I always get depressed after NFCC...

Ditto…  :p 

Go back even farther, got cought up in it when the Lakers left Minneapolis, Gophers played in the Rose Bowl and the Twins moved from Washington.  

There is no reward, just the hope of next year…… so far

Let this sink in Viking fans....the Bengals, yes the Bengals...are going to the Super Bowl while we are home again debating another off-season of change 

If 17 year old me told 61 year old me we wouldn't be back by now...

@"supafreak84" said: Let this sink in Viking fans....the Bengals, yes the Bengals...are going to the Super Bowl while we are home again debating another off-season of change 

It’s sad that the off-season excites me more than the actual season. At least during the off-season there is hope.

@"Riphawkins" said: It’s sad that the off-season excites me more than the actual season. At least during the off-season there is hope.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"supafreak84" said: Let this sink in Viking fans....the Bengals, yes the Bengals...are going to the Super Bowl while we are home again debating another off-season of change 

at least there is change to be talking about this year,  the last few years of wash rinse repeat has left very little to get excited for in the off-season.  This may not turn out better,  but at least we aren't just spinning our wheels and may come out of this with a new direction and drive for the franchise.  Its unfortunate that the draft class is so devoid of talent at the QB position,   but just having a new vision for the team will be interesting enough in the short term IMO.

I guess, I look forward to getting more done on Sundays.  I am only really depressed when Green Bay is in the Superbowl. 

@"supafreak84" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"supafreak84" said: Let this sink in Viking fans....the Bengals, yes the Bengals...are going to the Super Bowl while we are home again debating another off-season of change 

at least there is change to be talking about this year,  the last few years of wash rinse repeat has left very little to get excited for in the off-season.  This may not turn out better,  but at least we aren't just spinning our wheels and may come out of this with a new direction and drive for the franchise.  Its unfortunate that the draft class is so devoid of talent at the QB position,   but just having a new vision for the team will be interesting enough in the short term IMO.

I don't know, I always felt we were at least competitive and had a shot under Zimmer and Spielman until covid really derailed things for us two years ago. I thought with the roster tweaks this off-season we were going to be a definite playoff team. We lost so many games on the last play of the game or in overtime. Hoping for the best. It's just crazy in my lifetime this is the 3rd laughing stock Bengals Super Bowl I've witnessed while I have yet to see my Vikings in a single one. 

I had a huge sense of deja vu yesterday.

I was eerily brought back in time to 1/99, Metrodome NFCCG...

I just watched that Chiefs team choke one away yesterday. 

I felt a kinship with the Chiefs fans. Its just a game, but still tough to go through. 

@"purplefaithful" said: I had a huge sense of deja vu yesterday.

I was eerily brought back in time to 1/99, Metrodome NFCCG...

I just watched that Chiefs team choke one away yesterday. 

I felt a kinship with the Chiefs fans. Its just a game, but still tough to go through. 

Well there goes years of therapy.  Thanks for triggering a Viking fan. 

@"AGRforever" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: I had a huge sense of deja vu yesterday.

I was eerily brought back in time to 1/99, Metrodome NFCCG...

I just watched that Chiefs team choke one away yesterday. 

I felt a kinship with the Chiefs fans. Its just a game, but still tough to go through. 

Well there goes years of therapy.  Thanks for triggering a Viking fan. 

@"supafreak84" said: Let this sink in Viking fans....the Bengals, yes the Bengals...are going to the Super Bowl while we are home again debating another off-season of change 

More than a few and far far away :(

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: I had a huge sense of deja vu yesterday.

I was eerily brought back in time to 1/99, Metrodome NFCCG...

I just watched that Chiefs team choke one away yesterday. 

I felt a kinship with the Chiefs fans. Its just a game, but still tough to go through. 

Well there goes years of therapy.  Thanks for triggering a Viking fan. 

I was there and had it buried away - till yesterday. 

I'm in therapy now for @JustinTime18™  triggering my childhood Bambi trauma. You're welcome to join me. 

@"minny65" said:

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: I had a huge sense of deja vu yesterday.

I was eerily brought back in time to 1/99, Metrodome NFCCG...

I just watched that Chiefs team choke one away yesterday. 

I felt a kinship with the Chiefs fans. Its just a game, but still tough to go through. 

Well there goes years of therapy.  Thanks for triggering a Viking fan. 

I was there and had it buried away - till yesterday. 

I'm in therapy now for @JustinTime18™  triggering my childhood Bambi trauma. You're welcome to join me. 

Yea but the deer population does need to be controlled so Bambi is just your everyday fawn orphan.

While the Vikings fan population is aging and dying a slow tortured death with glimmers of hope that are a mirage.

BTW - I am a therapist (online Facebook course) and have treated many mentally tortured Viking fans.

@"AGRforever" said:

@"minny65" said:

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: I had a huge sense of deja vu yesterday.

I was eerily brought back in time to 1/99, Metrodome NFCCG...

I just watched that Chiefs team choke one away yesterday. 

I felt a kinship with the Chiefs fans. Its just a game, but still tough to go through. 

Well there goes years of therapy.  Thanks for triggering a Viking fan. 

I was there and had it buried away - till yesterday. 

I'm in therapy now for @JustinTime18™  triggering my childhood Bambi trauma. You're welcome to join me. 

Yea but the deer population does need to be controlled so Bambi is just your everyday fawn orphan.

While the Vikings fan population is aging and dying a slow tortured death with glimmers of hope that are a mirage.

BTW - I am a therapist (online Facebook course) and have treated many mentally tortured Viking fans.

98 still hurts bad.  We had the team.  We had the match up.  We had the kicker.  We had everything. 

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"supafreak84" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"supafreak84" said: Let this sink in Viking fans....the Bengals, yes the Bengals...are going to the Super Bowl while we are home again debating another off-season of change 

at least there is change to be talking about this year,  the last few years of wash rinse repeat has left very little to get excited for in the off-season.  This may not turn out better,  but at least we aren't just spinning our wheels and may come out of this with a new direction and drive for the franchise.  Its unfortunate that the draft class is so devoid of talent at the QB position,   but just having a new vision for the team will be interesting enough in the short term IMO.

I don't know, I always felt we were at least competitive and had a shot under Zimmer and Spielman until covid really derailed things for us two years ago. I thought with the roster tweaks this off-season we were going to be a definite playoff team. We lost so many games on the last play of the game or in overtime. Hoping for the best. It's just crazy in my lifetime this is the 3rd laughing stock Bengals Super Bowl I've witnessed while I have yet to see my Vikings in a single one. 

I think that is called purgatory,  that is the friendzone of sports analogies.  I am sick of being just competitive,  tired of drafting between 12 and 25,  I want this team to make some big swings, and if they come up short then grab another bat and swing some more,  but simply being satisfied with still being in the hunt in december has just worn thin for me and I didnt see it improving under Zimmer and Rick,  i am really looking forward to see what KAM and his team will be able to accomplish,  they may fail,  but at least it wont be a rerun of the last few years.

The Vikings have had a lot of bad luck along the way as well.  Especially in the Zimmer/Spielman era.   Seriously Teddy almost loses his leg in a non contract injury just as camp is closing?  SERIOUSLY?  Sharrif Floyd was rounding out to be an ALL Pro level DT along with Linval Joseph.  A routine knee scope cost him is career.  That is 2 first rounders who had freakish injuries that also impacted how the Vikings drafted and went about FA and trades.  Unreal

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: I had a huge sense of deja vu yesterday.

I was eerily brought back in time to 1/99, Metrodome NFCCG...

I just watched that Chiefs team choke one away yesterday. 

I felt a kinship with the Chiefs fans. Its just a game, but still tough to go through. 

Well there goes years of therapy.  Thanks for triggering a Viking fan. 

I was there and had it buried away - till yesterday. 

I'm in therapy now for @JustinTime18™  triggering my childhood Bambi trauma. You're welcome to join me.