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Why didn't JJ play?

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He's not injured.

Not playing in a PS game to avoid injury so he can get traded ?

Don't trade JJ.

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#1 · Aug 29, 2:05 AM
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Mike Olson wrote:

I'ma go with "Other Stuff Going on" But what do I know. I told this forum what I knew and I got slapped for it.

There has to be. Nothing else makes as much sense as that. Not sure what it is, but if KOC/Teasley and company are ready to move on and it sure looks and smells like it, there has to be more to it.

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#62 · Aug 31, 2:51 PM CT
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comet52 wrote:

Vikes: He's good to go Friday
JJ: My ankle hurts I can't play Friday
Vikes: He's day to day, nothing serious
UMich guy Schefter: Multi-week injury!

Do I have this timeline right and also, WTAF?

It sounds like the team might have known it could be a multi-week thing. By waiting until the final cuts, they could put him on the 4 week IR. Had they put him on injured status prior to final 53, he would be out for the year. That would certainly explain the 4 QBs.

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#63 · Aug 31, 2:55 PM CT
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So with Brosmer getting cut, does that put this conspiracy on ice?

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#64 · Aug 31, 3:06 PM CT
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greediron wrote:

So with Brosmer getting cut, does that put this conspiracy on ice?

I think max goes to the ps squad if nobody steps up for him. Only thing I’m waiting for now is depth chart.

But even that feels like jj is going to be qb3.

That’s a long ways from where I thought we’d be going into camp.

My way of saying I don’t think the trade talk will die down for next 2-3 weeks.

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

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#65 · Aug 31, 3:13 PM CT
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purplefaithful wrote:

I think max goes to the ps squad if nobody steps up for him. Only thing I’m waiting for now is depth chart.
But even that feels like jj is going to be qb3.
That’s a long ways from where I thought we’d be going into camp.
My way of saying I don’t think the trade talk will die down for next 2-3 weeks.

Yeah, I doubt it goes anywhere. If you think JJM is forever garbage, the team is better off with just 2 QBs, so at any point in time you're better off making the trade.

More just once real games happen we can focus on whichever players who are actually playing or not getting snaps rather than the imaginary world of reading between the lines.

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#66 · Aug 31, 3:22 PM CT
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badgervike wrote:

It sounds like the team might have known it could be a multi-week thing. By waiting until the final cuts, they could put him on the 4 week IR. Had they put him on injured status prior to final 53, he would be out for the year. That would certainly explain the 4 QBs.

Possibly. His wife tweeted nothing to worry about at the time. I wonder if he is asking out and this is like a camp hold-in type move.

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#67 · Aug 31, 3:24 PM CT
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badgervike wrote:

It sounds like the team might have known it could be a multi-week thing. By waiting until the final cuts, they could put him on the 4 week IR. Had they put him on injured status prior to final 53, he would be out for the year. That would certainly explain the 4 QBs.

I don’t think this is the case any longer. I think you can designate as a 4 week return to get to 53. I am absolutely not certain this is the case.

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

Shakespeare 

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#68 · Aug 31, 5:10 PM CT
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JustInTime wrote:

JJ opted for the full surgery for his meniscus tear. Definitely the better option for the post career life. The trim option would have had him back in less than a month. Based on everything we know now, I think the trim would have been better for his career. We’ll never know for sure, but I’ll always wonder about that.

Great point. Something I have wondered as well.

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#69 · Aug 31, 9:26 PM CT
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JustInTime wrote:

His injury status is weak, too weak.
“Rimshot”
All you can do is laugh at this point. What’s next? Hyperextended vulva? Inflamed ovaries? Gout?

His uterus falls out...

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#70 · Aug 31, 9:46 PM CT
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Just wondering: are these shots at JJ or shots at women? 🤔 I mean, we still have menstruation and early menopause to use to describe what a wimp he is....we'll save that for when he's cut or traded. 🙄

Schitts Creek Comedy GIF by CBC

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#71 · Sep 1, 4:06 AM CT
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🤭That’s fair, Sticky.

I’m going to stick with gout, add bruised colon and torn sphincter to be less sexist.

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

Shakespeare 

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#72 · Sep 1, 6:53 AM CT
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JustInTime wrote:

🤭That’s fair, Sticky.
I’m going to stick with gout, add bruised colon and torn sphincter to be less sexist.

lol. I kind of threw a softball up there, was waiting for somebody to ask me if I was on my period. 😝

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#73 · Sep 1, 6:56 AM CT
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comet52 wrote:

Possibly. His wife tweeted nothing to worry about at the time. I wonder if he is asking out and this is like a camp hold-in type move.

Holy shit, his wife is on Twitter?

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"The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."  —Garry Kasparov

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