Minnesota Vikings At Atlanta Falcons - Third Quarter Open Thread
by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:35 PM CST
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PrintIt's been ugly so far, to be sure. . .but it somehow feels like it could be a lot worse, doesn't it?
The Minnesota Vikings trail the Atlanta Falcons at halftime at the Georgia Dome by a score of 17-0, because the Falcons have dominated the time of possession battle, having held the football for nearly 20 minutes of the first half compared to a shade over ten minutes for Minnesota. The already injury-plagued Vikings have gotten even more battered in the first half, too, with Asher Allen, Tyrell Johnson, and even long snapper Cullen Loeffler having to leave the game with various injuries. The last one pressed Jared Allen into long snapping duties, something he hasn't done since his days at Idaho State.
On the positive side, despite spending most of the game running for his life. . .again. . .Christian Ponder has played decently, throwing only two incomplete passes in twelve attempts for 81 yards in the first half. Toby Gerhart has eight carries for 23 yards in the first half, and has been stopped for no gain on half of his attempts.
If we're looking at the race for the second overall pick in the draft, your Minnesota Vikings currently find themselves tied with the St. Louis Rams and the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers are getting all they can handle from the winless Indianapolis Colts, as they're tied at 10 at halftime in Indy. The Rams are leading the Arizona Cardinals at home, 10-3, with that game also at the halftime break.
This is your third quarter thread, ladies and gentlemen. Come on in and enjoy!
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I remember wehn we had at least a decent OLINE
and AP would run wild like we’ve never seen before.
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 1:37 PM CST reply actions
Reminds me of the Chris Farley show:
“Ummm…..’member when….we had a good O line?…..that was awesome.”
by gerkvoltage on Nov 27, 2011 1:38 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Red
Just for the Chris Farley Show reference.
Chris Farley: “Remember. . .when you were with the Beatles, and they had the records that if you played it backwards it said you were dead?”
Paul McCartney: “Yeah?”
Farley: “That was a hoax, right?”
McCartney: “Yeah, I wasn’t really dead.”
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:39 PM CST up reply actions
Clean house
This team is an abject failure. Nothing short of firing everyone from Speilman to the water boy will bring us any hope.
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 1:38 PM CST reply actions
This broadcast team is really struggling.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
Accuracy for Ponder is good
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, it's just that your's is stupid.
Surprising
Considering he is running for his life.
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
The Texans have just lost another QB....
Any chance we could get something from the for McNabb?
Nope
Trading deadline is long gone.
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:41 PM CST up reply actions
And there's a three-and-out
Not sure where he was going with that one. Not a great throw.
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:41 PM CST reply actions
I'm about to swear so stop reading if you are a child.
FUCK THIS TEAM THEY ARE SO GOD DAMN TRRRRRBL.
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 1:41 PM CST reply actions
Remember when...
the game threads had people in them and they were fun?
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 1:42 PM CST reply actions
Ponder is starting to worry me a bit...
The Vikes aren't in a remodeling or reconstruction they are in a burn the place down and start praying they don't mimic the Lions rebuilding process.
Nobody is doing anything
And he’s pushing too hard.
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 1:43 PM CST up reply actions
Why?
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
Why? He's not putting anything together.
The Vikes aren't in a remodeling or reconstruction they are in a burn the place down and start praying they don't mimic the Lions rebuilding process.
GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
Well when you have no receivers to throw to, just instill fake trust
in the receiver even if it means throwing into double coverage.
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 1:42 PM CST reply actions
I lay little on the receivers
Because a better coach would come up with the plays to get SOMEONE on the stupid receiving corp open…
by liveforadrenaline on Nov 27, 2011 1:44 PM CST up reply actions
We could go ahead and fire Spielman though.
If we’re not already scouting for a new GM, we don’t even want to win anytime soon.
by Bodysuit Man on Nov 27, 2011 1:47 PM CST up reply actions
Brian Billick has been so bad today I might need to go bash my head against the wall for a few min.
by Dodger48 on Nov 27, 2011 1:43 PM CST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
This is the worst team in the NFL
Hands down. Colts would run roughshod over them.
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 1:44 PM CST reply actions
Our defense would do their best to make him look good though.
We seem to give absolute nobodies their career games.
by Bodysuit Man on Nov 27, 2011 1:48 PM CST up reply actions
We will look back on this season and laugh.
After we beat the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl 50.
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, it's just that your's is stupid.
I have the KFAN feed on
Did Brian Billick really say that McNabb didn’t do anything to merit being benched?
Seriously?
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:44 PM CST reply actions
that's right
he didn’t do nothin’
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by PurpleValhalla on Nov 27, 2011 1:46 PM CST up reply actions
thats just it Mcnabb did nothing
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
Yeah i mean he was accurate
and threw two yards per completion
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 1:45 PM CST up reply actions
It's all right last week Jaws asked how was Childress feeling after his team got ruined this year...
The Vikes aren't in a remodeling or reconstruction they are in a burn the place down and start praying they don't mimic the Lions rebuilding process.
Seriously
I don’t think the announcers even bother researching the Vikings when they prep for games any more.
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:46 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think they do, because they don't think anyone is watching...
The Vikes aren't in a remodeling or reconstruction they are in a burn the place down and start praying they don't mimic the Lions rebuilding process.
How many receivers out of Harvin has caught a ball this season?
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 1:45 PM CST reply actions
"They're still solid against the run"
Brian Billick is officially an idiot.
Hey, a three and out!
Only because Gonzalez somehow ran a route a yard short of the sticks.
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:46 PM CST reply actions
So here is the deal
Why punt? Honestly we are going o lose every game, why not get one more down per possession? Serious question.
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 1:46 PM CST reply actions
because that is stupid
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
Think it's time for some MW3 and just have this in the back ground...
The Vikes aren't in a remodeling or reconstruction they are in a burn the place down and start praying they don't mimic the Lions rebuilding process.
Dubstep on FOX?
Coolest thing I’ve heard all day.
WIfe catching husband looking at porn?
Or Vikings game?
by Bodysuit Man on Nov 27, 2011 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
Anyone think this was a better coached team
with Bevell and Chilly at the helm?
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 1:48 PM CST reply actions
Things that will not win you football games in the NFL:
Flat passes as your down field option.
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 1:49 PM CST reply actions
Gerhart is a hoss
Thom Brennan is an ass
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, it's just that your's is stupid.
For crying out loud
Why do we insist on running that damn stretch play with Gerhart. IT. . .NEVER. . .WORKS.
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:50 PM CST reply actions
No one's happier about this then
R.Edwards.
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 1:51 PM CST reply actions
NO FLAG??
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 1:52 PM CST reply actions
If that was Tom Brady
it’d be flags everywhere
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 1:52 PM CST up reply actions
Hey, Ted
Zook officially fired by Illinois.
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:52 PM CST reply actions
Christian Ponder:
Tim Tebow who can pass
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 1:52 PM CST reply actions
Hey, I'll take a Tebow offense
If it will win us games
by liveforadrenaline on Nov 27, 2011 1:53 PM CST reply actions
So we get a three and out and we now are driving?
Holy Santa Clause Shit
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Ted. You are a boss.
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by HolySchnikes on Nov 27, 2011 1:55 PM CST up reply actions
Allen Reisner
Welcome to the NFL!
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:54 PM CST reply actions
Reisner makes a stellar catch!
Awesome job buddy.
And then
The Benny Hill music kicks in.
Ugh.
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:55 PM CST reply actions
Okay, not grounding
Nice.
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:56 PM CST up reply actions
What is this "waft a fart in my face"
Dance I’ve seen lately?
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 1:55 PM CST reply actions
aaaaaarrrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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How is a sack dogging a bullet?
I’m not listening to Billick anymore.
PERCY!
Holy hell, what a catch!
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:56 PM CST reply actions
Scary
That looked exactly like the play that the Raiders picked off on that same route to the same guy.
Threaded the needle on that one.
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:57 PM CST reply actions
Punch it in
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
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TOUCHDOWN, VIKINGS!
Toby Gerhart gets into the end zone!
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 1:57 PM CST reply actions
If Rodgers threw that
They would be drooling at his accuracy…
Skoll!!!
With multiple replays of why
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 1:58 PM CST up reply actions
No they wouldn't, they could drool with Rogers schlong down their throats
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by Marcus.Grayson on Nov 27, 2011 1:58 PM CST up reply actions
couldn't
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
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by Marcus.Grayson on Nov 27, 2011 1:58 PM CST up reply actions
In their defense it would be hard to understand what they'd be saying though
because Rodgers’ penis would be in their mouth.
Some people just need a high five. In the face. With a chair.
Good thing
They ain’t easy to come by in Minnesota…
by liveforadrenaline on Nov 27, 2011 1:59 PM CST up reply actions
TOUCHDOWWNNN!!!
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 1:58 PM CST reply actions
Best way for Vikings to suck
is for me to ever start a Viking player on my FF team.
by Bodysuit Man on Nov 27, 2011 1:59 PM CST up reply actions
'course, I haven't started any all season
so there goes that theory before it even starts.
by Bodysuit Man on Nov 27, 2011 2:00 PM CST up reply actions
Bastard
I have Percy. Was it asking to much to fall 2 yards forward?
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 2:01 PM CST up reply actions
that's why you need both of them...
…like me. =)
"Th_r_'s n_ h_p_ f_r _ssh_l_ f_ckw_ts."
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Hey guys!
Atlanta had two CBs get hurt this game…lets NOT pass in the flats! AMAZING
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 1:59 PM CST reply actions
Yes this Is a perfect time for Jared Allen to reck HAVOC!!!
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 2:00 PM CST reply actions
?
Did we just drive down the field taking up 7 mins for a touchdown? I think thats the first this year in the second half.
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Aids:
Has a cure
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 2:02 PM CST up reply actions
one of my buddies (Bears fan) told me the other night...
…we need to use our 1st rd pick on Griffin III out of Baylor.
yeah, i told him he doesn’t know jack.
"Th_r_'s n_ h_p_ f_r _ssh_l_ f_ckw_ts."
Can I buy a vowel...?? +1, Kluwe.
That PAT
Should there of been a flag on that play? I thought you couldn’t line up over the longsnapper or hit him before his head was up?
by Dodger48 on Nov 27, 2011 2:02 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Ponder must run marathons.
He probably needs them for conditioning.. He must have ran 15 miles already today.
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Ryan Fitzpatrick has a hell of a cookie duster
Skoll!!!
Roddy White
6 catches 51 yards 1td and 1 concussion.
by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 2:04 PM CST reply actions
Roddy White
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The linebackers
EJ and Greenway are playing their 2nd good game in a row.
EJ is not playing well at all.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
I
I thought I saw him make a bunch of stops at the line earlier in the game. Maybe it was Erin.
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by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 2:07 PM CST reply actions
Matt Ryan audible:
TEXACO…GAS IS 4 BUCKS A GALLON…SOMEONE ORDER ME A BLIMPY SANDWICH…HUTHUTHUT
Some people just need a high five. In the face. With a chair.
THANKYOU!
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by Jepp The Viking on Nov 27, 2011 2:09 PM CST up reply actions
Hope on D
J Allen
B Robison
C Greenway
Maybe K Williams
Do we have anyone else who doesn’t suck?
Robison is ok
I expect more out of a RE who has Jared on the other side
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 2:11 PM CST up reply actions
I'm of the very few
That’s a Greenway fan.
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Nov 27, 2011 2:09 PM CST reply actions
Same.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
I think most of us like Greenway we just wanted to see him kick butt after his big pay day.
The Vikes aren't in a remodeling or reconstruction they are in a burn the place down and start praying they don't mimic the Lions rebuilding process.
I'm with ya.
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I think the fans are growing.
I’m really liking his tenacity. He’s just been trying to do too much.
Big fan of his
Just disappointed with his play this year, that’s all.
Some people just need a high five. In the face. With a chair.
I'll work on one for ya :D
The Vikes aren't in a remodeling or reconstruction they are in a burn the place down and start praying they don't mimic the Lions rebuilding process.
Greenway is showing up nice to see.
The Vikes aren't in a remodeling or reconstruction they are in a burn the place down and start praying they don't mimic the Lions rebuilding process.
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by Christopher Gates on Nov 27, 2011 2:11 PM CST reply actions
I Can't Take It Anymore
I Can’t Take It Anymore
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