Minnesota Vikings Discussion – SkolAsylum: 21 Apr 2023

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We finally got to Friday. I had a short week, but it’s sure moved slowly. As I write this, I’m looking outside at the snow coming down. Unreal.

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Minnesota Vikings News:

CBS News analyzed the Vikings’ approach to the draft, the Chicago Tribune chimed in with their own analysis.

Vikings.com looks at the potential Vikings QB 2023 draft prospects.

From NFL.com, the Cowboys have picked up C.D. Lamb’s fifth-year option, the Chiefs are undecided on picking up RB Clyde Edwards-Helair’s fifth-year option.

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Lifer
Admin
21 April 2023 8:09 pm

Lions lose 3/4 of their WR room and coaches lol….Campbell is not in a good place after this. He’ll survive this season but if they underwhelm….

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
21 April 2023 8:11 pm

Lions gonna lion amirite?

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 8:44 pm

Sure…I mean beyond the Lions historical failures is the fact all these players and coaches watched what happened to Ridley. How do they do basically the same thing??

bowbunch
bowbunch
21 April 2023 5:06 pm

And with the 24th pick(not a typo) in the Sirius XM NFL Fan Mock Draft, the Vikings select, Hendon Hooker. BOOM

norseman1
norseman1
21 April 2023 4:43 pm

Think we go qb in first, maybe move up. I’m calling it.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  norseman1
21 April 2023 4:49 pm

nah.

They’re going to trade back.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 4:49 pm

and when they do pick its going to be a boring pick like OL/DL

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 4:52 pm

Prob, like to see more help for JJ myself. Quesi tho, who knows.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 5:03 pm

They must have a short list on who they take at 23. If he’s there. Friday we just have a 3rd. hard to get jacked up.

VikingPhilip
21 April 2023 4:14 pm

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norseman1
norseman1
21 April 2023 4:01 pm

Look like skolholes got on with the weekend.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 4:04 pm

Go home. Toss something on grill and do a little stint in hot tub.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 4:15 pm

Turn on the Twins game.

ChiVikesFan
ChiVikesFan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 4:28 pm

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 4:35 pm

Don;t know your preference but never bad to toss a couple of brews on a Friday afternoon.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  JRobert
21 April 2023 4:37 pm

bRad don’t drink anymore.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 4:54 pm

Sorry, didn’t know. I probable have also just to dumb to realize it.

ChiVikesFan
ChiVikesFan
Reply to  norseman1
21 April 2023 4:15 pm

Since this is now the SkolAsylum, wouldn’t we technically be SkolAssHoles?

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  ChiVikesFan
21 April 2023 4:21 pm

Works, some kind of hole.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  norseman1
21 April 2023 5:07 pm

Yeah, I went shooting. Work was boring

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 1:17 pm

Kinda a big rule change for CFB

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 1:16 pm

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 1:40 pm

You should have been around for the last Ice Age, man one day Bismarck area got 40 inches of snow in a day!

Also, I walked uphill both ways to school.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  MT Viking
21 April 2023 2:00 pm

In fact the ice covering North America was 8-10,000 ft or more thick.
Greta would have been pleased.

KFEY93
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 1:46 pm

Theres another system thats supposed to come in next weekend as well. I think we easily break it between today and next weekend.

KFEY93
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 2:00 pm

Incorrect.

From the real weather, not news weather.

norseman1
norseman1
21 April 2023 12:39 pm

Twins with a evening game at home. LMAO. “Cold beer!” “Get your cold beer here!”

DE Viking
Reply to  norseman1
21 April 2023 12:42 pm

Tough choice tonight for Minnesotans.

Inside to watch the Wolves.
Inside to watch the Wild.
Outside to watch the Twins.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 12:44 pm

I’ll go back and forth between Wild and Twins. Yeah, hockey indoors, baseball outdoors.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 12:55 pm

I have a better plan.
Playing video games. All those teams will fail.

HUNViking
Reply to  Surly Viking
21 April 2023 12:56 pm

I thought about staying up for the Mild game, but nope… did that on Wednesday, the result is known.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 12:47 pm

Actually a fair amount of sun in metro so far.

Wrenage
21 April 2023 12:38 pm

Breaking news on Levis…

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VikingPhilip
21 April 2023 12:21 pm

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benjammin
Admin
Reply to  VikingPhilip
21 April 2023 12:42 pm

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No longer New Vikings Fan
21 April 2023 12:12 pm

So for no reason at all I decided to look at the XFL player stats…

Kyle Sloter only played in 4 games, threw for 499 yards with a 60.4% completion rate, 1 TD and 4 interceptions…

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 12:19 pm

Laughing… I have no stake in the “Sloter Goat” debate… before my time.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
21 April 2023 12:20 pm

All you need to know is that he never got a chance.

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:27 pm

I suspect if Sloter were named our starter we would have won as many national championships as we currently have.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  MT Viking
21 April 2023 12:28 pm

Tooshie

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:35 pm

Touche’…???

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 12:38 pm

Intentional spelling error is intentional.

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:39 pm

Oh. Intestinal. Got it.

HUNViking
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 12:55 pm

Oh. Intestinal.

Good thing we have several goug… errr, doctors here.

DE Viking
Reply to  MT Viking
21 April 2023 12:36 pm

Correct.
But we can all say, “It’s not his fault. It’s the OL, or the Defense, or the Play Call…..”

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
21 April 2023 12:21 pm

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
21 April 2023 12:57 pm

You never lived SLOTER SATURDAY!
Guy was a lot of fun to watch in the 4th quarter of practice games.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Surly Viking
21 April 2023 1:17 pm

True… heard he was great in preseason games…

HUNViking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
21 April 2023 12:59 pm

SLOTERGOAT!!!

benjammin
Admin
21 April 2023 11:45 am

I am the most optimistic and hopeful about the Vikings this time of the year, especially when they didn’t totally suck the previous year. I’ll probably feel more glass half empty after KAM sucks at the draft again, but until then I feel like the team is in better shape now that it was at the end of the season.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 12:08 pm

Optimistic and positive Ben????? Are you okay?

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 12:15 pm

YES! I like the Flores hire, defense should be able to creep into the 20-25 range instead of 31. Offense should be better year 2 with KOC. They won’t likely win 13 games again, especially if they have a negative point differential again, but they’ll still likely be a better team and probably win the division, though I think Detroit will make the playoffs this year.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 12:17 pm

Just gotta keep this guy on our side and all will be fine.

HUNViking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:19 pm

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 2:13 pm

Ah Kodiak….

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 5:12 pm

.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 5:14 pm

Never had a prob with 5 or Kodiak.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 12:20 pm

Just give the Lions a little more time, they’ll find a way to get back to where they usually are.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 12:23 pm

Key word “few.”

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 12:58 pm

May as well embrace this time of year.

Off season is the only season the Vikings can win.

Wrenage
21 April 2023 11:43 am

That’s a tough vote. Both Levis and Hooker offer decent opportunities for name jokes. I suppose something can be done with Tune, as well, as in, “the whole team has to carry a Tune” or something.

McKee and Richardson are out. Nothing there to work with.

Northwoods
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 11:49 am

“The McKey to winning this game is…….”

“That was the McKey turning point of the game……”

“McKee on a McKeeper, sneaks it into the endzone……..”

Yeah, pretty lame………………………………..

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Northwoods
21 April 2023 12:09 pm

Lol

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 11:30 am

NoDakRube
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 12:03 pm

I hear they just brought Kendricks in as a body double for the slow motion scenes.

KFEY93
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 1:47 pm

Garbage TV show. Wont even watch the clip/

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 11:18 am

Please slide to 23 Levis!

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 11:21 am

With Levis its the reports that he’s allegedly “entitled” and “arrogant”, which if true are a red flag, who knows though, all kinds of bullshit gets thrown out there leading up to the draft

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 11:23 am

Allows him to drop to 23 which is perfect

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 11:24 am

And too worried about body building and Instagram and not worried enough about conditioning and working out to be a football player.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 11:28 am

IDK what any of this means, he’s exactly the size you’d want for an NFL QB at 6’4 and 230, he looks nothing like a body builder.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 11:38 am

There’s been lots of reports of people being concerned about it. He’s been posting stuff on his social media and some NFL people are reportedly concerned about his flexibility or lack there of. Oh and he puts mayo in his coffee and eats bananas without peeling them. He’s straight up coo coo.

JRo_42
JRo_42
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 11:40 am

Is that stuff real? He eats the peels?

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 11:51 am

He’s a weirdo, yet somehow Mahomes is even weirder for putting ketchup on steak.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 11:53 am

Maybe eating foods like an axe murderer is a trait for great QBs? Any way to research this?

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:09 pm

IDK, I feel like that’s a good question for MT.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 12:15 pm

Somebody should ask Levis and Hooker what they think of MT’s gif

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:17 pm

Yeah, and if they watch The Bachelor

MT Viking
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 12:25 pm

I’ve been enjoying “Farmer Wants a Wife”. Less woke than the original.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 12:10 pm

And he shares similar DNA to Jackson mahomes

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 12:16 pm

Was it Richardson that calls himself Cam Jackson?

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 12:16 pm

LOL, that guy is such a loser

HUNViking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:30 pm

So if the Vikes draft him nobody will be allowed to drink their coffee with milk in the building (ewww, anyway)? Cereals must be eaten with water (or vodka, preferably)?

Of course, many of us have phobias, some of which might not even make sense. But Levis doesn’t just hate milk, he’s not simply lactose intolerant; he’s literally afraid of the thing and screams at the sight of it.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  HUNViking
21 April 2023 12:31 pm

All defenses will have to do is stand at the line with a carton of milk or maybe just paint on a milk mustache.

HUNViking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:35 pm

That was my thought as well… just have to “accidentally” spill some milk around the Vikings´ bench, and our QB goes into a panicked frenzy. Fetal position included, probably.

How will he ever play at Green Bay with all those dairy products present (though I don´t know if his fear of milk extends to products made of the stuff as well)?

HUNViking
Reply to  HUNViking
21 April 2023 12:37 pm

Also, you just can´t trust a guy who does not peel his banana!

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bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  HUNViking
21 April 2023 12:37 pm

It would be a better milk carton defense than the milk carton defense the Vikings had last year (Missing, Have You Seen Our Defense?)

HUNViking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:39 pm

Yup, all teams will have to do is use the milk carton defense, and the Vikes offense is toast. Milquetoast.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  HUNViking
21 April 2023 1:04 pm

 and our QB goes into a panicked frenzy. Fetal position included, probably.

so, basically Kirk when pressured?

HUNViking
Reply to  Surly Viking
21 April 2023 1:07 pm

Touché. Just with added screaming, I guess.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Surly Viking
21 April 2023 1:18 pm

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benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 11:49 am

That part is weird.

he puts mayo in his coffee and eats bananas without peeling them. He’s straight up coo coo.

When I watched the combine he looked like a normal QB size dude, pretty much the same as Richardson

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 11:42 am

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:09 pm

FFS if that’s the worst shape of his career I’m a total lardass slouch. It does look like he took things a bit too far though.

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:11 pm

I had to look closely , for a minute there I thought someone had put a camera in my shower.

Wrenage
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 12:16 pm

That was me…

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 11:58 am

Well, he does eat the whole banana, peel and all. Allegedly.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 12:07 pm

Comments about Levis:
-The way he plays, the style of person, the workout guy, eating bananas with the peel on them — he’s just a little tightly wound
-He’s got a monster arm. Little robotic at times.
-he’s so forced all the time, with everything
-The way he plays the game is super mechanical. He has obvious arm talent. It’s just the release — you can see it in the pro day, there’s a certain I’m throwing the ball on this step on my rollout-type situation where it just doesn’t look natural. And then just the game tape, he doesn’t feel things as naturally as any of those other (top) guys. Pocket presence isn’t there
-It’s just his physical traits beyond his strong arm, athletic, probably a little too muscular so he has stiffness to him at times

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:09 pm

Compared to Hooker:
-Hooker is maybe my favorite one out of everybody. He’s so cool. And he throws the ball. I thought I was just going to see a bunch of bubble screens and stuff that you normally see out of those types of offenses. He pushes the ball downfield (and) throws seam routes as well as anybody
-he’s a smooth thrower. He’s got a quick release. Liked all the elements of him throwing the ball
-It wouldn’t shock me if he ended up better than (Anthony Richardson and Will Levis)

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:10 pm

Lol

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 12:11 pm

Definitely not cherry picking either. Just don’t dig into it much, just agree with me.

HUNViking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 1:54 pm

So it´s safe to assume that you are pretty much into this Hooker?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:14 pm

Hooker’s stats the last 2 seasons:
24 games, 22 starts, 68.9% completion, 6080 yards, 58 TDs, 5 Ints, 1046 rushing yards, 10 rushing TDs.

Levis:
24 games, 65.7 % completion, 5233 yards, 43 TDs, 23 Ints, 269 rushing yards, 11 rushing TDs (something about the rushing yards doesn’t look right, but that’s what ESPN says).

norseman1
norseman1
21 April 2023 11:08 am

NFL players.

DE Viking
Reply to  norseman1
21 April 2023 11:14 am

You would think that when you enter the NFL, a no gambling sign would be on the door when walking into the team’s facility.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 11:28 am

it’s all hubris.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 11:06 am

Nice, LOL!

FloridaSKOL
21 April 2023 11:01 am

Live look at the Lions HQ bldg…

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:58 am

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:51 am

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:38 am

For clarity

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:42 am

Damn, bad news for the Lions.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
21 April 2023 10:43 am

Cheaters gonna cheat, losers gonna lose.

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 10:46 am

Cheaters gonna cheat, Lions gonna lose.

HUNViking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:50 am

Lions gonna Lion. Always. Inevitably.

Wrenage
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 11:00 am

It’s crazy. Man, being a Lions fan must suck.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 11:14 am

Still gonna dominate the division for the next decade.

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 11:17 am

How are things with you these days five?

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 11:19 am

lol

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 11:19 am

Straight alpha bro

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 11:20 am

DE Viking
21 April 2023 10:33 am

The T-Wolves and the Wild both play at 8:30 pm tonight in the Twin Cities.
Will you Minnesotan’s show up tonight?

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 10:38 am

I hate both the Wolves and Wild. Hope they both lose.

DE Viking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:41 am

I could care less about the Wolves.
They suck.

I will watch the Wild.
But they will probably pull the one and done Minnesota nice thing anyway.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 10:56 am

I think Wild win tonight. I actually think they’ll win the series but lose to Avs next round

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 11:15 am

Stupid Kraken had to go and fuck it up last night. If they could have held on to that 2 goal lead and taken a 2-0 lead in the series, that would have been sweet.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:33 am

HAHAHAH KAM owning that trade. Lions have a gambling problem it seems like

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:34 am

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:36 am

Why does Williams only get 6 games and the rest are indefinite? And what about the precedent set with Ridley?

DE Viking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:36 am

LOL.
Cine and Booth missed more than 6 games.
That’s called winning to you?

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 10:37 am

Joke brah calm down DE. I think they both suck and that’s been noted already. KAMs draft a bust outside maybe Asamoah and maybe Nailor. Chandler unknown

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:38 am

Cine will be All Pro this year.

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 10:40 am

You get snow in BIL?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  MT Viking
21 April 2023 10:41 am

Nothing to speak of. It tried to spit a couple flakes out the other day but nothing stuck. Just cold and wet. My elk hunting spot that I was hoping to get to soon and start hiking and scouting got over 30 inches in about 36 hours. I’m not gonna be able to get in there until July.

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 11:26 am

Neihart?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  MT Viking
21 April 2023 11:27 am

I hunt the Little Belts quite a bit and gonna give the Snowies a shot this year.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 10:40 am

Would be sweet, but idk.

DE Viking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:39 am

You need to calm down.
You are the one claiming it was a win.

YOU EVEN USED ALL CAPS

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 10:40 am

Don’t venture to clown mode today. You’re only a part time clown compared to Kfey the Clown. You’re off the clock right now, but sounds like you want to come to work today

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:44 am

Probably suspended for a March madness pick ‘em pool

DE Viking
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 11:16 am

Even worse.
He bet on Purdue to win it all !!

NoDakRube
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 4:17 pm

HA!

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 4:33 pm

Pretty funny, love it.

benjammin
Admin
21 April 2023 9:59 am

Stroud and Hooker dumb, Richardson and Tune not dumb, Young, Levis, Haener, Hall Smrt.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 10:03 am

Actual footage of Stroud taking the test.

ChiVikesFan
ChiVikesFan
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
21 April 2023 10:04 am

Yer lucky all the dummies aren’t smart enough to be outraged at this.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
21 April 2023 10:23 am

Northwoods
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
21 April 2023 11:42 am

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SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 10:03 am

Told you Hooker was dumb Bow hahahaha

Mick’s probably thrilled on Tune hahahahah

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:15 am

That sounds racist to me.

JRo_42
JRo_42
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:08 pm

Not as much as roads and the computer/phone you used to type that message!

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 2:45 pm

Most Hookers aren’t very smart

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 10:14 am

Hooker Dum Dum

As I recall, Favre didn’t test out as very bright either, and seems to have done O.K.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 10:21 am

I am sure the test has changed a bit in the last 32 years.
Don’t know if any changes has made it any better at predicting how well a QB will do in the NFL.
But may have to reevaluate my seat on the Hooker Bandwagon.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 11:17 am

This test didn’t exist when Favre was going through the draft or playing.

DE Viking
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 10:28 am

What happened to the wonderlic test?

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 10:30 am

The wonderlic test is more like an intelligence test. The S2 Cognition test is about the speed with which your brain processes information.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 11:07 am

Not sure about football, but in business the test was dropped years ago as it was considered discrimatory.

DE Viking
Reply to  JRobert
21 April 2023 11:09 am

And if you check the scores up top, some will claim the same thing with the S2 Cognition test.

NoDakRube
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 11:22 am

You guys need to understand that there is no such thing as intelligence…its a myth created by Western Civilizations to oppress others.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 11:25 am

Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 12:05 pm

Love that line by Biden.

HUNViking
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 11:34 am

This expert agrees, and is outraged

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Edgecrusher71
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 11:35 am

Well IQ tests are a bit of a sham tbh. Impossible to norm them for everyone.

JRo_42
JRo_42
Reply to  JRobert
21 April 2023 12:11 pm

Discriminatory against unintelligent people? I don’t know why you would base hiring and business decisions on intelligence and merit…. how inconceivable.

NoDakRube
Reply to  JRo_42
21 April 2023 12:13 pm

Yep, that is what we have become…Colleges no longer use SAT or ACT becuase they are discriminatory against dumb people….There is no longer any intelligence differential.

DE Viking
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 12:33 pm

All by design.
Make us all dumb.
Then……”you will be happy with what we give you…”

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 10:29 am

Apparently Cousins recently took this test and “crushed it”. This test (the test folks say) rates a QB’s ability to process information, specifically in playing the position of QB. No idea, but Cousins said he was nervous about taking the test because it might reveal weaknesses but in fact it showed it’s actually a strength.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
21 April 2023 10:32 am

That’s bc Kirky smart and good QB

DE Viking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:38 am

NoDakRube
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
21 April 2023 10:44 am

Does it have a part in there that addresses throwing a 2 yard out on 4th and 8?

Asking for a friend.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 11:00 am

Well actually to your point it measures decision making and according what I heard on the podcast Cousins decision making is exceptional. So Cousins decision to throw the ball to Hock on that play was the correct one.

For you, I’ll say this… he either gets sacked or gets the ball out on that play. He got the ball out to the only receiver available to him. You don’t think that was what he should have done, and you criticize him and even suggest he sucks because of your perspective. That’s your prerogative.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
21 April 2023 11:12 am

Crazy to get into a pro/nay Cousins discussion. But, to your point, one might go back to Cincy/Rams Super Bowl, and note on the last play by the bengals what happens if you hold the ball just a little too long (4th down play also).

NoDakRube
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
21 April 2023 11:19 am

NLNV, I am just poking the bear.
I think Cousins is really good. I think that was a bad decision, BUT I still think he is really good and I would be happy if he were our QB for the next 3 years.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 9:13 am

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 9:24 am

LOL, WTF, Rams eat 10.25 mil in salary, only move up 17 spots in the 7th round, just to get rid of him, he must be a douchebag or something.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 10:02 am

I know, steel for Steelers

bowbunch
bowbunch
21 April 2023 9:10 am

Just one week until we can all meet here to praise the genius moves of Kwesi and start dreaming of all the trophies Hooker is going to bring the team.

NoDakRube
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 9:15 am

Sometimes I dream of Hookers…

If he is our QB will we ever get tired of that juvenile stuff?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 9:16 am

Nope, that’s probably the most intriguing thing about drafting him. The in game/game review puns alone will probably double the comment count here.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 9:17 am

Be prepared for a trade back and zero QBs drafted in 2023.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 9:24 am

It’s still hope and dream season. Stop being a party pooper and let me live in my dream world like the lefties do everyday.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 10:02 am

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 9:25 am

False, Will Levis SZN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 10:02 am

I’d be pumped, but leaning now towards them getting QB next season

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 10:24 am

No KAM/KOC said they would never like to throw a rookie in year 1.

My guess is they overpay Kirk to stay another year (he would have the leverage at that point) or they get some no name loser bridge QB and pretty much suck in 2024.

Part of why they SHOULD absolutely draft a QB this year if they want to move on from Kirk. However, if they don’t I think it signals maybe Kirk around another year or two but we’ll see

DE Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 11:02 am

You would think that would be the best play.
And you didn’t need “analytics” to figure it out.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 11:18 am

I think they have a certain spot where they will trade up for the right QB if he’s there, just my opinion though, also that QB is not the dummy Herndon.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 9:06 am

Morning skolholes, happy Friday!

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 9:09 am

Happy Friday Skolly, hope you, baby Skolly, and Mrs. Skolly are well.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 9:14 am

Thanks Ben. Baby skolly doing good. Been ripping 8 hour stretches all week so that’s been awesome. He starts day care on Monday and wife is back to work so we’ll see how that goes.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 9:18 am

Good to hear, 8 hour stretches are a godsend.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 11:19 am

Holy shit, that sucks.

MT Viking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 10:22 am

HUNViking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 9:36 am

Morning Skolly, happy Friday!

VikingPhilip
21 April 2023 8:23 am

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Edgecrusher71
Reply to  VikingPhilip
21 April 2023 8:38 am

Office Space Autorec. One of the all time greats!

Surly Viking
Admin
21 April 2023 8:11 am

TGIFF and Skol!
Also, FTP

6 days until the next draft boondoggle.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 7:44 am

LOL

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 8:03 am

Her being a woman is not why I’m angry she’s a U.S. Senator… false narrative as usual from the left.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
21 April 2023 8:26 am

…and as we all know, she is a U.S. Congresswoman, not a U.S. Senator.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
21 April 2023 9:37 am

Laughing… good catch…

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
21 April 2023 1:53 pm

NoDakRube
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 8:03 am

I don’t get it…I mean like the Letterman guy must understand that people are angry because she is a socialist idiot and not because she is a woman…how absolutely shallow of him.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:07 am

Seems like about the same, right around 3….tired of winter.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:18 am

Wow! thats a lot of snow…

Did Bismarck set its record this year?

NoDakRube
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:26 am

Congrats man!

We had a fairly average snow fall winter I believe, the big storms usually stayed south of Max.

DE Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:30 am

Weather app tells me we got 3 inches

NoDakRube
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 8:36 am

Nope, not going to comment on that today.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 8:43 am

skolifer
skolifer
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:40 am

Got a couple inches here.

Name of your sex tape.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 8:56 am

I don’t get it, the meme and the comment are both dumb.

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 9:15 am

Ben Dum Dum….I don’t get it either.

Wrenage
21 April 2023 7:12 am

Lifer:

I don’t think you saw the pic of my seven-iron the other day that you wanted to see. Here it is again…

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Mick
Mick
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 7:14 am

Wrenage
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 7:29 am

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 8:18 am

NoDakRube
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 8:20 am

Wrenage your clubs are old and inadequate. Lay down a Thou and get some new ones.

Wrenage
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 8:31 am

Maybe.

I kind of want to get a Sig P365 Macro as my 2023 splurge item, though.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 8:33 am

Well, depending on where you live that might be the right choice.

Wrenage
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 8:49 am

Or an Xbox S is my other possibility. I told my wife I don’t want any birthday, anniversary, valentine’s day or Christmas present. I want to combine all of them to go all-in on golf clubs, a pistol or an Xbox.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 8:56 am

 all-in on golf clubs, a pistol or an Xbox.

I suggest all three.

Wrenage
Reply to  Surly Viking
21 April 2023 9:03 am

Too much of my budget goes to Biden.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 9:10 am

This is the problem.

MT Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 10:19 am

Why not an Xbox Series X? Why the S?

Wrenage
Reply to  MT Viking
21 April 2023 10:30 am

S is cheaper. I can’t justify spending $500 on a video game system. I only upgrade when systems get in range of $200. Right now the S runs about $240, so this winter they should be close to $200. I don’t game much in the nice months.

I think the main difference between S and X is that X can run physical hardware. S is all cloud.

Plus, this means I am usually a couple years behind in video game technology, and all the games are much cheaper, too.

MT Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 10:34 am

I get it.

I’m still happy with my One X and haven’t finished playing all the $10-20 games I picked up a year or two after release.

My grandson saved all his money for a Series X and I asked him how it is better than mine…and I quote “uh it looks cool has a green glow…and I got the upgraded ______ controller that like you can program buttons and stuff”.

Oh how is the game play?

“I dunno I guess better”

Sums up my thoughts on the console upgrades.

NoDakRube
Reply to  MT Viking
21 April 2023 10:46 am

I have Wii with Mario Cart and Bowling…
Nothing more is necessary.

Wrenage
Reply to  MT Viking
21 April 2023 10:51 am

I want to get the Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space remakes for the next gen. Those games are basically what is pushing me to upgrade. Otherwise, I am pretty content on the Xbox One still. Tons and tons of cheap games to play yet.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 8:57 am

I need to get the wife a Sig P365. Good weapon.

MT Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 10:20 am

I’ve never liked the profile of that pistol. Really narrow body.

Wrenage
Reply to  MT Viking
21 April 2023 10:32 am

I’ve never held one yet. I’ve only read about them and looked at them in the case.

If they are narrow, it probably isn’t for me then. I have big hands and like fatness. Beretta 92 is what is most comfortable to me.

MT Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 10:35 am

Sounds like me. Let me know what you think when you hold it.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  MT Viking
21 April 2023 10:37 am

Glock 22 with an additional rubber grip. Even the stock Glock is too small for my long fingers. I end up locking the slide back mid-magazine or releasing it when it’s empty.

Wrenage
Reply to  MT Viking
21 April 2023 10:56 am

I did get a Walther 99 AS awhile back that is fairly comfortable to hold.

I have not shot it, though. I got it because it was the newer James Bond gun and wanted to have it because of that. They are discontinued now, and mine has never been shot, so I might just keep it in that condition. Maybe…

ChiVikesFan
ChiVikesFan
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 8:43 am

Or $300 and get some decent older ones!

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 8:44 am

Are those Northwestern models from the 70’s. I’m not sure a tour pro could hit those given the size of the sweet spot.

Wrenage
Reply to  JRobert
21 April 2023 8:48 am

I got them in 1990, I believe. They could very well have been sitting on the shelf for 20 years, though.

If I got more forgiving clubs, I might find out I’m actually good enough to go pro after using these for so long.

ChiVikesFan
ChiVikesFan
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 8:50 am

Can you score below 100 with those? If so, you may be right. Haha 😆.

Wrenage
Reply to  ChiVikesFan
21 April 2023 9:00 am

My best score on a nine-hole course was 45 on a par 36, so maybe I am actually great and don’t know it!

ChiVikesFan
ChiVikesFan
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 9:02 am

You would be surprised. Those have to be 40 years old. I moved from 20 year old clubs to current clubs (3 year old model). I gained 15 yds per club and hit them far straighter too. I shoot around 85 for 18.

Wrenage
Reply to  ChiVikesFan
21 April 2023 9:05 am

Nice.

Golf is definitely something I’d do more if better clubs made it go a bit easier.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 9:12 am

I learned to play with clubs like those…
Yes more forgiving irons are going to make a huge difference.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  ChiVikesFan
21 April 2023 9:08 am

Still playing 25 year old clubs. Upgrading this summer at some point. finally breaking 100 consistently.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 9:08 am

Best score I ever had was an 18, as in I drank 18 beers and over the course of 18 holes, no clue what the score was, the final number was illegible on the score sheet.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 9:12 am

Now, THAT is how to play Golf! Well done!

Wrenage
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 9:19 am

That’s a heck of a score!

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 9:06 am

Unless you are a low handicapper or spend a lot of time on the range and have a grooved in swing, I’d get the most forgiving irons I could stand looking down at at address.

ChiVikesFan
ChiVikesFan
Reply to  JRobert
21 April 2023 8:49 am

Had a guy in my golf league w similar clubs 2 years ago. He bought a very inexpensive set of modern clubs and easily dropped 5 strokes off his 9 hole scores. Makes a huge difference.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 8:59 am

I could hit a ball 180 yards with that.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 9:16 am

I use a really ghetto putter. Probably made in 1990s. For some reason I like it and I play better with it than the new putters out there.

NoDakRube
Reply to  SkoIdiers
21 April 2023 9:18 am

I haven’t found that new putters make much of a difference…I used an old old one until the paint started chipping off and every one gave me so much shit I bought a new one…The new one is fine, but my putting did not improve.

Forgiving irons make a difference though – even more so than high tech drivers.

Wrenage
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 9:23 am

This reminds me of a funny story. One of my friends had to go golfing for a work outing. He was not a golfer at all, so he went and bought a set of clubs at a rummage sale.

He shows up at the course, and one of his partners goes up to his bag and pulls out the nine iron.

“Oh, wow!” he exclaims. “Do you know what you have here?”

“No,” My friend says.

“This is a Sammy Snead nine iron. This is a collector’s item, one of the rarest clubs out there.”

“Really?” my friend asks.

“Oh yeah,” the guy says. “If you showed this to the guy in the club house, he’d give you $2,000 for it easy.”

“Really?”

“Definitely!”

And the guy went on and on until he had my friend firmly convinced. My friend then goes into the club house and tries to sell the nine iron to the guy there, who says, “I guess I could give you $3 maybe…”

My friend looks out the window, and all the guys in his group are laughing their buttocks off.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 10:16 am

Oh…thats funny!!!

MT Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 10:17 am

Haha I love it.

I always wonder who buys some of these items at antique stores.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Wrenage
21 April 2023 1:52 pm

I saw them! I said that top line is thinner than Italian Pastrami. Had some meat on the bottoms I like the design!

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:19 am

It’ll be the 98ish era Vikings. Score a million points and give up a million points… let’s go!

NoDakRube
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:24 am

I wonder what their time of possession stats were…it seems like we scored so quickly most of the time our POS couldn’t have been that great.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:31 am

Yes, I was looking as well and couldn’t find TOP anywhere.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:34 am

That was such a crazy year…Tony D got us though. He was ahead of his time. 4th and 4 at midfield?? Screw it, they went for it…they knew they had to score and keep the ball out of our hands.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:34 am

That was a fun team to watch.

skolifer
skolifer
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:48 am

They have TOP stats on this page but it’s by game…they don’t report a full season summary. But I did a quick regular season average and it came out to just under 30 minutes, so pretty balanced.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/min/1998/gamelog/

NoDakRube
Reply to  skolifer
21 April 2023 9:09 am

Thanks! Yes, I thought that even though we had a top offense our TOP couldn’t have been great.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 8:45 am

Wow, I remember things wrong. I was all of 12 years old lol.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 1:48 pm

Yeah it was losing 8 starters to injury on defense before the NFCC game that got us beat.

Lifer
Admin
21 April 2023 6:22 am

The rumors and innuendos on this blog are disturbing and we should all be ashamed. But did you hear about the Josh Allen drama??

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Mick
Mick
Reply to  Lifer
21 April 2023 6:38 am

What is this?

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 6:43 am

None of your business.

HUNViking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 9:17 am

I think the current girlfriend/fiancée/wife would not be happy if she found out that one managed to get an other girl pregnant. Pretty safe bet there.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  HUNViking
21 April 2023 9:25 am

It works for Will Smith and his wife. Nobody in that relationship has ever gotten jealous or upset.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
21 April 2023 8:13 am

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benjammin
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
21 April 2023 9:04 am

She’s obviously no Julie.

MT Viking
Reply to  Lifer
21 April 2023 10:16 am

First I’ve heard.

Why is this news?

MT Viking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
21 April 2023 10:30 am

Rich athlete cheats on his girlfriend. More riveting news to follow.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 7:20 am

RIP Coach. Thanks for the memories!

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 9:05 am

Rick Sosa sucks.

DE Viking
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 10:26 am

He does.
I figured he couldn’t mess that tweet up.

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 11:24 am

LOL, yeah, his “reporting” is tweeting the same thing actual reporters tweet, but like 20 minutes later

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
21 April 2023 11:25 am

Is Skolly Sosa?

benjammin
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
21 April 2023 11:29 am

LOL

DE Viking
21 April 2023 4:27 am

First weekend off in about 3 months!
Still tired.

FTP

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 5:59 am

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DE Viking
Reply to  Lifer
21 April 2023 7:57 am

I’d rather have the government just execute me for not complying with their agenda.

NoDakRube
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 8:04 am

Be careful what you ask for.

DE Viking
Reply to  NoDakRube
21 April 2023 8:32 am

Oh. It’s coming.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
21 April 2023 1:45 pm

That most definitely can be arranged after we get done with the purge of fake Nationalists.

Mick
Mick
21 April 2023 3:54 am

GM

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 7:20 am

Good morning, SKOL!

HUNViking
Reply to  Mick
21 April 2023 9:18 am

Good morning Mick

About The Author

Gone fishin'

Gone fishin'

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

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