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Well, This Is Some Bull Sh1t

JustInTime
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“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

Shakespeare 

#1 · Mar 13, 5:51 AM
JR44
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More so than the rankings, the huge disparity in the numbers is ridiculous, the top 3 were all playoff teams, they are not that far apart

#2 · Mar 13, 5:54 AM
MaroonBells
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Packers once again getting their yearly fluff in the media. Don't forget, the Packers have "three number one receivers." Who is the Packer fluffer in the media? Can't remember his name, but before the season last year he said the Packers had the best receivers in the North. LOL.

#3 · Mar 13, 5:57 AM
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So bet on them? You gotta remember, we're starting an uproven "rookie" at QB. He he lights it up, its easy money. If he struggles the Lions should be the clear favorite.

#4 · Mar 13, 6:00 AM
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did the bears just drop 100 points

#5 · Mar 13, 6:04 AM
JustInTime
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MaroonBells wrote:
Packers once again getting their yearly fluff in the media. Don't forget, the Packers have "three number one receivers." Who is the Packer fluffer in the media? Can't remember his name, but before the season last year he said the Packers had the best receivers in the North. LOL.

This guy? Peter Bukowski?

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

Shakespeare 

#6 · Mar 13, 7:10 AM
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JustInTime wrote:
https://x.com/vikingzfanpage/status/1900208932066406734?s=46&t=TjjB9Q4BmOwmN74RrrMjoQ

This is a good thing and almost 100% due to us starting a virtual rookie at QB who I don't think will play like one.  My guess is he challenges to be the best qb in the division.

#7 · Mar 13, 7:29 AM
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JustInTime wrote:

This guy? Peter Bukowski?

Charles Bukowski's brother? No, I don't know that guy. Prisco!! That's it.

#8 · Mar 13, 7:32 AM
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Waterboy wrote:

This is a good thing and almost 100% due to us starting a virtual rookie at QB who I don't think will play like one.  My guess is he challenges to be the best qb in the division.

^^^

Winner, winner chicken dinner...

This might be as easy $$ making as betting over 6.5 wins last season???

Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger! 

#9 · Mar 13, 7:56 AM
MaroonBells
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purplefaithful wrote:

^^^

Winner, winner chicken dinner...

This might be as easy $$ making as betting over 6.5 wins last season???

I have $277 burning a hole in my BetMGM account because of that one. Can you bet on this now? 

And yes, this is 100% about the uncertainty surrounding our QB. Sure, Viking fans are probably a little too confident in a QB who hasn't taken a snap. But I think the rest of the world is underrating him. They likely see him as just one more rookie QB who could be Jayden Daniels, but could also still be Zach Wilson for all we know.

#10 · Mar 13, 8:08 AM
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Pick us as low as possible. Keep the odds of us having a winning season very high.
Just like Las Vegas picked us for 6.5 wins last year and we got 14.
I'd much rather exceed expectations, exceed the odds than have us perform below the odds.

#11 · Mar 13, 8:20 AM
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4-1 might be a fair price but if I had to pick a division winner right now it would be Detroit. They have the best roster and I assume they won't have 20 guys on injured reserve again.

I see the Vikings as more of an 8-10 win team, depending on how JJM works out. Unproven QB is the biggest driver of this odds market.

#12 · Mar 13, 8:21 AM
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I’m down on Detroit due to the massive brain drain. I think losing Glenn is a bigger impact than Johnson.

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

Shakespeare 

#13 · Mar 13, 8:34 AM
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I don't watch Colin Cowherd but today when I turned on the TV he was picking the NFC so I watched.
He said he took into account the 2025 schedule, free agency, and trades.
Here's his prediction for the NFCN;

1. Lions
2. Bears
3. Packers
4. Vikings

He said the Vikings are the worst roster in the division.

#14 · Mar 13, 9:24 AM
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Who cares? I mean seriously talking heads like to talk to hear themselves talk and they talk out of their ass most of the time. But the Vikings have a rookie qb so their will be growing pains. I am super excited for training camp though. I love reading all the posts and seeing the videos of JJM in the community as well

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. — Robin Williams

#15 · Mar 13, 9:55 AM
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FLVike wrote:
I don't watch Colin Cowherd but today when I turned on the TV he was picking the NFC so I watched. He said he took into account the 2025 schedule, free agency, and trades. Here's his prediction for the NFCN;

1. Lions
2. Bears
3. Packers
4. Vikings

He said the Vikings are the worst roster in the division.

And all last season he was singing the Vikings praises...

Guessing he's butt hurt we let Darnold go...

edited Mar 13, 2025 10:18 AM
#16 · Mar 13, 10:17 AM
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The Lions lost a total of 7 assistant coaches and coordinators.......

Over the years when the Vikings had those kinds of leadership losses it absolutely showed up in their wins and losses at the end of the season

#17 · Mar 13, 11:08 AM
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MAD GAINZ wrote:

And all last season he was singing the Vikings praises...

Guessing he's butt hurt we let Darnold go...

It's all about letting his boy Darnold go in free agency. Coward is such a USC honk and he doesn't try to hide it. Frankly could care less about his predictions

#18 · Mar 13, 11:10 AM
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