Trekgeekscott
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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke What? We're into training camp and no predictions on this thread in over a month? I suppose people are waiting to see how the team looks in preseason. Cowards! I'm making my prediction for the Vikings season right now and I'll be glad to stand by it right or wrong. As background, - Over the years I've evolved into the polar opposite of a hope selling purple glasses kind of guy. I'm no rah rah guy. I've lost all emotional attachment to the Vikings. I like them very much on a sort of 'reality TV' level of entertainment but that's about it. Can't wait to see what happens in next weeks's episode, but I'm completely indifferent to Vikings losses. Having said that - I'm completely optimistic about the Vikings this year. At bare minimum they should reverse last year's record, 10-6 or 11-5. And get at least one playoff win. I love the coaching staff. Best head coach since Burns. Best assistant staff since Green. Adrian continues to roll. Patterson and Rudolph join Adrian as All-Pros. Patterson in particular propels into Megatron territory. I don't know how the QB will play out. But Cassel is fine at QB until a quickly up and coming Bridgewater is deemed ready. I always liked Cassel as a solid professional guy who can lead a team. So if they're doing OK with him I'm guessing Bridgewater wont be rushed. But if Bridgewater does get the nod at some point, that would be super exciting because he is going to be a star. It's not if, it's when. Defense will be improved, if not yet great. Barr will be considered a top 10 rookie making immediate impact. Some of the other young guys will begin to blossom under Zimmer. I'm completely serious. I like this team more than any other since probably 15-1. The offense is completely dependent on us getting competant QB play which I think either Cassell or Bridgewater can give us this year. Even Musgrave's vanilla offense ran better once we got a competant QB running it. This team will succeed if they can just play adequate defense. Doesn't have to be all world, just adequate. I am very optimistic about this year.
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