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But I am kind of tired of all the articles about Irv Smith -- "breakout candidate", "most intriguing Viking" yada, yada, yada. Been 16 months of these articles. I hope he is everything these articles portend but let's find something to write about other members of the roster. Every click-bait title leads to Irv Smith.
I can understand that. I think we've all got some level of Irv Smith Jr. fatigue with the hype. Honestly, the older I get, the less hyped I am about TC/Preseason games. Just get me to the regular season, where wins and losses make it real. Where players make an impact or don't. Where coaches gameplan and we see the results, for better or worse. The rest of this stuff is just fluff and wishful thinking.
Quote: @StickyBun said:
I can understand that. I think we've all got some level of Irv Smith Jr. fatigue with the hype. Honestly, the older I get, the less hyped I am about TC/Preseason games. Just get me to the regular season, where wins and losses make it real. Where players make an impact or don't. Where coaches gameplan and we see the results, for better or worse. The rest of this stuff is just fluff and wishful thinking.
Since I have been a Viking fan for over 40 years, I kind of survive on wishful thinking and "wait until next year."
Quote: @VikingOracle said:
@ StickyBun said:
I can understand that. I think we've all got some level of Irv Smith Jr. fatigue with the hype. Honestly, the older I get, the less hyped I am about TC/Preseason games. Just get me to the regular season, where wins and losses make it real. Where players make an impact or don't. Where coaches gameplan and we see the results, for better or worse. The rest of this stuff is just fluff and wishful thinking.
Since I have been a Viking fan for over 40 years, I kind of survive on wishful thinking and "wait until next year."
I do as well, just not in training camp and preseason. Too much is made of this time of year, players are either great or they suck beyond belief from play to play with the online sports media. 45 years for me.
I remember growing up in the '70s, one of my best friend's dad was a HUGE Bears fan. EVERY August he would tell me it is the Bear's year!! They are going to win the Super Bowl while I watched my Vikings lose 3 Super Bowls, The Hail Mary game, and the '77 NFC Championship loss to the Cowboys. I laughed at him every year, then came the '85 Bears and I remember thinking to myself that it would soon be the Vikings turn. Then came the '87 Playoff run, the '88 and '89 disappointments (Walker trade). Then came the "new sheriff" in Denny Green.....seriously when is it the Vikings turn? When the football Gods shit all over Favre in the Saints game I came to accept it is NEVER going to happen folks. NEVER. It did for the Cubs, and Red Sox, Bears and Bucs even the Eagles, but NEVER will it happen for our Vikings. The sooner you accept it, the better you will be mentally.
With Irv out, perhaps people want to take a look at Zach Davidson. He also has eye popping athleticism. The big question with Davidson is he’s coming from a small school so how far has he come up to this point?
40: 4.64
Shuttle: 4.26
3 cone: 6.95
It will be good for him to get some reps.
Quote: @Havoc1649 said:
With Irv out, perhaps people want to take a look at Zach Davidson. He also has eye popping athleticism. The big question with Davidson is he’s coming from a small school so how far has he come up to this point?
40: 4.64
Shuttle: 4.26
3 cone: 6.95
It will be good for him to get some reps.
As I mentioned in another thread, he's dropped balls this TC already.
Quote: @StickyBun said:
@ Havoc1649 said:
With Irv out, perhaps people want to take a look at Zach Davidson. He also has eye popping athleticism. The big question with Davidson is he’s coming from a small school so how far has he come up to this point?
40: 4.64
Shuttle: 4.26
3 cone: 6.95
It will be good for him to get some reps.
As I mentioned in another thread, he's dropped balls this TC already.
He's sushi, but also getting some love from the captain.
Zach Davidson's busy dayWith no Smith, the top tight ends on the Vikings' depth chart are former L.A. Ram Johnny Mundt and 2021 fifth-round pick Zach Davidson, who spent all of last year on the practice squad. Mundt had a few opportunities on Wednesday, but it was Davidson who benefited most from Smith's absence. The Central Missouri product was all over the place, catching a ton of passes with both the first and second-team offense.
It was a good day for Davidson, though not a perfect one. In red zone 7-on-7 action, he ran a beautiful route against Harrison Smith and caught a touchdown pass from Kellen Mond. A couple plays later, though, he had a Mond pass deflect off of his hands and into the arms of Patrick Peterson for an interception.
Davidson stayed involved during full-team action. Kirk Cousins looked his way often, hitting him on a number of short throws. After one third-down conversion, Cousins yelled "That's a first down! Hell yeah Zach!"
Davidson was also targeted a couple times on the second team's 1-minute drill, catching the first one but failing to come up with a contested grab on fourth down.
"I think with Zach, it’s really exciting because I see a lot of ability in him, so you see a high ceiling and a desire to work and get better," Cousins said. "So it’s exciting to work with a guy like that, where you see all this potential down the road, similar to how I felt about Tyler Conklin three or four years ago. You want to see that development happen, and it’s going to."
Quote: @MaroonBells said:
@ StickyBun said:
@ Havoc1649 said:
With Irv out, perhaps people want to take a look at Zach Davidson. He also has eye popping athleticism. The big question with Davidson is he’s coming from a small school so how far has he come up to this point?
40: 4.64
Shuttle: 4.26
3 cone: 6.95
It will be good for him to get some reps.
As I mentioned in another thread, he's dropped balls this TC already.
He's sushi, but also getting some love from the captain.
Zach Davidson's busy dayWith no Smith, the top tight ends on the Vikings' depth chart are former L.A. Ram Johnny Mundt and 2021 fifth-round pick Zach Davidson, who spent all of last year on the practice squad. Mundt had a few opportunities on Wednesday, but it was Davidson who benefited most from Smith's absence. The Central Missouri product was all over the place, catching a ton of passes with both the first and second-team offense.
It was a good day for Davidson, though not a perfect one. In red zone 7-on-7 action, he ran a beautiful route against Harrison Smith and caught a touchdown pass from Kellen Mond. A couple plays later, though, he had a Mond pass deflect off of his hands and into the arms of Patrick Peterson for an interception.
Davidson stayed involved during full-team action. Kirk Cousins looked his way often, hitting him on a number of short throws. After one third-down conversion, Cousins yelled "That's a first down! Hell yeah Zach!"
Davidson was also targeted a couple times on the second team's 1-minute drill, catching the first one but failing to come up with a contested grab on fourth down.
"I think with Zach, it’s really exciting because I see a lot of ability in him, so you see a high ceiling and a desire to work and get better," Cousins said. "So it’s exciting to work with a guy like that, where you see all this potential down the road, similar to how I felt about Tyler Conklin three or four years ago. You want to see that development happen, and it’s going to."
Cool....but did Kirk really say 'hell'? lol, we know he said heck or gosh darn it. :p
Quote: @StickyBun said:
@ MaroonBells said:
@ StickyBun said:
@ Havoc1649 said:
With Irv out, perhaps people want to take a look at Zach Davidson. He also has eye popping athleticism. The big question with Davidson is he’s coming from a small school so how far has he come up to this point?
40: 4.64
Shuttle: 4.26
3 cone: 6.95
It will be good for him to get some reps.
As I mentioned in another thread, he's dropped balls this TC already.
He's sushi, but also getting some love from the captain.
Zach Davidson's busy dayWith no Smith, the top tight ends on the Vikings' depth chart are former L.A. Ram Johnny Mundt and 2021 fifth-round pick Zach Davidson, who spent all of last year on the practice squad. Mundt had a few opportunities on Wednesday, but it was Davidson who benefited most from Smith's absence. The Central Missouri product was all over the place, catching a ton of passes with both the first and second-team offense.
It was a good day for Davidson, though not a perfect one. In red zone 7-on-7 action, he ran a beautiful route against Harrison Smith and caught a touchdown pass from Kellen Mond. A couple plays later, though, he had a Mond pass deflect off of his hands and into the arms of Patrick Peterson for an interception.
Davidson stayed involved during full-team action. Kirk Cousins looked his way often, hitting him on a number of short throws. After one third-down conversion, Cousins yelled "That's a first down! Hell yeah Zach!"
Davidson was also targeted a couple times on the second team's 1-minute drill, catching the first one but failing to come up with a contested grab on fourth down.
"I think with Zach, it’s really exciting because I see a lot of ability in him, so you see a high ceiling and a desire to work and get better," Cousins said. "So it’s exciting to work with a guy like that, where you see all this potential down the road, similar to how I felt about Tyler Conklin three or four years ago. You want to see that development happen, and it’s going to."
Cool....but did Kirk really say 'hell'? lol, we know he said heck or gosh darn it. :p
True. He better hope his father doesn't read that.
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