about 7 1/2 hours to go til game time.

Tri tip about to go in the smoker, got the greens chips and salsa ready to go.  Can not wait to see the Vikings in their first real game.

@ Steelers game 2...

Makes the home opener almost a must win... 

I been taking a silent break. This off season. This is the yearvee sneak up and shock the world.  Super bowl of in for the bikes baby

The belief is that #Bears WR Kevin White suffered a broken collarbone, source said (as @DanGrazianoESPN reported). Headed to Injured Reserve

typical NFL fashion, the refs are helping Green Bay.

The refs are alive and well in Green Bay.

That was a quick hook...

my sweet kid, who turned 16 yesterday, is in critical contition and will be operated on tomorrow.  she has sonething called TEN syndrome--a vicious auto immune disease brought in by an allergic reaction to a medicine.  affects 6 in 1 million.  she is at the Grossman Burn Center here in LA.  we are here because the disease attacks the skin and lining of the mouth throat esophagus, and stomach.  the skin falls off in sheets.  therefore it is treated like a burn. the operation is to remove affected skin, cover with temporary skin and then try to keep infection ar bay.  this has all happened in the last 3 days.
please pray for this wonderful child.  she is loving, fierce and strong.  she has been through so much--as if our house burning was not enough--now she has this.  im frightened but turning it over to God.  

hug your loved ones

ivar (Caactorvike)

When the 2016 season began, there was a consensus around the NFL that Minnesota Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr was among the best at his position and one of the most exciting young defensive players in the league. But a down year pushed Barr and Mike Zimmer to search for answers this offseason.
http://www.1500espn.com/vikings-2/2017/0...provement/

The circumstances could not have been more difficult for Sam Bradford a year ago. Unhappy in Philadelphia, and destined to fall behind first-round pick Carson Wentz on the depth chart, Bradford was dealt to Minnesota eight days before the regular season after Teddy Bridgewater suffered a catastrophic knee injury.
While Bradford was granted his wish to be the unquestioned starter, he also had to learn a new offense in a matter of days. He did not play in the opener in Tennessee in an attempt to give him more time to absorb the Vikings’ scheme.
A year later, things could not be more different for Bradford.
Because of that the 29-year-old finds himself entering a career-defining season in which we will learn whether the top-overall pick in the 2010 draft  is destined to be considered a game manager or whether circumstances and misfortune held him back during his time with the St. Louis Rams and Eagles.
To put it simply: Bradford has never had it as good as he will this season.
This is not to say that everything is perfect, but any NFL quarterback who expects his surroundings to be perfect likely has found another line of work by now. 
The Vikings have bent over backwards to put Bradford in a position to succeed...
http://www.1500espn.com/vikings-2/2017/0...situation/