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Vikings News
T.J. Hockenson had surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right knee suffered in the Christmas Eve game against Detroit
From the Strib, 5 QBs the Vikings could target in the draft
Four things the Vikings could learn from the NFCCG
Seven FAs for the Vikings to consider
A mock because I know you want it!
NFL News
The Super Bowl odds moved overnight from the 49ers -2.5 to the 49ers -1. Seems the money is coming in on the Chiefs.
VIKINGS QUESTION OF THE DAY
The vast majority of players wait until after the Super Bowl to announce their retirement (at least those with class). We all know that Harrison Smith has class, but will he be among those retiring this offseason? For some reason I feel like the answer is yes for the future HOFer, same for Jason Kelce.
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Good morning, good afternoon, good night skolholes! Did you miss my infinite wisdom today?
You were not here??
Thinking the vast majority of the commenting is done for the day.
Checked in earlier. Slow. Just time of year. SB, get into free agency then draft. Already read so many draft/trade proposals i hate to even click on.
They spend awhile ‘down-tread’ talking about a bunch of actors/movies I had never heard of.
I didn’t even bother to pay attention to it.
All the speculation about FAs/Draft/Cuts gets old. I will comment if something actually happens.
Saw that too. Who? What? LOL.
Kind of like when they talk about golf.
They seem to enjoy it for some reason so I can ignore it.
Better than Wordie I guess.
Get your Sendejo ‘Make Football Violent Again’ Merch here.
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Just ran across a GREAT QUOTE by Aristotle….
“A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything”
Them old Greeks sure was smart.
A bit of a sort of corollary to this an old boss used to say. — ‘no job is too difficult for the guy who doesn’t have to do it.’
Ha…I like that too…
My all time favorite is; ‘Never argue with a fool, people won’t know the difference’.
In prison we used ‘Never argue with an Inmate, he will pull you down to his level and beat you with experience’.
I like “it is better to have people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt”
Also my personal favorite….
I also love this Twain quote:
’When I was 14 my father was such an ignorant fool I could hardly stand to have the old man around….
When I turned 21 I couldn’t believe how much he had learned in 7 years….’
One of ‘Ol Abes best.
There would be a lot of silence on the thread.
I’m sure he was looking into the future and reading my comments on Skoloholics.
I guess the community councilors or whatever they are called in Minneapolis just didn’t get there in time.
Former ICE detainee dressed as delivery driver kills 3 inside home with kids present: police | Fox News
More Drug Dealers down.
Too bad some innocents got caught up in the drama/crossfire.
We just got rid of 11 of them near here. 6 killed/5 arrested.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/29/southern-california-el-mirage-bodies-homicide-investigation/72401976007/
Wow.
Yup.
Pretty amazing the things we don’t have to worry about once we get to Boise.
I still think the Vikings missed wide right, by not hiring Harbaugh.
I believe that they were looking to get as far away from the Zim culture as possible.
KOC is the opposite of Zim and Harbaugh was somewhere in the middle.
Plus Harbaugh thinking it was basically a done deal and not an actual interview sealed the deal.
Yeah, I get that, but to me, having a “players” coach or a “hard ass” coach isn’t really germaine to the issue. Regardless of personality, it’s who is the guy available who can get the job done? Harbaugh knows how to coach an NFL team. Been there, done that, got the tee shirt. Rookie GM and rookie HC, make rookie mistakes. People want to give them 5 years to learn how to succeed in the NFL. Bullshit. bring in a proven product… get the job done right the first time.
Imagine being the owner. You had just fired a hard ass defensive minded, physical run the ball type coach. Had just had a meeting with all the team leaders and took their input of problems. And at that time, given Harbaugh’s coaching style and reputation, could understand their thinking for pass.
Now five years, that’s another matter.
Summary:
Kfey gives Kirk career advice for life after football
Surly will complain even after Kirk is gone
Wrenage thinks MT has a good marriage because MTs wife thinks he looks terrible
If the elephant man had elephantitis on his junk he would have been invited to Wrenage’s support group
Freezey supports drafting players based on skull shape
NVF is interested by JJ winning games alone
Kfey rejects reality and substitutes his own
It sounds like Freezey has a weird form of elephantitis on four parts of his privates
Wrenage finds random knife under his car seat placed there by his wife, Mjolnir suggests using it to clean his ears
VP complains about going to his kids’ 5th grade band concerts
NoDak makes comment about the Pro Bowl games, devolves into discussion of lesbians, reproducing, and everyone being pre-pubescent compared to Harrison Smith
Freezey seems surprised people on here compare the vikings roster to the 49ers, its like its his first day here
Jrob wonders about filling holes and gaps
as of right now there are 210 comments, only half way to the magical 420!
Thank you Ben for you excellent work…and also for posting the thread each day so we have someplace to go to become enlightened.
What’s magical about 420?
It lets their brain go on a Magic Carpet Ride??
It’s a number associated with the smoking of the marijuana…. Whether it be the time of day or the number itself. Some say it was law enforcement code for ‘possession of marijuana’…. It’s a thing. Been a thing for all of my adolescent years and adulthood.
Sounds like Ben Johnson turned down the Washington HC job? He wanted too much money?
Why Lions’ Ben Johnson ‘Spooked’ Commanders, Declined Head Coaching Jobs (msn.com)
Sounds like he just wants to stay in Detroit for at least another year. Could be that he just withdrew because he didn’t like either fit, but he was never offered any job.
After the screw ups he knows the Detroit job will be open soon.
Heard not good in interview.
Here’s a deep dive for folks that want to laughably compare our roster even if healthy to the 49ers.
Let me ask you something before I look. Do these guys know a fig more about football than you or I, or for that matter anyone on this site?
JRobert it appears to be 50 minutes long…I will pass.
You’re not the Vikings so you could also run if you wanted…
Ha! good point.
You got the time
They are media members and actually get to talk to coaches and players as well as have access to locker rooms after games, so they are more connected and have just as valid if not more opinions than us imo. They also want a SB before they die and are ready to move on Kirk so, thats top tier status as well.
I get to talk to players and coaches too , so that they do is sort of impressive to me – but only so far.
Everyone wants to get to and wants to win a SB so no one’s bona fides are any better than anyone else’s.
So, are there opinions more valid – maybe, maybe not.
Wow.
What NFL players and coaches are you communicating with?
People don’t kiss and tell…you either believe JRobert or you don’t…..He seems pretty believable.
Correct. There are some rather nice places in the country to retire to. Right here in Florida it seems everyone likes to come and visit. Some build vacation homes around here. A lot of folks come down and play golf in the off season.
Outside of football, there’s even baseball teams come down and practice before the season – players everywhere. I’m sort of lucky, get to work out in this pretty nice facility, and over the last year have gotten tp work out with the Knicks. Celtics, Lakers and Suns.
Real Mardid was there but I didn’t really know them at the time.
So with out prying or being to outward, it’s not too hard to meet and talk to folks.
I knew this – you’ve mentioned working in the DC area and hailing from Illinois originally. Also remember you saying you played some pro ball – and not Single A. A pitcher? Vaguely remember you mentioning actually taking to Kirk this past summer while hitting golf balls. Seems to me you know this game and its history. I’m assuming you’re credible but one never really knows with the anonymity of the internet.
You have a good memory – said all of that. You seem fair minded , you can judge what I saw on it’s merits – or not.
Anyways, you didn’t say but I love dogs and am already kind of fond of Goose and I haven’t even met him.
Thats why you want Krik, you played golf with him. Awesome, explains so much. While cool, also is a conflict of interest when it comes to the Vikings future imo.Youre in bed with the enemy
I never played golf with him in my life and never said I did. When and where I might see people is entirely different.
Cinflict of interest – is this court? believe I’m pretty much on record here of rolling with Mullens next year and getting defensive talent.
Why do you try so much at this. site to discredit the person rather than the argument?
Yeah you’re not in the locker rooms after games lol. Nice try though. Playing golf with retirees doesn’t move the needle for me. Way to be humble though.
Who said anything about playing golf with retirees? Do you have to lie to make a point?
i’m genuinely curious, is there anyone here that is actually comparing the vikings roster with the 49ers?!?!
This surprises you?
Jrob clearly. We beat them, with 3 of their star players hurt, and their QB concussed. That makes us better right? He’s arguing our roster isnt that far away from being competitive because we game close to beating or beating these teams in fricken October lol.
First, I don’t know if that guy knows anything more than any of us.
and I’m not arguing about better rosters And October games either.
I still think the concussion stuff was cover.
Still it doesn’t matter so much who won the game, or the Chiefs game either. It’s that we could play compeititve football against the best teams in the league. If you’re competitive, you may or may win on any particular day.
Last year we could not do that.
The most, by a very long way, impressive thing about the Niner game to me was that our offensive line played outstanding against one of the best defensive fronts in football.
Given that, it showed we could play football against the best defenses in football.
Chiefs while be the best defense in football this season when its said and done. And the 49ers secondary is complete ass, they lost 3 games pretty poorly including our in October when they were in a rough patch, then they got their shit together, if we played them a month after we did we get out shit knocked in. With or with out your golf partner.
From what I recall of your golf game last week, you need to spend a shit load more time on the range.
How did they stack up in 2023? Next year will be differnt people. Vikings won seems like they stacked up great. Ask this question after new roster is set
as you were
Idk who you you are but what are you asking? The Vikings beating a hindered team in October is nothing to hang your hat on. Christ some of this fan base make me embarrassed to be a part of it. Low bars and standards. Them Winning is irrelevant in OCTOBER! Especially against a hurt roster. We were missing Jefferson, thats it. Thank Addison for taking that PICK and saving Kirk an INT. That pass gets picked the games over lol. Just….my God Im done with the rose colored glasses fans defending an over achieving team. So ready to build a REAL TEAM.
Saw this comment on Reddit – Scary accurate
LOL…
It’s been that way since 2018 IMO.
Hopefully, KAM doesn’t fall for it again.
Funny, we picked up some stragglers from that Fanbase around that time as well.
https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Fcompose%2Ftweet
Hock had his surgery today. Count down begins. I bet he doesn’t play until close to Thanksgiving next season. 10 month minimum rehab. Then to get into game shape and speed.
We have Nick Muse….
“WE HAVE A TJ HOCKINSON AT HOME!”
-The TJ Hockinson at home
https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052096/johnny-mundt
Mundt is a free agent, I doubt he is re-signed
They’ll draft some upside athlete late round TE… or trade for Kraft!
Pro-Bowl Skills competition…6 oclock Thursday!
Stupid to me… not gonna watch.
We agree on something. Its like watching adult gym class. Fun if you are playing, unbareable if you have to watch.
More like women’s basketball.
If you have haven’t watched Caitlin Clark you are missing out.
I tried, I tried watching some Lynx games back when they were winning back to back, was still AWFUL. Slower paced, lower scoring, empty stadium…
I was in downtown Minneapolis one day the Lynx were playing. I was on the rail system…there were Lynx fans on their way to the game…90% of whom appeared to be female lesbians between 20 and 30….NOT THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
When my son was younger, he played in a great state basketball tournament every year. They got to play at the Target center for the 5 state championship. Every year they would give out 3 Lynx tickets for the game that played that night following the tournament. His last year we decided to stay back and go to the game.
As the fans started pouring in, I realized that they don’t even open up the second level. I looked around and said to my son, this league will never grow to the heights of the NBA. Mostly because there will never be second generation fans. The small group I was with may have been the only heterosexuals there that night.
LOL! exactly.
Hey, at least they are supporting their own! That was the whole point. They are mad that no one cares or supports the WNBA. Why should I care about them when there’s a better men’s product? Is it perhaps, because men are by nature, perhaps more athletically gifted and fun to watch play sports than women? No, couldn’t be.
As JacksonVike points out, there will be few multigenerational WNBA fans, because their fans cant produce. This is a really valid point I hadn’t thought of.
The arena’s are only empty and you bored because of sexism.
Correct. I am a sysgendered straight white man AND IM THE OPRESSOR!
And homophobic
Of course its stupid, I was being sarcastic.
I would wager about the only humans who will be watching are pre-pubescents who have a bad case of hero worshiping.
The players parents will probably watch also.
…….Not so sure about that.
It’s kind of like a fifth grade band concert. The only ones that can bear it are the parents. Even then, I wasn’t happy about it.
To be fair, anyone compared to Harrison Smith would be considered “pre-pubescent…”
Ya just had to take a shot, didn’t you?
I think there must be some Gordon Ramsay show I can watch instead.
Or cheers reruns.
Doesn’t the new Oak Island episode air on Thursday?
No, the Curse of Oak Island is on tonight.
I vacuumed out my car today during coffee break and found a knife under the front seat. I didn’t put it there. The only other person who occasionally drives my car is my wife.
Is she like an assassin or something? It’s a paring knife, so the other possibility is she is cutting fruit while driving…
I think I’d prefer she was an assassin. What kind of psycho cuts fruit while driving?
What if it was above the visor as a booby trap and you just got lucky that it fell out before you got in the car?
I’ll tell you what kind of psycho cuts fruit while driving… a gawd damned assassin!
Exactly!
Other possibilities:
picking teeth
cleaning ears – basically it’s a smooth car key (who hasn’t done that amirite?)
menacing teenage drivers at stoplights
re-enacting ‘West Side Story’
There are a number of top shelf defensive free agents this year the Vikings might could acquire.
Chris Jones (DT Chiefs)
Josh Allen (Edge, Jaguars)
Justin Madubuike (DT, Ravens)
Christian Wilkins (DT, Dolphins)
Brian Burns (Edge, Panthers)
Put those 5 guys out there, and you’re going to be stout up front.
Of course they might eat up the entire salary cap by themselves, but the cap is a myth, right?
In high school we ran a 5-2 Monster Defense. My high school coach, Warren Washburn actually wrote a book on the 5-2 – was required reading for all football players. 5-2 is a lineup that features a NT, 2 DT (basically 3-techs) and 2 DE. 2 LB’s 2 CB’s and 1 SS or MonsterBack.
The 5 guys you’ve listed above would be the ultimate DLine in the 5-2….
I like the 5-2 at the HS level. You can run a lot of cover 3 behind it. I liked that look where there were 3 down linemen, two outside stand up edge guys 2 LBs but that monster back/best tackling safety or LB/Safety Hybrid, is at LB depth. But only send 4 of the guys on the line in the base package. Whichever side you send, that side’s LB or Monster replaces them in coverage responsibilities.
I played for a coach in HS that had played for Duffy Dougherty at Michigan State when they tied for National Title. He used the 5-2 Perhaps different, a lot like todays 3-4 as the standup DE’s were a lot like the position Hunter plays. And, since there was less passing then, one of the safeties was a Monsterback. Believe at the. time there was a guy George Webster was the monster for MS and a great football player.
5-2 was super popular in Nebraska (and obviously other places in the Midwest) because it proved to be very formidable against the run and against option-based offenses (The Maryland I in particular) and pass-first offenses were virtually unheard of down here until the late 80’s and even then they were very little.
If they’re going to spend much for a DE I would expect Hunter to be back. If not, they will more likely go for a mid price guy coming off an injury.
I love “the cap is a myth” stuff… people that say that then you put 5 FAs out there and say then sign them all, no problem lol.
Myth not. But some teams seem to ‘manipulate’ it much better than others.
In anything competitive the people who figure out how to play the system are usually more successful.
Allen is going to be the most expensive edge, if the Vikings are going to spend on the line they should not extend Hunter and instead sign younger guys like Burns or Madibuke
You know what? When it comes to the defense I will trust whatever they decide because Flores seems to know his shit and it would be awesome to see him have the talent he wants.
No guarantees KAM will get the talent he wants though.
Vikings can save 25 mil in ded void money by extending Hunter and Kork
It’s just kicking the can down the road.
Save cap in 2024 to push it into the future.
The void ded cap hits aren’t that bad in future years if extended. I don’t know what KAMs plan is for Kirk and Hunter, typically if you want a player into the future you sign them before their last year of a contract to an extension. If KAM is planning on extending either it will increase cap space this offseason. I’m not advocating for or against either.
I am. For one and against the other
What do you have against Hunter??
Depends on his demands, if its similar to a younger player like Allen or Burns I’d rather sign them.
Agree…all other things being equal, younger is better.
Michael Shannon, probably my favorite actor, apparently can also sing and is coming to the TC
wow, idk if i’m more surprised he is in a band or that he is your favorite actor.
i enjoy him, but he doesn’t touch my mount rushmore.
I’ve never heard it called a “mount rushmore” before…
Regardless, no one should be touching that but your wife and doctor.
Mount Rushmore has 4 heads…..
That sounds like a pretty weird form of elephantitis that freezey has.
Note to self: Freezy possibly a mutant. Go in disguise as a doctor or his wife to check. Report back to Skoloholics with findings…
Who does?
for me and my mount rushmore:
Leo, Daniel Day Lewis, Brad Pitt and the last one is tough, probably Liam Neeson
one of those is a joke
DDL is the GOAT, period. After that its debateable, but Jack Nicholson has 3 Oscars, two best actor one best supporting, he’d be on Rushmore, I would also have Clint Eastwood, then probably Denzel or Anthony Hopkins. Leo wouldn’t be top ten.
John Wayne
he’s on rushmore for this alone
Definitely better than Leo
Love his movies
Leo is by far a better actor than Denzel or Hopkins or Eastwood..
LOVE those guy but Denzel and Eastwood play the same character in almost every movie (good characters fwiw)
How about Christian Bale?
Also better than Leo
How many oscars leo got? Oh that’s right less than either, next.
have you seen the movies that win oscars now a days?
saying someone is a good actor because they have an oscar is like saying someone is a good player because they made the probowl, bendumdum
Yeah, that’s why guys that won oscars previous to like the last 10 years are so are better actors than the ones the last 10 years foreskinface
I would agree. Leo’s role as Arnie in WEGG was awesome
Interesting….
mine:
Sam Rockwell
Billy Bob
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Daniel Day Louis
i wouldn’t consider all of them to be the best actors ever – although I think DDL probably is…. but they’re my favorites.
As far as my favorites mount rushmore probably I’d have
Michael Shannon
Will Ferrel
Joaquin Phoenix
Jimmy Steward
Jimmy Stewart great actor – great American.
Jimmy Stewart Reads a Touching Poem About His Dog Beau | Carson Tonight Show (youtube.com)
For you dog lovers that maybe to young to have seen Stewart reading a poem about his dead dog…..its worth a watch.
Sensational piece. Even Carson had tears. And don’t think Stewart was acting here
Super good man.
I’m a Phoenix fan as well.
i love sam rockwell
I wouldn’t touch either
Great actor. Very good in ‘Grand Theft Parsons’
Tomorrow, there will be 6 weeks to the start of the NFL 2024 season. The Vikings will probably make it known sooner, but in no less than 42 days we’ll know for certain what KAM intends to do with several players on the roster (Hunter, H. Smith, Cousins, and maybe JJ).
I think I’m more excited to see how the offseason unfolds than I was to watch this season of actual games.
I’m not very excited… mostly filled with trepidation. I have no confidence in either KAM or KOC. I thought they were both the wrong guys for their respective roles, when they were hired.
I’m hoping I’m very wrong.
Well KAM hasn’t had a good showing but KOC has been in the least good so far. So you have been half wrong so far in the least. Your hoping has been half correct! lol. But KAM could redeem himself somehow, we’ll see.
I would disagree. KOC had a good first season, but this last year he made a bunch of terrible decisions that costed the team games. I think he is a slightly above average coach. KAM has shown to be borderline bad as a GM.
That is why I am excited. They either have a chance to bail out the boat, or it is going to crack in half. Should be entertaining!
Dan Campbell gave his club the unvarnished reality Sunday after losing to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.
“I told those guys, this may have been our only shot,” Campbell said to reporters. “Do I think that? No. … However, I know how hard it is to get here. I’m well aware. And it’s gonna be twice as hard to get back to this point next year than it was this year.”
I remember thinking in 1998 that we would be in the Super Bowl in short order, so, yeah, it’s tough. Instead, we got 41-0. Man, that was a silly score. Torn up by Kerry Collins. I remember the camera would show his face every now and then, and even he looked like he couldn’t believe what was happening.
If the camera would have shown my face I also would have looked like I couldn’t believe it was happening.
All you have to do is go back about 30 in Lions history to the last time they made the NFCCG, they completely fell apart after that and didn’t win a playoff game till this year.
As the Vikings continue their transition to a new team in 2024 under KAM’s leadership, we can only hope his 3rd draft is a lot damn better than his first two, and whoever he brings in as a free agent doesn’t end up like Davenport.
We need:
A quarterbackA difference maker on the D-lineA difference maker at linebackerTwo difference makers on the edge’sTwo CB’s who can cover AND tackle
Also a LG
And a RB…
Henry or Barkley.
Would definitely take Henry.
Henry and Chandler would be a great combo, Henry has a lot of wear and tear but he was still productive last year and Chandler is basically the opposite as a sub 4.4 40 guy. This is all provided Chandler learns to block.
Well, we could use a McCaffery clone…
What they need most is an effective short yardage RB, which Henry most certainly still fill that role.
“New team in 2024” – do we really need one or need to fil some holes.
After watching both of our games against Detroit and the game last weekend, is there that ‘big’ a gap?
If we played them tomorrow, with both teams fully healthy, who wins.
There is a very big gap. Division rivals know each other well, and that very often leads to close games.
Talent gap is real.
I sort of believe in the talent issue to a point. Tom Brady used to say he has played in plenty of games with the less talented team and won. And also the vise versa. Detroit runs better than us but our passing game is far better than theirs. Neither defense is going to win any awards.
We played three of the four championship teams this year and held our own.
Last year we couldn’t have done that.
We have holes but so does everyone. Give me a stud center and a stud interior defensive lineman and I’ll bet that will make a big difference on both sides of the ball.
I like your optimism JRobert…my hopeium is running low.
Blind optimism is what leads to our poor roster construction andawful contract extensions of the past half a decade. Sooner you later you have to see things for what they are, not what you want them to be.
No… bad GM’s lead to poor roster construction.
Correct, and bad GMs had blind optimism in aging vets and our QB and didnt see things for what they were at the end of 2019 – 2021.
Maybe some. But think when we’re fully healthy, our passing attack is a load for any team – and that’s without a running game and a screen game,. Pickup a stud IOL would help.
Defense needs help. Keep Hunter, get him some help up front. and second year with Flores, see what happens.
I would be fine with that…I am just not optimistic.
The Vikings don’t have Tom Brady
circumvent the main point.
Clue – most talented team doesn’t win, the team that plays the best football wins.
And I can’t speak for him, but I’m guessing he meant in general about this.
My point:
It’s a lot easier to win with less overall talent when you have the GOAT QB.
My position is, Brady was a very good QB, on great teams. So if you’re a very good QB, you’re gonna win a lot on great teams.
There’s been lots of great teams and great coaches, yet no QB has even sniffed anything close to what Brady has accomplished. Brady is the GOAT and that matters. Winners win.
People try to downplay or even denigrate Brady to make other QBs look better.
And it rubs off on the entire team.
Robotic stats don’t lead to wins.
Leadership leads to wins.
No… not like the Patriots Dynasty. When you look at their defensive rankings, running game rankings, kicking stats, etc you will see every year, they were highly rated. For almost 20 years.
In a very bad division for pretty much his entire career.
this started with a discussion of talent and that there is more to it than just that.
yes, since Cousins joined the Vikings in 2018 he has been way better than Tom Brady…
Counterpoint:
LOL, sure
Yes, yes it is. The scores of past games this season do not change the lack of talent and depth along the entire defense at all positions, as well as starters and depth at OL, RB, and now fill in TE until Hock is back. The gap is huge and we are not one or two or a healthy Kirk away from getting to a SB. If we played any of the teams that played last Sunday tomorrow..we lose. Come on Rob. Lets stop living in lala coulda shoulda woulda maybe land and call a spade a spade.
How can you say that.
We player the Chiefs.
We played the Niners.
We played Detroit twice and or backup threw 6 interceptions.
Could we have won a SB, probably not.
Could we have gotten to the playoffs and beaten Detroit – yes. Maybe yes/ maybe no – but that’s why you play the game.
Blind optimism is not good but so is over the top pessimism.
Your energy level for engagement is commendable.
Na, I’m done for the day on this. Optimists and pessimists just look at a glass half full of water differently.
Nobody ‘really’ knows the answer.
But to me what matters, come next September, the product we put out on the field.
I am hoping for a good product…would love to see us return to the playoffs, no matter who is playing QB.
No one likes Minot.
I like Minot….therefore your statement is false.
Yeah well, you like Kirk AND Minot, so I reject your reality, and substitute my own.
fair enough…but haven’t you heard? perceptions are reality!
My Truth is my Truth…
Your Truth can me your Truth…….
I try to do this post-modern garbage, not sure I get it right all the time.
I agree. We beat the 49ers. Could have beat the Chiefs. Didn’t get to play the Lions with Kirk. We could have made it just as far. Odds are against winning a SB no matter what, really, but we could have played a NFC Championship game for sure IMO (this was the year to do it with weaknesses in teams all over the NFC).
No chance of winning the SB this year. No way the NFL will miss out on having Taylor Swift on the stage after the game.
Because I dont view this game through a childs eyes any more. And I came to terms this roster wasnt it in August of last year and I was right, the final out comes of the games proved me correct. The scores are meaningless to me. We lost 3 of those 4 games and it would have been 4 for 4 if a concussion doesnt happen to a QB on a game winning drive.
I’m pretty sure I’m a lot further from ‘childs eyes than you.
We lost several early games because of all the senseless turnovers. And no team in the league regardless of talent level, is going to overcome doing that. And then playing without you QB1 and the best WR in football will effect your level of play. We aren’t Cleveland with a running game and a defense.
Please, Purdy concussion – Bradshaw said last week with these procedure he wouldn’t have played half the time.
We just see the game differently.
Our highest scoring games were with out Kirk under center and JJ on the field. SF didnt have Debo or their starting LT and McCaffery was 50%. Just no dude…hang the banner for October Football. Fine. I wont.
Who cares – it’s football. we didn’t have JJ.
And it’s really not about October football.
It’s about playing ‘quality’ football teams and being competitive.
Year before, we couldn’t have done that.
And a kicker
I think a fair amount of guys will be extended this offseason, I could be wrong though. It starts with the QB though so the Vikings need to decide what they’re doing at that position and go from there.
Maybe they are surgically removing his head from his anus??
Attorney General Merrick Garland to undergo surgery, Justice Department says (msn.com)
thank God this guy isn’t a Supreme Court Judge.
I know right? I was kind of pissed at the Republicans for the stunt they pulled regarding Garland. However, he has turned out to be a hyper-partisan goon…So glad he is not on the court.
He is a lying piece of trash, just like nearly all politicians/judges/government workers IMO.
yes, but he almost seems worse than all of the others.
Oh, I agree. Just like our country’s “leader”.
One can only hope.
This draft would make me happy.
JJ McCarthy has that same charming, dorky/geeky vibe to him that we all love in #8….
If we are drafting a QB it has to be him.
JJ is a winner. Don’t ever compare him to dorkwad.
So, JJ alone wins games… very interesting.
I usually agree with bow, but I’d be hesitant to make that statement at this point. We’ve seen a lot of college talent fizzle out in the NFL, and I’m not sold on him anyway. We need screenshots for future reference for people. haha
Love the Newton pick – absolutely need help on defense.
if we got JJ at 32, i would be ecstatic. But i don’t think he will last that long
Me too. Don’t think he will be there at 32. Love the trades though, love Newton at 15.
I don’t like McCarthy’s smile. Too cheeky. Phrenology is not used enough in drafting. It can weed out a lot of busts.
i can absolutely get behind this kind of judging.
What does phrenology say about this guy
Possibly a Minnesota Vikings fan, as his skull is a physical manifestation of the emotional beatings he has experienced.
Wonder if Merrick had elephantitis on his junk too.
If so, he could have joined my support group. It’s the silent burden…
LOL
Seems like a lot of kids with misshapen heads (premature closure of sutures?) or syndromes get imaging done that falls to neuroradiologists to interpret. I colloquially call these FLKs (funny looking kids) as in do a CT via the FLK protocol. McCarthy may have been a FLK.
I never grew out of my FLK phase. The new employee I just met confirmed this with her expression…
Yup, me either. I remember when I started losing the hair battle my wife said, “you’ll look terrible bald”. I guess she got used to it.
LOL
That’s a good marriage!
How about this mock Draft for the Vikes?
2024 NFL Mock Draft: Minnesota Vikings full 7-round projection in late-January (msn.com)
Wouldn’t mind it.
Nice pic of JJ McCarthy up top. I would be happy to see him as a Viking.
Nice mock draft, Ben. Make it happen!
GM
FTP
SKOL
Happy Tuesday. Even I am tired of this subject, so have at it without me.
Nothing more to say… he won’t be a Viking next year.
The Cousins detractors will have to find something else to bitch and moan about.
For this crowd, that will be an easy task.
Just because all signs point to him not being a Viking I think they’ll get an extension done.
Me too – big up’s for both sides.
I will always find things to complain about until they win a Super Bowl. Then the team gets a 3 month pass.
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
We are going to miss Kirk.
Surly upon hearing Kirk Cousins is no longer a Viking…
Oh man! LOL!
We might touch tips
Sort of like the guy who has a nice wife, cooks, works hard, excellent mother. So he runs off with the beautiful young blond who spends all day in the spa and hair solon. but she looks good.
great analogy.
Or like the dependable employee who, up until recently never missed work and always gave it their best effort, but will never lead the company from good to great.
This is not a good analogy. CEO’s lead Corporations from good to great. QB’s lead passing offenses’ from good to great.
Despite a terrible O-line, and a different OC every single year, our passing offense has been very good. This year, in the second season with the same OC, the passing game was trending to great.
So Kirk is basically a less funny Michael Scott?
The Michael Scott of QBs is about the most accurate way you could describe Kwerk. Good heart, good guy, means well, but is never going to be able to handle a big time corporate gig or be in the spot light. Kirk should be coaching a JH football team in rural Michigan right now.
Wake me when, ill be too busy partying