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VIKINGS NEWS – New QB does not throw a baseball very well. At least he was working on a Tuesday.

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JacksonVike
20 June 2024 6:22 am

It is nice to see Edge back, letting us all know that we are stupid for choosing a side that aligns with our values.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JacksonVike
20 June 2024 9:06 am

That is his shtick, as the ‘smartest man in the room’.
All of us are ‘stupid or brainwashed’ for believing what we do.
He is the only one who sees the truth and his brilliant solution?
Don’t vote, or vote for some 3rd party candidate who has 0% chance because that will show them.

No longer New Vikings Fan
20 June 2024 5:30 am

Good morning, and SKOL.

I’ve read where Kevin O’Connell put together a detailed, step-by-step development plan for McCarthy that’ll require him to hit certain milestones before the team presses him into “real action.” I think this illustrates how great the divide between college and NFL QB play is. It would be interesting to actually see this detailed plan with milestones. I mean step one, learn the playbook and be able to call out the plays without stumbling and bumbling around. Step two, learn every offensive players responsibilities on every play. Etc, etc, etc.

JRobert
JRobert
19 June 2024 4:59 pm

Two random thoughts that I hope I can pull together.
SCVF noted earlier today that SF was the worst run city in the country. Wondered why but OK.
Just a couple of minutes ago was watching a show that posted a small piece of the recent Democratic Mayoral Race in SF. One candidate asked others to name three Drag Queens they knew and were they willing to put three LBGTQ advisors on their campaigns.
Became clear after that.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 5:02 pm

We are living in a pronountocracy now. The meritocracy is dead.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 5:14 pm

SCVF noted earlier today that SF was the worst run city in the country. Wondered why but OK.’

Well I did post a link to the list and another to the site that came up with the list that detailed how they came up with that determination.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 5:34 pm

My machine did not allow me to read it – just went by folks.

Wrenage
19 June 2024 3:20 pm

3:19…

I am really looking forward to going to bed tonight. Just got to make it like six more hours. Oh well, a good grinder day reminds me how easy I have it on normal days.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  Wrenage
19 June 2024 4:56 pm

Oof,I’m friggin tired too. But my day is done. Having a drink watching the new Season of The Boys. So good.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 2:44 pm

Man, The Teacher files and keeps everything!!
She/we are going thru her filing cabinet and boxes from the storage shed.
She has monthly utility bills and phone bills thru the 90s and into the late 80s.

Sorting thru all that stuff to find what needs to be shredded and what can just be pitched. I see my 5th pickup load worth of stuff headed to the dump in my near future.

DE Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 2:49 pm

If the utilities are fully paid, shred them all!!!

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 2:53 pm

We are only shredding stuff with SSNs, Account #s, and Personal Info that she is worried about.
Stuff with just names and address that are no longer valid are just trash.
The shredder is getting enough of a workout we are just hoping it last thru the filing cabinet so we don’t have to get a new one that we will have to move to Idaho.

DE Viking
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 3:19 pm

Yep. I agree

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 2:52 pm

Bills from the 80s? Holy crap!

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
19 June 2024 2:56 pm

Heck she as warranty info and instructions for small appliances that she hasn’t had in 30 years.

I went thru mine shorty after I bought this place in 2005. Plus I never save all the stuff she routinely did. She said that is what her mom taught her to do and she just never changed.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 2:58 pm

What, no HS report cards? And then we had our tax filings for last 30. yers

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 3:06 pm

What, no HS report cards?’

She does actually, for her 3 kids.

Tax filings for close to 30 years, she is trying to decide how long she needs to keep tax forms for. She is thinking since her divorce in 04/05.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 3:08 pm

3 years.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  norseman1
19 June 2024 3:23 pm

Actually, with sniffer driving up debt maybe 30 years is good. He may come back for more dollars. We have immigrants to pay for. F the American citizen. I hate that prick, can you guys tell?

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  norseman1
19 June 2024 3:36 pm

I kept 5 years of mine, she is worried about her Ex as they had multiple issues he caused that she wants to make sure don’t follow her.

We have filed separately due to her concerns, he screwed up their/her credit several times in the past.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 3:41 pm

Used to be 5, then i think 3. No reason for government to go any further unless there is something blatant. Pretty sure i’m not a priority with this government. Then toss in a Walz.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  norseman1
19 June 2024 4:19 pm

Depends on your party affiliation. Knew a couple that donated to the Tea Party Movement – never been audited in their lives – and then audited three straight years.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 4:22 pm

Someone said on Fox that they had all been audited every year of the Obama Admin.

Just a coincide I am sure.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 4:29 pm

If they will use the DOJ they sure as hell will use the IRS.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 4:32 pm

Have a lot of respect for the Delaware Jury that convicted Hunter after his mom gave them the ‘death stare’ during jury selection.

You know it was am implied threats if they found ‘Prince Hunter’ quilty.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 4:36 pm

And they’ll all probably get audited.
Now, the Trump jury in NY, they’ll all get rebates.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 5:02 pm

I have a lot of respect for the jury and judicial system that successfully prosecuted a high profile person on the side I’m against… But the part of the judicial system that successfully prosecuted the guy I worship on high is clearly corrupt. Fuck, you guys are funny.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
19 June 2024 5:10 pm

OK I’ll bit.
Tell me the over riding felony Trump committed ( but was never charged or convicted of ) that allowed book keeping entries to be upgraded to felonies after the statue of limitations?
Pretty sure what Hunter did is easily explainable.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 5:21 pm

Not gonna play this game. Quite literally every time I have around here either it’s a one sided loaded question or when it’s not and I come up with one thing then the goal post is moved. It’s just so laughable how obviously one sided biased you guys are and you’re so blind to it.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
19 June 2024 5:40 pm

You brought up the legal system not me and said you had confidence in it.
Personally I believe Hunter is a complete f’up and it was a waste to go after him.
The political hit job done to Trump is a tragedy to our judical system.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
19 June 2024 5:18 pm

I have no problem with the Trump jurors. They followed the judges instructions as they are required to.

The Judge/DA etc, not so much, that was all political.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 5:23 pm

Do you think Trump AND Hunter have skated by the legal system for previous illegal doings? You’re either stupid or completely brain washed if you think they have both been innocent their entire lives. They both deserve worse than what they both got. Fuck em both.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
19 June 2024 5:29 pm

I don’t think anyone has been innocent their entire lives, maybe Mother Theresa, maybe.

I think Biden, the Senate, House, and most Celebraties have skated by the legal system, some more than others.

If you don’t think that one is being attacked by his political rival while the other is being protected as best they can then you are ‘either stupid or completely brain washed.’

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 5:36 pm

Mother Theresa is a piece of shit actually. I’m not kidding or using hyperbole either.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
19 June 2024 5:53 pm

If you want to have a more robust discussion of our legal system bring it up tomorrow, Dealt with it for over 40 years, would love to discuss earlier in the day.

Edgecrusher71
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 5:38 pm

I would bet a million billion dollars I don’t have if it was Trump’s son being convicted on similar crimes you guys would be crying corruption the same way and if Biden was being found guilty in similar charges Trump was you’d feel it’s fair and justice. You guys prove it over and over. Trump is always a victim of any wrongdoing he’s ever done while Dems are always super fully guilty no matter what.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Edgecrusher71
19 June 2024 5:51 pm

That is BS – I just told you above it was a waste to go after Hunter. Both cases are political hit jobs although under “existing law”, Hunter was guilty.
Here’s my worry (2). First DA’s are suppose to go after crimes, not run for office saying they are going after specific people.
Second, for most Americans. the state has vast resources and and can just out muscle citizens. Their are administrative laws and procedures established for Judges to protect defendants against over zealous DA’s.
those are basic to our legal system and both tenants were clearly broken.
And by the way, since you say we are so one sided, I thought the impeachment of Bill Clinton was a complete waste too.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Surly Viking
19 June 2024 2:26 pm

FIRED!!

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Surly Viking
19 June 2024 2:28 pm

You might want to assure this (today’s) thread has plenty of space as it might have to last for a while.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Surly Viking
19 June 2024 2:39 pm

Thanks for posting these threads, Surly. I’m sure they are paying you with Schrute Bucks. Cash ’em in and live large.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Surly Viking
19 June 2024 2:41 pm

But you can set them to post a day or two in advance right?
So no excuses available to you, Mister!!

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 2:46 pm

DE Viking
Reply to  Surly Viking
19 June 2024 2:51 pm

Thanks for doing it Surly.
You gotta do what you gotta do.

norseman1
norseman1
19 June 2024 1:32 pm

Think one of our preseason games is national. Mean we are good? ESPN thinks we suck.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  norseman1
19 June 2024 1:38 pm

I think the Vikings will be good, as in not terrible, this year. With the right bounces, they could win 10 games and be in the playoffs.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 1:42 pm

Zero idea what to expect.
#1-QB play
#2- Interior line play on both sides.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  norseman1
19 June 2024 1:46 pm

Well, here’s what I expect:

  1. Flores defense will be good
  2. KOC will be better as a play caller
  3. Running game will be able to pick up 3rd and 1
  4. We won’t lead the league in missed extra points again
  5. QB? Yeah… big question mark there.
KFEY93
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 1:50 pm

I like your outlook. And agree.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 2:06 pm

Maybe get lucky with that Redmond dude.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 2:15 pm

Your ideas are solid. I don’t really know better but a couple of thoughts.
I think our QB play will be OK maybe even good if we aren’t throwing 4 interceptions a game, or 2 in fourth quarter paying from behind.
Running game – not sure how committed KOC is to this, Notice when Rams won SB, running game was sort of like we should run it once in a while. And putting your QB under center gives the back a better running start.
Defense – not worried about blitzes. but can we generate pressure from four and play solid run defense – can’t get out muscled at point of attack (that goes for offense too).
Just couple of thoughts.

KFEY93
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 2:19 pm

Really curious how our defenses ability to generate pressure on non blitzes will be. That will be the key to if it will be sustainable for the duration of the season, or fall off like it did last year when our blitz gimmick was up.

DE Viking
Reply to  norseman1
19 June 2024 1:56 pm

Yep. Raiders at the Bank.
Im glad the pundits are downplaying the Vikings.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 2:13 pm

Wonder how they will delegate qb time in preseason.

KFEY93
Reply to  norseman1
19 June 2024 2:20 pm

Will be curious for sure. Whole lotta JJ?

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  KFEY93
19 June 2024 2:23 pm

Guessing Darnold has to get at least a half or more but i do want to watch the kid.

DE Viking
Reply to  norseman1
19 June 2024 2:27 pm

I would assume Darnold plays the first half of game 1 and probably 1 or 2 series in game two. It should be the JJ and Hall show in the preseason.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 3:13 pm

Darnold starts season and JJ suits, right? they have any other choice?

DE Viking
Reply to  norseman1
19 June 2024 3:44 pm

That’s my guess.
If Darnold completely sucks, then JJ could start sooner than they want.

norseman1
norseman1
19 June 2024 12:52 pm

Cine, 10 defensive snaps in 2 years. LMAO

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  norseman1
19 June 2024 12:54 pm

Getting ready to break out.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 2:16 pm

Any year now.

No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 11:34 am

While most people accept Sam Darnold has never proven himself in the NFL, many are saying this will be the best offensive environment he’s ever played in. I’d have to say though, he was on the Forty Niners last year, and that’s probably the best offensive unit in the league.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 11:49 am

True. But he was the backup with the Niners. Playing as the starter for sure better than the Jets and Panthers.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 12:03 pm

Well, why was he the back-up?

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 12:06 pm

Purdy had solidified the position from play the year before but was coming off injury. Darnold was insurance in case he wasn’t ready.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 12:11 pm

I’d like to think on a professional sports team, the cream rises to the top. Darnold wasn’t the starter because he wasn’t good enough to be the starter.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 12:17 pm

I’d like to think that it’s a ‘merit’ thing too. But there’s also this ‘ a starter doesn’t lose his job because of injury.’
Now if Purdy had faltered, believe there would have been a change.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 12:28 pm

I have heard this adage before, but have witnessed many times when it simply wasn’t true. Bledsoe got injured, and Brady never let him get his job back for instance. You play the best guy.

JacksonVike
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 12:31 pm

Bledsoe was getting towards the end of his career, whereas Purdy is just starting his.

I think this may have had more todo with Brady taking the starting job, plus Brady was winning as well.

Darnold didn’t get a chance to win the job because Purdy was ready to go at the start of the season and was winning.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 12:35 pm

True – but Darnold ‘wasn’t there’ to actually play really well when Purdy was injured like Brady did.
Now if Purdy’s injury had held him out for several games and Darnold had played and light it up, then maybe a different story.

freezeyface
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 12:18 pm

shanahan doesn’t know how to coach qb’s….

DE Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 1:14 pm

I’d like to think on a professional sports team, the cream rises to the top. Darnold wasn’t the starter because he wasn’t good enough to be the starter.

He is the starter. For the Vikings.
The team you claim as your own.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 1:17 pm

Misstating the truth again DE. I created a discussion based on some perspectives people have expressed. That is all. I’m not trashing the Vikings.

DE Viking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 1:45 pm

I never said you were trashing the Vikings.
You are trashing the QB of your team before he has taken one snap.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 1:49 pm

You said “Why are you trashing your “team” because you don’t like the QB?”

KFEY93
19 June 2024 10:32 am

Peru and Hungary both passed medical bills stating that people that cross dress or have “gender identity issues” have mental health issues and will be treated as a mental health issue. US needs to get on board with this ASAP.

NoDakRube
Reply to  KFEY93
19 June 2024 10:46 am

Although I agree with your sentiments completely, when I think of nations the US should emulate Peru and Hungary are not near the top of the list.

KFEY93
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 10:50 am

Not emulate completely obviously, but this I can get behind. Because thats what it is, a mental illness.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  KFEY93
19 June 2024 10:51 am

How about shipping our criminals to South America? They’re sending theirs here, let’s give em some of ours in return.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
19 June 2024 10:51 am

Sounds fair.

KFEY93
Reply to  bowbunch
19 June 2024 10:53 am

Whats scarier, a cartel member with a gun, or a tranny with a vag for an armpit holding a machete?

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 10:52 am

Well since we seem to have strong feelings for folks from the Middle East, perhaps we should take the lead from many of the Muslim nations in the region.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  KFEY93
19 June 2024 10:47 am

Make asylums great again.

KFEY93
Reply to  bowbunch
19 June 2024 10:52 am

Seriously, psych wards and hospital funding needs to come back, 40+ years ago a lot of the people we see doing weird deranged shit online on Tik Tok and twitter would be institutionalized. Not running rampant in the street live streaming their mental illness to the world.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  KFEY93
19 June 2024 10:59 am

You can thank the ACLU and the many cases, including a Supreme Court one, they won to ‘free’ all these mentally ill people.

KFEY93
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 11:03 am

Like, I get many were under funded and had terrible staff and management and people were being abused in cases but my God did they throw the baby out with the bath water with that one. And people wonder “why is everyone so crazy?” the past 20 years…I think thats a big part of it. Lot of folks shouldnt be on the streets or online.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  KFEY93
19 June 2024 11:08 am

Indeed they did. They cleaned the cut on one hand by creating an even bigger one on the other.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 9:46 am

They did it, now 8 in a row.
Nampa won ‘Best Run City Is The US’ for they 8th straight year.
San Francisco defended it’s title as the worst.

Moving from Crappyfornia to Idaho is looking better every day.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/san-francisco-dubbed-worst-run-city-united-states-according-new-report

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 9:53 am

I visited San Francisco about 20 years ago, and found it immensely interesting, and enjoyable. I think my opinion would be significantly different these days.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 10:02 am

I took The Teacher to a Viking/49er game back in ’07. I didn’t tell her where we were going just to pack for a weekend.
We had only been going out a few months at that point so it was a matter of trust. We did all the ‘traditional’ SF stuff and started back right after the game, a Viking win.
It was a pretty good visit, last time I was there I think.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 10:06 am

I was there about 20 years and spent most of time in the Embarkadaro (sp) area and Fisherman’s Wharf – really nice then. Guess it has gone to hell now.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 10:14 am

That just means the people doing the ranking are from Nampa or Nampa’s tourism bureau paid them the most money.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  bowbunch
19 June 2024 10:22 am

Wallet Hub does the rankings. Here is their explaination of how they compile them.

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-run-cities/22869

Boise is normally top 5 as well when we started looking there to retire to. Hadn’t heard of Nampa when we first saw it on the list. We visited there as it is a suburb of Boise and noticed all of the road work to widen roads and such. Figured by the time we were ready to retire most of it would be done and we would have better roads. Plus the home prices were about 2/3rd of Boise’s.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  Surly Viking
19 June 2024 12:37 pm

Still better than SF at 148.
And 12 other Calif Cities rated lower than Murderapolis.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
19 June 2024 9:39 am

NoDakRube
19 June 2024 9:22 am

KFEY and I were both wrong yesterday (shockingly that happens).

We had both predicted the TWINS game would be cancelled. Instead we were treated to a Walk Off win for the Twins.

I believe that is 6 in a row.

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 9:42 am

They had a rain delay at the start of the 5th.
Since TB scored to go ahead I was worried that they would call it win for the Rays.
I believe it has to be 5 1/3 for that but am not sure and I don’t keep up with the changes.
Like the ‘starting extra innings with a man on 2nd’ still seems weird to me.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 10:06 am

At least you know a porch from a bordello.

KFEY93
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 10:25 am

Im not going to hear the end of this am I? Southerners can keep their backwards lingo. A porch is a porch and a deck is a deck, ones in the front, ones in the back. Full stop lol.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  KFEY93
19 June 2024 10:30 am

Young man, a chance to learn. Even Northerners, Westerners et all, have porches on the side as well back of the house. and decks are uncovered.
Anyways, ask your blond friend, she’ll know.

NoDakRube
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 10:51 am

Even here in the north country I have heard the term “back porch”.

To me porchs and decks are 2 different things…a porch generally has a roof or a covering where a flat piece of wood extending from the house with no covering is a deck.

NoDakRube
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 10:55 am

A patio and a porch are the same thing in my opinion.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 10:56 am

Nah, a patio is ground level.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  bowbunch
19 June 2024 11:00 am

And a patio is uncovered.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 11:13 am

No. I have a screened patio with a roof. Patio can be open or closed. Porch and deck are the same structurally underneath and differ on roof. Now, what if you have a deck with a pergola over it? Does that count as a roof and turn it into a porch?

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  bowbunch
19 June 2024 11:29 am

I have a rather large stoned ‘deck.’ We have a part – seperate structure- with four posts and a roof we call a pergola. We also have a covered part of the deck that is an extension of house we call a lanai. All the area that is uncovered we call the deck.
Out front we have a covered entry we call the porch (some call it a portico).
The pergola area has drapes, the lanai has an electric screen that can be lowed and the front porch is just open.
Now i also have a courtyard are, uncovered, but we do not call that a patio since it is enclosed on the sides.
this all got started over ‘ sitting on the porch ‘ which is a joy and hardly a penalty to me.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 11:34 am

Never can predict where the conversation is going to go here.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  bowbunch
19 June 2024 12:19 pm

Oh sometimes you can predict with complete confidence where the conversation is going to end up. there’s a couple of ‘triggering words’ around here.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  bowbunch
19 June 2024 12:21 pm

Donuts, decks………

KFEY93
Reply to  bowbunch
19 June 2024 1:13 pm

Lol I love the rabbit hole this conversation has created

KFEY93
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 1:13 pm

That was uncalled for.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  KFEY93
19 June 2024 1:17 pm

I was kidding and I’m still hoping (sincerely) that works out for you.
But if I did offend, I apologize.

KFEY93
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 1:43 pm

No worries. I might actually bring up the debate after shift on Friday because im genuinely curious what my co workers are going to say when they are all sleep deprived and feeling loopy haha.

KFEY93
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 10:24 am

Never afraid to be wrong! I thought going into the night that it would be delayed because rain would end by 9 but they got it in. I stayed up to watch it too. Whacky back and forth game for sure. They gotta take advantage of the soft schedule going into the ASG, besides Philly, all the teams are beatable.

NoDakRube
19 June 2024 9:04 am

I forgot yesterday was KirkTuesday…so I am posting my weekly allotment of one Kirk article today.
Drake London: Kirk Cousins is going to help me learn the game on a bigger scale – NBC Sports

KFEY93
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 1:52 pm

Live look in from the future at Drake London and Kirk on the side line after a mid 4th quarter 3 and out.

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No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  KFEY93
19 June 2024 1:59 pm

In his four years with the Vikings before Cousins, Thielen caught 10 TD passes. He caught 45 TD’s when Cousins took over.

KFEY93
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 2:25 pm

Thats great, whole lot to do about nothing. He was a WR3-2 and didnt start getting targeted like a starter until the end of 2016 when Sammy Sleves was throwing him dimes. So you are comparing 1.75 seasons of stats to what..5 seasons of stats? Your obsession with meaningless personal stats on a piece of paper over on field results is still amusing if not tiresome. And as always, lacking context. All to prop up Kwerk at the end of the day. But…its not Tuesday so. Im ending this convo here.

MT Viking
19 June 2024 8:54 am

Gotta cross pollinate the site today.

Down but not out…Florida starting to sweat…Friday night in Edmonton is gonna be beyond bananas…win at home and Monday night winner takes all in Florida…two more wins…LET’S GO OILERS!

DE Viking
Reply to  MT Viking
19 June 2024 8:56 am

Gotta get Gretzky to oil them up!!

MT Viking
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 8:59 am

NoDakRube
Reply to  MT Viking
19 June 2024 8:56 am

I actually watched that with a hockey friend of mine last night…He is an oilers fan.
I decided to cheer for the Oilers as well in the hopes that Kaite will get drunk again and flash her headlights.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 9:46 am

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  MT Viking
19 June 2024 8:59 am

Go Oilers! Making it an exciting series.

SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  MT Viking
19 June 2024 9:31 am

I wonder if t@tty girl will be in attendance? I was sweating a little in the last 2 mins.

NoDakRube
Reply to  SkolfromMT
19 June 2024 9:36 am
SkolfromMT
SkolfromMT
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 9:44 am

In this day and age, apologies add fuel to the fire. If one in the spotlight apologizes it just incites people, like blood in the water for sharks. I noticed during Trump’s first campaign he never apologized and gave MSM more ammo. I wonder how many guys are gonna buy her drinks at the next game?

NoDakRube
Reply to  SkolfromMT
19 June 2024 10:01 am

Agree, and I would certainly be buying her a few drinks.

Mjolnir
Reply to  MT Viking
19 June 2024 9:51 am

GOOOOOOO

OILERS!!!!!

NoDakRube
19 June 2024 8:47 am

Great Musical Selection!

VikingPhilip
19 June 2024 8:47 am

Is anyone else getting paid to stay home today? Its weird to me to have a day off in the middle of the week. I suppose I should just work on my bookstore all day, or not.

NoDakRube
Reply to  VikingPhilip
19 June 2024 8:50 am

We are open…the employees voted overwhelmingly to maintain Good Friday as a paid holiday rather than change it to Juneteenth. They are all racist Christian Nationalists.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 9:06 am

Obviously.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 9:08 am

Interestingly enough, 75% of the US Black population identify as Christian.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 10:10 am

Interesting. I lived in DC for nearly 50years. DC is very black and the workforce where I worked was similar. Yet, in all that time, I had never once heard mention of Juneteenth. Just the last couple of years.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 10:15 am

My mom grew up in east Texas, so I had heard of Juneteenth many years ago. It was a cultural celebration. Now, apparently, we all have to celebrate one culture.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  VikingPhilip
19 June 2024 8:50 am

Nope, a normal workday for me.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
19 June 2024 9:06 am

Party like its 1865.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
19 June 2024 10:42 am

Take a stand and tell them no. We need leaders who will lead from a leadership position in a way that everybody knows they are a leader because they lead.

Mjolnir
Reply to  VikingPhilip
19 June 2024 9:52 am

I get a comp day to use over winter break….

No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 8:35 am

My special assistant hard at work…

0-Stixx
NoDakRube
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 8:47 am

Thats a big cat! How many pounds?

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 8:53 am

Well after we rescued him from death row (he was in a kill shelter and scheduled to be euthanized that day), my wife spoiled him and gave him as much food as he wanted. He ended up at just over 30 lbs, and obese. The vet put him on a diet, and now over 18 months later, he’s lost 6 pounds and is just over 24 lbs. Still on the diet, and hoping to get him down to around 21 pounds over the next year.

NoDakRube
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 9:01 am

He is a big boy. Good for you guys for rescuing him.

We are temporarily kitty sitting for a friend who rescued a sickly 8 week old kitty from the streets. We got him healthy and now he is full of energy.

One interesting thing…he has a soft play ball and he will play fetch with you better than a dog does. He will run after it, bat it once or twice, pick it up, drop it at your feet, and wait for you to throw it again.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 9:12 am

Very unusual for a cat. They like to chase things, and catch them, and bat them around a bit for sure. Bringing it back and dropping it at your feet to do it again? Never heard of that. Kudo’s for caring for the poor thing and returning it to health and vibrancy. Very cool.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Surly Viking
19 June 2024 10:28 am

That sounds like great fun.

Mjolnir
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 9:56 am

That’s a happy kitty – wife and I rescued a kitten from a window well across the alley yesterday afternoon. Used a pair of Sharps gloves to get him out and he predictably bit my finger, hence the gloves. Not 5 minutes later it started pouring.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Mjolnir
19 June 2024 10:02 am

Ahhh, now are you keeping it?

Mjolnir
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 11:31 am

Nope – called animal control and they said throw it in a tree and call the fire department…..

Mjolnir
Reply to  Mjolnir
19 June 2024 11:31 am

Wife took it to a local feline shelter – the cat house I believe it’s called.

JacksonVike
Reply to  Mjolnir
19 June 2024 12:44 pm

We had a feral cat problem in my town. The downtown was overrun by them, 50-60 cats that were repopulating every couple of months.

There was a lady that would feed them in the middle of the downtown area everyday. The city created an ordinance that outlawed feeding feral cats within city limits. The lady had a fit saying it would create an issue with disease and that the cats would starve to death.

The ordinance went into affect last summer. Since then there have been very few feral cats. And surprise , surprise, there are no disease ridden cats or cat corpses anywhere.

They probably spread throughout the country side where there is food to scavenge for.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  JacksonVike
19 June 2024 12:46 pm

They should have just fed them with a little rat poison.

JacksonVike
Reply to  bowbunch
19 June 2024 12:47 pm

I was getting close to that point. We owned a restaurant and they would get into the dumpsters at night.

bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  JacksonVike
19 June 2024 1:07 pm

Leadicillin is cheap too.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Mjolnir
19 June 2024 10:06 am

Very cool Mjolnir. Poor little thing; so fortunate you were there.

Mjolnir
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 11:36 am

Old people and dogs are my wheelhouse – soft spot for cats too.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Mjolnir
19 June 2024 11:51 am

How’s Goose do with the cats?

Mjolnir
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 12:11 pm

Pretty well….

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JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Mjolnir
19 June 2024 12:21 pm

Now that is a pose!

No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 8:13 am

David Bakhtiari said he’s “really happy” with the progress from his latest knee surgery — so much so that he now hopes to play multiple seasons. And his goal is to play this season with the Super Bowl MVP.

So, as his contract lapses, he wants to go play for the Chiefs.

No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 8:05 am

Wife sent this to me…

Saw-Joke
FloridaSKOL
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 8:07 am

DE Viking
19 June 2024 7:38 am

In memory of Willie.

”Hey Willie”

JacksonVike
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 12:48 pm

Did you know this song was inducted into the baseball hall of fame?

FloridaSKOL
19 June 2024 7:35 am

For MT…

MT Viking
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
19 June 2024 8:57 am

Simply the best

DE Viking
19 June 2024 7:30 am

You’re welcome.

NoDakRube
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 8:50 am

Ah, the day can now begin.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 7:14 am

He sucks, cut him.

DE Viking
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
19 June 2024 7:19 am

@If he can’t throw a baseball, he can’t throw a football. Jets is regretting his deal@

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 8:04 am

Maybe he can play Dodgeball…

NoDakRube
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
19 June 2024 10:30 am

Love that show.

Wrenage
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 7:28 am

He throws like a girl. Not a transgender one either.

DE Viking
Reply to  Wrenage
19 June 2024 7:40 am

It’s pride month don’t you know.

NoDakRube
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 8:52 am

Yikes that was awful!

Looks like he chokes under pressure.

DE Viking
Reply to  NoDakRube
19 June 2024 8:57 am

Not his fault

NoDakRube
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 10:29 am

The mound was obviously tilted…

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 10:39 am
bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  DE Viking
19 June 2024 4:38 pm

I heard he did it on purpose to make Turner feel better. That’s a teammate and leader right there. Oh, and Mahomes and Brady both had very similar throws on first pitches so it basically means the Vikings are guaranteed multiple SBs.

JRobert
JRobert
19 June 2024 6:49 am

Nice musical selection – great group.
Read from late yesterday’s thread that Willie Mays died. What a great all around ball player – one of the best ever, could do everything.
RIP.

No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 6:48 am

Read this…

NFL quarterback contracts have continued to increase in a major way over recent years, especially for stars at the position, consistently taking up more of an NFL team’s salary-cap room.

Whether that trend should continue, however, has become a topic of debate within NFL circles.

“There has certainly been discussion within the league among certain owners about even the idea of a quarterback cap, that at some point you don’t want quarterback numbers to go over a certain percentage of your salary cap,” NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero said Tuesday during an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show. “To my knowledge, that hasn’t really gained traction, in part because so many teams have paid their quarterbacks.”

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Surly Viking
19 June 2024 7:42 am

I guess the NFL can do whatever it wants, but this seems like a big restriction on free enterprise. Let’s say the owners decide to limit a QB’s pay at 15% of the cap. There would be no way for a team to bring in additional talent, to improve their chances of winning, by offering a bigger contract. Is that OK?

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 7:38 am

The NFL has a real problem, here. These QB contracts are wrecking teams. They need to address this, somehow. A QB Cap % may be a good start.

WRs, too.

Wrenage
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
19 June 2024 7:52 am

I wish they could tie it somehow into penalizing poor play.

For example, all QBs start at a flat rate of $20 million a year.

The top three at the end of the season receive $20 million more.

4-6 receive $10 million more.

7-9 receive $5 million more.

The rest stay at $20 million because they suck.

JRobert
JRobert
Reply to  Wrenage
19 June 2024 8:16 am

What’s the criteria for determining top 3, 4-6, etc ?

Wrenage
Reply to  JRobert
19 June 2024 8:24 am

I don’t know offhand because the stat nerds always have ways within ways to prove that even when a QB sucks, they are actually pretty good…or vice versa.

It would take some thinking.

They should also penalize teams for sucking. Maybe it would stimulate some outside-the-box idea to improve the game.

Since the NFL is also a money-making machine, all teams should be dumping a set amount of money into a “stadium” fund each year. Then when someone needs a new stadium, they pull from that.

No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 6:33 am

Well… he’s a defensive guy…

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 6:38 am

OK, I officially can’t post a link… grin

SoCalMinnFan
SoCalMinnFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 9:31 am

I have that same issue with X links.
I blame Ponder.

Wrenage
19 June 2024 6:29 am

Today is going to be a buckle-down day, I can tell already. Salt mines are going to be dug deeper for sure.

NoDakRube
Reply to  Wrenage
19 June 2024 8:54 am

On Juneteenth? You shouldn’t be working too hard, you should be reflecting on the sins your race has committed.

No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 6:27 am

Doo, doo, doo, lookin out my back door…

0-good-morning
FloridaSKOL
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 6:29 am

Nice!

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Surly Viking
19 June 2024 8:08 am

Thanks. We know we are blessed and fortunate.

freezeyface
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
19 June 2024 8:32 am

according to some on here, that’s a real nice looking deck you have

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  freezeyface
19 June 2024 8:36 am

Laughing… well all I know is we call it a Lanai down here…

VikingPhilip
Reply to  freezeyface
19 June 2024 8:46 am

Everyone is wrong. This is a deck.

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bowbunch
Admin
Reply to  freezeyface
19 June 2024 10:38 am

Nah, that’s just a patio.

FloridaSKOL
19 June 2024 6:24 am

Good morning, SKOL!

FTP!

JacksonVike
19 June 2024 6:20 am

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Surly Viking
19 June 2024 6:16 am

Morning Surly. 32 days till training camp.

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Surly Viking
19 June 2024 6:24 am

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