DA BEARS @ VIKES 11/27/23

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, nicksaviking said:

The Bears lined up one defensive lineman. Dobbs is (probably???) the best passer on the field. Shouldn't the play be for him to run as far as he can and have him start the laterals? If he runs to one side of the field, he'd be the one who could draw as many defenders as possible and then throw it all the way across to the other side.

Of course, the final play of the game is hardly the thing to critique here. Dobbs won't be here long. KOC and his awful late game calls is probably the biggest story here.

Agreed

[nicksaviking]

2 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

This year was quite good. I won't judge a GM on one draft, which was brutal

Besides Addison did they do anything? I guess Blackmon is OK for a 4th corner, but they missed on everyone else. They had a UDFA better than all but one of their draft picks.

[Parfigliano]

10 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

I'll be shocked if they win three more games

Hope they lose all 3

[Aggies7]

3rd road win for the bears in the last two seasons. ****ing terrible 

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Besides Addison did they do anything? I guess Blackmon is OK for a 4th corner, but they missed on everyone else. They had a UDFA better than all but one of their draft picks.

We should celebrate that udfa . He also traded for hockenson. He's not perfect, but he's not awful. Not trading Hunter will turn out to be a mistake

[Aggies7]

All we’ve accomplished is ****ing up our draft position while eventually ****ing up our playoff chances. 
 

Classic Vikings 

[Aggies7]

I’m so disgusted lol I used to get really angry about losses to the point where people wouldn’t be around me 😂 then I got older and stopped caring as much. But man I am livid over this loss.

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

I’m so disgusted lol I used to get really angry about losses to the point where people wouldn’t be around me 😂 then I got older and stopped caring as much. But man I am livid over this loss.

That's growth! The last time I got really angry to the point where it ruined the following days was the 2009 NFC championship game, I just brushed my teeth and getting ready to put the teeth in the cup for the night... Oh well. On a positive note, there seems to be a lot of QB prospects to pick in the spring. I'll be tuning into the Pac 12 Championship because I could see either Penix from Washington or Nix from Oregon wearing purple next year, 

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

That's growth! The last time I got really angry to the point where it ruined the following days was the 2009 NFC championship game, I just brushed my teeth and getting ready to put the teeth in the cup for the night... Oh well. On a positive note, there seems to be a lot of QB prospects to pick in the spring. I'll be tuning into the Pac 12 Championship because I could see either Penix from Washington or Nix from Oregon wearing purple next year, 

I think Nix is gone unless they only win one more.... But penix will be there, imo.

[Aggies7]

Vikings have allowed one touchdown in the last two games and went 0-2

[mnfireman]

Hard to be a Vikings fan in this day and age...despite a decent start, Dobbs is not Cousins

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Vikings have allowed one touchdown in the last two games and went 0-2

Wow

[Aggies7]

5 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Wow

Very hard to do 

And this was the first time all season that a team won a game without scoring a TD

[sampleSizeOfOne]

What i miss?

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

What i miss?

The football equivalent of a colonoscopy 

[Mike Sixel]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

The football equivalent of a colonoscopy 

Nah. U can sleep thru that.... Way less painful 

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

Nah. U can sleep thru that.... Way less painful 

Haha I haven’t had the pleasure of having one yet. Not yet 40. But they make me nervous. Going under and all

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Haha I haven’t had the pleasure of having one yet. Not yet 40. But they make me nervous. Going under and all

Going under isn't bad..... It's the prep, which I'm told is better now

[Parfigliano]

Somewhere I will be vindicated when I said lose early often or be stuck with Cousins.

[Parfigliano]

2 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

All we’ve accomplished is ****ing up our draft position while eventually ****ing up our playoff chances. 
 

Classic Vikings 

I said games ago lose..lose..lose..and lose.  Draft pick is the goal.  I was right

[Aggies7]

8 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

Somewhere I will be vindicated when I said lose early often or be stuck with Cousins.

I’d like to be stuck with a really good quarterback 

[Aggies7]

8 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

I said games ago lose..lose..lose..and lose.  Draft pick is the goal.  I was right

You can’t expect professional athletes and coaches to try and lose. Especially when the average career length in the NFL is about 3 years. All the players and coaches have their careers to worry about, they aren’t going to go out and intentionally suck just so the team can get a better draft pick to satisfy the fans. I wouldn’t haven’t been upset with a 4-13 finish, but once we went to 6-4 I wanted to see them in the playoffs.

[Mike Sixel]

58 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

You can’t expect professional athletes and coaches to try and lose. Especially when the average career length in the NFL is about 3 years. All the players and coaches have their careers to worry about, they aren’t going to go out and intentionally suck just so the team can get a better draft pick to satisfy the fans. I wouldn’t haven’t been upset with a 4-13 finish, but once we went to 6-4 I wanted to see them in the playoffs.

This

[Parfigliano]

1 hour ago, Aggies7 said:

I’d like to be stuck with a really good quarterback 

So lose

[Aggies7]

19 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

So lose

As I said, the players aren’t going to do that intentionally and the schedule has been pretty soft. Maybe the plan was to have Hall play out the season, which might have taken care of the losing on its own. But once Hall got hurt in the first quarter of his first game, they HAD to go with Dobbs who just happened to pull a couple games out of his behind.

Now with 5 games left, maybe they ride it out with Hall and see what he has. But the fan in me would absolutely hate to see the packers bump us out of the playoffs. And that’s what’s shaping up to happen. 

[Mike Sixel]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

As I said, the players aren’t going to do that intentionally and the schedule has been pretty soft. Maybe the plan was to have Hall play out the season, which might have taken care of the losing on its own. But once Hall got hurt in the first quarter of his first game, they HAD to go with Dobbs who just happened to pull a couple games out of his behind.

Now with 5 games left, maybe they ride it out with Hall and see what he has. But the fan in me would absolutely hate to see the packers bump us out of the playoffs. And that’s what’s shaping up to happen. 

sigh on that last part, but true. brutal......

I want to see Hall the rest of the way for sure. 

[Aggies7]

45 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

sigh on that last part, but true. brutal......

I want to see Hall the rest of the way for sure. 

Right now there are 6 teams with either 5 or 6 wins. Vikings have the tiebreaker over the saints, falcons and packers. And they also have the best conference record at 6-3.

Rams have the browns ravens and 49ers left, so I can’t imagine them making it

Packers only tough game left is the chiefs this Sunday, which I would expect to be a loss. Other than that, they have the giants, bears, panthers, Vikings and bucs. Very winnable games

atlanta and New Orleans will probably knock the other out

Seattle has Dallas, SF, eagles and the Steelers coming up in 4 consecutive weeks. They could easily get knocked out. 
 

But after last nights disaster, I’m not sure the Vikings will win any of their remaining games (unless the lions rest guys).

 

[Parfigliano]

15 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

All we’ve accomplished is ****ing up our draft position while eventually ****ing up our playoff chances. 
 

Classic Vikings 

Someone said they should lose early and often

[Parfigliano]

Lose and lose Again. I was saying this 7 games ago 

[Parfigliano]

On 11/27/2023 at 9:20 PM, Aggies7 said:

All we’ve accomplished is ****ing up our draft position while eventually ****ing up our playoff chances. 
 

Classic Vikings 

Yup.  Thats why I've wanted them to tank all year.  Teams going nowhere absent a major rebuild.  Now because of a little win streak stoking delusions they will be in crap draft position.  Again.