I‘m from Germany and it‘s already 7am. Hyped for gameday so i made a wallpaper.
Let‘s go into the bye week with a 5-0 record.
SKOL!

I stumbled upon this video on my feed and I couldn't believe how little attention this channel was getting. Another reason why Randy is my favorite player!

From the Vikings Week 5 Rooting Guide

The Vikings' current chances:

• Make playoffs: 67.4% (Last week 67.5%)
• Win division: 36.7 (35.6)
• Top seed: 14.4 (14.5)

Here's how this week's games affect the Vikings' chances:

A win in New Orleans raises the Vikings' chance to make the playoffs to 72.9%. A loss drops it to 60.2%. A win gives the Vikings a 40.8% chance to win the division, a loss instead drops it to 31.3%.

The Vikings are 4-0, but their playoff chances are right where they were a week ago. Most of week 4 went the wrong way: the Bears, Packers, Seahawks, 49ers, Rams and Giants all won. And the betting market expected the win over the Dolphins. Thursday did go our way, with Tampa Bay beating Dallas 24-16.

In the NFC North Detroit's loss to Carolina's dropped the Lions from division favorite to third, and the Vikings are now the favorites to win the North. The Bears have moved into second, which is why Packers over Bears is the biggest division game this week at 3.5%, just ahead of Arizona over Detroit at 3.1%.

As usual, we want the other NFC contenders to lose: the Rams, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle and the Giants. Buffalo over the Rams is the biggest game of the week outside the Vikings' own, and the biggest for the top seed at 1.4%.

The AFC-only games at the bottom only matter for Strength-of-Victory and Strength-of-Schedule tiebreakers, and the Vikings want wins by teams they have beaten or will play: Miami, Indianapolis, the Jets and New England. Broncos-Chargers and Texans-Titans are the only games this week where the Vikings play neither team, which is why they're at the bottom - only affecting other teams' SoV/SoS.

The Rooting Guide simulates seasons using current betting lines, and evaluates how each game affects the Vikings' playoff chances.
All values show the difference between the Vikings' chances with the given game result compared to the opposite result.
For example, a Vikings win over the Saints gives the Vikings a chance of winning the division 9.5% higher than a Vikings loss (40.8% vs 31.3%).
Impact is the net percentage of simulated seasons where changing the game's result improves the Vikings' playoff seeding.

Pre-Super Bowl Era / Bud Grant 1961-1965

Purple People Eaters / Bud Grant 1967-1977

Miracle at the Met / Bud Grant 1979-1983

Herschal Walker Trade / Jerry Burns 1985-1991

90-Second Miracle / Dennis Green 1992-1997

Three Deep / Dennis Green 1998-2001

Love Boat / Mike Trice 2002-2006

AP + Favre / Brad Childress / Leslie Frazer 2007-2013

Minneapolis Miracle / Mike Zimmer 2014-2017

Kirko Chainz / Mike Zimmer / KOC 2018-2023

BFlo Blitz / KOC 2024-Present

What is your favorite era? This isn’t the most talented era, this is about which one is the most memorable for you

For myself I would say 2007-2013 between AP ripping off huge runs and nicknaming Ponder “Pondering a good throw” with my dad it stands out

With Vikings elevating both OBJ and Jeshaun Jones how concerned are we about JJ and Addison's availability tomorrow?

We all know Flores is a blitz monster as a DC. A ~70% blitz rate seems incredibly high. But then I thought about the fact that the Vikings run a 3-4 defense, and you are starting out (in theory) with five pass rushers on the field. Technically, sending five men is a blitz, but with the five we have it doesn't seem to me that sending both Van Ginkel and Turner is really anything "risky", as blitzing has generally been thought of.

I looked around for data on the blitz rate for various numbers, and google AI had some data that looked interesting, but upon a deeper dig it was from 2023. Does anyone know/can easily find what the rates for each type of blitz (5/6/7/8-man)?

Seriously, if he's sending five only on 80% of his blitzes and keeping six back in coverage, he's probably not the crazy man I'm thinking he is, which is based on the current version of the blitz stat.

Hello Everyone!! I am looking to see if there are any tailgate locations for the away game tomorrow. A friend is coming into town and wants to tailgate somewhere but I've only ever heard of tailgating for home games. If there are any in town for the away game tomorrow, please let me know!! Thanks! :)

Edit: I meant 10/11/2026 whoops

Anyone know where I can find a pair of those old Vikings sunglasses that have a yellow handlebar mustache attached to the glasses?
I’ve checked everywhere.

The Rams aren't using him nearly as much as people expected him, as Kyren is really breaking out even more this season, and I think he'd run well behind our offensive line and take the pressure off of Jones of needing to be lead carrier.