With 1 week left we are mostly locked into our opponents for next year. Going down tiebreakers we have clinched 2nd place in the north
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Posted Jan 4, 2022, 3:24 PM UTC
I want to go to an away game, Miami is looking like a real good option
Whatever you do, don’t go to WFT lol
I live in St. Augustine. I definitely think I’m gonna make that drive to Miami
Ponte Vedra/Nocatee here. Same!
Ponte Vedra is goooorgeous
Ha yeah! Let’s grab a beer for a game some time!
Not a single game west of the Mississippi. Ooooof for those of us that moved out west. (Excluding home games I guess lol)
Totally go to Philly! /s
I'll take it. 7-10 next year guaranteed
Usually I like to speculate about the season but I have zero reason to want to do this next year. We don't know who the GM/HC will be, if we will be trading Cousins, doing a full rebuild or trying to contend for playoffs, Rodgers is uncertain to return to the Packers (I assume he will now), etc.
But if we did go into this season with Kirk re-signed at a lower cap hit, signed a couple of FAs, and have a good draft (like getting a CB who can contribute right away in Round 1), AND if Rodgers leaves the Packers, I think this is a good year in the making.
You have a pretty "easy" schedule (again, hard to tell before the off-season and draft), and you have 9 home games vs. 8 away games (which is an underrated big deal imo).
A lot of unknowns at the moment, so I try to focus on the knows, aka the schedule haha.
I feel strongly if we had that schedule this year, we would be in playoffs and this whole season would be viewed differently. Especially if we got colts/dolphins/pats/eagles/WFT early in the season when they were struggling
I mean yeah sure. Even with this schedule I mean we have had numerous unlikely or "50/50" outcomes of games ending on coin flips, last plays, chip shot field goals, and only one of those has been a win.
"Unlikely" Wins: Lions at home (we should have lost)
"Unlikely" Losses: Bengals (Dalvin didn't fumble), Cardinals (missed chip shot field goal), Cowboys (played about as bad as you can but the game still ended on a last-second TD), Ravens (win the coin flip in OT and you likely win the game), Lions away (see Cowboys).
If we turn the Lions at home into a loss, but turn half our unlikely losses into wins (because seriously, those last second TDs are pretty flukey and just as often are missed or get deflected even by terrible teams) then we would have a 9-7 record this year -- likely 10-7 and in the playoffs.
So yeah, with an "easier" schedule and turning one of those away games into a home game, I think if we do choose to run it back we have a very good chance of making the playoffs next year unless we completely wiff on the draft and FA and/or downgrade at coach (which is more likely than people will be willing to admit right now).
Way-too-early prediction: 11-6
The Viking will have a worse team next year than they did this year. The only way you get 11 wins is if you combine the next 2 seasons.
5-7 wins barring major changes.
No
Really hope the Falcons play spoiler this weekend,if they do,I’m at that game next season (MIN @ ATL).
Why the Colts?
We finished 2nd in the NFCN. So we will play the 2nd place finisher from the NFCW, NFCS, and AFCS. Colts are locked in.
17th game. You play an AFC team from the division you played two seasons prior, who finished the same place as you did this year. Next year the NFC North is paired up with the AFC South and so we play the 2nd place team in the AFC South, which the Colts have locked in (and we are locked into 2nd place in the NFC North).
This year the extra game is a home game for us, so we have 9 home / 8 away (this year it was 8 home / 9 away).
Was that Chargers game really an away game though?
I mean home/away doesn't mean much anymore conceptually since the past two season home field advantage has essentially disappeared. Weird thing, because it made total sense last year (empty stadiums) but I think the home/away split is equal again this year.
Still, even if crowd noise isn't a big impediment anymore jet lag and circadian rhythms are, and so playing in LA will always be harder than staying in Minnesota for most of our players.
Still, will be nice to have the extra home game regardless. That said, we never know if we will end up "losing" a home game to have to play overseas. This is why I hate this -- because it could easily be one year you do 8 home / 9 away, then the next year 8 home / 8 away / 1 neutral (but basically "away"). If they were going to do 17 they should have absolutely made that extra game be required to be played on a neutral field so every team's split is 8/8/1 every year.
Because we play the 2nd team in the afc south
That’s a tough home schedule.
At least we will get the Cowboys in their every other year bullshit lol. Lions Bears Giants Jets should be wins. Hopefully we can “steal” 2 from Cardinals Patriots Colts and Packers
AFC and NFC East next year… sounds like a lot of early window games hopefully. I’m sure we will get our obligatory prime time vs Dallas or philly where we get curbed.
Miami would be a fun game to attend.
New Orleans is great. I was at the Purple playoff victory against the Saints so no regular season game will top that experience.
Rather poke my eyes out than attend an Eagles game in Philly.
@WFT ? Sugarman is gonna have his work cut out for him again, always injuries a plenty coming off that God awful field.
I could easily go to the Eagles stadium since I live right there but the fans are brutal unless I just wear phillies or Flyers gear. Has anyone ever gone to a game in at the dump known as fed ex field? That's only a couple hours away
Please Please Please let the Falcons win, it’d be the closest game possible for me to go to
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I don’t believe you no Seattle game
Dallas is the new Seattle
10-7 with losses vs Colts, Cowboys, Patriots, Rams/Cards, and @Bills, Packers, and one of Bears or Eagles, assuming we get any competence in coaching/play calling next year.
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undefeated tbh
This should be a cupcake schedule… much easier than this year. Lions, Bears, Jets, Giants makes 6 games against completely shit teams. WFT, Miami and Nola/ATL may also qualify in that category next season… we’ll see.
If Saints win I'm budgeting for a NO trip...Atlanta, meh.
Never been to a home Vikings game yet. Looking to attend, next season.
Who will be the backup QB on the Cowboys next year?
Probably someone who has a family that is really excited to see him make his first start ever