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Here are the inactives for today’s matchup:
Vikings: QB Bethel-Thompson, CB Burton, LB Cole, OL Kropog, OL Asper, TE Reisner, and DE Reed.
Bears: LB Urlacher, CB Jennings, WR Bennett, QB McCown, WR Sanzenbacher, OL Spencer, and DT Paea.
Remember people…Liquor, not beer!
…and lots of driving afterwards
Man our best qb and lb are inactive great…
Oh and Adrian is a g.d. Beast
This just in…AP is great
That’s how, run it right at ‘em
Well, tough to imagine a better start. Peterson keeps the ball out of Ponder’s hands and the D comes up big!
What was that play called? A Viking corner caught a pass, i don’t even remember what that is its been so long.
Out at 5…very big play tho…AP time
Mrs Cutler must be very proud,
he was outta bounds, this is coming back to the four
Punch it in! If we don’t get it…go for it on 4th? I say yes
Fantastic playcalling so far today. If we had played like this all season, we’d have two more wins at least.
Agree Adam. You got this dude? Run, run, run.
WOW!!!!!! we are so great
Bears look flat as hell.
WE COME FROM THE LAND OF THE ICE AND SNOW!!!!!………..
BWWWWHHHAAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAGGAAAAAAACCCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!
AP just passed B.Brown on Vikes TD list
mr. steele is happy he won’t hafta throw too soon
I have never seen a corner who can tackle like Winfield.
why is Erin Henderson covering Hester?
what? i am shocked. ponder to simpson! a good sign for steely dan
This just in… Ponder still sucks.
and it’s a bit late at 6-6
Ugly sack/throw away. Ponder isn’t learning.
smith is solid, man
Yeah he’s the real deal.
Ballard is playing better football this year than K-Will. Should see more snaps in the rotation.
Better than k will? That’s a little extreme, but i think he should get more reps
ok, get off now
A blitz?!? Wow
god, i love watching that
Jeff Dugan – The “Real” real deal
Jeff who?
he’s on pace for 412
kluwe! congratulations! we’ll let you marry a man!
Webb, Webb, Webb…
oh, c’mon!
Jefferson is making me miss Asher Allen. Put Robinson on Marshall.
Bout time they called holding…
NICE!!!
this game is going our way. just don’t screw it up
…Ponder
build a little confidence, steely
Amazing, a holding call. Where was that the last time they faced the Bears?
he short-armed that one
Yep, that’s a bit on Aromadude to tho…he coulda made a play on the ball! It hit him on the shoulder pad…T.Williamson…
now that the scoring has slowed down, it’s time for our next bottle of scotch, right?
Charles Tillman got hit in the nutsack!
did he bounce that football?
crap. hold ‘em to 3, guys
Damn that Brandon Marshall is good, sure wish we had him
Brandon Marshall; the new “Mr. Stickem”
Howdy boys.
Why are we putting Jefferson who couldn’t cover a high skillet, and 5’9″ winfield on 6’4″ Marshall. Where the swearword is Robinson.
High schooler. Stupid Swype
We need to pound Marshall at the snap, on EVERY play. Geez, the guy is killing us
Can’t believe Marshall didn’t catch that
let’s answer now. get us 3
TJ jump pass
TOBY!
You can see the Ponder picks coming… just wait for him to have his worst footwork of the day.
Noodle arm Chris. Where the f is Webb
Get him out of the game!!!!! Time to give Webb a shot
Ponder= terrible noodle arm. Wright= wide open
Ponder just doesn’t have a long ball, terrible throw, as always
keeeeeriiissssttt!!!!
He just sucks! Webb could not do any worse. If Ponder stays in, Vikes will probably lose this game
The Big Reach. He may have a noodle arm and horrible footwork, but he makes up for it with terrible decision making.
this kid just doesn’t learn, and he’s got two masters degress
is there such a thing as a play-action RUN?
Think the Bears would bite on that?
Odds we see Webb start the half?
zeeerooooowwwwww
quick, call ponder and tell him you’re his wedding planner and start asking him about his flower preferences
our coaching staff is in there making sure we don’t make any adjustments
Good stop D. Another non hold call…
Oh, and please put….no I ain’t gonna say it again
wth was that????
even with the hold
loaddolt
off his back foot – again
Time for Joe, let him take off and run, get dline tired.
movin on up
Oline starting to suck now geez
nice halftime adjustments, muskgone
Bears not showing the pass any respect, all over AP. No brainer…
Ponder threatening to once again throw for over 100 yards! BEAST!
That’s two picks sixes for Smith this year. Nice job, rook!
Woohoohoohoo!!!!!!
Smith is turning out to be a very good pick
oh, chit, my hands hurt
refs!!!!!! blind
Another shitty call by refs
we need more of that
Harrison makes impact on the blitz. Wait, did I just say that a Vikings player blitzed? What year is it?
Ok, 99 yarder to Peterson here.
Damn
Vikings coaches have proven that they don’t trust Ponder today… so why is he in there?
Jenkins ran a third down route beyond the first down line? AND it was a completion? Somebody pinch me.
Did Ponder just underthrow Fusco? Hmm…
Agreed Adam, they dont trust Ponder at all and I cant figure out why he’s in there?
i am so enjoying AP
Threw off his back foot again.
Is the oline trying to get Big Reach hurt?
They must’ve got my muffin basket and my note to “let the foxes into the chicken coop.”
They must have Tomb. Nice gesture by the way
Not all coaching is done from the sidelines.
Especially in Minnesota
At least the Bears are chewing up a bunch of clock for us
Lamont Sanfords awful drop doesnt hurt after all
hey, some good d, vikes
all i want for christmas is a field goal
Once again the damn offensr cant even get 1 first down, pathetic
he is really out
11 of 17 for 91 yards. 0 TD’s, 1 INT
ouch. won in spite of him
Does anybody feel sorry for Cutler? hahhahaha what a dink
Not enough intensity for the Vikings D. Game isn’t over yet
Damn she aint over yet
Put your Calvin Johnson jerseys on!
Yeah go Lions!!!
Big Reach does nice kneel downs but not much else
nice to win, ponder still sux. improve or get out
Damn it Cowgirls win
Ponder has no confidence but with a noodle arm like that i can see why.
Well, this was certainly a win to credit to the defense. Pretty good performance other than the misplay of some balls by our DB’s. Leslie, help these guys out! Ponder did little to win it, but I guess the best news is he didn’t lose it. This passing offense is going backwards, especially without Percy. Also:
1. The league has to address offensive pass interference. There were some shameful look-the-other-ways today on Brandon Marshall.
2. Brian Robison needs a goldarn haircut! Shameful as well.
3. Leslie says “we won the way we were designed to win”. Interesting.
4. At what point are we giving the ball to Adrian too much?
5. When all the smoke clears, the Bears have a record one game better than the Vikes.
6. The loss of Percy and Cook are even larger than we might have expected.
“We won the way we were designed to win”. Yeah, very interesting Coach. So you know you have a QB that just ain’t gettin it, which means you have to play great D, run it most of the time, get a couple turnovers that turn into 14 points. Well, at least they knew that and game planned properly, plus they executed the plan.
Packers better step it up, Lions came to play tonight.
Hey…a top 10 on the comments now! Thanks Adam, Brett. See, that’s what I’m talking about. I feel all warm and fuzzy now.
Well kudos to Freds favorite pro football team. What did we learn from today’s victory?
1) Ja Marcus Sanfords still can’t catch a ball when it is put in his hands
2)) Harrison Smith can catch a ball when it is put in his hands
3) Christian Ponder is a really really nice guy, but, well, I guess that’s it.
4) Our offensive line is great at run blocking, pretty crappy at pass blocking
5) Phil Loadholts is damn big, Phil Loadholts can’t remember the snap count
6) Adrian Petersen is a damn slacker. Only 150 ? Come on!
Why does Freds feel the same this week having won the game as he did last week when we lost the game? Having Adrian is great fun to watch, but he is just not enough for us to win on a consistent basis. Dude just can’t do enough at his position to win games alone. Ponder was better this week, but doing nothing to win in a victory versus pooping your pants in a loss doesn’t make your old pal feel better.
As for Freds, he is still pulling for Chris Ponder, he seems like a good guy.
1. What happened to Mistral Raymond starting?
2. Kid is a beast John Lynch 2.0(with better coverage skills) I think so!
3. A really nice guy who can get some tail.
4. Yes, nothing to add.
5. Phil Loadholt has turned into a decent player this year but making more mistakes, Dude needs to live up to his draft position.
6.154 thank you very much
today was great. as good as it gets for us right now. fun to see them get up quick and play tough football
it is a privilege and a gift to be able to watch AP
qb does nothing and we still win. pffft
lions suck
I think it should be noted that our own Brett predicted the outcome of this game within one point, calling for a 20-14 Viking victory. Nice going Brett, although I’m concerned that you lack faith in our red zone effectiveness by predicting two field goals. What might that be based on?
Nice going, sir!!
I think that is based on C Pond. AP can only get us so far.