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The #Vikings have elevated WR Tim Jones to the active roster for #MINvsCHI.

Let me say first, I personally don't see Dart as a franchise QB. But regardless, if Dart ends up starting, which is what I think is going to happen in a few weeks, the Giants will ruin him with this team. I mentioned a month ago that Drake Maye is my choice behind Caleb Williams to be the 2 QBs that don't make it long term out of the 2024 1st round QB class and the Patriots are doing it to him. 2 different coordinators in your first 2 years is such a huge impediment to long term success, along with having the surround be poor. The Giants are a talented-deprived team, just like New England has been and how Chicago was last year. Johnson's offensive is going to be too complex for Caleb. Dart will go down this same path. 

JMO, Jaxson Dart is going to be an INT machine in the NFL. I like the kid otherwise, but it'll be something he never overcomes in the NFL. JMO.

Alec Lewis
@alec_lewis

It’s gameday.

And, at long last, J.J. McCarthy’s time.

There is almost a defiant sense of empowerment in the Vikings’ plan with the QB for 2025. So far, it has produced his characteristic energy.

“He glows. And when you’re around him, you glow also.”

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6602978...-football/

After looking at the stat line and seeing that flub at the end of the game, I am starting to become a true believer in our QB whisperer.  Sammy did not light the world on fire against  the Niners. And he did not benefit from KOC in his ear.  Is this the real Sam Darnold?  If so, we saw the best of him last year and we are fortunate to have let nature take its course.

Vikings ready to unleash Jonathan Allen, Javon Hargrave and a purple ‘wave’ upon the Bears

The Super Bowl champion Eagles showed what kind of damage an interior pass rush can do. So the Vikings added a layer of havoc to their defense.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-vi...0001e87a29&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Never really thought of Mr. Brightside as much of a stadium sing along song, but it works. Enter Sandman at VT is pretty epic too. 

An interesting day of football, led really with inconsistent QB play. I think some rust needed to be knocked off for Week 1. Saw some good QBs throw some very bad passes. Not a ton of yards thrown for in wins and losses. 

• Green Bay basically dominated Detroit. That interior O-line is going to be a problem for the Lions. Goff got some garbage yards on a final drive or he'd have been under 200 yards thrown. Love had all day to throw, where was Aidan Hutchinson? The pass rush? Meathead looked lost.
  
• Cleveland outgains the Bengals 2 to 1 in yardage, first downs and time of possession: and loses. Joe Burrow threw for a 113 yards. Didn't see any juggernaut in Cincinnati. 
  
• Bo Nix had a bad game, threw 2 INTS but should have had 2 more. Only reason Denver won is because they played a rookie in Cam Ward, who didn't look horrible. 
  
• New England had the same problems in their loss yesterday that they had all last year. Vrabel had Maye throw 46 times in their loss to the Raiders and his team isn't helping him. Not enough talent on that team by any stretch.
  
• Not sure what Seattle was doing but they acted like Uncle Sammy was a new Iphone fresh out of the package: gently used. He was pedestrian for the most part and until one nice 40 yard throw on the last drive where he ultimately fumbled, he had 110 yards passing (finished with 150). The 49ers were there to be beaten with Purdy's really inconsistent game, throwing 2 horrible INTs and should have had another. 
  
• Atlanta snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, blowing what was a pretty nice game from Michael Penix. Mayfield was just ok until being clutch toward the end.
  
• If I'm Houston, I have to be a little concerned about CJ Stroud. The Texans aren't clutch at all and a critical turnover toward the end allowed Stafford to be Stafford and hold on for the win.
  
• Jaxson Dart will be starting for the Giants by the beginning of October.
  
• Bryce Young: I just don't see it with him. If Carolina has a shit year IMO they take a QB in round 1. The media crowned him a 'comeback' player last year and that was just mediocre. 2 INTs and 154 yards passing with a 20.1 QBR rating yesterday....against Jacksonville. Gross.
  
• ...which leads me to Trevor Lawrence. Not sure what to make of this guy. He was a 'generational' QB coming out, they said. Etienne had a killer game yesterday and Lawrence still looked 'meh'.
  
• Josh Allen is amazing. He's come into his own. He's at the peak of his talent and abilities....and Buffalo put up with a LOT of inconsistencies the first 3 years of his career to get to this place because he was RAW.
  
• Before anyone crowns Aaron Rodgers (too late), this take from ESPN I agree with: "I mean ... really? Yes, 34 points is great. But this was a long way from a playoff game, and the Steelers took advantage of some serious gifts. The Jets outgained them 394 yards to 271, committed seven penalties and produced the game's only turnover at a pivotal time. And the Steelers still needed a 60-yard field goal to win. Play that game in Buffalo, Baltimore or Kansas City in January, and you ain't winning it."
  

Hmm.  I may have to revise my NFC North prediction to Vikes, Packers, Lions, Bears.

Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams has signed a three-year extension worth up to $83 million, sources confirmed to ESPN on Saturday.

The Lions announced Sunday that they had signed Williams through the 2029 season without disclosing terms. The two sides had agreed to the new deal less than 24 hours before the Lions' season opener at the Green Bay Packers.

Williams, 24, is coming off his first 1,000-yard receiving season and was entering the fourth year of his rookie contract, which included a fifth-year option. With Lions new offensive coordinator John Morton, Williams is expected to take on a bigger role alongside All-Pro wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown.