2023 Vikings Regular Season Thread

[Aggies7]

On 11/6/2023 at 12:06 AM, Vanimal46 said:

New Orleans is the only dicey matchup coming up in the next month. After that, it’s Denver, Chicago then the bye. We’re already on a 4 game win streak. Even with a backup QB, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be 7-5 or 8-4 at the bye. 

Denver has been playing better and we’ve got them on the road, National TV Sunday night audience. Feeling a little less sure about that one than I was a couple weeks ago

[Mike Sixel]

Good thing they didn't tank last year and take Bryce.....

[nicksaviking]

2 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

Good thing they didn't tank last year and take Bryce.....

Yeah, crazy how bad he’s been.

And I wanted nothing to do with Stroud, mostly because OSU QB’s have about as good of a track record as Ford Pintos.

 

[nicksaviking]

Crazy season. This team is at six wins with the Broncos, Bears, Raiders, Bengals, Lions, Packers and Lions left.

Any one of those games they could lose I suppose, but at the same time, it looks next to impossible not to get to at least nine wins, and nobody outside of the Lions look terribly lopsided at the moment. 

And all this with the team missing it's first three QBs, best RB and opening day RB now out, and the both of the opening day staring WRs out.

[nicksaviking]

Also, who are they going to bring in at RB? Myles Gaskin coming back? Boring. I'd almost rather see 50-year-old Adrian Peterson just for the entertainment of it all. Five carries for four yards would still be a fun story to tell.

[Aggies7]

1 hour ago, nicksaviking said:

Crazy season. This team is at six wins with the Broncos, Bears, Raiders, Bengals, Lions, Packers and Lions left.

Any one of those games they could lose I suppose, but at the same time, it looks next to impossible not to get to at least nine wins, and nobody outside of the Lions look terribly lopsided at the moment. 

And all this with the team missing it's first three QBs, best RB and opening day RB now out, and the both of the opening day staring WRs out.

The lions really would have been sweating if they hadn’t pulled it out today. They looked like a lock for division until we went on that run. Too bad the chargers had a defense slightly more terrible 

[Vanimal46]

9 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

The lions really would have been sweating if they hadn’t pulled it out today. They looked like a lock for division until we went on that run. Too bad the chargers had a defense slightly more terrible 

I don’t know how the Chargers HC is still employed at this point. 

[Vanimal46]

I had a Sunday Funday with a group of friends yesterday watching the Vikings game at a bar downtown then attended the Wild hockey game. I’m getting 2017 Case Keenum vibes from Dobbs. I don’t have any illusions that Dobbs is a long term answer at QB, but for this team, this year, he’s the lightning in a bottle we need. 

[Vanimal46]

Also, this is my weekly PSA to give Ty Chandler the ball more often. I just can’t fathom what he could possibly be so bad at to keep him off the field as much as he is. 

[nicksaviking]

7 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Also, this is my weekly PSA to give Ty Chandler the ball more often. I just can’t fathom what he could possibly be so bad at to keep him off the field as much as he is. 

Probably inevitable now. Seems like players rarely return from a concussion the following week anymore.

[nicksaviking]

40 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

I don’t know how the Chargers HC is still employed at this point. 

I'm wondering if the Chargers and Commanders are in the same boat. The HC was bound to get fired but the team hired an OC that would replace him the following season.

[Aggies7]

1 hour ago, Vanimal46 said:

I don’t know how the Chargers HC is still employed at this point. 

Well, had the Vikings been able to come through after he actually tried to give them the game, he might not still be.

[Vanimal46]

Is there any hope that Flores will stick around for 2024? I would guess this dramatic turnaround makes him a top HC candidate. 

[Mike Sixel]

3 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

I had a Sunday Funday with a group of friends yesterday watching the Vikings game at a bar downtown then attended the Wild hockey game. I’m getting 2017 Case Keenum vibes from Dobbs. I don’t have any illusions that Dobbs is a long term answer at QB, but for this team, this year, he’s the lightning in a bottle we need. 

Wow. My son and I almost flew to MN to go to both games....but I just couldn't stomach the cost. 

[Mike Sixel]

28 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Is there any hope that Flores will stick around for 2024? I would guess this dramatic turnaround makes him a top HC candidate. 

I do almost whatever (outside canning KoC) it takes to keep him around.......not sure what that is. These guys all want to be HC.

[AlwaysinModeration]

 Vikings just signed Anthony Barr to their practice squad.  Jordan Hicks having some sort of leg surgery.

[Mike Sixel]

8 minutes ago, AlwaysinModeration said:

 Vikings just signed Anthony Barr to their practice squad.  Jordan Hicks having some sort of leg surgery.

How they keep winning at this point is absurd. The coaches, GM, and backups all deserve an insane amount of credit. Especially the GM and coaches. 

[Aggies7]

Broncos aren’t going to be a sure thing on Sunday night. In fact I expect a battle. They were a disaster a month ago yet they can very well be 4-5 in a couple minutes. They’re outplaying buffalo on the road 

[Aggies7]

What an absolute blunder job by buffalo. Had Denver backed up to almost midfield with 30 seconds left and commit PI on 3rd and 10. Then had too many men on the field on a missed FG that would have won them the game. Denver now 4-5 and has all sorts of momentum. Not real concerned about the broncos offense, but the defense is solid. Hope the boys are buckled up on Sunday night 

[AlwaysinModeration]

20 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

Broncos aren’t going to be a sure thing on Sunday night. In fact I expect a battle. They were a disaster a month ago yet they can very well be 4-5 in a couple minutes. They’re outplaying buffalo on the road 

I think the Broncos are favored.

[Aggies7]

17 hours ago, AlwaysinModeration said:

I think the Broncos are favored.

They are, by 2. Usually home team gives 3 points 

[Mike Sixel]

I'll continue to be surprised if the Vikings win this week.....

[Aggies7]

Burrow exited tonight’s game with a hand/wrist injury and did not return. Couldn’t grip or throw the ball. Vikings play at cincy on 12/17, basically a month. I had that one pegged as a loss. This could change things 

[Danchat]

16 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

Burrow exited tonight’s game with a hand/wrist injury and did not return. Couldn’t grip or throw the ball. Vikings play at cincy on 12/17, basically a month. I had that one pegged as a loss. This could change things 

He's done for the year. That game is likely a win now with Jake Browning (former Vikings UDFA!) at QB.

[Parfigliano]

50 minutes ago, Danchat said:

He's done for the year. That game is likely a win now with Jake Browning (former Vikings UDFA!) at QB.

Big break for Vikes.

[Aggies7]

1 hour ago, Danchat said:

He's done for the year. That game is likely a win now with Jake Browning (former Vikings UDFA!) at QB.

Absolutely wild. Unless Dobbs turns into a pumpkin, it’s absolutely possible this team will finish with 10+ wins lol

[Danchat]

6 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

Absolutely wild. Unless Dobbs turns into a pumpkin, it’s absolutely possible this team will finish with 10+ wins lol

It's insane how we went from 1-4, thinking we might get a high draft pick, to possibly going 11-6 and basically being a lock for the playoffs in late November.

I was critical of the job O'Connell was doing the first few weeks, but it's been night-and-day during the winning streak. He's got locker room pumped up, nobody ever quit on the team, and he's been playcalling better since Jefferson got hurt. We have a keeper here!

[Vanimal46]

15 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

Absolutely wild. Unless Dobbs turns into a pumpkin, it’s absolutely possible this team will finish with 10+ wins lol

10 wins is absolutely doable. I think our only loss the rest of the way is one of the Detroit games. It goes to show just how utterly mediocre the NFC is. There hasn’t been any surprise teams in the NFC. Everyone that was predicted to be good is, and everyone that was predicted to be really bad is really bad. 

[Parfigliano]

1 hour ago, Vanimal46 said:

10 wins is absolutely doable. I think our only loss the rest of the way is one of the Detroit games. It goes to show just how utterly mediocre the NFC is. There hasn’t been any surprise teams in the NFC. Everyone that was predicted to be good is, and everyone that was predicted to be really bad is really bad. 

I wouldnt be so sure about a W tomorrow night at DEN

[Vanimal46]

6 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

I wouldnt be so sure about a W tomorrow night at DEN

Denver is a bunch of frauds. Bottom feeding defense that have been lucky to generate 9 turnovers on defense the last two weeks.