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  Questions I ask myself at 5/1
Posted by: purplefaithful - 10-21-2024, 08:30 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (17)

We left some plays out there yesterday...I think their offense outplayed our defense and exposed some schematic things others may try.

But 5/1 is pretty, pretty good and (as I posted b4) I had no expectations record wise in this transition year other than keep me entertained - and they have in spades. 

This is a Viking team that can hang in there with any team in the NFC, which I did not expect to say coming into this season. Hopefully they bounce back quick for Thursday night and the schedule (on paper) is a bit easier for a while. 

Questions I ask myself:

1). Would I want Darnold long-term at QB if we didnt have JJM in the wings?
2). Would KOC have put JJ in by now?
3). Where would I want to improve this team the most position wise?

IDL?
OL?
WR2?
RB Heir for Jones?

4). Will TJH be 100% this year?
I wonder how much a healthy and explosive TJH will help this team? Probably a lot..
5). Is Addison good enough @ WR2? Not many teams dont have some step down from their #1 guy

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  Rub -n- Tug Ruptures his Achilles…!?
Posted by: Kentis - 10-20-2024, 04:38 PM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (7)

The factory of sadness continues to pump a lot of smoke…!  Cool Angel

Browns' Deshaun Watson carted off with noncontact Achilles injury

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/4190...leg-injury

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  did the league call the refs after 1st q
Posted by: viking1987returns - 10-20-2024, 01:41 PM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (6)

all of a sudden lions are talking  the pass rushers and  no calls   not to mention pace being shoved into  goff

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  Not on TV
Posted by: Still Hurtn - 10-20-2024, 12:01 PM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (1)

Here in Texas the local channel showed lions and Vikings until today and now it's eagles giants. Further more most the state has the Vikings game except my area.  %$#*&@

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  Some great games today...
Posted by: purplefaithful - 10-20-2024, 09:54 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (1)

Lions/Vikings
Texans/Packers
Dallas/SF
Chiefs/49'ers
Seattle/ATL

Jets/Steelers (SNF)

Ok, I am officially Jet's burned out....Much as I have "some curiosity" re: Adams playing with Rogers again.

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  Brian Flores & Ben Johnson...
Posted by: purplefaithful - 10-20-2024, 09:25 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (6)

Many here have been preaching from this hymnal for a while now....

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The best matchup within the best matchup of the NFL weekend features two coordinators who could soon be head coaches, but should stay put.

Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson has beautifully melded old-school power football with an intricate modern passing system that has made Detroit not only a team you fear could beat you, but a team that you fear could embarrass you.

Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores is becoming one of the league’s most famous assistant coaches as his group surges in effectiveness and unpredictability.

Which will win the day on Sunday: Johnson’s geometry or Flores’ alchemy?

Flores will send exotic blitzes, and schemes that look like blitzes but aren’t, against an accomplished veteran quarterback (Jared Goff) and an excellent offensive coach with a half-dozen outstanding skill position players at his disposal.

This matchup is remindful of the ‘90s, when Vikings defensive coordinator Tony Dungy built one of the league’s best defenses and went head-to-head with Packers coach and passing-game guru Mike Holmgren.

Like Dungy, Flores has made himself a head coach in waiting. Like Dungy, Flores faces obstacles beyond his control.

Dungy was trying to become a head coach at a time when there just weren’t many Black head coaches. Flores is dealing with the same institutional biases while he’s also suing the league, which many of the owners who will soon be hiring coaches probably don’t appreciate.

So here’s a question for the Lions, Vikings, Johnson and Flores:

Can a team make a coordinator position so lucrative and enjoyable that a great coordinator will be willing to stay in place rather than pursue a head coaching opening in the offseason?

Ignore, for a moment, the obvious: Johnson and Flores almost certainly want to be head coaches. Great coaches want to prove they can run their own show.

For those of us not emotionally or occupationally invested in their ambition, we can afford to be philosophical and ask this:

Would you really rather be the head coach of the Jacksonville Stinking Jaguars or New York Dysfunctional Jets than a highly paid assistant head coach/coordinator in a good organization with solid ownership and a chance to win the Super Bowl?

That’s what the Lions and Vikings have built — organizations where players want to play, where ownership is stable, the front office can put together a winning roster and the fans will invent some form of knighthood to anyone who brings their city their first Super Bowl title.

One of the reasons the Lions look like one of the NFL’s best teams is that Johnson took his name out of consideration for head coaching jobs and stayed in Detroit this offseason.

Flores didn’t appear to draw much interest last offseason, but if his defense keeps playing this way, someone will eventually hire him as a head coach no matter the status of his lawsuit. (Won’t they?)

Between now and the inevitable coaching searches, the Lions and Vikings will play at least twice, with the first matchup scheduled for Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Their teams are a combined 9-1. They have the two best point differentials in the league. The Lions feature a quarterback who won while playing under O’Connell when he was with the Rams; the Vikings have emulated the Lions by emphasizing their running game this year.

The Lions entered the season as a favorite to play in the Super Bowl; the Vikings are the only undefeated team in the NFC.

The Vikings and Lions wouldn’t be where they are today without Johnson and Flores.

Think about which NFL head coaching jobs will likely be available by the end of the season: Jacksonville. The Jets. The Raiders. Possibly Carolina, Tennessee or Cleveland.

There are more than a few lousy owners and lousy organizations in that group.

These teams’ creativity in trying to keep Johnson and Flores should match the creativity Johnson and Flores display every Sunday.

Source: Startribune

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  NDSU BISON OVER THE SDSU JACKRABBITS!!
Posted by: Zanary - 10-19-2024, 10:31 PM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (4)

The Dakota Marker is heading back where it fuggin' belongs!!

(most of my family went to NDSU when I was a kid, so...yeah...!)

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  Hock and Risner downgraded to out for Sunday
Posted by: purplefaithful - 10-19-2024, 04:18 PM - Forum: The Longship - No Replies

The Vikings will wait at least one more game before T.J. Hockenson makes his return to their lineup. If they’re thinking about playing Dalton Risner on their offensive line, that move will remain on hold, too.

The team downgraded both Hockenson and Risner to out, deciding not to make a roster move to put either one back on the active roster in time for Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions. Hockenson will remain on injured reserve for at least one more game, so the Vikings signed tight end Robert Tonyan to the active roster from their practice squad and waived receiver Trishton Jackson to make room for Tonyan.

Both Hockenson and Risner were limited participants in all three practices this week, as they remain in their 21-day windows to practice with the team before the Vikings have to activate them from injured reserve or rule them out for the season. 

Hockenson, who suffered a torn right ACL on a hit from the Lions’ Kerby Joseph last Dec. 24, said this week he’s feeling stronger and running faster than he did last season. But it seemed unlikely the Vikings would bring him back to face the same team against which he was injured, especially when this week was his first full week of practice since his knee surgery in January.

Risner said this week he’s been ready to return from his back injury, and coach Kevin O’Connell left open the possibility that the Vikings could put him on the field against the Lions. “That’s part of the conversation, because we would have to make a roster move to make that happen,” he said Friday. “We’ll work through that today.”

But with Risner remaining on injured reserve, Ed Ingram figures to stay at his right guard spot against the Lions. The Vikings will consider the statuses of Risner and Hockenson again in just four days, before they travel to Los Angeles for a Thursday night game against the Rams.

The team elevated outside linebacker Bo Richter and defensive lineman Jalen Redmond from the practice squad for Sunday’s game. The Vikings also did not make a change to running back Aaron Jones’ injury status; he remains questionable with a hamstring injury, though O’Connell sounded optimistic Friday about the chances the Vikings could have Jones.

Source: Startribune

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  Aaron Jones 'likely' to play Sunday against the Lions
Posted by: StickierBuns - 10-18-2024, 09:24 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (7)

#Vikings RB Aaron Jones is “LIKELY” to play Sunday against the #Lions, per @RapSheet
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But sounds like TJ won't be.....

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  The $6mm TJH
Posted by: purplefaithful - 10-18-2024, 09:09 AM - Forum: The Longship - Replies (1)

Doesnt sound like he'll play Sunday. Might be no Jones or TJH?

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Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson said he’s “bigger, stronger, faster” than ever as he nears the end of a nine-month recovery from torn ligaments in his right knee.

Whether the 27-year-old Pro Bowler returns Sunday against the Lions, his former team, remains to be seen. But Hockenson says he’s feeling better than ever. At least that’s what the data is telling him and the Vikings medical staff.

“It’s healed,” Hockenson said Thursday, when he was limited for a second consecutive practice this week. “It’s stronger than ever, from tests when I was healthy last year to tests now. It’s stronger than it’s probably ever been. Now it’s just going out there and playing ball. I’ve passed every test by miles from where my ground base[line] was. I’m bigger, stronger, faster than ever. Now it’s just getting ready to go out there and play ball.”

Hockenson, who underwent surgery Jan. 29 to repair a torn ACL, said confidence in his knee derives from having his speed, acceleration, distance covered and other metrics tracked during his rehab.

“It really keeps you on track and it pushes you every single day,” Hockenson said. “Because you’re looking at the iPad and it tells you halfway through the workout, ‘Hey, you’re at 1,500 yards, we need to get another 2,000 and hit that 3,500-yard mark.’ ”

The only thing left for Hockenson is to regain his second nature as a blocker, route runner and receiver after missing training camp. He said he tried to keep up with the distance his teammates covered in practices while working out on his own, but that’s not the same as full practices.

“It’s like anything, you need reps,” he said. “I’ve ran the last five months on air [against nobody]. … Now it’s just going out and not worrying about all that stuff and just winning on routes and playing as well as I can out there. Kind of just forgetting about footwork and not thinking about where your feet go, and just going out there and playing football again.”

Receiver Justin Jefferson indicated that Hockenson won’t play Sunday. The Vikings don’t have to activate him until Friday, October 25, which is after the next two games against the Lions and Rams.

“I was wanting him to come back this week,” Jefferson said Thursday. “But sadly he has to get that preparation of being in front of people and running routes on people. But we’ll have him soon, so I’m definitely looking forward to it.”

Hockenson credited the Vikings medical staff, including head trainer Tyler Williams and associate head trainer Matt Duhamel, who traveled to Nashville to visit him this offseason to observe his private workouts with friends.

Source: Startribune

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