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Pre-Regular Season Predictions

Correct:

Klint Kubiak Will Be The Offensive Coordinator

Cut Riley Reiff

Cut Shamar Stephen

The Vikings will draft a QB before round 4

Incorrect:

Trade Kyle Rudolph (was Cut)

The NFL Salary Cap will be $180 Mil (Is 182.5 Mil)

The Vikings will not have over $30 mil in cap space at any point this offseason.

Extend Kirk Cousins (2021 Offseason)

The Vikings Will Select A Defensive Player With A 1st Round Pick

The Vikings Will Not Draft A Offensive Lineman Until After Pick #50

The Vikings will not sign a Tackle once they cut Reiff, instead moving Cleveland to his natural position. *Parlay

The Vikings will not draft a CB until round 4

The Vikings will make 4 trades during the draft

The Starting O-Line will be Darrisaw-Davis-Bradbury-Cleveland-O'Neil.

* With each passing day it seems more and more likely that the starting line-up will be Hills-Cleveland-Bradbury-Udoh-O'Neil.

Extend Harrison Smith (2021 Offseason)

* While I was right that he'd get extended, I had it happening before the preseason, and since we're at the end of that, I was off by about 6 weeks.

In Progress:

The Vikings Will Not Have Over 7 Wins Next Season

With how things have played out this preseason, I'm thinking this is more likely to happen. Our 1st round LT is out for who knows how long, both Jefferson and Thielen got hurt, Cook hasn't touched a ball since January, Irv Smith is gone for probably 4-7 weeks (Week 3-Bye Week 7), and Kirk has looked bad. Our offense isn't going to be clicking right away and just like 2020, we're going to start off slow, and that's probably going to kill us long term.

The Wilfs won't fire either Zimmer or Spielman during this next regular season.

As down as I am on this team, I don't think we'll be bad enough to have either one fired during the season. Jury's still out on whether it'll happen after this season, but I will maintain that I don't think a Wildcard exit will be enough for Zimmer to still be the coach come 2022. Spielman, however, I'm unsure. We can see how our depth, mostly guys we drafted, have looked and to say that it was bad would be putting it lightly.

Kellen Mond will play, and win, at least 1 game this year (Must start a game to get the win).

Considering how this season could go, whether it be because of Kirk having to sit out for a game due to Covid, or we get to a point towards the end of the season where we're either out of the playoffs or already locked in and have nothing to play for. Those 3 possibilities (aside from injury) are the only realistic reason for Mond to start a game.

Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen will both have over 1,000 yards and 5 TD's.

This might not happen as both guys got hurt, albeit lightly, but neither guy has played very much in preseason, and while it doesn't matter in terms of W/L, it does matter in getting your players re-acclimated to live fire. Instead of doing it during an meaningless, yet actual game, it'll be done in Wk1. I think both guys will definitely be up to speed by Wk4, possibly Wk3. If that does come to pass, I can definitely see one of them passing this, but both? I have my doubts, but I do hope I am wrong.

When the O-Line rankings come out for the Vikings, our O-Line will be ranking in the upper half of the league.

No. With Hill in the line-up this is going to be impossible. I have reservations about Udoh, but he has looked infinitely better than Hill, but with Hill, I don't think it's happening. If Darrisaw is able to come back by the bye, it could happen, but it'll be a long uphill battle.

The Vikings will be the first team Justin Fields faces, whether it be as a starter or coming in later in the game.

I don't think Dalton lasts that long.

The Vikings will sack Jordan Love at least 10 times over the course of the season.

With Aaron staying in GB, this is going to be nigh impossible.

Ihmir Smith-Marsette will score at least 3 TD's of over 30 yards by the end of the season.

Luckily for him and me, he made the 53, but whether or not he'll get into live fire is undetermined.

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New Predictions:

Kirk Cousins will have his best statistical season and be traded away in the 2022 off-season to an AFC Team

Unless this team makes it to either th NFCCG or the SB, I don't believe that it will survive to see the next year. I believe that this is the final year with Cousins, and come the next offseason, he'll be sent off. What that'll look like, I don't know, but I feel pretty confident about that.

3 Starters will be forced to sit out of a single game due to Covid Exposure and/or catching the disease

There is a decent chance that 1 starter and a few backups get forced to sit out, but if 3 starters were to, that'd be a big deal, and with the number of unvaccinated starters we have (Cousins, Thielen and Smith being the 3 main ones) it could happen.

The Minnesota Vikings will finish the season in 3rd place of the NFC North

In the last 3 years, the Vikings haven't been close to winning the NFC North, and I don't think that changes this year, but I do think, depending how this season shakes out, the Vikings could sneak into the playoffs as a 7th seed WildCard.

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My current prediction record is 4/15 (.267).

If you have any predictions that you'd like to share, post them below and I'll keep track of them. Make sure that they are quantifiable, and from now on, there will be no 'If's' in the predictions, unless it is part of a parlay.

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This section is for commenter predictions.

SlimShady69:

In Progress:

Vikings will have 9+ wins next year

Vikes beat the Packers twice this year and 3 times if we meet in the playoffs.

Incorrect:

The Vikings will draft a OL at #14

Cousins will get Cut or Extended (Incorrect)

Prediction Record: 0/2 (.000)

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28for20:

Correct:

The Vikings will draft a DL in the 3rd

Incorrect:

The Vikings will draft a OT tackle at 14

The Vikings will draft Ben Cleveland in the 4th

The Vikes will have 2 starting gourds named Cleveland

Prediction Record: 1/4 (.250)

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cka2nd

Prediction #1: I think it will be over 1,000 yards each and, going a bit out on a limb, 10 or more TD's each.

Prediction #2: Mond only gets a start if we're in or out of the playoffs and looking to rest our starters.

Prediction #3: Assuming we don't suffer a rash of injuries, either in one or two units, across either side of the ball or across the team, I've already mentioned that our floor is 10 wins.
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1969Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings will go 4-10 and then win their last 3 games, finishing at 7-10

The Minnesota Vikings will go from having a top 8 pick (After the first 14 games) to 15 or 16 spot in the draft (End Of Season).

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