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  • It’s not the question but I’m close with a lot of former Twins.

    I played baseball at a high level and happened to live near the AA team in my 20’s (when I was single/working stiff).

    Twins are a cheap organization and made AA players pay for their own housing. But when they had top prospects or guys they were sending down to AA for a few weeks, they needed temp housing. Since I was in the baseball world I knew the GM who asked if I’d take in short term players. I was a traveling sales rep who was barely home so it was a nice way to make extra cash and these guys were living out of duffle bags.

    Since they didn’t know anyone, I was their connection to the local area and we’d always take them out.

    One of the guys became an every day player for a while in Minnesota and I’d fly out to see him. He was close with some Vikings guys and I hung with a few of them a couple times.

    I don’t have any juicy stories (about the Vikings) or anything crazy to say other than Jim Kleinsasser will always be my favorite Viking player .


  • If we throw the ball 3 times and all 3 passes go incomplete, the Bears get the ball back with 4+ minutes needing a field goal to go ahead.

    If we run the ball 2x and pass once, the Bears get the ball back with 3+ minutes needing a field goal to win. Which ices the game for the Bears.

    The game would not have been won with a field goal. This should have been an aggressive drive to attempt to put the game away.

    KOC’s play calls were 2 minutes too early for that drive.







  • No team has ever been successful acquiring a quarterback during an NFL season. The fact that we are even speculating it is ridiculous.

    It would be an absolute waste to get a qb and tic up draft capital. The worst thing that could happen is the come in and we go 9-8.

    Ride with Hall. If he sucks, it’s good. If he’s good, it’s good.

    What if he’s a leader and possible heir to Cousins but with mobility?


  • If you want an odd perspective….

    I’m from New England and my father was an NFL fan before the patriots were in the league. He loved the Purple People Eaters and Tarkenton

    So I grew up to be a Vikings fan.

    As I got older and went to several games my love for the team/game grew but I started to dislike their hometown fans. Reddit makes it even worse because I can see their obsession with GB and complacency with mediocrity.

    My dislike of the Packers is the same as my dislike of the Cowboys. When I was growing up, people latched onto the Packers/Favre or the tail end of the Cowboys run. It was a big bandwagon following in the 90s.

    Packers sub/GB fans of the packers from Wisconsin are much more respectable and knowledgeable about the game.

    I love the Vikings, and it’s not possible to change the team, but I really wish my father had picked a different team in the 60s