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Another thing that I saw a lot of in the last game against the Lions that the Rams copied was being super physical to the Vikings receivers to the point of holding. A lot. Basically saying "we'll go ahead and take the 5 yard penalties when we get caught because it's worth it to jam up the passing ...

What happened the 1st game? They hammered us that time also. KOC was out coached both times. That playoff game he gave up. He looked like a loser early.


Its hard to say what happened in the 1st game. IIRC, the 1st game against the Rams was on a short week following that gut-wrenching 1st loss ...

I'm really hopeful that some of KAM's more recent drafts start to pay off this year with McCarthy getting his shot as the starting QB and Dallas Turner having a solid year of development behind him. If just those two guys at the top of last year's draft pay off this year, that will go a long way ...

I have another theory on this signing. A lot of analysts who watch the Vikings say McCarthy is really good at working the middle of the field. He might not be a gunslinger on deep routes (yet), but he's been very good throwing it to the middle 3rd of the field, and that is where TE's and slot ...

He definitely didn't step up to the challenge in the playoffs. Of course his offensive line was also so poor in the playoffs that the entire IOL was replaced this off season.


I see it a little differently. I think the IOL didn't necessarily regress in those final 2 games as much as the ...

I think there's a decent chance that if Tom Brady or Drew Brees had been drafted and started by the Jets team that Darnold went to and subsequently went to the Panthers they wouldn't be considered anywhere near great.

Football is the ultimate team sport and those Jets teams, especially their ...

Sam is definitely not the type of QB that Brees and Brady were. For one, Darnold has a cannon !
I believe the reason for holding onto the ball so long is because his entire life, he could just wait for the guy to get open and then fire a rocket into that spot. There is a reason he was the #3 pick ...

A few years ago there was a thread about the best Viking team of all time and it was interesting. That 98 team had a great season and was lead by rookie Randy Moss. He scored 17 TDs which is an incredible number. But IMO that 2009 team was a better overall team just based on having a HOF QB. That ...

In the end they lost to the Lions which was a better team and the Rams where the coach that taught our coach handed him another lesson.

They definitely weren't winning the super bowl last year, but I'm not sure they "folded" as much as had their worst possible matchups.


I know a lot of people ...

Darnold had a long history of holding the ball too long before he got to the Vikings and while he seemed to improve a bit in that area during his time in Minnesota he regressed badly in those last two losses.

Processing the field post-snap is a rare skill that I'm not sure can be taught as much as ...

One thing I do like about Jackson is the fact he volunteered to take over at LT when the Buckeye's starter at that position went out due to injury. He could have played it safe and stayed at LG, but he took a risk and moved over to play a pretty high profile position on a pretty high profile team ...

The Jackson pick at #24 met a need but wasn't great value at that slot. Jackson was pretty universally regarded as as mid 2nd round prospect heading into the draft and once the top 2 guards were off the board I was sure KAM would try to trade down into the early 2nd where Jackson made more sense ...

Agreed! Don't think they'd want to deal with everything (fair or not) with a backup QB, who doesn't have any NFL experience.

I'm going to go against the herd mentality about Sanders. To me the question is does he have the ability or not. He will most likely become the Browns starting QB ...

I thought the Vikings had a good draft given what they needed to get out of it.

The Jackson pick at #24 met a need but wasn't great value at that slot. Jackson was pretty universally regarded as as mid 2nd round prospect heading into the draft and once the top 2 guards were off the board I was sure ...

It is going to be interesting to see if Vikings are going to trade down and get more picks or just use all the picks without trading down


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As far as trading down I was surprised they didn't trade down out of #24. I assume they must have really liked ...