Your 2009 Minnesota Vikings Schedule

Might be able to get off to a fast start with that schedule. In fact, alot of that schedule looks lighter than it could have been.

Hmm, Giants game on final Sunday again, eh? I think that is starting to become a staple in our schedule….annual game vs Giants.

Ah yes, and Housh comes to Minny to revisit. Hopefully by then, he will see what he has missed out on, while his Seahawks are missing out on the playoffs. Seattle…where WRs go to get hurt.

by Lofoten on Apr 14, 2009 6:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hah...

Im surprised everyone is knocking Seattle so much it’s not like we hadn’t made a five year playoff run or anything. How many playoff wins do the Vikings have in the last five years??? Oh yeah one, whoops…

Everyone raves about how great your team is and how their a QB away from being good but the simple fact is you don’t have any starting QB’s on your team and because of that theymost you will do is get clobbered in the postseason at best, and with Green Bay, and Cutler in your division and an improving detroit your not in the drivers seat

Housh came here because your QB’s blow, say what you want about Hasselbeck but hes a top 5 QB when hes healthy

Nice schedule by the way you don’t have six 10 a.m. games like we do, or an entire month in a row on the road. If we make can make it and you can’t, theres no excuse for you.

If WR’s would get hurt either A. he’s going to be getting all the passes, or B. if he actually gets hurt which I doubt he probably won’t even make the trip to Minnesota, it’s funny how you Vikings fans are all miffed about losing out on Houshy he didn’t even want to make the trip to Minnesota, our coach told him to haha

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You sound pretty bitter Seahawks978 fan. Let’s be realistic here – your team is on the downward spiral after being a good team for a few years. It’s not a slam, it’s just what it is. I’m rather glad that we didn’t land TJ “I just care about $$”, myself. I’d rather have team-focused players in general.

Anyway….this is a great schedule for us. I’m quite stoked. My only concern is the lack of tough competition – tough schedules can lead to a great team (see: 2008 Steelers). :D

by Wytefang on Apr 14, 2009 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Even funnier

Hah thats funny you hit it right on the head, my baseball team was garbage, my football team sucked, and my nba team is defunct, they tell me Philly is a cursed sports town too

Things are turning around, The Sounders rock, the Mariners are playing good ball, the UW Mens did good, and the Seahawks are doing everything right this offseason, so as it stands, no im not bitter, but as a Seattle fan, I have a right to be bitter about my sports scene of late.

If you don’t use your cap space it just sits there, when you have the richest owner in professional sports, its a little easier to sign those checks.

I don’t think a player is selfish for wanting to get paid, but am opposed to some of the Albert Haynesworth, CC Sabanthia contracts that are handed out in pro sports, it’s not like these guys play foreveer, I would want to provide my family with self security, and in todays overblown free agency, we gave him a fairly on par deal with people like Plaxico Burress

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Five year playoff run? Yes. But what happened last year with you guys? Sorry…

by Knut on Apr 14, 2009 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha

you know it’s sad because I dont mind not making the postseason if im just going to stink up the field when I get there

We have been much better then you recently so say what you want about last year but we are a successful team of late with high draft picks so I would rather be us then you. You guys let that talent rot because your too dumb to get a good QB.

If you wanna talk smack about 2008 thats fine but we have a lot more wins in the last 6 years then you and a lot more playoff wins

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really.

You don’t mind making the playoffs? Really? You honestly don’t mind being 4-12, because you wouldn’t have done that well in the playoffs? Really?

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by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 15, 2009 5:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well at least when we get there we can win routinely. If we could have actually even made it to the playoffs with our injury problems we would have been a one and done.

In the long run neither of us made it anywhere, you didn’t come close to a title, we didn’t come close to a title, and we have two high picks to show for it :)

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

But ours isn’t nearly as high. Although it’s a little higher than I’d like… Well this is going in circles, it seems. Check back November 22nd, when the best team can talk some legit trash… and that team will be the Vikings. Count on it. ;D

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by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 15, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

With no QB to worry us our weakest link wont have to worry about defending the pass :)

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Take a look at the game versus the Cardinals. I think they were thinking the exact same thing.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

COUGHSBXLCOUGH

Thank you drive through...

by SteelFever on Aug 18, 2009 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

5 year playoff run...

in arguably the worst division in football. I guess I’d be proud about that too.

by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Apr 14, 2009 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I’m the strongest of five siblings. Granted, they other four are sisters… But I’m proud of my record damnit!

by Knut on Apr 14, 2009 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hahaha

by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Apr 14, 2009 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like your division is any better, how many teams from the NFC North have been to the big game in the past decade? oh yeah, one, whoops!!

NFC West teams in the superbowl-4, more then any other division

Like I said before it don’t matter what you did in the regular season it matters what you do in the playoffs

As it stands, we are superior this past decade

didnt you have a 0-16, and a 6-10er? I bet if you put each divisions record next to each other, we would be similarly bad :)

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I propose a new rule

If your team won less than 5 games last year, you can’t talk trash to anybody until your team gets back to .500.

This rule does not, however, apply to the Lions. Anybody can talk trash about the Lions.

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by free7694 on Apr 14, 2009 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Excellent rule.

And who cares about the last decade? The only reason you’re pulling that out is because you have absolutely nothing from last year that you can boast about. It’s kind of like Packer fans talking that “We were in the Super Bowl only 12 years ago” crap, or stuff to the same effect. WE DON’T CARE.

Whoops, went off on a tangent there.

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by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 15, 2009 5:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who Cares?

Who cares about one year when we have a six-ten year dominance of you?? Would you take five straight playoffs, , four straight division titles with four straight, four playoff wins, SB appearance, and then one bad year over what you guys have done the entire past decade? I dont think so haha

So keep going on about last year, but I would much rather have the success we have had recently then your mediocrity

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually I’d take the recent success over the past, repeatedly failed attempts the ’Hawks have had, yes.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unfortunately

We’re both tied at the only statistic that means anything in the end: 0 Super Bowl titles. Epic Fail on both sides…now can we stop the bickering with the random Seattle fan? Good.

by ericj69 on Apr 15, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

But it’s so much fuuuuuuuuuun… and we have nothing else to dooooooooo… :(

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by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 15, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh OK, go ahead…we’re all just twiddling our thumbs until next Saturday anyways.

by ericj69 on Apr 15, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like yours was any better? please,

the AFC West is worse then us, at least we don’t give it up in an easy division like that one

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think somebody's bitter

About his team being 4-12 this past season.

How’s that Steve Hutchinson for Nate Burleson swap working for you guys? You sure did show us on that one.

Really, we have reason to be optimistic. You, on the other hand, have nothing.

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by Gonzo on Apr 14, 2009 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We have been to the playoffs more since he left then he has been too, I would say it’s doing well :)

Yeah, you have reason for optmism, the team you essentially tied with just got a great young QB, look at your own problems, we have 5/6 playoff appearances in the last six seasons, how many do you have? one, two? how many wins? 1? pfft

I hate Tim Ruskell so im as baffled by the way they handled it with Hutch as anyone

We have a top, as i have been corrected, 10 QB, one of the deepest 3 WR sets, a stud young TE, and a RB perfect for a zone blocking scheme, I have plenty to be optmistic about, and thats without whatever young stud were about to land at No. 4

Whos your QB again? the other TJ, you have Berrian, Rice, and some other guy i can’t think of

You have a better running game but you have to pass the ball too :)

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Need I remind you what division you play in?

A “playoff appearance” shouldn’t be the deciding factor when comparing these two teams.

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by Andersklasen on Apr 15, 2009 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh wow your walking with a big stick you play in a division with an 0-16 and a 6-10 team like you guys are a model of superiority and in the past decade four Superbowl teams have come out of the NFC West, with two in the last four years, how many teams in the NFC North have gone? Oh yeah one, whoops! and it wasn’t even you. So I don’t ant to hear about how bad we are when we produced more Superbowl teams then any division the past decade

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

At least our division had two teams last season who were playing for post-season appearances. The NFC Worst only had the Cardinals, who picked up their game in the postseason. So our stick is bigger than your’s.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you seem to forget the 49ers finished 7-9, narrow losses to the Cards kept them out

4 SB teams have come out of the NFC West in the past decade, 2 in four years, more then any division, you were saying?

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Cards weren’t exactly scary in the regular season. It wasn’t until the Post-season that they hit the ground running.

Yes, you’ve already made it well documented that the NFC West has had some SB teams recently. That doesn’t mean the competition has been tough for the Hawks recently though.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What's all this crap about the last 6 seasons?

The past is history…only thing that matters are the present and the future…you may have a brighter past in the last decade, but the Vikings have a brighter present and future then you do

by Loki The Viking God on Aug 19, 2009 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, the 49’ers, Rams and Cardinals sure have been powerhouse teams recently. That NFC West is super scary. Congratulations on your post-season runs.

And Hasselbeck is good, that’s for sure. But he’s not top 5 good. That’s reserved for Brady, Manning, Warner, Brees, and I’d throw Rivers in there. Hell, even Jay Cutler over Hasselbeck. Oh, and Roethlisberger. Don’t forget Carson Palmer either.I think I’d take Romo over Hasselbeck too. Possibly even Aaron Rodgers. Hasselbeck could be considered in the top 10, for sure, but no way is he near the top 5.

by Frost on Apr 14, 2009 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

At least when we have gotten there recently, we win, it takes more then winning a poor division to be able to beat a team in the playoffs, the NFC North has been great too, I think over the past 10 years that the NFC West has been represented….. four times in the Superbowl….. how many times has the NFC North been there? oh yeah, once, WHOOPS! :))

Romo has never won a playoff game

Aaron Rodgers has never played in the postseason

Jay Cutler has never played in the postseason

I would probably put Big Ben, just because of the titles, maybe Rivers ahead of him, so I would put Hasselbeck at 6-7, im off by two, my bad

Carson plays for the Bengals thats his only problem

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, when you’ve gotten there recently, you lose. Or has the 42 – 14 ass whooping the Pack put on you slipped your mind? Not to mention the fact that the Seahawks typically end up losing to the NFC North teams in the playoffs. In fact, in the last 5/6 years, when you’ve faced an NFC North team in the post season, you lost.

No, Hasselbeck isn’t at 6 – 7 either. He’s arguably 10. Barely. A lack of post season play doesn’t mean the QB isn’t good. Apparently Trent Dilfer is a better QB than Hasselbeck by that thinking, because he has a ring and Hasselbeck doesn’t.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

42-20, in the snow btw. and I think we won a game before that if I remember correctly? Oh yeah I was there, we won by 3 TD’s.

Trent Dilfer has not had nearly as much success during the regular season then Hasselbeck, you can argue Hasselbeck has had more overall playoff games, wins, etc., but Dilfer had one great year and he got his title and thats all that matters really

And your correct we lost by Hasselbecks doing against Green Bay, no excuse just a bad play. We were battered against Chicago, and came inches from a Championship game repeat. We got blitzed in the snow, if I remember correctly we were winning 14-0 before it started snowing…

Where were the Minnesota Vikings during those three games? Oh yeah, watching, whoops!

You mention that we have lost to the NFC North but none of the teams were you, and at least we won games to get to the teams we ended up losing to, with two of them being very close

You have one playoff win in eight years, good job talking smack :)

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And then your team crapped its pants. Oh no! Snow! Let’s stop playing good football!

Right, but the fact you claim that Hasselbeck is good because he’s played in the post-season is ridiculous. There’s good QBs that haven’t played in the post-season.

Yeah, you were winning 14-0. Good job. If the game was over in a quarter, you’d have gone off to face the Giants. Too bad the Seahawks couldn’t stand up the other 3 quarters.

And where were you last season while we were making a run at the postseason? Oh, right, slumping to a 4-12 record.

And I never claimed the teams you lost to were us. You’re the one saying that the NFC North is a push over because of Detroit, I was just pointing out that it’s ironic of you to say that since the ’Hawks always lose to the NFC North teams in the playoffs. So maybe you need to go back to your own boards or at least remember what the discussion is about without trying to switch it around.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I never made the claim hes good because hes been to the postseason, but his playoff expeirence is a good quality.

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ll agree with that.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Plus, the first four games against teams

with weak running games will ameliorate what might be a four game suspension for the Williams boys.

by VikingBillArlingtonVA on Apr 14, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I Really Can't see more than 3 Losses on that schedule even With Sage Rosenfels as QB.

by Tony_O on Apr 14, 2009 6:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

11-5

You heard it here first people!

At Browns – W
At Lions – W
Vs. 49ers – W
Vs. Packers – W
At Rams – W
Vs. Ravens – L – Could go either way. I said loss because I just don’t see the Vikes 6-0
At Steelers – L
At Packers – L
Vs. Lions – W
Vs. Seahawks – W
Vs. Bears – W
At Cardinals – W
Vs. Bengals – W
At Panthers – W
At Bears – L
Vs. Giants – L

Like I said, 11-5. Good enough to win the division and play the 1st round at home.

by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Apr 14, 2009 6:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Looks about right to me.

by vikingfuture8816 on Apr 14, 2009 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah we have the second to last easiest schedule this season. The Bears have the easiest.

But I’m definitely optimistic about this season, if Chilly can’t muster a winning season out of this schedule, barring an insane ammount of injuries, then he really does need to go.

by Frost on Apr 14, 2009 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

13-3

They Sweep the Pack and Bears.
Tall Orders? I dont think so. Packers are switching to a 3-4 which really only helps the passing defense and since we aint got a QB and run the rock, we got lanes for weeks. Same can be said for the Bears, but only because they are old!

by LAviking on Apr 14, 2009 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You guys won’t beat the Pack twice, you wont beat the Panthers, you wont beat the Cardinals, and I’ll put a maybe on the Seahawk’s just because its a road game, unless were healthy…

I see the browns surprising you maybe

I say 8-8, 9-7, you might get a Wild Card, but I think the Bears have it sealed if they just get some WR’s

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And he's still bitter...

LOL. You’re dreaming. Your Seahawks will be lucky to reach that record but the Vikings have plenty of opportunities to be way better, record-wise than that. Someone’s still cranky about their team being slighted above, methinks. ;)

by Wytefang on Apr 14, 2009 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Slighted?

About what? The Superbowl? I think any fan would always remain somewhat bitter about getting a title robbed from them,

About Hutchinson? Well, we can make it to the playoffs without him, we have been there more then he has been there with the Vikings, our running game sucks, but we have a QB who carried us, well not in 2008, but yeah, the guy can play when hes healthy

And I think getting TJ will even it out, he is perfect for our offense

The Vikings will not be a good team without a QB

We have a good one, a deep three WR set, and a RB perfect for the zone blocking scheme, Methinks thats all a good combination

Not to mention a stud young TE

With 6 10 am games though, I will be surprised if we make it, if we stay in tact, then we probably can, but if the injury plague occurs, were screwed

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Any team is screwed by the injury plague, except the Patriots.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly my point

Even the Pats couldnt quite make it

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's funny

Considering we a) beat the Panthers last year, b) beat the Cardinals last year (after they whipped your team’s ass twice), and c) were a full six games better than the Seahawks were last year.

Minnesota’s a 10-6 football team. Seattle will be lucky to be .500.

Run along now.

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by Gonzo on Apr 14, 2009 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gonzo I never cease to be amazed by asshats

coming onto other teams blogs to trash talk. Pathetic.

That said, nobody should be predicting anything insofar as the final record is concerned in today’s NFL where teams can literally come out of nowhere to have fine seasons and a few key injuries can ruin a team’s prospects.

That said, I like the looks of this schedule especially the first four games against teams with less than stellar running attacks keeping in mind the possibility that we might be without Pat and Kevin Williams for those first four ballgames.

by VikingBillArlingtonVA on Apr 14, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

After the boredom of the last few weeks, this is like a ray of sunshine after a long North Pole winter. Something is happening! It got so bad, we were playing soduko-style point awards for posts.

Let the predictions continue! (they will be redone before the beginning of the season).

As for the visiting Seagull, I feel his pain, so I hold no grudge for his bitterness. If I had some bread, I would feed him.

by Lofoten on Apr 14, 2009 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Make the Seagull joke, but the Seahawk is an actual species of bird, we appreciate your bread :) haha

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually if you scroll up you will see that I was RESPONDING to someone who was taking a swipe at my team, so I dont want to hear that crap about how im the one who is trash talking when i was RESPONDING to someone elses’ swipe at my team

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, that was me who took the swipe. But, then again, this is my house and I that gives me the right to vent with fellow Viking fans as I wish. You are free to come by and look in our windows, but don’t stand on our lawn bitching about what we say. If we come over to your forums slandering your birds, then by all means let the verbal beating begin. Until then, please realize that you will find that and more if you keep trolling other forums.

As for how I really feel about Housh, I am sorry that he didn’t choose Minnesota, as I think he would have done great here. I still think that Zygomous Wilfster has a trick up his sleeve. I don’t have any bad feelings against him, but if in need of something to bitch about, he will fit the bill quite nicely, since he dismissed us simply because of our TJ-problem.

Feel free to stay and get lambasted some more, as we need entertainment until the 25th.

by Lofoten on Apr 15, 2009 6:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would choose Hasselbeck over TJack any day I think almost all WR’s would do the same thing he did, the QB is the most important thing for a WR, so why not go where theres a better one? Thats not me slandering your team or your QB thats just common sense and I think anyone would agree with that

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's no wonder Houshmandzadeh chose Seattle

Seattle does have a better quarterback, yes.

They also have zero running game, which means they’ll have to throw the ball more.

They also have a crappy defense, which means they’ll ne trailing a lot, which means they’ll have to throw the ball more.

If all he cares about are his personal numbers and his paycheck, he made a great choice. If he cares about winning anything anytime soon. . .well, he screwed up.

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by Gonzo on Apr 15, 2009 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We have an offensive coordinator who can run wherever he coaches, has led 3 #1 rushing attacks, and NEVER finished below the top 10, he turned justin fargas into a good RB

Seeing as he can make Oakland run the ball, I think with our passing attack and a top ten running game we will be just fine

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What a coincidence, our HC will very soon be running 3 #1 rushing attacks too!

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah but we have a running game now, and an actual QB :)

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who’s your running back? It’s slipped my mind.

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by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 15, 2009 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats funny when hes a top ten back in 2009 ill get back to you on that :)

by Seahawks978 on Apr 16, 2009 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, I seriously forgot. Although I guess I could just check myself.

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by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 16, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maurice Morris and Felix Jones.

by Frost on Apr 16, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Might help...

To know your own team.

Felix Jones is a Cowboy.

Julius Jones is a Seahawk.

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by Manimal on Apr 17, 2009 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eh, they’re okay. Not sure they’ll be top 10 though.

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by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 17, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sigh Mo-mo is a lion

Julius Jones, TJ Duckett are the RB’s

and I think with our offens-cord. we can be in the top tenish maybe even higher

by seahawks987 on Apr 22, 2009 4:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol @ Felix Jones, good one…

by dsludo on Aug 18, 2009 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok…. 6 games better your right,

try doing that without your QB for a good chunk of the season
7 WR’s getting hurt
entire OL going on IR
Adrian Peterson misses 6 games
Jared Allen going on IR after 5 games
EJ Henderson misses 5 games
Antoine Winfield plays with a cast on his arm
Maddiu Williams plays with a torn muscle in his thigh the entire season

We were garbage, but lets see how good your team is with some of the injuries we had
WE have been better then you guys recently, actually our record probably dominates yours in recent history. So say what you want about 2008 because its done and over with and I have np problem flying under the radar as always :)

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah your team record is better than our’s, but that’s because we didn’t play the 49’ers, Rams or Cardinals twice a season. That’s an easy 6 victories recently. Well, except for last year, since the Cardinals decided they wanted to actually play good football.

And last year, we did play without our QB a good chunk of the season. He was out for 10.5 games.
We didn’t have an entire OL on IR but we did have to survive 4 games without our LT. Peterson managed to stay healthy, but as we saw the previous season, Chester Taylor is more than able to fill in for the guy. Can’t blame us for the hawk’s bad depth.
Jared Allen didn’t go on IR, but he did get injured, twice, and he kept on playing through it.
EJ Henderson missed 12 games, and was put on IR.
We were without Madeiu Williams for about half the season because he had a neck injury. Not only that, but our offense/defense had to overcome the WORST ST in the history of the NFL, after our ST ace Heath Farwell, and his back up Boulware, both landed on IR in the preseason.

So, sure, you can play the injury card, but so can we. Hell, any team that didn’t make the playoffs and had a shitty record could probably say the exact same thing.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No mention of WR’s in there but ok

your acting like the Lions, Packers, and Bears have been a powerhouse of late, the Packers have had one decent season since 2003, the Bears have some success but only three playoffs in like 14 years, the Packers have had a fiar amount of playoff wins but only one in five years, so yup, your playin in a powerhouse!!!

Four NFC West teams have made it to the Superbowl in the last 10 years so I don’t want to hear about how much the NFC West blows when you guys had some garbage teams last year, and have produced one superbowl team the past decade

What you think Jackson was better the Frerotte? He gave you guys an 8-3 record I would hardly call Jackson better then that, Jackson should not have been your starter.

Well when I referred to the injuries at RB Maurice Morris was out for four games and Julius Jones was out for six games, so our backup was out too :)

The Bengals are the only team who finished poor who was also decimated by injuries, The Browns had some QB issues, but they were just rotating two guys who were pretty much the same caliber, the Rams, well theyre the rams, and the 49ers are going to do some good things, maybe a wild card, especially if they get a QB

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah our WRs weren’t getting crushed. Berrian had Turf Toe and suffered through it, and Rice had a knee injury. That’s about it.

And I’m pretty sure if you ask anyone who they’d rather face between the Bears, Packers and Lions against the Cardinals, 49’ers, and Rams they’re going to pick the NFC West teams. Regardless of there being 4 SB teams from the division. Sorry, but the NFC West is called the NFC Worst for a reason. You’re just gonna have to deal with it.

And yes, Jackson was better than Frerotte. You obviously didn’t watch any of the games Jackson played in last season, compared to some games Frerotte did. Trust me, the 8 – 3 record had nothing to do with Frerotte. He had some good games, but he had more bad games. He was, at one point, tied with Favre for most interceptions in the league. As opposed to Jackson who only had 2 interceptions in 5 games. I think I’ll take Jackson over 18 Ints anyday.

I don’t know how we’d do then, because we haven’t had to worry about going to our 3rd string RB. Probably because our RBs can manage to not get hurt.

I don’t see the 49’ers being a wildcard next season though. They’re improving, sure, but I just don’t see a playoff in their immediate future.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

WE have OWNED the NFC West in recent years so say what you want about these ass whippings but I hardly call a 6 point loss in the middle of the season, and a 13 point loss when it didnt matter at the end “ass whoopings”

As far as bitterness im only somewhat bitter about the injury bug from 2008 and 2006, and a roobed title, you cant bitch about 5 straight playoff berths and im not :), we took a year off, thats all

As far as the nfc west being a horrible division for all of you, in the past…decade… the NFC West has sent four teams to the Superbowl more then ANY NFC division, who cares about the regular season its all about what you do in the playoffs

by Seahawks978 on Apr 14, 2009 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ghost of Seasons Past

Let go of your postseason runs and robbed titles, its conduct unbecoming.
Injury Bug affects everyone, if it affected the seabirds a lot, then blame it on ur players being soft.
I agree with ur assessment that your team is garbage. Housh will rott while Matt continues to collect paychecks while on the bench. Ive always said that if ur best players are often injured, then they are not ur best players.

by LAviking on Apr 15, 2009 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Injuries aren’t an ongoing problem here, but when youe starters miss a combined 178 games, I would like to see you go 10-6 :)

You can say theyre garbage, I was referring to last season. But looking at the whole picture we flat dominate you and im throwing in those early 2000’s when we were below average.

If you think Matt and Housh are not going to do great things then thats your dellusion, Matt made Darrell Jackson look amazing, now your giving a Top 7-8ish QB his best WR ever in a run based attack where we wont even have to pass first because we have Greg Knapp and no one can deny that he has an impressive resume.

Even Seneca Wallace is a cut above your QB’s, talk about rotting, your letting that defense and running game rot while you cant throw the ball, Jared Allen can get as many sacks as you want until you throw a game ending INT :)

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Honestly, if you’re looking at stats, Senaca Wallace is almost exactly the same as Tavaris Jackson. So I think saying he’s a “cut above” them is a bit of a stretch. Especially consider Jackson can actually keep the team winning once he comes in off the bench.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok but how about when Tarvaris comes off the bench hes throwing to…. oh yeah, not Bernard Berrian, or Sidney Rice, or Bobby Wade, Darius Reynaud, or Aundrae Allison

Lets see how good he does throwing to the practice squad, I bet you

lets see how good AP runs with his entire line out

Seneca compiled those stats throwing to nobodys until the end of the season

TJ came off the bench for like 1-2 games, with the drive to get to the postseason

What did Wallace have to play for, or with for that matter? NOTHING haha

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So it’s our fault that your team can’t find quality depth at the skill positions?

Well, gee, I’m sorry.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I dont think many teams carry more then 7 WR’s, just sayin :)

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hence the use of the word quality.

How many WRs do you need to make it through the entire season?
GASP
I think I figured it out!
It was the now-retired John Madden who did this to you!
He put Shaun Alexander on his game cover, and his curse ended up not only injuring Alexander, but other running backs, quarterbacks, and wide receivers…holy cow, a curse on the entire Seahawk offense!

by Lofoten on Apr 16, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha

You know I would almost agree with your sarcasm if it had happened a few seasons ago. Actually in 2006 all of the positions you listed did sustain serious long lasting injuries on top of Alexander getting hurt

by Seahawks978 on Apr 16, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess the Seagull found some bread

All I can say is we line up Nov. 22nd so I hope your team has their chin strap fastened because their going to get rocked! Better take an OT with your #4 pick I don’t want to hear any excuses tha t we knocked your top 5 QB out of the game and that’s why you were beaten so badly. Just like in 06 the last time we stomped you at your nest. Go Vikes!!!

by nmvikesfan on Apr 15, 2009 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

if we take an OT you guys are screwed

haha oh my 2006 a year when we had 164 starters lost to injuries, who cares if you beat us, where were you when we were in OT with our battered team with your division rival in the NFC Divisional game? PUH-LEASE

Even if you knocked Hasselbeck out we still have a better QB then you do backing him up, and if we draft one that would make it three because it would be either Sanchez or Stafford.

Your acting like your sick or something with that one whole playoff win in like eight nine something years, you beat us once, wow, we made the playoffs that year and you didn’t, thats all that matters

If our team is sanely healthy it will be a good matchup, I expect a win just because of your inablity to throw the ball effectively, unless Jackson morphs into Mcnabb or something. if its last year all over again then everyone will probably destroy us again

If we pair someone competent with Walter with our new offensive coordinator and passing trio you wont be able to score enough to beat us with Jackson in! who cares if you have a good running offense/defense if you cant pass!!

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 1:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok fine, lets compare

Vikings:
Playoff Appearances: 25
Division Championships: 17
NFC Championship Games: 8
Superbowls: 4

Seahawks:
Playoff Appearances: 10
Division Championships: 8
NFC Championship Games: 2
Superbowls: 1

1998-2008 here are our total records:
Vikings: 97-79
Seahawks: 92-84

Tell me again how much better your Seahawks are than our Vikings of the Black n Blue division of the NFL?

by Lofoten on Apr 15, 2009 6:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps we should just take a look

at recent history in this regard. November 22nd can’t come soon enough!! Skol Vikings!!

by VikingBillArlingtonVA on Apr 15, 2009 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you have been around longer, hence more playoff appearances

A decade would span to the 1999 season, I chose my words carefully :)

So from 1999-2008

Vikings- 82-78
Seahawks- 84-76

So were better the last decade, and what im referring to mostly is the last six years of dominance that everyone has seemed to forget:

Vikings- 50- 46, 1 playoff win, 1 division title
Seahawks 55-41, 4 playoff wins, 4 division titles 1 SB

Bite me :)

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh, nice way of twisting the numbers in your favor. Tossing out our 15-1 season while keeping your franchise best 13-3 in there is smart.

However, although it is true that the Vikings have been around since 1961, while the Seahawks came into existence in 1976, the numbers still greatly favor the Vikings. Seeing that in our extra 15 years of existence, we managed to put up an extra 15 playoff appearances, 9 Division Championships, 6 NFC Championships and 3 Superbowls…well, the averages seem to speak quite nicely for us.

Once in the playoffs, any dog can have his day, just like the Cardinals last year and the Seahawks in 2005.

Ok, recent stuff…how did the Seahawks do vs. the NFC north that you think is so weak:

Since 2004, Seahawks record vs NFC North is:
6 Wins, 8 Losses
If not mistaken, except for the SB year, every time the Seahawks made it into the playoffs, NFC North teams were responsible for booting you back out. Not overpowering numbers.

by Lofoten on Apr 15, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Im not trying to argue the NFC West in the regular season is generally a bad division, im just saying don’t carry a big stick when your not much better.

Yes it is true we were booted by NFC North teams each time, but, they weren’t you, you guys were watching us play your rivals. You can come back and say oh well you were watching us last year play in the postseason but at least we have gotten there more then you have recently.

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

:))

I know im just a little corner cutter sometimes but decade is a good measurement of time as opposed to saying 11 years :)

I dont remember having to come from behind the Panthers, we pretty much destroyed them, The Cardinals let the Eagles back in and then had to take it back from them, so I dont think it was a fluke, five in a row isnt a fluke

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, because Jared Allen has so much trouble against rookie LTs. And obviously you didn’t pay attention at the end of last season, because Jackson was playing damn good football to finish off the last 4 games of the season. It wasn’t against the strongest pass-defenses, granted, but the Seahawks aren’t exactly the Ravens when it comes to pass D.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So was Wallace, and he didnt have anyone to throw to until the end of the year, when he was playing lights out too, and thats our backup not our starter

Imagine TJack without Allison, Reynaud, Berrian, Wade, Rice :)

Seahawks have never been the standard of pass defense but you seem to forget in 2007 they were the No. 1 pass defense in terms of TD’s allowed

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hah yeah except the fact that he will be going against the gold standard Walter Jones,, not a rookie T if thats what we draft.

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ll still take Allen over almost any LT in the league.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not much confidence in your own team

If you only put Seattle as a “maybe”. We on the other hand are very confident that November 22 will yield a Vikings win.

by ericj69 on Apr 15, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I put Seattle as a maybe if we sustain similar injuries to last year, I expect a win if we remain sanely in tact, I expect a playoff run, I expect a division title, and I expect some wins in the Postseason

If the Cardinals trade Boldin then it’s over, I still expect us to win the West as it is

the way the Sports scene in Seattle is right now, you would have some automatic doubts to, but I don’t have many anymore, not with the way the Sounders and M’s are playing, and how much the Seahawks improved their offense

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I challenge one thing

PPE09, you are a solid and upright fan. So i have to warn you. The only game I might (will make) from my FL home will be in NC. I am a curse. Vikes have won only one game in the last 6 I went to.- 2 of the last 8.
Carolina can be tough at home so I’m going on a limb. I say the Giants choke this year and we win. We may lose at Carolina. Hope I’m wrong. Last time I went there were tons of Vikings fans there.

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 15, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey, curses were meant to be broken, right?!

I hope you get to go to a game this year Citrus. I just hope your presence doesn’t jinx the Vikes. Maybe it’s cause the cheerleaders are pre-occupied with you instead of energizing the crowd? :)

by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Apr 16, 2009 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that's laws that are supposed to be broken.

by Frost on Apr 16, 2009 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps I should come to that same game then Citrus. The Vikings have won every game that I have attended, to include that incredible thumping of the Giants in NY in 2007. I will be heading to Houston to watch that preseason game this year, hopefully continuing my streak.

by Lofoten on Apr 16, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

3 home games right after bye week

That will be nice. Hopefully go 3-0 and ride the momentum to end of the season.

by timeloop13 on Apr 14, 2009 7:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree. 5 games we should win – three that could go either way – bye – 5 games we should win – 3 in question.

by Knut on Apr 14, 2009 7:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Vikings vs Cardinals

I plan on being there. Makes for a good game now that the Cardinals got their behinds handed to them and they almost won the superbowl.

by LAviking on Apr 14, 2009 7:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Imagine if we could pull off the Boldin trade and taking him back to Az.

by Lofoten on Apr 14, 2009 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting

That it’s at Arizona again. Although I’m pretty sure we had enough fans there last season for it to be considered a home game.

by PizzaDelivery on Apr 15, 2009 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

YES!

I love this schedule! I have us going 13-3 with losses to the Steelers, Panthers, and Giants.

I plan on being at the 49ers, possibly packers, and Ravens games. It’s hard for me to get home when I live in Omaha.

by skiumah06 on Apr 14, 2009 7:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

oh great, great nationally television schedule, someone want to explain why the bears and dallas get so many nationally televised games? i mean really, i don’t remember who either of those teams lost to in the playoffs…

What up?

by snakethejake on Apr 14, 2009 7:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The Cowboys always get primetime, you just end up dealing with it. They’re big market.

The Bears are also big market, and added a big-name QB to their roster this season. Hence, the primetime.

by Frost on Apr 14, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

touche

you speak with good logic my friend, but i still don’t like it..

What up?

by snakethejake on Apr 14, 2009 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great

We get to watch ROMO chocke on national tv. I dont think I enjoyed more than watching the Cardinals whooping them into submission and it ending on that Speacial Teams block for a TD! Well….maybe the Vikes beating the Pack with that last second FG.

by LAviking on Apr 15, 2009 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I’d say that last second FG was more of the Pack beating themselves lol

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm glad some of you are optimistic

But… the Vikings are not coached well enough to go 13-3. They should sweep the Pack. But they wont. Childress is 1-5 against them. They will probably split the series. Same with the Bears. As much as we don’t like it, the Bears clearly got better by bringing in Cutler and Pace. personally, I think to offset that, the Vikings should bring in Jason Taylor for a 2 year stint. :)

We all know that the Vikings will probably lose a game or two they should dominate. But then they will turn around and win games they shouldn’t, like at Pittsburgh.

Either way, I’m glad the Vikings finally have an “easy” schedule. It seems like year after year they have one of the hardest schedule in the league. With this schedule, and the amount of talent on the team, they should easily go 11-5 and 2nd round of the playoffs. If they do that, I will get off Childress’ back. If not, He NEEDS to go!

by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Apr 14, 2009 7:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

Well put. And as for Jason Taylor, hmm, I can see Jared and him getting along quite well.

by Lofoten on Apr 14, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha! Defensive end is definitely one of the spots we have decent depth. And I agree – an ‘easy’ schedule is a nice change. But Dec. 28th at Soldier is going to be tough. We’ve gotten better with road/outdoor games (thanks AD), but that won’t be easy.

by Knut on Apr 14, 2009 8:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ray Edwards is not cutting it for me

When you are on the same line as the Williams wall and Jared Allen, you are sure to receive one on one matchups all season long. Considering that, and the fact most QB are gonna roll to their right, away from JA, there is no reason why Edwards should have only had 5 sacks last year. Now if you bring in Jason Taylor for a couple years (Vikes have plenty of cap space to do just that), the Viking’s opponents will have to pick their poison. Are you gonna double Allen and leave Jason Taylor with a one on one matchup? Are you going to double Taylor and leave Allen one on one? How about you double both, and leave KWill or Phat Pat with only one man to beat. Teams would be forced to keep more men in to block, meaning less players running routes, meaning less worries for our secondary, meaning better pass coverage and overall a better D.

by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Apr 14, 2009 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wasn’t thrilled with Edward either. He fell a little short of his predicted sack record. But with Udeze back, Robison, and the two backups we resigned (Mitchell looked decent before getting hurt), our depth is ok. I’d rather focus our attention elsewhere. Our other end doesn’t give us a great pass rush, but Kevin Williams does compensate for that a bit.

It’s not so much that I love our right end, but I just have doubts that Jason Taylor has what he did a few years ago. And we rarely (TJ being the exception) make a run at a 30+ free agent. And I have to say I agree with that philosophy.

by Knut on Apr 14, 2009 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he is kinda old

But he’s only 34. I’d say bring him in on a 2 year contract. Set up his contract so that he gets most of his money year 1, so there is no cap hit if we release him next off season. The Vikings have plenty of cap room, and I don’t really see anyone else out there who is gonna command much money. If he doesn’t work out, the Vikings could cut him and it wouldn’t affect their cap room next year. If he plays well, we’ve got him for another year. It would be a win win IMO. And he’d get to play in a dome, which would only help him play better.

Either that, or give Robison a chance to compete for the RE spot. It would at least give Edwards reason to think there is someone looming behind him if he doesn’t play well

by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Apr 14, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jason Taylor is finished.

I live in DC and watched him struggle last year although he did have that calf injury that required some surgery. My guess is that he’ll sign (maybe) with Miami to finish out his career if he’s signed at all and given the fact that he wants more than league vet minimum even that might be unlikely.

by VikingBillArlingtonVA on Apr 14, 2009 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Yeah Jason Taylor is totally washed up. I actually like Ray Edwards. Yeah, he should have kept his mouth shut last year, but if he hadn’t have made those comments, no one would be complaining about those 5 sacks he got. Besides I think he gets more this year now that our line has had a year to jell. That is of course until Udeze comes back like the freak he was at USC and has 19.5 sacks over there on the left ; )

by NYCVike on Apr 15, 2009 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brian R !

I love the energy that kid plays with. I think he needs more game reps. But he does his job and could be very good with more playing time.

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 15, 2009 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dang, Vikings at Lions is early this year. That means they might actually sell out and I won’t be able to get good tickets cheap :’(

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by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 14, 2009 8:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

14-2

After the 2009 season ends, the many Childress haters should be granted a week of silence to bury their dead.

by Elgar on Apr 14, 2009 8:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

12-4

With losses to the Ravens, Steelers, Packers and Bears. Both losses to division opponents coming on the road.

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by free7694 on Apr 14, 2009 9:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree

except I think the Vikings will lose to the Giants week 17.

by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Apr 14, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think

There’s a good chance the Giants are a total flop this year. Losing Plaxico will hurt them more than they realize.

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by free7694 on Apr 14, 2009 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

But the rumored Braylon Edwards pickup isn't a bad replacement.

Plus, they get Umeniyora back in a ridiculously stacked D-Line. Just like this past season, it’ll probably come down to who needs it more for playoff purposes.

by ericj69 on Apr 15, 2009 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Schedule

By looking at it and our returning talent we should go no less than 13-3 but this is the NFL and anybody can beat anybody week to week so I say 12-4 is a good prediction here. For anyone to think that the Bears improved that much more by adding Pace and Cutler must not watch much football. Cutler still doesn’t have anyone to throw to and if they think a 2nd or 4th rd. WR is going to come in and light up the league well they’ll come to reality once the season starts. Pace does give them good depth on the OL but that is about it. Their aging defense needs to be addressed but with what picks are they going to it? And who is going to QB this team when our DL takes them out? I see us winning the division by week 13.

by nmvikesfan on Apr 15, 2009 12:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

10-6

We still don’t have a QB.

It’s surprising that the season goes until January – has that ever happened before?

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by FishingMN on Apr 15, 2009 7:36 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes. I was in the stands at FedEx Field when Moss

walked off before the final gun. The date: January 2, 2005. One week later they beat the Pukers in the wild card round.

by VikingBillArlingtonVA on Apr 15, 2009 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hooray for premature speculation!

This schedule definitely looks easier than last year, but remember, nobody knows anything about what most NFL teams are actually going to be until about Week 6. That said, I think 3-2 or worse out of the gate would be disappointing.

Just breezed through the comment thread so far—who would have thought that a Seahawks fan would be the #1 trash-talker on this thread??

by ericj69 on Apr 15, 2009 9:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Not I

The guy just came outta the blue.

Anyways, yes, it should be an easy season-opening schedule, which will be interesting to see how the team deals with. Because most recently, Childress’ teams have been garbage to open the season record-wise, then make a miraculous run on games late in the season. If we can come out with 4 wins, I’m hoping he can continue whatever it is he does to keep the team motivated at the season’s midway point and beyond.

by Frost on Apr 15, 2009 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I responded to someone who said shit about my team thats all, I didn’t even see this blog until I saw the comment on google, I felt compelled to respond, and then I get piled up on, I have no problem defending my position, so if you don’t want me to talk, then don’t comment me :)

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Correct me if I'm wrong

But the last time our two teams got together. . .didn’t Seattle pretty much get destroyed?

In their own house?

In a game that included what, at that point, was the longest play from scrimmage in Vikings history (a 95-yard TD run by Chester Taylor)?

Yeah. . .“dominance.” Good call.

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by Gonzo on Apr 15, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like I said, who was watching who in the postseason? :)

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well last year I’m pretty sure it was you watching us. But I could be wrong.

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by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 15, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yup, but you were watching us four other years, ill take that gladly :)

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well the Vikings are just going to have to go on a four year tear now, won’t they? We’ll see who’s laughing then, won’t we?… >:D

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by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 15, 2009 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

All he said...

Was that the Seahawks have lots of injuries at the WR position and they probably won’t make the playoffs. That’s not horrible to say, considering so few teams make the playoffs and your team is picking at the top of the draft. It wasn’t trash talking; just speculation.

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by Manimal on Apr 15, 2009 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t mind people trashing our 2008 season but it just seems everyone has magically forgotten up until then we were the most dominant team in the NFC for the past five years

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just saying...

You went off because a guy said that he thought the Seahawks have had bad luck with the WR position and didn’t think they’d do well. He didn’t even do it maliciously.

No offense, amigo, but you were looking to pick a fight. You found it, so kudos for that, but what he said wasn’t even that bad. Your team had bad luck, and are picking at the top of the draft. Be happy your team got T.J.H., your QB will be healthy (-ier?), and the offseason was here to help them heal. Your team may be good, they may not. The original commentor you flipped out on thought they wouldn’t recover that quickly. I tend to agree, but who cares? Why does it matter what a Vikings’ fan thinks about your team?

It doesn’t matter. So why are you picking so many fights?

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by Manimal on Apr 15, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cabin fever man. All football fans are going crazy being cooped up in the offseason for so long like this.

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by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 15, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't mean...

That’s not an excuse for coming onto another group’s message board and exploding for no particular reason in a degrading and demeaning way. I mean, really?

I’m as anxious as the next guy, but I don’t go over to the Bears’ board and bash Cutler and whatnot.

Oh wait, it’s the internet. Hooray for anonimity!

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by Manimal on Apr 15, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didnt start truly bashing until i got bashed, heres my original post:

Im surprised everyone is knocking Seattle so much it’s not like we hadn’t made a five year playoff run or anything. How many playoff wins do the Vikings have in the last five years??? Oh yeah one, whoops…

Everyone raves about how great your team is and how their a QB away from being good but the simple fact is you don’t have any starting QB’s on your team and because of that the most you will do is go one and done n the postseason at best, and with Green Bay, and Cutler in your division and an improving detroit your not in the drivers seat, if you get a good QB then you will have a legit SB shot every year

Housh came here because your QB’s blow, say what you want about Hasselbeck but hes a top 5 QB when hes healthy

Nice schedule by the way you don’t have six 10 a.m. games like we do, or an entire month in a row on the road. If we make can make it and you can’t, theres no excuse for you.

If WR’s would get hurt either A. he’s going to be getting all the passes, or B. if he actually gets hurt which I doubt he probably won’t even make the trip to Minnesota, it’s funny how you Vikings fans are all miffed about losing out on Houshy he didn’t even want to make the trip to Minnesota, our coach told him to haha

If you look at what I was responding too, it was nothing malicious, so don’t tell me i came on here and started bashing people, because that didnt start until people started bashing me, im more then happy to defend myself, and i dont mind it, but idc if its another teams message board, obviously haha, if someone says something negative about your team you have the right to defend yourself, is that asking to much, saying to much? no i dont think it is

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Someone called my team out, it was small yes, and all I really did was call your QB situation out, i know an eye for an eye makes the world blind but i havent seen that happen yet :)

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Again….you came running into our house slinging mud because you overheard us venting frustration.

But all in all, I have enjoyed this string of posts. We were really getting bored and your arrival saved us the money of hiring a travelling court jester. Your replies were good and mostly factual, and your posts did not resort to swearing and childish ridicules. So, thank you for that.

Now, having said that….
Vikings rule, Seahawks drool!

by Lofoten on Apr 16, 2009 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well it won’t be just me running into your house were about to tear your house down on November 22nd :))

by Seahawks978 on Apr 16, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lol, now you are reaching for the stars while buried in the sand up to your neck.

by Lofoten on Apr 16, 2009 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, either way

Congratulations on setting the unofficial record for most posts on one thread by a fan of a team not name the Bears or Packers. I’m very impressed with your dedication to our site.

by ericj69 on Apr 15, 2009 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Im a bored college bound student siting in class with nothing to do all day, right now “watching” a video about stars. Hardly dedication, lol

by seahawks987 on Apr 15, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

:))

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

As a niners fan

This is REALLY entertaining… Keep ripping him apart Norseman, This guy uses too many smiley faces for his own good…

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Apr 16, 2009 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats funny whens the last time the 49ers won the NFC West again?

by Seahawks978 on Apr 16, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're living in the past my friend

That is the big problem with all of your arguments here. These guys are talking about the future, you are stuck wishing it was 2002 again, and being stuck with a balder Hassleback, the same crappy D from last season, and for your RB a…. a….. wait who is your RB again…?

Also, Jim Mora Jr. will disappoint you. Count on it.

But I’m not going to hijack this post… Come to Niners Nation and we’ll debate the credentials (or lack thereof) for the Seahawks, and why people shouldn’t chalk up the niners as an sure-win.

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Apr 16, 2009 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

link fail

Go Here

Good blog Gonzo and Norsemen. Keep it up

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Apr 16, 2009 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Another fan from another team who actually knows what he’s talking about? That makes two in one thread. I think we’re approaching a record here.

In AP I trust

by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 16, 2009 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Am I the only one who finds it hilarious that a 49’ers fan and a Seahawks fan are dueling it out with words on a VIKINGS board? Of all the random teams to do this on, it is our’s lol. It’s funny though, keep it up.

by Frost on Apr 16, 2009 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

When I think of the five worst franchises in football right now I think of the Lions, Raiders, Browns, 49ers, Rams

You diss our RB from what I remember he tore you into pieces in both games

Your QB’s were JT O sullivan, and shaun hill, thats all that needs to be said

You guys would drool over the possibility of someone like Hasselbeck on your team, say what you want but thats a fact

Your best WR would be our #4

Your line is worse then ours we got 13 sacks on you in two games, i guess they were just garbage against you, you let go of a starter or two on that line i think

We beat you and also came close to beating you with a torn to bits roster

Jim Mora led his team to the NFC Championship game his first year with them

He has the same offensive coordinator, and his best passer ever, our O-Cod. has never finished lower then No. 10 in rushing, and he coached with the raiders, it wont matter whos running the ball

When we roll into that P.O.S stadium and massacre you like last year I hope your there to watch it

i could understand some crap from a Cardinal but a Niner??? Thats more obscure then me coming on a vikings blog

You talk of clinging onto the past well if thats the case then lets look at the last… 3 years?

Seahawks: 2 NFC West titles, 4 playoff games, 2 playoff wins
Niners…………………………………………….

by Seahawks978 on Apr 16, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey seagull

I guess after being whipped by the Vikes again you have to go after a 49er on our site is that what your team is going to do when they are getting blasted again by the Vikings, go find another opponent? In all fairness I used to like the Seahawks when they were in th AFC. I have an Uncle who lives up there and I used to visit every now and then and even caught a game in the Kingdom back when I was a youngster. I got to see them play the St. Louis Cardinals with Neil Lomax as their QB and the Hawks had Jim Zorn as starting QB, with a young rookie behind him named Dave Craig. Now you guys are in the NFC and fair game. I hope your team is completely healthy come Nov. 22nd your going to need the extra bodies! Go Vikes!!!

by nmvikesfan on Apr 17, 2009 1:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well “in all fairness” he went after me so bite me :)

by seahawks987 on Apr 22, 2009 4:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

the seahawks still suck right now no matter how you cut it. but it’s cute that you look back over the past several years to make up for it -or at least trying to compensate for something that just isnt there.

by kenbomc on Aug 18, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

At least

he argued with some intelligence. I’ll give him that over the Cheese Factory.

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 15, 2009 1:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Unfortunately...

He still did it by attempting to demean the Vikings, as well as us as posters. That’s too bad. It’s so hard to find intelligent discussion on the interwebs; that’s why I like it here so much.

Visit:
http://www.vikingvigil.com

Skol Vikings!
Woot Woot!

by Manimal on Apr 15, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I honestly don’t think he’s been too horrible. I’m kind of enjoying it.

In AP I trust

by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 15, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like it too

He’s keeping us busy and not dropping incoherent garbage. Although he’s skewing stats in his favor, Mr. 987 has been a Rhodes Scholar compared to most of the “visitors” to this site

by ericj69 on Apr 15, 2009 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

before all this other crap ensued all i really did was call your QB situation out, which you can’t deny is a problem, if your going to call Seattle out, then I dont think its so malicious and uncalled for to call out your QB situation

Then everything got out of hand, and i dont mind that, im more then happy to back my position up if someone calls me/my opinions out

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is true

although I would find it beneath myself to go to another teams site. A bit demeaning toesrd us, yes, but I didn’t take it as bad as some jack a— that argues with nothing to back himself with statisticly. He tried. He is obviously a well educated fan of his team. As one poster said, it has ben getting pretty boring waiting on the draft, so for this one time I’ll find it a tad bit entertaining. By the way, manimal. You were outstanding in the “great debate”. Always love reading your stuff. Skol, my friend!

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 15, 2009 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Im not a Rhode Scholar, damn that would be nice though :)))

but I am looking at either going to Univeristy of Washington, or WSU, which, of course, have horrible football teams, I cant defend them at all, lol

Im mostly bored so dont look at it as me bashing your blogging I guess you could take it as a compliment im bored enough during my classes to be on here lol

I didnt skew anything, just sucks your 15-1 season didnt happen in the last decade :)

I think im fairly on target with my comparisons though, I don’t get malicious unless someone calls me out or is equally malicious

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 5:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Go to WSU.

I knew someone who played there. He was on the team when Price coached. He like the “community” feeling of the school. Also fun to see little Pullman break through now and then. Kind of blows the Calif. schools egos.
Pay a visit during the game this year. Share your insights on your team. We’ll hold the most meaningful debate when it counts-this years game. We do stay quite cival, but as you see- don’t get a true blooded Minnesotan upset when it come to our Vikings. The old adage “minnesota nice” has a breaking point.
Have fun rooting on your team. But watch out for the Purple.

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 15, 2009 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't go to WSU

For the love of all things holy, stay away from Pullman. Unless of course you are a drunk, because drinking is the only thing you will be able to do out there outside of messing with farm animals, freezing your ass of in the winter, and trying to find ways to get out of town. Even though the football teams suck, at least in Seattle you can find a life outside of blindly following the football team. Not only that, but what if you don’t go back home in the summer? Everyone leaves Pullman when school is out and the population goes from 20,000 to 3000. Its like a ghost town. UW is just outside downtown, has plenty to do within walking distance (bars, clubs, resturants, bowling alleys, museums, concert venues, parks, and 3 different lakes in which to swim, fish, or boat), and the campus and area around it are gorgeous. While the teams weren’t that great last year, would you rather watch your games here or here?

by vikingfuture8816 on Apr 15, 2009 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe he

likes beer and cheers for the underdog. Lots of folks don’t like the rat race of a big city. That’s why I left So. FL. But, is Pullman any worse than Mankato St.? Knew lots of folks who went there to party. Also knew lots who got a good education.

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 15, 2009 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Never been to Mankato St. so I can’t really compare. UW is not in the city, so yo don’t have to worry about the “rat race”. It is actually north of downtown in its own community that, while not small, is in no way like living in downtown or in other major metropolitan areas like say LA, Miami, or St. Paul/Minneapolis. WSU has a good Communications and Agricultural schools, but outside of that there isn’t much. UW has highly rated medical, science, engineering, and business schools and generally a better education overall. Also, in the PAC 10, every school not in California is an underdog. Some more so than others (Oregon State, WSU), but if you aren’t in SoCal or in Eugene, OR, you won’t be favored to win anything in any sport. There is no bigger underdog then a football team that went 0-12 ;)
I forgot to mention the 3 ski/snowboarding resorts within an hour from campus. Spent lots of time there. And if you want to go to a Seahawks game, that is a 7 hour drive from Pullman (one way) or a hour bus ride from campus, shorter if you want to drive and try and find parking.

by vikingfuture8816 on Apr 15, 2009 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha I love the feedback you guys are actually spot on about the cougars!!.

I live about 10 minutes from UW and I am very familiar with the city so thats a perk.

At the same time I know all of the things to do in Seattle, well because I have done everything there is, many times, lol,

UW offers a better law program which is what I plan on doing, with their recent staff cuts though, im more tempted to go to WSU because they are about the same caliber school now, and WSU is cheaper

I saw something about UW not being inside the City and correction it is actully well within the city limits and only a few miles from the downtown scene.

I saw something about going from the city to a rural area. Well if your like me and have lived in Seattle all your life it would not be horrible to stay here and go to a quality school like UW but at the same time i have a chance to get a change of scenery and I think that would be refreshimg

UW has ZERO spirit compared to WSU, UW has parties of course, they all do, I would consider them an above average party school

WSU on the other hand is a mega party school and Pullman consumes 13% of all Busch beer in the world.

I have season tickets to the Seahawks, and would not mind driving from pullman, correction, it is about a four hour drive, well at least for me haha

Im a partier so that will influence my descision, I have plenty of time to decide

My worst case scenario is I go to a CC, save 20 k and go there later anyways
If U

by Seahawks978 on Apr 16, 2009 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m going the CC route right now too. It sucks right now, but I’m sure I’ll be happy after I graduate that I’m paying $14,000 less per semester than I will be when I got to Central Michigan. Unfortunately, CC won’t get me a PhD. Oh well.

In AP I trust

by FarvaForTheVikings on Apr 16, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh Yeah

for all of you who think im so “bitter” read this, it made me crack up!

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/04/13/daily29.html

by Seahawks978 on Apr 15, 2009 5:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I have to say, crap like the Supersonics turning into the Oklahoma City Thunder is what stinks up sports. Franchises should not be able to move so easily. Granted, making it harder for teams to move tends to make cities take them for granted, but from a fan perspective, it really sucks. Cleveland Browns moving and becoming the Baltimore Ravens, Minnesota Northstars turning into the Dallas Stars, Houston Oilers morphing into the Tennessee Titans…not cool stuff. The memories that die with the franchise move, the rivalries and hometown fans whose hearts are firmly into supporting that team, all go down the drain.

Bah, am changing my name to Nostalgia!

by Lofoten on Apr 16, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+2

Holding cities for ransom to force them to build new stadiums reaaly eats my heart out. As I have posted. If the Vikes threat to move-the name doesn’t go with. It should be a rule. The Wild should have reclaimed the Northstars name and insignia.
Leagues need to give smaller markets time and options before they allow their teams to move. In the case of the Vikings, as much as this sucks, the team should say we’ll give the area a 3 or 4 year extension. But ticket prices will have to go up to make up for lost revenue til the stadium is built. Sure, that sucks but I payed a lot more than I could afford for attending a couple games another 5 or 10 spot wouldn’t have made a difference. That would bite, but it may be what we face to buy time and keep the Vikings in Minn.
Anyway, I agree with Lofoten. Seattle got screwed with the sonics. At least the Browns got their identity back. Hopefully Sonics fans will too. But, it sucks to have to rebuild when you already lived watching your roster get built only to turn into an expansion franchise.
Good luck to you guys on your college choices. Take it from an old teacher. Party safe, have fun , don’t let it get in the way of your education (saw lots of kids fall out that way).

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 17, 2009 8:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We Could Have...

Had a trio of Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis, and Kevin Durant, now thats no Celtics big three, but that is certainly playoff worthy, and could have a shot at the finals with russell westbrook and all the others we had. It was incredibly painful to watch that robbery occur. I remember some frosh on my football team coming into our locker room telling us all of the Ray Allen trade and we all got pissed haha…

Lots of kids are falling out because of finances more then partying lol, you can party in CC, in fact those are more chill parties anyways. Even if I go to CC i still get two years of it, plus three years of grad school to do it, there is no shortage of parties in the future for me at least, so its not a pressing concern, lol

by seahawks987 on Apr 22, 2009 4:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really...

I’m not knocking any of the schools listed. It is just funny how as a former teacher I noticed many kids from big cities wanting to try a rural setting for a school. For some there are less distractions so they can focus on school. Rural kids want to “get off the farm” and see the city lights. Down here kids flood to Gainesville, now mind you the town has grown, but it is not a metropolis and stilll 2 hours from a city. Kids party pretty hard, but there, you don’t have at least a 3.0-you don’t get in. (I’m sure scholarsip athletes are exempt from that). Kids go there and don’t mind leaving the city to do it. Top notch programs. I know. I was told after my accident had I been in any medical facility save 3 others in the country I would be dead. Thank God for that small town school.
Point is. Schools get party labels. Often because they are in smaller communities. Your steriotypes are unfair. I’m sure UW is great too.

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 16, 2009 8:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Well, I never said it was a party school, I am saying there is nothing to do out there. I also didn’t say you couldn’t get a good education there. And I am not using any stereotypes to describe it. I’ve been there and experienced it. I toured it when trying to decide where I wanted to go (as well as USC, UCLA, Stanford, Div.2 Western Washington U, Div. 2 Eastern Washington U, NAIA Chapman University among others), had several friends that went there that I visited, and went to two Apple Cups at Martin Stadium. I’ve found you can get a good education, find yourself, and meet hot girls on every campus across the country. When it boils down to it you have to find a program you like and have options on what to spend your time doing outside of class. That’s why I mentioned WSU’s communications and agricultural schools because they are highly rated. Every school has an appeal, my problem with WSU is that there is quite literally nothing else to do out there from experience.
I am very happy that the small school in your area was able to help you. Had it happened to you in Pullman, we would be missing a great Vikings fan. Though had it happen in Seattle, we would be calling you Steve Austin and you would have theme music highlighting your action moves ;)

by vikingfuture8816 on Apr 16, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

Be good, Futire. We’ll see you here draft day I hope.

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 17, 2009 8:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oops- I meant Future, as in Vikingfuture-sorry

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 17, 2009 8:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

No worries dude. I can’t wait for the draft to get here so we can have a much better picture of what the team is going to look like next year.

by vikingfuture8816 on Apr 17, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

see ya then

I got this gut feeling we’re going to go with Britton at OT. Now that is just one of those weird feelings.Know that sounds crazy. I still want them to grab Nicks if available. It’ll be fun to see.

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 17, 2009 10:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I feel like they will go after Britton as well, but I hope they move down in the first to get him. If some of the WRs, RBs, or Peria Jerry fall to the #22, I think any of the teams in the last 5 picks of the first round to top 3 in the 2nd will be interested in moving up. Specifically, Indy, Baltimore, Titans, Cardnials, or possibly St. Louis, NE in the top of the 2nd.

by vikingfuture8816 on Apr 18, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Funny

I was just looking at the same thing while paging through mock drafts on search. Some have Oher falling but I think I like Brittons brains a little more OT has become much more “specialized” over the years. Only fallback is Britton is a left sider, but he did play rt side in the past. Heyward Bey is another some see the Vikes grabbing but I like the bruising nature that Nicks seems to possess after the catch.
RB might be a stretch although the kid from UConn(?) looks tough. Good blocker and back. Would be cool to see him and AP as a tandum much like the Tenn dynamic duo. Trade Taylor for a high pick then. I don’t think it will happen as Childress is too stupid to run both AP and Taylor out of the same backfield even when it was obvious it worked well.
Kept D’s looking for the run and taking the focus off the WR’s.
There are a dozen scenarios going thru my head, none which will probobly happen but it is fun pretending. :)

by CitrusFLViking on Apr 18, 2009 1:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs