24/43, 180 yards with 0 TDs and 3 INTs. Happens to vet QBs as well.

And Ashton Jeanty, the supposed next 'great' generational RB? 11 carries for 43 yards...he's now averaging 2.7 yards a carry. This guy never blew me away. Where's the great RB from this class that some were fretting about not getting?? Might be Trent Richardson/Ki-Jana Carter territory for Jeanty.

If you said The Preacher? You'd be wrong...

I posted this in another thread (as did Maroon). Will history repeat itself? 

Probably not, but after 55 years of rooting for the team, a guy can dream...

Something like this grabs your attention:

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In Detroit, high school students are volunteering to serve as pallbearers at the funerals of homeless veterans who have no family to honor them.


This initiative, called the Pallbearer Ministry, began in 2015 when a group of six seniors from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School decided to step in and offer a dignified farewell to veterans who passed away alone.


Since then, the program has grown, and over 50 students have been trained to assist at these services. Each student learns about the life and military service of the veteran before the funeral, which helps them connect more deeply with the person they are honoring.


By participating, the students provide a final act of respect for those who served the country but had no family to carry their casket. The experience is not only a way to show respect to the deceased but also offers the students valuable lessons in empathy, dignity, and community service.

Sprain   Per Schefter will miss Sunday game

https://www.vikings.com/news/jj-mccarthy...uarterback

Will Ragatz @WillRagatz
Adam Thielen: "We started 5-0 one year and missed the playoffs. We started 1-2 and went to the NFC championship game. A Week 2 loss doesn't derail who you are as a football team — but it can, if you don't treat it the right way. Great opportunity to see what this team's really made of."

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I'd also like to point out that one year the Patriots lost on opening day to the Bills 31-0. Brady threw 4 picks. They won the Super Bowl that year. The Bills went 6-10 and missed the playoffs. Football is weird.

What I think after last night's debacle....

Some of this is as obvious as the nose on your face, and some has been stated before...my Monday morning take:

1. We really miss Darrisaw.  Skules is not one, but two steps down.
2. Juergens seemed to be acceptable when Kelly was taken out for concussion protocol.  
3. JJM has to get rid of the ball faster...it takes him a fraction of a second too long to identify receivers.  I am massively disappointed in the performance of our OL in general.
4. I really thought Nailor was going to have "bouncy hands", recovering from a broken bone in his hand.  Instead, it appears that his ability to snag balls has improved since last year.
5. Two of those picks were close to completions...one of two thoughts...JJM has to throw with more anticipation of a DB jumping the route.  Second, good job by the Falcon's DBs.
6.  Why were so many edge rushers not picked up by our OL?
7.  It seems that one cure for stunting the rush would be shorter routes, quicker release.  Not seeing too many good old fashioned slant routes.
8.  Even highly touted Will Fries had a huge false start penalty in front of 70,000 ppl...how must that feel?
9.  I still like Jalen Redmond and LDR on the line together.
10.  Penix looked like the better of the two 2nd year QBs last night, but he wasn't completely better.  JJM threw for more yards, (148-135 yards), Penix had a much higher completion rate (61% to 52%), but the biggest difference was sacks taken (6 vs 3) and picks (2 vs 0).  If you factor in those, Penix looked definitely better.
11.  I knew Bijan Robinson was good, but I could not believe the one-two punch of Robinson-Allgeier. 
12.  Aaron Jones did not seem like the better RB last night, but looking at the box score, he was with a 4.6 YPC.  However, one of the biggest runs by Mason was negated by penalty.  Duh.
13.  I think our DL earned the moniker "sieve" last night.
14.  We get blown out for the home opener against...Atlanta?  We barely beat the Bears...but the Lions blew them out.  This does not bode well.
15.  JJM showed some flashes, no question.  Kid's got an arm...but...plenty of low throws that even Thielen could not catch.
16.  Box score says we had 3 sacks, 3 TFLs and 6 QB hurries...but that did not overcome their running game gashing our DL.  
17.  Myles Price...where did you go?
and finally...
18.  I know that many of us said "patience" with the red-shirt rookie QB.  And then we were teased with that 4th quarter comeback last week thinking "the future is now!"  I've seen one good quarter out of 8 so far.  I think the word of the day is "patience"...the switch does not get flipped in a week...it takes time.  Expect more games like this, not less.

That was a rough game to watch and take in. Minnesota seems discombobulated out there. Gashed early with the run game, Bijan was eating. They saw something on film and exploited it (for awhile). 218 yards given up on the ground. JJ's inconsistencies/decisions and the O-line not protecting him: 9 of his first 14 pass attempts were either rushed or he was sacked. Injuries to key players keep mounting. Skule is absolutely brutal. Sigh. Lots to work on. Disappointed. The crowd was SO pumped to start the game and they got a shitburger to eat.

• Uncle Sammy started out rough but finished up nice, good game for him. Not sure where Pittsburgh's D went but lots of guys left wide open. Rodgers looked old, will the media break ankles getting off his bandwagon? Kaleb Johnson.....yikes.
  
• How did Jacksonville lose that game? Is enough enough now with Trevor Lawrence? 
  
• Detroit opened up a can against Chicago, safe to say they've rebounded and this is a two-horse race for the NFCN title.
  
• TreVeyon Henderson looks very pedestrian so far....not horrible but certainly not a playmaker at this current time. Surprising.
  
• Danny Dimes? Looking pretty good.
  
• I just don't see it again this week with Bryce Young....or Kyler Murray. Same stuff from both of them. 
  
• Patrick Mahomes is missing a lot of weapons, most injured/suspended. I think KC will catch fire a bit when his WRers return. But they aren't world-beaters anymore. 
  
• God D-mn, Russ....still gas in that tank in New York. 
  

Wow, steaming pile of shit all the way around. Have gotten off to terrible starts in both games so far and we just weren't able to recover tonight. A few thoughts;

- Everything about the offense looks off from the plays getting in on time, to the line play, to growing pains with McCarthy. Hockenson has been a complete non factor. We've been in rythem one quarter out of eight and KOC not playing the starters more in the preseason looks like a mistake at this point. KOC is going to have his hands full getting this offense on track and it's likely going to be one of those things they are just going to have to work their way out of. The turd the Bears defense laid against Detroit today makes me a little less impressed with the comeback win last week.

- I thought the defense played well mostly but we gave up a lot of gash runs that kept Atlanta drives alive. We don't have a lot of girth in the front seven and that was a concern to me going in to the season. I thought there were a few times when they ran right at Dallas Turner and he couldn't make the play. Our linebackers are all undersized and it's a girth for speed tradeoff that's not always going to work in our favor like we saw tonight. 

- The good news; we have a Burrow-less Bengals team coming to Minnesota next week and we are close to getting back Harrison Smith, Darrisaw, and Addison. We need to see major improvements on offense and we should against a very mid Bengals defense