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Offseason thoughts

My standard take is that only roughly 50% of free agents will pan out.

I'm stunned by the number of contributers this year.

Studs (all making big time plays): Van Ginkel, Cashman, Greenard, Jones
Solid: Gilmore, Griffin, Tillery, Ward (plus Grugier Hill and Redmond for 1 game)
Meh: Tonyan, Sherfield

As excited as I've been since probably 2017.

Can't wait to get to full strength, fingers crossed.

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Cam Bynum said in a recent interview that it was instant chemistry with the players added this year, that he was surprised how quickly the chemistry happened.

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I remember in 1998 how whenever the Offense was on the field it was like you were in the twilight zone and didn't want to miss a play.....
This year it has been both the Offense and the Defense were you just see everyone making plays and we aren't fully stocked on Offense yet.

In '98 it was exciting whenever the offense took the field, it feels similarly for the defense this season.

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#Vikings QB Sam Darnold’s MRI revealed a knee bruise and no structural damage, per source.

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I love how Sam is 11th in passing, when you go by yards, but basically #1 by so many other metrics.

You can have the yards, Dak.

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Bulletin board material:

"None of it means anything until you beat a good team on the road."

I don't really know of anyone saying that right now, I just want to make sure this team continues to be motivated.

That's bullshit.

We have beaten two of the consensus best 5 teams in the NFL in successive weeks.

They just need to keep humble about it. don't get overconfident.

For sure. Conclusively. With a few breaks, we could have thumped the 49ers almost as bad as the Texans.

Right now the Vikings, Seahawks, and Steelers have stormed into the view of many a power ranker.

For my money, we look as or more dangerous on both sides of the ball than anybody at this point. If doubters like myself were hoping for a Mayfield-like reemergence from Darnold, Sam has blown past that so far. 2023 Mayfield was just a scrappy precursor to what we're seeing from Darnold so far. And make no mistake about it, as outstanding as our defense has looked, our success will hinge on the Darnold.

But ...

the 49ers folding yesterday is a reminder that teams are still soundly messing with offseason predictions, and a real handle on the power structure of 2024 (I'm not talking about the silly media power ranking crap) is still a long way off. At least another 8-10 weeks to slot the actual contenders and pretenders.

For my money, we have a real chance to be the real deal. We're not there yet.

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Dall-ass may be ready to implode. Well, hope so anyway.

Is there animosity when players like Hurts and Prescott - or anyone not named Mahomes - sign $50-60 million contracts? I mean sure teammates still play to the hilt, but when the chips are down and the bickering starts....

... just blame Mike Zimmer and his drill instructor led defense!

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I love how Sam is 11th in passing, when you go by yards, but basically #1 by so many other metrics.

You can have the yards, Dak.

Yards are for suckers that are consistently trailing in the second half.

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Dall-ass may be ready to implode. Well, hope so anyway.

Is there animosity when players like Hurts and Prescott - or anyone not named Mahomes - sign $50-60 million contracts? I mean sure teammates still play to the hilt, but when the chips are down and the bickering starts....

... just blame Mike Zimmer and his drill instructor led defense!

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Bill I think the Dallas meltdown has something to do with Lamb's contract and also Cincy's struggles as caused by Chase's contract.....I think both were jealous of JJ's contract.

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When the Vikings offense comes out, I am just hoping they can get the ball to midfield, and hoping they don't mess things up by turning the ball over, anything in top of that is sweet.

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When the Vikings offense comes out, I am just hoping they can get the ball to midfield, and hoping they don't mess things up by turning the ball over, anything in top of that is sweet.

We're literally 3rd in points scored.

Our offense and defense are basically mirror images.

Offense: 3rd in Points, 12th in Yards. 1st in TD Passes.
Defense: 2nd in Points, 14th in Yards. 6th in TD Passes.

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Phil, I originally had your quote in italics, was only taking a part of your post. When I put it in italics, I mistakenly let the start and stop italics thingy at the beginning stay, so your section didn't end up being italicized.

Sorry about that. I don't fully understand how to include just a part of what someone was saying, and have it layered in, as some do. I am just enough lacking in computer savvy to not be able to do that.

At the same time, I find it annoying when that layering is overused, and we end up getting tons of old quotes layered in. If you're following the thread often enough, it seems unnecessary.

I didn't mean for anyone else to think I started the comment on '98. If I take a snippet, and italicize it Phil, do you want me to always include your name to make sure you're given credit for the earlier statement ?