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Vikings @ Rams
That’s right, it’s playoff time and it’s Vikings game day! The Vikings and the Rams are traveling to Arizona where they will face off in the final wild card round game of the weekend. Only one game in the wild card round was worth watching, the rest were blowouts. Hey, if the Vikings want to blow out the Rams, I have no objection, it’ll still be worth watching.
If the Vikings want to move on to the next round, they’re going to need to not do most of what they did last week against the Lions. Darnold was bad last week, no doubt. There were also missed blocks, poor coaching choices, and most of the team got in on the sucktitude. Let’s hope they got all that out of their system, because they’re going to need to bring their A game tonight in order to get a win. I hope to see a balanced attack from the offense, using the run to open up the pass. I hope Aaron Jones sets the tone from the start. The O-line will have to block like they did against the Packers a few weeks back, and help give Darnold some time and room to throw the ball, and allow him to get into a comfortable rhythm. The defense has been stout this year, and they’ll need to bring that same level of performance to the playoffs.
Let’s hope the Vikings can put together a solid performance tonight, and have something to build on so they can go into Philly next week and destroy the poop eaters. SKOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And so our season ends, with two atrocious performances. Following this team is indeed a questionable pastime.
Armor fati boys. This loss will make sure the Vikings don’t waste money on Darnold, move to the JJ era as written in the bowprophecies and many super bowls will be won.
I am leaning let someone else pay for Sam.
Move forward with JJ and Jones use the savings on O-Line.
I think a stud interior d-line would yield better results. Upgrade the interior o if possible but they really weren’t that bad. Sam made them look worse. If you can get by all means do it, but my primary target would be interior d- line, corner, and re- signing bynum and Murphy. Getting Blackmon back should be helpful
Guess Kumbaya Kev won’t make Coach of the Year after all…
Does the playoffs count?
Don’t think it does.
Doesn’t matter. He doesn’t deserve it seeing how his team performed when it mattered most.
Pressure got to Sam.
Lots on the line last week.
First playoff game this week.
Not sure how much of that is on KOC.
He did well with Sam, but couldn’t fix all of him.
Don’t know what happened to Darnold. Maybe it’s like golf, you’re having the round of your life with three holes to play, and go double, triple, double to close out the round.
So, franchise tag?
LMFAO!
What a tremendous waste
Sure was.
I showed up and I don’t even get paid. The offense didn’t show up.
Exactly what my dad would say
Well, I have to say, I’m very disappointed in the way we finished the season. That said, we won 14 games dammit.
Those 14 wins count for nothing now. Gotta prove it in crunch time. We didn’t, twice.
Might be smith’s last game, if so best to him
Poor guy
Another great career wasted with the Vikings
He reminds me a lot of Krause
Paul was another victim of the Vikings in that regard, true.
Rams bye week, as Rex would say.
Pathetic
Agreed
Wretched, pitiful…………….
Disgusting
Yup
Game over.
Rams taking a knee
A sad ending to a good season.
Shit
More like a pathetic ending, unfortunately. Shit indeed…
Incomplete on 4th and 11
Short pass to Jones
We give up 8 sacks? Really?
9
Same old Chief… when it matters, we suddenly look like shit.
Think i’m going to cheer for Bills now.
Might join you in that, need them to prevent a Kitties SB win.
Sack #9
Terrible, oline sucks and Darnold
Addison dives for the catch, but can’t haul it in.
Darnold showed who he truly is the last two games
Unfortunately he did. He played really through most of the season then just fell apart for some reason.
Yeah, played really well then just idk terrible
Yup. Unbelievable somehow though, this sudden mental weakness… how does one play like an almost elite QB during the regular season to turn into THIS when it matters?
Mundt for 6 and a first down.
*Mundt
Sherfield catch for 7 yards.
Hate to say but i hope poopeaters crush LA.
I’m a Commies fan at this point.
Go Redskins! Or Commies!
Punt to our 9 yard line.
Harrison Smith deserves better.
Hockenson deserves better.
The linemen deserve better.
So many people do.
The fans deserve better.
The Vikings are embarrassing and disappointing as they ALWAYS are.
What an idiotic team.
What a miserable league.
The moralizing of the announcers makes me nauseous.
At least the suffering ends tonight rather than another week or two of hope.
Stop sugar coating it…
LOL
100%
Misery loves company
Delay of game on the Rams
Rivers for 2 yards, 4th down.
Well have a nice off-season, everybody. Read you soon.
Stay safe!
Sorry you stayed up all night for this shit show.
SKOL, Brother!
SKOL, Brother!
Rivers for 1 yard, 3rd down.
Good night guys.
Night VP 🤗
Hoping some Rams get knocked out for the rest of the postseason at this point
Rivers for 5 yards
Deep ball to JJ… no chance for a catch. Rams take over on downs.
Addison first down, 12 yards
Nope overturned… incomplete.
Trade Jefferson
Nailor for 7 yards
SACKIII
Hands to the face defense, automatic first down.
No one hates the Vikings more than Vikings fans
True enough
If the refs gave the Vikings 20 points right now we’d still lose
Jordan Addison is trying. I appreciate him.
Noticed we are eating clock well.
Mundt to midfield!
As slow as we are going, I think we have given up.
definitely
Why should fans not give up on this franchise?
JJ
Jones makes a catch for no gain
Sam dives for the first down
GO GO GO GO GO
We are being out couched.
Coached
A couch would outcoach us right now
I hope KOC ignores that shit Rams coach after the game
McGay
Call reversed, 4th down.