Good coaching and good systems can make serviceable QBs look great. We’re lucky to have that here in MN. Darnold is now benefitting from the same. I predict Sammy takes a step back just like Kirko if he goes to the typical Raiders/Jets type of scenario.
HA! This is why I buy the Ace Hardware basic filter!!! I’m guessing my wife bought a fancy one not knowing what the yellow thing did but I guarantee that she doesn’t have the app that this connects to to tell you to change your filter. Otherwise the battery tab would be pulled. It must’ve fell off the old filter and almost burnt out my blower. Luckily we removed the jam and it all works again.
EDIT – just called her (as she wasn’t home when the tech was here) she said it’s funny becasue the old filter didn’t come out easily and she thought it was almost like there was something blocking it so she just pulled harder and out it came!
I have a Cub Cadet 2 stage and it also surges as explained above, I have to go back & forth between 1/4 choke and no choke, depending on the load.
My son works at our local Ace Hardware and they take Lithium Batteries – at least in my town’s location. I’ve had him take several of my 18V tool batteries that have expired.
I just cant believe Hutch is coming back that soon after that horrific leg injury. Maybe in looked worse than it was, but I don’t know how it couldn’t be bad with it flopping around like it was…
Injuries have really affected Seattle and Detroit. Packer Game is now the toughest one left on the schedule, IMO. Would love to see this group pull together and run the table the rest of the way, but I just don’t feel it. 2 of 3 on the road in really tough places to play.
Montez Sweat was about the only Bears player that gave 100% last night. I love how they get 1st & Goal at the 1 yd line twice in the same drive and still only come away with 3. Just da Bears doing Bears things.
How about those Detroit VIBES onside kicking with basically the whole 4th quarter left down 10. Bills might get to 60 yet now lol
I had to miss this game and only kept track of the score on my phone. But REALLY?? They did this? Obviously neither defense was stopping anything, but talk about a vote of no confidence by the coach.
I’ll have to watch the YouTube Highlight reel. but I assume I’m gonna need about a half-hour as it was almost a combined 100 points between the two teams.
I wasn’t going to watch this, but it was on at McGovern’s last night in the background with no sound – I couldn’t help but look while I was eating. The visuals really brought me back to the good old days and sucked me in. So I’ll probably find it on-demand and watch it now.
I’ve only passively followed this, but did we really go get him or was he just found? Wasn’t he just discovered by the Rebels and then turned over to US authorities “in the region?”
We didn’t really risk any lives to get him back did we? Like a raid?
I could be missing something, like I said, I haven’t been following this one that closely.
But I’m sure we’re in there mopping up some targets in the absence of power, that only makes sense.
It could be a lot of things, but my money is on the theory that it’s secret US military activity and the government playing dumb is all part of the cover. Same with the documented UFO sightings by military aircraft throughout the 2000s. No better cover then to play dumb or say it’s other-worldly when it’s really a big controlled experiment.
Also there are covert parts of the military that explicitly do stuff like this to test the reaction of the rank & file without them knowing it. If this is what’s happening, I’d say we’re failing.
They don’t move fast and they should be big enough to show-up on radar. Not sure why they can’t be tracked. At some point your average citizen with resources is gonna find a way to take one down and then maybe we’ll see what the fuss is about.
1. T.J. Watt, 22.5 sacks (2021)
2. Jared Allen, 22.0 sacks (2011)
3. Justin Houston, 22.0 sacks (2014)
4. Chris Doleman, 21.0 sacks (1989)
4. Reggie White, 21.0 sacks (1987)
The Doleman figure is impressive considering he shared that line with the likes of Millard, Al Noga and some top-notch linebackers, too.
1. T.J. Watt, 22.5 sacks (2021)
2. Jared Allen, 22.0 sacks (2011)
3. Justin Houston, 22.0 sacks (2014)
4. Chris Doleman, 21.0 sacks (1989)
4. Reggie White, 21.0 sacks (1987)
How is Straehan not on here? I thought Allen came up 1short behind him in 2011?
Anyone watch last night on ESPN+ via Hulu? Hulu throws its own paid advertisements in during the commercial breaks for the app and the Hy-Vee ad kept freezing my TV (and it was the same ad on every commercial break). So I had to constantly go back to the menu and re-launch the broadcast during every commercial. It only added to the pain and suffering of watching that hockey game. I know… 1st World problems…
Also – that Lauko fight was the only highlight of the night… My son’s Bantam team gets to play at the X tonight and I get to run the penalty box, I hope there’s still some blood in there.
I was at the WhiteOut game on December 24, 2022. Vikings beat the Giants. Joseph kicked a 61-yard field goal to win that game.
Vikings lost to the Giants in the playoffs a few weeks later.
Oh man! where’s my memory going in my old age… I must’ve confused it with the playoff loss. I do believe we lost the other one, though. Can’t remember who it was against.
AWESOME! I got to go to one North Stars game at the Met Center when I was in 4th or 5th grade. Talk about a different experience than the Excel Center! Much more Blue Collar, rowdy, old-school hockey arena feel, Smoke hung in the air from the concourse and I got a lot of beer spilled on me. It was so fun.
And I sat in those seats in the Sleepy Eye arena – what a cool unexpected surprise to walk into a youth hockey tourney game at cold pole barn-style rink in the middle of nowhere to find those old seats. Truly exemplifies “The State of Hockey.”
Campbell surely has some issues and now will probably be out of football. What team would take a chance on a roster spot for him.
Probably Cleveland or the Jets. 
One of the few games I could finally stream, so made time to watch – what a disappointment. Are we really that shallow of a bench. Gusty needs a sit, but our exhausted forwards and depleted D were not helping him in any way, either. Going to the game on Sunday against Vegas, far less excited than I was. Hopefully they bounce back.
I had a good recommendation but it looks like the guy we went with closed-up shop. I think Hurricane Ian was hard on the charter business down there. Still plenty of options, though. You can definitely get on Trout and Reds that time of year. We went in early April and saw Tarpon, the guide said it was his first sighting that year. So Feb might be a bit early for them, but plenty of other species.
You’ll see manatees and dolphins – the latter of which get old REAL quick as they’re worse than sharks in the keys. They’re smart and they key-in on fishing boats, we lost a lot of fish to flipper.
BTW – I’m 100% against the White-out thing. We’ve done it twice now, both losses. One of them was against Daniel Jones and the Giants. I get that it’s about money and selling more merch, but focus on the game and not your cool new unis.
Could it be a trap game – yes, any time you play a division rival like the Bears, it evens the odds despite the records of the team’s playing. And I’m a Vikings FATALIST – But I think the Vikings will be OK in this one. Yes, we almost lost in Chicago, but we NEVER play good at Soldier Field and the Bears are even more of a broken team than a couple weeks ago when we played them. Their eyes are on the draft, next season with another new coach, and their next new (and probably doomed) start.
I predict it will be closer than we’d all like, as usual, but the Vikes should win. 24-10.
Congrats on the unique pup! You definitely get the award for best click-bait headline of 2024. I was personally hoping somebody like Keith Millard got drunk at your neighborhood bar and ended up crashing on your couch!
But VERY cool looking dog and I can tell she’s got personality.
Don’t bother. Has a more vinegary taste than other mayos sold here. I’m one and done with Duke’s!!
This description only makes me want to try it more!
If I was his age with his cash and job i’d be a problem also.
BOOM! Nailed it, Dutchy! 
The Twins missed out on a HUGE marketing opportunity, here…
“Minne-SOTO”
The merch sales alone would cover half the contract!
I thought it was more than that?- there was some widespread reporting early on that he was frustrated by lack of involvement in the game plan and lack of touches, etc. I think as Darnold has progressed its naturally led to more opportunities for him. Not as much force feeding JJ and letting JJ draw coverage, etc. With Hock out there, Addison is even more dangerous. Would be great to be able to keep all this talent, but he’s probably the biggest name outside of the QB that has a contract coming up.
The Franchise Tag now definitely has to be part of the conversation. I have been (and still am) a “trust the process” guy on our current QB situation. But if we somehow make a Super Bowl appearance – regardless of victory, I think you have to seriously consider keeping him around. Get another year to develop JJM while he’s healthy and done rehabbing. As good as Sam’s been – It still think he’s a guy in the right situation and right culture to get the best out of him.
Also – our season rests squarely on the Offensive line. Atlanta’s pass rush has been terrible – last in the league in sacks, and they got to Darnold 5 times yesterday. I miss the days of Stussie, Stringer, Birk, Dixon, etc. It’s been SO LONG since we’ve had a great group up-front.
Not played until January 3rd, which seems late – after all the big bowl games but maybe a tantalizing, creamy, mayo-based appetizer for the final rounds of the College Football Championship.
Some past MVPs of the storied contest include Matt Schaub, Nick Chubb and Dak Prescott.
