It’s strength against strength this week as the Green Bay Packers come to town with their potent offense (even without the aid of the men in stripes) facing the Vikings stout Defense.  Ahh crap who am I kidding.  That prick wearing green and yellow has a penchant for drawing free plays and tossing off… ah tossing passes and drawing PI penalties.  I hate that team and have been spruned by most if not all Packer fans I know.  The peckers are coming of a late comeback win in Dallas and sit alone atop the NFC NORTH.  The Vikings are coming off a victory as well in a house of horrors for them since ohh forever.  The Viking snake bitten team whose year is resembling last year when the starting QB and RB both went down with season ending injuries. The Packers are favored in this one, but last year the Vikings defeated the Packers in the Stadium opener  sacking rodgers five times and forcing two turnovers making the Vikings undefeated vs the Pack at US Bank Stadium.   How do the Vikings win this game?  Keep Rodgers either off the field with long drives (pound the ball with Jerrick and Latavius) or Keep Rodgers ON the field literally with Everson, Danielle, linval and Brian who sacked Aaron 5 times last year at USB or it’s up to Tre who will be tested and tested and tested if the D-line can’t get to Rodgers.  

It’s a battle for 1st in the NORTH and Week 6 of Velspar is here.

Bradford was wearing what Sugarman said was an “unloader brace” on his left knee that “unloads the part of the knee joint that has the stress, that’s why he wears the knee brace.”

Does this really sound like someone who was ready to play? He needed to wear a brace to reduce the weight load in his knee joint. He had a noticeable limp which may be from his injury, or could have been caused by the restricted movement of the knee brace itself to protect the joint. Either way, just another headscratching move by this staff who thought an immobile QB when healthy could be effective with his injury and a restrictive brace.  

All of the uncertainty about the health of quarterbacks Sam Bradford and Teddy Bridgewater means that long-term decisions about the Vikings' future at those positions are hardly cut-and-dried.
Sugarman said Tuesday that Bradford’s previous surgeries are “certainly a contributing factor” to his current issues, adding that “anyone that’s had two ACLs is probably at risk” for arthritis in the future. It means that while Bradford can avoid a protracted post-surgical rehab, he also is theoretically at risk of a flare-up any time he gets his knee in an awkward position, as Sugarman said he did in Week 1. There’s no quick (or permanent) fix, in other words, and knees generally don’t get stronger as people age.
Bradford started 29 of his teams’ next 32 games after his second ACL surgery — and one of the games he missed was the Vikings’ 2016 season opener, which came just eight days after they acquired Bradford. But his issues now could be the kind of thing that crop up in the future, and the Vikings will have to ask themselves how much they want to commit to a player that might not be available for a handful of games at any given time.
Then there’s the question of Teddy Bridgewater, who will be re-evaluated by Dr. Dan Cooper (the surgeon that performed his knee operation) next week and could return to practice shortly thereafter. The mere fact of Bridgewater returning to practice doesn’t necessarily mean the Vikings will activate him from the physically-unable-to-perform list; they have three weeks to make that decision once Bridgewater starts practicing. But if the 24-year-old is healthy enough to return this season, Bradford’s issues make it more feasible Bridgewater could get a chance to show why he should regain his job.
There are plenty of unanswered (and for now, possibly unanswerable) questions about Bridgewater’s long-term health, too, and it’s possible the right course of action for the Vikings is a quarterback with no history of knee issues, rather than one with two ACL operations and one with a knee dislocation in his past. ...
http://www.startribune.com/vikings-bradf...450398373/

Fuck the packers
Fuck their fans
That is all

I don't know if any of you are watching but they did a fantastic job of honoring the first responders and victims. 

#VegasStrong 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000...ar-to-knee

In past years, I don't think McKinnon would have made it very far, he would fail to see the lanes available.  That run was beautiful, a good read, patience on his part, and a good job pulling out by Elf to clear the way.

We've got 7 on the active roster...if I'm Rick I give Reese a call...

Vikings rookie running back Dalvin Cook underwent surgery Monday to repair a torn left ACL suffered during an Oct. 1 game.
The surgery was performed by noted orthopedic surgeon James Andrews in Gulf Breeze, Fla.
A source had said the surgery went well and there is a “100 percent” chance he will be recovered by the start of next season. Vikings athletic trainer Eric Sugarman concurred.
“No real further damage in his knee, thankfully,” Sugarman said Tuesday. “Pretty straight ACL. And I’d hope to expect him at training camp next year.”
http://www.twincities.com/2017/10/10/vik...l-surgery/