10-02-2017, 03:08 PM
The most snake-bitten franchise in the history of the NFL doesn't skip a beat.
Lets review just the past 20 months:
1. Blair Walsh misses a 27 yard FG with 30 seconds remaining and the Vikes lose to Seattle 10-9 in the NFC Wild Card game.
2. The following season during training camp, up and coming QB Teddy Bridgewater suffers a non-contact injury that absolutely decimates his knee. He has yet to return.
3. Week 1 of the 2017 Season, Sam Bradford, after taking abuse behind a film-flam offensive line for the entire 2016 season, apparently suffers a non-contact injury on his left knee causing swelling and discomfort. He has missed the last 3 weeks.
4. Dalvin Cook, the Vikes top pick in the 2017 draft, and the NFL's second leading rusher through the season's first 3 weeks, suffers a non-contact season ending torn ACL.
It has become mind-numbing to try and cheer for this team since 1972, my first recollection of watching a game.
Funny thing, the first game I remember from that season, was the Vikes pissing away a victory against the Miami Dolphins at old Met Stadium.
The Dolphins would continue on and go 17-0 that season, the only perfect season in the history of the NFL.
Lets review just the past 20 months:
1. Blair Walsh misses a 27 yard FG with 30 seconds remaining and the Vikes lose to Seattle 10-9 in the NFC Wild Card game.
2. The following season during training camp, up and coming QB Teddy Bridgewater suffers a non-contact injury that absolutely decimates his knee. He has yet to return.
3. Week 1 of the 2017 Season, Sam Bradford, after taking abuse behind a film-flam offensive line for the entire 2016 season, apparently suffers a non-contact injury on his left knee causing swelling and discomfort. He has missed the last 3 weeks.
4. Dalvin Cook, the Vikes top pick in the 2017 draft, and the NFL's second leading rusher through the season's first 3 weeks, suffers a non-contact season ending torn ACL.
It has become mind-numbing to try and cheer for this team since 1972, my first recollection of watching a game.
Funny thing, the first game I remember from that season, was the Vikes pissing away a victory against the Miami Dolphins at old Met Stadium.
The Dolphins would continue on and go 17-0 that season, the only perfect season in the history of the NFL.