Should Be A Get Right Week

Line is -10.5

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I’m surprised a Vikings fan of any length of time would be confident enough to post something like this lol.

The Minnesota Vikings famously lost to all four teams that finished with a 4–12 record during the 2003 NFL season, finishing 9–7 and missing the playoffs.

The 2003 Collapse

• The 4–12 Teams: The Arizona Cardinals, Chargers, Raiders, and Giants all tied for the league's worst record that year, and the Vikings lost to every single one of them.

• The Finale: In Week 17, the Vikings needed a win against the 3–12 Arizona Cardinals to make the playoffs. They blew a late lead, giving up a game-winning touchdown pass to Nate Poole as time expired, which knocked Minnesota out of postseason contention.

Teasley and KOC will want to put this past week in the mirror as much as possible, so look for a pretty bold game plan...assuming they have the healthy receivers to implement it.

4/0 would be one hell of a feat in this league.

We'd all like to see K1 look like he's getting more comfortable, hitting his stride.

JustInTime wrote:

Line is -10.5

Crikey, u dont see that too often anymore.

I'd be hesitant to take the purple and give that up in pts.

purplefaithful wrote:

Crikey, u dont see that too often anymore.
I'd be hesitant to take the purple and give that up in pts.

Me too. I need to see this improve first…

JustInTime wrote:

https://twitter.com/rantervikings/status/2104917073898127458

I hate to be a scrooge, this is just the kinda of game the NFL schedule puts together and it ends-up being much (much) closer than one might think.

Maybe the O finally starts to gel some?

Saints QB Tyler Shough is T-2nd in sacks taken (10) ♦️Gervon Dexter leads DTs in QB pressures ♦️Za’Darius Smith is 6th in sacks on just 77 snaps played ♦️Cameron Thomas is 3rd in QB hits (10). Brandon Dorlus (6)

— Clint Goss @NFLDraftDome Sep 29, 2026

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Saints QB Tyler Shough is T-2nd in sacks taken (10) ♦️Gervon Dexter leads DTs in QB pressures ♦️Za’Darius Smith is 6th in sacks on just 77 snaps played ♦️Cameron Thomas is 3rd in QB hits (10). Brandon Dorlus (6)

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O/U sacks 8.5 when we play the following Sunday. I’m sending “Revenge Bountygate” tee shirts to the entire D.

We all know the dolphins are actively trying to lose. But how does it lead to Kyler understanding KOCs 4d chess offense?

medaille wrote:

We all know the dolphins are actively trying to lose. But how does it lead to Kyler understanding KOCs 4d chess offense?

Not sure where you are getting that from. They have a tough minded coaching staff that is trying to build a winning culture and trying to win games. I watched their game last week against KC and they definitely were not a team trying to lose. They played really hard and had a shot in that game, but just not enough experience to beat a team like KC. They have some really good young WRs and Willis unlike our QB has a good pocket feel and can make plays with his legs and get the ball downfield.

This is not going to be an easy game, I think they will be better than Tampa who we should have beaten by at least 2 scores, but just squeaked by.

Make that -11.5

JR44 wrote:

Not sure where you are getting that from. They have a tough minded coaching staff that is trying to build a winning culture and trying to win games. I watched their game last week against KC and they definitely were not a team trying to lose. They played really hard and had a shot in that game, but just not enough experience to beat a team like KC. They have some really good young WRs and Willis unlike our QB has a good pocket feel and can make plays with his legs and get the ball downfield.
This is not going to be an easy game, I think they will be better than Tampa who we should have beaten by at least 2 scores, but just squeaked by.

Yeah, not sure I agree with the notion that the Dolphins are 'actively trying to lose'. Tough minded team.

Fun fact: I have as many sacks as the Dolphins entire team.

StickierBuns wrote:

Me too. I need to see this improve first…
https://x.com/ihartitz/status/2104779718860181654?s=46&t=ohFAAgt56m6anXyDpx1btQ

The worst? Say it isn't so. We have the Dolphins this week. KOC will make sure it's all bread and butter to mask it. We should look good this week and I hope we do. Not sure I will get too excited for it and think that is the norm

StickierBuns wrote:

Yeah, not sure I agree with the notion that the Dolphins are 'actively trying to lose'. Tough minded team.

Maybe poor choice of words, but they gutted their roster. They are embracing their reset as hard as you can.

Bflo revenge game.

purplefaithful wrote:

I hate to be a scrooge, this is just the kinda of game the NFL schedule puts together and it ends-up being much (much) closer than one might think.
Maybe the O finally starts to gel some?

That's kinda my thought going in as well. I have Mahomes as a fantasy QB and so I watched much of the Dolphins/Chiefs game, and it was kinda frustrating. Dolphins dominated time of possession through long, sustained drives, and they completed half of their 3rd down attempts, and this was without Achane.

Do I think the Fins are going to win this game? Absolutely not. Vikings have a much better defense than the Chiefs, and no way the Fins hit 50% on 3rd down against BFlo. What's more, we're at home and the Dolphins just don't have the horses on either side of the ball.

BUT....they're still an NFL team, and I suspect they're going to do what the Bucs did. Take away the run and force Kyler to beat them, so K1's got to play better, the protections and communications have got to improve, or this could be one of those weird games where if we're not careful, a turnover here or a penalty there can see us drop an easy one.

Last time I attended a game, Vikings won 48-10. In fact, in the dozen or so times I've seen them live, they've lost only once, and that was at TCF.