Everyone ok or is worry starting to creep in?
Be honest. The team is currently the #2 seed in the NFC and winnable games in front of them, 2 at home. Still solid? How are you going to feel if, God forbid, they lose to Cincy at home?
Not looking for fan bravado. Just wondering what your gut is telling you. I think personally, things are fine.....but I get that peeps might be privately a tad nervous. I can admit that there's a very small seed of concern down there for me, however.
I am fine. (but that is oddly normal for this Viking fan, always believe they are going to win).
But this is different. The team made so many mistakes, penalties, drops and yet still fought to the end. I am not worried about the team.
The NFL and their packer love on the other hand...
Andrew Krammer @Andrew_Krammer 3m3 minutes ago
If this makes me a bad fan so be it, but I ALWAYS worry...lol...I am confident and worry at the same time. I am conflicted. I watch with my eyes covered sometimes. I turn off the commentators because they piss me off. I cry when we lose in fantastic fashion. I cuss and yell and act like a mad woman when we win, ESPECIALLY against the Packers. I REFUSE to talk smack with fans of other teams because I'm afraid it will cause me to kick them in the junk. I have never forgotten 1998 or 2009 or 2015. I love this team and sometimes I hate them. I get a racing heart during each and every game, but relish those rare in-hand from the get-go games--the ones that make it so I don't have to go take some ibuprofen after they are over....I don't know why I care so much. But I do care. And sometimes, I don't care.
So, in summary, YES...I'm worried. I'm confident we have the talent to win the whole damn thing. But, like Greed, I find it hard to trust the NFL and its agenda.
I am 50/50.
We are the best or we will blow it. I go back and forth. Depending on my mood.
I was 75/25 towards we are the best a week ago.
Feeling good in general about the team and winning out. My biggest concern is the O-line injuries piling up at during the final push to lock down a potential Home Field situation throughout the playoffs.
I'll worry if we lose to the Bengals. You could see a loss coming (at least one) with the tough stretch we went through, and despite many setbacks the team kept fighting against Carolina. At home, this team should handle the Bungles easily. A loss, however, will (and should) send alarm bells ringing everywhere.
a loss to Cincy would be worrying, but I doubt that will take place. If anything, I expect a similar game to the Tampa game, where we are clearly the dominate team. I think we need a big win to help get everyone on track mentally for this long run.
I believed that the loss at Carolina was the best possible loss we could have had. it was a game on the road, versus a playoff team, with a tough defense, and we beat ourselves by very uncharastic play. Drops, fumbles, sacks, bad officiating, rare bad defensive lapses. It was a game that Carolina did it all it could, and we gave them a W. I doubt one Panther fan would feel very confident about a rematch, particulary in Minnesota, which is a good thing, which is reality.
A strong victory over Cincy would be a great start to a February run. A loss, and it will be a dog fight until the end.
Vikings 30
Bengals 16
11-3, 2 more for 13-3, a bye, and at worst one home game at home.
For me it's hard to worry...I realize things like this are out of my control. I believe the Vikings and coaches can do what they set out to do. Also, I believe the team is good enough to make really solid run through the playoffs. I just feel they will win the division Sunday after a win against the Bengals.
@prairieghost summed it up very nicely... "we have the talent to win the whole damn thing, but hard to trust the NFL agenda".
That may very well be tin-foil hat territory, but it's hard to shake the past sucker punches without feeling like there was some human intervention...
In other words, the anxiety will always be there until they bring home the trophy.
At that point, we can begin to theorize how the NFL will somehow manage to take it away and stricken the season from the record books... LOL
I think Sunday is going to be nuts in the stadium. This is our house. I'm planning now to lose my voice. I'm listening to Zim now who just said that we should have Remmers and Elflein back. He also said "we might even have Reiff back". He didn't seem too sure about Rudolph. Who knows exactly what to believe but I feel good about Sunday.
This is a solid team. And although I have moments of nervousness, I continue to believe that this team has the ability and the will to win.
@"Nichelle" said: I think Sunday is going to be nuts in the stadium. This is our house. I'm planning now to lose my voice. I'm listening to Zim now who just said that we should have Remmers and Elflein back. He also said "we might even have Reiff back". He didn't seem too sure about Rudolph. Who knows exactly what to believe but I feel good about Sunday.This is a solid team. And although I have moments of nervousness, I continue to believe that this team has the ability and the will to win.
Oh please let that be true. I think Elflein is possibly the offensive MVP. Between him and Reiff, our line is so much better. I would even give Reiff a week off to recover if we have Remmers back.
I've been saying for weeks that the only team that can beat the Minnesota Vikings is the Minnesota Vikings.
Carolina didn't beat us last week, we beat ourselves.
We have beat every NFC playoff team except the Eagles and Panthers and neither of those teams have beat us.
NOT SCARED, NOT WORRIED!
I felt this was a super bowl roster in the summer of '16 and I still think it's a super bowl roster. I'd feel a lot more confident with Teddy under center, but regardless of who's QB, at this point, our success or failure is mostly just a matter of luck.,ie, getting and staying healthy, because there isn't a team in the NFL we can't beat.
I never think they will win, so I guess I’m giod as ever. 10-3 at this point in the season is better than where I thought they’d be.
One game at a time!
Play like they're capable they will end 13-3. Of course there is no guarantee they'll play like they're capable all three weeks.
I'm not worried at all. We're going to beat Cincinnati. There is something special about this team... it's time to cast those old doubts away and quit expecting the worst.
I am good that was a bummer of a loss but this team is good.
If this team can't beat a Bengals team that got rolled by the Bears...in Cincy...then Odin help us!
These are the current odds for teams getting into the playoffs. Why the hype from the media on Green Bay?
New England Patriots: 100 percent
Minnesota Vikings: 99.9 percent
Jacksonville Jaguars: 98.2 percent
New Orleans Saints: 93.6 percent
Los Angeles Rams: 89.1 percent
Carolina Panthers: 78.9 percent
Tennessee Titans: 76.3 percent
Los Angeles Chargers: 66.7 percent
Baltimore Ravens: 65.3 percent
Seattle Seahawks: 64.7 percent
Kansas City Chiefs: 61.2 percent
Atlanta Falcons: 47.7 percent
Buffalo Bills: 28.9 percent
Miami Dolphins: 22.2 percent
Dallas Cowboys: 9.8 percent
Detroit Lions: 8.7 percent
Green Bay Packers: 7.5 percent
Oakland Raiders: 1.1 percent
Arizona Cardinals: Less than one percent
Cincinnati Bengals: Less than one percent
New York Jets: Less than one percent
Yeah, I'll be worried like hell, and completely shocked if we lose this Sunday. I do think the team looked flat, and just "off" last Sunday. Way too many mistakes made by the same play makers that have been winning games for us.
Do I think we're going to the Super Bowl? Sorry, I've been burned so many times by this team, I won't let it happen again. I'll believe we're going to the Super Bowl only when I see it happen.
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