Nobody gives the Vikes any credit. 3-0 dominating games… nobody talking about them. Just talking about the Chefs and the refs. Everyone is going to get on the SKOL band-ship mid season.
Tbh.. he didn't need Carter to do that... every week he comes on here bashing Sam darnold and the vikings but the funny thing is sam darnold is already in the talks for mvp.. and he leads the league in passing tds... every time this guy opens his mouth about the vikings he just seems childish...
Six years of underachievement cannot be pinned on Sam Darnold anymore. Now we see what Darnold looks like with competent coaching and a good offense around him, and guess what? Lookee what we got here, one of the best QBs in the league.
KOC had been following Darnold since his high school days, as he was living in the LA area at the time. And followed him when he was at USC. He knew what Sam was all about. And, when Cousins left and they needed a veteran QB, he saw that Darnold was available. KOC got him to sign immediately. It helped that Sam spent a year resetting himself on the 49ers bench. And KOC basically uses his own version of Shanahan's playbook. Perfect match! Especially when Darnold has a decent O-line and gets to throw to Jefferson, Addison and Hockenson every week. And, his old teammate Josh McCown had just been hired as QB coach. Sam landed in the ideal spot. Put a QB in the right compatible situation, and he will flourish. The Jets and Panthers were not good situations - they destroy young QBs. Look at Bryce Young.
you nailed it. but dont feel dumb, be embarrassed that so many think that Stephen A. is the only righteous opinion. cuz he aint, hes wrong 60% of the time!!
He’s an absolute fool. Giving us stats from his years on horrible teams, as if those stats are more relevant that his current stats lol wtf kinda logic is that
Everybody, including Stephen A, was assuming that Sam Darnold would continue to flop like a bad backup. Instead, he's looking like a 3rd-overall pick at quarterback, suddenly rising to the potential that people thought he had when he was drafted by a crappy Jets team. Ain't it amazing what competent coaching can do? Ain't it nice to have a high-powered offense around you? Ain't it fun to have a defense that snuffs out the opposition?
Love the Vikings. I don’t blame anyone for not believing in them. They have been a let down their entire history. I’m pumped about this season but I’m not raising any banners yet.
Stephen A , the Vikings BEAT the niners when they had Kittle , Deebo AND Aiyuk fully healthy . The Vikings BEAT the niners without Hockenson AND Addison !
@@van2.060yes he did, on first take he said he believed the vikings were more pretenders then the bucs and seahawks and based it on darnold not being good
@@brettbender7395 again, he never said that right now they weren't ballin lol, he doesn't believe in them long term because of Darnold...he has not once said through 3gms they aren't ballin..that is just a lie homie lol
@@van2.060 he 100% said he did not believe in them right now, saying he doesnt believe in them over other teams right now is saying he doesnt believe in them. Hes dieing on this hill that they are not good and hes making up excuses as to why they are winning. Hes insinuating that the vikings are winning not because they are good but because the 49ers and texans had bad weeks. He isnt giving them any credit. That again is the same thing as saying he doesnt believe in them right now. Also if he doesnt believe in in the future why would he believe in them now? thats train of thought makes no sense
@@brettbender7395 bro are you slow lol? Saying he doesn't beli in them long term doesn't mean he's saying they aren't playing well the first 3gms of the season...he never not once said that...your comprehension is trash homie lol
I'm looking forward to TJ Hockenson being added to the mix. So far, he's been throwing to TEs that block better than they can catch. Hock is a dual threat.
Their defense is insane. Making career starting QBs question their career choices. Brock Purdy even went up to Flores after the 49ers game and told him his scheme is crazy. Most interesting thing is, they started the season without a standout star on defense. Danielle Hunter left in free agency. They have great players, but no real household names. Except maybe Harrison Smith. And Stephon Gilmore, who they picked up at the end of preseason. They basically let Brian Flores build around his types of players. It worked.
Cris, thank you for repping the Vikings at every opportunity. You were a great player for the franchise and you gave us so many amazing times in Minnesota. Love ya, brother!
Every week. Stephen’s: I wanna see what darnold will do against that defense. Also if I’m not wrong, CMC plays offense and deebo played almost the entire game. Who was out for 1/2 the game? JJ. Who missed the entire game? Addison and hockenson
Having Darnold lead that late drive down the field on that defense to ice it with the momentum on the 49ers side and without no. 1 RB, no. 1 and 2 WR's and no. 1 TE is big boy QB play.
I love that CC is trying to get some purple love 💜💛💜💛 But the hate from SAS is perfect. None of this means nothing if you can’t continue the success and win the big game.
Just stop already! The Darnold hate is unwarranted. He’s in a better system and in a better place mentally! Give the man his fucking flowers already! But ya know what!? Keep hating on him and keep sleeping on Darnold. He’s reemerging as a damn good QB. Like the QB he was drafted to be in the NFL.
100% And he has been steadily improving these past 3 seasons, not this year. All it does is tell me some of those experts haven't really watched him play since the Jets.
@@robe2504I was sold right after the Vikings signed him, and I decided to watch some of his sizzle reels on RUclips. The guy can throw well. And, unlike Cousins, he can shake off tacklers and even scramble for a few yards if he has too. Cousins was basically a statue in the pocket. I figured Darnold would be more effective than Cousins, because he's more versatile. And KOC runs a very QB-friendly system. I wasn't too worried.
@@superbassomatic 100% dude. I thought wtf when he was first signed - I could only remember the Jets, and his 98 yard drive vs the Vikes. So I went back and watched all his games at the Panthers, and his cameos at the 49ers, and saw the same thing. Some great throws, a dangerous runner, and a guy that could take a bump in the pocket. Then I asked logically, why would Shanahan sign him, then let Trey Lance go, and why would KOC sign him the moment Kirk walked out the door? I also remembered Shanahan saying that Darnold and Purdy were competing for QB1 in training camp. Most people just ignored that. The one thing that puzzled me was his low completion rate at 60% - but then I found this measure on Pro Football Reference called throws on target which took out spikes, throwaways drops etc and then separated bad throws from on target. Sam's on target throws percentage was pretty similar to Kirk's. From then on I've been expecting Sam to operate the offence as efficiently as Kirk, maybe better with KOCs game plan, the Vikes O Line and elite WRs. I've been betting $100 a week variously on the Vikes to win the division 10-1, NFC 40-1, and SB 75-1 ever since. They are now +190 (2-1) for the division, 15-1 for the NFC and 25-1 for the SB, so I still have a week or two left before all the value is gone!! Skol!
Sam Darnold never started under a coach like KOC. And he spent last year learning from Shanahan. Darnold has turned the page but Stephen A is being the devils advocate because that’s his brand lol.
I remember this one guy that was drafted to be his team's franchise quarterback. He played pretty terribly for the first four years and then had a pretty good season in the final year of his contract but the talking heads chalked that up to it being his contract year and the fact that he had the nfl's best running back that season. His team did not renew his contract and he hit the market but nobody seemed to want him. One team took a chance on him and he ended up playing the rest of his career there and did okay. Guy by the name of Drew Brees. Maybe other people here remember him. Not saying Sam will be the next Drew Brees. Just pointing out that put in the right environment he could thrive. It's possible. I for one am rooting for him.
his rookie coach was ADAM GASE! and his second team was Carolina, lets put some perspective on his underachiveing, now I'm not saying he's going to be MVP, but he has been playing really well, rooting for him the rest of the year
Hey last I checked niners were only without mccaffery and Vikings didn’t have Addison or tj hockenson and at one point Aaron jones and Jefferson were out of the game on the most important drive of the game arguably when darnold drove down the field to get the game winning field goal to go up by two scores!!
@@jakelz9885they were without certain talents when we beat the niners last year true, but the Vikes didn't have JJ during that run either😉 2 can play that game
Cris Carter just provided better football analysis in 4:27 than Stephen A has provided during the first three weeks of this NFL season. Can't wait 'til the NBA starts up and Stephen A provides "expert" analysis on my Knicks - in other words, acting a fool about them on First Take while not knowing the names of all the players in their rotation.
Before the season all I heard was “the Vikings have one of the toughest schedules”, “ they’re going to loose 5 of the first 6 games”, well we 3-0 and I seen more love to the Panthers on first take then the Vikings smh. Love the show, would be nice to hear my team broth up in a positive way instead of just when things goin wrong and y’all wanna just talk about how bad we are
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I’m not sure who kills off more brain cells, Stephen A or Mel Kiper Jr. You want to hate on Darnold, but just remember these are two of the best teams in the league that he just picked apart. And the Giants Defense is actually playing pretty well.
Steven A must have missed Sam's two seasons at the Panthers where he went 8-9 - that's not ineptitude, especially when Baker went 1-6 there, and everyone else including Baker went 5-28. If that's ineptitude then Kirk Cousins has been inept for 11 of his 13 seasons in the league. Little known fact - in 2022 when Darnold went 4-2 for the Panthers under an interim HC and after CMC was traded, his throwing accuracy was 77%, whereas Cousins went 13-4 that season for the Vikes with 76.5% of his throws on target (per PFR). So it really shouldn't be a surprise that Sam is able to operate the Vikes offence as efficiently as Cousins - he has a stronger arm, is more agile in the pocket, can move and make off schedule plays, and is a legit runner. Putting your whole assessment of the Vikes on Darnold also forgets that the roster is better and deeper overall, and that Brian Flores was able to add 8-10 handpicked players to fit his defensive scheme - a group that has barely had 3 games together and should improve as the season continues. It also overlooks that Darnold and KOC have destroyed two SB contenders (look at the carnage they caused to the 49ers roster by making them strain for every play) WITHOUT two of his top 3 offensive weapons - Addison and Hockenson. Buckle up - it's Jordan Love's turn for Flores's purple haze this week, and I'm really looking forward to watching Dallas Turner's 4.4 speed chasing old man Rodgers on those dicky tendons in London.
The analysts keep moving the goalpost. The first 3 weeks it was "beat this team and I'll believe" now it's just "that's not enough" - that's cool though. Just don't try to be the bandwagon mascot down the road.
Maybe Stephen A trying to be Skip Bayless . Stephen A was the one who said that Adam Gates looked High at his opening press conferences. Stephen A was the one who said Adam Gates shouldn’t be a head coach in the NFL. Stephen A recently was taking about the disfunction in Carolina over the past couple year. Yet he only going look at was Sam Darold didn’t do in those horrible situations. Shannon Sharpe recently said he doesn’t just look at if a play was good or bad but the reason behind why the play was a good or bad play. Stephen A being as smart as he is, should probably consider looking at the reason why Sam Darold wasn’t successful in those situations.
How pathetic. Waiting for him to have a bad game just to avoid giving him props on First Take. And the 49ers had Deebo the whole game. He literally caught Purdy's final pass. That shows that he doesn't even be watching. And we beat them with McCaffrey last season. And we didn't have Addison or TJ this year so that excuse doesn't work. These are clownish takes from Stephen Hate Smith.
Stephen A doesn’t know anything about football that’s why he’s so lost. All of his points are surface level. Zero depth in his analysis. The Vikings are absolutely ballin and he just isn’t smart enough to notice it
Steven Smith: The Panthers brought Mayfield on to replace Darnold and within weeks, gave up on him and went back to Darnold. Interesting too that he gives the 49ers a pass after losing McCaffrey, but ignored that Darnold went south at Carolina when MCaffrey got injured.
Good lord my man, did your parents ever teach you that it's useless to double down? We get that you're part of the New York media and we get that he was awful with the Jets and Carolina. But how many QBs have been good with those teams over the last two decades. Aaron Rodgers? Quite obviously, that is just placing an already great QB on your team. Cam Newton? That was a completely different regime. At a certain point,, it just appears like you are upset that you were wrong.
This is why I do not listen to Stephen Smith when it comes to football anyone who knows anything about football knows that Sam Darnold never had an offensive line. He never had real weapons around him, and he was always in a bad system on a bad team with bad coaches!!! as soon as you put him in our system with a good team with good coaches and good weapons around him we’re literally 4-0 and he’s been on fire!!!
Darnold led the Viks down the field in a game clinching drive against the 49ers with out Jefferson, Addison, or Hockenson.. He can make it happen. I do hope he can start getting rid if the ball a bit quicker though. Maybe that will happen as he gets more familiar with the offense. Another thing they didn't mention was how effective the Viks run gane has been. Both Jones and Chandler are playing some good ball.
Cris Carter knows from experience. He played for a different quarterback almost every year. Some of them were reclamation projects. Randall Cunningham, for example. Jeff George had his best year coming off the bench. There's also Warren Moon and Jim McMahon. And Vikings draft picks like Daunte Culpepper, Brad Johnson and Rich Gannon. Carter knows what he's talking about, and Smith needs to chill the hell out.
LOL . . . you’re the man Chris! Who’s this Steven A fella? Seriously Vikes & Darnold are playing lights out regardless of Stevie’s miserable attitude. But it’s a long season and a lot of things can and will go wrong. There is no crowning anyone for anything yet. Looking forward to watching this Vikings show though. Vikings fan for 60 plus years! SKOL brothers!
Stephen A said “wait and see how Darnold does against Bosa and the San Francisco defense. Now he’s saying let’s see how he does against the Jets defense. No matter what he does he finds a new excuse
Please don't look over the fact that Sam Darnold just completed a season working with the quarterback whisperer, Kyle Shanahan. Peace and Blessings everyone.
This is Chris? Sam Darnold never 👎 had the right situation to shine. ✨ Baker, Geno and and Sam are now top QB’s in a league where what have you done for me lately literally means just that! Geno is the best if this bunch and he’s definitely making a case to be the #1 QB in the NFL. TWO 2️⃣ interceptions Geno? YOU GOTTA STOP 🛑 THAT BS! Nip that in the bud! We vouching for you out here. Been doing that since 2022! All you have to do is continue to be you. ACCURATE! 80% NO INTERCEPTIONS!!! 8:1 TD to INT ratio!!! 40-50 TD’s with only 5 INT’s is 10:1! Even better. Averaging almost 400 per game 3 TD’s a game! 40-50 yards on the ground! LETS GO!
Chris calling out Stephen for his BS opinions. Stephen used to be based. Now he just follows the script given to him by ESPN and the NFL and that is hating on the smaller market teams.
Steven A. and Nick Wright will never like Sam Darnold and will always be moving the goalposts with selective stats. And yet Stephen A. is all in on Justin Fields (apparently his past doesn't exist) as the Steelers are his team. Cris schooled him and he won't admit it.
Steve Young was pretty bad in Tampa, went to San Francisco, sat behind Montana for years and then had a Hall of Fame career. People right off QBs way to fast.
I like how he is using injuries as an excuse for the Vikings winning... yes CMC was hurt... Yes Deebo Samual got hurt but did play and was effective vs Minnesota... But we going to act like Vikings weren't without Addison? Hockenson? Even their rookie Dallas Turner left the game because of injury... Jefferson left the game because of injury... but yet CMC right? Let's overlook that Jordan Mason is doing pretty good running the ball... The hatred for the Vikings is showing SAS!
San Francisco gets excuses every time they're hurt... and Mccaffrey has a career od injuries... Vikings, meanwhile, are out Hockenson and Addison and Jefferson and Aaron Jones didn't play end of game vs 49ers due to injury
Stephen A. I respect the heck out of you and what you have accomplished in your career. But keep it 💯 my guy. Your takes on the vikings are wild sometimes and regardless of darnolds past you can't deny what he is doing and what this team as a whole is doing so far. We not saying you have to pu them in the superbowl but don't act like they aren't 1 of the best teams in the league so far.
Darnold could take the vikes to the Super Bowl, win MVP or come back player of the year, and he’d still say “But on the jets dude was atrocious! And the panthers????? Look at his completion rating against teams that have the color red, and you tell me if that’s MVP caliber?”
To quote the great Bill Parcells, "You are what your record says you are." And like it or not [cuz it really doesn't matter which] the Minnesota Vikings are 3-0. And you can't even say they haven't beaten quality opponents. One last thing: Week 3 is just a tad early to make major pronouncements about anything. Hell, WEEK 10 is still too early for that. So take a breath, enjoy the show, and let Sam Darnold have his time in the shine. It isn't as if the guy hasn't earned it.
The Darnold story is not complicated, although negative Nancys like SAS continue to carp about Darnold’s past record. He was a 20 year old with raw talent and a big arm who gets drafted by the woeful Jets organization - what could go wrong? He’s thrown in as the starter immediately with little to no development. He continues to suffer there through coaching changes and multiple systems. He’s eventually discarded when, not surprisingly, he hasn’t performed as desired. He gets traded to another organization, the Panthers, that isn’t quite as dysfunctional as the Jets but not much better. Ditto on coaching changes. In his last years there he’s forced to run a ridiculous college level offense under Rhule (who was clearly out of his depth as an NFL head coach). Fortunately, gets traded to SF, where, for the first time, he gets proper QB training and tutoring to allow his tremendous talents to flourish. It’s continuing at Minnesota. He’s just gonna get better. The past is not prologue.
I’ve been waiting on this…. You said he beat the Giants, ok… you had that. But then we beat the 49ers, impressive! But we demolished the team the Texans whom you praised and you’re still hating? We gonna when it all this year and SAS will still be talking about Darnold when he played with the Jets. 😂🤦🏿
I think that what frustrates me most about Stephen's attitude is the reverence he has for the Jets as though Rodgers is the second coming of Brady or something. Yes, the Jets may be good, but the only decent team they've played all season is the 49'ers who blew the pants off of them. Yes, the Pats game was impressive, but until they beat an actual contender, THEY HAVE NOT PROVED THEMSELVES. But noooo because it's Rodgers the bar for being convincing is rock bottom but the despised Vikings cannot earn respect any way on this green earth short of doing well in the playoffs.
Vikings nation loves you Cris Carter forever. We’ll never forget you.
Stephen A has always been a Vikings hater who never gives them credit. Just Stephen A being himself
Maybe he's butt hurt after that whoopin' MN put on "his" NYGiants. (Also think he hates Dallas more....for good reason)
Nobody gives the Vikes any credit. 3-0 dominating games… nobody talking about them. Just talking about the Chefs and the refs. Everyone is going to get on the SKOL band-ship mid season.
Same with the Wolves until Ant
he made them #2 in his power rankings LOL
Carter made SAS look stupid af 😂
I agree. Why he always yelling too? Yelling like he knows he loses every argument so he thinks yelling will help lol.
That doesn't take much
Not a hard task.
Tbh.. he didn't need Carter to do that... every week he comes on here bashing Sam darnold and the vikings but the funny thing is sam darnold is already in the talks for mvp.. and he leads the league in passing tds... every time this guy opens his mouth about the vikings he just seems childish...
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Six years of underachievement cannot be pinned on Sam Darnold anymore. Now we see what Darnold looks like with competent coaching and a good offense around him, and guess what? Lookee what we got here, one of the best QBs in the league.
That's exactly right.
KOC had been following Darnold since his high school days, as he was living in the LA area at the time. And followed him when he was at USC. He knew what Sam was all about. And, when Cousins left and they needed a veteran QB, he saw that Darnold was available. KOC got him to sign immediately. It helped that Sam spent a year resetting himself on the 49ers bench. And KOC basically uses his own version of Shanahan's playbook. Perfect match! Especially when Darnold has a decent O-line and gets to throw to Jefferson, Addison and Hockenson every week. And, his old teammate Josh McCown had just been hired as QB coach. Sam landed in the ideal spot.
Put a QB in the right compatible situation, and he will flourish. The Jets and Panthers were not good situations - they destroy young QBs. Look at Bryce Young.
@@superbassomatic and Kyle Shanahan is wishing that 49ers would've brought Sam back.
CC is spitting.
💜💛#80💛💜
Speak the truth Cris!!!!! Love you brother!!!
Anytime I want to lose brain cells and feel dumb, I listen to Stephen A.
I mean it’s the trash tv of sports
you nailed it. but dont feel dumb, be embarrassed that so many think that Stephen A. is the only righteous opinion. cuz he aint, hes wrong 60% of the time!!
😂😂😂 he hates Minnesota sports period.
@@martymcfly7473 yep. cuz its easy
Sam darnold has a perfect passer rating vs the blitz through 3 games
Stephen A Give it a rest just admit you're wrong about the Vikings you don't even know how deep the Vikings roster is lol.
He really don’t
He’s an absolute fool. Giving us stats from his years on horrible teams, as if those stats are more relevant that his current stats lol wtf kinda logic is that
Everybody, including Stephen A, was assuming that Sam Darnold would continue to flop like a bad backup. Instead, he's looking like a 3rd-overall pick at quarterback, suddenly rising to the potential that people thought he had when he was drafted by a crappy Jets team. Ain't it amazing what competent coaching can do? Ain't it nice to have a high-powered offense around you? Ain't it fun to have a defense that snuffs out the opposition?
Love the Vikings. I don’t blame anyone for not believing in them. They have been a let down their entire history. I’m pumped about this season but I’m not raising any banners yet.
@@schmidthockey fair we will keep shocking the world skol 4L! 💪🏾
Stephen A , the Vikings BEAT the niners when they had Kittle , Deebo AND Aiyuk fully healthy . The Vikings BEAT the niners without Hockenson AND Addison !
skol!
Defense won them that game
@@patek9789 We beat them in all 3 phases convincingly that game.
Without "CMc" is NO EXCUSE. Mason was ballin' in his absence; 100 yds on 20 attempts = 5.0 ypc avg; highly respectable in the NFL these days.
@@kargs5krun I agree 100% , Mason is a top tier RB . They weren’t lacking in the run game . They got beat down .
Stephen A is such a loudmouth...he knows the Vikings are ballin, yet he'll never show MN love!
He said Sam Darnold he doesn't believe in...he never once said they weren't ballin lol, y'all just like yappin
@@van2.060yes he did, on first take he said he believed the vikings were more pretenders then the bucs and seahawks and based it on darnold not being good
@@brettbender7395 again, he never said that right now they weren't ballin lol, he doesn't believe in them long term because of Darnold...he has not once said through 3gms they aren't ballin..that is just a lie homie lol
@@van2.060 he 100% said he did not believe in them right now, saying he doesnt believe in them over other teams right now is saying he doesnt believe in them. Hes dieing on this hill that they are not good and hes making up excuses as to why they are winning. Hes insinuating that the vikings are winning not because they are good but because the 49ers and texans had bad weeks. He isnt giving them any credit. That again is the same thing as saying he doesnt believe in them right now. Also if he doesnt believe in in the future why would he believe in them now? thats train of thought makes no sense
@@brettbender7395 bro are you slow lol? Saying he doesn't beli in them long term doesn't mean he's saying they aren't playing well the first 3gms of the season...he never not once said that...your comprehension is trash homie lol
Vikings vs San Fran. SF without McCaffrey, Vikings without Addison and Hockensen. Injuries are part of the game.
Jefferson, Turner and Jones got hurt that game as well, we had Nailor as our #1 and still closed them out.
@@WrestlingXVIIIBefore the season, they didn't really have a WR3. Nailor has done a great job stepping up.
Darnold has never had a weapon like Justin Jefferson. Let’s see what he can do this year.
And we have our no. 2 receiver and no. 1 TE on the injured list ready to come back soon.. Skol!
@@driggs8600dat part
@@driggs8600 yep they’re going to be something to watch. Teams better take notice!
I'm looking forward to TJ Hockenson being added to the mix. So far, he's been throwing to TEs that block better than they can catch. Hock is a dual threat.
Might unfollow SAS after this. Tired of the biased opinions.
Me Too
fr he a goofy
it took you this? Lol
@@rickydavis1051 get yo goofy ah on somewhere
He just has something weird against Minnesota, always has.. it’s flyover country…outside of that I really like his takes
Because the Vikes have a balanced team not just Sam Darnold… it’s a team sport bro and this ain’t the jets or panthers…
Their defense is insane. Making career starting QBs question their career choices. Brock Purdy even went up to Flores after the 49ers game and told him his scheme is crazy.
Most interesting thing is, they started the season without a standout star on defense. Danielle Hunter left in free agency. They have great players, but no real household names. Except maybe Harrison Smith. And Stephon Gilmore, who they picked up at the end of preseason. They basically let Brian Flores build around his types of players. It worked.
Deebo got hurt on their last drive against the Vikies, played the whole game.
Meanwhile, Hockenson, Dallas Turner and Addison were all absent. 😂
How much film on the '24 Vikings has Stephen A. really watched? I'd bet "NONE".
Cris, thank you for repping the Vikings at every opportunity. You were a great player for the franchise and you gave us so many amazing times in Minnesota. Love ya, brother!
And name a Cris Carter signature moment when it mattered? Like 41-0 loss 2000 NFC Championship his offense never got inside Giants’ 25-yard line?
WTG Chris! Set that little man straight.
Every week. Stephen’s: I wanna see what darnold will do against that defense. Also if I’m not wrong, CMC plays offense and deebo played almost the entire game. Who was out for 1/2 the game? JJ. Who missed the entire game? Addison and hockenson
Having Darnold lead that late drive down the field on that defense to ice it with the momentum on the 49ers side and without no. 1 RB, no. 1 and 2 WR's and no. 1 TE is big boy QB play.
I love that CC is trying to get some purple love 💜💛💜💛
But the hate from SAS is perfect. None of this means nothing if you can’t continue the success and win the big game.
Cris Carter is all class.
Sam Darnold never had da weapons he's got here in Minnesota PERIOD 💯😈🔥
Or the system and support.
Just stop already! The Darnold hate is unwarranted. He’s in a better system and in a better place mentally! Give the man his fucking flowers already! But ya know what!? Keep hating on him and keep sleeping on Darnold. He’s reemerging as a damn good QB. Like the QB he was drafted to be in the NFL.
100% And he has been steadily improving these past 3 seasons, not this year. All it does is tell me some of those experts haven't really watched him play since the Jets.
@@robe2504I was sold right after the Vikings signed him, and I decided to watch some of his sizzle reels on RUclips. The guy can throw well. And, unlike Cousins, he can shake off tacklers and even scramble for a few yards if he has too. Cousins was basically a statue in the pocket. I figured Darnold would be more effective than Cousins, because he's more versatile. And KOC runs a very QB-friendly system. I wasn't too worried.
@@superbassomatic 100% dude. I thought wtf when he was first signed - I could only remember the Jets, and his 98 yard drive vs the Vikes.
So I went back and watched all his games at the Panthers, and his cameos at the 49ers, and saw the same thing. Some great throws, a dangerous runner, and a guy that could take a bump in the pocket.
Then I asked logically, why would Shanahan sign him, then let Trey Lance go, and why would KOC sign him the moment Kirk walked out the door? I also remembered Shanahan saying that Darnold and Purdy were competing for QB1 in training camp. Most people just ignored that.
The one thing that puzzled me was his low completion rate at 60% - but then I found this measure on Pro Football Reference called throws on target which took out spikes, throwaways drops etc and then separated bad throws from on target. Sam's on target throws percentage was pretty similar to Kirk's.
From then on I've been expecting Sam to operate the offence as efficiently as Kirk, maybe better with KOCs game plan, the Vikes O Line and elite WRs.
I've been betting $100 a week variously on the Vikes to win the division 10-1, NFC 40-1, and SB 75-1 ever since.
They are now +190 (2-1) for the division, 15-1 for the NFC and 25-1 for the SB, so I still have a week or two left before all the value is gone!!
Skol!
Adam Gates and Matt rhule . I can’t believe he wasn’t successful with that. Two of the all time best head coaches in NFL history. Right??
Todd Bowles' first run as a head coach there too.
Yeah it was only one year than Adam Gase took over for two years .
Even if Vikings beat the Jets in London, Stephen A will have another excuse to not give Darnold any respect.
chris is so soft spoken. lol
YOUR COMMENT IS SOFT WRITTEN, WHY ARENT YOU YELLING LIKE STEPHEN A SMITH?!
What does that mean ?
CC has learned it doesn’t pay to be a loud mouthed A-hole … SAS hasnt learned that yet
@@Internut1985it means he can calmly make his valid points without yelling like a petulant child. He doesn’t need to go on an aggressive defense.
Sam Darnold never started under a coach like KOC. And he spent last year learning from Shanahan. Darnold has turned the page but Stephen A is being the devils advocate because that’s his brand lol.
Stephen Move the goal post A Smith
I remember this one guy that was drafted to be his team's franchise quarterback. He played pretty terribly for the first four years and then had a pretty good season in the final year of his contract but the talking heads chalked that up to it being his contract year and the fact that he had the nfl's best running back that season. His team did not renew his contract and he hit the market but nobody seemed to want him. One team took a chance on him and he ended up playing the rest of his career there and did okay. Guy by the name of Drew Brees. Maybe other people here remember him.
Not saying Sam will be the next Drew Brees. Just pointing out that put in the right environment he could thrive. It's possible. I for one am rooting for him.
his rookie coach was ADAM GASE! and his second team was Carolina, lets put some perspective on his underachiveing, now I'm not saying he's going to be MVP, but he has been playing really well, rooting for him the rest of the year
That’s a good point. In particular because how big a deal SAS made about the Adam gase introductory press conference
This dude has never given the Vikings their credit. Ever. Not even back when we had good teams with Zimmer.
“Vikings vs Stephen A” The rumble in the jungle part 3. Just give it up Stephen.
I'm starting to get tired of Stephen A. It's gotta be a bit at this point.
Hey last I checked niners were only without mccaffery and Vikings didn’t have Addison or tj hockenson and at one point Aaron jones and Jefferson were out of the game on the most important drive of the game arguably when darnold drove down the field to get the game winning field goal to go up by two scores!!
Withou mccaffery when they played the Vikings
@@jakelz9885they were without certain talents when we beat the niners last year true, but the Vikes didn't have JJ during that run either😉 2 can play that game
Once a loud mouth always a loud mouth,he's never wrong
Debo got hurt late in the 4th quarter 😂🤡
Jefferson went out before that and Darnold went on that last drive without him and sealed the game!
I applaud CC for putting up with SA👏👏👏
Cris Carter just provided better football analysis in 4:27 than Stephen A has provided during the first three weeks of this NFL season. Can't wait 'til the NBA starts up and Stephen A provides "expert" analysis on my Knicks - in other words, acting a fool about them on First Take while not knowing the names of all the players in their rotation.
Dude trashes Darnold but Justin fields, baker and geno get all the recognition. Unbelievable
They all deserve love. SAS isn’t a football guy so it makes sense
Before the season all I heard was “the Vikings have one of the toughest schedules”, “ they’re going to loose 5 of the first 6 games”, well we 3-0 and I seen more love to the Panthers on first take then the Vikings smh. Love the show, would be nice to hear my team broth up in a positive way instead of just when things goin wrong and y’all wanna just talk about how bad we are
No Stephen A’s A List today?
Stephen A is the guy nobody invites to the party and always shows up anyway😂
He brought up CMC injury like that mattered when vikings have like 4 key starters injured 😂😂
Sam Darnald is balling and hopefully he can keep it up. #80 Skol
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I'm highly inspired.
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When Chris Carter speaks you listen....
Stephen A loves to use context when it fits his narrative but not when it doesn’t. How are people not burying him
I’m not sure who kills off more brain cells, Stephen A or Mel Kiper Jr.
You want to hate on Darnold, but just remember these are two of the best teams in the league that he just picked apart. And the Giants Defense is actually playing pretty well.
We won't get respect until we win it all
Way to go, CC! Way to rep the purple, Hall of Famer!
Cris Carter is the only player I've ever got a jersey of. 4 throughout my entire life. He's my favorite Viking and I love seeing him back the Purple!
Steven A must have missed Sam's two seasons at the Panthers where he went 8-9 - that's not ineptitude, especially when Baker went 1-6 there, and everyone else including Baker went 5-28. If that's ineptitude then Kirk Cousins has been inept for 11 of his 13 seasons in the league.
Little known fact - in 2022 when Darnold went 4-2 for the Panthers under an interim HC and after CMC was traded, his throwing accuracy was 77%, whereas Cousins went 13-4 that season for the Vikes with 76.5% of his throws on target (per PFR). So it really shouldn't be a surprise that Sam is able to operate the Vikes offence as efficiently as Cousins - he has a stronger arm, is more agile in the pocket, can move and make off schedule plays, and is a legit runner.
Putting your whole assessment of the Vikes on Darnold also forgets that the roster is better and deeper overall, and that Brian Flores was able to add 8-10 handpicked players to fit his defensive scheme - a group that has barely had 3 games together and should improve as the season continues.
It also overlooks that Darnold and KOC have destroyed two SB contenders (look at the carnage they caused to the 49ers roster by making them strain for every play) WITHOUT two of his top 3 offensive weapons - Addison and Hockenson.
Buckle up - it's Jordan Love's turn for Flores's purple haze this week, and I'm really looking forward to watching Dallas Turner's 4.4 speed chasing old man Rodgers on those dicky tendons in London.
Imagine if Aaron Rodgers didn't sit for 3 years behind Brett fevre
CC is a legend and my all time favorite player. Love how he reps the purple for life too. Skol!
I’m glad CC is getting more shine lately. After he left FTF I feel like we didn’t hear from him at all but seems he’s back.
The analysts keep moving the goalpost. The first 3 weeks it was "beat this team and I'll believe" now it's just "that's not enough" - that's cool though. Just don't try to be the bandwagon mascot down the road.
GREAT SHOW STEPHEN A I LOVE HOW YOU GAVE CRIS CARTER TGE PLATFORM TO STAND UP FOR THE VIKES NATION
STEPHEN A we WILL NEVER FORGET
Maybe Stephen A trying to be Skip Bayless . Stephen A was the one who said that Adam Gates looked High at his opening press conferences. Stephen A was the one who said Adam Gates shouldn’t be a head coach in the NFL. Stephen A recently was taking about the disfunction in Carolina over the past couple year. Yet he only going look at was Sam Darold didn’t do in those horrible situations. Shannon Sharpe recently said he doesn’t just look at if a play was good or bad but the reason behind why the play was a good or bad play. Stephen A being as smart as he is, should probably consider looking at the reason why Sam Darold wasn’t successful in those situations.
How pathetic. Waiting for him to have a bad game just to avoid giving him props on First Take. And the 49ers had Deebo the whole game. He literally caught Purdy's final pass. That shows that he doesn't even be watching. And we beat them with McCaffrey last season. And we didn't have Addison or TJ this year so that excuse doesn't work. These are clownish takes from Stephen Hate Smith.
When Darnold has a bad game: Stephen A: I TOLD ALL OF YALL!
Stephen A doesn’t know anything about football that’s why he’s so lost. All of his points are surface level. Zero depth in his analysis. The Vikings are absolutely ballin and he just isn’t smart enough to notice it
Steven Smith: The Panthers brought Mayfield on to replace Darnold and within weeks, gave up on him and went back to Darnold.
Interesting too that he gives the 49ers a pass after losing McCaffrey, but ignored that Darnold went south at Carolina when MCaffrey got injured.
Sports have evolved , it’s not as simple as “this quarterback is bad , this quarterback is good”. System matters in 2024. 🤷🏾♂️
Steven Smith is the GOAT for being a joke. Chris Carter easily called him out.
Basketball Stephen A can debate. He should be posterized in almost every NFL debate he has.
I hoped that Stephen A would be eating crow, but apparently I underestimated his sheer hatred and disdain for the Vikings...
That is right, Chris put the HEAT on him and break him down
Good lord my man, did your parents ever teach you that it's useless to double down? We get that you're part of the New York media and we get that he was awful with the Jets and Carolina. But how many QBs have been good with those teams over the last two decades. Aaron Rodgers? Quite obviously, that is just placing an already great QB on your team. Cam Newton? That was a completely different regime. At a certain point,, it just appears like you are upset that you were wrong.
If anything, placing Aaron Rodgers in NY further proves that the Jets cannot develop a QB to save their lives.
@@oel734 amen. Meanwhile we competent orgs are the ones who clean up their messes
Stephen A is the type of person to disagree with you on everything just because he has nothing else to do but argue against you
Did he say “Josh Purdy” ? 😂
This is why I do not listen to Stephen Smith when it comes to football anyone who knows anything about football knows that Sam Darnold never had an offensive line. He never had real weapons around him, and he was always in a bad system on a bad team with bad coaches!!! as soon as you put him in our system with a good team with good coaches and good weapons around him we’re literally 4-0 and he’s been on fire!!!
Darnold led the Viks down the field in a game clinching drive against the 49ers with out Jefferson, Addison, or Hockenson.. He can make it happen. I do hope he can start getting rid if the ball a bit quicker though. Maybe that will happen as he gets more familiar with the offense. Another thing they didn't mention was how effective the Viks run gane has been. Both Jones and Chandler are playing some good ball.
Cris Carter knows from experience. He played for a different quarterback almost every year. Some of them were reclamation projects. Randall Cunningham, for example. Jeff George had his best year coming off the bench. There's also Warren Moon and Jim McMahon. And Vikings draft picks like Daunte Culpepper, Brad Johnson and Rich Gannon.
Carter knows what he's talking about, and Smith needs to chill the hell out.
LOL . . . you’re the man Chris! Who’s this Steven A fella? Seriously Vikes & Darnold are playing lights out regardless of Stevie’s miserable attitude. But it’s a long season and a lot of things can and will go wrong. There is no crowning anyone for anything yet. Looking forward to watching this Vikings show though. Vikings fan for 60 plus years! SKOL brothers!
Stephen A said “wait and see how Darnold does against Bosa and the San Francisco defense. Now he’s saying let’s see how he does against the Jets defense. No matter what he does he finds a new excuse
Please don't look over the fact that Sam Darnold just completed a season working with the quarterback whisperer, Kyle Shanahan.
Peace and Blessings everyone.
McCaffrey didn't play Steven A neither did Addison hockenson for the Vikings either so what you trying to say
Just because you say something loudly and confidently doesn’t make you right Stephen A. 🙄
This is Chris? Sam Darnold never 👎 had the right situation to shine. ✨ Baker, Geno and and Sam are now top QB’s in a league where what have you done for me lately literally means just that! Geno is the best if this bunch and he’s definitely making a case to be the #1 QB in the NFL. TWO 2️⃣ interceptions Geno? YOU GOTTA STOP 🛑 THAT BS! Nip that in the bud! We vouching for you out here. Been doing that since 2022! All you have to do is continue to be you. ACCURATE! 80% NO INTERCEPTIONS!!! 8:1 TD to INT ratio!!! 40-50 TD’s with only 5 INT’s is 10:1! Even better. Averaging almost 400 per game 3 TD’s a game! 40-50 yards on the ground! LETS GO!
Chris calling out Stephen for his BS opinions. Stephen used to be based. Now he just follows the script given to him by ESPN and the NFL and that is hating on the smaller market teams.
Steven A. and Nick Wright will never like Sam Darnold and will always be moving the goalposts with selective stats. And yet Stephen A. is all in on Justin Fields (apparently his past doesn't exist) as the Steelers are his team. Cris schooled him and he won't admit it.
Steve Young was pretty bad in Tampa, went to San Francisco, sat behind Montana for years and then had a Hall of Fame career. People right off QBs way to fast.
Chris Carter is the man
I like how he is using injuries as an excuse for the Vikings winning... yes CMC was hurt... Yes Deebo Samual got hurt but did play and was effective vs Minnesota... But we going to act like Vikings weren't without Addison? Hockenson? Even their rookie Dallas Turner left the game because of injury... Jefferson left the game because of injury... but yet CMC right? Let's overlook that Jordan Mason is doing pretty good running the ball... The hatred for the Vikings is showing SAS!
Situation is everything
San Francisco gets excuses every time they're hurt... and Mccaffrey has a career od injuries...
Vikings, meanwhile, are out Hockenson and Addison and Jefferson and Aaron Jones didn't play end of game vs 49ers due to injury
Stephen A is just trolling at this point
He hates on the Vikings AND admits they have injuries. Yet call them frauds saying they beat injured teams
Chris Carter knows A LOT more about the NFL than Stephen A-Hole Smith.
“49ers had hurt player” kinda like how Vikings had no Addison no Tj and no JJ ? Lol
Stephen A. I respect the heck out of you and what you have accomplished in your career. But keep it 💯 my guy. Your takes on the vikings are wild sometimes and regardless of darnolds past you can't deny what he is doing and what this team as a whole is doing so far. We not saying you have to pu them in the superbowl but don't act like they aren't 1 of the best teams in the league so far.
Darnold could take the vikes to the Super Bowl, win MVP or come back player of the year, and he’d still say
“But on the jets dude was atrocious! And the panthers????? Look at his completion rating against teams that have the color red, and you tell me if that’s MVP caliber?”
You nailed it
To steal a line from the late, great Jackie Gleason, Stephen A. Smith “you are a blabber mouth!”
Smoked his boots CC he wasn’t tryna hear nothing let him stay on that side
To quote the great Bill Parcells, "You are what your record says you are."
And like it or not [cuz it really doesn't matter which] the Minnesota Vikings are 3-0. And you can't even say they haven't beaten quality opponents.
One last thing: Week 3 is just a tad early to make major pronouncements about anything. Hell, WEEK 10 is still too early for that. So take a breath, enjoy the show, and let Sam Darnold have his time in the shine. It isn't as if the guy hasn't earned it.
Tell it like it is Chris!!
The Darnold story is not complicated, although negative Nancys like SAS continue to carp about Darnold’s past record. He was a 20 year old with raw talent and a big arm who gets drafted by the woeful Jets organization - what could go wrong? He’s thrown in as the starter immediately with little to no development. He continues to suffer there through coaching changes and multiple systems. He’s eventually discarded when, not surprisingly, he hasn’t performed as desired. He gets traded to another organization, the Panthers, that isn’t quite as dysfunctional as the Jets but not much better. Ditto on coaching changes. In his last years there he’s forced to run a ridiculous college level offense under Rhule (who was clearly out of his depth as an NFL head coach). Fortunately, gets traded to SF, where, for the first time, he gets proper QB training and tutoring to allow his tremendous talents to flourish. It’s continuing at Minnesota. He’s just gonna get better. The past is not prologue.
Kudos for the Jets on drafting great QBs...for other teams.
I’ve been waiting on this…. You said he beat the Giants, ok… you had that. But then we beat the 49ers, impressive! But we demolished the team the Texans whom you praised and you’re still hating? We gonna when it all this year and SAS will still be talking about Darnold when he played with the Jets. 😂🤦🏿
Btw Bill Belicheck said that the Jets were the only team that didn’t like Sam Darnold lol
I think that what frustrates me most about Stephen's attitude is the reverence he has for the Jets as though Rodgers is the second coming of Brady or something. Yes, the Jets may be good, but the only decent team they've played all season is the 49'ers who blew the pants off of them. Yes, the Pats game was impressive, but until they beat an actual contender, THEY HAVE NOT PROVED THEMSELVES. But noooo because it's Rodgers the bar for being convincing is rock bottom but the despised Vikings cannot earn respect any way on this green earth short of doing well in the playoffs.