The bad news:  we had a severe cold snap over the weekend that froze up my automatic waterers for the horses.  I set about figuring out the problem, which I thought was a GFCI breaker.  
As I was texting my electrician back and forth during the first half of the game, he suggested that it was usually the actual heating element, which was an easier fix.

After Max's first interception, I left to go get the replacement part from the local farm & ranch supply store.
I'm glad I did not wait.  So I didn't see the second half live.  Thankfully.

The Good news: I spent the rest of the afternoon fixing the automatic waterer.  
My horses are happy and well watered now.  

But I cannot do this anymore...not for a while.
I can only afford to take a peek with one eye to maybe check a score or stats.  This is just not fun.

The wheels have fallen off this wagon. 
I had believed that he could not do worse than JJM.  He did. 
I felt bad for Max.  I feel bad for now departing Adam Thielen.
I gotta take a break.

I am happy that I still have a college football team to root for (FCS playoffs...go Griz).

I acknowledge that I lived in Colorado for ten years and went to multiple Bronco games and my daughter and her family are avid Bronco fans (with the Vikings as #2 with a nod to me).  And I can pull for Bo Nix who I had loudly advocated here during last year's draft.

But I just can't do this anymore.  I like y'all, and will likely take a peek back here from time to time, but my head hurts from banging it against a brick wall.

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For obvious reasons...

I think thats the last win we might see this season? Unless something really big improves at QB. 

Commanders
At Dallas
At NYG
Lions
Packers

Too bad this years team sucks...Such a great home schedule remaining and 3 of the 5 are at home. That might actually work against them this year - sadly.

Sorry, but this is a GM issue
Sunday’s 26-0 loss at Seattle — the Vikings’ most humiliating defeat since last being shut out 34-0 by Green Bay 18 years ago — isn’t just a quarterback issue. It’s an overall general manager problem. Sustained success isn’t possible when your GM gets lapped by his peers annually in the draft. 

Throwing $300 million at other teams’ aging free agents can’t replace building core starters and quality depth among players entering their prime at three to five years, or generally ages 23 to 26. 

The Vikings have four players on their roster who were drafted three to five years ago — one from the last year under Rick Spielman (2021) and three from the first two years under Kwesi Adofo-Mensah (2022-23). Two are regular starters (Christian Darrisaw, Jordan Addison). Darrisaw didn’t play Sunday.

As for the rest of the NFC North, the Packers have 18 players and 12 starters who they drafted from 2021-23 while the Lions have 13 players and 11 starters, and the Bears have six players and five starters. Feel free to say, “Wow.”

Vikings among league’s most inconsistent
We tend to think of the Vikings as a proud, consistent franchise. Maybe we should amend that thinking as they fell to 4-8 and all but secured a 16th consecutive season of being unable to string two playoff years together. 

Yep, the last time this team made the playoffs in consecutive seasons was 2008-09. Let’s measure the stink level of that amazingly consistent stretch of inconsistency. Since 2000, the Vikings have made the playoffs 10 times. That’s tied for ninth most. But they’ve put together consecutive playoff seasons only that one time.

They are one of only five teams with one or fewer streaks of fewer than three seasons of making the postseason since 2000. The others: Chicago, whose only streak was 2005-06, and Washington, Jacksonville and Cleveland — none of whom have reached the playoffs in back-to-back years since 2000. It’s come to this: The Vikings being mentioned in the same breath with, gulp, Cleveland.


How about a little star-power help for Brosmer?
Max Brosmer was awful on an undrafted rookie level of awfulness (although his 32.8 passer rating was only 1.4 lower than first-rounder J.J. McCarthy’s Lambeau Field debut debacle the week before). But he got no help in getting comfortable from his side of the ball.

How many times have we said, written and back-patted Justin Jefferson and Addison as one of the best receiving duos in football? Well, they let Brosmer down when he needed them to step up early and keep this game from becoming the joke that it became. 

Brosmer was 4 for 4 for 26 yards and a first down when he dropped back to pass on second-and-9 from his 27. He threw a great ball 15 yards downfield that a wide-open Addison dropped. That came on the Vikings’ second possession and led to a second straight punt. Two possessions later, Brosmer was 6 of 9 for 46 yards and two first downs, and the Vikings trailed only 3-0. It was first-and-10 when Jefferson dropped a ball thrown to him a yard from the first down.

If Addison and Jefferson catch those two balls, Brosmer starts 8 of 10 for about 76 yards, and he’s a whole lot more comfortable than what he morphed into en route to completing 19 of 30 for 126 yards. Spread some of that blame around to the stars.

Seattle knew it was over at 10-0
It’s especially embarrassing for an NFL team to be down only 10-0 with over 31 minutes left and have its opponent start playing as if that lead is insurmountable. 

How else can we explain Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald easing up and not bothering to use one of his three timeouts when his defense sacked Brosmer at the Vikings’ 24-yard line with 1:50 left in the first half? He allowed the Vikings to punt the ball at 1:12. Seattle then ran three plays from near midfield and waited another 13 seconds before Macdonald called his first timeout with 23 seconds left. 

Probably fearing a Vikings’ defensive score more so than anything, Macdonald didn’t even try for a touchdown before settling for a 56-yard field goal and a 13-0 halftime lead.


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Dont worry Kwesi made this mess, so I'm sure he has a brilliant plan for fixing it... said no one ever.

If Kwesi gets fired he will be fine, I heard Enron is hiring.

Looking back I can understand why Speilman brought in Cousins. If you dont have at least an average QB in this league you are going to struggle as a team.

That’s gotta be our retred right?  Mac Jones is under contract. Wentz isn’t anything but a backup. I guess K’aaron might be willing to play one more?

As most have mentioned, just a horrible offensive showing. I mean you cringe every time there's a passing play on offense. Sickening to watch.

• Minnesota gave the rest of the NFL the gameplan to take Uncle Sammy off his game: Pressure up the middle. Get him rattled, hit him early and he's toast. He can be a beautiful thrower of the football but I'm glad we let him go. Ultimately, he's going to Darnold. 
  
• For those that thought Brosmer was going to be a revelation because JJ 'sucks', well there you go....more issues offensively than JJ. Not saying McCarthy was playing great, because he wasn't....we all have eyes....but Brosmer's weaknesses were exposed and of course it was his first game. He was trying to throw too early on many throws. Regardless, he's no Brock Purdy.
  
• The D really was playing so well for the majority of the game. What a wasted outing for that unit. Flo knew exactly how to attack Darnold. Just a shame.
  
• I just don't see a great team in the NFC. With any kind of just adequate QBing, Minnesota would be right in the thick of things. 
  
• Saw some good QBs throw some really shitty passes. It seems I see this week in and week out consistently in the NFL.
  

what's everyone's thoughts on general customer service anymore I say it stinks and that's nice

...but we let Uncle Sammy, Danny Dimes and Aaron Rodgers walk for what we've seen so far in 2025? Its the most inept QBing I've witnessed by one team maybe ever. This turnaround from last year's 14 wins is almost unbelievable. You going to tell me this Seattle team wasn't oh so beatable with the way the Viking's D was after them? Minnesota should be ashamed by their offensive line play. Saying they are snakebit with injuries there is a massive understatement. Kelly went out AGAIN with an injury. So at one point the line was missing Darrisaw, Jackson and Kelly.....while Fries was getting his ass handed to him. Its all really nuts.

Bottom line: despite ALL the rest, the QB play has gutted this team and its potential for 2025. If you started Case Keenum, and I mean right now 37 year old Case Keenum, we'd probably be 8-4 right now, maybe better. ANYONE else. Its an unwatchable offense.