Andre Szmyt for the kill

https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/video/ca...vs-packers

@SamMonsonNFL

RIP NFL QBs facing Flores and the Vikings D.

In the space of about 11 seconds, pre and post-snap, the Vikings D shows Cover-0, Cover-1, Cover/Tampa-2 and then let's call it 2-man, flowing (sorry) from one to the other. 

And that's before the O needs to figure out which of the 5 guys at the line are rushing or dropping. 

Nightmare fuel

https://twitter.com/i/status/1970155049209782661

Vikings kicker Will Reichard thinks we’ll see a 70-yard field goal somewhere in the NFL, maybe even U.S. Bank Stadium, sooner than later.

“Guys are just getting too good,” he said after kicking a 62-yard field goal — a record in 65 seasons of Vikings football and the fifth longest in NFL history — in a 48-10 win over the visiting Cincinnati Bengals. The NFL record is 66 yards.

Asked whether his 62-yarder — a sweet little baby draw that curled just inside the right upright — had another 5 yards on it, he said, “I think so.”

The ball cleared the crossbar at least a quarter of the way up the goal post. “I really went after it, which is why you saw the little draw,” Reichard said.

Two weeks ago, his 59-yarder tied the longest kick in 100 years of football at Soldier Field. Asked what his pregame range was indoors Sunday, Reichard revealed that he doesn’t practice anything longer than 59 yards in-season.

“I normally don’t go back that long during the season just because I feel like trying 60-yarders creates some bad habits,” he said. “But I hit from 59 in pregame and saw that it had some distance left on it.”

STRIB

Sean Borman
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#Vikings pressures leaders through 3 games:

• Jonathan Greenard - 16 (2nd-most in NFL)
• Jonathan Allen - 10
• Javon Hargrave - 9
• Dallas Turner - 9
• Jalen Redmond - 7
• Ivan Pace - 7

You saw it twice.


Isaiah Rodgers Sr.'s 40-yard dash time is 4.28 seconds, which he ran at his Pro Day in 2020.

Strikes fear in opponents with his steely gaze and intensity....4 women at the game got pregnant from just making direct eye contact:

Damn, son.....you're a big man for that kind of movement and quickness. Plays lower and with more leverage than a 6'4" guy, he's eating out there. I see why they kept him on the active roster all of last year without playing him (or very very little), he's a dawg in the interior. Your stereotypical raw guy with upside that is realizing it and will improve. High motor.

Brian Baldinger
@BaldyNFL
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@Bengals

@Vikings

@D_jack78 is the reason you spend a mid first round pick on a LG...He was a difference maker on Sunday #skol

https://twitter.com/BaldyNFL/status/1970087337708376338

What I love about D-Jack is he's a thick, dense dude. A true NFL OG. Kudos to the kid, great pick.

Kevin O'Connell praises Vikings' Carson Wentz

After the win, Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell spoke to the media and noted that he wasn't surprised that Wentz could play mistake-free football to lead Minnesota to a much-needed win.

"When you go back, and you really go back over the timeline when he's been given really good opportunity, normally he's played really good football," O'Connell said. "And I've always been a fan of his. He's big, he's strong, he's smart, he commands.

"And I told him when we took him out of the game, I was the least surprised person in the whole building today that he was able to go out there and effectively run our offense. And I think there's a reason why he came here. He had a lot of opportunities potentially.

"So you fire away and let's rock. And that was probably as exciting as anything throughout the week, because then at that point, I knew the trust was there. We clearly trusted him to. To go play football, and he did so many good things today. And I think he'd be the first one to tell you that there's even more comfort now that he's kind of gone through a full week, played a game, and now he'll get another opportunity here."