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This podcast is one one hundred percent honest, one one hundred percent of the time. I've got some topics for you today, so stick with me. The overarching topic that is going to be discussed is how embarrassed the Minnesota Vikings should be after their despicable finish to the season in which they lost back to back games against the Lions and Rams. I wish coincidentally they did earlier in this season two. It's the classic situation that could only happen to Minnesota Vikings sports fans, and the situation that I'm gonna be talking about. I'm gonna get too shortly. But there was a very intriguing statistic that I saw online and all year long, there was a discussion about how elite the NFC North was compared to other NFL divisions, and it was hard to argue any of it because of the records. At one point, every team in the NFC North had a winning record. I think the Chicago Bears were four and two but until they gave up a last second hel Mary against the Washington Commanders. So Vikings had a winning record, Lions had a winning record, Packers had a winning record, Bears had a winning record.

This podcast is one one hundred percent honest, one one hundred percent of the time. I've got some topics for you today, so stick with me. The overarching topic that is going to be discussed is how embarrassed the Minnesota Vikings should be after their despicable finish to the season in which they lost back to back games against the Lions and Rams. I wish coincidentally they did earlier in this season two. It's the classic situation that could only happen to Minnesota Vikings sports fans, and the situation that I'm gonna be talking about. I'm gonna get too shortly. But there was a very intriguing statistic that I saw online and all year long, there was a discussion about how elite the NFC North was compared to other NFL divisions, and it was hard to argue any of it because of the records. At one point, every team in the NFC North had a winning record. I think the Chicago Bears were four and two but until they gave up a last second hel Mary against the Washington Commanders. So Vikings had a winning record, Lions had a winning record, Packers had a winning record, Bears had a winning record.

And of course the.

And of course the.

Conclusion that everyone is going to receive or come to following those winning records is that the Minnesota Vikings, the Detroit Lions, the Green Bay Packers, and the Chicago Bears play in the best division in football. And just take a look at the stat This comes from Ben gesling on X says, after going forty and eleven in the regular season, the Lions, Vikings.

Conclusion that everyone is going to receive or come to following those winning records is that the Minnesota Vikings, the Detroit Lions, the Green Bay Packers, and the Chicago Bears play in the best division in football. And just take a look at the stat This comes from Ben gesling on X says, after going forty and eleven in the regular season, the Lions, Vikings.

And Packers went all in three in the playoffs.

And Packers went all in three in the playoffs.

The three NFC North teams had to combine minus eleven turnover margin and their playoff losses.

The three NFC North teams had to combine minus eleven turnover margin and their playoff losses.

And this goes to a point that.

And this goes to a point that.

I made earlier in the season, and it's really becoming evident right now with that statistic. It doesn't really matter how great of football you play in September or October, as long as you're not playing bottom feeder football. It doesn't matter if you're I have and Oho to start six and oh to start you just can't be zero to six or two and four. But if you're straddling that five hundred mark or if you're four and two, you're sitting in a pretty good spot.

I made earlier in the season, and it's really becoming evident right now with that statistic. It doesn't really matter how great of football you play in September or October, as long as you're not playing bottom feeder football. It doesn't matter if you're I have and Oho to start six and oh to start you just can't be zero to six or two and four. But if you're straddling that five hundred mark or if you're four and two, you're sitting in a pretty good spot.

And if you're hot at the beginning of.

And if you're hot at the beginning of.

The season, there is no guarantee that that is going to be the result at the end of the season when games really matter. Because as exciting as it is to go six and oh or five and oh like the Minnesota Vikings did, those numbers are now meaningless because the Minnesota Vikings lost their wild card game against the Los Angeles Rams, and they're sitting at home as fun as the Lions fifteen and one season once or whatever it was. It wasn't fifteen and one, what was it? Fifteen and two? Fifteen and one, fifteen and two. Vikings were fourteen and three. So theit Lions, what.

The season, there is no guarantee that that is going to be the result at the end of the season when games really matter. Because as exciting as it is to go six and oh or five and oh like the Minnesota Vikings did, those numbers are now meaningless because the Minnesota Vikings lost their wild card game against the Los Angeles Rams, and they're sitting at home as fun as the Lions fifteen and one season once or whatever it was. It wasn't fifteen and one, what was it? Fifteen and two? Fifteen and one, fifteen and two. Vikings were fourteen and three. So theit Lions, what.

Were the Lions? Gosh darn it, the Lions were fifteen and two. I really don't know what he said at the end of this. I don't think he knows what he said either.

Were the Lions? Gosh darn it, the Lions were fifteen and two. I really don't know what he said at the end of this. I don't think he knows what he said either.

So the Lions were fifteen and two and the Minnesota Vikings were fourteen and three. The Green Bay Packers were eleven and six. Those numbers are meaningless because those numbers did not apply to playoff success.

So the Lions were fifteen and two and the Minnesota Vikings were fourteen and three. The Green Bay Packers were eleven and six. Those numbers are meaningless because those numbers did not apply to playoff success.

And as exciting as the regular season was.

And as exciting as the regular season was.

If you're hot at the wrong time, it doesn't matter, and the Minnesota Vikings are proof of that. Because they were hot mid season, Donald was putting up his best numbers of his career. He had an eighteen touchdown to two interception ratio to finish up the year, and then against the Detroit Lions in the final week of the year, he completely disintegrated into Sam Donald of the New York Jets and Sam Donald of the Carolina Panthers, and against the Rams he literally did the exact same thing. It's like he was born again and he woke up in a Jets body. So the Minnesota Vikings memorable year, owing one in the playoffs, Lions memorable year on and one in the playoffs, Green Bay Packers not as a memorable year, but still high hopes and expectations for the playoffs. On one on one on in one season means nothing, so going forward, the lesson that needs to be learned is that, yeah, starting out five and oh is cool.

If you're hot at the wrong time, it doesn't matter, and the Minnesota Vikings are proof of that. Because they were hot mid season, Donald was putting up his best numbers of his career. He had an eighteen touchdown to two interception ratio to finish up the year, and then against the Detroit Lions in the final week of the year, he completely disintegrated into Sam Donald of the New York Jets and Sam Donald of the Carolina Panthers, and against the Rams he literally did the exact same thing. It's like he was born again and he woke up in a Jets body. So the Minnesota Vikings memorable year, owing one in the playoffs, Lions memorable year on and one in the playoffs, Green Bay Packers not as a memorable year, but still high hopes and expectations for the playoffs. On one on one on in one season means nothing, so going forward, the lesson that needs to be learned is that, yeah, starting out five and oh is cool.

It's much better than starting out oh to five.

It's much better than starting out oh to five.

But if you're four and two if you're three and three, you're still just fine because as long as you're playing your best football when it matters most in December and January, that's what and that's what the Chiefs do. That's what the best teams in the football do. Yeah, the Chiefs were sensational all year long. Yeah, they had what a fifteen and one record, fifteen and two record this regular season, and one of those losses came in the final week of the year when they played nobody against the Broncos. But they're playing their best football in January. Travis Kelcey had his best game of the year last week against the Houston Texans. That's what matters, all right. My next subject to get to. The Minnesota Vikings should be embarrassed by their performance against the Detroit Lions.

But if you're four and two if you're three and three, you're still just fine because as long as you're playing your best football when it matters most in December and January, that's what and that's what the Chiefs do. That's what the best teams in the football do. Yeah, the Chiefs were sensational all year long. Yeah, they had what a fifteen and one record, fifteen and two record this regular season, and one of those losses came in the final week of the year when they played nobody against the Broncos. But they're playing their best football in January. Travis Kelcey had his best game of the year last week against the Houston Texans. That's what matters, all right. My next subject to get to. The Minnesota Vikings should be embarrassed by their performance against the Detroit Lions.

And Detroit Lions fans.

And Detroit Lions fans.

Should humble themselves because after they beat the Minnesota Vikings in week seventeen Week eighteen, they were feeling themselves.

Should humble themselves because after they beat the Minnesota Vikings in week seventeen Week eighteen, they were feeling themselves.

Oh, we're number one in the NFC North, we're the best team. We got David Kembel, Ben.

Oh, we're number one in the NFC North, we're the best team. We got David Kembel, Ben.

Johnson and another head coach, coach defensive coordinator.

Johnson and another head coach, coach defensive coordinator.

Mister Glenn.

Mister Glenn.

Oh, we're going to the Super Bowl despite all of our injuries because we're a team that overcomes obstacles and we ballot to the end and we're gonna beat everybody that comes our way because we have an unstoppable offense and our defense as humping.

Oh, we're going to the Super Bowl despite all of our injuries because we're a team that overcomes obstacles and we ballot to the end and we're gonna beat everybody that comes our way because we have an unstoppable offense and our defense as humping.

In comes.

In comes.

Jaden Daniels and the Washington Commanders put up thirty eight points offensively, score a defensive touchdown in that football game, and put up forty five points against the Detroit.

Jaden Daniels and the Washington Commanders put up thirty eight points offensively, score a defensive touchdown in that football game, and put up forty five points against the Detroit.

Lions that are unstoppable. Oh in Detroit too.

Lions that are unstoppable. Oh in Detroit too.

And the reason why the Minnesota Vikings should be embarrassed is because it wasn't the Detroit Lions that slowed down the Minnesota Vikings offense.

And the reason why the Minnesota Vikings should be embarrassed is because it wasn't the Detroit Lions that slowed down the Minnesota Vikings offense.

It was Sam Donald.

It was Sam Donald.

Receivers are running wide open the entire game Addison Jefferson and Donald couldn't hit him. Maybe it's not a complete criticism of the Minnesota Viking. Instead, it's just a complete criticism of Sam Donald's performance in that football game because receivers were open all day and.

Receivers are running wide open the entire game Addison Jefferson and Donald couldn't hit him. Maybe it's not a complete criticism of the Minnesota Viking. Instead, it's just a complete criticism of Sam Donald's performance in that football game because receivers were open all day and.

All night, and.

All night, and.

Sam Donald would not pull the trigger and releasing the football, And it wasn't anything that Detroit Lions did. The guys were wide open. He would have thrown the ball and when he did, he overthrew him. But here's the last few performances. The Detroit Lions put up thirty one, forty eight, thirty four, nine, and forty five. Teams were eviscerating the Detroit Lions defense, going up and down the field, scoring whenever they wanted to. And the one outlier and their last five matchups was their game against the Minnesota Vikings in which they only scored nine points. If there is a conclusion in the Sam Darnold, what do the Vikings bring them back for another year?

Sam Donald would not pull the trigger and releasing the football, And it wasn't anything that Detroit Lions did. The guys were wide open. He would have thrown the ball and when he did, he overthrew him. But here's the last few performances. The Detroit Lions put up thirty one, forty eight, thirty four, nine, and forty five. Teams were eviscerating the Detroit Lions defense, going up and down the field, scoring whenever they wanted to. And the one outlier and their last five matchups was their game against the Minnesota Vikings in which they only scored nine points. If there is a conclusion in the Sam Darnold, what do the Vikings bring them back for another year?

Do they think about franchise.

Do they think about franchise.

Tagging him and writing it out one more time or resigning him to a two or three year contract.

Tagging him and writing it out one more time or resigning him to a two or three year contract.

The conclusion should be to look at.

The conclusion should be to look at.

The Detroit Lions defensive performances in their final weeks of the year and looking at the one outlier, and the one outlier is that the Minnesota Vikings against an injured Detroit Lions defense, put up nine points as other teams put up forty five and forty eight and thirty four and thirty one. The only way the Detroit Lions could have win football games is if they outscored the other team and put up thirty to forty points in game. It wasn't a fact of Oh, we're gonna play a low scoring ground and pound win twenty three to twenty kind of football game.

The Detroit Lions defensive performances in their final weeks of the year and looking at the one outlier, and the one outlier is that the Minnesota Vikings against an injured Detroit Lions defense, put up nine points as other teams put up forty five and forty eight and thirty four and thirty one. The only way the Detroit Lions could have win football games is if they outscored the other team and put up thirty to forty points in game. It wasn't a fact of Oh, we're gonna play a low scoring ground and pound win twenty three to twenty kind of football game.

The only way they could.

The only way they could.

Win is if the offense had no margin of error and GoF was dialed in and Jamiir Gibbs ran for three touchdowns.

Win is if the offense had no margin of error and GoF was dialed in and Jamiir Gibbs ran for three touchdowns.

And what happened against the Commanders.

And what happened against the Commanders.

The Lions got tight, GoF, threw picks, they had a ton of turnovers, and they could not slow down the Washington Commander's offense led by Jaden Daniels. Jared Goff had his worst game of his season, maybe his worst game of his career, in a moment that mattered a lot for the Detroit Lions organization and fan base. One touchdown, three picks, forty one point five QBR fifty nine point seven passer rating. Ben Johnson had questionable play calls, got tight, put wide receiver Jamison Williams on a reverse pass when the game was in the balance, and threw a pick games over. So as much as Detroit Lions fans want to credit their own team for their complete demolition of the Minnesota Vikings in the final week of the year, it was more of a result of the Minnesota Vikings crapping their pants and not living up to what they did in the first seventeen weeks of the year, so or sixteen weeks of the year, and that's really all what it's all about.

The Lions got tight, GoF, threw picks, they had a ton of turnovers, and they could not slow down the Washington Commander's offense led by Jaden Daniels. Jared Goff had his worst game of his season, maybe his worst game of his career, in a moment that mattered a lot for the Detroit Lions organization and fan base. One touchdown, three picks, forty one point five QBR fifty nine point seven passer rating. Ben Johnson had questionable play calls, got tight, put wide receiver Jamison Williams on a reverse pass when the game was in the balance, and threw a pick games over. So as much as Detroit Lions fans want to credit their own team for their complete demolition of the Minnesota Vikings in the final week of the year, it was more of a result of the Minnesota Vikings crapping their pants and not living up to what they did in the first seventeen weeks of the year, so or sixteen weeks of the year, and that's really all what it's all about.

And both.

And both.

NFC North teams, the Lions and Vikings and the Packers are out of the playoffs and they stumbled to the finish line because they did not get hot at the right time. So as fun as the regular season was and as exciting as the year was to see Sam Donald resurrect his career with the Minnesota Vikings, the season's over won and done, as was the Lions and Packers. So the Vikings should be embarrassed because the Lions have proved that they couldn't stop anybody during the final month of their season. They even had a bye week to prepare for their next opponent, and they had an extra week arrest, they had the home field advantage. So one of the excuses the Minnesota Vikings said, all the Lions were so hyped and oh they're just so energized for that moment against the Minnesota Vikings, and it was just an impossible task ask for Darnld to step into Ford Field and deliver a win. Jaden Daniels just did it, and he's proven to be an exceptional football player and a unique guy that can go into any situation and win with a poised attitude. But the Minnesota Viking's got to put up more points than nine nine.

NFC North teams, the Lions and Vikings and the Packers are out of the playoffs and they stumbled to the finish line because they did not get hot at the right time. So as fun as the regular season was and as exciting as the year was to see Sam Donald resurrect his career with the Minnesota Vikings, the season's over won and done, as was the Lions and Packers. So the Vikings should be embarrassed because the Lions have proved that they couldn't stop anybody during the final month of their season. They even had a bye week to prepare for their next opponent, and they had an extra week arrest, they had the home field advantage. So one of the excuses the Minnesota Vikings said, all the Lions were so hyped and oh they're just so energized for that moment against the Minnesota Vikings, and it was just an impossible task ask for Darnld to step into Ford Field and deliver a win. Jaden Daniels just did it, and he's proven to be an exceptional football player and a unique guy that can go into any situation and win with a poised attitude. But the Minnesota Viking's got to put up more points than nine nine.

I guess the Detroit Lions defense that stinks.

I guess the Detroit Lions defense that stinks.

So there's no excuses, just flat out embarrassment.

So there's no excuses, just flat out embarrassment.

So that's the spitting straight facts. All right.

So that's the spitting straight facts. All right.

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