Vikings Nopedy Nopes: Insulting Jordan Addison, the Seahawks’ Dumb Request, Rick Spielman on Sam Darnold
A weekend publication from VikingsTerritory, we present to you: the Vikings Nopedy Nopes of the week.
Vikings Nopedy Nopes: Insulting Jordan Addison, the Seahawks’ Dumb Request, Rick Spielman on Sam Darnold
The nopedy nopes are weekly Minnesota Vikings-themed items that we’re not buying. It’s a spin-off of our rumor mill, and we hope you enjoy. Here is the 40th batch of Vikings nopedy nopes in the series’ history.
The Nopedy Nope: Jordan Addison drew a pass interference call against the Bears on MNF because he weighs 135 pounds.
Referees flagged Bears CB Tyrique Stevenson in the endzone for pass interference on Jordan Addison on a play where the Bears defensive back pushed Addison to the ground. Most didn’t debate the efficacy of the penalty.
But Stevenson claimed this week that part of the problem on the play was Addison’s weight. He claimed Addison weighs 135 pounds.
In reality, Addison weighs 175.
“It’s hard doing this job, playing DB in the league. It’s an offensive league, so you kinda don’t get the calls. Ball was in the air, I played it back. I thought once the ball was in the air, I look back, it becomes a 50/50, a little shove is allowed. But it’s not my fault he’s 135 pounds, and he fell,” Stevenson said.
It’s also worth noting that few bought his 135-pound insult aimed at Addison — because Addison doesn’t weigh 135 pounds. That might’ve been Addison’s middle school weight.
Verdict: Nopedy nope.
The Nopedy Nope: Vikings fans shouldn’t buy tickets to the Seahawks game because the crowd noise irritates DK Metcalf.
If you’re a Vikings fan who plans on attending the purple team’s Week 16 showdown at Lumen Field, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf does not want you there.
That’s the word from Metcalf, a two-time Pro Bowler, instructing his team’s fans not to sell their tickets to Vikings fans this week. Don’t do it, he says.
“We still need them to come out and be supportive. I know in the first quarter, second or third play of the game, it got crazy loud in there. I looked around, and there were a lot of Green Bay fans. They did a great job traveling, but just wishing us 12s didn’t sell as many tickets as they did to make sure we kept the home-field advantage,” Metcalf said Wednesday, four days before the Seahawks’ tilt with the Vikings.
Last weekend, the Seahawks hosted Minnesota’s primary foe, the Green Bay Packers, and cheese fans overran the stadium, creating a faux homefield advantage at the Seahawks’ house. In short, it pissed Metcalf off.
“But yeah, man, it would mean a lot just to take this last one home and finish off the season strong so we can play again in front of them in the playoffs,” Metcalf added.
Vikings fans will buy tickets and be at the game. Metcalf can’t deter the open market.
Verdict: Nopedy nope.
The Nopedy Nope: The Vikings should keep Sam Darnold and spend big on an extension, according to Rick Spielman.
Spielman worked in Minnesota’s front office from 2006 to 2022, and he said last week that the Vikings should retain Darnold in 2025 and beyond, using a “bridge quarterback” deal.
The Vikings drafted Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy eight months ago and are tentatively expected to start him in 2025 while letting Darnold walk to a free-agent suitor in March.
“If I was Minnesota, why wouldn’t you keep Sam Darnold? Why not do a potential bridge deal like a Baker Mayfield? Three years, $100 million deal?” Spielman said on the With the First Pick podcast.
Minnesota, in reality, may not offer Darnold another bridge deal because Darnold can realistically expect to command $40-$50 million per season via his next contract. The Vikings don’t have that lying around unless they have no plans to sign other free agents during the 2025 offseason. In fact, re-signing Darnold to a contract recognizing his market value would plop Minnesota right back in its Kirk Cousins era of team-building, a period orchestrated by Spielman that resulted in one postseason win.
Spielman mentioned about McCarthy, who tore his meniscus in August, canceling his entire rookie season: “He’s a rookie. He’s going to start over from scratch. He didn’t do anything this year. He’s not practicing. He’s sitting in meetings. He’s rehabbing. He hasn’t done one thing since that surgery except rehab throw the ball on the side, maybe. But he’s not practicing, so you’re starting from square one with him.”
Spielman concluded, “Look at what Green Bay did with Jordan Love. Look at what Green Bay did with Brett Favre. If you count next year, his rookie year, Patrick Mahomes sat behind Alex Smith. So if I sit him for two years, why not?”
McCarthy is the Vikings’ future, and Spielman’s just-keep-Darnold musings are the Vikings’ past talking.
Verdict: Nopedy nope.
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Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The show features guests, analysis, and opinion on all things related to the purple team, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doors (the band). He follows the NBA as closely as the NFL.
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