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It’s the peak of the week, everyone! Kiddo and I tried fishing yesterday afternoon, but we didn’t have much luck. The wind made it fairly unpleasant, so we packed it in a bit early.
Vikings and NFL News
From Sports Illustrated, the Vikings training staff is under fire after how they handled Carson Wentz’s injury.
Vikings.com has a nice piece on Jaylen Redmond. He’s a nice kid, we met him in the elevator at training camp, I’m happy that he’s having success this year.
They also look at where the Vikings stand in the major power rankings.
CBS Sports released their NFL coaching hot seat rankings. I don’t see Kevin O’Connell on there yet.
Media Selection
This one is interesting, a perspective they don’t teach in schools.
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Wednesday is so nice, we’re living it twice.
Hump day is an upgrade over Tuesday.
Plus every is basically the same as a retiree.
LOL twins hire a coach just like they conduct all business…
let’s try to polish a turd and see if it works.
Sounds like he came cheep, that is a plus.
Everything the Twins do from here on out will be to down size and get the team ready to sell the team and or prepare for the union strike. It will be nothing to make the team better or competitive. Do not watch. Do not give them your money.
Rogers Centre is going to be ROCKING on Friday. Can’t wait!
This is the direction I fully expected them to go.
I’m awake.
Woke up at 5, couldn’t get back to sleep, gave up and got up at at 6.
Sounds like Trump got a decent deal with China, selling soybeans and getting rare earth while not giving up the newest chips.
China also promised to fight drugs but I have my doubts, plus deal is only good for a year then renegotiate.
Sounds pretty good but the left will find a million things wrong with it.
To me, given most every former President didn’t little in this area, believe Trump deserves high praise for even going after this.
The number of tangible accomplishments to date with Trump is astounding. No world leader has ever stopped or prevented 8 wars. Ever. Stopped illegal immigration at the border, and is bringing in over $18T in new business (and counting). Stopped inflation in its tracks. Deported hundreds of thousands of murderers, rapists, drug dealers, and human traffickers. Renegotiated all the trade deals with every country in the world, to our advantage, and is now bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs. Stock market is at all time highs (which he also did in his first term BTW). Has European leaders calling him “daddy”. Made NATO fess up 5% of their GDP for their own defense. Bombed Iran’s nuclear weapon program into the stone age and forced them to make peace with Israel. Federalized Washington D.C., sent in the National Guard, and ended rampant crime in 12 days. On and on and on. This President is a force of nature. He takes actions he is roundly criticized for by the left and their media propaganda arm, and is always right.
‘No world leader has ever stopped or prevented 8 wars’
Sounds like DJT will have an opportunity to stop two more.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have broken off peace talks plus things are getting bad in the Sudan.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-leverage-stop-sudan-killings-satellite-images-reveal-mass-deaths-yale-researchers
I’ve been to Sudan. A long time ago during the Darfur crisis, but it’s been a mess since its inception. Since Sudan gained independence in 1956, the country has experienced 20 military coup attempts, the most of any African nation.
The current civil war in Sudan began back in 2023. It’s ugly over there. Stopping a civil war? Good luck with that.
They seem to think he can apply pressure to UAE to not send in arms/drones and that will help.
Yeah, reducing weapon sales and shipments will just mean they will go back to killing each other with machetes though. You can’t regulate your way out of hate.
Twinkies decide on their next manager.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking-news/article/twins-reportedly-hiring-former-pirates-manager-derek-shelton-as-next-skipper-225813413.html
I wish him well….kind of like you wish someone well when they are about to go over Niagara falls in a barrel.
Hardcore Twinkies Fans don’t seem very excited about the hire.
https://www.twinkietown.com/minnesota-twins-news/49818/twins-to-hire-derek-shelton-as-manager#comments
I hope nobody goes to the games next spring. I hope opening day is half full.
It’s almost like the Pohlad’s are trying to be bad so they can move the team, like in Major League. Someone should tell them it is a comedy not a business strategy.
I think the point here is, why was Wentz on the field with two healthy QB’s on the sideline? THAT’s the question. Is a badly battered Wentz a better choice than McCarthy who suddenly says his ankle is completely fine today? 7 days removed from the game? He couldn’t have played Thursday, but today his ankle is completely healed? Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.
In order for JJ to play last Thursday, Brosmer would have had to go in and get injured. So you’re OK with sending a rookie in just to get injured so JJ can play?
I thought Brosmer should have been QB1 and JJ QB2 going back to the Eagles game. But again, I was told Wentz was the best option to win. Apparently, so did KOC and had Wentz as QB1 and did not want to risk JJ re-injuring his ankle when not at 100%.
Stop twisting my words. I said, why was Wentz on the field with two healthy guys on the sidelines? Was a busted up Wentz so much better than these young guys that he had to go out there and get pummeled? Are these two guys so weak and under-prepared for the NFL that Wentz has to go out there and play? That’s my point.
You act like I am the one who wanted Wentz to play. You have been advocating for Wentz to play the last 4 weeks. I wanted him out after the Browns game. Actually I wanted him out after the 1st quarter of the Steelers game.
Hind sight is 20/20, it’s easy to criticize after the fact. Did Wentz give us the best option, over Brosmer to win against the Chargers? Yes, he gave us a better chance to win over Brosmer.
By the way 7 days is a long time to go from 95% to 100% ready.
I said the offense was better under Wentz, and that was factual. Thus, Wentz was a better choice to start than McCarthy all things being equal. No one knew he had a cracked socket, and a torn labrum in his shoulder. We knew he had bad ribs though, which does affect your throwing motion. Even with all that going on, he threw for over 310 yards against the Eagles. And my point remains… why was Wentz playing with that severe an injury, when we had two young, healthy QB’s on the sideline. How bad are they? Really? McCarthy can’t play unless he’s absolutely perfectly healthy? His ankle on Monday was declared healed, but he couldn’t play on Thursday while Wentz was getting killed? Yesterday McCarthy was all bubbly and said “I feel fantastic”. Great, you can’t play unless you feel fantastic? Good luck with that in the NFL son.
The legend of McFragile™ is yet to be fully told.
On Monday we heard McCarthy was practicing, and his ankle was fine. Yet he wasn’t even the second string guy on Thursday night? Seriously? How much better after 6 weeks, did his ankle suddenly get in three days?
Good news?
Hmmmm Gink up = good.
Greenard and Potato limited = not so good.
The Giiiink is a FP
C.J. HamFBHandDNP
Jeff OkudahCBConcussionDNP
Josh OliverTEFootDNP
Jonathan GreenardOLBAnkleLP
Brian O’NeillTKneeLP
Isaiah RodgersCBShoulderLP
Christian DarrisawTKneeFP
J.J. McCarthyQBAnkleFP
Andrew Van GinkelOLBNeckFP
Kerby Joseph did not practice for the Lions. Our receivers knees should be at least somewhat safe.
I know it is not Tuesday, but I am seeing several articles saying Kirko wants a trade.
Problem is, no team wants him at his current salary, and ATL is not budging.
Can’t be.
He said he wanted to retire a Falcon……
But a 6th round pick and $5 million of his salary, I say go for it.
I think you mean a 6th round pick for a 7th rounder and KC.
More like a 7th for a 1st rounder and KC.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25270123-falcons-kirk-cousins-reportedly-wants-qb1-opportunity-ahead-nfl-trade-deadline
This is just rich. And some clowns keeping buying with this hack is selling.
So which teams in the NFL today might need a change at QB? The Jets? Yeah maybe. The Raiders? Yeah maybe. Does Cousins want to play for either of those teams? No.
Cousins isn’t going anywhere. There are no viable QB1 situations in the league.
Maybe the Raiders, that would be the only place that could make sense.
I’m a big believer in’ people in glass houses shouldn’t……..’
Look at our QB situation. Wonder boy is hurt all the time and when he plays that’s scary too. Our backup just destroyed himself and I guess number three the coach doesn’t think enough of his “ego” to even play him.
To say that’s piss poor is rather kind.
We need at least mediocre QB play and if I was running this team I’d be shaking every bush to find something. And it ain’t bringing in some midget.
KAM has his pride. He decided on day one he needed to get rid of Cousins and his contract as soon as he could. He wanted a young QB on a rookie contract. He has two of those now.
It doesn’t matter what makes sense. It might have made sense to keep Darnold or Jones, rather than letting them both walk.
He can have his pride. I’ll evaluate the product he puts out on the field.
Two words that no APP or primary care physician can spell:
Abscess
Paresthesia
Invariably spelled abcess and parasthesia
They are idiots and beneath you.
I never think that because all I do is glance at an x-ray and say, bad CHF – next case…never have to deal with the morbidly obese hypertensive smoker and drinker with grade IV diastolic dysfunction.
I had to look up what diastolic dysfunction….Thankfully I do not have it.
On a medically related note, one of my coworkers was telling me her HDL was 107. I did not know that was possible.
She’s gonna live to be 200!
She is 54, eats well, not overweight, but she says its all genetics. I was proud of my 70 HDL score, she humbled me.
Mine was 110 with my last bloodwork. But my ldl was 105
You will also live to be 200
Methinks your total cholesterol was high.
I, as a historically bad speller, with dyslexia, cannot in good conscience make fun of other bad spellers.
Amen – right with you. Live and let live.
Just the other day I meant to type “no pancreatic tumor” but misspelled it and typed “new pancreatic tumor”. They operated later that day and removed normal pancreas. The surgeon, patient, family and I laughed and laughed and laughed about that. Live and let live we said while I put down a down payment on my new boat.
Ha!
Sometimes life requires precision, many times not.
That is probably untrue…you paid cash for the new boat.
LOL
Laughing… never had this happen to me but I’ve seen some close calls…
this got a good chuckle out of me.
i wouldn’t ever have to worry since my slice is so bad it never hit it straight
Well there is that… grin.
‘i wouldn’t ever have to worry’
Me too, since I refuse to do the ‘golf thing’.
i enjoy the idea of golf, but with smaller-ish, multiple children, i just don’t quite have the time to spend 3 plus hours on a golf course when i could be spending it with them.
also, i’m poor.
I used to golf a lot before my son was born. But the 18 year stretch were we raised him bit into my golf game quite a bit.
Now I am back at it.
If I lived in Santa Barbara I could be talked into some nice walks with my uncles on the course. Brunch there is pretty much a must when we visit.
Gave up the game happily when my kids were little, when I realized I was gone for 5 hours and always came home angry. Bought a motorcycle and spent my weekends taking a 30 to 60 minute bike ride, then hanging out with family. Much better.
Empty nest and covid, my wife decided we were golfing again. So, we golf. I actually enjoy it, but 1x per week is enough for me. She goes 3x per week or more.
yes, she is better at golf than I am.
I am interested in a wife trade. Mine, who is actually pretty decent at golf, is too much of a worker to waste 5 hours golfing. She goes with me about 10 times a year.
I am more of the 3 times a week kind of guy, and it does cause some stress in our marriage.
i would love it if my wife got into it once the kids are older. that would be a great way to spend time together
Bring them with, and when they are older you can play with them. Can’t give advice on the poor part, as I have not figured it out myself.
That is great advice. One of my kids really enjoys golf. It is a lot of fun to golf together.
The other one is more into video games, so we do that. Also a lot of fun, and year round.
not a bad idea..
we do enjoy mini golfing as a family that will suffice for now
I am not a golfer, but we did the mini golf thing as a family. We will still do it occasionally when we get together with the kids. It brings back good memories.
I have been on both sides of that equation.
I have done the “I should wait in case I get all of it”, then I get talked out of waiting and then I get all of it, and then I feel like an ass.
And I have been hit from the group behind us before. I don’t get mad unless it happens twice.
I have seen so many guys get talked into hitting… I always wait. I have had people hit into me many, many times while I was waiting on the group in front of me to clear the green. It’s irritating.
Duh… he knew he had a cracked socket and torn labrum in his shoulder, and bad ribs. He knew it was gonna hurt if someone bumped into him, much less tackled him. Did he also know with all that, that he gave the team a better chance to win than either McCarthy or Brosmer, who were both much healthier?
That is a provocative question.
It is the question no one has asked KOC.
Another question. If Wentz gets to decide when he is going to take himself out. and Wentz is now gone, who gets to decide who is playing QB this week?
Wentz does…he is still part of the Vikings organization.
Not surprising.
Players want to play.
Props to the guy for taking personal responsibility, as if he ends up with a permanent suprascapular or axillary nerve palsy he just made his case a lot tougher to prove was due to negligence.
He is not suing anyone. He does not need the money.
Well, there is the case of Sharrif Floyd (remember him?) and his $180 million lawsuit.
Wasn’t that against the doctors that botched his surgery?
Yeah I don’t think he sued the team.
Correct.
‘He is not suing anyone. He does not need the money’
Since when is that ever a consideration when suing someone?
Did TJT ‘need the money’ when he sued ABC, CBS, Simon and Schuster, Des Moines Register, etc??
They mostly needed to be sued but it wasn’t about money.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trumps-lawsuits-against-media-companies-2024-12-20/
Interesting data here…
Many of those are much higher than I thought they’d be. I was thinking they’d be around 5ish yards. Not for the Vikings though. I thought Vikings might be 8.5.
So Jamie Lee Curtis had to apologize for her positive comments about Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated. Since the Woke/Left was attacking her.
She stated ‘ I disagreed with him on almost every point I ever heard him say,” That said to me that she never actually listened to him or she listened to him with TDS goggles/headphones on.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jamie-lee-curtis-claims-her-positive-charlie-kirk-comments-after-his-death-were-mistranslated
What is it called when you cannot openly express your true perspectives? Oh yeah, a violation of your first amendment rights.
I don’t think that’s true. For example, I doubt a recruit doing the crucible at Parris Island can tell the DI’s they are doing a poor job of motivating their performance without suffering mild negative repercussions.
UCMJ has a little different set of rules and rights compared to the constitution.
‘You are free to choose but you are not free from the consequences of your choices.’
Recruits can say it, but they will reap the consequences.
Yeah, probably just something minor like an extra pushup or two haha
‘probably just something minor like an extra 100 pushups or two’
FIFY
Probably just listened to clips of him taken out of context.
Something oddly satisfying here…
Ahh, the ball was caught in the tree/bush.
Yes… gotta play it as it lies.
If we can go 6-4 over our last 10 games, we can finish with a winning season.
How about 9 -1.
I think a winning season is reasonable at this point.
Actually that is not good enough.
According to that article NDR posted a couple of days ago, we spent huge (second most) in FA, have talent galore, and made out team QB independent.
So just a winning record is not good (enough).
Well whether or not it’s good enough, I think a winning season is really a reasonable hope at this point.
^I’ll have what he’s having, because it is top shelf stuff!^
Na, I’m a beer and cheap wine man.
Reason #329 why I don’t watch the NBA anymore:
He only took 5 steps.
Freaking hilarious….
Agree. 5 steps. Complete bullshit.
Also the fact that the last 5 minutes of a game can take 40 minutes with all the fouls and timeouts. I ignore the NBA until the playoffs, and even then it seems silly
I counted 6 steps.
And yes, the Free Throw Merchant is going to ruin that league even faster.
I count 4 travel steps.
The first two are allowed after the ball hits the court in the dribble.
But It is a complete joke.
Ref probably has a prop bet on Giannis.
Nobody in the NBA would cheat, ever.
NFL either.
Yes he is allowed two.
But he took 5, some say six.
I figure at least 1/3 of those don’t need the benefits.
We have all been in a grocery store and seen someone buy groceries and use food stamps and then buy alcohol and smokes and pull out cash to pay for those.
1/3 is probably on the low end. I’m ok with food stamps for those that need it, but there needs to be more restrictions both on the people that receive them and what they can get. No more debit cards. It should be more like WIC and they can only buy limited, specific items.
Richest nation in the world and nearly 50 million people on food stamps. Something is very wrong.
Yep. The unconditional and never ending welfare state is what is wrong. Put a limit on how long people can get free stuff, and that would help.
Term limits for all levels of government would also be nice.
It is simply pitiful. Legal stealing.
We looked into food stamps when I was in med school, as several of our friends were on them. IIRC, as we owned our two cars and had a balance in our savings account we were effectively ineligible. Yet our circumstances were no different than our friends in the same boat. Definitely made budgeting easier for them.
Good, he won’t be as motivated now that he has the contract.
Hopefully he will still be hungover from all the celebrating.
Or, he sets out to prove he is worth the money, and kills all three of our QBs in one game.
He already promised JJ that he would go out of his way to not hurt him.
That’s because the nickname McFragile™ is starting to go viral.
McFragile (mt) will likely get hurt dropping back to pass.
Way before Hutchinson has a shot at tackling him.
Good data here on throwing “past the sticks”…
I figured Bo Nix would be toward the bottom.
That’s my fear with McCarthy, that he becomes a check down Charlie.
JJ has to stay healthy to become anything other than being on IR.
Ain’t that the truth!
For sure. Step 1.
So if your OC calls a screen play on 3rd and 4, and you get 7 yards, does it matter if you throw short of the sticks?
What about 4th and 8?
Asking for a friend.
Or 4th and 18?
In a non conference, regular season game that the best WR in the game had to save that pass from being his 3rd INT that game? That 4th and 18?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You’re right that is a funny play for you to defend, and a 3 INTperformance. Glad you see it my way.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA??
Ha.
He was downvoted because he told the truth.
I can assure you this is 10 times more common than you would imagine.
And it’s not just California.
Surprised to see Utah with all of those liberal states.
That map is reminding me that Florida > Minnesota in a lot of ways….
Doesn’t everyone drive on the interstate naked??
Asking for a friend.
I sure do
I’ve never seen this clip before…
I counted 6 snaps. There are a lot more than that throughout a game.
I saw blatant holding on three of those
But it’s not holding if it’s the Vikings.
This talk of KOC reminded me of a story I heard a long time ago. About the toughness of football coaches.
I played HS football in the late sixties. You know it was tough, no water during practice only salt pills. Lots of grass and Oklahoma drills.
I played for a coach who was tough but he played for Lou Saban (pretty famous NFL coach).
But my coach claimed Saban was the meanest coach in football.
Rules on timeouts were different then, my coach claimed when he played for Saban in college, Saban told the team if you get hurt during the last two minuted I expect you to crawl off the field cause I’m not going to waste a timeout on you.
Games a little different now. But maybe KOC is tougher than I thought.
That’s understandable.
If I was O’Connell I would put every player on the injury report today, just to cover my ass from all of the fans.
Maybe just those with broken bones.
I finished up my last month and a half of OSUT with two broken bones in my foot. Damn drill sergeant didn’t tell me to stop trying so hard and go see a doctor.
Found that most Drill Sergeants, at least in the old days, weren’t very sympathetic to “medical” type events.
I remember a DI ‘assisting a fatboy’ on a run, aka pushing him along.
Mr Chunky decided to just fall down so the DI decided to fall on top of him not even pretending to avoid landing full weight, shoulder first, on his back.
Yeah that recruit didn’t last very long after that.
I worked road construction for 4 days with a fractured wrist before getting it looked at.
Having to wear a back brace, because my wife didn’t tell me I was working too hard last weekend.
Wow… you OK?
Thought you already had several kids.
If she doesn’t think you are ‘working it’ too hard then you are probably not working it too hard.
Ugh, that sucks. I’ll say it again, regular yoga has been a game changer for my back.
Don’t worry, I have berated her and may remove her of her duties.
KOC is going to have to throw a lot of curves at the Lions this week. He’s going to have to run plays they’ve never seen, from sets they’ve never seen. Gotta get the ball to Hock on the regular. Gotta get Jefferson into some space. Can’t put a large mental load on McCarthy. It has to be quick and decisive.
Actually think Flores has the biggest challenge.
Did you notice several times last week – our defense had no one from the LOC to the endzone and from outside one hash to the other. Now, I’m sure Flores didn’t design a defense like that, no one would. But made me think we don’t have the talent on the field to run some of his exotic schemes.
Yeah… when you bring pressure, you shift guys around on the backside to try and cover spaces up, vacated by the blitzers. It gets complex sometimes, and sometimes it gets stupid ugly.
there’s leaving holes with blitzes and then there’s leaving a field big enough the Marine 8th and I street Band could march thru.
‘Marine 8th and I street Band’
Never heard of that, what is it? Sounds weird.
It’s the band of the Marine Barracks in DC. Very prestigious. and play a lot of big time events.
The Marine Barracks is located at 8th and I St – thus it’s name.
‘Very prestigous’??
Never understood being a Service Member with Rank and all the rest but playing a musical instrument instead of actually being a Soldier/Marine/Sailor.
The ‘band members’ in the 1st Cav were in charge of maintaining the General Officers sleeping and working spaces in the field. What a scam.
Yup
As you know the military loves its parades and all the pagentry.
Esprit de Corp is important too.
Sure is and I actually like military parades.
Maybe since morale is low, we need a Vikiing Parade with a band (and lots of alcohol).
That’ll happen in February.
Yes.
In the Berlin Brigade we had a ‘Parade Season’ and focused on 3 or 4 parades over 3 months ending with the 4th of July. The units did nothing but ‘pretty up’ and practice marching during that time.
Of course it was more about ‘showing the flag’ as we paraded in front of our ‘allies’; British, Russian, French, plus the Germans, from both the East and West.
The ‘Higher Ups’ considered that more important than anything else we did the rest of the year.
This happened to my brother when he was a pitcher in high school. Got hit in the face, and decided to play shortstop from then on.
Happens. Comes back harder than thrown in.
Yep… seen it more than a few times in my life. Takes some nerve to stand up there on that mound IMO.
I’ve never taken one to the face but multiple to the ribs and arms. Saw a girl pitching slow pitch against a guy and took one in the face though. That was pretty ugly. Luckily she had really good glasses on. To be fair, I also saw somebody fracture their orbital socket on a bad bounce at short stop. I’m getting old so I wear a mask and chest protector (and it’s only slow pitch softball).
I played some baseball, but football was my thing. My brother said he preferred baseball because no one was trying to rip his head off on the field. Then he got plastered. Had a significant black eye for a while and had a fractured cheek bone.
Football is of course tougher. But a 95 mph to the ribs or head will get your attention.
Yeah, I’ll pass on that.
Only one that scared me for a second was a line drive to the sternum not long after the Bills player thing. I bought my chest protector the next day.
I quit football after 9th grade because I knew I wouldn’t go pro and football season is during archery season so I decided I like hunting more.
Tell you how got hurt a couple of times. It was from a return line drive like that that goes right for your throwing hand. You can’t get your glove over so you instinctively stick up your bare hand.
My daughter took a line drive off the side of her head in high school. She still has lapses in memory from time to time.
I took one off the noggin while pitching, not fun
Explains a lot…
Reads like what an AI would say.
I know I’ve said this a few times over the past year or two, but I’m thankful for this site. Allowing people to say what they think without censorship is a great thing, and something that I wasn’t sure was going to be allowed in our society moving forward for a while during the last administration and before Musk took over twitter.
So thank you, Brad and company for building this place and making it great!
Agreed. Thanks Brad!
Agreed and well said. Thanks Brad!
Sometimes we take the simplest things for granted and shouldn’t.
You bet, thanks for being here!
Brad rocks and is a great human being IRL as well.
I would say the same thing about you and your wife, awesome people.
We got him!!!
Wolford is 5’11” BTW and 205 lbs.
Wolford’s career stats (through 2022, no 2025 play): 7 games, 61/104 (58.7%), 626 yds, 1 TD, 5 INT, 59.3 rating.
Carson Wentz’s career (through Oct 2025): 103 games, 2,195/3,496 (62.8%), 23,626 yds, 159 TD, 72 INT, 89.1 rating.
He’s the emergency 3rd QB. If he sees the field things have went really sideways.
As long as he can play with one arm tied behind his back (or strapped to his side), he is exactly what we need right now.
Why we getting a midget QB?
Laughing… so KOC can tower over him, obviously.
Damn, you beat me
JJ and Brosmer:
So the dream is dead??
He’s turning into Harrison Smith…
Except Smith has always been worth the contracts he’s received.
Hit Man is slow….he should have retired 2 years ago.
Veteran presence, player coach, leader, lunch pail.
I’m surprised you read that. The author of that piece is absolute trash. And that includes DEI type crap.
But they were right on everything in that paragraph.
if he ever sees the field, we know there is no hope….
Yeah… not really feeling this move, but I think he was on the Rams when KOC was there, so they have some history.
It’s just to the practice squad I think so at least there’s a body there while they explore other options.
He the on Rams from 2019 through the 2022 season. That means he got a Super Bowl ring for the 2021 season when the Rams won over the Cincinnati Bengals.
You mean he got a ring before the QB that should only be mentioned on Tuesdays?
Hump day for those of you still working… Saturday for me and JR.
FTP and SKOL
KOC has a mess on his hands this year, and fans aren’t very happy. I’m fearful this Lions game will be really bad. Hoping for a miracle at this point.
Theoretically, the Lions game can only maybe get so bad. Like if Campbell has his third stringers in by the third quarter, they probably won’t run the score up *that* much…
If JJ throws any INTs, things will get out of hand very, very fast. Lions and Goff already know how to beat Flores, but maybe they will forget with Ben Johnson gone. He really exploited us over the middle, if I recall correctly.
campbell is known for putting his foot on the throats of his opponents, actually something i love about his coaching style. something KOC has never and can never do. he prefers to put his foot on his backup qb’s throats and not step off
Yeah, I kind of like Campbell’s approach, too.
I was mostly just happy to finally see a coach that would actually use fourth down as more than a punt down. I always thought coaches were a bit too precious with fourth down.
Granted, Campbell is a bit TOO aggressive with fourth down.
Eagles probably are the ones that use fourth down best with their Tush Push weapon. They don’t have to view third and long as a problem. They just need to get enough yardage to Tush Push.
That’s a game changer right there.
St. Brown will get 10+ receptions and 120+ yards, almost undoubtedly.
Probably.
I hope so.
He’s on my fantasy team.
My only real hope left in the NFL season.
Kind of a hard week.
I want the Vikings to win, with St. Brown torching Flores “exotic” defense.
JJ will throw the same to Jets and Addison both and lead the Vikings to victory. I’m going to play JJ over Murray or Flacco this week I’m so confident.
Even though I’m down a little on the team, I expect a close game. These guys are professionals (suppose to be anyway).
Lions will be cocky and we just got our asses handed to us. Just out of pride expect our guys to pick it up some and maybe Lions will take us for granted a little.
NFL likes close games and maybe we’ll get a couple of calls too.
Especially after a weekend of blowouts, the call will have come down and the refs will be involved this weekend. Expect upsets and close games league wide.
LOL. The NFL will never give the Vikings favorable calls on purpose. The last few Lions games, they gave the Lions some really favorable ones (or missed some extremely obvious ones), so I expect more of the same, even though they don’t need the help to win by 17+ points.
Have a little hope, it’s good for you.
This is exactly right, particularly regarding the Vikings.
If every day is Saturday, are any days really Saturday?
I also smell a blowout coming. I may not watch.
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I am really looking forward to Sunday. Any positives are going to be a big deal. Likewise, any negatives are going to be a big deal.
The reactions are going to be great!
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Excited to see JJ play this week!
Hopefully McFragile (MT) gets through practice without a setback!