The subsequent inquiries are about existing Minnesota Vikings topics, answered by PurplePTSD. Nowadays is the Oct 13th edition, tackled in a from-the-hip trend. If you have issues, please e mail them to [email protected].
Also, you should be aware: These are view-centered responses. Some responses will be incorrect from time to time. But we’ll consider to keep that to a bare minimum.
Q: What is your formal prediction for Dolphins-Vikings?
A: We struggled with this a single all week mainly because this “feels like a game” the Vikings must eliminate — on the street, dripping with 4-1 self-assurance.
Even so, then we recognized that the Skylar Thompson-led Dolphins ended up bashed 40-17 by the New York Jets — certainly, the Jets — and heat fuzzies established in for prediction’s sake.
We’ll take the Vikings in yet another squeaker, 27-23.
Q: Are we undervaluing Skylar Thompson’s initially-job-start out ceiling in expecting him to engage in poorly?
A: No, not really. He is not very excellent, and if he ended up, some crew would’ve drafted him prior to the 7th Spherical.
Even now, the Vikings are 8-8-2 (.500) in franchise heritage in opposition to quarterbacks in their initially profession start. The keep track of history is excellent mediocrity. All round, Minnesota is 41-21-3 (.653) vs . rookie QBs, so that statistic may well give a minor extra consolation to anxious onlookers.
The Vikings should be concerned about Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. Which is about it. Minnesota has the edge in nearly all other parts sans seeking to gradual down these two pace retailers.
Yes, Thompson could pull off a mammoth match from a suspect Ed Donatell defense, but it’s not likely.
Q: If the Vikings incorporate a noteworthy absolutely free agent, which position do you believe he’ll play?
A: For starters, we really don’t think they’ll include a huge-name totally free agent midseason. Why? They never have the cap room.
Still, if they wiggle bucks all-around and obtain a way, we’ll forecast that Minnesota will increase a defensive deal with — for Jonathan Bullard’s spot. Bullard naturally is not a titan-of-business residence title, and DT is a spot the place the team could reasonably strengthen.
So, indeed, that suggests Ndamukong Suh or Sheldon Richardson. But that is total speculation, not derived from intel.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his everyday 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 again to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Product, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doorways (the band).
