JDBrocks Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 It's all about creating a winning culture to me the rest of this season. Finish strong and get into the tournament. Reenforce winning, even (especially?) in adverse or with less than ideal circumstances. 4 teams have to lose every wild card weekend. 18 don't even get a chance to play more football. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duluther Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 3 hours ago, JDBrocks said: It's all about creating a winning culture to me the rest of this season. Finish strong and get into the tournament. Reenforce winning, even (especially?) in adverse or with less than ideal circumstances. 4 teams have to lose every wild card weekend. 18 don't even get a chance to play more football. And if we lose out, 18 won't get a chance to play more football either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted December 20, 2023 Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 3 hours ago, JDBrocks said: It's all about creating a winning culture to me the rest of this season. Finish strong and get into the tournament. exactly. because when you think about it, the other message to the players is: "hey, there's no need to win games now as we'll get a better draft position if we don't, so we can get new college guys and replace some of you." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 4 hours ago, JDBrocks said: It's all about creating a winning culture to me the rest of this season. Which is a lot more important than a handful of draft slots. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Relax Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 13 hours ago, JDBrocks said: It's all about creating a winning culture to me the rest of this season. Finish strong and get into the tournament. Reenforce winning, even (especially?) in adverse or with less than ideal circumstances. 4 teams have to lose every wild card weekend. 18 don't even get a chance to play more football. 110% agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcblack34 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Finish strong, get into the playoffs, and then hope you catch lightning in a bottle. Draft position can be manipulated. Giving players a taste of success cannot. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 34 minutes ago, wcblack34 said: Finish strong, get into the playoffs, and then hope you catch lightning in a bottle. Draft position can be manipulated. Giving players a taste of success cannot. I don't expect them to do much in the playoffs but I have a lot more confidence in this coaching staff than last years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted December 21, 2023 Author Share Posted December 21, 2023 Playoff probabilities for NFC North teams: DET 99.8% MINN 44.3% GB 20.9% CHI 0.5% https://vikingswire.usatoday.com/lists/playoff-probability-for-all-32-teams-including-the-vikings-going-into-week-16/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR084NjpFe6OnxCwibCgCXQqLHdkLWmEcn68sGJxo0409BQhJ8SmSNs9BPA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 It's about time for this crazy season to hit a spike in playoff odds, right? Skol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted December 22, 2023 Author Share Posted December 22, 2023 8 hours ago, SteelKing728 said: It's about time for this crazy season to hit a spike in playoff odds, right? Skol! i don't understand what you're asking... wouldn't it hit a spike when it reaches 100%? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted December 22, 2023 Author Share Posted December 22, 2023 Rams jump up into the 6th seed, with a record of 8-7 now. we drop to 7th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 7 hours ago, vike daddy said: i don't understand what you're asking... wouldn't it hit a spike when it reaches 100%? Spike upwards since we lost our last game... Or maybe this season is so weird we go on another 5 game win streak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted December 22, 2023 Author Share Posted December 22, 2023 4 hours ago, SteelKing728 said: Spike upwards since we lost our last game... Or maybe this season is so weird we go on another 5 game win streak? i think you mean "trend" not "spike." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, vike daddy said: i think you mean "trend" not "spike." I think you're missing the point. (And since I can guarantee you'll bring it up, no, the point is not to discuss if the word "spike" or "trend" should be used in the sentence.) Okay, back to football! Edited December 22, 2023 by SteelKing728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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