Is this the least you’ve been excited for a season?

I love the seasons where the Vikings are picked to finish last. There's a sprk of optomism despite the preseason shit show.

I don't see a superbowl team but I see a team with a chance to win the North. It's going to be hard to beat Detroit because of their very soft out of division schedule. But I think the Vikings have as good a chance as any NFCN team. They should have the best defense in the North.

More hopeful than excited.

Nope.

I'd say there is a lot more reason to believe this year than two years ago, and that turned out pretty well (at least in the regular season 😒). I'm having a hard time getting excited about Kyler, mostly because I don't trust KOC to design nuances in the offense that take advantage of his skill set. It's also easy to look at last season and think, with just average QB play, we make the playoffs -- again, reason to be optimistic. So not so sure why I'm in a bit of a malaise about this team, this year. Maybe it's just good ole Viking fan curmudgeonry! Everywhere I look, the Vikings are predicted to finish last or next-to-last in the NFC North; the Rams have already been crowned Super Bowl champions and talking heads are speculating whether they will lose a game all season; Caleb Williams for MVP, etc., etc. While I kinda like flying under the radar and discount a lot of the pre-season hoopla, it does make optimism a little harder to muster.

How could you not be excited about this season?

1) We finally dumped the JJM experiment. Conclusion. He sucks and is a glass house who cant or wont play through injury

2) We have a STACKED WR room. Defenses will NOT be able to stack the box which will open up our run, PA and screen game

3) Our OL is healthy finally. We FINALLY have a solid LG. If Fries can do what he got paid for then we might have the best OL we have had in a decade

4) They are rookies but it seems like we might have the closest thing to the Williams Wall on the IDL.

5) Dallas Turner is going to blow peoples minds.

6) Kyler Murray played for an absolute shit show of a franchise and a cheap owner. He had limited skill positions around him. An old Fitz and beyhond that Mcbride. OL sucked and the run game was ass also. He has been to probowls. He opens up our offense with the scrambling potential which will keep D's honest. He has 4 seasons almost cracking 4000 passing and all had 20+ TD's. He is a lifelong Vikings fan. I'm pumped about Murray.

7) Our D will be top 10 again if not top 5 giving the offense plenty of opps to win games without putting up ungodly #'s.

8) GASP! We might get 3-4+ of our draft picks to actually stick. Bye Kwesi and good riddance.

9) We have a relatively soft schedule. A soft schedule made Drake Maye look like a probowler last year. He is coming back down to earth this year. Murray is going to benefit from that.

10) We dodged the injury bug all through TC and PS. We're going into the season at full strength.

What else do you need people?

I'm JACKED for this season! We also dumped a lot of older players and got younger.

SurfnRide wrote:

How could you not be excited about this season?

1) We finally dumped the JJM experiment. Conclusion. He sucks and is a glass house who cant or wont play through injury
2) We have a STACKED WR room. Defenses will NOT be able to stack the box which will open up our run, PA and screen game
3) Our OL is healthy finally. We FINALLY have a solid LG. If Fries can do what he got paid for then we might have the best OL we have had in a decade
4) They are rookies but it seems like we might have the closest thing to the Williams Wall on the IDL.
5) Dallas Turner is going to blow peoples minds.
6) Kyler Murray played for an absolute shit show of a franchise and a cheap owner. He had limited skill positions around him. An old Fitz and beyhond that Mcbride. OL sucked and the run game was ass also. He has been to probowls. He opens up our offense with the scrambling potential which will keep D's honest. He has 4 seasons almost cracking 4000 passing and all had 20+ TD's. He is a lifelong Vikings fan. I'm pumped about Murray.

7) Our D will be top 10 again if not top 5 giving the offense plenty of opps to win games without putting up ungodly #'s.
8) GASP! We might get 3-4+ of our draft picks to actually stick. Bye Kwesi and good riddance.

9) We have a relatively soft schedule. A soft schedule made Drake Maye look like a probowler last year. He is coming back down to earth this year. Murray is going to benefit from that.
10) We dodged the injury bug all through TC and PS. We're going into the season at full strength.

What else do you need people?

I'm JACKED for this season! We also dumped a lot of older players and got younger.

I sure hope you're right! I am excited for the season. Even I can admit that after last season, I am ready to see what Murray can do.

I'm always excited for the football season to start. ☺️

When it come to the Vikings, even if I'm not thrilled with some offseason transactions and/or current roster, I still look forward to the season. As they say; "Any given Sunday". We really never know what to expect. There's always surprises as well as disappointments. That's just the name of the game. We can't control what they do or how they play. I always hope for the best, but... So, with that in mind ~ Here's to a great season! SKOL!!!

SurfnRide wrote:

How could you not be excited about this season?

1) We finally dumped the JJM experiment. Conclusion. He sucks and is a glass house who cant or wont play through injury
2) We have a STACKED WR room. Defenses will NOT be able to stack the box which will open up our run, PA and screen game
3) Our OL is healthy finally. We FINALLY have a solid LG. If Fries can do what he got paid for then we might have the best OL we have had in a decade
4) They are rookies but it seems like we might have the closest thing to the Williams Wall on the IDL.
5) Dallas Turner is going to blow peoples minds.
6) Kyler Murray played for an absolute shit show of a franchise and a cheap owner. He had limited skill positions around him. An old Fitz and beyhond that Mcbride. OL sucked and the run game was ass also. He has been to probowls. He opens up our offense with the scrambling potential which will keep D's honest. He has 4 seasons almost cracking 4000 passing and all had 20+ TD's. He is a lifelong Vikings fan. I'm pumped about Murray.

7) Our D will be top 10 again if not top 5 giving the offense plenty of opps to win games without putting up ungodly #'s.
8) GASP! We might get 3-4+ of our draft picks to actually stick. Bye Kwesi and good riddance.

9) We have a relatively soft schedule. A soft schedule made Drake Maye look like a probowler last year. He is coming back down to earth this year. Murray is going to benefit from that.
10) We dodged the injury bug all through TC and PS. We're going into the season at full strength.

What else do you need people?

I'm JACKED for this season! We also dumped a lot of older players and got younger.

I hope you're right, but I just don't share your optimism at the moment.

The JJM experiment has failed and we're stuck in the same retread, dog shit, QB loop hell we've been in most of my life.

The receiver room IS great. Hopefully the QB doesn't continue to suck.

The line IS healthy. Hopefully the QB doesn't continue to suck.

The rookies on D and Dallas Turner should be good....hopefully our offense can score points

Kyler Murray did in fact play for a shit franchise, but he's at least EQUALLY at fault for his failures, his health, and his lack of leadership.

What I'm saying is all of the positives in the world don't mean anything if the Vikings don't get good to great QB play. And the jury is most definitely out on whether Kyler can do it or not. I, for one, have very little faith and won't be holding my breath.

I'm geeked.

On paper I haven't seen an oline like this since 2009.

And I haven't seen a WR group like this since 1998..

I also think the reason last year went off the tracks had to do with Kwesi. Now that he's gone the vikings will play better.

FWIW I like Teasley already.

SurfnRide wrote:
I'm JACKED

Mattyman wrote:

I'm geeked.

I'm Jeeked!

It starts with humiliating the Fudge opening day, at home. And it will happen, and the league will take notice.

(Ya'll act like we've been there, before :))