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For the first time since the Ponder “era”

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Vikes will have the same QB start consecutive season openers.


Teddy would have done it had his knee not exploded. So I guess we still need the caveat that Kirk has to make it through camp and Orr-season...
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Beef Supreme wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:57 am Vikes will have the same QB start consecutive season openers.


Teddy would have done it had his knee not exploded. So I guess we still need the caveat that Kirk has to make it through camp and Orr-season...
It's been a revolving door since Culpooper's knee explosion
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Small Hands wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 11:29 am
Beef Supreme wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:57 am Vikes will have the same QB start consecutive season openers.


Teddy would have done it had his knee not exploded. So I guess we still need the caveat that Kirk has to make it through camp and Orr-season...
It's been a revolving door since Culpooper's knee explosion
I heard he had “small hands.”
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We aren't much on continuity.
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That was an "era" when Ponder was here?
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Hector wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 3:59 pm We aren't much on continuity.
But now we are. Check my "Continuity" thread.

The Vikings have held this team together and it will pay HUGE dividends this year.

Reminds me of the Niners and Cowboys of the 90's.
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Beef Supreme wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 3:29 pm
Small Hands wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 11:29 am
Beef Supreme wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:57 am Vikes will have the same QB start consecutive season openers.


Teddy would have done it had his knee not exploded. So I guess we still need the caveat that Kirk has to make it through camp and Orr-season...
It's been a revolving door since Culpooper's knee explosion
I heard he had “small hands.”
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Of all the Vikings QB drafted in the 1st round, Ponder is the only one that did not tear his ACL while with the team.
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Obi-Wan wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:13 am Of all the Vikings QB drafted in the 1st round, Ponder is the only one that did not tear his ACL while with the team.
Feels like you and Beef are trying to jinx Cousins’ knee or something?
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It's the first time since Favre there is a QB on roster worth starting 2 years in a row. I would have given Keenum a shot last year but that seemed like some magic in a bottle.
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Beef Supreme wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 3:29 pm
I heard he had “small hands.”
Whats Donald Trump got to do with this?
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And yet we keep giving Spielman contract extensions despite him being the worst GM maybe in NFL history at finding a quarterback and offensive line. Just a scrap heap of shitty quarterbacks and excuses.
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cunningham wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:22 am And yet we keep giving Spielman contract extensions despite him being the worst GM maybe in NFL history at finding a quarterback and offensive line. Just a scrap heap of shitty quarterbacks and excuses.
Yet the Vikings have gone 62-48 during his GM tenure.
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Dude wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:00 am
cunningham wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:22 am And yet we keep giving Spielman contract extensions despite him being the worst GM maybe in NFL history at finding a quarterback and offensive line. Just a scrap heap of shitty quarterbacks and excuses.
Yet the Vikings have gone 62-48 during his GM tenure.
Worst GM in NFL history. :lol:
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Small Hands wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 11:29 am
Beef Supreme wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:57 am Vikes will have the same QB start consecutive season openers.


Teddy would have done it had his knee not exploded. So I guess we still need the caveat that Kirk has to make it through camp and Orr-season...
It's been a revolving door since Culpooper's knee explosion
Sadly this is correct.
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HeHateMe wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:57 am
Dude wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:00 am
cunningham wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:22 am And yet we keep giving Spielman contract extensions despite him being the worst GM maybe in NFL history at finding a quarterback and offensive line. Just a scrap heap of shitty quarterbacks and excuses.
Yet the Vikings have gone 62-48 during his GM tenure.
Worst GM in NFL history. :lol:
Love when people pick and choose what they get from a take. Kind of an epidemic of society today. I said MAYBE the worst AT FINDING A QUARTERBACK AND OFFENSIVE LINE.

Can you give some examples to that portion? It probably will stop you from laughing if you make a list.
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cunningham wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:47 am
HeHateMe wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:57 am
Dude wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:00 am

Yet the Vikings have gone 62-48 during his GM tenure.
Worst GM in NFL history. :lol:
Love when people pick and choose what they get from a take. Kind of an epidemic of society today. I said MAYBE the worst AT FINDING A QUARTERBACK AND OFFENSIVE LINE.

Can you give some examples to that portion? It probably will stop you from laughing if you make a list.
Teddy Bridgewater?
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Dude wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:30 am
cunningham wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:47 am
HeHateMe wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:57 am
Worst GM in NFL history. :lol:
Love when people pick and choose what they get from a take. Kind of an epidemic of society today. I said MAYBE the worst AT FINDING A QUARTERBACK AND OFFENSIVE LINE.

Can you give some examples to that portion? It probably will stop you from laughing if you make a list.
Teddy Bridgewater?
:lol:
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Dude wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:30 am
cunningham wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:47 am
HeHateMe wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:57 am
Worst GM in NFL history. :lol:
Love when people pick and choose what they get from a take. Kind of an epidemic of society today. I said MAYBE the worst AT FINDING A QUARTERBACK AND OFFENSIVE LINE.

Can you give some examples to that portion? It probably will stop you from laughing if you make a list.
Teddy Bridgewater?
Oh, now you think Bridgewater was a good find? He wanted Johnny Football. I would bet Teddy was Norv’s choice.

Kubiak might save Spielman’s @$$. Just frustrating what we are paying and going to lose over the next few years. Assuming an over 30 year old quarterback all of a sudden starts to win more than 9 games in a season. That he doesn’t fold against teams with a winning record. Assuming mentally he can take his game to the next level.
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cunningham wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:51 am
Dude wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:30 am
cunningham wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 7:47 am

Love when people pick and choose what they get from a take. Kind of an epidemic of society today. I said MAYBE the worst AT FINDING A QUARTERBACK AND OFFENSIVE LINE.

Can you give some examples to that portion? It probably will stop you from laughing if you make a list.
Teddy Bridgewater?
Oh, now you think Bridgewater was a good find? He wanted Johnny Football. I would bet Teddy was Norv’s choice.

Kubiak might save Spielman’s @$$. Just frustrating what we are paying and going to lose over the next few years. Assuming an over 30 year old quarterback all of a sudden starts to win more than 9 games in a season. That he doesn’t fold against teams with a winning record. Assuming mentally he can take his game to the next level.
I just thought I'd point out the hypocrisy in condemning Speilman's track record of finding quarterbacks when you've gone to endless lengths to defend Bridgewater. It's not surprising that you immediately go to "Norv's pick" when there's absolutely zero evidence that it was the case.
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Dude wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:00 am
cunningham wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:51 am
Dude wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:30 am

Teddy Bridgewater?
Oh, now you think Bridgewater was a good find? He wanted Johnny Football. I would bet Teddy was Norv’s choice.

Kubiak might save Spielman’s @$$. Just frustrating what we are paying and going to lose over the next few years. Assuming an over 30 year old quarterback all of a sudden starts to win more than 9 games in a season. That he doesn’t fold against teams with a winning record. Assuming mentally he can take his game to the next level.
I just thought I'd point out the hypocrisy in condemning Speilman's track record of finding quarterbacks when you've gone to endless lengths to defend Bridgewater. It's not surprising that you immediately go to "Norv's pick" when there's absolutely zero evidence that it was the case.
We see what we want to believe.
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I think Spielman is going after quarterbacks from systems he admires more. From maybe the Parcels tree to the Shannahan one.
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cunningham wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:42 am
Dude wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:00 am
cunningham wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:51 am

Oh, now you think Bridgewater was a good find? He wanted Johnny Football. I would bet Teddy was Norv’s choice.

Kubiak might save Spielman’s @$$. Just frustrating what we are paying and going to lose over the next few years. Assuming an over 30 year old quarterback all of a sudden starts to win more than 9 games in a season. That he doesn’t fold against teams with a winning record. Assuming mentally he can take his game to the next level.
I just thought I'd point out the hypocrisy in condemning Speilman's track record of finding quarterbacks when you've gone to endless lengths to defend Bridgewater. It's not surprising that you immediately go to "Norv's pick" when there's absolutely zero evidence that it was the case.
We see what we want to believe.
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cunningham wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:44 am I think Spielman is going after quarterbacks from systems he admires more. From maybe the Parcels tree to the Shannahan one.
Or maybe just the best available at the time. You know, for a guy that rates Spielman as the worst GM in history ( :lol: ) you sure attribute a lot of extra thinking to his actions.
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Joe Bag 'O Donuts wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:46 am
cunningham wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:44 am I think Spielman is going after quarterbacks from systems he admires more. From maybe the Parcels tree to the Shannahan one.
Or maybe just the best available at the time. You know, for a guy that rates Spielman as the worst GM in history ( :lol: ) you sure attribute a lot of extra thinking to his actions.
I didn’t say the worst GM in history, just the worst at finding a quarterback. How he still has a job after the list of shit to pass through these doors is beyond me. Yet fans eat the shit he served and ask for another spoonful every damn season.
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