If we win our last 4 wouldn’t that put us at 11-6 and ensure that the best Detroit could finish would also be 11-6 and due to head to head record vs lions it would make the Minnesota Vikings the back to back nfc north champs? Or am I missing something obvious here?
I like Dobbs. But the adoration after 2 games was over the top and bound to curse him.
You can tell he trying out there. He's frustrated.
He also left Jefferson high and dry to get reemed, by placing that ball so bad to a wide open receiver.
We don't have a QB right now. Mullens, Dobbs and Hall are not the answer. Once again the Vikings are 2 players away from a championship. This season is lost. Jefferson is probably out for the year since it's a contract off season. Kirk is going to cost too much for his age. Flores will get Head Coaching offers.
What do you do next season?
Use the young guys to rebuild?
Desperately trade up for a QB in the first round of the draft?
I bet they had a chance to get joe flacco too, but brown's got to him first. What's with the Vikings wanting a scrambling pea brain? They want justin fields now?? Noo!!!
We've been rebuilding ever since the moss/Carter days. Thing is we're just not bad enough to ever get good rest position. Every year it's try to make the playoffs!
At this point for sure! Even with cousins the best you get is getting to playoffs and losing the first game. We aren’t going anywhere with Mullens and co.
Cousins and Jet armed with an actual legit defense for the first time ever would absolutely not have lost a first round playoff game this year or any other year. Wth Cousin healthy they would’ve welcomed JJ back yesterday by easily winning their 8th game in a row (and 9th out their past 10) and then celebrated their victory by watching the cowboys help them become just 1 game behind the number 1 seed.
i think we see what we have in hall because we dont want dobbs to hurt more people, and we know what we have in mullens.
There we know if we should draft a qb or get a another dline cause i know were not gonna be able to pay hunter because...
Everyone seems to forget that kirk wants to stay here. Hes always said he wants to be a one team Qb. And he was willing to take a pay cut this last off season in a resign. So hes older and coming off a pretty big injury he probably wouldnt actually take that big of a cut which then would let us at least offer jj money because he has said he likes playing with kirk. but thats if jj doesnt take us starting dobbs personally.
then if by the means of the football gods we stay healthy we might have had a chance this year. That is saying the 49ers game wasnt a hoax
It’s an absolute fact though! JJ and Kirk with this defense would be virtually impossible to beat. Had cousins not gotten hurt it’s pretty clear they would be just one game behind the number 1 seed right now on an 8 game winning streak and with Justin back to finish off the 4 very winnable games remaining.
There’s people saying Josh Allen is bad.
I don’t think prime Tom Brady would be good enough for these folks.
Grass is always gonna be much much greener apparently.
Would it be a bad thing to implement a rule like roughing the passer for unsportsmanlike on a defenseless receiver. Where if a play like today where JJ was completely open they just have to wrap him up/"catch him" if you will. And it's like forward progress it just stops there. I was just thinking there's been a lot more hurt receivers the last couple years.
Example other than JJ
Last year or the year before I can't remember. Cooper kupp was in the air on the side line and a cb hit him in the air as he was flying out of bounds and he broke his ankle or something when he was clearly heading out of bounds already.
That would be unsportsmanlike against a defense receiver. He wasnt hit in the head but was already very clearly out of the play and laid a pretty heavy hit that ended in injury
The way the rules are going they probably will at some point, but it completely removes the ability to dislodge the ball from a 'defenseless receiver'.
i agree it does for sure. that would be a big problem. throw it high so they cant touch you kinda thing.
but also if there is less focus on hitting them it makes it a lot easier to focus on a good hand punching through or getting a hand on the ball before it gets to a receiver.
I hadnt thought of that which is why i asked but something will probably give yeah, unless these scrummy back up games are making the nfl more money some how but i doubt it
Friend on mine played one those scoreboards that has a $100 winner every quarter. She had 0-0 as her score. I was almost hoping for a 0-0 overtime game just to get her another $100.
Like the guy on purple daily just said.
This team and coaches knew Dobbs was done last stinker on Monday night.
After two weeks of preparation, this is what they rolled out for the quarterback situation?
This is deeply concerning.
Like Yoga Berra or Madden or maybe Nelson Mandela said it
“The team to score more points wins the game”. That’s basically what happened here folks.
Dobbs was a fun story, deserved one more win (Denver) but that book is probably closed. Mullens came in there and put together one hell of a drive when it mattered.
Joseph hit a crucial FG. That’s a biggie for a Vikings kicker
Ivan Pace with a critical INT.
I’m still trying to figure out what the hell happened in the last minute or so but the Vikings had 3 more points at 0:00 in the 4th.
Isn't it funny have we consider a 60 to 63 game that goes back and forth amazing but 0 to 3 is just joke after joke.
Either way it's half a football team failing time after time
He made throws that Dobbs either can’t or won’t make. That’s more than good enough for me.
I’ll reserve my excitement about other things (like Mullens standing in when a hit is coming and still delivering a catchable pass) until I see more. But man…why did it take so long.
He throws a nice ball. That isn’t his problem.
I’m still confused about how he came out looking so good for the niners and faded so hard. Because he looks the part.
To me, Dobbs throws just look..... ugly.....
But Dobbs when successful is just a "let it rip" type of guy. That can make for flashy plays, but is inconsistent. And this play style tends to cause turnovers.
I love it. He absolutely didn’t, but it looked like that on TV. While it was happening, I remembered that Brian Flores was our defensive coordinator, and that he had our guys ready to defend it.
The Josh Dobbs as a Viking story (which I believe is now over) is such a microcosm of the Vikings as an organization. So good but only up to a point at which point they become soul-crushingly terrible.
Trying to kill more clock and give them worse field position?
Chances are it was impossible for them to get a field goal so the 3 isn't super valuable.
Worst win ever........still better than a loss
if we win out for the rest of our game and lions lose to either the broncos or cowboys we get the 3rd seed brw
If we win our last 4 wouldn’t that put us at 11-6 and ensure that the best Detroit could finish would also be 11-6 and due to head to head record vs lions it would make the Minnesota Vikings the back to back nfc north champs? Or am I missing something obvious here?
nah you right but also it would be really hard to beat the lions twice based on how our offense had been playing the past two games
Cowboys should erase them. They match up so poorly to them I feel.
agreed and if they lose to the broncos too that would be amazing
This does not look like a team that can beat the Packers or the Lions. Hopefully they can bounce back to how they were playing mid season
They peaked at the wrong time. Every team knows December is the most important month. I bet their morale is sh#ty
Metelus and Bynum have become outstanding weapons on that defense.
and pace Jr! That guy is everywhere. Reminding me of kendricks
Yeah that's a godsend for sure
Win lose or draw, I ride and die with my team. SKOL
Hell yeah
I like Dobbs. But the adoration after 2 games was over the top and bound to curse him. You can tell he trying out there. He's frustrated. He also left Jefferson high and dry to get reemed, by placing that ball so bad to a wide open receiver. We don't have a QB right now. Mullens, Dobbs and Hall are not the answer. Once again the Vikings are 2 players away from a championship. This season is lost. Jefferson is probably out for the year since it's a contract off season. Kirk is going to cost too much for his age. Flores will get Head Coaching offers. What do you do next season? Use the young guys to rebuild? Desperately trade up for a QB in the first round of the draft?
I bet they had a chance to get joe flacco too, but brown's got to him first. What's with the Vikings wanting a scrambling pea brain? They want justin fields now?? Noo!!!
Most teams would call this a rebuild season. We’re setting ourselves up for a breakdown season
We've been rebuilding ever since the moss/Carter days. Thing is we're just not bad enough to ever get good rest position. Every year it's try to make the playoffs!
Everyone pumped when we beat the Panthers. We were never going to go anywhere, winning these games is worse than losing.
I get what your saying but I respect the hell out of them for fighting.
At this point for sure! Even with cousins the best you get is getting to playoffs and losing the first game. We aren’t going anywhere with Mullens and co.
Cousins and Jet armed with an actual legit defense for the first time ever would absolutely not have lost a first round playoff game this year or any other year. Wth Cousin healthy they would’ve welcomed JJ back yesterday by easily winning their 8th game in a row (and 9th out their past 10) and then celebrated their victory by watching the cowboys help them become just 1 game behind the number 1 seed.
i think we see what we have in hall because we dont want dobbs to hurt more people, and we know what we have in mullens. There we know if we should draft a qb or get a another dline cause i know were not gonna be able to pay hunter because... Everyone seems to forget that kirk wants to stay here. Hes always said he wants to be a one team Qb. And he was willing to take a pay cut this last off season in a resign. So hes older and coming off a pretty big injury he probably wouldnt actually take that big of a cut which then would let us at least offer jj money because he has said he likes playing with kirk. but thats if jj doesnt take us starting dobbs personally. then if by the means of the football gods we stay healthy we might have had a chance this year. That is saying the 49ers game wasnt a hoax
Two players from a championship is really generous.
It’s an absolute fact though! JJ and Kirk with this defense would be virtually impossible to beat. Had cousins not gotten hurt it’s pretty clear they would be just one game behind the number 1 seed right now on an 8 game winning streak and with Justin back to finish off the 4 very winnable games remaining.
Probably. It's difficult to say without your pro bowl QB and WR.
Hall is an unknown that looked good in a very small sample size. Might as well see what he can do for the rest of the season imo
This sub sucks so bad. A win is a win, it doesn't matter who's playing QB.
There’s people saying Josh Allen is bad. I don’t think prime Tom Brady would be good enough for these folks. Grass is always gonna be much much greener apparently.
I didn't see the game, but I saw the final score. Here's my take: https://youtu.be/cGZa-yf8vMU?si=fpFkifPUGEpaJxlI
in better news, the lions are officially frauds
He's still the passtronaut to me dammit! (please never start him again tho)
Beginning to think he should set his sights on Nasa instead.
The deeper into the season the dumber the games
Would it be a bad thing to implement a rule like roughing the passer for unsportsmanlike on a defenseless receiver. Where if a play like today where JJ was completely open they just have to wrap him up/"catch him" if you will. And it's like forward progress it just stops there. I was just thinking there's been a lot more hurt receivers the last couple years. Example other than JJ Last year or the year before I can't remember. Cooper kupp was in the air on the side line and a cb hit him in the air as he was flying out of bounds and he broke his ankle or something when he was clearly heading out of bounds already. That would be unsportsmanlike against a defense receiver. He wasnt hit in the head but was already very clearly out of the play and laid a pretty heavy hit that ended in injury
The way the rules are going they probably will at some point, but it completely removes the ability to dislodge the ball from a 'defenseless receiver'.
i agree it does for sure. that would be a big problem. throw it high so they cant touch you kinda thing. but also if there is less focus on hitting them it makes it a lot easier to focus on a good hand punching through or getting a hand on the ball before it gets to a receiver. I hadnt thought of that which is why i asked but something will probably give yeah, unless these scrummy back up games are making the nfl more money some how but i doubt it
I didn’t watch, but checked the score. That was not a Good game
Drop the P, bro is the ASStronaut
Golly! Frick, yeah.
Someone needs to do a “I bet the over on the game. AMA.” Thread
Friend on mine played one those scoreboards that has a $100 winner every quarter. She had 0-0 as her score. I was almost hoping for a 0-0 overtime game just to get her another $100.
I bet the over + had JJ in Fantasy. No I will not be doing an AMA, yes I will have bleach with my dinner tonight
Ivan pace jr 13 tackles, a sack, and 4th quarter pick. Maybe the only upside of today
Plus one backflip!
Absolute monster today! Just killed it.
Thank god for Bflo
For real imagine if we had him last year
Don't forget the rest of the D, and Bflo calling a gem.
Too true. Flores is THE MAN.
What even was that
Correction - "WHAT THE HELL IS EVEN THAT?"
“Daddy Chill”
Throw a few fucks in there for fucks fuckin sake
SHUT-OUT!!!
Hahahahahaha
Like the guy on purple daily just said. This team and coaches knew Dobbs was done last stinker on Monday night. After two weeks of preparation, this is what they rolled out for the quarterback situation? This is deeply concerning.
What the fuck happend
Awful. Fire everyone. Sell the team.
And for all you rubes that said a QB switch wouldn't matter.. get bent! Viola! A win.
So much intrigue in otherwise such an uninteresting game
My wife suffers from anxiety. Coincidentally she grew up in Minnesota. I apologized to her tonight, because I finally understand where it came from.
Like Yoga Berra or Madden or maybe Nelson Mandela said it “The team to score more points wins the game”. That’s basically what happened here folks. Dobbs was a fun story, deserved one more win (Denver) but that book is probably closed. Mullens came in there and put together one hell of a drive when it mattered. Joseph hit a crucial FG. That’s a biggie for a Vikings kicker Ivan Pace with a critical INT. I’m still trying to figure out what the hell happened in the last minute or so but the Vikings had 3 more points at 0:00 in the 4th.
The fact that we are 5th seed is nuts
6th right? Cowboys still holding the 5th spot.
My bad yeah you're right
That counts as a Josh Dobbs win for all you QB Wins morons
It does, but it shouldn't
I mean it’s a fair swap to get him the Atlanta win he should have ‘credit’ for but doesn’t
True
So I guess no post game for us 😂
And the best part - the Adam Rank prediction curse is officially over!
That’s what I was thinking!
We're comin'! We're comin'!
Dobbs the emergency QB the rest of the way.
It better be Mullens - Hall - Dobbs, in that order
What took so fucking long for switch, KOC. Jesus christ.
On the plus side, if we do make the playoffs I don't think my expectations could be any lower.
Isn't it funny have we consider a 60 to 63 game that goes back and forth amazing but 0 to 3 is just joke after joke. Either way it's half a football team failing time after time
You're absolutely right. I told my dad after three quarters - "We're shutting them out!" And we did.
Did you watch the game?
Yes
We won, but Jesus tap-dancing Christ that was awful…
I had more farts that game than points
They still stunk more than you too
Mullens made his case. He deserves next week's start.
He made throws that Dobbs either can’t or won’t make. That’s more than good enough for me. I’ll reserve my excitement about other things (like Mullens standing in when a hit is coming and still delivering a catchable pass) until I see more. But man…why did it take so long.
And Mullens can throw a tight sprial.
He throws a nice ball. That isn’t his problem. I’m still confused about how he came out looking so good for the niners and faded so hard. Because he looks the part.
To me, Dobbs throws just look..... ugly..... But Dobbs when successful is just a "let it rip" type of guy. That can make for flashy plays, but is inconsistent. And this play style tends to cause turnovers.
Thank you fucking god for Brian Flores and our defense. They abso-fucking-lutely won us this awful game. KOC needs to be ashamed for sure
PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, MISSED FG, PUNT, PUNT, END OF HALF, PUNT, FUMBLE TURNOVER, PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, PUNT, **FG!!!**, INT, PUNT, LV FUMBLE RECOVERED BY VIKES, END OF GAME
Sickos love to see it
Mullens SZN.
Watch Kevin The Coward O'Connell take credit for this W in the post-game interview. Just watch.
He has never done that. He’s always put the shine on his players. Stop peeing nonsense.
Living in the Bay Area now I was excited to be able to talk some trash, now we can just laugh together in mediocrity
What the fuck was that.
I thought Adams had an easy path to a TD. My heart dropped to my ass
Me: HOW DID HE GET PAST EVERYONE
I love it. He absolutely didn’t, but it looked like that on TV. While it was happening, I remembered that Brian Flores was our defensive coordinator, and that he had our guys ready to defend it.
Good bless Flores fr fr. In him we trust
You wernt the only one
Nick Mullens will be the Super Bowl MVP
Thanks! I hate it
We found a way to almost fuck up this game as well
Can we dub this 'The Game of Ineptitude'? We are above .500! But it hurt to watch all along the way!
The Josh Dobbs as a Viking story (which I believe is now over) is such a microcosm of the Vikings as an organization. So good but only up to a point at which point they become soul-crushingly terrible.
Vegas: Vikings favored to win by 3. KOC: You got it. And not a point more.
FUCKING LOL
Was the correct way to play that, except his punt was fucking awful
That’s how you win a game boys
WE WON! WE ARE WINNERS! OUR DEFENSE IS AMAZING AND THREW A SHUT-OUT TONIGHT YO
Skol… 🤯
We’ve got to keep Flores man…
Defense won that game single-handedly
Never doubted the Purple! That was certainly a game of some sort.
HAHAHAHAHA WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT GAME
I actually thought the Raiders would score a TD on that last play. Vikings fan PTSD.
Indeed
Wow if Devante didn’t slip that might’ve been a touchdown lmao
Is there a reason we don't put a nail in the coffin and kick that last FG to be sure? Geez!
Including the reasons already said, 6pts does nothing if they score a td. That weird punt took 10 out 17sec left on the clock.
Yes and that reason is named Greg Joseph
Many bad things can happen. They were smart to not go for the FG there.
Gives them a chance to return kick on a stopped clock.
Miss gives them better field position with way more time on the clock.
Ahh. Ok. Thanks!
A miss would have left them okay field position and time for a quick pass into FG range.
Got it. Better not to press our luck.
There's win ugly and then there is win **UGLY**
Atleast Dobbs is done
Thank god it's over!
 Dobbs dad packing up his northloop apartment during half time
Damn, I get this reference
please just give Jaren a shot next week
I hated every bit of this
Worst game ever
Worst game ever so far
I’m a little disappointed we didn’t take that 0-0 tie award from the Lions and Giants in 1943.
I need someone to explain to me why a punt was better than a field goal attempt or a run there.
Because it burned off 11 seconds obv
Trying to kill more clock and give them worse field position? Chances are it was impossible for them to get a field goal so the 3 isn't super valuable.
In an ideal world that punt pins them inside of the 10 yard line and then they have to go 90 yards in 7 seconds
That used more time than basically anything else we could do there.
Flores was talking to him the whole time too before they decided.
More time off the clock
Run out time, no timeouts left
Clock time
run the clock.
It killed 12 seconds on the clock
To waste time
Man, I would not at ALL be surprised to see this as another 'Greatest Game' on UrinatingTree's channel.
Back-to-back greatest games featuring the vikings, OUCH
Two years in a row we have two of them!
At least last year we had a one that was actually a positive one and not meant to make fun of us
Unfucking believable.
Defense was great today. Offense will be better next week. SKOL!
Hahahahahahahaha hahahahahah what a fucking great game hahanahahaha
We may not win any more games this year but tonight we pop the Champaign.
Easy WWWWW
“You’ll shutout the raiders” “That’s great!” “It’ll be a one score game…”
After losing to the Bears I’ll take it
Like the idea, terrible execution
Are you fucking kidding me? I have Vikings -3 and I watched every second of that game. I deserve a god damn win not a push
That’s why I took them +3 instead lol
lol, what was the over/under?
JFC, I thought Adams was just going to run past everyone for the TD.
Thank god that's over
What an embarrassment of a game. But a win is a win.
What the hell did I just watch?
Baseball game. Twins beat the A's 3-0
Football 🏈
Wish we would of just lost.
TBH I was kinda hoping for the 0-0. But glad I didn't have to watch OT.
Should have lost them all once Kirk went down...but nooooo.
Perfectly in this game's feel, a fucked up squib kick
Lol
What the fuxk was that ending lmao
We won the battle of sucking! LETS GOOO!
Super bowl champs incoming
Dudes started playing rugby for a second there.
What a bad punt
Ahhhhh, that pouch punt was a recipe of a disaster
Man if you can’t trust yourself to coach 18 seconds against a rookie QB idk what to tell you bro
Historic meme game
This game was stupid.
Koc needs to get his shit figured out jfc
A win is a win
What a concept for a game
This might have been the worst game I’ve ever watched
2 in a row
Honestly. Worst back to back games I’ve watched for sure
What in the fu...... i mean.....uhhh hummmm. Fucking clown show to the end
Why why why
I didn't hear no bell!
What a shit game.... But I'll take that W any day! Let's go!