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Vikings @ Bears
As a fan, you approach this game with the mindset of “This is a divisional road game in Chicago, where it is very tough to win. Just get a win and I’ll be happy”. Even though you have the perfect mindset going into the game, and even though the Vikings did win the game, the Vikings still managed to make you a little mad (after nearly giving you a heart attack). I get it, the game should have never gone to overtime, and the Vikings seemed like they missed a dozen opportunities to put the game away. However, the Vikings DID get a win on the road in Chicago, and they DID move their record to 9-2.
Offense
The Bears defense is a good defense, and the Vikings offense did a good job against them. The Vikings ran the ball very well, and Darnold did a good job of spreading the ball around and of avoiding turnovers. The Bears defense seemed focused on shutting down JJ, and they did a good job of limiting his impact. Putting all that attention on one person opened up opportunities for the other Vikings playmakers, and Darnold got the ball to them. Addison racked up a career-high 160 receiving yards, and Hockenson picked up 114 yards. Besides the Jones fumble at the goal line on the Vikings opening drive, the team didn’t cough up the ball again.
Defense
The defense started off strong, but then faltered a bit at the end and allowed the Bears a chance to come back. I thought the D would do more to harass Williams and force mistakes, but they just didn’t quite do that. In the end, they did enough to win.
Vikings News
Stats, summary, and box score of Vikings @ Bears, courtesy of Vikings.com.
Full highlights of yesterday’s big road win, also courtesy of Vikings.com.
NFL News
Raiders QB Gardner Minshew is out for the rest of the season with a broken collarbone, per NFL.com.
NFL.com has notable news, injury updates, and more from week 12 of the NFL.
CBS Sports has an updated playoff picture and standings after week 12.
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We’ve played this 9 times out of 11 games, I love it. STRIKE UP THE BAND!!!!!!!!
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Harbaugh bowl tonight.
Tough call on a winner.
Ravens are due for a win.
Don’t really have a rooting interest foosball wise.
I prefer Jim doesn’t do well enough to start up the ‘Harbaugh should have been hired instead of KOC’ talk.
You can’t make this shit up.
“Intro to Fat Studies: Fatness, Blackness and Their Intersections,”
My Alma Mater, kind of explains some stuff about me I guess.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/university-maryland-offers-fat-studies-course-how-fatness-blackness-intersect
Nick Muse was released today, on his birthday.
Suspect they will use the spot for DL Murphy coming off of IR.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nick-muse-waived-by-vikings-on-his-birthday-just-as-brother-tanner-was-3-years-ago-225431586.html
Wasn’t he the player the onside kick bounced off of?
Yup,
Just came off the IR.
He also had a costly penalty late in the game as I recall.
Nope.
Johnny Mundt.
Right,
Muse just came of the IR though.
Confused the two otherwise.
All those M-TEs, glad that they simplified the roster.
Kiddo and I are going to see Julius Erving in an hour or so
Dr. J? Nice!
My day is winding down, I feel I lack street cred. When my younger choco brought me back the lone rooster I shot last week, he was so excited he pawed me in the eye while I was squatting down praising him and stroking the rooster (yup I stroke the rooster a lot when I get my hands on it). It looks like I scoped myself except it’s my left eye and I shoot right handed. Since my eye was already fugged up I decided to sizzle and burn off a little half cm or so growth on my cheek just below the eyelid. Figured surely someone would comment today that I looked like I had just emerged from a cage match but nary a peep from anyone.
Ham’s Grandfather passed away on early Sunday morning.
”When the team landed in Chicago on Saturday, Ham was allowed to take a bit of a break from the team to go and visit his ailing grandfather in the Chicago area. He got the opportunity to spend about five hours with him prior to having to come back to the team and get prepped for Sunday’s game. On Sunday morning, Ham got word that his grandfather had passed away, news that must have been devastating for him to hear, but he got out on the field and did his job.’
My grandfather (Papa) was a huge influence in my life, an example of how men should behave. Condolences to CJ Ham and his family.
glad that ham was able to spend some time with him before he passed.
That was awesome that he got to spend 5 hours with him on Saturday.
I love this
LOVE THIS!
Calif taxes getting ready to go up again. And they are already the highest in the nation.
NewScum stated that he will replace the CV tax credit if DT axes it as expected when he takes office. Since Calif doesn’t have the $7.500 per they will have to reinstate a tax that expired last year.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/newsom-threatens-intervention-trump-axes-bidens-7-5k-electric-vehicle-credit
Do you think Newsom will be in the Democratic primary?
You mean the primary for the 2028 presidential election?
Yes, I believe his ego will force him to run since he is term limited out of the Gov of Commifornia.
He is more Woke that Harris/Biden but a better liar than either of them.
Yes. I can see him winning the nomination.
Shapiro would worry me more as he is more competent. But being Jewish lots of Dems would not vote for him.
Excellent inside intell.
i’m chuckling to myself when fat celebrities who are applauded for their size, saying that big is beautiful, and not everyone has to be skinny, and fat is good blah blah blah….start losing weight and trying to get healthy, like…WHAT??? i thought you said big is beautiful and fat doesn’t mean unhealthy??? what a load of crap.
If “big is beautiful”, why do they get mad and offended if you call them fat?
The Woke want you to celebrate who/what you are even if what you are is bad.
Trans=good, Fat=good, Perv who bites and smells children=good.
As long as you are not conservative or religious it is all good.
Greenard says that his sack in OT ‘felt like it was in slow motion’ and that he ‘never should have been able to make that play’.
https://www.vikings.com/news/jonathan-greenard-sack-overtime-bears-win-week-12
BTW I found it odd that in the postgame discussion the Vikings bragged that they exploited a weakness in the blocking lineup (spaced too far apart) and Santos’ low trajectory which allowed them to block a FG, basically a carbon copy of the Packers doing same the week before. I assume that Chicago would have figured it out on their own but still wouldn’t want to help a divisional foe, unless they want the Bears to figure it out before the Lions games.
I would guess that they figured it out for the most part after the block.
They did have several successful kicks after that.
Although I did hear that Tillery was pretty close on the kick that sent it into OT so maybe not.
Merry Monday Skolbroskis!
🔨 thoughts:
Winning on the road is tough. Happy to get the W. I’ve always thought of Soldier Field as a Vikings House of Horrors but we’ve won the last 5 in ChiTown….
Defense is gonna get burned from time to time – and at the worst moments here and there. But it’s also produced a ton of sacks and turnovers. Few things could be cleaned up for sure. But I’ll take the good that comes with the gambles of this defense.
Painted fingernails, crybaby momma’s boy and all that – Williams elusiveness and arm strength were impressive.
We really need Cam Robinson to be healthy soon. Quessenberry is a liability imo.
FTP!
FT*!
Skol!!!
3 road game wins in a row is tough.
In fact it is the first time the Vikings have ever done it.
Plus FTP Auto Rec.
this throw is GROSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Dammmmmn, didnt look nearly that smooth on the live broadcast. That has shades of a throw from Sammy Sleeves to JWright against the Saints in the 2017 opener.
I was thinking the same thing. I remember that throw. Was absolutely filthy.
Sam has some arm talent.
He’s been a lot smarter with the football the past couple of games, no turnovers other than the pitch to Jones, which was not Sam’s fault.
Unfortunately in the stats book it gets marked down as his fumble. But I agree.
I saw the $5 Burger King Whopper deal on TV while watching the game yesterday. I always loved those deals when I was working at the prison, plus I love the Whopper Burgers. I would stop on my way to work, 1pm-ish, eat one for a late lunch and save the other for dinner.
It made for a nice shift once a year.
So I looked it up after the game thinking to pick some up today maybe. Scam alert! The deal is for Whopper Jrs, way less good-er.
I guess with Bidenomics they can’t do the old deal but a boy can dream.
Bking is trash regardless. Jr or Regular. The most flavorless of all fast food burgers.
you are a loser. BK burgers are the best.
Its okay, you can have a wrong opinion <3 🙂
Literally no one I know likes BK. Not a single human being iv met in person.
I haven’t driven by a BK in ages (or a McD, Hardees, TB, TJ, etc… did I mention I live in Glendive).
I lie a bit, last Tuesday I was in Billings, sweet lawd there was a line a quarter mile long for chicfila wtf do they sell crack there?
Taco Johns and Tbell are guilty pleasures I do when Im in a screw it mood. Never let me down. Chicfila is good, one of the best fast food chicken sammiches but the lines and the demand never made sense to me, at all. Its like that every where though, Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks. All the same.
Chick-fil-a?
I think I had some at a food court back in my Army days in Alabama. Lately The Teacher and I have been once, not bad but not impressive either.
I like watching The Woke try to knock it down and fail.
That is the Sum Total of my experience with them.
At my age a Whopper Jr. is just about right.
That might be a consideration.
Their onion rings are decent as well.
Well yeah. It says it on the ad.
Whopper Jr.
This surprised you?
I heard the ad on TV and they did not specify Whopper Jr.
Later looking up the deal on-line I saw the ad.
Yes it surprised me.
I just took you literally. You posted that you saw it on TV.
Not trying to be a jerk.
I took you at your word.
Am I missing something here?
‘Secondly, why in the world don’t the Bears have a sideline camera?’
I did see the sideline shot on the replay so there was a ‘sideline camera’.
https://fansided.com/refs-new-rules-screw-over-vikings-and-of-course-mike-pereira-agrees
My understanding was that Soldier Field does indeed have a boundary camera, but Pereira stated that since every stadium does not have a boundary camera, DEI rules mandate that the boundary camera footage is invalid.
I think the author was confused.
If that is ‘the rule’ it is extremely stupid IMHO.
Both teams have access to that camera angle to the contest is equitable.
That other teams in other games don’t is irrelevant to that game.
If it is raining/snowing does that mean the game conditions have to be the same in all the games.
When the sideline staff went down and they pulled in the ‘alternate ref’ to work the sticks does that mean all the other games have to pull out their alt ref??
Ok, rant over, I feel a little better. Stupid DEI.
Oh yeah, thanks for bringing that up. That was a little spooky, looked like that guy fainted.
Who faints anymore? It’s not the 1950s.
Or the 1850s.
Maybe he just ‘had the vapors’ AKA gas.
I thought it looked like he stepped wrong on something, went down and maybe tweaked an ankle.
He didn’t look very upset afterwards, thought it was more of a mobility issues.
Standard NFL stuff. Not necessarily right, just standard from the NFL.
Finally back from my month of chaos. Is it just me or does this website run a hell of a lot better than it use to? Performance seems up across the board. Brad get some missing updates installed?
well you haven’t been here so things have been running WAY smoother
RUDE
but funny
finally had a receiver step up, and boy did he, when the defense is smothering JJets. Addison had me hell of a game, as did Hock. This is what we missed in the last few games. When Jets is getting bracketed we need someone to step up.
Yes, really nice to see that.
I mean, this has to happen. We have so many damn weapons, time for them to prove they are weapons.
Yep. Picked the perfect game to bench Addison and play Deebo Samuel.
I had hopes for Nailor, but when they do throw it to him, he fails to make plays. Dropped passes will not help you get more targets. I still like Tristan Jackson, wish we’d bring him back & give him a shot.
According the the Bears broadcast he is one of the Vikings favorite redzone weapons.
If you don’t like Paul Allen, yesterday reminded me how good he really is. The Bears team is horrible. Some of the highlights were
-“Cairo Santos is coming out to kick a field goal of some length.”
-“Nailor is one of the Vikings favorite red zone weapons”
-On the should have been late hit on a kickoff, one of the broadcasters was pissed and said it was a stupid move and the Bears player needs to be smarter. The main guy says, no, he’s just playing hard. You like to see that effort.
FWIW I was happy to see them let that OOB hit go.
Johnston was annoying af. I wanted to cut my ears off.
hilarious happening yesterday.
My 5 year old wanted to invite one of his little buddies over after church yesterday, so another little 5 year old was over to witness me watching a vikings game:
Mrs Freeze: so (insert kids name), does your dad stand up and yell and do all the things mr freeze is doing, during vikings games??
little kid: um…no…we don’t watch football..(as he stares at me wondering why i’m yelling at the tv)
I can just imagine that little kid answering his parents “so how was your time at the freezeface’s”
You likely scarred the young lad.
Yeah, my grandkids don’t get it (and they are all teenagers or nearly teenagers) so I just shut the door and pace and yell in my man cave.
You probably shouldn’t associate with that family.
Sounds like a deep plant Russian spy.
They probably voted for Cackles.
they are transplants from PA, so they aren’t into the disappointing minnesota sports ways…
i don’t blame them
Probably moved away to escape the political ads, phone calls and rallies.
I would have too.
My whole family usually leaves the living room at some point in the 2nd quarter.
My 4-year-old daughter yesterday tells me twice in the 1st quarter, “Dad, you know you don’t have to yell when something bad happens.
Sounds like a smart toddler.
turn these parents into child protective services…..
In the “far too early playoff scenario”, anyone else thinking we are going to be away at SF, Seattle, or Atlanta in the wildcard, followed by away at the Eagles, followed by away at Lions? @SB here we come!@
Likely.
The Vikings are the fifth seed unless the Lions start losing.
Just gonna be two home games then a game in New Orleans.
I think Detroit drops a game maybe 2 before the season ends. I think both the Eagles and Lions appear to be better than us. I am with bow below, 2 home games and the SB.
Been chasing ditch chickens at all? Started waterfowling this past weekend, had to rest the choco had 1/2 of his tail amputated. Had to let it heal. Looks like a lab/pointer now. All the other labs make fun of him.
How did that happen (the tail)?
We are still very dry over here on the flatlands. Had a quarter inch of rain about ten days ago but no snow yet. In other words it is tough conditions for pheasant. I did take my chocos out three times last week, had a rare and picture perfect pheasant rise straight up in front of us and head arrow like with the wind directly over my head, I could finally pick out the rooster coloring as he neared the apogee about 30 yards overhead, missed with the top barrel, spun and tried again with the bottom barrel, I swear he cackled with glee.
Not sure on the tail, was out hiking he gets ahead of me sometimes and came back with 2-3 vertebrae exposed. The soft tissue was avulsed. Vet said typically they get tail hung up and then panic and pull hard.
Beautiful description of the rooster, I can ‘see’ it in my minds eye.
Oh no! That sounds nasty.
This time of year I have to watch my dumbasses, they like to run down the creek and the ice is a little thin in places, more than once they’ve broken through the ice and thrash a bit until they pull themselves up on the bank. The water isn’t deep enough in most places that they could get in trouble, but I read a story in one of the hunting magazines where the author lost his yellow Lab after she broke through the ice on a slough in Miles City and drowned, despite breaking his shotgun stock trying to free her. So I like to keep them in view near the water so I would have a fighting chance to pull them out.
The Lions have the Bears twice, the Packers, Bills and 49ers….
They are playing great. But that isn’t a real easy remaining schedule. They could lose a game or two yet. I don’t have much confidence we beat them in Detroit. And it is my understanding that they would hold the tie-breaker even if we do beat them. So we need to run the table and they need to lose 2 games. Not likely.
Agreed, I was having a moment of hypomania .
I could see them losing to the Bills and Packers. But not the bears and 49ers. Plus, we will likely lose 2 more (and not beat Detroit anyway).
Agreed….
Way too far away to think of playoff scenarios yet.
I feel confident (kind of) that they won’t collapse and miss the playoffs.
Have no idea who they will be playing or where.
Agreed, especially tie-breakers. But it is fun to do. So NoDakota – if we split with the lions and end up tied with them for first, the tie- breaker after head to head is divisional record (I think I have that right). If we are still tied then, it drops to common games, but both Lions and Vikes swept the AFC, so then I think it goes to strength of victory. at that point, we are likely screwed.
Our best hope is to sweep the rest of our divisional games and hope the Bears or FTP win one against Detroit
The problem is we lost to the Rams, they beat the Rams, so they win the common games tiebreaker if we both win out based on records against common opponents.
I forgot about that game…..damn
I see the Vikings losing to ATL on the road, and Kirko balling out.
Just because Vikings.
I thought that game was in Minny?
He means the opening playoff game.
Try to keep up.
Yeah, I didn’t read the comment he was replying to. Atlanta is going to flounder and lose the division to Tampa and Kirko will be sitting at home for the playoffs.
A bold take….you may be right.
Yeah, it’s not like Kirk has a history of starting strong and then missing out on the playoffs or anything.
Is it that bold when describing Kirk Cousins led teams? Its par for the course.
so how about this…i’m actually gonna say something nice/good about the vikings for once!
i will say this…on our game winning OT possession/drive….we overcame 2 penalties, and one was a big holding penalty…
I really liked the play call after the holding call, get it to 2nd and manageable. I think it was a 9 yard pass to Hock, so it went from 1st and 20 to 2nd and 11. I like that alot. That’s super smart by both KOC and Darnold to not try to get all the yards back in one play. If it was a longer pass and incomplete, sitting at 2nd and 20 SUCKS…
i thought that Overtime drive had some REALLY good play calls…
Also, player of the game….
Haha yes, Mullens…
Addison obviously gotta be the player of the game – monster game and catches in clutch situations. Maybe even Darnold.
all nick mullens does is throw first downs
Haha yes, he was 100% yesterday (completion and 1st downs). Goff-like game.
P.S. I know you were joking. Gotta give credit to Addison though.
He is 100 percent on third downs on the season….2 for 2!
So is Aaron Jones fumbling at the goal line becoming a thing now?
It appears to be.
At least the second one.
Might be a third.
I am still washing the residual vomit from the back of my throat after watching that game. God, I can’t take it!
Darnold looked “jittery” to me. KOC definitely chatted with him about forcing the ball as he looks a bit more tentative and throws the ball away a lot. I guess that is good, but he did not run as much, is he getting beaten up and a bit sore.
The D is very prone to giving up big plays. That is disconcerting as well
But the rational side of me says any NFL win on the road is good, and any win in the division is good as well.
A few things that I use to talk myself away from the cliff:
– we are not the NYG or Jets!
– maybe we will play better against the upcoming better teams
– Thanksgiving week – time to cook, eat and drink
Darnold had a good game. He made some clutch throws when needed.
To me, and I was saying this a lot in the game thread, KOC needs to pepper in some more quick slant throws or quick, easy out routes. So many of the routes the WRs seem to run are long-developing, across-the-field crossing routes. Those are great, but we need to get 6-8 yards on easy slants every once in a while, especially on these 2nd and 10s.
agreed. We seem to rely on longer passes much more. personally, I love the 4-6 Yard completions. add a few yards of run after catch and you get longer lasting drives that wear down the defense and let’s our D rest. One telling stat from yesterday’s game. At halftime we had posted 3 nice drives, but lost time of possession to the Bears by a 2 to 1 margin
Yes, this is so frustrating, especially when teams do this against us all the time on 3rd downs.
I said this last week, and was challenged a bit by a couple of people saying Levis’ plays were a fluke.
This D gives up long plays at the worst of times.
But a win is a win, and the Vikings now have a 3 game lead for a wild card with AZ coming to town
Good position to be in.
They for sure are giving up chunk passes. I tell my dad every time that it’s because they do a terrible zone coverage call. It’s even worse when they do zone and blitz. I don’t think our team has the speed to get away with that.
Press-man blitz with a safety over top is the best, imho, or even just do press-man with 2 over the top and rush 4.
I would argue, almost everyone on here said they would rather give up a couple big plays and be aggressive, than have the shell defense we had under Donnatel.
When a play breaks down and WRs play the scramble drill DBs are going to struggle to keep them covered.
The CryBaby is particularly good at those, probably because he does them so often.
That style of defense is going to be suspect to big plays. They cause a lot of hell but in hell sometimes you’ll get burnt ya know? I am ok with it, better than not being aggressive and sitting on your heals. I am most worried about… what is the status of Pace and Robinson?
I am concerned about this also and haven’t heard much about it.
Q did pretty well while in for Robinson and Grugier-Hill for Pace Jr.
Not to mention Mullins in for a second in place of Sam.
Nice to have some quality depth.
Pace looked like a hammy…Robinson maybe an ankle sprain?
Pace is less of a loss than Robison is. We need Robinson healthy BADLY
That is what KOC said during the after game presser.
I heard a commentator say something that they saw like the hammy wiggle, that’s not good, like he popped it then?
I didn’t see anything crazy like a hamstring avulsion, more like he got sat down hard and awkwardly, straining the hamstring, and the soft tissues jiggled like jello.
Losing Pace for the year would be ungood.
The defense has been severely overrated this season. They have decent games against bad QB’s, but they are not clutch on 3rd downs at all IMO. Good teams like Detroit are going to continue to have their way with them.
Letting Williams scramble for a first down on 4th and intermediate, I audibly screamed.
If I recall correctly I think I counted 2 or 3 plays were the vikings would have sacked Williams if he were almost any other qb.
The guy is talented but also missed some throughs.
Yep, is he really that much faster than everyone? They know he has a tendency to run, but he did escape some tackles for sure. But damn, that made me mad too.
I missed most of the game since I was in the woods hunting. However, I kept up by getting alerts from the NFL app and checking on here. Because of that, I knew what had already happened when I watched the condensed version of the game on NFL+ later in the evening. As I was watching, I was thinking that there should be absolutely no way that it should be tied and go into overtime. We were really in control of the game until the last 1:30. Also, with watching the condensed version you only here portions of the announcers and even then I got sick of listening to Daryl Johnson slobber all over the Bears. I used to respect his commentary, but the last couple of times I have heard him on a Vikings game he as continually talked about how great our opponent is, even though we were winning most of the time.
I turned the game off to mow lawn with 2 minutes left thinking “we’ll hit the FG and then the game will be out of reach”. Boy was I wrong. Dumb Vikings.
Sunday mornings is chore time for me…so I didn’t start the game until 1230 MST. I was about halfway through Q3 when I noticed the little recording icon/red line of the length of the game was going significantly longer than if it ended in regulation. Even when I saw thirty minutes remaining in the broadcast after the Vikings kicked the FG I refused to believe the game could somehow go to OT.
Definitely would call that a game the Bears lost, rather than the Vikings won. Blocked FG, muffed punt return, and it was still close. It is funny watching OT, it seems like every other team that I watch in OT you are just waiting for the defense to somehow stop the inexorable flow of the offense…with the Vikings you are just waiting for A. Jones to cough the ball up or Darnold to throw a deep pick.
PS why can’t we do those short crossing routes opening up the slot and TE (like we did in OT) more often? It seems like the playbook is run, screen, deep ball.
My wife got so angry watching those last 2 minutes of regulation that she refused to watch any overtime. She also said to sell her tickets to the last 2 games we are going to because she’ll “be damned if she is going to waste money watching that brand of shitty football“.
She was an angry wife…I may have 2 single tickets for sale – Green Bay and Atlanta.
She sounds like a firecracker.
The Teacher just said she will be in back bedroom/bath organizing so she won’t be ‘in the way’ while I watch/reacted to the OT.
I would say mine was irrationally angry…
The Vikings do that to normally good people.
I did not see much of the game. Saw a good chunk of the first half and then turned it on in time to see the onside kick.
It appears the rule changes have really hurt the onside kick chances. That is too bad. The onside kick is one of the most exciting parts of the game.
I wonder how they can tweak the rule to get it back up to previous success percentages…
I’m just spit-balling.
Maybe make it so the ball only has to go five yards instead of 10.
Maybe allow the kicking team an extra player or two.
Maybe turn the onside kick into a tip-off like in basketball. Just set the ball on the 50 yard line. Recovery team is 10 yards from it. Kicking team is 15 yards from it. Ready. Set go.
But they got to do something if it the odds have been reduced that much. Plus, it now has to be announced, so you can’t even do the surprise onside.
Definitely needs addressing. It is is currently wrecked.
Of course, the Vikings would be the only team to have a successful onside kick done against them this season…
The rule was likely created thinking that this new rule will only affect the Vikings.
My understanding is that there has been 3 successful onside kicks this year, including the one against us yesterday.
Yes, and the gophers even had one but got screwed on a fake offsides call to nullify it (against Michigan of course). Minnesota gets the bad end either way, I’ve learned.
Correct. But the bozo with the microphone also messed up player names every 4th or 5th time he said them.
What I hate about the onside kicks is exactly what happened – ball accidentally bounces off player’s leg on the return team, who is locked up blocking someone. Shouldn’t be a live ball yet.
Now, if the player hasn’t been engaged yet, or makes an attempt to recover the ball, yeah – live ball.
Mundt should have jumped into the kicking team blocker’s arms like a cat leaping out of a puddle. I think it was Mundt that got tagged.
Yeah he was focused on his job, blocking incoming Bores, and didn’t notice the ball Kamikaze-ing at his leg.
After watching the Steelers lose to the Browns and seeing that the Texans lost to the Titans, the Commanders lost to the Cowboys, and the Chiefs almost lost to the Panthers (!), it made me feel a bit better about the Vikes.
Yes.
They are 9-2 and have not completely dominated any team since Houston in week 3.
I really hope they pull things together at the right time.
I saw portions of the Packer game and wondered, “Why can’t we win by 21points?”
Missing starting QB and best defender (Bosa) helps with that.
The Vikings best football is ahead of them….I just hope it is this year.
I wish they could put a complete game together.
Sound on. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Dfaa33QQQ/?mibextid=UalRPS
That’s incredibly accurate.
Happy victory Monday skolholers
FTP
FT*
Skol
11 points in 22 seconds… unreal. But we still won at Chicago, so all is well. Offense looked better than the last few weeks from what I saw in the 2nd half, running game especially, defense did enough to win, and Romo keeps hitting those field goals (#nojinx). 9-2 looks pretty good!
FTP & FT*!
SKOL!
Only the Vikings could allow a long kickoff return etc, 2 pt conversion, onside kick recovery inside of the two minute warning. I honestly don’t think this team is safe with a 16 point lead inside of two minutes with the opponent having no timeouts.
If Washington’s kicker wasn’t a dunce, the Cowgirls meltdown, or near meltdown, was pretty epic.
Blew my mind watching the end of game.
Sounds painful
Not for very long though.