PurplePTSD: Empty Vikings Hype, Dantzler’s Coverage, Speed on Defense

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The sister-site to VikingsTerritory is PurplePTSD.com, and the guys and gals over there roll out the Minnesota Vikings analysis just as much as we do.

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Here is some of their top content from the last couple of days:

1 – Kyle Joudry discusses whether the Mond optimism as of late is real or a bunch of empty hype.

2 – Detailing Cameron Dantzler’s press-coverage aptitudes.

3 – The relationship between speed and Ed Donatell’s defense.

4 – The daily video segment — Dustin Baker discusses Vikings history with first-year skippers.

5 – Smacking the “Cousins checkdown” narrative in the face.


Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking fandom dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).