FoxSports: Vikings one of NFL's most improved teams this offseason

comet52 wrote:

The first sentence is "The NFL does not hand out a trophy for winning the off-season".
Yeah and that's a shame because we'd need to build a whole building to house all our off-season trophies if they did.

I love your positivity.

supafreak84 wrote:

Just my opinion, but I think we are probably only a 6 or 7 win team this year....which I'm perfectly OK with as long as McCarthy gets a learning season, our young players get experience, and we finish strong heading into the offseason.

The issue is the division has improved dramatically, we still have holes along both lines, and good chance Sam Darnold starts at least the first half of the season, probably without Hockenson. I fully expect the first month of the season to be pretty rough in Viking land and I just don't trust Darnold to not turn the ball over

I'd agree the year could very well start off kind of rough. I've got 7 to 8 wins myself as a guess. I don't trust the interior of either line unfortunately. Darnold is Darnold until proven otherwise, but I probably have a little more optimism he can at least be a smidge better than what we've seen. 

Zero doubt this is a transition year and the rest of the NFCN is improving.

MaroonBells wrote:


The point is setting O/Us before rosters are complete is kinda stupid. Either way I'd get in now, before the chain-smoking men in the lime-colored leisure suits, stinking of English Leather and $3.99 prime, stumble out of Carrot Top long enough to see what's really up.

comet52 wrote:


Are you having a bad acid trip?  Help is available.

I don't know what would move that win total significantly but I don't think JJM starting the season on the bench is it.

Yep, agreed. 6.5 is about right. Maybe 7 is the better figure and it might move there. Darnold is Darnold to Vegas. This is a transition year for Minnesota, but they have enough bald faced talent to win 7 or 8 games even with Darnold.