Think we'll ever talk about Viking football again?

Hopefully TC will start as scheduled and we can actually start thinking about & discussing football again.  I too have Covid exhaustion.

OK Sticky, let's talk Vikings football then. Where do you want to start? Me, I'll start with this....extend Zim and Rick now. This franchise is more stable than it's been in quite some time, and it starts with them. Especially Zim.

I recently started following Justin Jefferson on Instagram and am really impressed with what I see. Granted, no one is defending him and it's all scripted but the routes and breaks look good. That being said, this morning while working out I started thinking about Irv's jump this year and what his production may be. I really think he takes a major leap forward this year and has some solid production numbers.

I think the toll of this contagion is becoming more evident everyday...On one end of the spectrum its young and dumb with covid parties and its making people cranky for all sorts of legit reasons.

On the other end are graves, small funerals and tearful goodbyes. 

I just read that the Ivy League cancelled all fall sports. I dont know how in the hell we're going to have football this fall. College or Pro. If we do it's certainly going to be like nothing we've seen before. 

Ivy League has cancelled all fall sports and the way the positive tests have been piling up around many of the major college teams, the rest of the conferences may not be far behind.  If I were to put odds on it, I would say there is probably a less than 20% chance we see the NFL this year.  We will definitely know more once MLB and NBA try to start up.  U.S. now has I/4 of the world's cases, that is insane and embarrassing that we are still peaking, consequently, it doesn't look good for any kind of normalcy returning to sports.  

@"JR44" said: Ivy League has cancelled all fall sports and the way the positive tests have been piling up around many of the major college teams, the rest of the conferences may not be far behind.  If I were to put odds on it, I would say there is probably a less than 20% chance we see the NFL this year.  We will definitely know more once MLB and NBA try to start up.  U.S. now has I/4 of the world's cases, that is insane and embarrassing that we are still peaking, consequently, it doesn't look good for any kind of normalcy returning to sports.  

I would be curios to learn how our testing and reporting on the virus compares to other countries.   If the rest of the world is only testing on symptoms (like the US was doing originally) and the majority of the positive tests in the US being asymptomatic,  then it stands to reason that the US doing tons of blinds tests regardless of symptoms would be showing much worse than the rest of the world and even worse than what we were showing early on when they were only testing on symptoms.  I dont think its really as bad as it was months ago,  its just how the testing and reporting has changed.  yes there are upticks in certain areas in cases and even some areas with hospitalizations,  but those areas werent hit hardly at all early on so they are just going through what NY and other areas had already went through and it was inevitable that it would happen.   A month or so from now those areas will be fine and we will be enjoying our football fireside chats as the sun sets earlier and the evening air cools to remind us that once again the grid irons will be open for business.

I think we should use this thread to discuss football and football only...meaning not discussing whether or not it will happen this year. I'm with Sticky where I want a thread that solely discusses our team and the 2020 season. That being said, I for some reason cannot decide if I want Zim and/or Rick extended. I think both do a good job but can we do better? Yes. Do we sign the right guys if we move on and win that coveted Super Bowl? I have no idea. I would hate to let their contracts expire and then we experience the "You dont know what you've got until it's gone".

@"Hawkvike25" said: I think we should use this thread to discuss football and football only...meaning not discussing whether or not it will happen this year. I'm with Sticky where I want a thread that solely discusses our team and the 2020 season. That being said, I for some reason cannot decide if I want Zim and/or Rick extended. I think both do a good job but can we do better? Yes. Do we sign the right guys if we move on and win that coveted Super Bowl? I have no idea. I would hate to let their contracts expire and then we experience the "You dont know what you've got until it's gone".

I think they need another year after this one.... nothing will be gleaned from a year that is going to be as F'd up as this one is with no offseason work, limited training camps and preseason games,  and now I'm hearing teams may have to cut to a 75 man roster before they even get to camp (which IMO is dumb as fuck considering teams will suffer Covid losses during the season and will need a deeper pool to pull from this of all years they should be looking at expanding the 53 to at least 65,  and making rookies exempt from roster cuts,  or at least expand the practice squad by double, since they really never got a legit opportunity to showcase their talents.

I can't remember a coach having had to deal with so much as Zim has, and he's still been pretty successful here. That alone would make me want to give him an extension. The grass isn't always greener on the other side, folks.

@"PurpleCrush" said: I can't remember a coach having had to deal with so much as Zim has, and he's still been pretty successful here. That alone would make me want to give him an extension. The grass isn't always greener on the other side, folks.

I dont think any of us should assume Zimmer wants to continue this too much longer???

And this was lost in the COVID thread, but the Twins have sidelined a # of their coaches who are 65, 68 for the season...Zimmer and many on his staff are over 60 too - they going to be hanging out in the locker room with a bunch of 20 some year olds post game?

Everything is more difficult now...

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"PurpleCrush" said: I can't remember a coach having had to deal with so much as Zim has, and he's still been pretty successful here. That alone would make me want to give him an extension. The grass isn't always greener on the other side, folks.

I dont think any of us should assume Zimmer wants to continue this too much longer???

And this was lost in the COVID thread, but the Twins have sidelined a # of their coaches who are 65, 68 for the season...Zimmer and many on his staff are over 60 too - they going to be hanging out in the locker room with a bunch of 20 some year olds post game?

Everything is more difficult now...

Yeah, have gotten to know more about people here, I just need to get back to yelling at the kids to get off my lawn.
I am skeptical of a complete season, but I think it could be a great year for seeing the youth go to the next level.  Also think Zim may hang it up after this and get to enjoying hunting in Kentucky.

I too am looking forward to football.  My sophmore just started weights again after 14 days off because 1 person tested positive without symptoms.  So as much as I look forward to his season, I don't see how it works out in reality.  People are living in fear and won't pull their head out. 

As far as the NFL, the money talks, so I expect a season.  But who knows, many of the stars have enough money and like the NBA may opt to sit out.  If that is the case, and without fans, the league is going to crumble.

@"greediron" said:

I too am looking forward to football.  My sophmore just started weights again after 14 days off because 1 person tested positive without symptoms.  So as much as I look forward to his season, I don't see how it works out in reality.  People are living in fear and won't pull their head out. 

As far as the NFL, the money talks, so I expect a season.  But who knows, many of the stars have enough money and like the NBA may opt to sit out.  If that is the case, and without fans, the league is going to crumble.

I am too, football is a part of my cadence for the year, its grounding in some aspects...

OTOH, football is the ultimate contact sport and COVID is going to luv that.

I don't see how it's possible looking at it logically - 1/2 a team could be out for a given game (s). Imagine going into Chicago and having to play an important Norris tilt without KC, Cook, Thielen and Bradbury???

With the resurgence in Covid going on, wait times for results are up to 6 days right now. Maybe the billionaire league will get their results turned around sooner...sigh

Whether there is a season or not... I've lost alot of zeal to watch it.  I'm sure I will watch the Vikes... but, probably, only when I get around to it.  It will hardly be "must see TV".

@"pumpf" said: Whether there is a season or not... I've lost alot of zeal to watch it.  I'm sure I will watch the Vikes... but, probably, only when I get around to it.  It will hardly be "must see TV".

you say that now,  but Vikings Packers............Sunday September 13th,  I can bet that the sermon will be a little more concise and that the hand shakes will be a bit more like a quick gimme 5 than  they have been.   B)

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"pumpf" said: Whether there is a season or not... I've lost alot of zeal to watch it.  I'm sure I will watch the Vikes... but, probably, only when I get around to it.  It will hardly be "must see TV".

you say that now,  but Vikings Packers............Sunday September 13th,  I can bet that the sermon will be a little more concise and that the hand shakes will be a bit more like a quick gimme 5 than  they have been.   B)

The secret to happiness in 2020 is low expectations. And I have zero expectations of NFL football. So, I'll consider any bit I see to be a bonus. I watched the re-broadcast of 2009 Packers @ Vikings and was cheering every sack like it was a live game. 

Lets GO .... do something, sometime, somewhere with a football.

@"Nichelle" said: The secret to happiness in 2020 is low expectations. And I have zero expectations of NFL football. So, I'll consider any bit I see to be a bonus. I watched the re-broadcast of 2009 Packers @ Vikings and was cheering every sack like it was a live game. 

Lets GO .... do something, sometime, somewhere with a football.

Maybe we should just have a tailgate,  BBQ and frozen drinks...what say you?  How do you suppose the mmpls pd would react to a tailgate on a Sunday morning with no games taking place?

They better just have the games imo. 

NFL today bans handshakes post-game as part of a set of rules released...

So after a full day of contact tackling, playing across from each other on the line o scrimmage, but no handshakes or jersey swaps post-game to curb the spread of Covid?