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Alright, well we learned yesterday that Oregonians will now be allowed to pump their own gasoline (story from NY Post). I hope everyone will be alright out there. I found this story from Reason magazine from back in 2022 when residents had another scare where they feared that they would be forced to have the freedom to pump their own gas. They feared the freedom? Wow.
When the offseason has dragged on as long as this offseason has seemed to drag on, then the silly season seems to get extra silly. There has been very little NFL news out there to talk about. That’s probably a good thing, when there’s NFL news this time of year, it tends to be bad news. We don’t want to see any of that. At least we don’t have to worry about Kirk sending pictures of his junk to a journalist.
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Minnesota Vikings News:
SI.com looks at when the Vikings and other teams will report to training camp.
From MSN, Kirk Cousins talks with reporters about KOC’s energy as head coach.
The NFL suspended four players for violating the league’s gambling policy, according to NFL.com.
ESPN looks at which AFC North team could unseat the Bengals. The Ravens are the biggest challenger right now, in my opinion. The Steelers will be formidable once again if/when they get their offense established.
Video of the Day:
Here’s another gem from the grunge days, this is Alive by Pearl Jam. Enjoy!
95 Monday. And 4 hours from Canada.
96 here Monday and 4 hours from Cuba. Small world
103 here Monday and 4hrs from something (depends on your mode of travel).
That´s what it is indeed. 77 over here on Monday, 4 hours from Budapest.
And now a message from Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton.
What progress was that ben? I slept in.
Being able to judge people by their race was considered progress by the creators of the KKK.
Supreme Court took that ability for Universities/Collages.
Forcing your views and “values” in everyone else
Lock-and-load. Think it’s going to get ugly. Uglier.
Seems that’s way.
Lol…
Vince Foster disagrees. RIP.
A little story for any golfers who might be interested. Some talk below about driving distance Made me think of an interview with Hank Haney on Golf Channel – he was TW coach for years and one of best teachers in country.
In sum, he said most amateurs are playing the course way to long. He said “we should play the course like the pros do”.
450 yard par four. Pros hit a 300 yard drive and a 150 yard 9 iron (somePW)
We hit a 220 yard drive and a 110 yard 9 iron. So comparable hole is 330 yards. As such, amateurs need to play from much shorter tees The game will be much more enjoyable and you will score better. As you get better, you can then move back.
Just a thought for perhaps more enjoyable golf.
Ain’t golfed in a long time, couldn’t hit a driver to save my ass. If i get 220 straight from a long iron i was happy.
No rule requires you use a driver. Hit with any club you want – the ball doesn’t know the difference and doesn’t care.
Ladies’ tee it is !
You know what, I didn’t say this as I thought some folks might feel offended Haney said also – if you can’t break 90 play the course at like 5220 to 5500 yards. When you get good at that move back.
So, which Vikings players are golfers?
In case you come back, I know for sure KC,AT and PP are and not too bad. Of course, two of these guys are now gone.
This a former NY state rep complaining about not getting student debt cancelled.
Most people will point out she bought a $1,000,000 home recently.
Whats really whacked out, is that she thinks $10,000 in debt relief on a $200,000 loan would make any significant difference.
Thats like jumping for joy for paying $9.50 on an item that cost $10.
🤣
She;s not telling the truth or she is making payments less than the interest accumulation and not reducing principle.
I’d lean towards the former.
Yeah her math / situation doesn’t add up. Interest % on student loans is low. Someone with her education typically looks for an employer in a very competitive talent pool who negotiates paying off said loans as part of their package. She’s either lying or made very poor choices.
People like this essentially boasting of their idiocy to the masses make me want to facepalm. She graduates from a top 30 law school and has not found a way to either pay off completely or at least draw down her debt? I myself graduated from medical school in 2004 with $120,000 in debt, scrimped and saved during six years of internship, residency and fellowship (at no point did I make more than $60,000 and IIRC my first year was more like $39,000 – although this is not inclusive of the money I made on the side moonlighting in ERs and such as I became more proficient later in my training) and paid off the higher interest rate Perkins and such, made sure to pay the interest on the unsubsidized Staffords, etc. When I finished PGY-6 in 2010 I had about $125,000 in debt. By 2015 (11 years after graduation using her example), my SL debt was gonzo.
Next she’s going to tell me the interest on her revolving credit card debt is putting her underwater.
Every Stupid Lib needs to find a way to be a Victim.
As Lawyer/Retired State Rep she just has to be more creative to find hers.
@We shouldn’t mock her for ‘identifying’ as a victim.@
Kuddos – good for you!
Lol
Summary:
Lifer is approaching his mental state differently
Freezey thinks Jaren Hall is the steal of the draft
Big Stupid Face posts video of fireworks gone wrong explosion, reminds MT of his wedding
MT says there’s a fish finder in every crowd
Mick is teaching skolly critical thinking, also thinks we need more stupid libs
Good to hear VP had his procedure and is recuperating, even better is hearing about his wife literally clowning on him
NVF goes on rant about FDR
SCOTUS reinforces right to refuse service based on religion
Cake discussion
ESPN is firing a bunch of people, nobody cares
SCOTUS decides Biden does not have the power to cancel student loans, now Lifer can’t afford air compressor repair school $150 tuition and his $49.95 nutritional certificate
Lifer posts about how he sucks at golf
According to Northwoods Alpha Males day drink for no reason
ESPN just fired some more people
MT asks stupid questions because he doesn’t know the difference between asian, black, white, or indian
DE posts about tranny fluid, Freezey thinks Tranny’s drink beer
Lifer thinks SoCalMinFan can make hamburgers out of horseshit
RIP Taryn Hohbein
Kirk Cousins discussion didn’t start until about noon, you’re all slackers
Mick makes long MT style post about cap hit %, Skolly did not read it
Kirk chocked according so Skolly
ESPN just fired some more people
Have a great holiday, I’m gonna put on some Lee Greenwood, crank that shit up, fire up the BBQ for some steaks, brats, etc. and spend some quality time with loved ones.
“Lifer thinks SoCalMinFan can make hamburgers out of horseshit”
Big if true as ‘shit’ = methane = ‘bad’ per the Global Warming Religion, so if we can make food, to feed the downtrodden, (= good) from methane (which is bad) but if feeds the masses without increasing our ‘Carbon Footprint’ (= Good).
Not sure, it is harder to follow Lib Logic than it is to follow Teen Logic or Female Logic most days.
Yeah it seemed like a pretty outrageous claim but he is certified and all
Maybe he meant that those of the Global Warming Religion are willing to eat Horse Shit Burgers if it will help to reach their Goddess’ dream of …….. whatever it is that they dream of.
But after feeding the masses shit, people will still produce methane by farting the shit you propose we eat.
So I’m not following you here.
You’re right, too many people = too much Methane = bad for the Global Warming Religion.
Since they are planning to cull all of the cows maybe they need Horse Shit Burgers to feed the ‘Chosen Few’ humans that they will allow to populate earth.
Lib Logic is harder to follow than a Brandon/Fetterman press conference.
Hey SoCal, saw lots more Utahns homeless. Didn’t read the article though. I assume rent/mortgage crap. You bought your place, right?
We closed on the Idaho house in Jan 2020.
We closed the last week of Jan and had it leased by the 1st week of Feb before the first mortgage payment was due the 1st of March. So taking in monthly $$ before we had to pay any out.
Idaho, screwed up.
We looked at Utah before settling on Idaho.
We looked at most of the western states doing due diligence.
Well done, thanks! LOL!
LOL happy 4th Ben
Sounds like a fabulous plan, have fun! 🍻
Student Debt Cancellation…
Saw a story with Project Veritas where someone in the Dept of Ed said that if SCOTUS rules against cancellation, they will change some “income” requirement in the calculation of who qualifies for not paying back the debt.
Shocked that Stupid Libs are working hard to work around the law.
Imagine if they worked as hard on the Bribe Um Biden Case as they did Trump/Jan 6th.
He’s going to address the country at 3:30 ET with his words of wisdom.
Wonder if he is going to tell us how the Russians are losing the war to Iraq again?
Or maybe he will just wander off like he did on MSNBC yesterday.
LOL. Prob Iran today, they’re close. Oh CPAP face.
Yeah, the MSNBC thing was probably just him looking for a diaper change.
He’s on right now and I want to puke. The idea that when one becomes President he must learn to put aside petty politics and become the leader of ALL the people – well, this guy is totally shameless.
I’ll read later, can’t stand looking at that ass clown.
Same.
Plus I had a late lunch and I would rather keep it down.
I was watching when he said, “the R’s bailed out everybody with the PPB loans and are evil SOB’s….”
I thought, good point. But the dems had control of congress and also voted in PPB.
So yeah, he’s an old petty dumbass.
And if I read correctly. wasn’t about $200billion of PPP pure fraud. Just makes you want to pay more taxes.
He isn’t speaking to anyone with a brain.
He is speaking to the Stupid Libs that only watch Fake News.
I took ppp loans during Covid, they required me to pay my staff even though the same government banned them from working, the government simply paid their wages during Covid, if anybody got bailed out it was employees.
Damn…I didn’t know Skolly was in Vegas last night.
Watched that match on TV last night. Kelce is pretty cool
Jason Kelce? If so, he’s a douche. He won’t stop whining about “disrespect” toward KC and Mahomes. Such a pansy.
Didn’t know that – but seems KC and Mahomes get plenty of respect. He’s funny when he plays golf though
LOL, driving is easily the worst part of my game. Everything else elite
LOL.
Driving is by far the easiest part of my game.
Maybe you and Skolly should play some best ball.
And get Lifer to help them with the mental aspects of the game.
I’d pay to watch that.
Once you need a shrink to play golf you need to quit and do something else. For me that would be like asking a shrink to help me with tossing a frisbee.
Heard of story about Sam Snead during a time when he was giving lessons. He had a lady student who just wasn’t getting it. So Sam says – take two weeks off and then give it up completely.
I find it funny nearly every professional player employs a psychologist to help them with the “mental” part of the game. Eh…what do they know they’re just the best in the world.
Hate to break this to you, but you aren’t good enough to even begin to compare yourself to a pro. You spend thousands of dollars on top shelf equipment, hit balls in a simulator all day, and now you think you need a shrink.
To play a game.
Sorry if you’re having a bad day NVF. You ok?
Nope… just probably coming across as a dick. I’m just trying to tell you that you’re making golf harder than it is.
Has to be hardest sport to master with hand/eye coordination.
I would say, someone with average athleticism and average eye and hand coordination can teach themselves how to swing the club from the inside and bottom it out an inch or two in front of the ball. Once you can do that consistently you can play decent golf.
Prob true. Think what pisses the casual golfer is that you can string together good holes. Then on a par 4 it’s a 9.
True, but what caused that 9? Bad ball striking. Teach yourself how to strike the ball solidly first. Know what a good impact position feels like. Your bad shots end up being not so bad.
Was always more comfortable with irons. Stand over the ball more, shorter shaft. You guys on here seem to shoot pretty good. I’m with GF, get it thru the wind mill.
Laughing… I’ve played some pretty tough putt-putt courses too…
I just imagine the ball is lifers head and I hit it with every ounce of energy I can muster
Good….seemed you were upset.
You’re right I was making it harder, getting distracted by the details. Cluttering my mind with everything from swing thoughts to possible trouble. The mental focus on process is to help clear that stuff out of the way. I’m playing tomorrow morning I’ll see if it carries over from my last 9 today where I was 6 over through 7 and had two bogies to finish.
Lifer Some of them are head cases. Heard many interviews with Nicklaus, Palmer ,Player, Watson etc (and esp Trevinp), they pretty much think these young pros need to grow up and learn to deal with tournament pressure.
For you, it’s a bit mental, but like most amateurs just need to relax, and get all the swing thoughts out of your head.
Look at the De la Torre stuff.
Clearly NVF didn’t watch the video links I posted. They’re nothing more than process over outcome stuff. What to focus on and how to set up, see your shot shape, free your mind to play more stress free, and swing.
I’ve had rounds like that many times over the years and wrote it off to being “on” that day. But it was playing stress free and swinging confidently. I’ve shot 80/81 many times 20 yrs ago so it’s not like I’ve always played the way I am now being a lot older.
The videos are about following a routine that helps get your mind in that state via a routine and letting bad shots and bounces go and move on to the next shot. It was a massive help today I hit twice as many good shots exactly how I wanted. The lower scores will come.
I’m not sitting on a couch with Robin Williams while he tells me it’s not my fault.
NVF is just having a bad day and making this sound like I’m trying to act like a pro, which I am but not in the way he’s inferring.
I’m not saying you are sitting around either. What you’re talking about here is good stuff and the way to “play” golf.
Given some of our conversations after rounds though, I do think you sometimes make the game far to complicated
As such I recommend the de la Torre stuff.and I’d recommend that to anybody who can’t break 90. The game is only complicated if one makes it so.
Absolutely I was way to far down the rabbit hole on swing changes, technical aspects etc working in the industry and being exposed to it all…many many amateurs do the same making the game way to complicated.
This is a game of you against yourself probably more than any other individual sport. How anyone thinks an amateur exploring the psychology and mental aspects of the best ways to approach this game isn’t relevant is beyond me but apparently some here think they’ve got it all figured out so others shouldn’t bother.
I can break 90, have 4x this year. Not routinely but that’s what I’m working on. I’ll check out de la torre’s stuff. I enjoy and always get something out of someone sharing their experiences playing the game and I appreciate you sharing it.
Got the British on the 20th. Those courses and weather oddly interesting. Then training camp.
Fun to watch for sure – great fans too.
Glad to help. I personally think the modern golf industry and instruction makes us all a bit of head cases when we play. The older teachers made it much more simple and as such more enjoyable.
e.g. if i told you you pick up a stick and swing it at a bee, you’d probable do that pretty well with out me saying keep your arm straight, shift your weight and all that crap.
I don’t need some stupid lib who can’t break 90 on a regular basis give me “mental” lessons.
Might be entertaining, at lest for a couple of beers.
At least this lib is honest about his scores, plays it where it lies, no mulligans. Haven’t yet met many stringent conservatives who are especially on a blog.
I’ve said here many times…let’s start posting our score cards. Sure you can lie on them and if you’re going to that length to make yourself look better than you are then you absolutely need a shrink.
I regularly state how much I suck at golf and have always played it as it lies, last time out I shot a 106
you’re honest. Stupid lib.
Maybe some day.
I can’t drive past 225 very often, but my drive is straight and consistent.
When I play a scramble, I always drive first. This allows some big swing guy to get lucky on a 300+ drive.
Yeah better to hit straight than long. If I hit it straight I usually get 275+. Had 3 of those today with the process mental focus routine I was implementing. Frees the mind to just swing away. Really works.
You need speed training and likely flexibility exercises and you could get 25+ more yards I bet.
225 straight is more than good enough to play very good golf.
85-90% of amateurs driving distance average is 210-225.
And playing from the right tees, you can shot near par with drives like that.
Not a rookie but damn Hill is a lot better than he’s being given credit for. Putting down a great resume of work.
i can’t click on this as i don’t have twitter, so i can only comment on what i see…..
but all purpose yards is lame to me, i think they use that here to make him seem better than he is (JUST MY OPINION)
also who gives a flying fart about probowls in terms of the hall of fame?
but that’s all i can see haha
When you beat the shit out of innocent people, your accomplishments at work tend to get overlooked. Fuck him.
Are those security guards Brazilian or African-Brazilian?
Detroit-Brazilian.
They work for Kwesi.
Watch JJ get hurt while vacationing……
What the hell is so drawing one to Brazil?
Really him? Camp in 26 days. Bit odd. Like Kaprizov visiting Russia.
He wants to practice his Spanish.
Touring. Teaching the Griddy.
Practicing one handed catches with a frisbee on the Copacabana.
Tu hablas Portuguese?
Na verdade, eu falo português como um espanhol
No habla this crapola. Speckenzie Minnesotan. Yaw, you betcha.
.
lol… RIP after 2023 season
Barring injury, he’ll be the starter in 2024
@wins aren’t a QB stat@
JR and NLNVF are missing their opportunities to dismiss this bogus claim.
I’m learning to be a good skoloholics poster – somedays they are and somedays they aren’t. But generally, I don’t ever start a post about our QB as it does seem to draw attention.
I’m kinda into getting our defense better.
All of them against AFC opponents in meaningless regular season games. CLOWN! 🤡🤡
Bye
Only a matter of time until an AI can do play by play and color commentary.
Woah he was like #2 for CFB draft
i wish i had his job, draft talk, get it wrong 90% of the time.
he’s a drunk…or will be now.
I bet he’s already drunk today
This new twitter account is funny to follow
Dude…that Matt Daniel’s quote is from last year. Do you ever post anything new?
https://twitter.com/bheintzskol/status/1674823204123148288?s=20
Carrying them to…. 0 playoff wins.
Super duper.
Trade JJ and Kirk’s gone next season
Well JJ could play corner and Kirk’s a little stockier, maybe safety. And after watching the Jets game where they both got the pissed knocked out of them, they’re certainly tougher than most of our defensive guys.
Almost #1!
Its kinda manipulated. If you go back to after 2006 weve only had 23. From 2000 to 2006 we had 23
@KIRK SUCKS@
Wouldn’t that be the result of a good defense?
Offense scoring to take lead?
They took the lead into the 4th per the stat… the Defense kept the lead.
That 56-1 stat doesn’t seem right. Off my head, when Detroit was 0and 13 and beat us on last play,didn’t we have the lead?
Stat is about wins while ‘taking the lead Into the 4th Qtr’, not about ‘having the lead during the 4th Qtr’.
If so, that stat is worth about 2 cents.
With Biden’s inflation it maybe worth a nickel now.
Yeah, but shouldn’t the defense get credit for keeping the lead?
Team game you know….
Possibly. Posted a fun defensive stat above
Defense sucked that game but they did get that stop in OT if I remember correctly. Barr picked Lamar off I believe then Kirk chocked.
So all the wins are because of Kirk but the one loss is because of the defense?
Kirk chocked in the clutch that game. Kirk dominated last season to get us 13 wins though
does ‘chocked’ = ‘choked’?
i wish he broke it down to how many times we have lost that lead and then regained it for the win.
Same
that would truly show if kirk can close/defense awesome or if the defense sucks/kirk sucks AND we know kirk CAN close and the defense can suck, and the defense has been good and kirk has sucked.
Well just using the eyeball test. Over the last few years, which gives you more confidence – our offense needing to go get a score in final two minutes. Or our defense on the field in the final two minutes protecting a lead?
um i know which one is better…..
but haters gonna hate
Some big wigs from ESPN getting canned
Good.
I read that Disney (parent company of ESPN) is in a Death Spiral.
Star Wars Experience Bust, movie release after movie release = bust, New Indian Jones movie = woke = bust, Parks attendance way down, losing fight with DeSantas, ESPN and Netflix losing money, etc, etc.
Some of this is solid, but the parks are full of people
They may have exaggerated the park attendance drop, negative personnel knowledge.
I also left out a couple of the points made. ESPN was a big one so their cuts/layoff are not shocking at all.
Correct.
Apparently, committing suicide by wokeism is all the rage.
Ask A. Busch
again….they do this every few years. Now we’ll see the sad tweets and people raging how ESPN sucks and they’ll never watch since xyz was fired.
Go woke… go broke. Exactly why ESPN/Disney is struggling
ESPN did these very same firings long before the anti woke crowd was all triggered up. Just business.
Doh !!!
Economy is fine though.
Will there be any diversity firings?
Unlikely.
Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, and Jay Williams.
Couple black people
Shocking actually.
When did Max Kellerman start to identify as a ‘Person of Color’?
I just copied the sentence
Sorry, couldn’t resist after you set up the joke so very well.
And Keyshawn was probably fired for his
Top 5 WRs post that didn’t include JJ.
how can we blame Biden and the libs…hmmmmm
You misunderstood.
I never blamed anyone.
@When the economy tanks, it won’t be Briben’s fault, It will be Trump’s fault.@
I like Suzy, but ESPN sucks.
Was’r Suzy a Joe Namath favorite
I saw it so you have to as well
What´s Michael up to these days? Must be hard not being First “Lady” anymore.
Continuing our discussion from yesterday…
Tom Brady 43 – 2020 Cap Hit 28.375m Salary Cap 198.2m Cap% 14.3%
Defense Rank 8 in points 6 in yards.
Tom Brady 41 – 2018 Cap Hit 15m Salary Cap 177.2m Cap% 8.4%
Defesnse Rank 7 in points 21 in yards
Peyton Manning 39– 2015 Cap Hit 19m Salary Cap 143.28m Cap% 13.2%
Defense Rank 4 in points 1 in yards
Tom Brady 39 – 2016 Cap Hit 14.77m Salary Cap 155.27m Cap % 9.5%
Defense Rank 1 in points 8 in yards
John Elway 38– 1998 Cap Hit 4.8m Salary Cap 52.38m Cap% 9.2%
Defense Rank 8 in points 11 in yards
John Elway 37 – 1997 Cap Hit 2.82m Salary Cap 41.54m Cap% 6.8%
Defense Rank 6 in points 5 in yards
Tom Brady 37 – 2014 Cap Hit 19m Salary Cap 133m Cap% 14.2%
Defense Rank 8 in points 13 in yards
Average % of Cap hit for SB Winning QB over 35 10.8%
Average Defense Rank 6 in points 9 in yards
Kirk’s 2023 – 20.25m Salary Cap 224.8 Cap% 9%
2024 – Salary Cap 256m Projected 15% hit = 38.4m
2025 – Salary Cap 282m Projected 15% hit = 42.3m
2026 – Salary Cap 308m Projected 15% hit = 46.2m
Next 3 years total salary with those added would be 3/126.9 or around 42.3m/year. These are projections. To clarify this is not saying Kirk CANNOT win a Super Bowl, but what it does say is that it is very difficult unless your name is Tom Brady. It also says if you’re going to be running with an older QB you need to have the defensive side of the ball to back them up.
Below is a projected contract for Kirk at 3/135m averaging 45m/year. Leaving the Vikings with around a 32m cap hit when he leaves.
The hits are as follows
2024 – 37.25m Projected Cap 256m Cap% 14.5%
2025 – 47.25m Projected cap 282m Cap% 16.7%
2026 – 51m Projected Cap 308m Cap% 16.5%
2024 comes closest to two of Brady’s hits of 14.3% and 14.2% but the next two years are well beyond that.
Mahomes 2022 Cap hit was 31.95m with 208.2m Cap for 15.3%. He’s the only guy to win a SB with over a 15% cap hit. Is Kirk having those large cap hits, regardless of his ability conducive to the Vikings winning a Super Bowl? Can the Vikings field a defense that’s top 10 in points and yards while Kirk has cap hits that exceed that?
Kirk Cannot win a SB.
That was way easier to type than Micks attempt.
Yes.
5 words for the win.
What has Kirk done/shown that he can break through these barriers in the NFL?
Even the greatest show on Turf had a 4th ranked defense in points and 6th in yards and only beat the Titans by a score who had the 15th ranked defense in points and 17th in yards.
Does re-signing Kirk guarantee more of the same old same old Vikings that do well enough in the regular season to get a ticket to the dance, but not well enough to get past the divisional round?
Is KAM the ultimate dumdum for not re-signing Kirk, or is he making an educated decision based upon the last 35 years of NFL data before him?
IS KAM making the right decision by playing out 2023 before locking himself into a situation that has been shown to be a very tall task in the NFL if your name isn’t Tom Brady?
Yes.That would be my take.
Way better strategy than just to agree to another fully guaranteed contract.
Mine too.
I really think its super bowl or bust for Kirk.
The data is there. These are facts. I don’t know what Kirk has done to show that he can break through unless his cap hit is so low, that they can stack the defense around him.
Even then… winning the SB after 35 just doesn’t happen very often and without a top 10 defense in points it hasn’t happened.
At least today you’re admitting Kirk is likely gone. I told you that months ago when KAM passed on resigning him this offseason.
It’s win a SB or he’s done. Vikes are cursed and will never win a SB so by that logic it’s safe to assume TODAY that Kirk is donezo in purple and gold
LOL. If that’s how you want to read it good on you.
My stance all along is that it matters what happens in 2023 for the future of Kirk with the Vikings.
But…
Given the Wilfs history, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least to re-sign him so they can continue to win games and keep the hope alive.
Kirk’s done. I’d be extremly shocked if he’s back.
Its easy to say that.
Its more difficult to understand the reasons why.
Some of him returning is on how the first half of the season goes but if he plays well to very well they’ll lock him up before years end.
thts the coin flip.
history doesn’t provide any hope based on the data provided
is this what you were putting $250 on yesterday?
You keep crowing how stupid KAM is for not signing up for mediocrity in the offseason as early as possible.
Does the data support KAM’s decision not to do so? OR do you think signing him and hoping for the best is the proper course of action?
Two points.
1) My, someone has been busy.
2) Oh Boy, more Kirk discussions.
LOL.
Some would like to trash the data before them and close their eyes and scream into the void.
When you paint a whole picture, it is very bleak regarding the current state of the VIkings and winning a Super Bowl after signing Kirk to another extenion.
I am not hating. Lots of work went into that post.
Personally I feel you have to make it to the dance in order to win the prize, so that is Job 1.
Does making us worse short term help us get better long term? #UnKnowAble
Did Keenum starting at QB make the vikings worse in 2017?
Bradford going down after the 1st game made us worse,
Keenum salvaged the season until the playoffs.
I read at the time that some believe it was all ‘smoke and mirrors’ and not sustainable.
So I guess either argument can be made either way depending on which narrative you prefer.
Just like last season.
Smoke and mirrors 13-4. but like 2017 they found a way to win 13 games and advance in the playoffs.
You’re 100% right that it is #UnKnowAble
We sort of hammered this age issue yesterday and the defense some. But before preceding a question – and this was based upon something I read here which said we had like the 12th best paid defense and the 49ers were 11th. Not much difference. If that was true, seems like there is a lot more than money affecting our defensive performance.
Nick Bosa had a 5m cap hit last year and is better than anyone on the Vikings Defense.
Arik Armstead had a 5.8m cap hit
Javon Kinlaw had a 2m cap hit
Dre Greenlaw had a 1m cap hit
I could go on, but Ricks poor defensive drafting recently has done 0 favors for this vikings team.
Will Kwesi’s picks bust this trend in year 2 if they stay healthy? Or will the rookies they picked up this year make an impact? That remains to be seen.
I was wrong about Armstead. he had a 20m+ cap hit, that was just the guaranteed portion.
Bosa too. 9ers SB nation site is shit.
Bosa had 10.8m cap hit.
Here’s a better list, but the cap hits of the players on their rookie deals who are producing at a high level is the biggest reason. And that will be changing for them soon enough when they have to pay these guyes.
Then would it be fair to say our defensive problems run deeper than Cousin’s salary and age WRT winning a SB
This was the last line…
Can the Vikings get guys like Cine, Booth, Evans, Ward, Tonga, Blacklock, Jones II, Wonnum, Roy, and the others on rookie contracts to push the team to a Top 10 defense in points and yards?
IF they can.. well I wouldn’t be surprised to see Kirk make it to a super bowl.
Believe I read the Chiefs started 7 different rookies on defense last year and seemed like that defense played ok.
16th in points 11 in yards.
The Vikings defense has been complete dogshit for 3 years.
2019 was the last time they ranked top 15 in either category. And no Super Bowls.
@But then it was the OL or kicker’s fault. Kirk is never to blame@
The whole point is..
Winning the SB with a QB not named Tom Brady who’s older than 35 is tough.
Winning it without a Top 10 defense is also tough.
Winning it while taking up more than 15% is even more tough.
And an extension for Kirk will have 2/3. The defense remains to be seen.
I get your point.
I was pretending to be a Kirkistan.
TLDR
You’re missing out Skolly. It’s all there in black and white.
If you’re gonna TL;DR a post at least use a gif you lazy millennial
I’m outta here.
Sigh. I have a get-together tonight & a funeral tomorrow. One of my best friends from childhood is the dad of this gal, and my cousin is her mom. It’s been a shitty week. Taryn was a great kid.
https://www.eastgatefuneral.com/obituaries/taryn-hohbein-2023
Story here. A big part of me wants to get thrown in jail so I can choke this little prick to death.
https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/06/26/16-year-old-dead-one-custody-suspicion-murder-bismarck/
Y’all have a great weekend, drive fast & take chances.
Sad
Hopefully Bismarck doesn’t have a Soros DA so the ‘little prick’ won’t get to walk.
And there’s the lib connotation connection. You guys could spin horseshit in to hamburger.
That’s tragic but as the saying goes, nothing good happens after midnight (although it was 11:45pm). Lampart….every damn time I hear that name its attached to some kind of BS. They’re a lot those damn Lampart’s.
So sorry, how horrific. Every parent’s worst nightmare.
Heading out. 4th of July camping for a week. Be safe everyone, can’t wait to hear your exploits.
And for God’s sake, will SOMEONE shoot sub-90? I’ll give it my best on Sunday.
Most everyone here shoots sub-90, but then usually has to play the last hole , or two
I resemble that remark…
You missed it.
I did that yesterday.
89
Goddamn man….
Trump elected in Oregon.
LOL…
https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/trump-election-oregon/2023/06/30/id/1125534/
Mostly Peaceful Memes (@MostlyPeacefull): “” | nitter.it
Tranny Fluid thing is mad/hurt/sad…whatever it is a tranny feels…..
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuFQBdjRFFV/
I don’t instagram…Bud Light thing?
trannies like beer too, mt viking!!!!!!!!!
Well I never said a transsexual can’t drink beer. Why, they can even drink gimlets or mojitos if they want.
you said they can’t when you didn’t announce that they can on social media. you bigot.
Just click the link.
WARNING**** Graphic video
I gots a really stupid question, and really I don’t know the answer. Not baiting here.
What constitutes a Black person? Asian person? White person? Is there some blood quantum thing like “Indian blood”?
This is all I can provide on that question…
Race is defined as “a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits.” The term ethnicities is more broadly defined as “large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.”
I bet you could take a picture of a person and show it to 100 people and get at least five different answers as to their ethnicity. Thank you for trying to answer the question but it gets back to my pet peeve of people saying they are German or Polish or Italian or African when they are eighth generation Americans.
And then espousing their enormous pride in being German/Irish/Italian/etc as if it’s something they’ve achieved. Carlin had a bit on this.
mt viking being the ethnicity gate keeper again……………..
It seriously triggers me.
Just so you know, if Uncle Sam finds out that just one of your great-great-great-great grandparents was a slave owner you as a 1/64th slave owner will pay reparations.
well in todays world, guilty by association, so even if they weren’t slave owners, if they knew someone who was or was in the same 100 mile radius as someone who was, GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY
Trump won’t owe anything.
LOL…..
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/every-living-president-is-a-descendant-of-slaveholders-except-donald-trump/news-story/b5aee952293f78d114ffd1b9635da8b4
I like to drive up to Lake Superior and pick Lake Superior agates off the shoreline. I bring them home. My home city address is Cadott.
Are those Lake Superior agates now Cadott agates?
One of these years I’d like to travel to Fairburn SD and pick Fairburn agates. Also would love to visit Montana and find a nice Montana agate.
If/When I do, will they become Cadott agates too?
My grandfather loved picking agates too, I have several of his that he found as a kid, and gave a few to my kid, so are his Lake Superior agates now 4th generation Cadott agates?
Grammatically speaking, people should say “I am German” as an adjective, and “I am an American” as a noun.
But most people just omit the ‘an.’
an doesn’t fit really well with ‘murican
Can I say I’m a Scando/Euro American?
No
Ask
PocahontasElizabeth WarrenAllen Arkin dead at 89….
RIP
he was good in Argo. love that movie. Argo bleep yourself
Of course a pansy like you would reference Argo.
He was also good in the Kominsky series with Michael Douglas.
Yeah, I need to go back and finish that series
I did the same…didn’t finish it. Probably won’t.
Been enjoying The Foundation series on Apple TV. Very solid story and special effects. I believe it was a book series. Recommend.
First two episodes of the last installment of Jack Ryan are out today also.
“I believe it was a book series”
Are you putting me on?
not at all…my wife told me last night it was. I sorta remember it was but definitely didn’t read that series.
I really took you for a sci fi reader sorta guy.
what is this foundation about?
Home building show
I’ve never watched Jack Ryan, I just can’t take Jim Halpert seriously in a role like that.
I have the same issue. Been told he’s really good in it. He had a brief role in Jarhead as the guy that sold Swofford the booze.
And he was in the movie about Benghazi. Played alongside David Denman (Roy) in that one.
I remember him in A quiet place, not sure if he was in the sequel A Quiet Place II: Shh Harder
Nope. Don’t believe so.
How about the 3rd one? A Quiet Place III: Shh With A Vengence
Or the 4th installment:
A Quiet Place 4: A good day to shut the fuck up…
Just watched the trailer for the 5th installment:
A Quiet Place 5: Put a sock in it.
Well shit, that sucks, that guy was so good in so many movies. Little Miss Sunshine by far my favorite, so many great lines in that movie.
Lol. Yup. Also love this exchange…
To be clear, SCOTUS did NOT say student loans were unconstitutional.
SCOTUS said the plaintiffs did not have standing to bring the case to SCOTUS.
Since the lower courts vacated the case, meaning loans couldn’t be cancelled, the plaintiffs went to SCOTUS.
Back to Vikings chatter.
Kirk Cousins is ass….
Kirky rockkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkks
So, no bailout?
No bailout.
Shot a 49/44 for a 93. The mental process focused routine took a few holes to get rolling but once I was in the groove it absolutely helped. Here are the short videos from the guy teaching it. I would suggest watching they’re not overly complex or long but great info to either teach or remind good players what to focus on.
If I shoot 100 I’m ecstatic
If I shoot 100….
I havent shot over 100 in years. Id rage if I did. I average low 90s and have broken 90 quite a few times. Haven’t gotten close to breaking 80
Yeah, but I don’t care, golf is a silly sport that allows me to smoke cigars and day drink which is what I appreciate about it.
I do that sometimes too when I golf
you lush
Best character on that show….
A true Alpha doesn’t need a reason to day drink, he just does.
This is truth
I’m having a hard time breaking 90 now. Keep shooting low to mid 90’s. This mental stuff I believe will shave 4-5 strokes a round maybe a few more. My chipping from the video I watched a month ago is absolutely fantastic. It’s never will I hit it to the green it’s how close to the pin will I get it. Doesn’t matter the lie or angle. Such a good video it changed my short game. I have to keep chipping away at all these areas of my game to get them all better and it should translate to better scores eventually.
Breaking 80 though…man so much would have to go right I just don’t see it happening now.
Just walk off the course when you hit 79. No one needs to know.
I’ll know.
Yeah i probably average 92 or 93. I usually have one blow up hole that I can’t shake. If I eliminated that to just a bogey or double I usually can get under 90.
Try mushrooms
I do have a delta 9 vape I’ve been meaning to open. Was saving it for game 1. Might have to fire it up.
I’d probably shoot over 100 on a 9 hole course
Think the best iv ever done was probably in the mid to high 90s on a very easy course.
Good, or better round. Glad these videos helped.
To keep things simple and clear your mind, I suggest watch the utube videos from a guy named Manuel de la Torre (they are years ago) but he is a great teacher that keeps things very very simple and unclutters your mind
I don’t know how to post, but there’s one from 1987 clinic on the swing that is great.
Thanks I’ll find it. As suggested last time used my 3 wood first few holes and it helped. Got a bad bounce on 2 hit right center of the fairway did a 90 degree bounce under a pile of twigs had to drop. Started using my driver after that and It took until hole 13 before the process helped me find my rhythm with the driver. It’s by far the hardest club to control. Had some great drives then sailed one to the right OB on the front side but figured it out on the back side and didn’t lose a single drive and striped the rest right down the middle. Have to see if I can get that feeling back tomorrow.
Lot of psycho babble but I guess some folks need this kind of internal reinforcement. I stick to my simple plan. Stay relaxed, swing in rhythm, focus on a target. No need for mental gymnastics. I don’t hit perfect shots every time. I hit decent shots a lot though. I call them “good enough shots”. I only really focus on two things in my practice swings, making sure I’m turning back and swinging the club into the ball from the inside, and rotating through so I bottom the club out in front of the ball. I’m not thinking about anything else when I play.
Haha, suck Skollylib, you gonna have to keep paying!
Lol I mean I paid it all off already but withdrew my covid payments in case it passed. Had the money off to the side so I’ll just give it back.
Some reports saying Biden could still do it through the Heros Act but not sure
The hero’s act was what Biden used to cancel it.
I’m sure they will try another avenue to cancel it though.
He can’t use the Hero’s Act, student loan forgiveness must be passed by congress. The only forgiveness they have passed is if you have been paying for at least 10 years and work in education, social services, or any other poverty job that requires a degree.
Sorry meant the higher education act
I think they will try something, yes.
Of course, this is the land of the “free”.
Ah, I see, highly doubt that works either, he’s a demented clueless failure on every level so far. Build back better plan? failed, forgiveness, failed, Dobbs decision, falling down and being completely confused all the time, highest inflation and interest rates in decades, send 6.2 billion randomly by mistake to other countries. Just failure of epic proportions.
…….but he means well……
I’m sure in his rotted demented brain he does.
He’s Idiocracy come to life.
Now he’s confusing the Constitution with the Declaration of Independence.
If I failed a couple of those questions on the civics test I’d have been ousted back to Canada!
lol
Goddamit….now how am I going to pay for my air compressor repair school $150 tuition and my $49.95 nutritional certificate. Bastards.
lol
Hire ex cons, they actually get completely free rehabilitation, education, and training.
Biden just lost student loans
Yep
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/22
I think the only 2 SCOTUS rulings left are the student loan cases.
Maybe they want to get out of dodge before it’s released.
Lol watch the supreme court not make a decision on the student loan today
They can wait to whenever.
The Court is closed July and August.
If they issue no ruling, I believe the debt can be cancelled.
SCOTUS has been doing a good job of actually interpreting and applying the laws and constitution as written, from affirmative action, to follow the law with regard to the president trying to circumvent congress, to not allowing gerrymandering.
Correct.
That’s a problem for libtards…..
It’s almost like that was their job from the start….
Not to be activists for an agenda.
I thought the only way to be a good person now a days is to be an activist. How dare you not support a cause.
Good!
Supreme Court rules in favor of Colorado graphic designer who refused to create same-sex wedding websites
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-rules-favor-colorado-graphic-designer-refused-create-same-sex-wedding-websites
Right to refuse service. Shouldn’t have to justify it. Go to a different designer that will help you. Same shit that went down years ago with that cake shop who didnt want to bake a cake for a gay couple. Booo, hoo, go to a different bakery. Jesus.
Yep
Unfortunately a bit of nuance to this. If a gay couple goes to the cake shop, the owner does not have to “design” a cake for them. However, he still must sell them an existing cake just like anyone else that walks in.
Correct. But thats not what happened, they didnt ask to buy a cake that was already there, they wanted them to make one specifically for their wedding if I recall.
I just meant that if a baker doesn’t want his cake to be part of a wedding that is against his beliefs, he won’t have complete coverage- and I find that unfortunate.
The Baker
“This is not a normal court….”
Yes – it isn’t normal. a court that actually follows the law rather than creating it.
Correct…
Lol
I’ll never understand why same sex couples want to frequent obviously religious based small businesses.
Because they and trans pedophiles don’t really want to be just living a quiet life in freedom. They want to force and impose their beliefs on the rest of us.
Fuck their beliefs and their feelings
LOOL
LOOL?
Is that LOLing while drooling?
Might make a good asst DC for a needy team.
It helps that FDR was itching to get into that war to revive the economy after the great depression. I don’t think Biden is even foolish enough to port our entire Pacific fleet in one harbor. FDR did it to set Japan up and they took the bait.
FDR wasn’t itching to get into the war. He simply understood that basically all of Europe was falling and the U.K. was battling Hitler on its own. FDR knew only U.S. engagement could stop Hitler. In the Pacific, he knew the Japanese could not be stopped either. he had promised the U.S. citizens he would not take the country to war, but knew it was needed. The attack on pearl was a huge error in judgement which led to Isoroku Yamamoto’s famous sleeping giant quote. I don’t agree with the theory that FDR “baited” the Japanese to attack us. It was a surprise attack on a Sunday and the losses were massive. No President is going to set something like that up. There is no actual proof we knew it was going to happen. This theory popped up 70 years after the attack.
I survived. It went pretty quick, actually. I was only there 3 hours. After they removed the initial chunk of flesh, they had to go back and remove a couple of smaller spots, but that was all. Then when he was stitching me up, he had to trim some more skin so it wouldn’t be all bunched up. I have a nice upside down T stick track on my nose. The bandage is so big it looks like a clown nose. So of course, my wife put a clown wig and clown tie on me and took my picture. The family enjoyed that picture more than when I sent them a picture of the big open wound on my nose.
Glad things went well. And pretty normal they cut more so they can stitch nicely. Two weeks a scar and a couple of months just a small line.
Yesterday was a bit rough. I kept dosed up on the tylenol with codeine. Today the pain seems a bit more manageable.
It passes pretty quickly. After a day I switched to advil – tylenol doesn’t do much for me personally. Good luck.
Glad it went well!
Good to hear VP.
Good to hear
I was not a happy clown.
🇺🇸🫡
Hi BSF.
long time no see
Figured I would see what you guys are up to.
Then its a big day of playing around with my new fish finder, and relaxing.
Same ol.
need another stupid lib around these parts.
not enough of em
It’ll pick up once the Vikings start playing.
You really aren’t missing much.
just me teaching skolly how to critically think.
Is it really teaching if it goes in one ear and out the other. More like preaching.
I can save you the fish finder, they’re located in lakes, rivers, streams, seas, and the ocean, follow me on Pinterest for more great advice.
Thanks Ben
If you’re really feeling lazy, the grocery store has them, too.
Although, if you have someone throw you a package of fish, you can still tell your wife you “caught” some fish.
I bought a Garmin Echomap UHD2 5 for my canoe and Ice fishing.
So far I’ve turned it on in my living room, and the GPS knows I’m not on a lake.
He’s really smart
You forgot about the ones in tanks. Better get a fish finder.
What did you get?
A fish finder
There’s one in every crowd…
Fireworks will be happening in MPLS whether the city likes it or not
Cheaper than Trans Surgery I guess.
not a fan of “rockets”, they are too unpredictable.
gotta just go straight artillery shells
I like the cakes.
me too. we do both. have around 30-35 artillery shells, get a few 200gram cakes and a bunch of 500 gram cakes
Good Aim.
“Thank you for calling State Farm Auto Insurance. How may I direct your call?”
Holy shit!
love the fireworks gone wrong videos…fav time of year.
planning on getting my illegal fireworks tonight for my 4th of july party
have done it for 4 or 5 years, we get some big stuff. only have had one incident of a mortar not launching and blowing up in the tube. that was…..fun….
You’re not far from WI. They got the good ones.
exactly, just a little 10 minute drive across the border and i can put on a show as good as any of the cities around me.
We used to do that on New Year’s Eve. Learned the hard way that you need really level ground – the tube tipped over and the mortar shot at my Mom’s feet. Melted her boot laces.
Hey BSF, I was just thinking about you the other day. I’m glad you decided to come back and keep us all on the straight and narrow.
Last I recall, we’re all crazy right wingers here. Felt good to get painted with that wide brush.
Lol. I’ve been told this happened in Nebraska. No idea if that’s true. But I’ve seen the video before. Wild.
I think it’s an old video.
I remember seeing it last year or the year before.
Checks out
Reminds me of my wedding night.
GOAT!!!!!!!!!
we got the freaking steal of the draft babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Only where the WR could get it. If he develops into a serviceable backup, it was worth the draft pick imo.
4th and 8? Coincidence?
No possible way Kirk could have thrown it past the sticks with a defender bearing down on him. No QB has ever done that, its impossible.
Meanwhile, Jaren Hall.
LOL
foreshadowing
What does a non tweeter see with this?
i see it and i’m not on twitter
Good.
would stifle discourse if you could not
If you click on it and you don’t have a profile it routes you to set one up and sign in. I’m not in Twitter anymore so this is my experience. Which is fine. I used Twitter as an old man screaming into the wind – now I have you guys and y’all keep me pretty up to date on the what the twits tweet…
Found the fix to our problems.
LOL, nobody else in the NFL does.
Pick ‘im up!
Good morning stupid libs, what should we be triggered by today?
I’m kinda offended by your implications.
You’re pretty good at this.
Morning stupid lib
This will be me leaving work today, ahead of a 4 day weekend.
Gm
FTP
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
Off to my local course to see if my new mental approach changes a damn thing or if I end up here again by the 18th hole.
Watch out for the windmill.
Every golfer dreads the infamous windmill.
Interesting article on a fact I was unaware of. Multi states banned admissions to colleges based on race years ago. You’re hated California…banned that way back in 96. These states haven’t given up trying other ways to boost minorities admissions. Its not working.
Can Colleges Be Racially Diverse Without Affirmative Action? Experience Suggests No. (WSJ)
Nine states, including California, Oklahoma, Michigan, Texas, Florida and New Hampshire, have already banned race-conscious admissions, mainly as a result of voter initiatives.
At the Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses of the University of California, the share of Black and Hispanic students fell by about half immediately after a voter referendum in 1996.
“They went through the whole playbook and still are not where they were before,” said Zachary Bleemer, an assistant professor of economics at the Yale School of Management
The University of California has navigated this race-neutral terrain for decades, after a 1996 ballot initiative called Proposition 209 barred the use of race in admissions decisions at public universities. In 2020 voters rejected an effort to reverse the policy.
Since Prop 209 passed, the university has spent hundreds of millions of dollars expanding the pipeline of prospective minority students. The system, which has 10 campuses across the state, nine with undergraduate programs, built partnerships with high schools and community-based organizations in low-income and more diverse neighborhoods. It stepped up recruiting at churches and nonprofits such as Black Girls Code. Once it received applications, it also paid attention to biographical details such as whether someone held a job throughout high school or the first in their family to attend college.
While the proportion of students who are Asian remained far higher than their share of new high-school graduates, Black and Hispanic enrollment at top UC schools has lagged behind. Hispanic students made up 53% of new high-school graduates in California in 2021, compared with 27% of first-year students at the University of California, Berkeley and 36% across the UC system.
Black students, meanwhile, were 5% of the 2021 high school graduating class, 2% of first-year students at Berkeley and 2.4% of first-year students systemwide.
“We have tried multiple avenues to promote these race-neutral means of recruitment and outreach, but there’s only so much that the UC can do,” said Han Mi Yoon-Wu, executive director of undergraduate admissions at the University of California.
Full article here:
https://apple.news/AtGZM5ga-Su6Zv6q1m5v6ew
Next up hiring based on race will also be banned
I think my favorite part has been the Libs screaming how blacks people aren’t able to get into these places without having a boost.
and then the Libs realizing how racist and stupid they are.
Parody?
who knows…
https://twitter.com/ericareport/status/1674453321078415362?s=46&t=AdH8EkoWFhFabiApkD6FWQ
What I find really ridiculous is that the admissions practices at Harvard are severely anti asian american and everyone seemed ok with that. Are asians not considered people of color? Are they just lumped in with white people?
They’re too successful, the libs don’t like them.
That deserves more than one rec.
Not a big enough voting block.
Saw the statistics yesterday on admissions there, Blacks in the 40th percentile of grades and test scores were admitted over asians in the 90th+ percentile. Absolutely racism, but the libs don’t recognize racism unless its against black people.