Remaining Schedule

Vikings are 2-0 in division, until they lose divisional games theyre still in it.

the Vikings will be playing the role of spoiler or trying to clinch a playoff spot,

the last 2 games in Minnesota versus Lions and Packers will have playoff implications

During the holiday season there's nothing better then wrecking holiday cheer of packer and lions fan.

Either way December is gonna be fun.

purplefaithful wrote:
5 of the last 9 are home games, but USB hasn't been the home-field I had hoped tbh 4 of the last 9 are division - so throw the records out!  Some of these teams aren't as daunting as it looked in September

I would be hard-pressed to forecast a year ending w/l record for the purple right now...I have no idea what team is going to show-up week to week this season. 

Ravens
Bears
at GB
at Sea
Commodes
at Dallas
at NYG
Lions
Packers

That's still a tough schedule to finish out the year. We lucked out and should get the Commies at home without Daniels, and should be favored against a young, banged up Giants team. Everything else on that schedule will be a dog fight. Thankful we get the Lions and Packers at home to finish the year.

No powerhouses, no pushovers. In terms of how they're playing right now, the toughest game on that schedule might be Seattle, which begs the question: which is the greater advantage, us knowing Darnold or Darnold knowing us?

MaroonBells wrote:
No powerhouses, no pushovers. In terms of how they're playing right now, the toughest game on that schedule might be Seattle, which begs the question: which is the greater advantage, us knowing Darnold or Darnold knowing us?

I would classify the Lions as a powerhouse...Thats probably it of the remaining teams. 

But its when you play em, not who you play right?  And so much is dependent on if they can count on JJM being out there week to week. I would rather have played Balt w/out Lamar lol!

Sea is one that I would have to put in the "L" column - cause its West Coast and we just dont play well out there.

MaroonBells wrote:
No powerhouses, no pushovers. In terms of how they're playing right now, the toughest game on that schedule might be Seattle, which begs the question: which is the greater advantage, us knowing Darnold or Darnold knowing us?

I think Flores/KOC knowing Darnold.  If he can replicate the pressure from yesterday, Darnold may break again.  Hopefully the teacher is greater than the student in this one.

I want the seahawk game and the @ GB game.  Those are huge from a fan standpoint.  This fan anyway.

The hardest games left IMO are...

Ravens (a healthy motivated Lamar is tough to defend but their defense is expoitable)

At GB (but we've beat them 3 times in a row now? Including twice in Lambeau?)

At Seattle (Strong defense and Darnold to JSN is tough)

That said, you could make a case we could win all 3 of these. We'll just have to see how it plays out. If JJ McCarthy can keep playing winning football and we can keep the score close so Flores can attack and confuse, we should be in most games. We have a talented roster, this Lions win gives us some momentum in the 2nd half the season. We had a brutal schedule, international travel, and tons of injuries in the first 8 games and we came out of all that 4-4 and 2-0 in the toughest division in football.

We're in the mix which is all we could have hoped for breaking in a young QB in his first year starting.

MAD GAINZ wrote:
The hardest games left IMO are...

Ravens (a healthy motivated Lamar is tough to defend but their defense is expoitable)

I think the Ravens are a lot like us. A talented team capable of beating anyone, but underachieving mostly due to injuries. Nobody knows who they are at any given time. Their defense has been terrible, but it's also starting to get healthy. 

It's not who you play but when you play them. Would've preferred getting the Ravens a few weeks ago.

I think the biggest factor for the remaining schedule is JJ, if he can improve upon how he played last week, I think we finish over .500 and a shot at the playoffs. With a legit QB our offense can score enough points on anyone to get us a win The 2nd biggest factor is our secondary, which is absolutely awful and do not see anyone on the current roster who is stepping in to improve it.