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Vikings |
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By: LabPartner Date: August 14, 2024, 5:17 pm |
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JJ McCarthy is out for the season after surgery to repair a torn |
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meniscus. |
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So instead of the 10th pick in the draft, Vikings fans get Sam |
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Darnold: 3rd pick in the draft, but this is his 4th team in 7 |
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years. |
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Here's hoping Caleb makes it through unscathed. |
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Re: Vikings |
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By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: August 14, 2024, 5:28 pm |
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Are you trying to stir up trouble? |
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Re: Vikings |
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By: LabPartner Date: August 14, 2024, 6:58 pm |
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Or maybe offering sympathy. |
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Probably the trouble thing, though. |
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Re: Vikings |
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By: Heron Date: August 15, 2024, 1:09 am |
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As a Packer backer who also roots for U of M, I have mixed |
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feelings about this development. |
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Re: Vikings |
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By: Heron Date: August 19, 2024, 11:40 am |
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I adore the Substack writer Mike Tanier. Here's how he described |
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the Vikes' QB situation: |
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Minnesota Vikings: Sam Darnold vs. Fate�s Cruelty |
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The last thing Minnesota Vikings fans need or want right now is |
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toxic positivity. Forget the �silver linings� to J.J. McCarthy�s |
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season-ending injury. All of the brightest future outcomes for |
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McCarthy � from a C.J. Stroud-level rookie season down to a year |
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of practice reps and cameos � were pruned when he tore his |
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meniscus. Future probabilities are now skewed toward the |
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negative; among other things, the chance that injuries |
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completely swallow McCarthy�s career is much higher now than it |
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was eight days ago. |
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McCarthy could still be everything the Vikings hope for in 2025 |
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and beyond, but the odds now tilt not-so-slightly the other way. |
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It�s a shame, and sugar-coating the situation doesn�t make it |
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better. Let�s just hope for a thorough, uncomplicated recovery. |
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The Vikings shrink-wrapped Sam Darnold and gave Nick Mullens the |
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start against the Browns, and it was like watching mom stock up |
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on generic canned goods after dad lost another job. The Vikings |
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also signed Stephon Gilmore on Sunday for one year at $10 |
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million. It was a move that probably made more sense when they |
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started negotiations, but they cannot send Gilmore back for |
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store credit. |
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The Vikings are now hunkering down for a dreary gap year. They |
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will be quasi-competitive but bland, and the whole season will |
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feel like little more than a waiting game for the return of a |
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savior who had yet to perform a single miracle. |
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https://miketanier.substack.com/ |
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(Monday recaps are paywalled.) |
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Re: Vikings |
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By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: August 19, 2024, 12:35 pm |
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At least the rumor I heard a few days ago on the radio that Tom |
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Brady would come for a year proved untrue. |
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Re: Vikings |
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By: Heron Date: August 19, 2024, 4:32 pm |
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I detest Tom Brady. And when I told my brother, a U of M grad |
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who was on campus at the same time as Tom Terrific one year, |
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that Tom had a MAGA hat in his locker, my brother said, "He's |
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dead to me." |
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I'm rather hoping Tom will stink at calling games, but I suspect |
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he'll turn out to be good at it. |
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Re: Vikings |
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By: Heron Date: August 19, 2024, 4:43 pm |
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Oh, and the Packers looked HORRIBLE last night without their |
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starters playing, fwiw. |
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