw a good ball. But a DB knocked Lamb, illegal but not called, and the ball was intercepted by the Safety.
How do you score it?
Per rule/policy/whatever it is an Int, so on the QB.
Yep, throw a better pass.
I know. Was merely following Jackson’s thinking and see where it goes.
I think it’s because Darnold is a ginger
The soulless cannot be part of a race, so it is not racist.
Well since we are considered racist at birth I guess Jesus didn’t die on the cross for our sins.
Makes sense. haha
Got some stuff off my ‘to do’ list yesterday.
Made necessary changes to our health coverage while the ‘Medicare open enrollment period’ is open. I always dread dealing with those Voice Mail Systems just to get hold of a person who may or may not be willing to help. Got lucky yesterday and got 2 out of 3 helpful people.
We also got our Internet/WiFi upgraded to fiber optics. We went from 100-300 Mbps to 550-650. With the long term deal it is about the same price as before. The installer had to run some lines around the house and thru the crawlspace under the house to get it right, but he managed it.
Going to the store of some needed Pre T-Day pickups. If we spend $100 in store we also get a free turkey. We already got one for the AF Base but a free one for Christmas won’t be turned away.
So all in all it is a cold, windy, and wet Happy Wednesday.
Nice work.
Neither has Joe or Kamala…
LOL…
They are still butt hurt over Cackles being called out for not doing a press conference the entire time she was the Candidate.
And people think the media isn’t heavily biased one direction…
“….so we can try shooting him again.”
Exactly.
Keep Trump locked up in a bunker until January 19th.
Doesn’t matter if they shoot him now or after the swearing in JD Vance replaces him.
Doubt that they will like that any better.
If they get to Vance as well then it will be Speaker Johnson so they are still screwed.
‘week to week basis depending on performance.’
I would hope it is also dependent on matchup. One is better at run blocking and one at pass blocking. Who is lined up against them in the upcoming game? What does the game plan require more of?
No Flex.
Good, I should be able to watch that game, then.
Good I prefer the original time/date.
Also glad that it helps you to enjoy the game.
Thanks mate. Can’t do Monday night games currently, glad that I get to watch those that start at noon.
Surprised…I though they would flex this to Monday Night. I guess the NFL is thinking Bo Nix is a compelling story.
AotD:
I believe it is a combination of play calling and the fact that AJ is hurting. When your RB1 is injured you don’t want to try and pound it up the middle. So, the play options become limited. Personally I would like to see a roll out with TJ on a chip and out, to give Sam the option of running if TJ is covered or a dump pass to TJ if the LB comes after Sam.
TJ is Hock, got it.
At first I thought ‘Theo Jackson was the only TJ on the roster but he is a safety’?
Obviously my coffee has not kicked yet this morning.
Not sure Derrick Henry could make yardage running behind our guards and center near the goal line.
Good point
We have done ok with the QB Sneak/Tush Push on short yardage this year.
I would assume that the IOL helps with those.
That’s true too.
Maybe they can win the initial push but once the LBs and Safetys get to the play the same time as the RB on a handoff they are stymied?
This is sort of similar.
I read somewhere last year we were one of the worse teams in the league on 3rd and fourth and 1 (or two) when we ran the ball – for two or three years.
So, I started watching out line on short yardage running plays. Now, just eyeballing, seemed we seldom moved the defensive line off the ball.
I sort of concluded, right or wrong, we were more of a finese group and not so much power. But hell, I don’t know.
We did suck at short yardage for quite a while.
Maybe Brandel is the difference? He was the only change in the IOL until Risner.
Bomb Cyclone would be a good name for a band.
Are all of you on the left coast okay? Looks ugly.
https://apnews.com/article/california-oregon-washington-atmospheric-river-bomb-cyclone-d5006d946cda1fc1f4ecb8fe5b94ba59?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
Its damn ugly in Minot too…55 mph wind, I would guess 4 to 5 inches of snow…where the roads aren’t thick with snow its glare ice.
Good thing I drive a subaru.
You’re screwed – FEMA only goes to ‘blue’ states.
I found it telling that FEMA Director constantly stated that it was ‘an isolated incident with one fired employee’ because ‘she had not seen anything else’.
When asked how she could be so sure it was isolated she stated ‘we are investigating’ to make sure.
All her statements seemed to me to be crafted to give her wiggle room when all the facts come out later. “Well I didn’t ‘see‘ those facts so I wasn’t lying’.
It’s called the “Art of the Lie”.
It seems to be a required skill now days for bureaucrats of all types.
“Crafted” seems like the appropriate word. The old Washington Two Step.
God, I sure hope DT can get people in place that can start weeding out these type of folks. FEMA. SS, and the border are complete wrecks.
@climate change ! climate change !!@
QotD: Agree with Surley – all starts with IOL and if your not strong there, creates limitations for play callers. And then, I wouldn’t say we have big strong WR’s. Our guys are built for open field and things get tight near the goal line, limited space.
Would also help to have a big strong RB and TE.
I agree. We can’t run the ball in the red zone, that suggests the blocking is weak, getting beat in the trenches.
They do have Hock & Oliver for big bodies.
It also would help if Darnold stop committing turnovers in the red zone.
Well, there’s that too.
Maybe the Jets need to fire Rodgers next.
Why would Rodgers fire himself?
QofD
I blame Sam. QB needs to take charge in the Red Zone and Darnold seems timid.
Question of the Day.
The team has trouble punching the ball in from the red zone because the Center and Right Guards are not really starting caliber O Linemen.
Block better. Win.
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