2023 Vikings Regular Season Thread

[Aggies7]

What a turn of events 

[Vanimal46]

Rock bottom game for sure. I hope Kwesi views the trade deadline in a baseball lens and ships out every expiring contract he can. 

[Aggies7]

What a turn of events 

[Aggies7]

My how the turn tables 

[Aggies7]

My how the turn tables 

[Aggies7]

Thank god the panthers run a college offense 

[Vanimal46]

 

The Vikings woke up!

[Aggies7]

Cmon defense FFS

[Aggies7]

Cmon defense FFS

[Aggies7]

Welp a win is a win 

[Vanimal46]

What a strange game. Vintage Harry the Hitman performance. Marcus Davenport looked pretty darn good today. 

Our offense was mostly trash, minus 2 drives. Carolina didn’t challenge our defense at all, which is weird. 

[Parfigliano]

I should not watch more often.  Apparently thats when they win.

[Aggies7]

Welp a win is a win 

[Vanimal46]

The stars are truly aligning this year to make a Kirk trade… That’s if he is open to it, and the Wilfs won’t interfere. The Falcons and Steelers have awful QB play from their young options. Of course the Jets have made sense instantly when Rodgers tore his Achilles. Let’s make something happen. 

[Danchat]

100% defensive win, they gave up 6 points and scored 7 themselves. The gameplan worked because Bryce Young couldn't handle pressure and held on to the ball too long, but it's not going to work against any of the good offenses. Awful game from the offense, only 14 points against a middling defense. So much for the predictions about them being a top 10/5 unit, they are barely scoring 22 points a game. And even with the run game functioning well a second straight week, they just can't score points.

52 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

he stars are truly aligning this year to make a Kirk trade… That’s if he is open to it, and the Wilfs won’t interfere. The Falcons and Steelers have awful QB play from their young options. Of course the Jets have made sense instantly when Rodgers tore his Achilles. Let’s make something happen. 

Pickett might have wrecked his knee today, so depending on that Kirk could be in play there. I expect the Wilfs interfere, however.

[Mike Sixel]

1 hour ago, Vanimal46 said:

The stars are truly aligning this year to make a Kirk trade… That’s if he is open to it, and the Wilfs won’t interfere. The Falcons and Steelers have awful QB play from their young options. Of course the Jets have made sense instantly when Rodgers tore his Achilles. Let’s make something happen. 

Dreamer 

[Mike Sixel]

5 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

How you feeling now?

Great! I was at a winery over looking bluffs with a mountain view. 

[Aggies7]

2 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

The stars are truly aligning this year to make a Kirk trade… That’s if he is open to it, and the Wilfs won’t interfere. The Falcons and Steelers have awful QB play from their young options. Of course the Jets have made sense instantly when Rodgers tore his Achilles. Let’s make something happen. 

The patriots too. Their QB(s) are brutal 

[Mike Sixel]

5 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

How you feeling now?

Great! I was at a winery over looking bluffs with a mountain view. 

[Aggies7]

1 hour ago, Danchat said:

100% defensive win, they gave up 6 points and scored 7 themselves. The gameplan worked because Bryce Young couldn't handle pressure and held on to the ball too long, but it's not going to work against any of the good offenses. Awful game from the offense, only 14 points against a middling defense. So much for the predictions about them being a top 10/5 unit, they are barely scoring 22 points a game. And even with the run game functioning well a second straight week, they just can't score points.

Pickett might have wrecked his knee today, so depending on that Kirk could be in play there. I expect the Wilfs interfere, however.

The panthers were running a college style offense. Read options and short passes all day. Young was a top 10 pick and doesn’t look like he’s going to be a transformational player.

[Aggies7]

My god the jets are absolutely abysmal 

[Mike Sixel]

26 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

My god the jets are absolutely abysmal 

Truth

[Aggies7]

1 hour ago, Mike Sixel said:

Truth

They’ve come all the way back, though 

[Vanimal46]

12 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

The panthers were running a college style offense. Read options and short passes all day. Young was a top 10 pick and doesn’t look like he’s going to be a transformational player.

Carolina has one of the league’s best backups in Andy Dalton too. I don’t know why Frank Reich wants to limit his offense to nothing but screen passes. 

[Vanimal46]

14 hours ago, Danchat said:

I expect the Wilfs interfere, however.

Hopefully Kwesi views trade deadlines in a baseball lens by flipping the expiring contracts for picks if we are 2-5 at the deadline. 

I’ll be more upset if Kirk says after the trade deadline no one approached him from the team to approve a trade. 

[Mike Sixel]

2 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

Hopefully Kwesi views trade deadlines in a baseball lens by flipping the expiring contracts for picks if we are 2-5 at the deadline. 

I’ll be more upset if Kirk says after the trade deadline no one approached him from the team to approve a trade. 

Hunter, Davenport and ? (not Kirk, not happening)

Smith? I don't see that, but I'd do it.....Jordan Hicks....Osborn.

If I'm the GM, I'm trying to get creative, like Osborn and a 4th for a 2nd (not that I can see teams doing that).

[Vanimal46]

1 hour ago, Mike Sixel said:

Hunter, Davenport and ? (not Kirk, not happening)

Smith? I don't see that, but I'd do it.....Jordan Hicks....Osborn.

If I'm the GM, I'm trying to get creative, like Osborn and a 4th for a 2nd (not that I can see teams doing that).

I see Hunter as the most likely to get traded. As we are seeing, having a league leader in sacks isn’t making the defense that much better. I’d like a 2nd round pick for him… Davenport, Cleveland, Osborn might fetch us a 4th round or later pick. 

For sure, I would hope Kwesi uses some creativity to get some better value out of the trades. 

[Mike Sixel]

9 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

I see Hunter as the most likely to get traded. As we are seeing, having a league leader in sacks isn’t making the defense that much better. I’d like a 2nd round pick for him… Davenport, Cleveland, Osborn might fetch us a 4th round or later pick. 

For sure, I would hope Kwesi uses some creativity to get some better value out of the trades. 

I remain hopeful, if doubtful, this happens.

[nicksaviking]

21 hours ago, Danchat said:

I expect the Wilfs interfere, however.

Possibly.

But Taylor Swift is going to sell more tickets next week than Cousins will.

Joke notwithstanding, I have season tickets and have already sold every game I wasn't going to attend other than the Xmas Eve game, which is always a tough sell anyway. I think the Vikings have already pretty much maxed out their ticket sales, they really only should be concerned with no-shows not buying $15 beers.

[Mike Sixel]

The giants OL is awful