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as stated above, odds of recovering a non-surprise onside are super low. Odds of completing a long TD pass vs a normal D (especially how we've been playing this year) are almost certainly higher. Prevent D was fine for all the reasons Billye stated.

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10-14-2018 , 10:33 PM

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SKOL!!! Nice win. Made it look so easy at times (like last year), then other times we looked like we were trying to lose. Offensive line is still just complete **** in the pass game. Need to cut Hill, he is such a negative out there. Also sucks that we are going to lose Hughes for the year.

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10-14-2018 , 10:49 PM

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Need to cut Hill, he is such a negative out there. Also sucks that we are going to lose Hughes for the year.

On the plus side, I thought O'Niell looked pretty good filling in at RT. Hopefully someone does a breakdown of his start this week.

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10-15-2018 , 11:57 AM

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Thought the defense played its best game of the year yesterday. Granted it was against a rookie QB so we will see if the momentum keeps going forward.

1) If Everson comes back, do they keep Hunter on the right side (qb blindside) and rotate Weatherley and Everson on the left. Maybe even use Everson in the DT position during 3rd downs? Kind of Brian Robison role.

2) Too bad Hughes Went down, but I thought Alexander played his best game as a viking yesterday.

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10-15-2018 , 03:26 PM

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But what are the odds of competing a long TD vs a normal D, then getting the ball back without giving up a Vikings score and scoring again, and not leaving enough time for the Vikings to score again after that?

I think I agree with onedollar here. It’s hard to complete a long TD. And even if they do, the Vikings are still far, far ahead. It’s probably close but I think it’s suboptimal to give them 20 yards at a time in the middle of the field in an effort to burn clock there

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10-22-2018 , 09:46 AM

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Best all around game the team has played this year. Hopefully they can get some of their injured players back for the saints.

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10-22-2018 , 11:01 AM

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4th and 8 play call to bomb the end zone was pretty crazy. And not even to one of our 2 best WRs.

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10-29-2018 , 09:32 AM

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10-29-2018 , 10:30 AM

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Not a great effort. OL looked terrible.

Nice to see Griffen come back. I thought the defense played pretty well. That was the Saints' lowest yardage game so far this year.

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10-29-2018 , 10:44 AM

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Game pretty much solely decided on the Thielen funble swing.

Turn a Saints TD into a Vikings TD and we win 27-23

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10-29-2018 , 12:06 PM

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lol Minnesota

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10-30-2018 , 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by FARGOpoker

Game pretty much solely decided on the Thielen funble swing.

Turn a Saints TD into a Vikings TD and we win 27-23

Yep. About to go up 20-10 at the half, have all the momentum, and get the ball back to start the 2nd half. Instead, we are down 17-13 and lose all momentum. Cousins throwing the pick 6 sealed the game. We were still in decent position to have a chance until then.

Be nice to beat the Lions with most of the injured players resting again. Then its a bye week and hopefully we can get most of them back after and make a run. Skol.

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11-05-2018 , 05:26 AM

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I know its Detroilet, but damn that was a nice game by the defense. Run game was looking good, nice to have a healthy Cook back. Pass game looked lost without Diggs; hope he is good to go after the bye. Be nice to get Sandejo and Barr back too.

Need to win at least 2 of the next 4 games imo. We could go 0-4, 4-0, or somewhere in between. Tough stretch. SKOL!

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11-12-2018 , 11:47 AM

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Huge game Sunday. Their playoff chances problem swing 35% whether they win or lose.

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11-12-2018 , 02:41 PM

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Also, if they want to be serious contenders for a super bowl run, Rhodes needs to start playing at the level he was last year

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11-14-2018 , 11:41 AM

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Vikings are the best defense in the league against opposing #1 WRs, I would imagine that is primarily due to Xavier

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11-14-2018 , 02:02 PM

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Vikings are the best defense in the league against opposing #1 WRs, I would imagine that is primarily due to Xavier

Rhodes is not performing nearly to the level he was last year.

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11-14-2018 , 10:10 PM

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Rhodes is not performing nearly to the level he was last year.

This could be true, so hard to say watching games on TV; they don't show what is going on all over the field. Do you go to all the games and watch all of Rhodes' plays or do you have some stats to support this?

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11-19-2018 , 04:38 PM

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Such a weak performance coming off of a bye in such a big game. Season still alive, but that game hurts a lot. Next week is a must win game now.

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11-19-2018 , 05:33 PM

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season pretty dead imo. we might make the playoffs but have no chance of going anywhere unless the OL makes some kind of miraculous improvement.

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11-19-2018 , 07:22 PM

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Thought Kirk really showed yesterday he is just an above average starter in the NFL. UnLike the elite qbs, he is Someone who can’t single handily carry a team to victory when it looks like the game might get away.

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11-20-2018 , 01:16 AM

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season pretty dead imo. we might make the playoffs but have no chance of going anywhere unless the OL makes some kind of miraculous improvement.

Well you always have that 2% run hotter than the sun equity once you make the playoffs, but it looks like that is about all they have and that's super disappointing for the roster.

It's that Bills loss that really kills, if they are 6-3-1 they are in fine shape with the home bears game left. They'd need to win the Packers game and 1 of the Pats/Seahawk ones but now it's likely need 3-0 to have a shot at the division.

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11-20-2018 , 09:45 AM

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yup. We knew the Bills game would haunt us. Even if we had beaten the Bears, losing to the Bills would have hurt our playoff positioning.

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11-21-2018 , 09:44 AM

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it was an awful showing but the season is still very much alive.

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UnLike the elite qbs, he is Someone who can’t single handily carry a team to victory when it looks like the game might get away.

I don’t think this is true at all. He’s been that guy in multiple games this year. He was absolutely awful last week but he will bounce back and be that guy again.

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11-21-2018 , 03:11 PM

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it was an awful showing but the season is still very much alive.

I don’t think this is true at all. He’s been that guy in multiple games this year. He was absolutely awful last week but he will bounce back and be that guy again.

Name one besides Green Bay.

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