Vikings scrimmage streaming live now

[MaroonBells]

https://www.fox9.com/

[JR44]

Thanks! Did it just start, have they scrimmaged yet

[Viking1987isback]

how did nightpractice go?

[Caactorvike]

I'm curious too. With the time difference I was too late to watch. How did things (esp. JJ) look?
I was on Nleacher Report for a couple of minutes today and saw that they labeled JJ Mc. a "loser" in their training cap evals. I don't really give a s*** what they think but I was surprised. I know early on Defense usually outshines Offense. I'm assuming that is true here. I would trust my Vikefan brothers and sisters much more than anyone else's opinion- so anyone who has been watching TC feel free to jump in!

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And why do I only have 65 posts listed??? Jeez.

[RS_Express]

Listening to Purple Insider now.  Seems the offense was pretty much crushed. No Jefferson, Darrisaw, Hockenson, or Kelly.  So McCarthy was facing our #1 D with Addison/Nailor/Lucky Jackson at WR, an OL of O'Neill/Fries/Jurgens/Jackson/Skule and Oliver at TE.  I don't need a psychic to tell me how that's going to end  

On the plus side was basically any defensive player you want to name, Coller hasn't mentioned any new injuries and Will Reichard made all his kicks 

[greediron]

Listening to Purple Insider now.  Seems the offense was pretty much crushed. No Jefferson, Darrisaw, Hockenson, or Kelly.  So McCarthy was facing our #1 D with Addison/Nailor/Lucky Jackson at WR, an OL of O'Neill/Fries/Jurgens/Jackson/Skule and Oliver at TE.  I don't need a psychic to tell me how that's going to end  

On the plus side was basically any defensive player you want to name, Coller hasn't mentioned any new injuries and Will Reichard made all his kicks 

JJ threw a TD to Addison.  Defense was without Allan and Harry I think.  But yeah, gonna be tough sledding with Skule and Jurgens starting.

[StickierBuns]

From what I read, the defensive line was absolutely dominating. JJ had both good and bad passes while under a ton of pressure, no Jefferson, Hock, Darrisaw or Ryan Kelly. Reichard didn't miss a kick. Running game looked good. Backup QBs looked not great, but there's non-stop pressure on the QBs.

IMO, at some point, you are going to have to call off the dogs on D a little bit in camp to get some stuff accomplished at QB. Or you're going to have a skittish QB who's not learning anything but chucking the ball a second after he gets it. As excited as I am about potentially having a really good defense, I've seen this in the past a bit in preseason and then game 1 it all disappears....my main concern is that the D-line is putting so much consistent pressure on the QB, the CBs are looking better than they really are. The O-line is still learning to gel, missing a 100% healthy Darrisaw and last night KOC sat the starting center to rest him. Its discombobulated currently. They'll get there, its still over a month until Game 1 in Chicago. And the O needs Hock and Jefferson back. But offenses are sluggish all over the NFL right now.

Learning and reps, learning and reps....keep piling up incremental improvement. Legit this team is talented. Excited for MNF.

[JimmyinSD]

From what I read, the defensive line was absolutely dominating. JJ had both good and bad passes while under a ton of pressure, no Jefferson, Hock, Darrisaw or Ryan Kelly. Reichard didn't miss a kick. Running game looked good. Backup QBs looked not great, but there's non-stop pressure on the QBs.

IMO, at some point, you are going to have to call off the dogs on D a little bit in camp to get some stuff accomplished at QB. Or you're going to have a skittish QB who's not learning anything but chucking the ball a second after he gets it. As excited as I am about potentially having a really good defense, I've seen this in the past a bit in preseason and then game 1 it all disappears....my main concern is that the D-line is putting so much consistent pressure on the QB, the CBs are looking better than they really are. The O-line is still learning to gel, missing a 100% healthy Darrisaw and last night KOC sat the starting center to rest him. Its discombobulated currently. They'll get there, its still over a month until Game 1 in Chicago. And the O needs Hock and Jefferson back. But offenses are sluggish all over the NFL right now.

Learning and reps, learning and reps....keep piling up incremental improvement. Legit this team is talented. Excited for MNF.

Agree on the line pressure,  if they are under constant pressure its hard to build timing and natural read progression,  but I am sure KOC is well aware of the pitfalls of keeping a young QB rattled.

[MAD GAINZ]

JJ isn't the type of kid who is going to get easily rattled. It's going to make the regular season feel so much easier when he's not going against a top notch defense and he'll have these reps to fall back on when he does.

If everyone remembers back to last year, Darnold looked pretty crappy early in Training Camp. There were some rumblings he might not even be the Week 1 starter with how inconsistent he was for most of July and August. Then the regular season rolls around and we saw what happened. JJM is more physically talented than Darnold and has a better head on his shoulders.

He'll be fine. Don't fret guys... as Sticky says "He's the ONE".

Trust.

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