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Saturday Football
It’s football day today! The NFL wasn’t milking QUITE enough money out of the players and fans, so they’re playing on Saturday. Just kidding……no I’m not. Anyway, the Texans are in KC to take on the Chiefs at noon, and the Steelers are in Baltimore to take on the Ravens at 3:00. Both are AFC games, so no implications on the Vikings season, but tons of implications for some of you in fantasy football.
Vikings Talk
I was curious, because it seems like our punter’s field flipping abilities have diminished this year, so I looked up the league punting stats at Football Database. Vikings punter Ryan Wright is currently 28th in the NFL in average punt distance, and 29th in the league in average net punting distance (punt distance minus punt return yardage). Wright is in the final year of his rookie deal, and will be a restricted free agent after the season, per Spotrac. My guess is that we will have a different punter next year. Hey, at least we’ll have something to keep our eye on in the college playoffs, do some scouting to see if we can spot the next Ray Guy…..err…..Greg Coleman.
Here’s one list of 2025 draft prospect punters from bnb football.
A cool piece on one of my favorite people, Teddy Bridgewater.
Vikings News
From Vikings.com, the final Vikings @ Seahawks week 16 injury report, and a Vikings @ Seahawks game preview.
A pretty cool piece on Brian Asamoah over at MSN.
NFL News
Kyle Shanahan stresses the importance of a coach being able to adapt, from Yahoo Sports.
Keep up with injuries around the league at CBS Sports’ NFL week 16 inujury tracker.
ESPN has predictions, injury news, and updates for each week 16 NFL game. The Vikings are 3 point favorites on the road in Seattle.
Media Selection
I love this guy’s podcast, and this is a good interview with comedian Tim Dillon. Enjoy!
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In case someone missed it, this is up now.
Charlie Woods with a hole in one from 175 yards at the PNC. 7 iron.
A hole in one at the Pale Naked Chicken?
ewwww
Regarding that clip of Teddy talking about his knee injury, many of us at the time correctly thought he tore his ACL during the juke in the Charger’s game. Can’t help but wonder if he had said something then, may have prevented the disastrous injury later.
Would still have been out the year for surgery, but it would not have risked losing his leg like he did.
You rooting for Louisville in the NCAA Volleyball Finals today?
Of course. My sister will be watching it, but I have plans with my daughter and grands.
Sounds like no Viking game for you today.
Since is starts right before the Louisville match.
Watching the highlights on NFL Network. We didn’t get the game here.
The Biden administration quietly rolled out a controversial new program aimed at providing LGBTQ+ education to students, including lessons on gender identity and sexual orientation, without requiring parental consent. The initiative is part of a broader push by the outgoing administration to advance progressive, woke education onto kids and indoctrinate them behind parent’s backs.
I hate this shit.
Suspect/would hope that DJT can kill of that stuff/crap in a few weeks.
Parents have to stand up and demand this shit be stopped immediately.
Since when has this administration listened to
parentsdomestic terrorists.I will never understand this. This group while vocal is very small. Why would a political party fall on their swords over this. It really hurt them in the election. And then wonder why they are losing the middle working class. Clue – middle class families have daughters.
‘political party fall on their swords over this’
Virtue Signeling.
Yes but suicidal in this case.
I am ok if all the woke with terminal TDS remove themselves from the gene pool.
You would hope so.
We will see how the rest of the season plays out and then how costly Sam is vs what KAM is willing to pay and for how long.
It is an issue for after the season is over.
Vikings “may have to outbid other NFL teams” to keep Sam. This was my concern. He will likely have offers I wouldn’t want the Vikings to try to match.
We will be able to negotiate with him until the new league starts but other teams can’t contact/offer him contracts until then.
That worked out very well for us last year with KC.
I keep trying to console myself with: this isn’t the Spielman regime.
I am thinking/hoping KOC will decide how much he wants to keep Sam and KAM will offer the best deal he can.
After that it is up to Sam, unless they tag him.
I’m sure Sam will want to stay with the coach/team that helped resurrect his career, but when you’re talking a big money difference…
We may see which one he likes more.
NFL is a business after all.
The Vikings shouldn’t be outbidding anybody.
Offer Sam $25 million per year and let Sam decide if he wants more cash, or the opportunity to work with KOC, Jets, etc….
Meanwhile, Jones has his eye on doing the Darnold in 2025 with KOC.
Game thread is scheduled to post at 1:00, FYI.
Girls/Women NCAA Volleyball Championship starts 1 hr after the Vikings start.
That will give me some eye candy for halftime and those long commercial breaks.
You like those tall lanky women.
I actually prefer the mid-sized cute ones.
I can admire the athleticism of the way tall ones though.
Athleticism – right. Guess if they wore sweatshirts and long pants they’d be getting big draws.
‘big draws”?
Tall lanky girls require big drawers.
My wife’s recording it. I think Penn St & Louisville
The whole CFP seeding has proven to be a joke.
No way Boise St and Arizona St should be getting byes.
OR, TX, PSU, GA or OSU should get the byes.
Let the smaller schools play the first weekend.
Im fine letting in some smaller schools with good records, but don’t seed them as a top tier team better than the power schools.
Go Bears!!!
Go Redskins!!
Vikings could be #1 seed by tonight.
Agreed.
As a Boise Fan I don’t think that they are worthy of a bye.
Getting in the playoffs, yes, bye? not so much.
The people I have talked to around here just hope that they play well and not get blown out. A win would be spectacular.
And FYI GA did get a bye.
expand to 16. Problem solved.
I generally hate byes in playoffs. If you are a top team, prove it by getting out of round 1.
No matter how many teams get in there will be drama.
Since rankings are based on people’s opinions there will always be mistakes.
One of my favorite quotes from Ball Four. MLB players had to take are survey around how to improve baseball. One player responded, “shorten the distance from home to first to eliminate close calls”. This type of conversation always reminds me of that
Yup.
There will be close calls no matter what the distance is.
I just meant the 4th bye should have been OSU or GA this year.
You could argue either one.
But GA got the 2nd bye/seed this year.
OSU and Texas probably should have gotten the 3rd and 4th bye.
An argument could be made for Penn St/ND,
My four byes would have been, OR, TX, PSU, GA.
GA lost their starting QB and still got the bye.
Last year Florida lost their QB and were left out of the playoffs.
Of course they would have been in if there were 12 seeds vs 4 last year.
I think Ohio State is going to win this one.
They got Oregon next and they already beat the Buckeyes once.
It was a pretty epic game and it could flip this time around.
Damn it…..
Rickey Henderson dead at 65.
RIP to the greatest lead off hitter ever.
Sad, a year younger than me.
Well for the first time in 5 years, Tiger Woods is at the top of the leaderboard going into the final round of a tournament. Of course it’s not a real tournament, but he and Charlie shot a very nice 59 today, along with Bernhard Langer, and Vijay Singh. The three teams are tied at 13 under going into the final round tomorrow. Great show today though.
He looked like he was moving well for a guy that has been through all the surgeries he has had.
I agree. He’s almost 49 years old, but probably has the body of a 60 year old.
The KC Swifties just went ahead
KC will be released by the Falcons at the end of the season reportedly.
https://thevikingage.com/nfl-insider-vikings-made-right-decision-with-kirk-cousins
Could be.
Poor Kirk. Not his fault.
He will be next years Russell Wilson.
The difference between him and Wilson, is that Wilson is on a playoff team this season.
Kirko will not be, unless he is the backup.
I meant contract wise.
Cut with offset language so can be signed next year on the cheap.
I agree that will probably happen.
Just wondering what team he ends up playing for, after wanting to retire a
Redskin Viking FalconPenn St up 14-0 on two Pick 6s.
Not much Offense by either team.
SDS up 14-7 on NDS.
Cute sideline reporter though.
Another int by Penn St, but not a pick 6.
SDS/NDS is 14 all after a fumble by SDS.
14-14 at the half in SDS/NDS game.
28-0 Penn over SMU.
And they say Indiana should not have been in the playoffs, sheesh.
https://sports.yahoo.com/indiana-rout-notre-dame-proves-052711086.html
A bombshell 17,000-page report was just dropped, detailing specific instances where the Biden administration has weaponized the federal government for political gain. The extensive document, compiled by the House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, outlines claims of misuse of federal agencies to target political opponents, suppress dissent, and influence public opinion. This raises serious questions about the integrity of the federal bureaucracy and the Biden Administration’s four years in office.
During the nearly two-year investigation, exposed a “two-tiered system of government,” with the committee finding several cases of censorship, whistleblower retaliation, and the politicization of federal agencies and top law enforcement.
But of course Edge will tell us we’re all misled sheep, and both sides do the same stuff. The Biden administration is the most corrupt I have ever seen, and the Dems are a huge threat to this Nation.
Nothing we didn’t already know.
My time is better spend ignoring Edge.
Wise… very wise.
Unfortunately nothing will come of this
Can you imagine in this country when Trump was elected in 16, the Obama Administration had the FBI snooping on the in coming President’s meetings with his staff? The FBI is taping the incoming President!
Comey said he was willing to wear a wire when meeting with Trump, because “he was a threat to Democracy”. The irony of that statement should not be lost on anyone.
If you believe someone is the next Hitler then all bets are off when taking them down.
Now I believe that he is more a ‘threat to their agenda’ that anything else.
Believe Comey is now a professor of “ethics” now at UVA.
He should be in jail.
One of the most unethical people in the world, a professor of ethics… laughable and tragic. He should indeed be in jail.
Well safecrackers are the best at teaching about safecracking.
So Comey should be good at teaching what not to do if you want to be ethical.
And as I recall they have now put Liz Chaney on staff. And this is he university of Thomas Jefferson.
The PNC Championship is a great watch today. Lots of birdies and great shots.
I might grab the 12 gauge later on and try to get some birdies of my own.
If I can make a great shot or two.
laughing… sounds pretty cold there. Maybe slow the birds down a bit.
Warm today, 20s is warm in December, it was below zero a couple days ago. All I’m wearing is a hooded sweatshirt.
I’d recommend wearing pants…
Well plaid.
Rec for you.
PNC?
Professional Naked Characters?
Pasty Naked Chickens
PNC Bank. Sponsors the annual “Father and Son” golf tournament that has become mother and son, father and daughter, etc. Great golfers from eons ago playing with grand kids, etc. This year, the teams are all playing very well so far. Two day tournament in Orlando.
Oh golf.
Never mind then.
So which is a bigger game/watch for you guys early today?
North Dakota State v South Dakota State or
Penn St v SMU.
I really don’t watch college volleyball.
Girls NCAA Championships have some athletic cuties in them.
Oh yeah!
My wife watches that a lot, I don’t mind. Scenery is good.
Finals is Sunday.
I will be ready for it.
You must be a huge fan of Blair Fleming at SJST.
ND, but I’m biased.
Just realized the PNC tournament is about eight miles from my house. Was thinking about going over. But, it’s too cold, about 60 degrees today.
Yeah, and the event is hard to attend. Have to park a long way away, take a shuttle to the course, and of course do a ton of walking. Plus fight the crowds. Too much for me.
Gain 300 pounds then you can drive one of those scooters everywhere.
Excellent advice GF!
60 degrees, cold? I’m assuming that you’re joking. -8 degrees this morning in my neck of the woods.
We were below zero, it warmed up today, 11 now, expecting 20s today
After you live in Florida for a number of years. you walk around when it’s 95 degrees with max humidity and it feels like a normal summer day.
On the other side, when it’s 40 outside, you will see folks in full parkas like it was Alaska. And it a couple of days it will be in the 80’s so you never adjust to the cold.
My first day innMississippi, it was 35 degrees, coldest day they’d had in years. I showed up to work wearing a flannel unbuttoned. They were all bundled up like eskimos, they thought I was crazy.
When it get’s to 35 here, pretty rare, you will for sure see the eskimo garb, but most simply won’t go outside.
seen this on FB. The difference between growing up in Louisiana and Minnesota
It’s 11 degrees here
OK, my “conspiracy theory” for the weekend. The Dems, desperate for a victory of any sort, convince Biden to resign, allowing Harris to become the first woman of color to be President. Then neither Harris nor Biden attends the inauguration. Harris addresses the country, as President, condemning Trump as a criminal, and vows to take him down.
Laughing… yeah… maybe one too many Jameson and coffees this morning.
My conspiracy theory is much deeper than that.
Trump will not take the oath of office.
Deep state can’t allow him in.
Well, they already tried to kill Trump twice. Can’t disagree that the left will do absolutely anything to destroy Trump. They are an extreme threat.
well he’s something I just heard this morning. If the Republicans pull one of their idiotic schemes and can’t elect a Speaker, the election cannot be certified. Don’t be surprised.
Hmmm… I think they have to elect a Speaker. They can’t “not” do that.
Get your popcorn. Remember the last time the Republicans went about selecting a Speaker. And then there’s the last few days putting the CR together as a reminder.
But Biden already welcomed him back. Harris already congratulated him.
Biden is so happy Trump won, it isn’t even funny. He got pushed out by his own party, and he immediately endorsed the worst candidate in history for President, to thumb his nose at them.
Harris reportedly “congratulated” Trump in a phone call, but then basically chided him and said he had to be a President for “all Americans”. As if he hadn’t been, which is completely wrong. More minority businesses were created in Trump’s first Presidency than at any other time in history. That’s the real truth.
In her concession speech at Howard University, Harris emphasized that “while I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign.”
Make no mistake. Neither Harris nor the Dems accept the will of the American people. They lust for power and control of the country, and Trump is firmly in their way.
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(I should have used sarcasm font.)
Laughing… my bad.
At this point is Biden even capable of resigning?
Now, if Harris should make a speech like that, huge plus for Trump.
BOMBSHELL report came out yesterday. I never even noticed!
https://notthebee.com/article/report-white-house-hid-bidens-mental-decline-as-early-as-day-1-of-his-presidency
GM
FTP!
SKOL!
An early weekend thread? It is a Christmas Miracle!
I know a few things.
Happy Weekend!
Nice opener for the weekend Surly! Good morning.
Good morning, Jameson and coffee sounds excellent.
I friggin love the Rabbids
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