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Yeah, I don't understand the anger with half the posts in this thread. Even if it WERE just lip service, or PR, or blow-hard nonsense, at worst, we're just in the same sinking boat, not a different, even more sinking boat. Did anyone actually want Joe to continue to run the team? Unless someone did, the vitriol seems misplaced. But at the very, very minimum, we at least now are getting to watch Succession level Pohlad on Pohlad crime. I don't know how everybody who dislikes the Pohlad's (which very well may be EVERYBODY) isn't Schadenfreud-ing up this infighting and backstabbing. "Tom's lying to us!" So? What else is new? He also just kicked his kid brother in the nuts and took away his most prized possession. Yeah, that's new and probably the most enjoyable thing I've seen this club do since 2023; I'll happily watch more of this.

As far as the standings go, we all know Dan Campbell will try to win, but GB will have nothing to play for two weeks in a row and the Vikings think a 9-8 record is a good thing. Very possible all three teams end up with 9 wins.

But what if your meaningless win costs you meaningful wins. Like what will happen if they play the third place schedule vs the fourth place schedule next year.

So….. Flores gets the Vikings HC job? This defense is impressive

Depending on if you file your business returns on a fiscal year or calendar year and if you file an extension, you can amend your K1s to adjust loss percentage pretty much any time of the year. I presume the Pohlad real estate and auto dealership losses held by Minnesota Twins LLC were amended as part of negotiations with the new investors.

Trying to think of who, but we’ve seen that a few times. Players giving a list of teams they’ll accept a trade to.

It is a pipe dream, and for sure won’t happen. But Burrow’s currant makes it more likely, as it will allow him to call the shots. The theory isn’t that the Bengals will willingly do so, he’s only traded if he demands to get traded, and he won’t be demanding to be traded to the Jets.

New OL coach is my top priority next year. Aside from miracle QB solution of course. Pittsburg OL was also hobbled but looked great. If backup O linemen were as good as starters, they would be on another team. Other coaches know how to deal with backups. At this point I’ll be good with trying a better OL coach. If it turns out it’s a KOC problem, that’s grounds for termination. You’ll always be using backup OL.

I’m on board with the Justin Jefferson should be tampering with Joe Borrow position. Vikings always top two in NFLPA player satisfaction, great facilities, good defense, vs bottom rankings for the bengals.

Probably can’t even attempt to chameleon until you have a functional OLine though. Functional pass blocking AND run blocking.

My injured CB aversion aside, this write up, just like many of them, screams that the guy was looking for a spot to put the player and not looking from the team's perspective: 'Where should this guy go, somewhere in the middle, Minnesota looks good' Because the writer wasn't going to think too hard about the Minnesota pick any way.

Eric Wilson has surprisingly been awesome as well.

Agree, typically that's the case, but presumably Joe let Falvey trade away the team, and since he's being shown the door, the probably means Tom and the rest didn't approve if Joe's decisions. So I COULD have seen a possibility Favley was let go in October if Tom and the investors had already taken charge, but there was likely still too much uncertainty at that time, and the POBO was likely the least of their concerns anyway.

Glad Tulane and James Madison got their shot. The complaining from ND and power 5 schools that miss out is grating. It's not like they were a top four team and missed out, they are arguing about being the 12th best team. Boo hoo. I mean, why are Tulane and James Madison and even Ball State fielding a team if they have absolutely nothing to ever play for?

So every team in the AFC looks good but not great. Seems like the perfect storm for Pittsburgh to unexpectedly get to the Super Bowl and snag Tomlin a 20 year extension.

3rd and 8, everyone knows it's a run up the middle, the Vikings run up the middle, and pick up 9?!?! Probably the craziest play all year, despite it being so very mundane.

I don't take Tom as a nuanced baseball guy; I'm guessing the new 'hands on' approach will be he and the new partners improving the business side of the organization first. The business/marketing/PR side of things is a disaster, and wins on the field next year will likely only marginally improve that because fans have already turned on the team and ownership. So at this point, I'd think Falvey and the actual team is a secondary concern for them until the primary goal is in better focus. But even if they were looking to improve the on field stuff ASAP, it was already too late in the year to fire Falvey. I know everyone wants him out, but while it's quiet for fans right now, there's a ton going on behind the scenes, and if Falvey were to be fired, they'd basically have on options except to just promote the next man up. And I'm guessing most on this board want a clean house. I can't imagine anyone in ownership is qualified to identify a new POB, so they'll need to hire a search firm. The firm will need to find new outside options from other teams, while other teams are currently gearing up for the 2026 season. Not to mention, with the CBA expiring, and with the Twins still looking like a team soon to be sold, are they really going to get GOOD candidates to interview? Then when they hire that person, they have to repeat the process and hire everyone below them. Front office, scouts, stat-heads. Falvey's job was safe about a week after the regular season ended.

Are you asking because you couldn’t watch it? he caught the ball, landed on his ass, but still maintained possession but still somehow lost it just rolling over.

And I’m beyond tired of running up the middle on 1st down being an automatic 2nd and 10.

How did Addison drop that?!?

Yeah, for sure. But I'm not liking the Seattle fans. They started booing him way too early. Classless.

At the risk of getting labeled the same, I doubt I would have made that connection. NFL players have been doing money related celebrations for ever. Seems like it's pretty standard stuff to convey "I'm a gansta!". Not criticizin', just recognizin' But I didn't see it or hear it and don't plan on Googling it so maybe there was additional context.

Is something wrong with Darnold? Unbelievable they won’t throw the ball.

While my knowledge of classic dance is limited, I'm going to presume that's some knew Tik Tok trend or something? I assume these frat bro podcasters or whatever they are, called the dance by that name? I can't imagine anyone would be upset if they described a dance and Nacua was expected to understand it was offensive. Racist moron aside, I'm not going to do the Boomer bit and say all the pop culture of these new generations is dumb, but I really don't understand the entertainment value of all these social media platforms. Almost none of it holds my interest.

Like a dance from Fiddler on the Roof or something? Unless he was wearing some specific cultural clothing, I can't fathom how anyone could convey some kind of Jewish appropriation with a touchdown dance.