All Things 2024-25 Vikings Regular Season Thread

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Josh Jacob’s off the injury report, so he should play Thursday😃
 


Ogee Ogilthorpe said:
The Cash Out option for the Lions to win the NFC North went up just a couple of bucks, to $263.83; likely due to both the Vikings and Packers keeping pace with the Lions.

This week, the Lions should roll the Bears at home on Thanksgiving (SHOULD!), and I think the Vikings will get a game from the Cardinals. I'll stand pat for now, give it until at least after the Thanksgiving game.
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Damn ticket actually trickled back DOWN to a Cash Out of $258, so I just cashed it. F*ck it. An almost $60 profit. The Lions actually have a pretty difficult schedule the rest of the way and their defense continues to lose people to injury.

Maybe I'll throw the whole nut on the Vikings to give Kirko and the Falcons a good stomping this weekend? I don't see this going well for Cousins, and the Falcons defense is shit; but I hate that the Flores defenses tend to wither down the stretch. We'll see I guess. I kinda want to just bet the Vikings to put up Over like 28 or even 30 points, but they haven't put up that many points in regulation in 6 weeks.
 





GophersInIowa said:
I don't see that working out very well.
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I think it's excessively overplayed that BB is so rigid and difficult to work with and wants to have everything his way, and bring his entire chosen staff with him. I listen to a few pods from some folks that know him pretty well and I think that's largely a myth.

Is he a tough, disciplined coach that wants to do things a certain way? Of course. But from what I've gleaned in the last 12-24 months, most of what the narrative out there is isn't all that accurate.

He'll coach in the NFL next year, possibly Jacksonville would be my first guess but who knows for sure?
 


Ogee Ogilthorpe said:
Damn ticket actually trickled back DOWN to a Cash Out of $258, so I just cashed it. F*ck it. An almost $60 profit. The Lions actually have a pretty difficult schedule the rest of the way and their defense continues to lose people to injury.

Maybe I'll throw the whole nut on the Vikings to give Kirko and the Falcons a good stomping this weekend? I don't see this going well for Cousins, and the Falcons defense is shit; but I hate that the Flores defenses tend to wither down the stretch. We'll see I guess. I kinda want to just bet the Vikings to put up Over like 28 or even 30 points, but they haven't put up that many points in regulation in 6 weeks.
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Gink!
 




Ogee Ogilthorpe said:
Damn ticket actually trickled back DOWN to a Cash Out of $258, so I just cashed it. F*ck it. An almost $60 profit. The Lions actually have a pretty difficult schedule the rest of the way and their defense continues to lose people to injury.

Maybe I'll throw the whole nut on the Vikings to give Kirko and the Falcons a good stomping this weekend? I don't see this going well for Cousins, and the Falcons defense is shit; but I hate that the Flores defenses tend to wither down the stretch. We'll see I guess. I kinda want to just bet the Vikings to put up Over like 28 or even 30 points, but they haven't put up that many points in regulation in 6 weeks.
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You just jinxed the Vikings. Detroit is now a lock.🤣
 





Wonder if anyone who called Dan Campbell a moron after the NFC championship game is willing to call him a genius for these two 4th down touchdowns tonight.
 

Gophers1992 said:
Wonder if anyone who called Dan Campbell a moron after the NFC championship game is willing to call him a genius for these two 4th down touchdowns tonight.
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Well, this last one was pretty f*cking stupid. And it's probably going to cost them 7
 



gophersfan said:
Will anyone here on the boards root for the Packers tonight. They playing the Lions. I hate the Packers. but rooting for them to win.
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Heard an interesting stat earlier today regarding the officiating for tonight's game; this particular crew (led by Hussey, just a brutal name) typically has the Home team winning something like 65-70% of the time. Almost too much to be just a coincidence? Enough to make me hedge a little bit for the Lions anyway.
 

FWIW I thought it was dumb to go for it on the final 4th down there but they got lucky and made it work.
 

The Lions will win, but Dan Campell is an idiot. You can't go for it on 4th down when a FG wins the game. His idiocy will prevent them from winning the Super Bowl.
 

Gophers1992 said:
FWIW I thought it was dumb to go for it on the final 4th down there but they got lucky and made it work.
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I was torn; I had the Packers at +3.5 so I was pulling for about anything that resulted in a Lions FG and no time left on the clock for the Packers. It's not often you win by "the hook" (the 0.5 point), but it's damn nice when you do.

Goff getting his foot stepped on could have been a catastrophe, and it would have been an interesting next few days in the sports media for Campbell if they had lost
 

Ogee Ogilthorpe said:
The lookahead line for the Lions next game, the Thursday Night Football game against the Packers, is only showing Lions favored by 3, at home in Detroit. That seems odd.
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Somehow, they knew.

Watched it in a Laughlin Book. Push.
 



howeda7 said:
The Lions will win, but Dan Campell is an idiot. You can't go for it on 4th down when a FG wins the game. His idiocy will prevent them from winning the Super Bowl.
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Nah, he had the "Goff falls down while handing off to Montgomery" play in his back pocket.:LOL:
 

At times, Jordan Love looked a college qb. That floater in the end zone - the best pros don’t do that
 

Spaulding!No! said:
At times, Jordan Love looked a college qb. That floater in the end zone - the best pros don’t do that
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I'm not ready to start crowing yet about this as he's still young and not super experienced. However, it would be hilarious if the "Packer way" of dealing with QB's came back to bite them in the butt. The landscape now of how you deal with QB's and when you pay and how much you have to pay them has changed so much in the past 5-ish years, that it makes "their" way pretty antiquated. They only got to see Love in game action for a single year before having to give him his big contract. He has certainly come back to Earth this year, and they're paying him $55MM to do it. The rest of the team is good enough to compensate, but it will be interesting to see going forward if he doesn't regain his 2023 form.
 

forever a gopher said:
I'm not ready to start crowing yet about this as he's still young and not super experienced. However, it would be hilarious if the "Packer way" of dealing with QB's came back to bite them in the butt. The landscape now of how you deal with QB's and when you pay and how much you have to pay them has changed so much in the past 5-ish years, that it makes "their" way pretty antiquated. They only got to see Love in game action for a single year before having to give him his big contract. He has certainly come back to Earth this year, and they're paying him $55MM to do it. The rest of the team is good enough to compensate, but it will be interesting to see going forward if he doesn't regain his 2023 form.
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This is why as long as McCarthy is healthy next season, he needs to be the starter.
 


This is why we can do some damage in the playoffs, D gives us a chance
  • Minnesota defense leads with 18 picks .
  • Allowing only 18.3 points per game (fifth fewest)
  • 39 sacks (fourth most)
  • 24 total takeaways (tied for second)
 

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