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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I'm not getting along with a second lady sportswriter, now. I've told her that I would prefer that sportswriters be a fan of the team they write about. She countered that then they can't ask the tough questions. I've never heard her ever ask a tough question. (Actually, she's a tv reporter and sometimes sports anchor. I'm probably giving it away who she is, now.) I didn't say that, but I replied that a fan of the team could still ask the tough questions because they care so much for the team that they succeed. But to me, most of all a fan of the team means they are happy when the team does well and I believe we are attracted to happiness. If the team has a tough loss do we really want a dispassionate report as if they didn't care? If it's a national broadcast, then I understand, but a local report?

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Hercules also maybe a factor:

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2020/4/6/21209636/hercules-mataafa-isnt-undersized-defensive-tackle-minnesota-vikings

Hope so. He's my wife's favorite Viking - and if he becomes a contributor, she wants a jersey.

(Not many NFL players from Maui)

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Hercules also maybe a factor:

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2020/4/6/21209636/hercules-mataafa-isnt-undersized-defensive-tackle-minnesota-vikings

Hope so. He's my wife's favorite Viking - and if he becomes a contributor, she wants a jersey.

(Not many NFL players from Maui)

He's an easy guy to pull for. I watched him somewhat closely when he was in last year, and you could tell he just wasn't big/strong enough. If he can maintain his quicks with size, I think he could be a difference maker.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I'm not getting along with a second lady sportswriter, now. I've told her that I would prefer that sportswriters be a fan of the team they write about. She countered that then they can't ask the tough questions. I've never heard her ever ask a tough question. (Actually, she's a tv reporter and sometimes sports anchor. I'm probably giving it away who she is, now.) I didn't say that, but I replied that a fan of the team could still ask the tough questions because they care so much for the team that they succeed. But to me, most of all a fan of the team means they are happy when the team does well and I believe we are attracted to happiness. If the team has a tough loss do we really want a dispassionate report as if they didn't care? If it's a national broadcast, then I understand, but a local report?

I think you're being unrealistic.

Most sportswriters and reporters aren't from the state where they gain employment. So even if they still have teams they root for, it's likely not ones in their market.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I'm not getting along with a second lady sportswriter, now. I've told her that I would prefer that sportswriters be a fan of the team they write about. She countered that then they can't ask the tough questions. I've never heard her ever ask a tough question. (Actually, she's a tv reporter and sometimes sports anchor. I'm probably giving it away who she is, now.) I didn't say that, but I replied that a fan of the team could still ask the tough questions because they care so much for the team that they succeed. But to me, most of all a fan of the team means they are happy when the team does well and I believe we are attracted to happiness. If the team has a tough loss do we really want a dispassionate report as if they didn't care? If it's a national broadcast, then I understand, but a local report?

I think you're being unrealistic.

Most sportswriters and reporters aren't from the state where they gain employment. So even if they still have teams they root for, it's likely not ones in their market.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I'm not getting along with a second lady sportswriter, now. I've told her that I would prefer that sportswriters be a fan of the team they write about. She countered that then they can't ask the tough questions. I've never heard her ever ask a tough question. (Actually, she's a tv reporter and sometimes sports anchor. I'm probably giving it away who she is, now.) I didn't say that, but I replied that a fan of the team could still ask the tough questions because they care so much for the team that they succeed. But to me, most of all a fan of the team means they are happy when the team does well and I believe we are attracted to happiness. If the team has a tough loss do we really want a dispassionate report as if they didn't care? If it's a national broadcast, then I understand, but a local report?

I think you're being unrealistic.

Most sportswriters and reporters aren't from the state where they gain employment. So even if they still have teams they root for, it's likely not ones in their market.

You're right. She is originally from Massachusetts. In the past she covered the Packers and the Bears. Maybe it would be challenging for some to root for the team in each city, but you know I have experience with that. When I was young I lived all over the United States. I found myself rooting for the local team wherever I went. Of course the Vikings were always number one in my heart.

But still, am I wrong that we are attracted to happiness? I know I am pretty weird, but I have often thought in the past that there is no such thing as a woman who is happy and ugly at the same time. I have never read anywhere someone else saying that. I just must think differently than others. My philosophy is that if I love my wife and keep her happy she will always return beauty to me.

The lady sports reporter gave up with me saying that I just don't get it. (I didn't explain everything I am explaining to you.) You know with Twitter, you can only write a few words and then you have to stop. That's why I like it better here. I do feel a little more free to express myself, although I suppose some things are impossible to explain.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

bohumm

Also, traditionally it is frowned upon to be a homer of the team you're covering since you have to maintain objectivity. Cheering on press row is frowned upon, if not forbidden.


It must be some unwritten rule. Who makes the rules, anyway? Not all of the rules and the laws are good, but I recognize that in a world where I may think differently, it's not necessary for everyone to agree with me. It's hard enough for me to persuade even one person. I guess I'm not very persuasive. When I came back to Minnesota I tried selling insurance. I thought I could be successful just explaining to people why it was in their best interest to buy my product. Funny thing was that the ones who were doing well were intimidating and forceful in their sales. It didn't take long for me to see that I was in the wrong business.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I'm not getting along with a second lady sportswriter, now. I've told her that I would prefer that sportswriters be a fan of the team they write about. She countered that then they can't ask the tough questions. I've never heard her ever ask a tough question. (Actually, she's a tv reporter and sometimes sports anchor. I'm probably giving it away who she is, now.) I didn't say that, but I replied that a fan of the team could still ask the tough questions because they care so much for the team that they succeed. But to me, most of all a fan of the team means they are happy when the team does well and I believe we are attracted to happiness. If the team has a tough loss do we really want a dispassionate report as if they didn't care? If it's a national broadcast, then I understand, but a local report?

I think you're being unrealistic.

Most sportswriters and reporters aren't from the state where they gain employment. So even if they still have teams they root for, it's likely not ones in their market.

You're right. She is originally from Massachusetts. In the past she covered the Packers and the Bears. Maybe it would be challenging for some to root for the team in each city, but you know I have experience with that. When I was young I lived all over the United States. I found myself rooting for the local team wherever I went. Of course the Vikings were always number one in my heart.

But still, am I wrong that we are attracted to happiness? I know I am pretty weird, but I have often thought in the past that there is no such thing as a woman who is happy and ugly at the same time. I have never read anywhere someone else saying that. I just must think differently than others. My philosophy is that if I love my wife and keep her happy she will always return beauty to me.

The lady sports reporter gave up with me saying that I just don't get it. (I didn't explain everything I am explaining to you.) You know with Twitter, you can only write a few words and then you have to stop. That's why I like it better here. I do feel a little more free to express myself, although I suppose some things are impossible to explain.

Do you hold male reporters to the same standards?

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ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Hercules also maybe a factor:

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2020/4/6/21209636/hercules-mataafa-isnt-undersized-defensive-tackle-minnesota-vikings

Hope so. He's my wife's favorite Viking - and if he becomes a contributor, she wants a jersey.

(Not many NFL players from Maui)

He's an easy guy to pull for. I watched him somewhat closely when he was in last year, and you could tell he just wasn't big/strong enough. If he can maintain his quicks with size, I think he could be a difference maker.

Awful close to making a few plays.

I’m rooting hard for him.

Rod’s son played for Washington State’s Basketball team when Hercules was there, said stories of Hercules’ weight room work were legendary Bob. With a name like that, what else do you expect. A hell of a player too.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I asked Dustin Baker on Twitter to look up this stat and he obliged. It has felt like to me that we run too much on first down. The one year, or part of one year that DeFilippo was the coordinator might be skewing with this stat.

Teams that run football most on 1st Down, since 2017:

1. Texans (58.9%)
2. Ravens (58.6%)
3. Redskins (58.1%)
4. Titans (57.0%)
5. Seahawks (56.0%)
6. Cowboys (55.8%)
7. Vikings (54.3%)
8. Patriots (53.7%)
9. 49ers (53.7%)
10. Bills (53.2%)

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I asked Dustin Baker on Twitter to look up this stat and he obliged. It has felt like to me that we run too much on first down. The one year, or part of one year that DeFilippo was the coordinator might be skewing with this stat.

Teams that run football most on 1st Down, since 2017:

1. Texans (58.9%)
2. Ravens (58.6%)
3. Redskins (58.1%)
4. Titans (57.0%)
5. Seahawks (56.0%)
6. Cowboys (55.8%)
7. Vikings (54.3%)
8. Patriots (53.7%)
9. 49ers (53.7%)
10. Bills (53.2%)

I think an important caveat to that is the #1 team has a QB that runs 6 times/game and the #2 team a QB that runs 10(!) times/game.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I'm not getting along with a second lady sportswriter, now. I've told her that I would prefer that sportswriters be a fan of the team they write about. She countered that then they can't ask the tough questions. I've never heard her ever ask a tough question. (Actually, she's a tv reporter and sometimes sports anchor. I'm probably giving it away who she is, now.) I didn't say that, but I replied that a fan of the team could still ask the tough questions because they care so much for the team that they succeed. But to me, most of all a fan of the team means they are happy when the team does well and I believe we are attracted to happiness. If the team has a tough loss do we really want a dispassionate report as if they didn't care? If it's a national broadcast, then I understand, but a local report?

I think you're being unrealistic.

Most sportswriters and reporters aren't from the state where they gain employment. So even if they still have teams they root for, it's likely not ones in their market.

You're right. She is originally from Massachusetts. In the past she covered the Packers and the Bears. Maybe it would be challenging for some to root for the team in each city, but you know I have experience with that. When I was young I lived all over the United States. I found myself rooting for the local team wherever I went. Of course the Vikings were always number one in my heart.

But still, am I wrong that we are attracted to happiness? I know I am pretty weird, but I have often thought in the past that there is no such thing as a woman who is happy and ugly at the same time. I have never read anywhere someone else saying that. I just must think differently than others. My philosophy is that if I love my wife and keep her happy she will always return beauty to me.

The lady sports reporter gave up with me saying that I just don't get it. (I didn't explain everything I am explaining to you.) You know with Twitter, you can only write a few words and then you have to stop. That's why I like it better here. I do feel a little more free to express myself, although I suppose some things are impossible to explain.

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I asked Dustin Baker on Twitter to look up this stat and he obliged. It has felt like to me that we run too much on first down. The one year, or part of one year that DeFilippo was the coordinator might be skewing with this stat.

Teams that run football most on 1st Down, since 2017:

1. Texans (58.9%)
2. Ravens (58.6%)
3. Redskins (58.1%)
4. Titans (57.0%)
5. Seahawks (56.0%)
6. Cowboys (55.8%)
7. Vikings (54.3%)
8. Patriots (53.7%)
9. 49ers (53.7%)
10. Bills (53.2%)

I think an important caveat to that is the #1 team has a QB that runs 6 times/game and the #2 team a QB that runs 10(!) times/game.

It needs to be broken down further into game situations. Teams that tend to be ahead by two or more scores in the fourth quarter are going to run on first down nearly 100% of the time yet in the first quarter when it was 0-0 it could have been much different.

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I'm not getting along with a second lady sportswriter, now. I've told her that I would prefer that sportswriters be a fan of the team they write about. She countered that then they can't ask the tough questions. I've never heard her ever ask a tough question. (Actually, she's a tv reporter and sometimes sports anchor. I'm probably giving it away who she is, now.) I didn't say that, but I replied that a fan of the team could still ask the tough questions because they care so much for the team that they succeed. But to me, most of all a fan of the team means they are happy when the team does well and I believe we are attracted to happiness. If the team has a tough loss do we really want a dispassionate report as if they didn't care? If it's a national broadcast, then I understand, but a local report?

I think you're being unrealistic.

Most sportswriters and reporters aren't from the state where they gain employment. So even if they still have teams they root for, it's likely not ones in their market.

You're right. She is originally from Massachusetts. In the past she covered the Packers and the Bears. Maybe it would be challenging for some to root for the team in each city, but you know I have experience with that. When I was young I lived all over the United States. I found myself rooting for the local team wherever I went. Of course the Vikings were always number one in my heart.

But still, am I wrong that we are attracted to happiness? I know I am pretty weird, but I have often thought in the past that there is no such thing as a woman who is happy and ugly at the same time. I have never read anywhere someone else saying that. I just must think differently than others. My philosophy is that if I love my wife and keep her happy she will always return beauty to me.

The lady sports reporter gave up with me saying that I just don't get it. (I didn't explain everything I am explaining to you.) You know with Twitter, you can only write a few words and then you have to stop. That's why I like it better here. I do feel a little more free to express myself, although I suppose some things are impossible to explain.

I can only speak for the Twin Cities area, I would say conservatively that a minimum of 80% of the local sports media that cover the Vikings are fans of the team. The only contra that immediately pops to mind is Dan Barreiro, a Chicago bobo who's bitter that he is stuck in "fly over country". What is this lady reporter's name?

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

This is off topic, so forgive me, but I read that this other browser called Brave was better than Google Chrome. I thought I would give it a shot and I was amazed how much better it is. I'm not getting the usual barrage of ads everywhere. I just thought I should share. We deserve to have a better internet. That's another reason why I have loved coming here- because I don't get the ads here for some reason.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I'm not getting along with a second lady sportswriter, now. I've told her that I would prefer that sportswriters be a fan of the team they write about. She countered that then they can't ask the tough questions. I've never heard her ever ask a tough question. (Actually, she's a tv reporter and sometimes sports anchor. I'm probably giving it away who she is, now.) I didn't say that, but I replied that a fan of the team could still ask the tough questions because they care so much for the team that they succeed. But to me, most of all a fan of the team means they are happy when the team does well and I believe we are attracted to happiness. If the team has a tough loss do we really want a dispassionate report as if they didn't care? If it's a national broadcast, then I understand, but a local report?

I think you're being unrealistic.

Most sportswriters and reporters aren't from the state where they gain employment. So even if they still have teams they root for, it's likely not ones in their market.

You're right. She is originally from Massachusetts. In the past she covered the Packers and the Bears. Maybe it would be challenging for some to root for the team in each city, but you know I have experience with that. When I was young I lived all over the United States. I found myself rooting for the local team wherever I went. Of course the Vikings were always number one in my heart.

But still, am I wrong that we are attracted to happiness? I know I am pretty weird, but I have often thought in the past that there is no such thing as a woman who is happy and ugly at the same time. I have never read anywhere someone else saying that. I just must think differently than others. My philosophy is that if I love my wife and keep her happy she will always return beauty to me.

The lady sports reporter gave up with me saying that I just don't get it. (I didn't explain everything I am explaining to you.) You know with Twitter, you can only write a few words and then you have to stop. That's why I like it better here. I do feel a little more free to express myself, although I suppose some things are impossible to explain.

I can only speak for the Twin Cities area, I would say conservatively that a minimum of 80% of the local sports media that cover the Vikings are fans of the team. The only contra that immediately pops to mind is Dan Barreiro, a Chicago bobo who's bitter that he is stuck in "fly over country". What is this lady reporter's name?

That's why I like Paul Allen better than Barreiro. Perhaps some people tune in more for information, but I am one who is looking for information secondarily and joy primarily. Same thing for coming here. I come here because I am looking for happiness first and information second. I come here because I can chat with fans who feel the same way about the Vikings that I do.

Interesting sidebar about Barreiro is that I was familiar with him in Dallas before here. He used to write a column there in the newspaper just like he did here for the Startribune. As you know, he did the column before he was a co-host on the radio with Chad Hartman.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I asked Dustin Baker on Twitter to look up this stat and he obliged. It has felt like to me that we run too much on first down. The one year, or part of one year that DeFilippo was the coordinator might be skewing with this stat.

Teams that run football most on 1st Down, since 2017:

1. Texans (58.9%)
2. Ravens (58.6%)
3. Redskins (58.1%)
4. Titans (57.0%)
5. Seahawks (56.0%)
6. Cowboys (55.8%)
7. Vikings (54.3%)
8. Patriots (53.7%)
9. 49ers (53.7%)
10. Bills (53.2%)

I think an important caveat to that is the #1 team has a QB that runs 6 times/game and the #2 team a QB that runs 10(!) times/game.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Big O was asking who the reporter is.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Mitchell

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Big O was asking who the reporter is.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Mitchell

never heard of her.