All Things 2025 Minnesota Vikings In-Season Thread

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Ogie Ogilthorpe said:
Damn. Somebody dropped $60,000 on the Raiders, on the ML at +400, tonight for TNF against the Broncos. That is some serious disposable income. I heard another casino took another very big bet on them on the ML at +375.
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Broncos playing with their food like always. Eventually it will burn them.
 

The Vikings are hosting free agent CB Asante Samuel Jr on Friday. I'm not sure how much he has left in the tank coming back from injury but we could certainly use some secondary depth. He visited GB yesterday and meets with DET on Saturday.
 

GopherGrit said:
If we're being true to ourselves, and talking about our mindset before last weekend:

which of these games would you have said was more difficult than @ Detroit?


None of them.


We just won, the hardest game.

Now obviously, we aren't going to now go undefeated through all these. Of course not. But not a single one should scare us, given what we just did.
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Ravens are a 4.5 point favorite.
Each week, ESPN has 3 reporters pick the games and nfl.com has 5 reporters pick the games. All 8 predicted Ravens to win Sunday.

Many are not yet convinced Vikes are for real. That is a pretty large spread going against the home team.

A big task Sunday. We have dug ourselves into a hole. A win against the Ravens would be huge. A loss means we need to go 6-2 or 7-1 rest of the way.
 

golf said:
Ravens are a 4.5 point favorite.
Each week, ESPN has 3 reporters pick the games and nfl.com has 5 reporters pick the games. All 8 predicted Ravens to win Sunday.

Many are not yet convinced Vikes are for real. That is a pretty large spread going against the home team.

A big task Sunday. We have dug ourselves into a hole. A win against the Ravens would be huge. A loss means we need to go 6-2 or 7-1 rest of the way.
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Both teams should be desperate. I think the ravens beat us but, to me, the game hinges on making Lamar a thrower and to stay in the pocket. They still don’t have the WR weapons to beat you consistently there and if we can do that, I like our offense to scrap enough. If we have to compete in a big play type track meet game, it’s going to get rough
 



upnorthkid said:
Both teams should be desperate. I think the ravens beat us but, to me, the game hinges on making Lamar a thrower and to stay in the pocket. They still don’t have the WR weapons to beat you consistently there and if we can do that, I like our offense to scrap enough. If we have to compete in a big play type track meet game, it’s going to get rough
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Yes. My understanding as well is their oline and pass rush are nothing special.

I listened to Pete Bercich the other day raving about how excellent has been Kyle Hamilton this season. Sigh 🙁...
 

golf said:
Yes. My understanding as well is their oline and pass rush are nothing special.

I listened to Pete Bercich the other day raving about how excellent has been Kyle Hamilton this season. Sigh 🙁...
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We're all armchair experts here but even the thought of knowing we could've had a Safety pairing of Hamilton and Winfield Jr. is quite depressing.
 

Was really hoping for the longshot notion that Okudah could have been a diamond in the rough, resurrected his career, etc. When he's not stinking it up in the Vikings secondary, he's out injured. Win some, lose some, I guess

 




Slim Tubby said:
We're all armchair experts here but even the thought of knowing we could've had a Safety pairing of Hamilton and Winfield Jr. is quite depressing.
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Passing on Winfield Jr made sense at the time because they had Harry in his prime and Anthony Harris franchise tagged and coming off of a huge season. Safety wasn't a need at that time so I don't blame the Vikings much for that.

Passing on Hamilton was just dumb.
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
Passing on Winfield Jr made sense at the time because they had Harry in his prime and Anthony Harris franchise tagged and coming off of a huge season. Safety wasn't a need at that time so I don't blame the Vikings much for that.

Passing on Hamilton was just dumb.
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Hamilton had questions around a knee injury that cost him a lot of time the year he came out, wasn't a great tackler, and didn't have elite speed. He also kinda blew his combine which really cost him

And the great and all-wise Ed Donatell wanted Cine instead of Hamilton.
 

upnorthkid said:
don't really see a reason to get a QB. If JJ goes down, the season is really going to be about evaluating what they have on the roster as they weren't going to find a FA or trade deal gamebreaker anyway so see what you have in Max to find out if you're going to cut him or keep as your clipboard guy if need be
Especially as next year they NEED to hit some things in the draft so you need all the draft capital you can have
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A very patient vikes fan. I never seen one IRL.
 

For me, was a lot of fun watching our defense take Goff, Gibbs, and co. to the woodshed last Sunday.

But, also, what a difference in how our offensive line handled the lions compared to last season. Especially the playoff game.

I believe I feel good about the oline stacking quality games going forward if can stay healthy.
Not as sure about the defense. Our linebackers/edge rushers are second to none. Can our dlinemen and secondary keep pace?
 



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