Monday Open Thread: October 31, 2016

Happy Halloween Monday, everyone! Man, Mondays are the best, especially when it's a Vikings football Monday. It was hard to get into any of the games yesterday, but watching Green Bay get beat (despite a valiant effort by the refs to get them the win) was fun.

Around the DN since our last open thread:

Skol Girl talks about feeling Minnesota.

Chris gave us the final injury reports for tonight's game. He also has ALL THE COVERAGE for the game.

Tell Chris WHO YA' GOT for the game tonight.

In a 180 from his previous statement, Artis Hicks now says he never mentioned a bounty program.

Vikings news from elsewhere:

ESPN looks at Teddy's injury from his teammates' perspective.

From the Strib, Sid Hartman says the Vikings are ready to get back to their winning ways.

From Vikings.com:

Wobby opened the Monday Morning Mailbag.

Eric Sugarman has a connection to the Cubs.

Mike Zimmer joined PA to talk about the Bears.

Coach Zimmer addressed the media Saturday.

Pete Bercich looks at some film to show how to attack the Bears offense.

Around the NFL:

Dak Prescott and the Cowboys came alive late to beat the Eagles in OT last night.

Get all the week 8 scores here.

The Raiders set a record for most penalties in a game, per NFL.com.

ESPN has the big story for every NFL team.

From Yahoo Sports, Ezekiel Elliot is under investigation by the NFL for a domestic incident.

Other sports news of note:

The Cubs kept the World Series alive as they defeated the Indians 3-2. The win made it a 3 games to 2 lead for the Indians, and moved the series back to Cleveland. Game 6 is tomorrow night at 7:00.

The Wild shut out the Stars on Saturday, 4-0. Dubnyk got his third straight shutout.

We come to today's media selection. Here's one you may not have heard.

Again, we all know the rules, but in case someone is new:

-No discussion of politics or religion
-No feeding of the trolls
-Keep the bad language to a minimum (using the spoiler tags, if you must)
-Speaking of which, if discussing a newer show or movie, please use spoiler tags 
-No pictures that could potentially get someone fired or in serious trouble at their place of employment
-If you can't disagree in a civil manner, feel free to go away
-While navigating the open thread, just assume it's sarcasm
-This isn't a male version of The View, so leave the gender hatred at the door

With that, the beer light is down and the bar is open. Belly up & tie one on. Don't forget to tip your waitress, & try the blood sausage.