Low grade fever, aches, chills, cough, sniffles...

If it looks, feels and sounds like influenza? Its influenza

UGH...

I don't think it has.  The OLine starters really haven't played together for several games now, and I think Case still is learning and getting better.  There's still quite a few young guys on offense and defense that are also learning and getting better.

As good as the team is now, I think they haven't yet played their best, or reached their potential.  The game last Sunday was all business the way they stomped that inferior Bengals team.  I hope we continue that same demeanor Saturday night and intentensly come at the Pack on offense and defense.

We still have a few notches left on the dial before this team is fully cranked.  I just hope they do it in time for playoffs.

Go Vikes!

My prediction: Eagles and Vikings get first round byes in the playoffs, Los Angeles Rams come to Minnesota and New Orleans goes to Philly. 

NFCC game: New Orleans at Minnesota. 

It seems fairly evident that Carolina, New Orleans, LA, Atlanta, Philly and Minnesota will be the NFC playoff teams. Its going to take some interesting quirks to change those 6, but the seeding however is certainly debatable and much more volatile. 

Lengendary sports broadcaster Dick Enberg died Thursday in La Jolla, Calif. at age 82, according to Bryce Miller of the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Enberg was a fixture in sports broadcast from 1957 to 2016 when he retired from his final job as play-by-play voice of the San Diego Padrews. He began his career in 1957 as play-by-play voice of University of Indiana football and men’s basketball and became one of the most recognizable voices in broadcasting.
He lent his voice to events all across the sporting landscape during his career. Enberg called games in the NFL, MLB and NBA as well as college football and basketball games. He also worked multiple Olympic Games, PGA Tour events, the Masters, Wimbledon, the French Open, the Kentucky Derby, the Breeders’ Cup for various networks. Enberg also served as the dedicated play-by-play voice for Indiana (1957-1961), UCLA men’s basketball (1966-1977), the Los Angeles Rams (1966-1977), the California Angels (1969-1978, 1985) and the Padres (2010-2016).
Enberg called NFL games for NBC from 1977-1998, including eight Super Bowls. He won the Pete Rozelle Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999 for his “longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football.”
He also called NFL games for CBS and Westwood One radio before heading back to baseball in 2010.


One of my favorites growing up...

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/...7141605377

Vikings Pro Bowl wide receiver Adam Thielen already reached one major yardage milestone this season when he became the first Minnesota receiver since Sidney Rice in 2009 to top 1,000 yards.
But here’s an even better honor still within reach for Thielen:
With two games left, Thielen has 1,191 receiving yards. That puts him No. 14 on the Vikings’ all-time single-season list — not bad, but again he has two games remaining.
If he hits his season average of 85 yards Saturday against Green Bay, he’ll move into the top 10. If he hits that average again in two weeks against Chicago — assuming the Vikings have something to play for in that game and all the regulars play four quarters — he would move into the top five.
http://www.startribune.com/adam-thielen-...465727683/

NFL fans have declared Xavier Rhodes the best cornerback in the NFL. He does not disagree.
“Of course I believe I’m the best,” he said Wednesday.
Rhodes finished with more votes than any cornerback in fan voting for the Pro Bowl this week and was one of four Vikings selected for the game. Being picked for the second consecutive year and first time as a starter, Rhodes was joined by defensive end Everson Griffen, linebacker Anthony Barr and receiver Adam Thielen.
Rhodes has earned a reputation as a shutdown corner thanks to impressive games this season against Pro Bowl receivers Antonio Brown of Pittsburgh, Julio Jones of Atlanta, Michael Thomas of New Orleans and A.J. Green of Cincinnati.
“It’s all about your play,” he said. “It’s all about how you go out there and what you do on the field and on the tape, and if your play shows that you’re the best, that’s what it is.”
Rhodes’ mentor, former NFL cornerback Terrell Buckley, is a tough critic. Since Buckley was a Florida State graduate assistant and coached Rhodes as a freshman in 2009, he has provided tough love and professional advice.
Buckley, though, said there isn’t much left he can offer Rhodes.
“I do believe he’s the best cornerback in the NFL,” said Buckley, who played in the NFL from 1992-2005 and is now defensive backs coach at Mississippi State. “This year, he’s said, ‘I’m the guy, and I’m going to play like it.’ ”
https://www.twincities.com/2017/12/21/vi...n-the-nfl/

The NFL’s Career Development Advisory Panel has issued its list of recommended head coaching candidates for 2018:

Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy,
Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels,
Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia,
Texans defensive coordinator Mike Vrabel,
Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards,
Saints assistant head coach and tight ends coach Dan Campbell,
Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub,
Eagles quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo,
Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz,
Panthers defensive coordinator Steve Wilks,
Lions offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter and
Vikings offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur.
That's 12 names.  There will likely be 7 or 8  HC jobs available for next season.  I would like to keep both Edwards and Shurmur. But if I could only keep 1, I would keep Shurmur.

http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/96-Questions-If-Zimmer-Was-Santa-Whos-His-Biggest-Helper/af9a89dc-f176-477e-a30f-e92517d917b0

96 Questions: If Zimmer Was Santa, Who's His Biggest Helper?

In this special holiday edition of 96 Questions with Brian Robison, B-Rob asks his teammates who would be Santa Zimmer's biggest elf helper?

Lots of seats in the $200 range. Check them out!!!  Lets get the skol chant going by the 1st quarter. Those fat green bastards always showed up to the metrodome. Lets give them a taste of their own medicine!!!!?