Hosken Bombo Disco

lol baby steps also did this game start an hour early? There are still other games in halftime right now

Before the week 1 opener I joked that JJM and the VIkes should come out on offense in a no huddle hurry-up. Then before the last Packers game, I said the same thing but not completely joking that time. What do people think? On something or on to something? Do the Vikings script the first 10 offensive plays? Is that still a thing around the league?

I really don’t know. The two of you know this stuff far better than I do. I do know we need a QB1 for next season. Unless JJ McCarthy runs the table somehow. (I might also text Scarlett Johansson and see if she wants to hang out tonight)

Well, yes and no. I just think that most NFL teams are trying to win most of the time. Sure, there are a few high profile cases, what Miami did to Flores, Indy’s Suck for Luck season, but I really think those are few and far between. I think it’s more of a fan thing. You guys seem to think tanking is some strategy all GM’s have in their back pocket, like “Break Glass in case of emergency.” It’s not. We are also not late enough in the season to see that jostling for higher draft position when teams start to shelve their better players and actually go for competitive losses, which is still somewhat rare I would argue. Maybe still a couple weeks away from that and the NFL mitigates that by scheduling rivalry games late in the year. Good to see teams like Chicago and Denver making a run but I dont think they were tanking, they were just mediocre/bad for a while. Given the cyclical nature of the NFL, probably a few of these surprise teams will fall back under .500 again next year.

I thought Thielen was just brought in to help during Addison suspension anyway. Someone will sign him but he’s way past the wrong side of 30.

Alright who got Seattle at -1.5 lol

I guess that's why I like Dan Gladden *ducks & runs* At least Gladden is a "Next man up" kind of guy who looks at performance first and foremost. Sure, not an easy spot for Brosmer, I get it.

I don't know if you are a Hate-watch guy, but that could be an option. Just based on the Vikings radio announcers talking about Brosmer like he's a charity case doing the best job he possibly can under impossible circumstances etc

I would have been curious to hear everyone's decision there, in real time. I didn't have a strong feeling (best that happens is a TD!) but also, a 3-3 game and keep harassing Darnold until halftime would have sounded good too

It felt like a trap game to me - I can't take credit for predicting this but it seemed too easy to just pick Philly, just because

and it opened at +1.5 Ten point swing. A couple other big line moves this week too. How long has this been a thing? when I was following this stuff closer it would only be a couple games a week that maybe moved a few points, because oddsmakers were pretty good. Are they this bad at their jobs now?

I believe it. As a JJ McCarthy bobo, I've listed some excuses for him (became a father, it's just his first year, flukey schedule early on) but not staying healthy is a big concern, either way. There are always going to be different personnel and scheme to learn from week to week. So that's not necessarily a great excuse to me. If Brosmer shows anything next week, I think McCarthy is assigned the clipboard and the bench. There is a TikTok guy who always comes out with the five worst NFL plays of the week, stuff like that, and this week it was McCarthy's five worst passes. The whole bit is that every play on the list is not from the whole league, but from the same player. There are also 'honorable mention' plays which extends the list to like 7 or 8 and makes it funnier (except when it's your guy, not so funny). Anyway, when you look at all the bad decisions and bumbling plays McCarthy made this week, and you see these all in succession, it's very persuasive. Does not paint a pretty picture. And I don't think this was the first time McCarthy was the feature player for this guys' TikToks. (I think Week 1 it was CJ Stroud but it could have been McCarthy if not for the 4th quarter comeback) It's fun to make jokes during the game about how bad he is, and, it's way too early to give up on him. Maybe he needs one more offseason to reset. Like nicksaviking said, I think the most likely scenario is McCarthy does eventually find himself but with a different team. I could see him a couple years from now, coming in the second half for some team and throwing for 3 TDs and putting himself on the map again. Unfortunately for us today, he is a long ways away from that consistency or competency.

I think his performance combined with this new concussion might make JJM the permanent backup here. (Caveat: Nothing is permanent.) However, I’m not giving up on him. We saw the comebacks. There’s life in him. God, what a mess!

I think going into 2026, McCarthy needs a ton of those pre-season reps, which as people mentioned at the time, is inexplicable he didn’t get many reps this preseason. (Yes that is one of my excuses for him, along with having baby, ankle injury, Oline and funky schedule early on.) Heck at this rate JJM will more likely than not be the backup going into next season anyway, and backups do get most of the preseason reps. 😁

Well I don’t disagree it’s not apples to apples but it’s not apples to oranges either. If there are people on this board who see something in JJMc that screams ‘certain bust’ then more power to them. I think what you said upthread is the most likely outcome at this point—JJMc struggles here but bounces around and catches fire somewhere else.

Well right, easy to say now. What about after Falvey’s third season? 100 wins and first round playoff loss, which is pretty much the same as KAM’s third season last season 14-3 and playoff loss. I won’t be defending KAM four-five years from now even with more playoff appearances, yet we still have or had Falvey defenders up until recently.

THE BEST Mora rant - better than the ‘playoffs’ one IMO

That’s fine, it’s just interesting to see a few people holding Kwesi to this standard but never held Falvey to this standard 🙂

KOC, like Campbell, a good coach but just can’t help himself with some of these inappropriate play calls, that’s my surface view of it anyway

They had something halfway decent going today, and then got cute by giving Hockenson the trick play snap on 3rd and inches.

Go for it KOC lol

Packers runners have been pushing through that first contact all day. In a vacuum, that might be a top talking point.

Meanwhile, Jameis Winston looking like a Pro Bowler today (thought he was out of the league five years ago)

Avoid all websites! 🙂 …this is one of my last ones…

Yeah we can go back and find lots of receipts, Jordan Love is horrible, etc. Even on KFAN people like Mark Rosen after week two were saying things like “what are the Bears going to do with Caleb Williams.” Obviously there is something wrong with the offense right now but people try way too hard,