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VIKINGS NEWS – Someone named Bobby McCain was signed. Also, our old friend Xavier Rhodes(No thanks) tweeted that he would be in purple soon. Maybe he means Baltimore? I am sure someone will go to what used to be Twitter and copy some links of the defense looking good in the first practice with pads yesterday.
NFL News – FTP
Media Selection –
Twins down 2-0, with 2 innings to go. Bats have been cold in new york.
2-0 final.
2 runs in 2 days.
I suspect NY is in their heads.
Another CB signing that I never heard of before.
Give us all of your ‘half decent’ CBs and Coach Flo will figure out which ones are worth keeping or not.
I’m sold. #1!
That’s funny…..
I’m glad somebody finally got it.
Exactly
If this report is correct, they wasted 10 mil on Darnold. 7 on 7 no pressure, goes 2 for 6. Either he’s that poor, or there’s more to the story here.
$10 million for a veteran backup QB seems reasonable.
You think. I would bet Mullens could do better than that.
Could be.
Who knew JJ was going to be a stud !!!
It was worth the insurance policy and the veteran mentorship of nothing else and I would trust him to step in if JJ gets hurt more than Mullens.
Not sure if he was just not supposed to go through any reads on this one or what, but the throw was nice.
LOL.
Defensive dude just takes a knee.
Yeah, it looks like a drill specifically to make that corner throw.
If it is a corner throw, put the ball on his outside shoulder not so the WR has to turn around and catch it on inside.
Still a reception though.
We dont know if it was a corner throw / route or not
Read ahead. Bow suggested it was a corner throw and I responded to that.
But thanks for the red flag. So typical.
Looks like a corner route to me.
I mean the receiver is literally in the corner catching the ball.
looked so to me too.
If league is going to discipline Addison shouldn’t they speak out now?
Think they’ll wait until a couple of starters go down.
Like to see more shotgun formation.
I’d actually like to see some less. We need a better running game and having the QB under center helps this.
Was wondering about IOL play. Our center gets steam rolled alot. Can still run from shotgun although not ideal.
Apparently, Bradbury is fatter this year.
Has he been eating that China food?
I thought China food makes you skinny.
Gets bulldozed alot then a RG that steps on the qb’s foot. Makes good tackles a bit pointless. I shall go into season expecting 17-0!
I guess he gained 10 pounds.
Maybe he will just get manhandled rather than bulldozed.
Good, maybe he won’t get bulldozed by those big DTs anymore.
True about center. But when QB i under center, back gets better angle and a bit of a running start before he gets ball. This also allows for a quicker play and lineman don’t have to hold blocks quite as long.
If center still can’t block that’s on the front office.
Interior pressure is most disruptive. I’ll hope for the best.
So true. Internal penetration from guard/center puts big hurt on running plays.
A Edge guy can be nasty but qb can’t step up on a pass play if center/guards not getting it done.
Still have dimwitted dims blaming Trump for border crisis, almost 4 years in. Can’t make the shit up. Now a far left lunatic wants to be president. Maybe she can appoint a border czar.
Newest squad member.
@she will stand on her record@
Current SS director is the one who denied enhanced security for Trump.
I’ve been saying another attempt will happen with planned incompetence.
Email from someone inside the SS:
NEW: USSS Counter Sniper Torches Agency Leaders in Leaked Email, Expects Another Assassination Attempt
there’s a good and a bad to that play. WR was wide open, so much so slight pause for receiver – still good throw and catch. The bad – first team defense – how did a WR get behind you that much.
Defense counts too.
Well, Darnold threw a pick and has struggled with that defense.
JJ appears to be looking better than Darnold at this point.
Nothing more, nothing less.
JJ’s going against the 1st defense with the 2nd offense and looking better than Darnold with the 1st offense against the 2nd defense.
Oh. I thought they do 1st team versus 1st team.
I don’t know, but I would think if JJ is with the 2’s and throwing passes against the 1s that the inverse would also be true but it’s likely variable and different play to play.
Your post with tape said first team defense highlighted even.
I wasn’t really concerned with the QB or offense here or the JJ/Darnold debate.
But our first team defense letting a receiver get that far behind them is not so good to me.
And you mention Darnold – I’m confused, what did that have to do with that play that was posted.
I was just pointing out that Darnold threw a pick against that defense you seem to be saying failed while JJ was throwing against it.
It’s all just highlights and lowlights at this point with no real meaning this time of year.
Other than JJ appears to look better than Darnold thus far.
I’m not near as concerned with our offense and which QB for that matter.
Now, our defensive secondary, that’s a big deal to me.
Flo working on lots of blitz packages i read. Shocking, i know.
HAMMER HAWT TAEK
JJ McCarthy starts week 1 @ NYG…..
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Tough, aggressive defense.
Hope our IOL is up to the challenge of keeping him alive.
Me too…. *gulp*
It is an argument for letting Darnold be the ‘sacrificial lamb’ until we face a less formidable pass rush.
This is the way. Welcome to the JJ train
You think you’re the one driving? I’ve been on this kid’s bandwagon since mid-season last year after Kirko popped his Achilles. Both Benjammin and I were pretty high on him from the jump. You were in the observation car while we’ve been driving the engine…..
We can have co-pilots. I watched college football outside of the bobcats last year for the first time in a long time just to watch JJ.
Yay! I get it’s early camp, and only if he is ready, I’m excited to watch JJ, NOT Darnold.
I think ‘even’ is ‘advantage JJ’ at this point.
Yeah, if they’re truly even, you play JJ. He’s the future.
Unless you think JJ could benefit from watching Darnold get beat up a few games first.
The ‘learn from other peoples mistakes’ model.
You can’t go in the locker room and tell the players, “hey, I agree with you that JJ is better, but we don’t want to risk damaging his ego because we are worried the rest of the team sucks too much.” That’s how you lose the locker room and eventually your job. If JJ doesn’t seem overwhelmed and is playing better than Darnold, he needs to play.
Tell the IOL ‘play better and we can play JJ, can’t allow you three to get him killed’.
OK, if the IOL is that bad, then that is definitely a problem to put a rookie QB out there.
Nah. Put him out there. Darnold already has shown he can’t function under pressure.
This would be a viable option if you think Sam can perform well enough to get a second or third round pick, if you want to trade him.
A consideration.
More likely not playing him will lead to a better pick.
They may wonder why we started a rookie over him but that is better watching him and seeing exactly why.
If it’s even he’s leavin’ – If it’s a coin flip situation and the coaches are comfortable, start JJ.
Yes
I think Darnold could be on a short leash to start the year, given the reports at camp so far.
Cine is injured.
Must have gotten hurt fixing breakfast or something.
More like year to year. Un-Cine.
Well at least he isn’t taking valuable reps away from someone with a chance of making the team.
It’s fun to go back in the DN archives and read the comments on both Cine and the trade down from 12 to 32. The retrospectoscope is awesome!
Yeah. The whole we “won the trade” via whichever chart is comical in hindsight.
Let Coach Flo decide who he wants/needs.
Yep.
They have the money to make a splash move.
That’s not Kwesi’s style though.
Hopefully not an expensive 1 year rental.
Don’t think the team is in position to make a run in ’24.
Likely….
But….
I dare because I am mostly ignorant.
And as we all know ‘Ignorance is bliss’.
I don’t think Aaron Jones’s son will make the team. He doesn’t seem to have the size.
LOL
“Scat Back”
Crybaby is not playing in the HOF game on Thursday.
So I will probably watch only one quarter now.
Yeah, I will watch as much as I can handle. first quarter will be the maximum.
Interesting twitter post.
Harris Campaign offering paid posting.
Jrob not sure if you are on today or not buddy but you asked the other day if I gamble or a betting man. I would say no. If you count the occasional $10 parlay on baseball on the Underdog app betting, then, yes? I dont do over unders or have a bookie or anything, I dont have the money for that. That being said, I will bet you $50 that Atlanta loses to the Steelers week 1, with at least one of either a Kirk fumble recovered by the defense and or an interception.
Sounds like they will be drawing straws for Harris VP pick.
Another drops out.
Hopefully not ‘Mayor Pete’.
He would be so entertaining as the VP pick.
Plus he would lock up the ‘alphabet people’ for Cackles.
NC governor is out.
It’s going to be Walz.
He has no desire and no chance at anything beyond Minnesota.
Could be Buttigeg though if nobody else is willing to go down in flames with Kamala.
I was thinking Shapiro…trying to get PA.
PS Minnesota is a lock for the Democratic party, so that’s why I see Shapiro over Walz.
Shapiro is Jewish and is being accused of sexual harassment.
I doubt that works in Michigan.
I’m claiming that nobody viable wants it, so the default is Walz.
I told my wife, I would love it if Walz got the nomination. She said, then we would be stuck with Flannigan. I think Flannigan is the easier one to beat for Republicans in the next gubernatorial election.
Assuming Harris Walz wins.
I believe he can be Governor and VP candidate at the same time.
Will Maduro step down or is this going to get worse? I fear it will get worse before it gets better and we are watching our future.
He’s not stepping down.
This is the U.S. soon.
Don’t think FJB is strong enough to hang in there.
But the Cabal might lock him in the basement while they refuse to allow Trump to assume the office.
Well, they will force Harris to assume the Presidency before he resigns.
This happened a few years ago, and Maduro had the military drive over the protesters with tanks and other military equipment.
Correct.
Back on Mother’s Day I had shared with y’all that my stepdaughter and granddaughter had received a creepy text from a cousin invoking the “c” word. Ultimately my stepdaughter chose to ignore it and I was asked not to make a scene at HS graduation the next weekend if the cousin happened to show up (he did not).
Subsequently the son of the cousin (the son is the same age as granddaughter) got into the act with a bunch of snapchats, etc. The wife of the cousin sent a vitriolic text that my grand had “ruined” the coming out basketball and track seasons of their 8th grader, said my granddaughter would get hers eventually.
Stepd continued to ignore, other than talking to the coaches who said there were no issues with the granddaughter as a teammate or sportsmanship.
We were sitting with stepdaughter and son in law (stepdad to my granddaughter) at the rodeo. All was well. Granddaughter was at the nearby Legion baseball final, as her friend’s boyfriend is on that team.
Granddaughter was confronted by her 51 year old cousin, who loudly asked when she would be going to college and it won’t be soon enough that he never has to see her again, you “son of a bitch” [sic]. A bystander asked what was going on, he said she is a little b etc etc. Granddaughter backed away sobbing, and my stepdaughter’s phone blew up from multiple mothers who witnessed the altercation.
Our role was to calm the situation down (dad was going to come down from Billings and confront him at 2 am) and convince them to go to the police.
The 18 year old went through the day long process of filing an order of protection yesterday and the 51 year old cousin was charged with disorderly conduct.
Next couple of days should be fun, small town gossip.
Yeah, some people’s kids I tell ya.
Sometimes violence is the proper course of action…To me, this appears to be one of those times.
Only if done properly.
Too many people aware of the drama, so either make sure you have a good alibi or a ‘fall guy’ in place.
Yeah, me personally I stand to lose too much in a situation where you never know what witnesses will say.
I think the whole thing blew up because the stepdaughter’s lack of a response emboldened the whole family down a path of perceived righteousness.
The dad (who had been drinking) was in his driveway in Billings wanting to drive straight over and confront on the doorstep. I told him that best case scenario that would end up playing into their hands by justifying their actions, worst case scenario he would get shot. It’s one thing to confront someone on neutral ground and have a verbal altercation, it’s another thing to have a physical altercation on someone’s curtilage.
‘curtilage’
There you go making me look up words again.
Good one to know although don’t know when I will ever get the chance to use it.
I learned that one in CCW classes. In Montana at least, castle doctrine applies to your curtilage, so if someone enters my yard inclusive of the inner barbed wire fence and signed as no trespassing, I have every right to confront them and tell them to leave as soon as they cross the cattle guard. Now that has never actually happened, although I have had randos drive up to the cattle guard and stop when they see the signs.
Put some ‘Deliverance Banjo Music’ on and they never will cross that cattle guard.
Or the theme from Yellowstone.
‘Or the theme from Yellowstone’
Never heard it.
I bet if you press him he folds – it’s only chicken shit little bitches that talk like that to teenagers. Put a man in front of him and he’ll stutter and stammer and piss himself…..
Oh absolutely. The two ladies were worried about retribution, etc. I said [his name] talks big but he would absolutely never do anything physically, plus he will get SOOPER uncomfortable if I or my wife ever have the opportunity to chat with him.
His wife works at the hospital, she is also a loudmouth but I think she is smarter than to ever mention anything to me. In the hierarchy of a hospital she would be committing career suicide coming at me aggressively.
The 18 year old son is probably the biggest question mark. 18 year old men sometimes do stupid things like vandalism, etc.
I hate that kind of stuff. I get stressed just reading it, and it isn’t even happening to me. That is how much I hate that kind of stuff.
I have learned from my Ex that ‘hating to fight/argue’ can be used against you.
If they know you will not engage they push you and win when you avoid the confrontation.
Army taught me stand up for myself and Prison cemented it into place.
Best advice I got from my father in law was that you shouldn’t care what people think about you – if you say and do things that are your true thoughts and feelings in a respectful manner some people will like you and some people will hate you – so don’t try and be something you’re not.
That’s why in our professional group I was always the tip of the spear fighting policy changes, etc…
My mom tried to argue/fight my alcoholic father when I was growing up and it never worked.
That was my experience on family fights, they never solve anything. Once my Ex (Psych degree) figured that out she exploited the weakness.
Yes, I try to do that. It still tastes like garbage in my mouth, though.
I am not a confrontational person by nature, but I can be pushed far enough where I finally pop.
I’d probably be better off blowing off bits of steam here and there instead of letting it build up.
I still hate it and try not to let it build to the point that it boils over.
Don’t remember the last time I had to ‘fight’ a family member.
Fight by definition is trying to hurt someone, I don’t fight family.
Discuss? Absolutely. Argue? Occasionally. Fight? Not if I can help it.
What really chaffs my patootie is that my default mode is that people will rationally discuss and seek a genuine solution.
It seems like most are too insecure to admit they might be wrong and work to find a beneficial alternative.
‘people will rationally discuss and seek a genuine solution’
You are such a dreamer.
Sounds like a family of tools.
At least 3 generations worth from what I gather.
“Our role was to calm the situation down (dad was going to come down from Billings and confront him at 2 am) and convince them to go to the police.”
Sound wisdom, funny how with age one isn’t as reactionary. 20 years ago if me, I’d confront him on his “curtilage”
If you’ve got memory like a steel trap, I previously mentioned working “security” at a party in dorms where I tried to stop two guys from leaving the party with open containers, a girl got in their face, we ended up on an elevator where all hell broke loose, I got sprayed in the face with deodorant and kicked in the head a couple of times, then got in a nice uppercut to one of the doods.
I was 18 and got to figure out more or less on my own how the legal system works and how those two got away without criminal charges, but at least the university banned them from campus.
How awful. There is no situation in which a 51 year old man should talk to a young girl like that. If the harassment continues, keep pressing charges. I would also avoid that bunch like the plague.
Thanks Kathy. Nice to see you around. Hope all is well with you and the fam.
Yes, we are all well, except controlling sister’s husband continues to decline. We’ve been busy, had the grands for a few days and then went to the lake. Just got back yesterday, had a good time, but need some rest for a few days.
Was it with the 1s or 2s?
If he has to ‘direct the WRs to their places’ it is more likely the 2s.
At least it shows he appears to have a pretty good grasp of the offense already. I’m ready for that first JJ to Jets highlight already.
He will be getting his shots with the 1s soon. This is a process
I know bb, I do too.
Thanks. Came here looking for camp update.
Two more days until some real football, well, kind of. Hall of fame game Thursday night, 7:00pm central time.
Yep.
I will watch about a half.
I hope crybaby williams cries in his momma’s lap.
I might check the box score afterwards.
Wonder if they will have a stat for ‘crying in mom’s lap’.
Update: the crybaby will not be playing.
FTP!
FT*!
Sean Payton uses the jelly knife in the peanut butter……
SKOL!
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I remember my dad getting upset with us because there was peanut butter in the jelly/jam.
We didn’t understand what the problem was since PP&J always went together.
My wife to this day gets on me about this.
The Teacher has her ‘smooth’ peanut butter while I have ‘chunky’.
She seldom finishes her jar and I often have to ‘step up’ so it doesn’t go to waste.
I have learned to wipe the BB off of the knife onto the bread before adding the jelly, so that helps.
I just lick the knife. Problem solved.
Viable solution with a butter knife.
Not so much with a steak knife, IMHO.
Sometimes I just let the dogs lick the knife. Food prep is done in the corner of the kitchen, hence we do little voice skits with the dogs – master is in the corner, full stop, all dogs report to the corner.
I especially like when the grandkids are over and eat with us, I let the dogs clean our plates and then put them back up in the cupboard. I suppose the joke has gotten old since they don’t say anything anymore.
I remember letting the dogs clean the plates before. But the Ex objected so strongly and loudly that I got PTSD.
Never considered putting the plates back in the cupboard afterwards, would have been fun to watch the nieces/nephews react to that.
#missedopportunity
It’s an excellent training opportunity. Bubba, the adopted one, had food aggression issues and I would make him sit (Tuck the older that we’ve had since he was 7 weeks old has always been trained this way). Set a plate down, if he bolted I would lift the plate up. Set it back down, if steady I would get down on all fours, push around them, between them, climb over the back, shove them back, etc. Had a lot of evil sounding growls and strings of drool at first but now I can point to one side or another of a plate and say, this is Tuck’s side and that is Bubba’s side, they mind the line.
‘I would get down on all fours, push around them, between them, climb over the back, shove them back’
It sounds intense.
Seems like it worked though.
Big Lebowski auto rec
And another Big Lebowski auto rec.
Fortunately today there is a product with both.
You should be shot using the wrong knife.
Rec for truth Mjolnir.
Not enough ‘jelly to peanut butter ratio” with Goobers.
Wrong knife? I use a butter knife. What? You think I should be using a steak knife??
Okay.
You shouldn’t be using the SAME knife for the peanut butter and jelly.
The easiest solution is to just not eat PB&J like a child.
I don’t eat PP&J like a child.
I am not nearly as messy anymore.
So dirty two utensils?
Let me think about that. No!
Think of the environment!
Does anyone know the difference between jelly and jam? I use the terms interchangeably.
‘While jam uses the whole fruit, jelly calls for just the essence — the fruit juice. Jelly has no seeds or fruit pulp in it, and is completely smooth in texture. When jelly is made, the fruit is crushed to extract the juice, which is then strained to keep all the pulp and seeds out’
I prefer Jam or Preserves myself.
And preserves will have the seeds left in and jam is just the fruit pulp.
Jelly = good
Preserves = better
Jam = bestest
I have a bunch of mulberry trees in my back yard, this year I made some mulberry preserves and some mulberry/jalapeno preserves. Both are really good, but next time I plan on cutting the sugar and pectin in half.
I don’t remember the last time I had Mulberry.
I don’t recall them having much flavor to my younger self.
They taste similar to a blackberry.
Blackberrys are good, The Teachers fav in fact.
I am more a peach guy myself but blueberries are a close 2nd.
Already been discussed and rejected due to insufficient ‘Jelly to Peanut
Butter Ratio’.
To no one’s surprise, Captain Kirk is brilliant at Falcons training camp – showing the Falcons how stupid they were for drafting Penix, who hasn’t looked good. Kirko will be the Falcons QB for the next 4 years – book it.
Falcons training camp 2024 Day 3 recap and notes: Kirk Cousins keeps his foot on the pedal. – The Falcoholic
penix could be good someday. I think they play Kirko this season and next, then move on. 10 mil cap hit for cutting him prior to year 3.
I’m just happy they went with Penix and let us have JJ.
THIS ^^^^^^
I wanted no part of Penix…
Yep. They got the Mitch Trubisky of the draft while we got the Mahomes AND they’re saddled with Kwirk’s big contract.
Always looked good in camp and noon games against loser teams. Will see what happens when the pressure is on 🙂 we already know the answer
It’s training camp. In 11 on 11 drills the ball should hardly ever hit the ground with a good QB.
My bet is the Falcons finish around .500.
Either 8 or 9 wins.
Based on past history, 8 wins and missing the playoffs in his first season with a new team and all that hype about being good.
New coach. New coordinator. New offense. Poor Kirk. Not his fault.
Facts
8 wins might be enough for the division and when the Vikings finish with 9 and just miss a wild card some will claim the Falcons were better.
Vikings in a tougher division so equal wins would make them the better team, IMHO.
‘More successful’ however would be a different kettle of fish.
Might.
But I don’t think so.
Kirk is the undisputed king. That’s a fact.
Had a nasty little hail storm roll through yesterday afternoon/night 6pm until roughly 730, two rounds. 4in diameter just 1/4 south of my place, from what I saw from my window it was in the quarter – 2.5-3in range for a spell. My big tree in the back got shredded but hopefully saved my roof. I haven’t been up to look at the damage yet.
Hail damage sucks, I’ve dealt with it on my vehicles and my house/roof over the years.
Hope you do not have State Farm insurance. Those bastards would not pay for my shingles, even though two neighboring houses have new roofs courtesy of State Farm.
Really, seems odd that they wouldn’t cover your damage if you had the right coverage for the roof. I’ve had state farm my whole adult life and they’ve always took care of my claims. Still got those damn deductibles to pay for though.
You have a good agent. Mine told us he was instructed to stay out of claims issues. So now we are shopping for a more useful insurance agent and a better company.
Fuck state farm.
Nah, North Star, out of MN.
Hail? What the hail you talking about?
Hopefully not too much damage.
Just got down off the roof, theres for sure damage to the shingles. Calling insurance now
BUST
Co-Cine’d on the “BUST” label.
Too bad. But the writing was always on the wall with that hair.
Good thing the Vikings didn’t draft Hamilton and instead took a horrible trade back and drafted Cine instead, having an all pro safety is really overrated
yay glad to have ben and his spot on takes back..
honestly makes me want to swear we don’t have hamilton right now
Yah, almost makes you want to swear as much as when you change a car battery
Is he hurt or are they trying to keep him from getting hurt because they are working on trading him?
hopefully the latter
Might even get something for him… a sixpack would be nice.
‘a sixpack would be nice.’
Would insist on it being cold at least.
We have standards after all!!
Ecxellent point. A COLD sixpack it is!
Who would be dumb enough to trade for him?
Someone who is desperate enough for a safety that they manage to talk themselves into believing that he just needs a ‘fresh start’.
Somebody will always take a chance on a former first round pick and think they’re the ones who can fix him.
Yup.
Even if he shouldn’t have been drafted in the 1st round.
#betweentheears
Shoot, Treadwell is still in the league somehow.
Just signed with his 8th team, Indy.
Yeah, but he wasn’t traded.
He has been cut. Every time.
Yeah but to actually give something up for a guy who hasn’t seen the field and pay his remaining salary?
That’s a nope in my book.
He will get cut.
Then some team will take the chance on a league minimum salary.
Mostly likely.
But a cold six pack would be nice.
Coaches told him, “If you don’t think you need to practice, then don’t practice.” OK coach.
Could be.
The new NFL.
ez solution.
Throw deep on every down.
coulda, shoulda, woulda been picked
A little under thrown allowing the DB to catch up and contest the reception looks like.
It was indeed a little under thrown.
ok, vikings fans with twitter/x accounts, i again implore you, load this thread up with vikings camp tweets, LETS GO
Only if you can change my car battery.
I think I will host a zoom call called “White Dudes for Trump” and see what happens.
?
Cackles had an event called ‘White Dudes For Harris’ allegedly.
*White Dudes For Harris. And it was supposedly every bit as cringey as you could possibly imagine.
Also had Affluent White Women for Harris zoom call.
Oh really? Gosh I’m sorry I missed it.
Not allegedly.
It’s fact.
https://twitter.com/nealkwatra/status/1818245067468861795
They probably got paid an ‘appearance fee’.
Goff should be old enough that his brain has matured.
Oh wow, if those guys endorse her she has my vote!
False alarm
Misinformation from democrats?
I know it’s hard to believe but it looks like it happened this one time.
@fake news@
Will wait on similar reports on Jones and Goff.
Read his hand injury is significant.
I was skeptical because it is so ‘cringeworthy’ I figured that even they would know better.
I guess you go with the thing that got you where you are, identity politics for the win!
Without identity politics they have nothing.
Rec for Truthiness.
Hopefully the Mets batters are too tired to hit for the next 2 games.
The Twins are such a tease.
They will hang in there long enough to keep you interested only to miss the post season.
They will probably make it in as a wild card and then lose as quickly as possible.
Probably to the yankees as they have ‘priors’, lots and lots of ‘priors’.
That’s usually sufficient for many Minnesota sports fans.
Minnesota Nice.
Better than a ‘Participation Trophy’ I guess.
I just found out the Packers signed Love to a giant contact. I did not know that. I usually try not to look at much computer over the weekend.
Since it is Green Bay, it will work out perfectly for them.
That’s part of why I hate Green Bay. I don’t know if they are a better run organization than ours, but it sure seems like it.
They seem to have a pretty solid leadership core in place. I don’t think they got the most out of the Rodgers years, but they are in an interesting place.
Really curious to see how the Packers and Lions go this year, even more so than the Vikings. I have accepted we are still laying in the weeds.
They draft well also, always seem to have good young talent.
They aren’t afraid to take a QB in the first round or trade a first round pick for a QB, even if they have a HOF QB already, meanwhile the Vikings very rarely take first round QBs. They seem to understand you need a franchise QB and you’re not getting one unless you draft one, whereas the Vikings and a fair amount of their fans would rather pass on drafting QBs early because they might be a bust and are instead content with middling to slightly above average QB play and zero SBs.
I remember when the Packers picked Love. I defended it on DN. I thought it was ballsy. If you think you got a chance at a QB who can be the guy, you have to take him. It is such a HUGE position these days.
Plus, Rodgers was getting long in the tooth at that point. I could still see helping him out with a WR, too. That wasn’t completely unrealistic.
I was about 65 percent for the Love pick and 35 percent against it.
We will not see if it pays off.
They always have scads of draft picks.
11 this year, 13 in ’23, 11 in ’22, 9 the two years before that.
They seem to average 9-11 picks a year. Unlike the Vikings, they usually don’t consist of a majority of 7th rounders.
At least we seem to be doing a bit better with UDFAs lately.
Which is nice.
Happy Tuesday Skolohols,
FTP
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Skol
She’s making me dizzy.