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  1. nicksaviking
    I would have enjoyed it regardless of who was Dallas' DC!
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    That should have been the toughest game on the schedule. This team could lose 15 straight games, but hard not to look at the path as being no more difficult after today. Also, the book said if you should hold off on the blitz for a game, that game was today as Purdy is the best in the league against the blitz. Flores said screw that, and Purdy paid plenty. There likely won't be a good game plan for keeping the Vikings defense off of the opposing QB. If Flores truly has been blacklisted from a head coaching spot, the Vikings hit the lottery. Unless a high end college program comes calling I suppose.
  3. nicksaviking
    Everyone talked about how good of a landing spot Williams landed in because of the skill players around him. Those people forgot that he had a defensive minded head coach and the OC who just came from run heavy Seattle. They might have some talented offensive players, but they don't have a talented offensive mind. Once again, Chicago screwed up with their QB situation. Jayden Daniels running around like Jackson, Hurts or Murray would have been a better fit. But still probably in the hospital by week 4.
  4. nicksaviking
    Any chance one of your kids is Terry Francona?
  5. nicksaviking
    Many of the posters can be objective and point out his faults along with the stuff that they do not see as his fault. However, there are exponentially more people on this site who blame Baldelli for everything than there are who blame him for nothing. And the people who blame him for everything seem to think that any comment suggesting Baldelli isn't to blame for a particular issue wholly endorse his job performance. Personally, I'm on board replacing him in the off season if for no other reason than to shock the players out of their complacency and see if someone else can even out the extreme productivity highs and lows of the players, but I'm not going to sit here and pretend that everything Baldelli does is a sin to the game.
  6. nicksaviking
    Yeah, his stuff was way better than his results with Toronto. Houston was ahead of the game once again.
  7. nicksaviking
    Talent is pretty subjective, but just looking at the Twins/Senators franchise page on BBR, the Twins best player by WAR this year is Byron Buxton at 3.3. The Senators only had one season where a player had less than that. With 16 games left, Buxton could pass a couple more of those teams if he comes in hot, (of course the Senators always played about 154 games) but even if it's due to injury, the Twins clearly don't have the horses this year. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/
  8. nicksaviking
    Billy Martin would be more likely to beat up Baily Ober than Angel Hernandez or Derek Falvey. Regardless of who he wanted to physically fight, only a fringe group of players would have respected it (Josh Donaldson?) and no owner or the commissioner would tolerate it in today's game. And for good reason.
  9. nicksaviking
    Right, the fear of the unknown should be greatly mitigated if the known doesn't provide much offense anyway.
  10. nicksaviking
    So he wants to be able to crowd the plate, doesn't want pitchers to throw inside and wants pitchers to hit again solely so there's a hostage situation. I don't want to see anyone get hurt and I'm up for any solutions, but his seem to be geared toward making it easier on him. How would he react if the solution was to move the batters box four inches further from the plate?
  11. nicksaviking
    Purdy is pretty good against pressure, mostly because he does a lot of quick release dump offs. It will be interesting to see if Flores backs off the blitzing. The positive thing is that the Jets have a similar defense, so they'll have a pretty solid idea of what didn't work and what did. Well, I'm not sure anything did work. But maybe Flores will have a better idea.
  12. nicksaviking
    That plan hasn't worked for this team in 33 years.
  13. nicksaviking
    I'm not doubting that the Twins can pull it together enough to the make the playoffs, but it's not the same situation as the Rangers. They went on a skid, but still had the best offense in the AL and they traded for Max Scherzer and Jordan Montgomery at the deadline. Like the Rangers, the Twins certainly could catch their balance before it's too late, but unlike the Rangers, the Twins didn't do anything to put themselves in position to win the race should they regain their form.
  14. nicksaviking
    It does seem the Vikings always end up on the bad luck side of the good QB draft years. 2020 was Burrow, Herbert, Tagovailoa and Love. Last year they probably chase Anthony Richardson if the season before they weren't unexpectedly 13-3. If they choose to keep Moss instead of Culpepper they probably draft Aaron Rodgers (and heck, there's a legit scenario the Vikings draft Rodgers AND Demarcus Ware instead of Troy Williamson and Erasmus James). And while Zimmer is completely wrong about the need for a top end QB, had he gotten his way and not signed Cousins in the first place, they probably draft Lamar Jackson. Who of course would have been wasted on Zimmer, as he'd spend most of his time getting screaming at for running all over the field instead of just handing it off to the RB.
  15. nicksaviking
    And as far as I can tell, half of the players don't hate their coaches. Well, except for Tua I guess.
  16. nicksaviking
    Time to update those predictions. Based on this weekend it's pretty clear: MIN 17-0, DET 11-6, CHI 4-12, GB 0-17.
  17. nicksaviking
    If the veterans like Correa have been become disgruntled, I doubt it's because of Baldelli, it's more likely because of ownership and what was viewed as broken promises to improve the team. Not that that's what's happening.
  18. nicksaviking
    I agree with all of it, though I'm curious to see if your last sentence holds true. I'm really curious to see if O'Connell can or will transition to a run heavy approach. Though, if Darnold pulls off a Baker Mayfield resurrection, I'm more than happy to never find out.
  19. nicksaviking
    They should be low for sure. It's just that I don't see any scary teams outside of San Francisco* and Detroit. The Giants are probably the only really crappy team, but none of the rest look like they'll be fighting for a playoff bye week. But I guess you never know. I guess I should do the NL North prediction since that's what this thread is about. I'll say DET 13-4, MIN 10-7 CHI 10-7 GB 8-9, mostly because I'll guess Love is out at least four weeks and if so, I think they start off 0-4. I've seen Malik Willis play, and it's not good. *Off topic, but SF is so dang old and their star players have so much injury history, they seem like one of those 'dynasty' teams that implodes instead of fading out. If they lose a couple of those stars to injury, I could see every team in their division having between 8-11 wins and SF missing out on the playoffs completely. I know I'm on an island with at least the last part of that take.
  20. nicksaviking
    Looking at the schedule, the experts seem to disagree with me on how many good teams the Vikings actually play. It looks like a couple of A listers but mostly a lot of mediocre teams. I think the defense is going to be really tough, not because they have 11 studs, but because they brought in a ton of pass rushers they'll be able to keep fresh and rotate in and out like the Jets and Eagles do. With Flores' track record, if this team doesn't lead the league in sacks, I bet they'll be close. Because of that, I don't think they'll really be out of any games. That said, I'm most definitely not a homer (huuuuuuuuuge fan though) but ugh, I think this team wins 10 games, maybe 11. I can't believe I just typed that. Not that I think they'll be an actual contender, but they could be similar to the 2017 and 2022 teams who's record wasn't an indicator of their talent.
  21. nicksaviking
    ************Moderator Note************** Criticize Baldelli (without name calling of course) but stop with the strawmen crap trying to paint other posters as 'apologists' or 'protectors'. Stick to the topic.
  22. nicksaviking
    Yeah, Zimmer's reluctance to spend big on a QB makes no sense. If I was a reporter, I'd ask him, "If your special ability is to elevate a defense, shouldn't you spend your free agent money on the position you DON'T have the skills to improve?"
  23. nicksaviking
    *******************Moderator Note********************* Ok, nice work everyone. Sometimes things suck, so I guess we should all act like children about it. I'll be locking the game thread. It might be a first. Anyone who feels like respecting each other like adults can participate again tomorrow.
  24. nicksaviking
    **************Moderator Note****************** Awful loss, everyone's pissed off, but stop demeaning and trashing other posters. And blame who you want in the organization but do it without the name calling.
  25. nicksaviking
    I don't care about losing Hall. I care what the desire to roster Rypien suggests. That being that they'll desperately chase mediocrity again at the expense of putting themselves in a better position next year. If Darnold gets injured or stinks, just accept your fate and take the silver lining of a top five pick.
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