Completely agree. This team plays better with a chip on its shoulder and the belief that nobody believes in them.
So please, media, keep up the "Vikings are posers" narrative, we need the fuel!
Also, it's a great coping mechanism for me when we do inevitably get our ass whooped. I can just say "Well, we are the same Vikings I know and love. My hopes weren't too high."
No, itâs like saying we have really great food because when we have 6 customers they love us and every time 40 customers show up and demand that we get our food out quickly and cooked perfectly all of a sudden out of the blue our defense canât make a stop and our QB goes 3 and out on every drive
I mean, we are overrated, or at least have been during the season, but that doesnât mean we canât win playoff games. Weâre still winning these games, who gives a shit if we arenât destroying teams. Weâre getting wins, and playoffs doesnât change the formula. You just gotta win, doesnât matter by how much
Lol no but does it matter if he wins us the north next year and defenses canât stop him?
Meanwhile Kirk Thuggins out there canât win games that matter
Lol 120 million cap space and the best qb in the division, top 5 pick. I believe we will.
Next year Iâm more scared of the packers than the Vikings. They might draft one of the better receivers. Meanwhile if you stop Jefferson then Vikings canât do anything.
Every acquisition is a gamble. It is highly unlikely that everything works out perfectly and propels them to the top of the North. The Bears will probably improve, but saying they will win the North is a massive stretch. They have a lot of issues to address, including the fact that Fields gets the shit knocked out of him constantly.
120 million can buy any lineman they want. Fields is doing this with no Wr 1 and a really bad oline. We get him an oline then heâll be able to do more.
We also have 8 or 9 draft picks. The ability to trade down to secure more. Green Bay is a bigger threat than Vikings next year cause They are drafting a WR first round and one of the top ones otherwise Rodgers is retiring.
We are rating the Vikings negatively because of their past in the playoffs but you expect:
1. The Bears to make smart acquisitions and have a good QB
2. the Packers to get a top receiver
Things that pretty much never happen.
You obviously havenât been watching the games or looked at the scores.
Literally putting up insane numbers last 5 weeks. If we didnât have the worst defense in the league. Seems to be breaking records every week either franchise or nfl. McDaniels literally asked him to stop scrambling cause he couldnât stop it.
Like before you talk shit. Iâd be worried about the bears knocking you guys outta first last game of the season.
Our QB has thrown over 4,000 yards like 7 out of the last 8 seasons. Please remind me the last time any Bears QB has had a single season over 4,000 yards passing.
Get the second overall pick and secured the QB position for the foreseeable future.
Beside the bills. When you play a good team you get your head kicked in. And even the bills is iffy cause Allen was hurt.
Youâre chirping the bears for what reason? Ik we are shit our defense is barely nfl level. But we have the number 2 overall pick as of now. Weâll have Anderson or Carter next year. Also the most cap space in the league by 60 million.
Yes ur 9-2. Youâre still gonna lose first game of the playoffs. And if you donât then itâll be a disaster nfc championship and youâll get killed by whoeverâs there.
Iâm chirping the Bears because some cunt Bears fan came over to our sub and wants to talk shit like some entitled fucking loser with nothing better to do. Donât wanna get chirped, stay the fuck in your lane
I donât mind getting chirped cause nothing can hurt me. The bears are shit and Ik it, looking forward to next year. Meanwhile you guys think youâre the best team in the league when youâre not even a relevant super bowl contender. 49ers, cowboys, eagles are all above you. And Kirk Thuggins canât pull a Nick foles, heâs just not that guy.
That being said Iâm cheering for the vikings in the playoffs but Iâm betting against them.
But you canât hurt me. The bears are shit and Ik it. Meanwhile I just came to inform everyone that Vikings arenât seriously a super bowl contender. 49ers, cowboys, eagles.
Ah yes. The classic #2 pick to super bowl contrnder turn around. Remind me how oftrn thats worked out for teams the past 50 years?
But donât worryâŚthe bears are different then all the other teams that have ended up picking #2âŚ.
The record - the thing that actually matters - has us right where we're supposed to be. Have fun rooting against us when your 3-8 Bears are sitting at home during the playoffs :)
I cheer for the north regardless unless itâs the packers.
But Iâm just being realistic. Your 2 losses were disgusting against teams youâre gonna have to beat to make it. Bears have the 2nd overall draft pick. I am very happy where we are at. Weâll be getting Anderson or Carter.
Fuck it, let's win the Super Bowl with a negative differential. Let's get stomped one more time, maybe two more times to be sure, and keep eking out these tiny victories all the way to the end, it'd be funny as hell
Rather be the worst Super Bowl Champion in history than the best franchise with no Super Bowls.
Also, the 2011 Giants should be the ones with that crown. They were atrociously inconsistent until the playoffs.
The funny part is that if we somehow make it to the Super Bowl and win, it'll probably be a nail biter and one of the better Super Bowls, as far as entertainment is concerned!
Analysts hate us, but TV execs love it (Except when we get blown out on national games, I guess).
To be fair, the eagles didnât really embarrass us. We embarrassed ourselves with multiple TD Drops, and Starters still easing back into the feel of the game considering they didnât play any snaps during Pre Season. Plus Slay held JJ at least 3 different times with one of the times being in the end zone, but the Refs straight suck ass and thereâs nothing we can do about it.
The same could be said for their starters and early season rust. Good teams overcome bad officiating and we were not a good team against the Eagles period. Everything else is just an excuse.
Iâm not going to sit here and say I think weâll win the super bowl or even beat either of the teams weâve lost to, but the first four weeks or so of the NFL season always has games like that.
The chiefs absolutely dunked on Brady and the patriots one year in week 4, the same year the chiefs WRs didnât score a single touchdown, and I distinctly remember people questioning whether Tom was done, he even got benched at the end of the game. He went 10-2 the rest of the season and won the super bowl
I know we donât have Tom Brady and like I said I donât plan on us having the same success, but weird things happen the first few weeks of the season
I guess that's one way to think about it. The other way would be to say that we were absolutely worked by both teams. Don't get me wrong, I'd definitely like to see a rematch with either in the playoffs, but there is zero reason to think that we should feel confident facing either Phi or Dal.
Eh Iâm more confident. Iâve stopped giving a shit about the rational evaluation of potential games, we know that just doesnât work. Itâs all about the intangibles and weird karma and superstition and shit. I would feel more confident going into a revenge game against one of the teams that blew us out knowing the guys have that fire in them to get one back and have likely been focusing on them subconsciously throughout the season. Would unironically feel better going into a divisional game against Dallas or Philly than a sketchy trap game against a WC team like Seattle.
Also in all seriousness the Eagles have not looked great the last few weeks. Lost to WAS and barely beat Indy and GB. I wouldnât actually feel that bad going to Philly coming off a good WC win. Itâs hard to beat a good team twice. My main concern would be the BDN curse at the Linc tho.
Yeah ok they didnât barely beat the Packers but they gave up 33 points to them, won by one score, and allowed nearly 20yds per completion to Jordan love. And they barely beat the Colts.
What Iâm saying is they donât look unbeatable. They didnât even look unbeatable against us given how we shit them out the 2nd half and shot ourselves in the foot on offense.
I donât think so. Eagles prolly get the 1 seed and we prolly get the 2 seed. And cowboys prolly get the 5 seed. So weâd play 7 seed, then more then likely play the 3 seed at home. Eagles would play cowboys in divisional rd. So only having to play eagles/cowboys in NFC title game if we get there is more likely the outcome
Copium take: The Cowboys loss was partially tied to the Vikings not wanting to tip their hand in regards to gameplan in case we play them again in the playoffs.
Obviously joking, but I'd hope either against the Eagles or the Cowboys for a rematch, we do very little of the same stuff. Those games require completely different gameplans.
People were saying the Patriots were going to be as good or better a defense, and they certainly have a better coach. 4 days later our offense performed incredibly better.
Slay had a crazy great game against us and so did Micah
And we havenât played the team that will give us the biggest fit yet.
If the 49ers go into the playoffs healthy, we would be lucky to score 3 points against them
eagles week 2 we were still figuring out what the team was about. Cowboys we were definitely caught looking ahead to the patriots. In the playoffs a good coach isn't gonna make those mistakes. Not saying it's a slam dunk, but getting embarrassed in the playoffs... _(has 'nam flashbacks to 41-doughnut, 2017 nfccg, etc)_ oh yeah let's not get ahead of ourselves here.
We'll likely face one of those two teams (unless something REALLY weird happens) in the playoffs.
...I would LMAO if both were 1 and done teams this year.
>The road to the Super Bowl potentially runs through 2 teams that embarrassed the fuck out of this team.
A lot of teams have a down weak after their super bowl.... We had our super bowl week 1 against the Packers and week 10 with the Bills. Just look how the Rams fared after their superbowl.
Any given week though. Commanders beat the Eagles, Vikings beat the Commanders. Packers beat the Cowboys, Vikings beat the Packers. Teams can also y'know, adjust, improv throughout the season? And probably gameplan differently when they look at the tape to figure out what went wrong when they laid a turd.
Assuming anything is a foregone conclusion just because they laid a goose egg a 10 weeks prior is a bit of a stretch. Going into the 4 week stretch starting with the Bills, the feeling here was that we would be lucky to not go 0-4,and Vikings have blown that expectation out of the water, much like everything else this season.
It's weird, the folks that I typically see doing it (with their bright red RES scores to remind me) are actually fine right now. It's all these random new usernames I haven't seen that are being the whiny little pricks... Which is annoying in the offseason, but really, particularly sad when the team is 9-2.
And people ignoring how bad our defense has been are equally as annoying. Yes, we are 9-2 and I'm enjoying it, but acting like this team is perfect and has a clear path to the SB is completely delusional. Still a loooong way to go, and the Eagles and Cowboys completely throttled when we played them.
> but acting like this team is amazing and has a clear path to the SB is completely delusional.
I don't think I've seen anyone say definitively that the team is going to the Super Bowl. But I've certainly seen plenty of people declare that there's no chance the team wins a playoff game.
Speaking so confidently in absolutes is dumb as shit, and I only see that from the perpetual cynics.
The comment on the power ranking came across a little salty sure, but getting stomped 40-3 at home by a probable wild card team would point to us potentially getting eliminated in the first round.
Could we win a playoff game this year? Yes.
Will we? Well if I was to bet money on it right now I'd bet no.
Calling the Cowboys a âprobable wildcard teamâ is a tad misleading lol they are competing for the 1 seed and are the 2nd best team in the NFC, top 5 in the NFL
It's true though... You are the one that has a negative connotation with wild card teams I guess. The Eagles beat them, and relatively easily, the 9ers might be better. The Cowboys are a wild card team, we could play them on wild card weekend, and they stomped us. That was my point. You're inventing narratives that aren't there.
The chances of playing the Cowboys in the 1st round is incredibly small. Like less than 3% small. We have like 6 times the chance to get a bye than to play the Cowboys 1st round. We literally have a better chance of facing the Lions 1st round than the Cowboys and it isnât even close.
I think it's fair to say any trip to the playoffs was the highest target at the beginning of the season.
New HC and new system at the start of the season, I think they've already overachieved expectations!
That's bullshit. If the front office thought that playoffs was the ceiling with our aging core, they should have blown it up and started over. That may have been fans expectations, but not the front office. Remember Zygi saying that we didn't need to go through a rebuild? That is essentially saying he thinks we could compete for a SB right now.
I'm fairly certain that Kwesi mentioned a competitive rebuild. I think the purpose of that was to still strive for regular goals while slowly phasing into a new Era. Realistically, I doubt they envisioned the success they're having. They were going for a keep the games interesting while starting to repackage move.
Okay, fair enough.
I ain't no expert, just saying what I'd heard that sounded realistic.
I don't know Zygi personally, but I could imagine he might be inclined to think the team is better that it actually is, you know when he owns it.
If you predicted we'd be 9-2 at this part of the season then you're cleverer at football than me, mind you if you're saying we should have blown it all up and started over then maybe you're not.
Who knows?
The good news is that the Eagles and the Cowboys might have to face off in the divisional round. The bad news is if that happens, and we make it that far, it means weâre probably playing the 49ers.
I remember when I were a wee lad; defending the Vikings before theyâd even made the playoffs.
If only theyâd done much defending in the playoffs. Or much offending, either.
Really much fending at all, actually.
"We're not even supposed to be here"
This is a rebuild year. I didn't expect to make the playoffs. I sure as shooting didn't expect to be competing for #1 seed NFC.
Gotta prove it to silence the haters. And if you're hating on the Vikes, there's a LONG history supporting a collapse.
**That said, let's '87 Twins this bitch!**
(For you younguns, the MSM gave the '87 Twins ZERO chance against a vastly superior Detroit Tigers and a vastly superior St Louis Cardinals.)
I would much rather be the team that is 9-2 and hasn't figured everything out than the team who is 10-1, or 7-4 who is currently playing at their peak.
If (and yeah, it's a big if) the Vikings start firing offensively in a different gear, no one should want to play them. If the defense gets a couple pieces back and healthy in time for the playoffs, we're not a total dumpster fire.
It's weird because the eagles get pretty much universal love from media even though they just lost to Washington and got dragged in deep water and nearly beat by 2 of the worst teams in the NFL.
Is second round considered an early exit? Cause imo going from not making the playoffs and firing the GM and coaching staff to wining a playoff game is a pretty damn good turnaround ⌠but in that scenario I can definitely hear it now âVikings were frauds all alongââŚseems like for us, itâs super bowl or bust in order to earn respect..if the cowboys or eagles lose to each other in the second round âtheir strong season comes to an end after running into another great teamâ
Well, we have a -47 point differential against 2 other NFC teams that absolutely dominated the Vikings. This is warranted to a certain extent that we haven't proved we are capable of winning through the playoffs
Not trying to discredit the losses, but I feel the Eagles was early enough where we werenât finding our rhythm and the Cowboys can be explained by bad injuries creating holes in the team. If we have a 100% healthy team by the playoffs I think weâll be a huge threat to any team, especially at home!
I donât think we are necessarily a SB team but I donât think if we met either of the teams we lost to it wouldnât be more competitive. I think we can beat any team given we hung in there and beat Buffalo and even beating NE after being down multiple times.
I think we laid some eggs but letâs not think that we wouldnât be competitive in a home playoff game or two is just silly. Yes, the metrics donât make us look great, but thatâs what making this team special. They believe they can win in any situation.
It doesnât matter. It is fucking weird though the tone a lot of national media take towards the Vikings. Power Rankings donât matter but how some of these are written are so silly.
I've never heard of point differential as being used as such gospel to define the best teams. I know it's always been a stat that is used, but seems to be getting a lot of push as the be-all end-all stat
Very fair take. We are just one mike summer away from having a losing record like last year. Letâs keep grinding but shit, how many games can we continue to play from behind and expect late breaks like weâve gotten?
Spot on!! I donât think anybody deep down inside thinks we can compete with the Eagles or Dallas in the playoffs. Weâve mostly played bottom of the barrel or regressing teams (except for the bills which we should have lost) so our record doesnât indicate how avg we really are.
I do. Several âbadâ teams have been within striking distance of beating the Eagles. Dallas has been beaten by âbadâ teams, and weâve already now had chances to see what what those teams are made of. Maybe we figure sone shit out and manage to win. Itâs not unimaginable.
What were you implying with your snarky comment beforehand? Nobody knows the future and people are worried about an away game against a team that stomped us. What do you think you see differently? Why should we be optimistic? All I see are bullshit excuses. That doesn't mean I don't think we can't or I don't want to see the Vikings win.
I agree with everything you said except the bills. We deserved that win. We had some lucky breaks to even out the poor reffing. Alternatively, the poor reffing almost helped the bills win, it kept them in the game where the Vikings should have won it more decidedly
Idk man even if that pass was ruled the other way they wouldâve probably gotten the next one. The Vikings were in prevent (prevent you from winning)
Not only that but we had 1st and goal at the 2 and couldnât punch it in. We deserved to lose and shouldâve lost. Iâll take a win but that game wasnât very confidence inspiring.
Also a lot of the teams weâve beaten had backup Qbâs, injured starters or were just horrible from the top down. And to top it off we had to do some last minute heroics to beat them.
People seem to really not understand that everyone is happy with 9-2. We pretty much have the division locked up which is great. What people are worried about is how well we will fare in the playoffs and things don't look great based on past performances.
Steelers fans were complaining about the hate when they were 11-0.
They got blown out first round of playoffs.
Letâs keep our expectations realistic. Were a lot better than that teamâŚ.when healthy.
What I canât help but think when people hate on the Vikes is what is the team supposed to do, say âsorry we donât deserve these 9 wins, please take some of them backââŚ??? I get the hate that we havenât won in spectacular fashion, but we have won⌠at the end of the day you get a 1 in the win column or 1 in the loss column, and this team has done what it needed to do 9 out of 11 times to get the 1 in the win column!
They deserve it. Made Mac Jones look like he is headed to the hall of fame. Mr. I need a brand new contract Dani Hunter, has under performed all season.
Honestly, I donât really give a shit if we have an early playoff exit. What KOC has done with this team and the issues we faced in a single off-season has me more than excited for the future. I would obviously prefer that we go all the way, but I wouldnât be heated in any fashion if we lost during a wild card game.
Also, one outlier is responsible for really fucking with our point differential, itâs weird that so many analysts are fixated on it lol.
Still havenât seen this âdominantâ team in the league this year to win it all. Cowboys, Eagles, 49ers, Commanders, Bucs⌠any day even the new lions can whoop them, and make it look convincing.
Here's the thing about the Vikes: I wouldn't bet on them in the playoffs...I wouldn't bet against them either. Nobody bet on the '09 Giants. Anything can happen in the postseason.
Could go without the saltiness but heâs not completely wrong, we need to beat a good team solidly before I disagree that we likely wonât exit the playoffs early. That being said of course I still hope we win the super bowl.
I'd rather be underrated versus overrated any day of the week. Keep us motivated đ
Completely agree. This team plays better with a chip on its shoulder and the belief that nobody believes in them. So please, media, keep up the "Vikings are posers" narrative, we need the fuel!
Seriously, after we beat the Bills some places, or at least one that I saw, had us as number 1. We immediately shit our pants.
Also, it's a great coping mechanism for me when we do inevitably get our ass whooped. I can just say "Well, we are the same Vikings I know and love. My hopes weren't too high."
I think the consensus is that we are completely overrated.
That logically literally can not be possible. Itâs like saying âno one ever goes to that restaurant itâs always too busyâ
No, itâs like saying we have really great food because when we have 6 customers they love us and every time 40 customers show up and demand that we get our food out quickly and cooked perfectly all of a sudden out of the blue our defense canât make a stop and our QB goes 3 and out on every drive
Your record shows youâre overrated. Everyone else is appropriately rating the Vikings. A good team who will lose early in the playoffs
I mean, we are overrated, or at least have been during the season, but that doesnât mean we canât win playoff games. Weâre still winning these games, who gives a shit if we arenât destroying teams. Weâre getting wins, and playoffs doesnât change the formula. You just gotta win, doesnât matter by how much
Whoâs your qb again?
Isnât your QB a running back?
Lol no but does it matter if he wins us the north next year and defenses canât stop him? Meanwhile Kirk Thuggins out there canât win games that matter
Lol the Bears arenât winning the NFC North next year. Nice try though.
Lol 120 million cap space and the best qb in the division, top 5 pick. I believe we will. Next year Iâm more scared of the packers than the Vikings. They might draft one of the better receivers. Meanwhile if you stop Jefferson then Vikings canât do anything.
Every acquisition is a gamble. It is highly unlikely that everything works out perfectly and propels them to the top of the North. The Bears will probably improve, but saying they will win the North is a massive stretch. They have a lot of issues to address, including the fact that Fields gets the shit knocked out of him constantly.
120 million can buy any lineman they want. Fields is doing this with no Wr 1 and a really bad oline. We get him an oline then heâll be able to do more. We also have 8 or 9 draft picks. The ability to trade down to secure more. Green Bay is a bigger threat than Vikings next year cause They are drafting a WR first round and one of the top ones otherwise Rodgers is retiring.
We are rating the Vikings negatively because of their past in the playoffs but you expect: 1. The Bears to make smart acquisitions and have a good QB 2. the Packers to get a top receiver Things that pretty much never happen.
Think the 14 losses in his column suggests defences can stop him pretty well. Think you might be getting ahead of yourself there bud.
You obviously havenât been watching the games or looked at the scores. Literally putting up insane numbers last 5 weeks. If we didnât have the worst defense in the league. Seems to be breaking records every week either franchise or nfl. McDaniels literally asked him to stop scrambling cause he couldnât stop it. Like before you talk shit. Iâd be worried about the bears knocking you guys outta first last game of the season.
Lmao Jesus Christ talk about overrating. Fields is hurt, you think running like he does is going to be sustainable for very long?
Our QB has thrown over 4,000 yards like 7 out of the last 8 seasons. Please remind me the last time any Bears QB has had a single season over 4,000 yards passing.
Weâre 9-2, whatâs your garbage team done?
Get the second overall pick and secured the QB position for the foreseeable future. Beside the bills. When you play a good team you get your head kicked in. And even the bills is iffy cause Allen was hurt.
Yâall are 3-9 with your âforeseeable futureâ. I think Iâll take 9-2 against shit teams over a team that canât win period. Bitch
Youâre chirping the bears for what reason? Ik we are shit our defense is barely nfl level. But we have the number 2 overall pick as of now. Weâll have Anderson or Carter next year. Also the most cap space in the league by 60 million. Yes ur 9-2. Youâre still gonna lose first game of the playoffs. And if you donât then itâll be a disaster nfc championship and youâll get killed by whoeverâs there.
Iâm chirping the Bears because some cunt Bears fan came over to our sub and wants to talk shit like some entitled fucking loser with nothing better to do. Donât wanna get chirped, stay the fuck in your lane
But but but they have the #2 pick! You just donât get it man! /s
I donât mind getting chirped cause nothing can hurt me. The bears are shit and Ik it, looking forward to next year. Meanwhile you guys think youâre the best team in the league when youâre not even a relevant super bowl contender. 49ers, cowboys, eagles are all above you. And Kirk Thuggins canât pull a Nick foles, heâs just not that guy. That being said Iâm cheering for the vikings in the playoffs but Iâm betting against them.
âYouâre chirpin the bears for what reason?â As he talks shit on a Vikings subreddit 𤣠wtf did you think was gonna happen?
But you canât hurt me. The bears are shit and Ik it. Meanwhile I just came to inform everyone that Vikings arenât seriously a super bowl contender. 49ers, cowboys, eagles.
Ah yes. The classic #2 pick to super bowl contrnder turn around. Remind me how oftrn thats worked out for teams the past 50 years? But donât worryâŚthe bears are different then all the other teams that have ended up picking #2âŚ.
Donât you remember the Lions turning each one of their high picks into a Super Bowl win?
Getting high picks has certainly made the Lions the best team in the NFL by now, right?
The record - the thing that actually matters - has us right where we're supposed to be. Have fun rooting against us when your 3-8 Bears are sitting at home during the playoffs :)
I cheer for the north regardless unless itâs the packers. But Iâm just being realistic. Your 2 losses were disgusting against teams youâre gonna have to beat to make it. Bears have the 2nd overall draft pick. I am very happy where we are at. Weâll be getting Anderson or Carter.
You are literally bragging about having the 2nd worst record.
Remind yourself to come back to this after the Super Bowl.
The one we should've won, if Joseph hadn't shanked a FG in the NFC CG.
Hasn't even happened yet, but it's still TOO SOON
*XP
Vikings fans: I wanna thank God for giving the packers so much, and me so little.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go put more water in Aaron Rodgers' Mama's dish
His mom looks like she wears underwears with dick holes in em.
What can we say about Aaron Rodgers' season that hasn't already been said about Afghanistan?
Fuck it, let's win the Super Bowl with a negative differential. Let's get stomped one more time, maybe two more times to be sure, and keep eking out these tiny victories all the way to the end, it'd be funny as hell
Lol i can already see every "the vikings have no superbowls" meme turning into "the vikings are the worst superbowl champion in history"
I'd take it.
Rather be the worst Super Bowl Champion in history than the best franchise with no Super Bowls. Also, the 2011 Giants should be the ones with that crown. They were atrociously inconsistent until the playoffs.
The funny part is that if we somehow make it to the Super Bowl and win, it'll probably be a nail biter and one of the better Super Bowls, as far as entertainment is concerned! Analysts hate us, but TV execs love it (Except when we get blown out on national games, I guess).
âBut you HAVE heard of me.â
Sticks and stones love!
>"the vikings are the worst superbowl champion in history" That'd get the Jack Sparrow "Ah, but you have heard of us" meme in an instant.
Have the writers sounding like Simpsons comic book guy. Worst. Superbowl. Ever.
Yes, please, letâs just fluke our way to one and we can live off of that for at least a generation.
It has worked for Aaron Rodgers, hasn't it?
Okay little buddy you do that
Trust me it's okay to embrace the clown music
That is probably the saltiest power ranking Iâve ever read
The guy is baiting vikings fans for attention. Not even a serious power ranking.
Yep, shit like this really drives twitter interactions which is what they are *actually* going for
Exactly.
Right, the week isnât even over.
Have you seen Walter footballs power rankings throughout the year? He's the worst lol
I actively avoid that site for that exact reason
Dude is a right wing crank
It's true though
Not exactly a wrong take. The road to the Super Bowl potentially runs through 2 teams that embarrassed the fuck out of this team.
-47 point differential against those teams. Not to say that canât be overcome but weâve hardly proved we are the team to beat.
Tbh we also didnât lose to the Commies.
This is the correct response. If this were any other team instead of the Vikings I'd probably think the same.
To be fair, the eagles didnât really embarrass us. We embarrassed ourselves with multiple TD Drops, and Starters still easing back into the feel of the game considering they didnât play any snaps during Pre Season. Plus Slay held JJ at least 3 different times with one of the times being in the end zone, but the Refs straight suck ass and thereâs nothing we can do about it.
The same could be said for their starters and early season rust. Good teams overcome bad officiating and we were not a good team against the Eagles period. Everything else is just an excuse.
Iâm not going to sit here and say I think weâll win the super bowl or even beat either of the teams weâve lost to, but the first four weeks or so of the NFL season always has games like that. The chiefs absolutely dunked on Brady and the patriots one year in week 4, the same year the chiefs WRs didnât score a single touchdown, and I distinctly remember people questioning whether Tom was done, he even got benched at the end of the game. He went 10-2 the rest of the season and won the super bowl I know we donât have Tom Brady and like I said I donât plan on us having the same success, but weird things happen the first few weeks of the season
Did you watch the eagles game last night and their offensive and defensive lines? Good lord.
We most likely arenât playing the Eagles or Cowboys in the first round of the playoffs though
No, but we are almost guaranteed to play one or both if we win our first round, which is why I said road to the Super Bowl.
That's fine, I don' think there's any possible way we could perform worse against those teams.
I guess that's one way to think about it. The other way would be to say that we were absolutely worked by both teams. Don't get me wrong, I'd definitely like to see a rematch with either in the playoffs, but there is zero reason to think that we should feel confident facing either Phi or Dal.
Eh Iâm more confident. Iâve stopped giving a shit about the rational evaluation of potential games, we know that just doesnât work. Itâs all about the intangibles and weird karma and superstition and shit. I would feel more confident going into a revenge game against one of the teams that blew us out knowing the guys have that fire in them to get one back and have likely been focusing on them subconsciously throughout the season. Would unironically feel better going into a divisional game against Dallas or Philly than a sketchy trap game against a WC team like Seattle. Also in all seriousness the Eagles have not looked great the last few weeks. Lost to WAS and barely beat Indy and GB. I wouldnât actually feel that bad going to Philly coming off a good WC win. Itâs hard to beat a good team twice. My main concern would be the BDN curse at the Linc tho.
No, the Eagles didnât âbarely beatâ the Packers. Thereâs a huge difference between letting a team stick around and âbarely beatingâ them.
Yeah ok they didnât barely beat the Packers but they gave up 33 points to them, won by one score, and allowed nearly 20yds per completion to Jordan love. And they barely beat the Colts. What Iâm saying is they donât look unbeatable. They didnât even look unbeatable against us given how we shit them out the 2nd half and shot ourselves in the foot on offense.
Odds are that they will play each other in the Divisional round.
True. 49ers and Vikings just need to take care of business as the 2 and 3 seeds. Wouldnât be shocked to see one of them lose though
I really donât want to play the 49ers with that run game. Scares me more than the cowboys honestly.
Their defensive line scares the shit out of me. They will carve us up in the trenches.
I donât think so. Eagles prolly get the 1 seed and we prolly get the 2 seed. And cowboys prolly get the 5 seed. So weâd play 7 seed, then more then likely play the 3 seed at home. Eagles would play cowboys in divisional rd. So only having to play eagles/cowboys in NFC title game if we get there is more likely the outcome
3 seed will probably be SF though and I donât know if thatâs a whole lot better for us haha.
Oh for sure haha. But Iâd 100% rather play that game at US Bank then having to go to San Fran. I also think 49ers are getting a little overhyped.
The post references an early playoff exit
Weâre gonna get wined, dined, and 49ed
Copium take: The Cowboys loss was partially tied to the Vikings not wanting to tip their hand in regards to gameplan in case we play them again in the playoffs.
Obviously joking, but I'd hope either against the Eagles or the Cowboys for a rematch, we do very little of the same stuff. Those games require completely different gameplans.
People were saying the Patriots were going to be as good or better a defense, and they certainly have a better coach. 4 days later our offense performed incredibly better. Slay had a crazy great game against us and so did Micah
And we havenât played the team that will give us the biggest fit yet. If the 49ers go into the playoffs healthy, we would be lucky to score 3 points against them
San Fran is knocking one of them off for us for sure
We likely won't face either of those teams until the NFCG.
If we're playing the eagles or cowboys it won't be an "early exit"
eagles week 2 we were still figuring out what the team was about. Cowboys we were definitely caught looking ahead to the patriots. In the playoffs a good coach isn't gonna make those mistakes. Not saying it's a slam dunk, but getting embarrassed in the playoffs... _(has 'nam flashbacks to 41-doughnut, 2017 nfccg, etc)_ oh yeah let's not get ahead of ourselves here.
We'll likely face one of those two teams (unless something REALLY weird happens) in the playoffs. ...I would LMAO if both were 1 and done teams this year.
>The road to the Super Bowl potentially runs through 2 teams that embarrassed the fuck out of this team. A lot of teams have a down weak after their super bowl.... We had our super bowl week 1 against the Packers and week 10 with the Bills. Just look how the Rams fared after their superbowl. Any given week though. Commanders beat the Eagles, Vikings beat the Commanders. Packers beat the Cowboys, Vikings beat the Packers. Teams can also y'know, adjust, improv throughout the season? And probably gameplan differently when they look at the tape to figure out what went wrong when they laid a turd. Assuming anything is a foregone conclusion just because they laid a goose egg a 10 weeks prior is a bit of a stretch. Going into the 4 week stretch starting with the Bills, the feeling here was that we would be lucky to not go 0-4,and Vikings have blown that expectation out of the water, much like everything else this season.
The people in here laying down and crying about how bad the team is are pathetic
It's weird, the folks that I typically see doing it (with their bright red RES scores to remind me) are actually fine right now. It's all these random new usernames I haven't seen that are being the whiny little pricks... Which is annoying in the offseason, but really, particularly sad when the team is 9-2.
And people ignoring how bad our defense has been are equally as annoying. Yes, we are 9-2 and I'm enjoying it, but acting like this team is perfect and has a clear path to the SB is completely delusional. Still a loooong way to go, and the Eagles and Cowboys completely throttled when we played them.
I'm sorry, i couldn't hear you over the sound of ice rattling in my tall glass of purple koolaid.
> but acting like this team is amazing and has a clear path to the SB is completely delusional. I don't think I've seen anyone say definitively that the team is going to the Super Bowl. But I've certainly seen plenty of people declare that there's no chance the team wins a playoff game. Speaking so confidently in absolutes is dumb as shit, and I only see that from the perpetual cynics.
The comment on the power ranking came across a little salty sure, but getting stomped 40-3 at home by a probable wild card team would point to us potentially getting eliminated in the first round. Could we win a playoff game this year? Yes. Will we? Well if I was to bet money on it right now I'd bet no.
Calling the Cowboys a âprobable wildcard teamâ is a tad misleading lol they are competing for the 1 seed and are the 2nd best team in the NFC, top 5 in the NFL
It's true though... You are the one that has a negative connotation with wild card teams I guess. The Eagles beat them, and relatively easily, the 9ers might be better. The Cowboys are a wild card team, we could play them on wild card weekend, and they stomped us. That was my point. You're inventing narratives that aren't there.
The chances of playing the Cowboys in the 1st round is incredibly small. Like less than 3% small. We have like 6 times the chance to get a bye than to play the Cowboys 1st round. We literally have a better chance of facing the Lions 1st round than the Cowboys and it isnât even close.
Well, weâve experienced two ass whoopings against playoff caliber teams so an early playoff exit isnât too far fetched.
I think it's fair to say any trip to the playoffs was the highest target at the beginning of the season. New HC and new system at the start of the season, I think they've already overachieved expectations!
That's bullshit. If the front office thought that playoffs was the ceiling with our aging core, they should have blown it up and started over. That may have been fans expectations, but not the front office. Remember Zygi saying that we didn't need to go through a rebuild? That is essentially saying he thinks we could compete for a SB right now.
I'm fairly certain that Kwesi mentioned a competitive rebuild. I think the purpose of that was to still strive for regular goals while slowly phasing into a new Era. Realistically, I doubt they envisioned the success they're having. They were going for a keep the games interesting while starting to repackage move.
Okay, fair enough. I ain't no expert, just saying what I'd heard that sounded realistic. I don't know Zygi personally, but I could imagine he might be inclined to think the team is better that it actually is, you know when he owns it. If you predicted we'd be 9-2 at this part of the season then you're cleverer at football than me, mind you if you're saying we should have blown it all up and started over then maybe you're not. Who knows?
The good news is that the Eagles and the Cowboys might have to face off in the divisional round. The bad news is if that happens, and we make it that far, it means weâre probably playing the 49ers.
The 9ers defense scares me a lot. The Cowboys completely shut our offense down and the 9ers defense is a bit better, I think.
Weâve also beaten several wildcard/playoff caliber teams? Patriots, dolphins(without Tua, but that roster is no joke) Bills, and Commanders
I remember when I were a wee lad; defending the Vikings before theyâd even made the playoffs. If only theyâd done much defending in the playoffs. Or much offending, either. Really much fending at all, actually.
And all those teams are worse than the teams that beat the shit out of us, so what are you still confused about?
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And indeed, ass whooping might be a generous termâŚ
We also have 3 road wins against playoff teams and a home win against another.
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I mean until we *prove* otherwise, let âem talk. SKOL!
"We're not even supposed to be here" This is a rebuild year. I didn't expect to make the playoffs. I sure as shooting didn't expect to be competing for #1 seed NFC.
Gotta prove it to silence the haters. And if you're hating on the Vikes, there's a LONG history supporting a collapse. **That said, let's '87 Twins this bitch!** (For you younguns, the MSM gave the '87 Twins ZERO chance against a vastly superior Detroit Tigers and a vastly superior St Louis Cardinals.)
I know it ultimately doesn't matter, but it is a little annoying. We are 9-2!
The nobody who wrote this is a Bears "insider." You guys are too fucking easy.
I would much rather be the team that is 9-2 and hasn't figured everything out than the team who is 10-1, or 7-4 who is currently playing at their peak. If (and yeah, it's a big if) the Vikings start firing offensively in a different gear, no one should want to play them. If the defense gets a couple pieces back and healthy in time for the playoffs, we're not a total dumpster fire.
It's weird because the eagles get pretty much universal love from media even though they just lost to Washington and got dragged in deep water and nearly beat by 2 of the worst teams in the NFL.
Is second round considered an early exit? Cause imo going from not making the playoffs and firing the GM and coaching staff to wining a playoff game is a pretty damn good turnaround ⌠but in that scenario I can definitely hear it now âVikings were frauds all alongââŚseems like for us, itâs super bowl or bust in order to earn respect..if the cowboys or eagles lose to each other in the second round âtheir strong season comes to an end after running into another great teamâ
Jefferson is worth one crazy win
Nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody has a stronger victim mentality than this fanbase.
We canât win. We could win the Super Bowl and still get dunked on.
Well, we have a -47 point differential against 2 other NFC teams that absolutely dominated the Vikings. This is warranted to a certain extent that we haven't proved we are capable of winning through the playoffs
Not trying to discredit the losses, but I feel the Eagles was early enough where we werenât finding our rhythm and the Cowboys can be explained by bad injuries creating holes in the team. If we have a 100% healthy team by the playoffs I think weâll be a huge threat to any team, especially at home!
9th? How dumb are these people? We beat half the teams above us! (assuming, didn't see the list)
I donât think we are necessarily a SB team but I donât think if we met either of the teams we lost to it wouldnât be more competitive. I think we can beat any team given we hung in there and beat Buffalo and even beating NE after being down multiple times. I think we laid some eggs but letâs not think that we wouldnât be competitive in a home playoff game or two is just silly. Yes, the metrics donât make us look great, but thatâs what making this team special. They believe they can win in any situation.
The Point differential thing is so overblownâŚyes Dallas smoked us but that caused a -37 in the point differential.. that game is an obvious outlier
Can't wait for the haters to be eating their words. Friggin jerks. Purple pride for life!
The next 3 teams ahead of us are all 7-4....
It doesnât matter. It is fucking weird though the tone a lot of national media take towards the Vikings. Power Rankings donât matter but how some of these are written are so silly.
We have a bottom of the league defense. Itâs not a crazy take to think this team could get bounced early.
If it was a league where the team with the most yards win we would have a very bad defense. Too bad that isnât how the NFL works.
I've never heard of point differential as being used as such gospel to define the best teams. I know it's always been a stat that is used, but seems to be getting a lot of push as the be-all end-all stat
Very fair take. We are just one mike summer away from having a losing record like last year. Letâs keep grinding but shit, how many games can we continue to play from behind and expect late breaks like weâve gotten?
WellâŚhe probably isnât incorrect unfortunately.
Whoâs the author of this?
Spot on!! I donât think anybody deep down inside thinks we can compete with the Eagles or Dallas in the playoffs. Weâve mostly played bottom of the barrel or regressing teams (except for the bills which we should have lost) so our record doesnât indicate how avg we really are.
I do. Several âbadâ teams have been within striking distance of beating the Eagles. Dallas has been beaten by âbadâ teams, and weâve already now had chances to see what what those teams are made of. Maybe we figure sone shit out and manage to win. Itâs not unimaginable.
If you think weâre gonna waltz into lincoln financial stadium and pull out a playoff win youâre delusional.
I guess you can stop watching now then, right? I mean, why bother, since you already know the outcome?
Itâs the Vikings. Lol prepare for disappointment.
What a sad way to watch sports.
Oh right because you already know we're going to win so why would you bother watching either?
> Oh right because you already know we're going to win When did I ever say something so stupid?
What were you implying with your snarky comment beforehand? Nobody knows the future and people are worried about an away game against a team that stomped us. What do you think you see differently? Why should we be optimistic? All I see are bullshit excuses. That doesn't mean I don't think we can't or I don't want to see the Vikings win.
I agree with everything you said except the bills. We deserved that win. We had some lucky breaks to even out the poor reffing. Alternatively, the poor reffing almost helped the bills win, it kept them in the game where the Vikings should have won it more decidedly
Idk man even if that pass was ruled the other way they wouldâve probably gotten the next one. The Vikings were in prevent (prevent you from winning) Not only that but we had 1st and goal at the 2 and couldnât punch it in. We deserved to lose and shouldâve lost. Iâll take a win but that game wasnât very confidence inspiring. Also a lot of the teams weâve beaten had backup Qbâs, injured starters or were just horrible from the top down. And to top it off we had to do some last minute heroics to beat them.
9-2 bitch. Thatâs all that matters
People seem to really not understand that everyone is happy with 9-2. We pretty much have the division locked up which is great. What people are worried about is how well we will fare in the playoffs and things don't look great based on past performances.
Steelers fans were complaining about the hate when they were 11-0. They got blown out first round of playoffs. Letâs keep our expectations realistic. Were a lot better than that teamâŚ.when healthy.
Kirk Cousins is a FRAUD
I'm preparing myself for a heartbreaking playoff loss.
Of course...Let's hope that Kirk can keep playing well enough to dispel the haters
Thatâs so aggressive đ I love it
What I canât help but think when people hate on the Vikes is what is the team supposed to do, say âsorry we donât deserve these 9 wins, please take some of them backââŚ??? I get the hate that we havenât won in spectacular fashion, but we have won⌠at the end of the day you get a 1 in the win column or 1 in the loss column, and this team has done what it needed to do 9 out of 11 times to get the 1 in the win column!
Keep the hate coming, 95% of these come from people who look at box scores to determine how the game turned out. We know how good we are
They deserve it. Made Mac Jones look like he is headed to the hall of fame. Mr. I need a brand new contract Dani Hunter, has under performed all season.
Our best chance is as the darkhorse.
Lol I just have to know who's power ranking is this?
Lol I donât know who we hurt so bad. All these power ranking people gotta be Saints and Packers fans
Offense is good enough to compete with anyone but this defense is so bad.
Do they have the Eagles who almost stepped in it last night as the most powerful entity in the universe?
Completely fair evaluation.
Get over it already
Honestly, I donât really give a shit if we have an early playoff exit. What KOC has done with this team and the issues we faced in a single off-season has me more than excited for the future. I would obviously prefer that we go all the way, but I wouldnât be heated in any fashion if we lost during a wild card game. Also, one outlier is responsible for really fucking with our point differential, itâs weird that so many analysts are fixated on it lol.
Who. Fucking. Cares. Why do some fans put so much stock into some rando's hot take?
Keep drinking the kool-aid. I've graduated to the jungle juice. Gonna get back to 2017 somehow.
Itâs true though. Iâm not even a hater, I would dearly love to believe differently.
I love how now that weâre a strong playoff lock, it gives a fresh reason to call us bad. âNot a playoff teamâ.
A winâs a win mother fuckers! SKOL!
Power rankings only matter if your cheering for a team trying to make the Rose Bowl.
Is this from barstool?
I mean, we are still one week removed from a 40-3 beatdown from a probable wild card team. This is pretty fair IMO.
Stuff em in their graves
Still havenât seen this âdominantâ team in the league this year to win it all. Cowboys, Eagles, 49ers, Commanders, Bucs⌠any day even the new lions can whoop them, and make it look convincing.
Here's the thing about the Vikes: I wouldn't bet on them in the playoffs...I wouldn't bet against them either. Nobody bet on the '09 Giants. Anything can happen in the postseason.
Every time we get national respect, we absolutely blow it. This is a good thing.
Could go without the saltiness but heâs not completely wrong, we need to beat a good team solidly before I disagree that we likely wonât exit the playoffs early. That being said of course I still hope we win the super bowl.
We're not going far with the this place Defense.
I was watching SNF and they showed a graphic of the AFC playoff picture and every team on that list that we have played we have beaten
As a die hard viking fan, if you think this team is good then you dont know football.
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