What was your "uh-oh" moment in 2025?

[Mattyman]

I'm curious, as a Fan, when did you realize the 2025 Vikings weren't gonna be as good as you'd hoped? 

When did ya get the feeling in your gut that said, "Uh-oh" this isn't gonna work nearly as well as you'd hoped?

The moment you  figured out, JJ wasn't be as good as  advertised ?

FWIW The Vikings played lights out in 2000,Culpepper's first  year as a starter.   it was  a precedent of what was possible. 

With Free Agency spending , the roster,    there were semi realistic high expectations  in 2025.


For me it was in Preseason, when the starters didn't play much.
A rookie QB who'd sat out an entire year ,playing behind a replaced IOL , and a new IDL in Flores system that all  got limited reps....?  


Denny Green got it right when his teams  played full out in preseason and it worked.

The practice of sitting starters in preseason was predicated on a veteran unit returning in tact, where they'd demonstrated they didn't need the reps. That's not what is happening now. These units and players are unproven due to Free Agency yet everyone sits out most of Preseason....


What's the upside to resting starters only for them to show up  week 1 looking off and out of sorts where they  needed more reps..Isn't that the purpose of Preseason?

[pattersaur]

I'm curious, as a Fan, when did you realize the 2025 Vikings weren't gonna be as good as you'd hoped? 

When did ya get the feeling in your gut that said, "Uh-oh" this isn't gonna work nearly as well as you'd hoped?

The moment you  figured out, JJ wasn't be as good as  advertised ?

FWIW The Vikings played lights out in 2000,Culpepper's first  year as a starter.   it was  a precedent of what was possible. 

With Free Agency spending , the roster,    there were semi realistic high expectations  in 2025.


For me it was in Preseason, when the starters didn't play much.
A rookie QB who'd sat out an entire year ,playing behind a replaced IOL , and a new IDL in Flores system that all  got limited reps....?  


Denny Green got it right when his teams  played full out in preseason and it worked.

The practice of sitting starters in preseason was predicated on a veteran unit returning in tact, where they'd demonstrated they didn't need the reps. That's not what is happening now. These units and players are unproven due to Free Agency yet everyone sits out most of Preseason....


What's the upside to resting starters only for them to show up  week 1 looking off and out of sorts where they  needed more reps..Isn't that the purpose of Preseason?

We lost in Green Bay and McCarthy and the offense looked completely pathetic. Then, like a day later when I had almost kind of mentally moved on, we found out McCarthy was injured again. The following days that felt like months listening to fans convince themselves Brosmer was Brady was a dark time

[AGRforever]

153 yards in the season opener against a not so great Bears secondary. I guess at that point I realized the kid wasn’t the messiah.

[Vikesrock]

I expected him to stink for a while in the beginning. He had no live NFL game experience. I never really uh-ohh'd until the Vikings were ruled out of the playoffs. I figured McCarthy would continue as he got more playing time, but he kept getting injured. I believe we did see him improve, but then hurt again..

[RS_Express]

When we lost to Atlanta with Cashman and AVG already out and McCarthy getting the high ankle sprain. I knew right there this was going to be one of those MASH unit seasons. Whenever we got one guy back, somebody else went out.