The Vikings Miss Their Big Chance
Silly Vikings, never throw your trump card too early!
Everyone seemed to get all hyped up thanks to the Minneapolis Miracle like they forgot the team still had to win two more games. It kind of reminds me about the 2011 49ers, and how they felt after the Catch 3 against the Saints. Then Kyle Williams happened. At least the 49ers actually put up a fight in the NCFFG instead of rolling over and dying once things didn’t go their way.
I figured whoever won the Vikings/Saints game would be going to the Super Bowl since the Eagles were handicapped by the QB position, but after the miracle happened…my thoughts went Eagles. Never throw the miracle too early. Too many people were talking and pumped about the win. Not enough people seemed to be thinking about how the Vikings needed a miracle in the first place after being up by 17 points. The Vikings almost blew it and then had to go into enemy territory against an even better defense and do it again. It almost felt like the team was too busy being happy about the win to focus on the next team. I know that’s probably not true, but man the Eagles looked like they were playing a different team.
Also, the curse of the hometown SB team continues. We should have known it would end this way.
At least the Vikings got something worthwhile out of the year. They can treasure that instead of watching this crap-fest of a matchup in two weeks.
If the franchise wasn’t so coated in agony and if QB wasn’t a question mark I’d cherish it. Bradford is easily the best passer who can’t stay alive, Case is great at pocket mobility and can chuck it fine enough to let Thielen and Diggs do stuff but is due for huge regression as he was incredibly lucky this year and will most certainly be that “overpaid QB of the year”, and Teddy looked good on tape with reads while being asked to barely pass in the worst receiving core in the league in an Air Coryell offense ran by Norv “I DON’T GIVE A FUCK THAT MATT KALIL IS ASS, YOU’RE DROPPING BACK 7 STEPS” Turner and now he lost at least a year and a half of development.
If anything the Eagles are just our kryptonite due to the line difference on both sides and got all momentum after the two turnovers, like, McKinnon was already on the left side in the backfield so why call a chip block for Morgan against the fastest DLine in the league? It’s like Shurmer wanted me to be glad for him leaving for New York. Everyone was rattled from player to coaching staff and if there was a rematch it wouldn’t be THAT bad. Credit to Philly tho, still outplayed us by a margin.
Oh god. You just reminded me that my Panthers just reunited Turner and Kalil. I should probably send some flowers to Cam’s funeral…
I don’t know what you are talking about. Everyone here in Philadelphia is really excited!
Seriously though, I’m not an Eagles fan, and Minnie fans are being really, really whiny. I have been to many Philly sporting events, and the fans have always treated me decently. This time, Vikes fans decided to stage an “invasion” by dressing up the Rocky statue in their colors and doing their war chant. Then they went to the game, they are shocked *SHOCKED* when a couple of drunk fans treat them with hostility.
Then they decide to do stupid stuff like “let’s organize events to throw things at Eagle fans” and “let’s sign up for Uber so we can strand Eagles fans in the middle of nowhere”. And Philadelphia gets a reputation for being classless…
I mean all teams will have classless fans. They treat other fans like crap, and they will always treat people like crap. Usually, the better the team, the more classless fans that fanbase has. With the Eagles, it was different. They’ve had this reputation going for them, even after getting dragged through several losing seasons. They were still classless even when the team was bad.
Now a counter to your side, there were Eagles fans who also threw beer cans at Vikings fans, they also threw beer cans at the Vikings bus. A small group of fans even went through the city and chanted “Fuck Millie” (99-yo fan). The fact of the matter is, both these teams were cocky. But they have every right to be so. For both these teams, this is one of the best seasons they’ve had, and probably the farthest they’ve gotten in recent years. They’re finally good, and they can let their inner-fan out. They can be showboats because they are finally good, and both teams had a shot at going to the Super Bowl. They were excited, they were happy, and they wanted to show it.
Have you ever been a cocky fan before, just arguing against a opposing fan. As a Chargers fan, I don’t have a lot to back up with the Chargers. They only went to one Super Bowl (and got smothered by the Joe Montana 49ers), they haven’t seen the playoffs since the LT era, and they continue to lose players to IR and go on 10+ losing seasons. But it’s fun. I don’t do it often, because usually I get smacked, but when you’re in that argument, you feel great. It feels great. Some people on the outside look at you like a dumbass, but deep down, you’re having fun. I know I did, even when I would be losing arguments.
Note: Having an argument is not as severe as physically harming other fans, but verbally is still bad, depending on what you say.
Well no one likes Philly becuase your fans threw batteries at Santa. That could have something to do with it.
So wait. Dressing up a statue in Philly and doing a chant is an excuse to throw unopened beer cans at opposing fans? Tell me more about how classless vikings fans are.
Look I completely agree that Eagles fans are getting too much hate for the actions of a few assholes and their “reputation”, but the Vikings fans you are decrying are the same small number of assholes and you shouldnt judge all Vikes by those idiots. The same Fuckwits are everywhere.
Also dressing up the rocky statue is goddamn hilarious and the perfect kind of harmless trash talk. Stranding fans with Uber is being a dick.
As a die hard eagles fan, Dave, this could not have been put better. Yes it is true that Philly fans are nuts, but 99% of it is good nuts, it’s the same small, drunken idiots that every fan base has that are jerks, and because of the general nutsness of philly, we get a bad rep. I can throw stones from glass houses all day if some moron wants to say that philly is dirty terrible people and their fans are as pristine as an angels balls.
As for snowballs at Santa, would y’all ignorants stop using it as bait for fuck’s sake, we philly fans are as bored of this joke as Dave is of “New york, you mean New Jersey hurr durr.
That’s why I’ve moved on to memorial bracelets. Much more fresh and topical.
@Dave: No, I completely agree with you. I am just annoyed at the fact that every dickish move becomes a national story. A couple drunken idiots get into a scuffle with police (punching a police horse), a few idiots throw beer, and someone is an asshole over Instagram and I hear nothing but “Philly fans are the worst people”. Hey, let’s remember them hitting Santa with snowballs that happened 50 years ago and pretend that’s relevent”
And this is from someone who didn’t grow up in the area, and isn’t an Eagles fan (though if they beat the Patriors, yay!). I’m a Bills fan, who has traditions of drunken bafoonery of his own, and never get treated the same way (Mostly pity and sadness) Meanwhile, I hear stuff like “Let’s organize to throw things at Eagles fans and strand them at Uber” and I hear nothing but “Aww shuckidoodles, the Minny fans seem a bit salty”. It’s a double standard I can’t help but notice.
The face of their fanbase is EDP445. Enough said.
There are some Vikings fans who tries to convince people that the first four Super Bowls were exhibition games and that their team still win the championship in 1969. Still doesn’t change the fact that they still lost the following week, screwing up the end game in the process.
With that said, one of the few times I want them to win and they fail once again. Here’s hoping the Patriots beats the passing yards title curse and win this one.
We all should have expected the Eagles to make it to the SuperBowl Just due to the fact that since Matt Ryan showed up in Atlanta everytime we have made it into the playoffs we have lost to the eventual NFC champion. Since 2008 Atl has made the playoffs 6 times 3/5 of the teams that beat us won the Superbowl with this one yet to be decided. If you go back even further the last Time that Vick took us to the playoffs in the 2004 season we lost to Philly in the playoffs and they went on to play in the Superbowl so Maybe the circle is now complete. For my sanity I sure hope so.
As for the Vikings Eagles game the Vikings emotionally did not look like they had anything left in the tank. So I agree they used the Miracle too early. The Superbowl itself has the makings of a good matchup as the most effective thing you can put against Brady is Interior pressure and that Philly Line will get pressure. And Philly implementing the RPO really seems to have started to click with Foles and the NE defense is good but susceptible to quick passes to speedy players as they do not have the fastest linebackers and they won’t be able to leave the SS in the box like they did against Jacksonville. However as much as it hurts to say i think the Patriots will win because they have been here before they are a disciplined team and as much fun as it is to say the Refs are being paid off The penalties always seem to fall that way because all of NE is coached to not make mental mistakes and when your team can have a 16 to 5 penalty ratio (2018) in the playoffs they stand a great chance of winning. Final score 27-23 NE win.
Do The Voices tell You which Words to capitalize or is It random?
It’s random essentially anytime I pause at all in my thought process I do it and is much worse when I am hand writing. The longer I go the worse it gets as well. Numbers are much friendlier to me than letters.
I’m sad, I have to root for the Eagles
Crap fest? Shouldn’t you be in a Brady Jersey hoping the eagles stay ringless?
He’s a Giants fan. Regardless, this is the worst possible matchup for one. If the Vikings were in the SB vs. the Pats then it would be more of the same for a Packers fan.
The Giants fan part of me hates the Eagles more than the Pats
The football fan part of me hates the Pats more than the Eagles.
I have no idea who to root for, this is a nightmare
Cheer up, in 2020, Vince McMahon promises XFL excitement.
literally the most depressing piece of news ive read all week
If the Pats win, then…yawn…it’s yet another title for them. A drop in the bucket. And the Giants remain the only ones who ever put a stop to them.
If the Eagles win, then a lifetime of “How many rings *you* guys got?” argument-enders goes up in smoke.
Fuck the Eagles, now and forever, amen.
Plus it’ll wipe out the excuse the Pats would have for their loss in SB 42. That is why I don’t mind seeing the so-called passing yards title curse gets snapped.
Oh the Kyle fumble, sigh. I still remember my friend asking me if I wanted him to leave. I said no and finished my spaghetti but deep down inside I wanted everyone to get the fuck out. Oh and kudos to Eli Manning, the Niner defense was brutal that game and he still pulled through.
Doooooom
I hope to see a sequel of this comic where a minuteman shoots down the eagle, collecting the Lombardi bird. If the patriots win, that is.
As a Saints fan, I’m just happy that the Marcus Williams play is now more or less devalued and wont go down in history as “the crucial moment that lead to the Vikings winning a home SB”.
I think this may be my first time commenting despite being here since the beginning but I wanted to object to your comparison of this Vikings run to the 2011 49ers, in the sense of them both being “teams that sputtered out after a memorable playoff win due to complacency” or something along those lines. Well, I can’t personally speak for Vikings fans in any case, only on my impressions of them, but that doesn’t feel right at all for us.
Since you’re acquainted personally with 49ers fans you probably hear too much whining about it already, but the years between Mooch’s departure after ’02 (and the nature of it) and Harbaugh’s hiring in ’11 weren’t just bad, they were bleak, riddled with enough incompetence, false hope, failure to live up to standards and even a few media-worthy rifts (I WANT WINNERS) that our once-historic franchise was so far past being a laughingstock that it was hard for even our own fans to pay attention anymore, let alone care.
The Catch 3 wasn’t simply about being able to beat one of the best teams in the league at the time in a hotly contested game, it was the feeling behind our entire 2011 season condensed into a moment. Jim Harbaugh had been pushing the “WHO’S GOT IT BETTER THAN US? NOBODY!” slogan the entire season, which was never a statement of arrogant unilateral superiority, it was a rallying cry to never let yourself be overcome by misfortune or being up against circumstances where everyone seems to outclass you. The story behind the quote was that Jack would tell that to John and Jim all the time as kids despite growing up poor, because he didn’t want them to let that define the rest of their lives. It was the same sort of sentiment. The Packers had just gone 15-1 and Brees had just broken Marino’s single-season passing yards record, and we felt we could take them both down even with a roster that (at the time, at least) was considered overachievers on paper because our team had found a great chemistry and went into games with intensity and gusto, which Harbaugh brought the spark for.
I remember that game very clearly. I actually was supposed to help my sister move out that day in a long trip to Los Angeles, since my dad had taken ill and was bed-ridden. We postponed it just a bit though because my team was definitely going to win its first playoff game in about a decade, and I needed to see it live. My dad was in his bedroom instead because of how bad he was feeling, but he was watching it too. After Alex Smith makes that touchdown run in the 4th quarter, my dad practically stumbles out just to congratulate me, because even though he’s a Raiders fan he knows exactly how much that meant for 49ers fans. Then after he goes back to lay down since that alone was enough to exhaust him, Jimmy Graham takes a long bomb to the end zone after a whiff on defense and I am feeling devastated, not just because of the game looking lost but because of my dad risking his sickness getting worse, only to have it wasted. When Vernon Davis comes down with the game-winning touchdown and is visibly seen crying on camera, I am right there crying with him.
And that’s just the thing, that year for the 49ers made us connect with the team again. Where there had been mistrust, apathy, and resentment over how the team was run, it was replaced with enthusiasm, giddiness, and most of all hope. We never needed a reason to follow the team but we had lost much of our reason to care. That’s why the whole “49ers Faithful” brand is pushed, because some of us gave up easier than others but plenty of us still were watching and waiting for our time to come again, even if it was hard to show it. That’s why the Catch 3 wasn’t about proving we could win the Super Bowl, it was about proving that the 49ers franchise was BACK.
Of course, that story didn’t end well, and we returned to a status where not only were we going to look bad for a long time, but that it wasn’t going to get any better. Worse even, because our owner was only in his mid-30s and had plenty of decades of incompetence ahead of him. That’s why you see such a resurgence of support lately, though. Jimmy Garoppolo is the name we’re rallying around now, the one we’re placing our hope in to change our future. It’s not so much about having him being able to beat the snot out of anyone who comes at us (although we might very well get plenty of that too) but rather that we have a reason to think that the future has promise, and that’s something we weren’t sure if we’d ever get again.
So the glaring error in comparing the Vikings to the 49ers is that Vikings fans seem to have been practically conditioned to believe that it’s foolish to expect promises of the future to ever amount to anything, no matter how many times it happens. The Catch 3 was hope itself.
Hey dave as a giants fan also this super bowl is painful but ultimately I’ve made my decision to “root” for the pats only because the anger the eagles have caused me is by far the most of any team in the nfl and considering the aftermath of the pats winning is pretty easy to get over i figure it can’t be so bad if they get another. I’m very curious to know who’s your horse in the race though
Just root for the pats. Boohoo. If anything, this is gonna be the one super bowl that barely anyone will reference to or remember. Plus, the Giants will always be the only team to beat Brady in the Super Bowl, and that will be part of his HOF induction tape
Now they got to look forward to a choice between Keenum, Bridgewater, and Bradford. My condolences
It’s not like their choices are that hard. I mean Bradford and Keenum both had over 90.0 QBR rating. They both play well. It’s just Bradford has like 0 durability. He gets placed on IR if you breathe on him. I believe they’ll release Bridgewater, then keep Bradford and place Keenum on Franchise Tag. Play both of them, see how they do, see which of the two they like. Then at the end of next season, cut the one they didn’t like (so they aren’t wasting millions on benched QB), and then pick one up in free agency 2019 of draft one. Regardless, the Vikings should keep both Bradford and Keenum and test their skills.
Bradford is basically Chad Pennington 2.0
I get that the Eagles don’t have a QB, but they scare me. I feel like people are either in denial that they are a good team, or are claiming this a win for the Pats with the hope that it will jinx them or give the Eagles bulletin material. Sure, the Pats have a history of winning, they also have never smoked another team in the SB. Six points is the largest margin of victory, and that happened in overtime.
I don’t want the Pats to win… which means the Pats will win… and no one will ever shut up about Tom Brady ever… It’s the future we’re doomed to. It’ll be Wall to Wall Brady, Belichick and white receivers forever!!
Really this is where coaches like Belichick come in. It takes a LOT of gravitas, experience, and soullessness to experience something like the Minnesota Miracle and immediately grab your team by the balls and squeeze until they focus – hard – on the next game.
If anyone else could do it I would have said Zimmer. I would have been wrong.
BREAKING NEWS I FOUND UOT THAT THE NFL IS RIGGED AND JALEN RAMSEY IS BANNED FROME THE GAME!!!!GOODELL HAS ADMITTED TO RIGGING GAMES!!!!!!!!! Sorry but pats will win bowl 32-37 he said.:(