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ORIGINAL: John Childress

I think you are thinking of 1999 and our 1-3 start.  We got smoked by the Rams in the divisional playoff.

Cris Carter to official after the bullshit incomplete pass call: Haven't you ever seen that one before?

That was where the Moss squirt the ref happened.

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

Vikes 34 Chiefs 20

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Vikes 34 Chiefs 20

Chiefs with 2 garbage time TDs against our 3rd stringers?

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ORIGINAL: marty

@ San Francisco L 24-27 OT Vikes have a 10 point or greater most of the game, SF steals it at the end
Detroit W 45-38 Vikes ahead by 24 at one point, Lions late surge falls short
San Diego W 24-17 Defense wins the game at the end, holds off Rivers, Wright makes a big TD catch that wins it in the 4th quarter
@ Denver L 31-16 Manning early in the year will probably be sharp, Vikes play one of their worst games of the year
BYE
Kansas City W 48-24 AD has huge game, 3 special teams' TDs for Vikes
@ Detroit W 30-20 Solid team win
@ Chicago W 23-20 Exciting game, Teddy wins it with TD to CJ
St. Louis L 17-24 Tough loss, first home loss of year, Fisher's coaching wins it
@ Oakland W 38-10 Angry Vikings' team wins decisively
Green Bay L 34-31 Teddy goes toe to toe with Rodgers but Rodgers has the ball last. Teddy also gets hurt
@ Atlanta W 30-27 Vikes show they are a playoff team, they are in the Wildcard hunt at 7-4, Teddy plays hurt but hobbles around and gets the win
Seattle L 41-38 Teddy has almost perfect game, but Wilson has a magical game.
@ Arizona W 20-17 Defense plays a solid game
Chicago L 31-21 Looks like an easy win on paper, but the Bears steal it, Jared Allen getting a few key sacks
NY Giants W 38-24
@ Green Bay L 24-17 The worst part is the Packers pull many of their starters as they have homefield secured

The Vikes are right on pace for the 10-6 record I had predicted before the season. I originally had them at 9-7, but changed it to 10-6 (2 days later, still before the season started), agreeing with several posters that the Vikes should beat the Packers backups. IF the Packers aren't resting players that game, then I think the Packers will win that one.

Although I haven't gotten the scores right, I have been right so far with win/loss, and will stick with this until it's wrong, and go with the Vikes beating the Bears in a close one on Sunday.

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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

NFL Season Predictions:

AFC East
NE 12-4 They're still the class of the division, the defense will regress but they got Brady, BB, Gronk and others.
Miami 10-6 I could see them being anywhere between 7-9 and 11-5, think the addition of Suh takes them to the playoffs.
Buffalo 7-9 Taylor not there yet, they could surprise if the OLine creates holes in the run game.
NYJ 5-11 Think they will be in every game but Fitzpatrick makes way too many mistakes and he will cost them a bunch of close games.

AFC North
Baltimore 11-5 Best OLine, Flacco is solid and their D as well. They might miss Torry Smith his PI yards were valuable
Pittsburgh 9-7 Don't trust their defense, the O should be fine and perhaps great.
Cleveland 7-9 Good Oline and defense, reasonable QB play and maybe they challenge for a WC
Cincinnati 5-11 Think the wheels finally fall off in Cincy.

AFC South
Indy 12-4 Stacked their team, Luck will be the top MVP candidate all season. Not sure they have what it takes in the playoffs though.
Houston 9-7 Hoyer will help, while the Titans and Jags are still poor they won't be gimmies anymore, they had a joke schedule last season.
Tennessee 5-11 They revamped their roster but long ways to go. Not sure what to expect really.
J'Ville 4-12 They'll improve again, Bortles should be better but they have such a losing mentality, they were mostly in blow outs last season, they should have closer games this year and that's a step in the right direction.

AFC West
Denver 10-6 Peyton's last year, he will regress numbers wise for sure, but their D could be top 5.
KC 10-6 I trust Reid and Smith has looked decent in pre season.
SD 9-7 Still have Rivers but their D looks porous.
Oakland 4-12 Carr isn't any good, 5.5 ypc is just terrible, but their D will keep them in games.

NFC East
Philly 13-3 Think it all comes together for them this season, thir D is underrated as well.
Dallas 11-5 Still got the OLine and a great offense. Think the D will be better in the secondary but they will be run on.
NYG 5-11 Defense is a mess, the offense will put up numbers but they can't run.
Wash 4-12 They'll regtet going to Cousins or not so they can go for the #1 pick in the draft.

NFC North
GB 11-5 They'll miss Nelson but Rodgers is too good.
Minnesota 8-8 Don't think we are there yet, think next year is a playoff season but I expect the OLine to struggle some and Teddy to struggle a little as well, DCs have a year of film on him. But I think we improve by seasons end.
Chicago 7-9 Fox brings some stability back to Chicago. Cutler might quietly have a good season.
Detroit 6-10 They'll miss Suh, OLine is poor as well.

NFC South
Atlanta 10-6 Their offense will do there thing, their D is much improved.
NO 9-7 They'll miss Graham and their D is ok
Carolina 6-10 Cam is their offense and their D is declining
Tampa 3-13 They got serious OLine issues not good for Winston

NFC West
Seattle 12-4 Defense still there and Wilson will grow as a QB once more. They do have OLine issues and with a couple of injuries they could fall back to 10-6 or even 9-7
San Francisco 9-7 They still got pieces, Kaepernick improves some and their D is decent.
St Louis 7-9 Their defense should terrorize teams. Offensively they'll be average.
Arizona 6-10 Their OLine is there undoing again.

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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

@ San Francisco L 20-17, 49ers at home will look to put there offseason turmoils behind them. Think their D shows up and snuffs out a late drive.
Detroit W 24-21 Lions lost something with Suh and they won't dominate us, the OLine specifically like last season at home.
San Diego W 31-24 Teddy throws 3 TDs has his best game of the season, Norv gives good insight on how to beat Rivers.
@ Denver L 31-16 Broncos D too strong in Mile High especially when they jump to an early lead.
BYE
Kansas City W 24-13 Off the bye AD has a big game controls things.
@ Detroit L 23-20 Lose a close one, but very important game, this might be the decider for the wild card.
@ Chicago L 27-24 We never win there, seriously never happens.
St. Louis W 24-6 We totally shut down their offense, and AD does his thing on the ground.
@ Oakland W23-9 Defense on a roll, destroy Carr and while Cooper has a good game they get only FGs
Green Bay L 34-31 Teddy goes toe to toe with Rodgers but Rodgers has the ball last.
@ Atlanta L 24-21 OT Tough loss at Atlanta but really this game can go either way
Seattle L 20-17 Another close loss, team plays well but falls short.
@ Arizona L Lose another close one on a short week going cross country. Could easily be a win if Palmer is out which I definitely could see happening behind that OLine.
Chicago W 34-13 Take out our lsoing streak against Cutler, AD goes off.
NY Giants W 38-24 Offense in high gear vs terrible defense, we rack up 500 yds
@ Green Bay L 24-17 Another solid performance as Rodgers needs a late TD to secure playoff positioning

I have us here at 7-9, in the predictions above I have 8-8 to balance out the W/L for the NFL. I see plenty of close losses, remains to be seen if the team has what it takes to win those games, Vikes being a young team I err on the side of caution with those "50/50" games (e.g. Atl, Az, @Chi, Det, SF).

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You had us at 3-4. Your handle is not as decent as you think.

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I have been perfect so far, right on every game, had them at 5-2 at this point.

I HAD a decent handle, but am not sure if those before season predictions will continue to be right. I had them losing at home to the Rams, and now feel there is a good chance the Vikes win. I had them winning easily at Oakland, but Oakland right now looks better than I had expected. It's probably unrealistic to have expected wins at Atlanta and at Arizona, but we'll see. Either way, I suspect they'll probably end up around 9-7, maybe 10-6 if GB pulls their starters on the last game.

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Nobody giving us a chance. Don't even bother to show up. Rest everybody.

Players take it personally and get 17-16 win tonight.

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Nobody giving us a chance. Don't even bother to show up. Rest everybody.

Players take it personally and get 17-16 win tonight.

Peterson didn't take it personally. He blamed it on the coaching staff. He's supposed to be the leader, right?

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No, Peterson is competitive like Moss. He is pointing his finger in the right direction; the Vikes should fire Norv Turner, and then consider firing Zimmer if the team doesn't showup against playoff teams.