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Also smells like sour grapes

I would be surprised if Love plays at this point. No full practice session in 3 weeks? He has said he’s not 100%? It’s a great decoy, but my money is on Willis playing. Especially with how he’s been playing.

I still question whether or not Zimmer’s hiring was McCarthy’s decision, or Jerry’s

Buck has said on multiple occasions that he believed Moss had actually pulled down his pants.

70-53 on August 17, the Twins were 2 games back of first place, and a 10 game lead for a wild card spot. Now the best they can do is 85-77, which is under their bet line of 85.5 wins, and they won’t make the playoffs. A truly catastrophic collapse. Another classic Minnesota sports moment. I don’t know how anyone could be allowed to keep their job after a failure like that.

Brian Daboll is a terrible head coach. The fact that he won coach of the year in 2022 over O’Connell is all the evidence of east coast bias anyone will ever need.

Daniel Jones, for all the criticism, just delivered 2 clutch throws on 3rd and 4th down only to have his receivers drop the ball.

When they said they weren’t putting him on IR, I said they were going to use him as a decoy.

I haven’t watched ESPN programming in years. I barely watch Monday Night Football anymore.

This was a game preseason that I had marked as a loss. I am more confident than I was then, but it’s still an away division rival game. It’s going to be tough. I’m going to stick with my original prediction; GB 23 MN 20

Top right good. Bottom left bad.

I just recently found out that Monson and Palazzolo left PFF. Yeah, it’s sinking.

A lot of reporters believed that McCarthy was on the verge of overtaking Darnold as the starter in training camp. Another performance like he had against the Raiders may have tipped the scale in his favor. He’s still in the facility, he’s in the meetings, he’s doing film sessions with O’Connell. They are going to have a good feel for where he is going into next year. If you tag Darnold with the plan of keeping him, then you’re committing to Darnold as your starter for 2025, and leaving McCarthy on the bench.

I just don’t see the Vikings doing a tag and trade. First of all, I think the idea of it is a little optimistic. Even if Darnold has a pro bowl season, I just don’t think you’d get a return that’s worth the potential risk. If you tag Darnold, teams know that you’re planning to unload him. That right there is going to drastically drop his value. Also, while he may have a strong season, he’s not a proven consistent player. So I don’t see teams willing to double down on their gamble by giving up significant assets, as well as a significant contract. Secondly, you’re really playing with fire. A franchise tag for a QB is going to slash your spending budget in half. And while you may be able to get a trade done before free agency kicks off, what if the other team decides to drag their feet in order to try and drive the cost down? Seems like the idea would carry a lot more potential risks than potential rewards. Another thing to consider is, who would a potential trade partner be? I don’t think there are as many out there as some may believe. Looking around the league, the majority of teams either have their guy, or have a guy they think is their guy. Just going down the list of teams, I only see 2 teams for sure looking for a new QB in 2025, and about 5 teams that might be looking.

He’s referring to the tag number. And while it won’t be $50M, it will be north of $40M.