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On to the regular season. Don't understand this "hope we can beat the Rams". Don't like that attitude out of the fan base.
If we can't, especially with their recent issues, then we aren't that relevant.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

uh-oh

In this week's ESPN The Magazine, Don Van Natta profiles Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. There's so, so much in there. It starts off with Jones dancing with Kate Bosworth, for goodness sake. But, yeah, this Adrian Peterson story is going to make some news on its own.

The scene: AT&T Stadium, the owner's suite, an intimate little afterparty following a George Strait concert, and Jerry Jones is "tipsy," pouring Johnny Walker Blue Label into plastic cups.


Then a man taps Jones on the shoulder, says Adrian Peterson wants to say hello and hands over an iPhone. Jones says hi to the Minnesota Vikings' star running back and listens, nodding but not smiling. "Well, I understand, Adrian," he says into the phone. The slanted smile returns. "I'd like that, too. ... Well, I love your story. I love your daddy's story. I've always respected what you've been about. I've always been a fan of yours."

Listening to half the conversation, it is obvious Peterson is telling Jones he wants to play for the Cowboys. Peterson, 29, is in the fourth year of a seven-year, $100 million contract that will pay him $11.75 million this autumn to play for the Vikings.

"Well, we'll see what we can do, if we can make that happen," Jones is now saying. "Hmm-hmm. ... I'd like that, too. ... Well, we're talking pig Latin here, but let's see if we can do that." Jones listens, nods and says again, "We're talking pig Latin here, but let's see what we can do about that. OK, Adrian, thanks."

Jones confirmed later that "Peterson told him he wanted to play for the Cowboys," according to ESPN.com, and that the two haven't spoken since. The Vikings had no comment on reports of the conversation when asked about it today. The NFL offered a no-comment as well.

(This is the part where all the tattletales start complaining about tampering. What is wrong with you people? This sort of stuff goes down all the time, but that's not even my objection. Why wouldn't you want Jerry Jones to be laying the groundwork to throw an obscene amount of money at Peterson—or perhaps a reverse-Herschel-Walker trade haul at the Vikings—for a running back who will soon be on the wrong side of 30?

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Damn nice preseason.
Finished it off in style with a smothering.
Just like our physicality and mind-set sop much better than it has been.
We start for real next week, but it sure seems we've taken some real positive strides.

Tonight was the perfect example of how a "good" QB will WIN you games, and a "serviceable" one will lose you games.
Look at Ponder, made some ok throws, made some plays, moved the team ... UNTIL IT REALLY COUNTED.
Could not finish drives. THATS been Vikings football for years. Cassel and Bridgewater finish drives, they get the big first downs, they move the chains. Ponder comes up just short and we keeeek the field goal.

My boy Thielen with a nice TD, hoping he hangs on and makes it.
You start thinking at the start of the game ... "gonna be tough to cut down" but then at the end ... theres some real bone-heads still running around out there.
There were about 4 or 5 unknowns on D who basically cut themselves that last quarter.

On to the regular season. Don't understand this "hope we can beat the Rams". Don't like that attitude out of the fan base.
If we can't, especially with their recent issues, then we aren't that relevant.

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My guess, nothing comes of it because it's JJ.

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Has anyone brought up the fact that the Packers shouldn't have even been in the playoffs in the Super Bowl year. If I remember correctly a game that was so bad the NFL apologized for the refereeing (the Vikings game) allowed them in the playoffs at all that year.

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ORIGINAL: Lynn G.

... and by that time he'll have a Superbowl ring with the Vikings while the Cowboys will be in continued decline, so there's that.

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ORIGINAL: Jim Frenette

Simpson handed a 3 day suspension. Time to cut the cord with him and keep Theilen and Smith

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

The big surprise for me was Banyard. He was the best back we had in PS, IMO.

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ORIGINAL: Jim Frenette

And the Vikings picked up Marquis Gray off of waivers from Clev. Norv very familiar with him.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Terrific athlete. Just don't let him throw it!