All Things 2022 Minnesota Vikings In-Season Thread

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short ornery norwegian said:
and now Josh Allen may be hurt.

the Vikes have had the horseshoe on their side this year. If Allen can't play, that would be the 4th or 5th time they've faced a backup QB this season.

But - if Allen can't play, that means..................Case Keenum and Stefon Diggs vs the Vikings!!!
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Additional potential good fortune is Colts are on the schedule, who will be helmed by an interim Head Coach. Jeff Saturday was plucked from the ESPN booth. Could be in full on tank mode by mid-December to land a QB via improved draft position.
 



Ope3 said:
Additional potential good fortune is Colts are on the schedule, who will be helmed by an interim Head Coach. Jeff Saturday was plucked from the ESPN booth. Could be in full on tank mode by mid-December to land a QB via improved draft position.
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heard Reusse on a podcast. Someone brought up the Colts' naming Saturday as Coach.

Reusse's response: "I thought Irsay had quit drinking!"
 

short ornery norwegian said:
heard Reusse on a podcast. Someone brought up the Colts' naming Saturday as Coach.

Reusse's response: "I thought Irsay had quit drinking!"
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Maybe this is 4D chess tanking like someone else suggested. Add in a real QB and this offense is suddenly not horrible.
 


mnvballdad said:
Maybe this is 4D chess tanking like someone else suggested. Add in a real QB and this offense is suddenly not horrible.
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I think they are tanking. I think it's why they benched Matt Ryan and I wouldn't be surprised if we barely saw Taylor for the rest of the year.
 






GopherWeatherGuy said:
I don't disagree with you on most of that. I also think it's the coaches job to coach that out of him, something KK is not capable of.

He's still an elite talent and just turned 25. I'd be patient for at least the rest of this season and see what happens when he has more talent around him.

I'll keep saying, the Cardinals were 7-0 last year and averaging 32 ppg with Hopkins healthy last season. They were 4-7 in the games he was injured, try to play injured, or missed, averaging 21 ppg. That's a huge difference.
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The Cardinals/Murray slide continues... uggghhhh. 3-6 record, Murray dinged up again, and they just look uninspired. So far they have beaten bad, BAD teams in the Raiders, Panthers, Saints.

Barring some kind of major recovery, it's hard to see how there are not changes in the desert in the coming offseason. The GM, Keim, has made some decent Free Agent moves, but has drafted very very poorly through most of his time with the Cardinals. I was much more supportive of Kingsbury than most people but things just don't look good. The defense has some pretty good pieces but Vance Joseph can't seem to get the most out of them.

A franchise in disarray, and they will be handcuffed moving forward because they decided to pay their disinterested aloof QB a year before they really had to.
 


somewhat Vikings related:

the Strib has an article about the 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard.

Bud Grant was 13-years old. He got caught in the storm while on a duck-hunting trip. the article recounts what he and the other members of his group went through as they tried to survive. a really great story - I highly recommend it.
 




short ornery norwegian said:
somewhat Vikings related:

the Strib has an article about the 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard.

Bud Grant was 13-years old. He got caught in the storm while on a duck-hunting trip. the article recounts what he and the other members of his group went through as they tried to survive. a really great story - I highly recommend it.
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I have an absolutely FANTASTIC framed print, from the great Les Kouba, depicting that storm with a bunch of pheasants in it; print is entitled "1940 Armistice Day Storm". Just a great print, one of my favorites of all time.
 




short ornery norwegian said:
somewhat Vikings related:

the Strib has an article about the 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard.

Bud Grant was 13-years old. He got caught in the storm while on a duck-hunting trip. the article recounts what he and the other members of his group went through as they tried to survive. a really great story - I highly recommend it.
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Great story.
 


So that is pass interference on Hockenson, but not pass interference against Hockenson.

Whatever you say NFL.
 
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If you’re gonna call OPI on TJ then that has to be DPI on the Buffalo guy. You wanna call ticky tack fouls then call them both ways.
 

If we’re gonna go for it on 4th, then you have to try to run the ball on 3rd in short. Possible game changing decision there.
 

GophersInIowa said:
If we’re gonna go for it on 4th, then you have to try to run the ball on 3rd in short. Possible game changing decision there.
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I was so pissed!

but against any functioning offense, our defense is hopeless. All our old guys are a day late and a dollar short. Just running in mud.

they have 24 at the half, and I believe we got a gift fumble. They could have 31.
 

Really really bad play calls on 3rd and 4th and 1, and a brutal turn of events in last 2 minutes. What should have been a 17-13 game at worst, is now a 2 TD game.

Our D is no match for Josh Allen.

Skol Vikes!!
 


BleedGopher said:
Really really bad play calls on 3rd and 4th and 1, and a brutal turn of events in last 2 minutes. What should have been a 17-13 game at worst, is now a 2 TD game.

Our D is no match for Josh Allen.

Skol Vikes!!
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Are any teams D good enough for Josh Allen? Buffalo is the best team in the NFL bar none, except for maybe KC. You knew the offense would have to score 30 points minimum to win and so far they are not helping the defense.
 
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kg21 said:
Oh boy, Cousins!
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The amount of criticism he gets sometimes is ridiculous but that is one of the worst plays I’ve ever seen and is inexcusable for a veteran like him.
 

It's ok to lose to the Bills on the road. It was expected.

However, it definitely shows this team is overrated. They've beat 1 team with a winning record, and that team had a backup QB under center. They're not as good as their record indicates. Be grateful.
 

TruthSeeker said:
It's ok to lose to the Bills on the road. It was expected.

However, it definitely shows this team is overrated. They've beat 1 team with a winning record, and that team had a backup QB under center. They're not as good as their record indicates. Be grateful.
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It is frustrating though. It seems we are moving the ball and yet have 10 points.

Ingram is going to get Cousins killed again.
 

kg21 said:
It is frustrating though. It seems we are moving the ball and yet have 10 points.

Ingram is starting going to get Cousins killed again.
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Ingram is a turnstile at RG. No better than Udoh right now. Maybe he has potential to improve.
 

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