Minnesota Vikings Discussion – SkolAsylum: 4 DEC 2023 –

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No Vikings football this week with the by. They take on the resurgent Raiders in six days

News from around the league

The FTP won last night to pull into a tie with the Vikings.

A-a-ron is unlikely to play again this season

San Francisco rolled into Philly and embarrassed the poopeaters they look like the best team in the NFL right now

Minnesota Vikings Discussion Topic of the Day

Who will be the starting QB when the Vikings visit Las Vegas in six days? KOC has said it will be the QB who can best deliver the ball to JJ within the structure of the offense.

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freezeyface
4 December 2023 9:07 pm

Is that an Ezra Cleveland sighting??

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  freezeyface
4 December 2023 9:11 pm

Someday we will learn the story of why we gave Ezra for pocket change.
Got to be some type of drama over what went on.
Either that or KAM just giving the player what he wanted once Ezra figured his future was short term after we signed Risner.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
4 December 2023 8:40 pm

Browning not doing too bad for the Ben-gals tonight.

14 – 19 for I78 yards, tied 14 – 14 at the half.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 December 2023 10:45 pm

Ben-gals win 34 – 31 in OT.

norseman1
norseman1
4 December 2023 8:31 pm

Skol.Looks a tad slow today.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
4 December 2023 8:39 pm

A bit, not terri-bad though.

bowbunch
bowbunch
4 December 2023 3:08 pm

Off to the dentist. Behave yourselves.
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Edgecrusher71
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 3:09 pm

Went to the dentist last Friday. All good news. I WIN!

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 3:12 pm

I haven’t had a cavity since middle school but I think I may have knocked a filling out on sunflower seeds a couple weeks ago. We’ll see what they say.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 6:55 pm

I’ve had one tiny tiny cavity in all my years. Was 6 years ago. Since then I’m good lol.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 3:05 pm

Thanks, now I don’t need to go read all the posts to see if I missed anything interesting.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 6:56 pm

bowbunch
bowbunch
4 December 2023 1:40 pm

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:55 pm

Do you blame him? I wouldn’t want to play for that organization anymore either. Hey, you benched me, deal with it. Life’s about choices and you chose wrong.

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 1:01 pm

Yep.

Eff you

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 1:02 pm

Is said organization paying you a lot of money to do what they ask? Did he sign the contract? Life’s about choices and he chose wrong… this goes both ways and personally I think he should honor his contract and do what they fuck they ask of him.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 1:06 pm

Since when does a coach ask a player if they want to start? I thought it was the coach that told a player they were going to start.

DE Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 1:12 pm

Quiet quitting.
Throw pics or dirt balls.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 1:27 pm

Well I guess my response was more about other people’s response about making decisions, him just being “reluctant” could mean lots of things. Singing a contract is a decision as well I guess was my point.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 4:43 pm

That would be entertaining to hear someone sing a contract.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 6:57 pm

Ha! good catch!

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 1:07 pm

He didn’t have a choice. His only options were to play for the Jets or not play. They have screwed him around over and over. If I were in his shoes I’d be doing whatever it took to get out of there. He’ll have to sign a backup deal somewhere, but somebody will sign him and that’s the best he could hope for even if he goes ahead and plays.

DE Viking
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 1:23 pm

His NFL career is a nothing burger.
He could probably make more setting up a Cougar dating site.

freezeyface
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:55 pm

LOL. hey we might start you this week:

zach wilson:
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DE Viking
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:56 pm

His MILF schedule takes precedence.

skolifer
skolifer
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 1:01 pm

To the extent he has any chance to turn his career around, forcing his way out of NY is probably in his best interest. It wouldn’t surprise me if this is something his agent suggested.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  skolifer
4 December 2023 1:02 pm

If I were him I would have kept my mouth shut and pulled a hammy in practice.

skolifer
skolifer
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 1:11 pm

Yeah, I’m not saying it’s a good look.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  skolifer
4 December 2023 1:16 pm

Is it really going to hurt him any though? I doubt he’s in New Jersey next year so does this really hurt his chances of signing with a new team or do the other teams realize the Jets are a shit show as well and feel bad for him? It would be fun to see him go to NE and beat the crap out of the Jets twice a year.

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 1:20 pm

And if he pops his Achilles or ACL, he might not be back in time to benefit in 2024.

skolifer
skolifer
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 1:20 pm

Is it really going to hurt him any though?

That’s kind of where I’m at too. At this point, I’m not sure he has much more to lose and getting injured behind their shit o-line would be an even worse outcome.

Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 12:47 pm

Saw Meshuggah, In Flames, Whitechaple in Minneapolis last weekend. Absolutely ruled! Walked around, didn’t die. Even though some on here assumer 4 seconds in Minneapolis means you die haha.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:52 pm

Concert was at the Fillmore, right by Target Field. lol, just trying to poke the bear and get some more responses, got to get those numbers up.

Big Stupid Face
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 1:12 pm

I’m there for 8-10 hours each day and have never died.
Not even once.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Big Stupid Face
4 December 2023 1:15 pm

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freezeyface
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 1:35 pm

that’s because you are ugly.

pretty people like me usually stay away

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  freezeyface
4 December 2023 3:09 pm

bowbunch
bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:44 pm

Are Tweeters working yet?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:45 pm

Nope

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:49 pm

No, I emailed GF. I didn’t want to reach out to em without his blessing. Don’t want to overstep.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:58 pm

Sorry, Brad’s gone fishin’. You won’t be able to get ahold of him.

HUNViking
4 December 2023 12:16 pm

Never going to get to 420 today if we keep going like this… everybody that much work to do on a Monday?

Mjolnir
Reply to  HUNViking
4 December 2023 12:19 pm

We’ll see….. 🤘

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 12:25 pm

I’m going to close commenting at 410 and start a new thread.

HUNViking
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:27 pm

HUNViking
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 12:27 pm

Let’s keep working on it 🤘

JacksonVike
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 12:29 pm

I woke up at 4:20 this morning looked at my clock, and thought Mordor would be happy.

DE Viking
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:37 pm

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  DE Viking
4 December 2023 12:37 pm

The Vikings and Kirk have agreed to a 2 year, 90 million dollar extension.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:38 pm

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:40 pm

I’d be good with it if $35 million was the fully guaranteed portion.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  DE Viking
4 December 2023 12:40 pm

100% guaranteed. Kirky don’t take anything less.

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:41 pm

I assume…..

Mjolnir
4 December 2023 11:34 am

Happy Monday Skolhomeboys!

Don’t know who KOC will start.

Don’t want Dobbs.

Would rather see Hall.

Guessing Mullens.

CFP got it right – FSU without their starting QB would be overmatched, I think Georgia will prove that.

Saban primed to win another title – QB issues figured out and he won’t have to go thru Uga again. I’ll root for Michigan and Washington but I’m kind of hoping McCarthy loses and is forgotten about – want his draft stock to fall as he’s my favorite for QBOTF, if that’s a thing.

Skol!

manly-purple
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 11:41 am

Would like to see more of Hall as well. The running aspect is very important for our offense’s success I think. Kirk’s throwing accuracy and talent made up for it in many ways, but Mullens’ won’t.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 11:49 am

kind of hoping McCarthy loses and is forgotten about’.

As long as he doesn’t cry on his Mommy’s lap in the stands as soon as the game is over.

Mjolnir
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:05 pm

He’s good enough to win a title. Agree he’s not the best they’ve ever had but he’ll be good enough to win it all imo

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 12:16 pm

McCarthy did not impress me at all.
In fact, he reminded me too much of a QB I already do not like.

Still rooting for Michigan though. Anyone but Alabama.

Mjolnir
Reply to  Surly Viking
4 December 2023 12:18 pm

I think he’s got all the tools necessary. Arm talent in both strength and accuracy. Good size, mobile and can play in a pro system immediately.

Wrenage
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 11:36 am

I realized that I hardly listen to any female vocalists. That might make me gay, so I need to compensate. Here is a female vocalist, I remember!

Mjolnir
Reply to  Wrenage
4 December 2023 12:06 pm

Not a fan of Heart? Ann & Nancy Wilson?

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 12:17 pm

Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gail?

JacksonVike
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 12:58 pm

Didn’t listen to a lot of Crystal Gayle growing up, not sure why, just didn’t. My mom is a huge Lorretta fan, so listened to her a lot.

A few others; Anne Murray, Barbara Mandrell, Lori Morgan.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  JacksonVike
4 December 2023 1:04 pm

Not surprisingly, I really enjoy Lorretta Lynn’s Christian album.

Probably the only song I know by Crystal Gayle is, Gonna make your Brown Eyes Blue.

NoDakRube
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 1:29 pm

VP you idget….its “Don’t it make my Brown eyes Blue”

How can I trust you with issues of eternal nature when you botch a Crystal Gayle song that badly??

JacksonVike
Reply to  NoDakRube
4 December 2023 2:10 pm

As a kid, I thought it was donuts make your brown eyes blue.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  JacksonVike
4 December 2023 2:11 pm

I think you’re doing something wrong if donuts make your brown eye blue

skolifer
skolifer
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 2:20 pm

Weird…I thought it was ‘don’t forget your brown eye bleach’

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
4 December 2023 4:45 pm

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DE Viking
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 12:18 pm

Cindi Lauper? Miley Cyrus?

VikingPhilip
Reply to  DE Viking
4 December 2023 12:27 pm

Patsy Cline?

DE Viking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 12:43 pm

Madonna baby…..

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 12:20 pm

Saw Heart at the Met Center long ago.
First time I got high at a concert. I remember a few songs. I really overdid it.

Also saw Pat Benatar that year.

For current groups, I would love to see The Pretty Reckless or Halestorm.

Kelly Clarkson also has an amazing voice and put on a good show, I just prefer things a bit harder(TWSS)

Mjolnir
Reply to  Surly Viking
4 December 2023 1:48 pm

Saw Halestorm open for AIC here in Lincoln about 12 years ago. Great show.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 1:52 pm

Saw them here in around 2007. They were the first of 3 or 4 bands. The headliner was Shinedown, don’t remember who the middle band was. We bought Halestorm’s CD and there was only 5 songs on it.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 12:21 pm

Lady GaGa, Cher

skolifer
skolifer
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 12:22 pm

Babs, Bette Midler?

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 12:28 pm

Leann Rimes

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FloridaSKOL
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:37 pm

Bigger bust?

Dolly or Katie Perry?

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 12:55 pm

Taylor Swift?

Sorry, I can’t say that with a straight face.

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Wrenage
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 1:01 pm

I know most of the female singers and their songs and like a lot of said songs, but I don’t actively seek them out. They just pass through my ears if they are on a radio. Like I am trying to think of an actual album I own by a female, and I’m drawing a total blank.

Like a TOTAL blank.

I maybe have a Fiona Appel album laying around some place. That’s honestly about all I can think of right now.

Wrenage
Reply to  Wrenage
4 December 2023 1:02 pm

Wait! I have Alanis Morresette Jagged Little Pill!

Then again, I think most people on the planet that album, so it probably doesn’t count.

Mjolnir
Reply to  Wrenage
4 December 2023 1:49 pm

I had the Fiona Apple album as well.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Mjolnir
4 December 2023 1:02 pm

For some of you, Amy Grant or Sandi Patty?

NoDakRube
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 1:31 pm

If I have to chose I would go with Amy….She’s got my Father’s eyes.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
4 December 2023 4:46 pm

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bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:40 pm

What about Britney?

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:43 pm

Or…
“he’s a cold hearted snake…..”

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  DE Viking
4 December 2023 12:45 pm

I don’t think that’s Britney.

DE Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:58 pm

It’s not.
Paula Abdul there Bow…..

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  DE Viking
4 December 2023 12:59 pm

Yeah, I know. She looks like a long haired Michael Jackson.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  DE Viking
4 December 2023 1:01 pm

DE knows his female performers.

JacksonVike
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:55 pm

Reba has good songs, but I did not like her in concert. Constantly changing outfits between songs.

DE Viking
Reply to  JacksonVike
4 December 2023 12:59 pm

You didn’t like watching her change clothes live on stage?

JacksonVike
Reply to  DE Viking
4 December 2023 1:00 pm

If that were the case, than yes it would have been a great concert. But, she would go off stage, which took about 5 minutes between songs.

Big Stupid Face
4 December 2023 10:57 am

Vikings Twitter are quoting anonymous “insiders” that claim the front office wants some Jaren Hall while KOC is going to run Dobbs out again.
Hints that it’s Dobbs keep trickling out. So many that either the Vikings are putting it out there as a smoke screen or it’s legit.
Dobbs and Mullens are very different QBs. So it would make sense you wouldn’t want the Raiders to prep for whichever you bring out.
IMO:
Turnovers have been killing us, and Dobbs has been and is a turnover machine.
I’m curious to see who starts.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Big Stupid Face
4 December 2023 10:59 am

I was just going to post the same thing…insiders saying KOC is going with Dobby….surprises me some…BUT remember, we don’t see them in practice. I am getting tired of him throwing the ball behind his receivers though…I really thought Mullens would be the call, I appear to have been wrong again…

Big Stupid Face
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 11:16 am

If I had to bet, I would still say Mullens.
I think the Dobbs news getting out out there is to mess with the Raiders. It would be smart to keep them guessing.
Current Twitter hawt take is Dobbs plays cuz KOC sucks.
I’ve been critical of his play calls, but Twitter needs some chill pills

Wrenage
Reply to  Big Stupid Face
4 December 2023 11:38 am

Dobbs was a lot of fun for a couple of games, but that train has likely sailed as a viable option. I don’t mind them using one of the other options.

Too bad. Collinsworth was pretty sure we had the next Mahomes. Dobbs did have Mahomes escapablilty, though!

Big Stupid Face
Reply to  Wrenage
4 December 2023 11:42 am

Dobbs is the fun party girl you date for a while before settling and marrying a Kirk.
Right?

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Wrenage
4 December 2023 12:19 pm

Collinsworth also thinks that Love is the next coming of Favre and Rodgers. Hopefully he is wrong about that also.

NoDakRube
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 1:33 pm

We’ll he has to hope that Love will be the next Rodgers….a few years back he re-did his bedroom in Green and Gold to feel closer to his man-crush…he doesn’t want to re-paint.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Big Stupid Face
4 December 2023 12:21 pm

I have no idea what the Vikings will do the rest of the season, but I know they will make the wrong decision and I will bitch about it.

skolifer
skolifer
Reply to  Surly Viking
4 December 2023 12:23 pm

FTFY:

but I know they will make the wrong decision and I will bitch about it

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  skolifer
4 December 2023 12:31 pm

Fair

Wrenage
4 December 2023 10:13 am

Looking at the schedule, I’d say Vikings are screwed. Packers will relatively easily displace them for a wild card.

That’s not a good look for Kwesi and KOC. They need to be super impressive next season. In their third year, they should be having us on the cusp of a run.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Wrenage
4 December 2023 10:14 am

I can see that happening.

‘Expect the worst but hope for the best’ is the Viking Fan Credo.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 December 2023 11:01 am

I thought the credo was, “there’s always next year!”

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 11:03 am

Just one before I die?

HUNViking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 11:11 am

You know the answer to that one…

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 11:04 am

“there’s always next year!”

I think that one is our fall back once the worst happens.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 December 2023 11:05 am

Oh yeah but that one year it didn’t happen… oh wait haha.

JacksonVike
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 12:47 pm

An unpopular opinion, but I read an article about Bud Grant, and it discussed his outlook on the superbowl. He thought it was a gimicky game that no one should care about, much like todays probowl. Had he taken the SB seriously we may have had 4 trophies.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  JacksonVike
4 December 2023 3:14 pm

I think that was accurate for the first loss. It was not yet called a superbowl, they had just won the NFL Championship. The AFL was still considered sub-par league.

The rest, he tried to win (imo).
Tried so hard that the last loss VS the Raiders, they installed a completely new offense in the time leading up to it.

Epic Fail

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Surly Viking
4 December 2023 3:20 pm

Bud stated in the YouTube Video I posted last week about the 1969 season, that he ‘never rewatched any of those games, doesn’t even own a copy’ and that he had ‘no regrets’.

Don’t know if that is because he didn’t think they were very important or if because he didn’t want to relive the pain/embarrassment.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Surly Viking
4 December 2023 3:57 pm

Completely agree. In fact, I think the Vikes had a good party night before the 1970 SB against, KC. They expected an easy win and came out lazy, hungover, etc. The Chiefs, on the other hand, were playing for AFL pride, respect, etc…

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
4 December 2023 4:03 pm

Yup,
Minn fumbled the opening kickoff and it went downhill from there.

MT Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
4 December 2023 10:17 am

We did lose our QB1, and WR1. Injuries happen, but those are big ones.

NoDakRube
Reply to  MT Viking
4 December 2023 10:39 am

NO! “KOC SUCKS!” @Execuses are for losers!@

HUNViking
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 11:50 am

KOC might not suck, but he lost the last two (very winnable) games by going into prevent mode on defense and not being aggressive enough on offense, allegedly.

I still maintain that they should have hired Harbaugh.

HUNViking
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:12 pm

KOC as HC might be the one ordering Flores to stop what has been working and going into prevent mode “to secure the win”.

We won’t find out I guess, but for me it’s on the HC, he’s ultimately responsible for his teams’ overall performance, including the units he does not work with directly.

KOC seems to be a good motivator and his playcalling has been very good at times, but there certainly is much room for improvement in many areas.

HUNViking
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:19 pm

LOL, you could be right about that one. We’ll never know, though. If you are correct it’s Flores who needs to get his head out of his ass and do better at the end of games.

MT Viking
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 1:14 pm

NOYST

I’d rather see the D get beaten quickly rather than slowly and methodically.

Big Stupid Face
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 11:52 am

I like the 2023 moves.
Blackmon and Addison look decent and technically Ivan pace was not drafted, but he landed him.

Decent draft that got 3 starters without a #2 pick.

Decent draft.

Even last years is looking a little better.
Ingram and Evans are improving.
Even Booth has looked decent when he’s made the field.

Not really good, but no longer looking like a dumpster fire.

HUNViking
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:25 pm

Its what he decides to do at the QB position that will define his tenure as GM of MN.

Yup, this. Queasy’s drafts, although too early to judge, look pretty weak so far all things considered, his propensity to hire injury prone players to “prove it” contracts seems to bite him in the ass if we look at the Couch (Risner is OK, and playing, so far).

What he and KOC will do at QB next offseason will decide their fate, and the team’s fate for the foreseeable future. I hope they’ll get it right…

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  HUNViking
4 December 2023 12:30 pm

How cool would it be if they got it right and there is no QB debate for the next 20 years? What would we even talk about?

skolifer
skolifer
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:32 pm

What would we even talk about?

The Beatles

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  skolifer
4 December 2023 12:33 pm

Beatles, both forms, suck.

HUNViking
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:34 pm

This is correct. They also blow (allegedly).

HUNViking
Reply to  skolifer
4 December 2023 12:33 pm

Excellent point. We wouldn’t even be able to talk without the influence of the Beatles.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:34 pm

Nap strategies and smoker recipes.

JacksonVike
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 12:42 pm

We could talk about why we didn’t move on sooner.

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 1:16 pm

How the coach is wasting the QB talent, how if our defense could play better we would win more games, etc…

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  MT Viking
4 December 2023 1:19 pm

I was leaning more towards discussing how many more SBs we need to win to be considered a dynasty.

MT Viking
Reply to  bowbunch
4 December 2023 1:39 pm

A dynasty is five. Clearly.

JacksonVike
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 12:41 pm

Sometimes it’s what you don’t do, that shows you’re a good GM. Not signing Kendricks, Cook and Thielen, was a good choice. Keeping Smith on a restructured deal was a good move. Not signing Cousins to a longer contract is looking great right now.

DE Viking
Reply to  JacksonVike
4 December 2023 12:44 pm

Great points there Jackson.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  Big Stupid Face
4 December 2023 12:33 pm

I think Cine is the biggest bust recently, and you are correct, other picks have done well.

Big Stupid Face
Reply to  Big Stupid Face
4 December 2023 1:08 pm

The 3 starters are Pace, Blackmon and Addison.
Technically blackmon is CB 3, but he’s played close to half the defensive snaps.

Addison played 82%, and Pace has played 58%.

They might be starters due to injury, but whatever.

They are seeing a lot of snaps.

Wrenage
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 10:44 am

I’ve basically forgotten the Rams still exist. I don’t think I’ve seen a single second of footage of them this year.

Big Stupid Face
Reply to  Wrenage
4 December 2023 11:07 am

They’ve gotten hot and are back in it. Losing to a bad Bears team has completely derailed the season.
I doubt 3-2 makes it into the playoffs….maybe with some fancy tie breakers.
You need to beat the Packers if you drop 2.
A loss to Detroit plus a loss to either the Raiders or Bengals and you might sneak in at 3-2.

HUNViking
Reply to  Big Stupid Face
4 December 2023 11:20 am

Losing to a bad Bears team has completely derailed the season.

That was an extremely costly loss, not quite unexpected, buy the way the Vikes lost that game irks many people IMHO.

Might have cost the team the playoffs, they could have been one of the very few teams to make the playoffs after an 0-3 start, buy they obviously are pissing this opportunity down their leg.

Start Hall, see what he can do.

DE Viking
Reply to  HUNViking
4 December 2023 11:22 am

buy they obviously are pissing this opportunity down their leg.

It’s what they do. This could be a Geico commercial.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
4 December 2023 9:23 am

This should be a fun game.

. Orange Bowl (Dec. 30, 4 p.m., ESPN)

  • Florida State (13-0) vs. Georgia (12-1)

Both teams are going to be salty about missing the playoff, but this is still a fantastic matchup, even if Jordan Travis is unable to play. Florida State’s defense has been incredible over the past two weeks and Georgia is the first team to ever fall from No. 1 to outside the playoffs over conference championship weekend.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 9:49 am

I think 7 deserving teams.

Ohio St had as good a resume as any of the 1 loss teams.
Now they in the Cotton Bowl vs Missouri and their QB won’t be playing as he has entered the transfer portal I hear..

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 December 2023 10:08 am

Which QB entered the transfer portal? Missouri or Ohio State?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
4 December 2023 10:10 am

Ohio St. Kyle McCord.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 10:24 am

Maybe he’ll play for the Gophers next year.
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Edgecrusher71
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 11:02 am

That’s because Ohio State has that kid from Pierre, SD who committed to Washington then switched and was USA Today’s athlete of the year lol. But seriously, he was incredible.

bowbunch
bowbunch
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 9:55 am

I hope that Michigan curb stomps Alabama so that the argument for putting them in so FSU didn’t get curb stomped looks stupid.

Surly Viking
Admin
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 10:01 am

I agree with this, but still. It sucks for Florida State. And their #2 QB should be healthy by then. FSU should be in the playoffs imo.

As for Alabama/GA. Fuck the officiating near the end of the first half. 10 point swing. That was FTP like favoritism.

So I understand both Florida State and Georgia fans being upset.

I will be rooting for Michigan to beat Alabama, but I expect bad things to happen.

I also think your seeding of 1. Michigan, 2. Bama is correct.

I am just very tired of Alabama.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
4 December 2023 9:21 am

@So Proud@

Quick Lane Bowl (Dec. 26, 2 p.m., ESPN)

  • Minnesota (5-7) vs. Bowling Green (7-5)

Minnesota is the only sub-.500 team in a bowl game thanks to its Academic Progress Rate. The Gophers will play without QB Athan Kaliakmanis after he entered the transfer portal. Minnesota averages just 303 yards a game and gives up six yards a play. Bowling Green won five of its last six to get bowl eligible and its only loss in that span came to Toledo as the Rockets got a 59-yard TD to go ahead with 1:45 to go.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
4 December 2023 10:59 am

The only benefit of the Goofers being in a bowl game is that they get extra practices so that may help out some of the younger guys that are in development.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 11:00 am

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VikingPhilip
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 11:04 am

Or maybe they could do more virtue signaling. I’m sure that would raise the competency level.

DE Viking
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 11:24 am

Well I’m sure he gets this text every weekend and has been for years.
The question is, what would be done about it?
Bad calls are not going away.

Wrenage
4 December 2023 9:11 am

Yes, it was fun to watch the Eagles get smacked around. That Philly security dude is like the epitome of fat tough guy. He can walk around with a mean scowl on his face, but he would fall down and cry like a pre-teen girl if he had to run a block.

freezeyface
Reply to  Wrenage
4 December 2023 9:17 am

as someone who has a lower amount of street cred, i’m unsure what run a block means.

JacksonVike
Reply to  Wrenage
4 December 2023 9:44 am

Yeah, I have been hit harder by a two year old, and he acted like Mike Tyson sucker punched him.

freezeyface
4 December 2023 8:55 am

i see Jalen Hurts finally passed Kirk on season touchdown total….

kirk’s just been out since what…end of October? LOL

freezeyface
Reply to  freezeyface
4 December 2023 8:57 am

passing, season PASSING td’s….for those that will jump on me for thinking i was including TOTAL td’s. settle down. hurts is super good at the tush push and so are you probably

Big Stupid Face
Reply to  freezeyface
4 December 2023 10:46 am

Me getting ready for an epic take down of this comment

freezeyface
Reply to  Big Stupid Face
4 December 2023 11:20 am

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funniest part of this gif is that chris pratt was really naked and that’s their real reactions haha

NoDakRube
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 11:32 am

He paid them extra to make the block out that large….

freezeyface
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 8:41 am

the first quarter looked bad for them and then they just turned it on.

loved seeing the poop eaters get crushed…

also, what the actual heck, their “head of security” standing along the sidelines. THAT better not happen again, get to the back of the bus you fatso

freezeyface
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 8:45 am

you mean jalen huluhaslivesports?

freezeyface
Reply to  benjammin
4 December 2023 8:49 am

you must not watch commercials.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  freezeyface
4 December 2023 8:47 am

Yeah, that Security guy better get a good punishment. Stay out of the game.

FloridaSKOL
4 December 2023 8:25 am

Good morning, SKOL!

FTP got a little help last night. Love is getting better, and that sucks.

VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 8:25 am

The refs last night were all optically challenged. There were some really bad calls and non-calls.

VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 8:22 am

Maybe we should play all three quarterbacks. One to throw, one to run and a second one to run after the first one gets concussed.

NoDakRube
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 10:18 am

Solid Plan, you must have extra time to think in the salt mines.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
4 December 2023 11:01 am

I get an extra 2 minute break because it’s Christmastime.

VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 8:20 am

Second.

HUNViking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 December 2023 9:42 am

Sorry, no auto rec for 2nd place

VikingPhilip
Reply to  HUNViking
4 December 2023 10:08 am

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Wrenage
4 December 2023 7:59 am

Lead singer Myles Goodwyn of April Wine died over the weekend. Really, love their song Sign of the Gypsy Queen, but I just linked that not to long ago. Here is a different one…

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