All Things 2026 Minnesota Vikings Off-Season Thread

Leaked yet not been confirmed....

Also looks like the Vikings close the regular season, Week 18, at HOME against the Bears. Again, not yet confirmed

 




Like opening presents on Christmas Eve.

I know it's foolish to many but I love schedule release day. A time to finally look at the calendar, see what games fit for attending, what games conflict with likely hunting season traveling, or what games conflict with other shit going on, etc.
 


I know it's foolish to many but I love schedule release day. A time to finally look at the calendar, see what games fit for attending, what games conflict with likely hunting season traveling, or what games conflict with other shit going on, etc.

I find it interesting too, but the leaking out of certain games sort of spoils the fun. Like opening presents on Christmas Eve, instead of waiting until JC's actual Birthday.
 

I find it interesting too, but the leaking out of certain games sort of spoils the fun. Like opening presents on Christmas Eve, instead of waiting until JC's actual Birthday.

Right! I always thought that was just kind the NFL wanting to dominate the calendar even more than they already do. Odd. Oh well
 





Mendoza and Kirko Chainz leaning into the Step Brothers theme.

A little cringe, but it's kinda funny

 







I get that but I’ve never understood why they have to wait until the week after. The games go so far into the winter now.
TV doesn't want opening week on Labor Day. The Super Bowl will eventually be President's Day weekend once they add the 18th game.
 





November is BRUTAL. Need to be 4-2 going into it. I'll say 10-7 and another Wild Card loss.
I'm going with 9-8, last place in the NFC North and no playoffs.

Murray's performance is the obvious wildcard factor but I still don't trust the health and cohesiveness of our OL.
 


I find it amusing that the league worries about Labor Day and the reduced TV viewership/attendance while it tries to eat up every other holiday-Thanksgiving Eve! Expanded Thanksgiving docket of games! Christmas Eve/Day games no matter the day of the week! The last line of this AI summary is laughable--avoiding competition with major college football matchups? The NFL has moved their regular season back so far that it's effectively rolled over the traditional January 1 bowl game slate.
 

Is the Buffalo game not on Monday night?

My bad.

Misread the small type. Two E-Ope3s (Santana Shutout on TwinsTV) in the same week. I need a magnifying glass on my phone.
 

I find it amusing that the league worries about Labor Day and the reduced TV viewership/attendance while it tries to eat up every other holiday-Thanksgiving Eve! Expanded Thanksgiving docket of games! Christmas Eve/Day games no matter the day of the week! The last line of this AI summary is laughable--avoiding competition with major college football matchups? The NFL has moved their regular season back so far that it's effectively rolled over the traditional January 1 bowl game slate.

Plus they have no problem with playing the Wednesday after Labor Day as that's when the Seahawks kickoff with their raising of the Super Bowl Banner.
 



Plus they have no problem with playing the Wednesday after Labor Day as that's when the Seahawks kickoff with their raising of the Super Bowl Banner.
They should make it a week long kick-off with prime time games the entire week before Labor Day.
16 games over 5 days M - F or do 4 days M - Th. Then try to work the schedule so that teams playing on Monday before labor day would play another team from that same grouping the Sunday after Labor Day. It would be a mini bye for the early in the week teams. Could be divisional games for all of them the first two weeks. Stagger the KO times by half an hour starting at 6 pm Central or by an hour and start them at 5 pm Central.
 


I took the Vikings OVER 8.5 wins so this is right in that ballpark.

But last in the NFC North? No. I very much doubt that. Way too much that can go wrong for the other 3 teams (like it did with injuries for the Vikings last season) to go on a slide. That and none of the teams is head and shoulders above the rest.

For some reason (injury I guess?), Caleb Banks is NOT available for betting on my app for Defensive ROY. Golday, Big Citrus, even Charles Demmings, but no Banks. WTF. I threw a few bucks on Golday. If Cashman gets hurt (not impossible obviously), Golday could step in and make a big impact.

Call me crazy, but I also threw a few bones on not only Kyler Murray to be MVP but JJ McCarthy. Hey, it could happen!!!
 

I took the Vikings OVER 8.5 wins so this is right in that ballpark.

But last in the NFC North? No. I very much doubt that. Way too much that can go wrong for the other 3 teams (like it did with injuries for the Vikings last season) to go on a slide. That and none of the teams is head and shoulders above the rest.

For some reason (injury I guess?), Caleb Banks is NOT available for betting on my app for Defensive ROY. Golday, Big Citrus, even Charles Demmings, but no Banks. WTF. I threw a few bucks on Golday. If Cashman gets hurt (not impossible obviously), Golday could step in and make a big impact.

Call me crazy, but I also threw a few bones on not only Kyler Murray to be MVP but JJ McCarthy. Hey, it could happen!!!
can't the exact same thing be said of the Vikings? That being said,

MN: Washington (QB back off injury), @SF (playoff team), Indy (debatable best team in NFL pre injury to DJ)
Det: NYG (terrible but improving), @arizona (terrible), Tenn (terrible)
Chi: @Seattle (SB contender), Philly (should be very good), Jacksonville (should be very solid)
GB: Dallas (very hard to read), @LAR (SB contender), Houston (SB contender)

The GB and Chicago schedules are drastically more difficult than Detroits, and marginally more than MNs. I sure wish we would've decided to lose one more game for that comparison schedule.

I do also think its a year you see the North put up big win totals given the cross over slate so I think the over is the right bet

The rest of your bets, it is a good thing you're a millionaire imo lol
 





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