I tried to be very weary of this team overcomes all the odds. This team's back was against the wall, because everything that coaches and general managers and organizations say is about that. Every coach in the National Football League before a game on Sunday says our backs are against the wall.

I tried to be very weary of this team overcomes all the odds. This team's back was against the wall, because everything that coaches and general managers and organizations say is about that. Every coach in the National Football League before a game on Sunday says our backs are against the wall.

It could be Chiefs versus Houston Titans.

It could be Chiefs versus Houston Titans.

Wait wait huh, it could be Chiefs versus Tennessee Titans, and Andy Reid will walk into the locker room and say our backs are up against the wall. Will Levis and the Tennessee Titans are clicking on all cylinders. Could be the best team versus the worst team in the league, and teams will create this mindset of okay or the underdog here. We really need to give our everything and we need to come out and play our best football. Well that is not only a thing that coaches say, but for the Minnesota Vikings this season, it was true by all measures of discussion before this season started. Not to mention, even for myself, I did predict Sam Donald to shock the world this season, but I also predicted the Vikings to fall five, to have a record of five and twelve because I did not buy this idea of organizational speech.

Wait wait huh, it could be Chiefs versus Tennessee Titans, and Andy Reid will walk into the locker room and say our backs are up against the wall. Will Levis and the Tennessee Titans are clicking on all cylinders. Could be the best team versus the worst team in the league, and teams will create this mindset of okay or the underdog here. We really need to give our everything and we need to come out and play our best football. Well that is not only a thing that coaches say, but for the Minnesota Vikings this season, it was true by all measures of discussion before this season started. Not to mention, even for myself, I did predict Sam Donald to shock the world this season, but I also predicted the Vikings to fall five, to have a record of five and twelve because I did not buy this idea of organizational speech.

I really try to be very aware.

I really try to be very aware.

Of organizational speech and hype videos and discussion and how good the team looks during training camp, and how good this coach and player are are doing and have this chemistry and blah blah blah blah blah. Every team says that, every organization says it. It's all bogus except for the seven teams in the NFC and AFC that make the playoffs.

Of organizational speech and hype videos and discussion and how good the team looks during training camp, and how good this coach and player are are doing and have this chemistry and blah blah blah blah blah. Every team says that, every organization says it. It's all bogus except for the seven teams in the NFC and AFC that make the playoffs.

But besides that, there are what.

But besides that, there are what.

Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen teams that talk about all this nonsense about how the team looks sharpened training camp and how good the roster looks. And I was very careful not to fall for that, so I predicted the Vikers go five to twelve. Despite Sam Darnold's shock in the world this season, well, the Minnesota Vikings shock the world. This comes from Kevin Seaffert says when the NFL season began, esp and Analytics gave the Vikings a forty percent chance of making the playoffs. They clinched tonight following the Seahawks loss to the Packers, one of the least anticipated seasons in franchise history. Roles on going back to September sixth. This was Kevin Seffert's tweet. ESPN bet has the Vikings as a slight favorite and Sunday's opener at the Giants. But overall, it has been a long time since external expectations for a Vikings season have been so slow, have been so low. Vikings favored to beat the Giants by one and a half points. The Vikings over under via DraftKings dot com was six and a half wins. You bring in Sam Donald as your quarterback, one, you lose your rookie in preseason. Donald's fourth team and seven seasons. It bring in some guys that have veteran experience like Grenard Van Ginkole, Stevan Gilmour, Shaker, but none of these guys are top echelon players. Blake Cashman. Now, all these guys are good players, but these guys are not face of a franchise, face of a defense type players. And this was the tone before the season started. These were the expectations. And now the Minnesota Vikings are eleven and two control their own destiny to winning the NFC North and winning and becoming the number one seed in the NFC. And they were predicted to win six and a half games, a fourteen percent chance to make the playoffs based on ESPN's analytics. I don't know why the Minnesota Vikings are not being covered more as this underdog Cinderella story because it seems like national media would eat that stuff up. But it's all about the Lions and how good the Lions have been and how good the Lions are.

Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen teams that talk about all this nonsense about how the team looks sharpened training camp and how good the roster looks. And I was very careful not to fall for that, so I predicted the Vikers go five to twelve. Despite Sam Darnold's shock in the world this season, well, the Minnesota Vikings shock the world. This comes from Kevin Seaffert says when the NFL season began, esp and Analytics gave the Vikings a forty percent chance of making the playoffs. They clinched tonight following the Seahawks loss to the Packers, one of the least anticipated seasons in franchise history. Roles on going back to September sixth. This was Kevin Seffert's tweet. ESPN bet has the Vikings as a slight favorite and Sunday's opener at the Giants. But overall, it has been a long time since external expectations for a Vikings season have been so slow, have been so low. Vikings favored to beat the Giants by one and a half points. The Vikings over under via DraftKings dot com was six and a half wins. You bring in Sam Donald as your quarterback, one, you lose your rookie in preseason. Donald's fourth team and seven seasons. It bring in some guys that have veteran experience like Grenard Van Ginkole, Stevan Gilmour, Shaker, but none of these guys are top echelon players. Blake Cashman. Now, all these guys are good players, but these guys are not face of a franchise, face of a defense type players. And this was the tone before the season started. These were the expectations. And now the Minnesota Vikings are eleven and two control their own destiny to winning the NFC North and winning and becoming the number one seed in the NFC. And they were predicted to win six and a half games, a fourteen percent chance to make the playoffs based on ESPN's analytics. I don't know why the Minnesota Vikings are not being covered more as this underdog Cinderella story because it seems like national media would eat that stuff up. But it's all about the Lions and how good the Lions have been and how good the Lions are.

Can anybody's stop the Lions?

Can anybody's stop the Lions?

You know someone that can't be feeling too good this morning is Kirk Cousins because you think about what the Vikings did before he became a part of the organization, and that was the special Case Kingdom year when they went to the NFC Championship game to catch all that.

You know someone that can't be feeling too good this morning is Kirk Cousins because you think about what the Vikings did before he became a part of the organization, and that was the special Case Kingdom year when they went to the NFC Championship game to catch all that.

Stuff, it's an incredible year.

Stuff, it's an incredible year.

What were there like thirteen and three, twelve and four, and now the season after Kirk Cousins leaves, the Minnesota Vikings are eleven and two and controlled their own destiny. So as good as Kirk Cousins was in a Minnesota Vikings uniform, the conclusion is fact the Minnesota Vikings were better in the season before Kirk Cousins and the season after Kirk Cousins than they were with Kirk Cousins.

What were there like thirteen and three, twelve and four, and now the season after Kirk Cousins leaves, the Minnesota Vikings are eleven and two and controlled their own destiny. So as good as Kirk Cousins was in a Minnesota Vikings uniform, the conclusion is fact the Minnesota Vikings were better in the season before Kirk Cousins and the season after Kirk Cousins than they were with Kirk Cousins.

Himself. And that is the.

Himself. And that is the.

Ultimate rip on a player, because you would think that if you are so so valuable and so good to a franchise that when you leave things going to shambles. Tom Brady Patriots, Tom Brady leaves went to Super Bowl with the Bucks.

Ultimate rip on a player, because you would think that if you are so so valuable and so good to a franchise that when you leave things going to shambles. Tom Brady Patriots, Tom Brady leaves went to Super Bowl with the Bucks.

Patriots aren't shambles.

Patriots aren't shambles.

Even with Bill Belichick there, They couldn't replace that value. Vikings replaced Kirk Cousins with Sam Darnold and a few other guys around the roster and are even better. So that's the ultimate knock. And it's what's cool about the Vikings run this year is that, you know, the backs up against the wall, the overcoming all the odds, all of this speech that coaches spiel and give their players as motivation, it's actually true. Kevin o'Kyle can walk into the Minnesota Vikings locker room and say, our team has overcome all the odds this season. This market had us at this, This market had us on this. This national pundit said this because and you know what, I don't hate the national media for saying that the Minnesota Vikings were not gonna be any good this year, because who's gonna come out and say that, Sam Donald is gonna lead the Minnesota Vikings to an eleven and two season based on the career that Sam Donald has given us so far.

Even with Bill Belichick there, They couldn't replace that value. Vikings replaced Kirk Cousins with Sam Darnold and a few other guys around the roster and are even better. So that's the ultimate knock. And it's what's cool about the Vikings run this year is that, you know, the backs up against the wall, the overcoming all the odds, all of this speech that coaches spiel and give their players as motivation, it's actually true. Kevin o'Kyle can walk into the Minnesota Vikings locker room and say, our team has overcome all the odds this season. This market had us at this, This market had us on this. This national pundit said this because and you know what, I don't hate the national media for saying that the Minnesota Vikings were not gonna be any good this year, because who's gonna come out and say that, Sam Donald is gonna lead the Minnesota Vikings to an eleven and two season based on the career that Sam Donald has given us so far.

Doesn't seem like it would make a whole lot of sense. So I get why they're.

Doesn't seem like it would make a whole lot of sense. So I get why they're.

Coming with these ideas that, hey, you know what, they're gonna suck. They have no chance to be good. They're gonna finish the last in the NFC North. But you've got to give credit where credit is due, and credit goes to the Vikings organization for grabbing Sam Donald for resurrecting his career. Credit to Sam Donald, credit for the defensive players that they picked up that are steady veteran presences, that are smart football players.

Coming with these ideas that, hey, you know what, they're gonna suck. They have no chance to be good. They're gonna finish the last in the NFC North. But you've got to give credit where credit is due, and credit goes to the Vikings organization for grabbing Sam Donald for resurrecting his career. Credit to Sam Donald, credit for the defensive players that they picked up that are steady veteran presences, that are smart football players.

And you know what, it's fun. The Vikings are eleven.

And you know what, it's fun. The Vikings are eleven.

And two, could be the number one seed in the NFC North if they finished out the season with a win versus the Bears, Seahawks, Packers, and Lions.

And two, could be the number one seed in the NFC North if they finished out the season with a win versus the Bears, Seahawks, Packers, and Lions.

I don't know if they will finish with the number one seed.

I don't know if they will finish with the number one seed.

I think that game against the Packers is going to be tough at home versus the Packers in a couple of weeks, But right now, if everything falls the Vikings direction, they're going to be the number one seed in the NFC North, which nobody predicted before the season started, so it's incredible and the Vikings literally did overcome all the odds this season. Thanks for watching Hit. That's a button right there, and thank you for going on this journey with me.

I think that game against the Packers is going to be tough at home versus the Packers in a couple of weeks, But right now, if everything falls the Vikings direction, they're going to be the number one seed in the NFC North, which nobody predicted before the season started, so it's incredible and the Vikings literally did overcome all the odds this season. Thanks for watching Hit. That's a button right there, and thank you for going on this journey with me.