So, the Giants again...
It's not easy winning a playoff game and not easy beating a team 2 times in a season.
USB will be rocking and looking forward to being part of it.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Just saw that it's the Sunday afternoon game. Might try to get there.
Really hope we win this one for all of the obvious reasons but also to prove to the media blowhards and the stats nerds that we aren't "frauds". We have some terrible losses this season but also some great wins. Let's win and move on!
@"MaroonBells" said: Just saw that it's the Sunday afternoon game. Might try to get there.Make sure to hit me up if you get up here for it...
@"MaroonBells" said: Just saw that it's the Sunday afternoon game. Might try to get there.
SON OF A BITCH
I'll be in the air for the @#$%&*(()(*%$#$%@#!@$# playoff game.
@"purplefaithful" said:Will do. Was thinking how inexpensive it would be if I just went by myself, but of course my kids now want to go, tripling the cost. Little bastards. So we'll see.@"MaroonBells" said: Just saw that it's the Sunday afternoon game. Might try to get there. Make sure to hit me up if you get up here for it...
@"AGRforever" said:@"MaroonBells" said: Just saw that it's the Sunday afternoon game. Might try to get there.SON OF A BITCH
I'll be in the air for the @#$%&*(()(*%$#$%@#!@$# playoff game.
Dahuuude! Is it Southwest? Maybe your flight will be canceled. :-)
It will be an interesting matchup. Re-watching the film of the game a few weekends back, the Vikings didn't play all that great and still managed to win. This time around the Vikings will have their hands full along the O-line especially without O'Neill. Plenty of time to digest the matchups during the week but I still like the Vikings chances if they don't give up chunks on defense.
@"MaroonBells" said:@"AGRforever" said:@"MaroonBells" said: Just saw that it's the Sunday afternoon game. Might try to get there.SON OF A BITCH
I'll be in the air for the @#$%&*(()(*%$#$%@#!@$# playoff game.
Dahuuude! Is it Southwest? Maybe your flight will be canceled. :-)Worse, its Sun Country. I looked it up, you can't even buy wifi because they don't have it on any of their planes.
But....it was I think $76 round trip for Nashville to MSP. It's more to check a bag then the plane ticket. I want to say if I remember right its $55 each way for a checked bag. You can't do a carry on because it was $5 more for a smaller bag. You can do a "personal item" Since I'm a tight ass, we get 1 checked bag and whatever we can fit in our personal item/backpack.
@"Geoff Nichols" said: It will be an interesting matchup. Re-watching the film of the game a few weekends back, the Vikings didn't play all that great and still managed to win. This time around the Vikings will have their hands full along the O-line especially without O'Neill. Plenty of time to digest the matchups during the week but I still like the Vikings chances if they don't give up chunks on defense.
Of everyone, they're who I wanted as our first playoff game. Now we just have to take care of business and hope San Fransisco falters so that we can host a 2nd game.
@"Geoff Nichols" said: It will be an interesting matchup. Re-watching the film of the game a few weekends back, the Vikings didn't play all that great and still managed to win. This time around the Vikings will have their hands full along the O-line especially without O'Neill. Plenty of time to digest the matchups during the week but I still like the Vikings chances if they don't give up chunks on defense.Agreed. We will need our QB play to be more efficient in this game than the first matchup.
I have to say (even though our defense is marginal at times), Danny Dimes impressed me with his ball placement, poise, and accuracy in that game. Throw in some mobility, he could develop into a pretty good QB.
@"purplefaithful" said: It's not easy winning a playoff game and not easy beating a team 2 times in a season.USB will be rocking and looking forward to being part of it.
They did a great job containing Barkley last time and will need to do that again to win
it took a career long, team record FG as the clock expired to beat them last time, they are supposedly going to be healthier on the DL, against a weaker OL for us, this matchup is far from comforting if you are looking to make a run in the post season.
This is the best matchup that we could've hoped for. Their pass rush is a concern against our banged up OL, but they have no WRs that can hurt us. Containing Barkley & keeping Jones in the pocket are the keys to winning this one.
@"JimmyinSD" said: it took a career long, team record FG as the clock expired to beat them last time, they are supposedly going to be healthier on the DL, against a weaker OL for us, this matchup is far from comforting if you are looking to make a run in the post season.I guess that's one way of looking at it... you could say the same thing about them, it took a long scoring drive, a 4th down conversion, and a 2 pt conversion for them to tie the game in the final minute to force us to make a game winning FG.
The Vikings were in the driver's seat in the 4th quarter up until that point. We don't need to act like our team is shit and got lucky in all our wins.
@"Wetlander" said:@"JimmyinSD" said: it took a career long, team record FG as the clock expired to beat them last time, they are supposedly going to be healthier on the DL, against a weaker OL for us, this matchup is far from comforting if you are looking to make a run in the post season. I guess that's one way of looking at it... you could say the same thing about them, it took a long scoring drive, a 4th down conversion, and a 2 pt conversion for them to tie the game in the final minute to force us to make a game winning FG.The Vikings were in the driver's seat in the 4th quarter up until that point. We don't need to act like our team is shit and got lucky in all our wins.
nope, not yesterdays, that was a straight up win. and nobody has said straight up shit, but are you going to say you are comfortable with the growth you have seen from this team this year? that the games havent left you wondering how good ( or bad ) this team really is?
@"JimmyinSD" said: it took a career long, team record FG as the clock expired to beat them last time, they are supposedly going to be healthier on the DL, against a weaker OL for us, this matchup is far from comforting if you are looking to make a run in the post season.Pick out someone else you’d like us to play lol. To win its going to take playing and beating great teams.
I’m just hopeful that the seachickens upset the 49ers because I think theyre the hardest out in the playoffs on the nfc side.
@"AGRforever" said:@"JimmyinSD" said: it took a career long, team record FG as the clock expired to beat them last time, they are supposedly going to be healthier on the DL, against a weaker OL for us, this matchup is far from comforting if you are looking to make a run in the post season. Pick out someone else you’d like us to play lol. To win its going to take playing and beating great teams.I’m just hopeful that the seachickens upset the 49ers because I think theyre the hardest out in the playoffs on the nfc side.
I would maybe have preferred the hags, just because we hadnt already played them. but yes, it would be nice not to have to face the niners, but after that it doesnt get any easier with it likely being the iggles or gurls, who both shit stomped our boys already this year.
@"JimmyinSD" said:@"AGRforever" said:@"JimmyinSD" said: it took a career long, team record FG as the clock expired to beat them last time, they are supposedly going to be healthier on the DL, against a weaker OL for us, this matchup is far from comforting if you are looking to make a run in the post season. Pick out someone else you’d like us to play lol. To win its going to take playing and beating great teams.I’m just hopeful that the seachickens upset the 49ers because I think theyre the hardest out in the playoffs on the nfc side.
I would maybe have preferred the hags, just because we hadnt already played them. but yes, it would be nice not to have to face the niners, but after that it doesnt get any easier with it likely being the iggles or gurls, who both shit stomped our boys already this year.
But I thought it was hard beating a team twice...
@"greediron" said:@"JimmyinSD" said:@"AGRforever" said:@"JimmyinSD" said: it took a career long, team record FG as the clock expired to beat them last time, they are supposedly going to be healthier on the DL, against a weaker OL for us, this matchup is far from comforting if you are looking to make a run in the post season. Pick out someone else you’d like us to play lol. To win its going to take playing and beating great teams.I’m just hopeful that the seachickens upset the 49ers because I think theyre the hardest out in the playoffs on the nfc side.
I would maybe have preferred the hags, just because we hadnt already played them. but yes, it would be nice not to have to face the niners, but after that it doesnt get any easier with it likely being the iggles or gurls, who both shit stomped our boys already this year.
But I thought it was hard beating a team twice...
I would say that is only applicable when the two are relatively equally matched, I dont see the Vikings on the same tier as the iggs or the gurls, honestly not even relatively close.
@"Wetlander" said:@"JimmyinSD" said: it took a career long, team record FG as the clock expired to beat them last time, they are supposedly going to be healthier on the DL, against a weaker OL for us, this matchup is far from comforting if you are looking to make a run in the post season. I guess that's one way of looking at it... you could say the same thing about them, it took a long scoring drive, a 4th down conversion, and a 2 pt conversion for them to tie the game in the final minute to force us to make a game winning FG.The Vikings were in the driver's seat in the 4th quarter up until that point. We don't need to act like our team is shit and got lucky in all our wins.
That was my thought during the game. We weren't playing too bad on defense and the offense was moving the ball well. We had gone up 24-16 early in the 4th and my son and I thought this was it. We'll stop them, then drive for another TD, going up 31-16. Our first "significant" win. But of course the drive you're referring to happened. It's been the story of our season.I keep thinking back to KOC saying early in the season we were (whatever our record was at the time) and we "still haven't played our best football yet." I thought we would see more improvement by now, but we really haven't. We'll need to see it now.
But I agree with you. You don't win 13 games in the NFL and sweep the AFC East without being a good football team.
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