12-5 or 15-2?
Or somewhere in between?
I thought when we finished 13-4 two seasons ago that we had outpunted our coverage. Pretty lofty achievement, but that team had many holes in it, in hindsight.
If we end up on the short end of the stick for the next 3 games, we'll still be in the playoffs. That's not how I want to end the regular season, but if we looked at the success so far this season back in August, 12-5 would have looked pretty damn attractive.
But is it realistic to look at 15-2? Looking at the tea leaves, yes...but.
Will Geno Smith play or not? Will his knee injury limit his mobility?
We've beaten the Packers once already. We love winning at Lambeau.
The Lions are down so many players on defense due to injuries. But it would take a day of no mistakes to beat Jared Goff, who is playing at the top of his game right now.
I'm with Sticky....
7 game win streak is awesome, but leaning 1/2 the rest of the way.
0/3 would be very distasteful. But its a pretty difficult stretch coming-up.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Why not 3-0? I don't know much about Seattle this year, but they did lose to the Giants and 49ers and were blown out by the Packers, Lions and Bills.
The Lions needed a FG in the final seconds to beat the Vikings in a game that could've gone either way...and this game was right in between two games where the Lions beat their opponents by 76 points. The Lions were a lot healthier then too.
Vikings dominated the Packers in Lambeau and were up 28-0 until a TD with :15 seconds to play in the first half gave the Packers hope that started a pretty good 2nd half comeback. I think the Packers are a little better now than they were then though.
The Packers, Vikings and Lions...all are different teams than they were back in the fall, but the Vikings should have Gilmore and Pace back for both those games. I like our chances. The teams I don't want to see are the Eagles and Rams.
Baring some awful weather in Seattle, I think we will dominate that game, especially with Geno either not playing or playing banged up. GB is playing really well and I think that game is going to be a real battle, but think the home field gives us the edge. The Lions are not the same team we lost to on FG at the the end of the game. Our defense has a better chance of stopping them than theirs stopping us. In a dome and surrounding we are use to, I think we win that game. I believe we will come out of it 3-0.
We may drop another, maybe two....BUT I just want us HEALTHY going into the playoffs.
Are we sure we even want 1st place in the North and the 1st place schedule that goes with it in 2025?
The NFC North in 2025 will have a gauntlet of a schedule
— Joe (@JoeAtWork87) December 18, 2024
- NFC North (3 playoff teams)
- AFC North (2 playoff teams plus Cincinnati)
- NFC East (2 playoff teams)
Each team also plays someone from the AFC West (3 playoff teams)
MaroonBells wrote:
Are we sure we even want 1st place in the North and the 1st place schedule that goes with it in 2025?The NFC North in 2025 will have a gauntlet of a schedule
— Joe (@JoeAtWork87) December 18, 2024
- NFC North (3 playoff teams)
- AFC North (2 playoff teams plus Cincinnati)
- NFC East (2 playoff teams)
Each team also plays someone from the AFC West (3 playoff teams)Yes, thats the flip-side of the coin for sure...
But as a season tix holder? I would love to see the home schedule if that happened.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
3-0 bitches. Quit this sissy crap.
Vanguard83 wrote:You know you can be entering the playoffs healthy without dropping a game or two! Hard thing to accept for us Vikings fans, but just might happen. Number one seed would give them a chance to win it all. Number 5 or 6 seed, not so much!
We may drop another, maybe two....BUT I just want us HEALTHY going into the playoffs.
hogjowlsjohnny wrote:Plus the number one seed gets them a bye to rest up, prepare, and avoid potentially more injuries.
You know you can be entering the playoffs healthy without dropping a game or two! Hard thing to accept for us Vikings fans, but just might happen. Number one seed would give them a chance to win it all.
I woukdnt bet the farm we have a home field advantage for the packers game, ticket prices are jacked on the resale market for that game and we know the puker fans arent afraid to splurge when it comes to following their team.
Just win this week and worry about the rest later.
Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?
MaroonBells wrote:
Are we sure we even want 1st place in the North and the 1st place schedule that goes with it in 2025?The NFC North in 2025 will have a gauntlet of a schedule
— Joe (@JoeAtWork87) December 18, 2024
- NFC North (3 playoff teams)
- AFC North (2 playoff teams plus Cincinnati)
- NFC East (2 playoff teams)
Each team also plays someone from the AFC West (3 playoff teams)Always.
If KOC can figure out how to pick up 2-4 yards on 3rd down and some more 3 step drop and fire the ball plays the Vikings can win out. There I said it
MaroonBells wrote:
Are we sure we even want 1st place in the North and the 1st place schedule that goes with it in 2025?The NFC North in 2025 will have a gauntlet of a schedule
— Joe (@JoeAtWork87) December 18, 2024
- NFC North (3 playoff teams)
- AFC North (2 playoff teams plus Cincinnati)
- NFC East (2 playoff teams)
Each team also plays someone from the AFC West (3 playoff teams)If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.
I have no problem with this.
MaroonBells wrote:
Are we sure we even want 1st place in the North and the 1st place schedule that goes with it in 2025?The NFC North in 2025 will have a gauntlet of a schedule
— Joe (@JoeAtWork87) December 18, 2024
- NFC North (3 playoff teams)
- AFC North (2 playoff teams plus Cincinnati)
- NFC East (2 playoff teams)
Each team also plays someone from the AFC West (3 playoff teams)Absolutely, and the bye giving the team one less game to play to get to the promised land in addition to opportunity to rest and heal one more week. It also gives you home field advantage throughout the playoffs if they win out the rest of the season.
Yes I'll take that every time. They can worry about the future when it comes.
I want the Lombardi and the number one seed is the easiest path to the superbowl.
But they have to beat the seahawks first. One game at a time.
Pretty good breakdown of the Vikings chances to get the #1 overall seed if they win out. Long story short, if both the Eagles and Vikings win out, other games come into play that impact each team's "strength of victory," which will be the tiebreaker between those two teams. Vikings are ahead in SOV, but it's close and the Eagles could get it if certain games go their way.
https://zonecoverage.com/2024/minnesota-vikings-news/the-official-vikings-strength-of-victory-rooting-guide/
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