Minnesota Vikings News and Links, 14 July 2022

Norske Thorsday, ladies and gentlemen! (And thanks to Southern Norseman for that clarification in last Thorsday’s thread.) We are inching ever so (painfully) slowly to the start of Training Camp for the 2022 NFL season, and we’re keeping tabs on the Minnesota Vikings as they get closer to starting their quest for glory this season. You can talk about that and pretty much everything else right here.

Since the last time we brought you an Open Thread. . .

• ESPN’s ranking of the best wide receivers in the NFL has Justin Jefferson right about where he belongs.
• Irv Smith a #1 tight end in fantasy football? Our old friend Arif seems to think so.

That’s ³⁄₄ of the Mount Rushmore of Yacht Rock on that stage if you’re scoring at home. Or even if you’re by yourself.

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