Brandel could move to Center

The holding call on the Vikings that nullified a TD and Blake Brandel's reaction pic.twitter.com/Ta35z8nNqm

— Vikings Blogger (@firstandskol) October 19, 2025

There’s no way on god’s green earth that’s a hold.

supafreak84 wrote:
Even without the questionable holding call that erased a touchdown, he snaps the ball over Wentz's head which kills our first drive and makes us settle for a long field goal. He got beat badly which caused the Wentz interception for a touchdown. He had a lot to do with us losing today.

His Second start ever as a center....ever....in his life.... Wentz sucked ass today,  one play is no excuse for the way he played.

JimmyinSD wrote:

His Second start ever as a center....ever....in his life.... Wentz sucked ass today,  one play is no excuse for the way he played.

Well...why are we having to force the issue? The answer is because our GM signed a veteran with prior concussion issues who is now shockingly having concussion issues, and the reason he signed him is because they didn't trust his draft pick Jurgens to handle the job. So when you don't have options you are forced to do stupid things like play Brandel at center, who like you said...second start at center...ever...in his life and it cost us today. Not the sole reason we lost, but he was involved in a series of costly plays today.

supafreak84 wrote:

Well...why are we having to force the issue? The answer is because our GM signed a veteran with prior concussion issues who is now shockingly having concussion issues, and the reason he signed him is because they didn't trust his draft pick Jurgens to handle the job. So when you don't have options you are forced to do stupid things like play Brandel at center, who like you said...second start at center...ever...in his life and it cost us today. Not the sole reason we lost, but he was involved in a series of costly plays today.

JimmyinSD wrote:
Brandel is a long way down on why we lost today.

I'll disagree. If you take away the pressure he gave up that resulted in the Wentz INT for a touchdown...it's a different game considering the final point differential. 

You can hate on Wentz, but he threw for over 300 yards today, had some great scrambles to extend drives, and we've see much worse QB performances in Minnesota.

supafreak84 wrote:

Well...why are we having to force the issue? The answer is because our GM signed a veteran with prior concussion issues who is now shockingly having concussion issues, and the reason he signed him is because they didn't trust his draft pick Jurgens to handle the job. So when you don't have options you are forced to do stupid things like play Brandel at center, who like you said...second start at center...ever...in his life and it cost us today. Not the sole reason we lost, but he was involved in a series of costly plays today.

Bradbury was let go due to lousy play but now plays well in New England.  Ingram sucked but now is highly rated by PFF at Houston.  See a pattern?

supafreak84 wrote:

I'll disagree. If you take away the pressure he gave up that resulted in the Wentz INT for a touchdown...it's a different game considering the final point differential. 

You can hate on Wentz, but he threw for over 300 yards today, had some great scrambles to extend drives, and we've see much worse QB performances in Minnesota.

2 plays dont make a game,  Wentz missed a lot of open plays. Our clock management was total shit and play calling only marginally better.  Brandel was the least of our issues.

JimmyinSD wrote:

2 plays dont make a game,  Wentz missed a lot of open plays. Our clock management was total shit and play calling only marginally better.  Brandel was the least of our issues.

This is the NFL and 2 plays can absolutely make a game. Mistakes by Brandel cost us two touchdowns and having to settle for a long field goal on the first drive after he launched the snap over Wentz's head. If you want to argue the holding penalty shouldn't have been holding, fine, but his other mistakes cost us points in a 6 point loss. He wasn't pulled for Jurgens in the second half because he was playing great football today. There's enough blame to go around, but Brandel certainly played his part

JustInTime wrote:
https://x.com/firstandskol/status/1979973701702496632?s=46&t=TjjB9Q4BmOwmN74RrrMjoQ

There’s no way on god’s green earth that’s a hold.

There was a hold, but it was on the DL, not Brandel, one of worst calls you will ever see.  Refs were so one sided all game.

supafreak84 wrote:

This is the NFL and 2 plays can absolutely make a game. Mistakes by Brandel cost us two touchdowns and having to settle for a long field goal on the first drive after he launched the snap over Wentz's head. If you want to argue the holding penalty shouldn't have been holding, fine, but his other mistakes cost us points in a 6 point loss. He wasn't pulled for Jurgens in the second half because he was playing great football today. There's enough blame to go around, but Brandel certainly played his part

You assume that snap cost 6 points, but they still got a FG IIRC,   based on the rest of the day I think it likely was a wash as they weren't making TDs yesterday.