this franchise does just enough to fill seats and convince the gullible fans the team is SuperBowl bound. When you sign Sam Darnold you are saying we're cool with being OK at best. Hey 14 wins though right 👎🏾
Why yes indeed Sam Darnold, I would like fries with that, thank you for asking. Hey Sam, gotta run, can you put that burger and fries in a sack? Oh sorry, uhh, a paper bag work fine😉
You need to be much better KOC. You’re supposed to be a brilliant offensive mind but your red zone offense is hot garbage. You’ve scored 2 touchdowns on your last 24 drives of the season .
You do realize that the Vikings lost 4 games this year two against the Rams and two against Detroit so their 14 win record didn’t mean anything because they didn’t get those 14 wins against us
I was at the game tonight and when I saw Darnold run 23 sec out of the 3rdq I could see they were beaten. What you guys could not see at home was how bad he missed Jefferson on over 10 plays. Sam has no perfil vision and he held the ball like Cousins used to . These teams also have Jeffersons number, you just hit him after 3 yards hold him and hope they don't call it because 80% of the time they dont. Worse 800 I have ever wasted on tickets and I want a refund because K.O.C. didn't pull Darnold when he should have by 2nd Q.
Yep, Darnold was traded time after time. All the teams that traded him knew of this problem with him. I can only hope they don’t pay him big bucks like they did Cousin’s! They can’t win one playoff game! What good is it to have a winning record but can’t win one game in the playoffs! Vikings have been in the league 63 years without a Super Bowl win!
They celebrated the 14th win like they accomplished something. Sam on shoulders like he won mvp of the superbowl. This is what happens when you celebrate too early..
"Give Sam a chance to put the ball in play." Are you kidding coach? He hangs on to the ball forever, and you can see the result - 9 sacks. You switch QBS, give us Stafford, give them Darnold, we win by several touchdowns. Darnold is the problem, and KOC seems loathe to admit it. God help us if they keep him.
KOC is just a master at PC talk what do you expect. It would be worse to say Darnold sucks but hey we might resign him because we have no better option. And they still might, his future contracts just tanked this game and who knows with mcarthy and jones. This team is just a constant let down, however KO is not the problem
Whine much? You didn't feel like this all season though. Playoffs is another beast. Give your coach and QB a break. They have done great the whole season. Try get another QB who can give you 14 wins and a playoff.
Commitment and dedication is in every locker room at the beginning of the season. His slow reads, reaction times, indecision, and poor accuracy...at the end of a 14-win season??? I knew when they didn't rule Detroit, the next game was an ender.
Better build that O-line a LOT better or you're gonna get JJ hurt again. Getting sick and tired of, "Well, we had a good season ". Tired of participation trophies. Get some focus, some single mindedness about winning championships and some damn killer instinct on this team or you'll keep being the prey and never be the predator.
Difference in this game is fumble for a touchdown and not punting before half, play calling was atrocious, effort and hustle truly was in question.. Kevin O Connell as a favorite in the playoffs looks terrible..
You didn't do enough on clock mgmt! Running calls when your down 3 TDs and receivers going down inside to burn up the clock. Should have put DJ in for the 4th qtr, he has playoff experience
The Vikings were projected to be 5-12 at the beginning of the season. These last 2 losses suck but this team wildly outperformed this year. They just need to build on it.
Darnold melted down the past two games (Detroit and LA) under moderate pressure and reverted to his old form. The inability of Darnold to read the D and quickly find a receiver is his downfall. He likely will never overcome this limitation. It is hard-wired. On to JJ
No. What he really said was "Sam's a great guy but he's obviously not the guy going forward. And we'll be looking to replace 90% of the defense in the draft".
Kevin needs to go. These dudes did interviews all week long making excuses for the lions game. Excuses all week long instead of preparing. They lost both rematches because they made zero adjustments.
To be honest, I wasn't disappointed at all in their performance. I learned a long time ago that the Vikes are incredibly fun to watch during the regular season, but never, and I mean never expect much from them post season. They may win a few playoff games, once in a great while, but when the loss comes, it's obvious they are completely outmatched. Accept this, and you won't be heartbroken anymore.
We had a good season record especially for doing all for 31 Khyree Jackson but we didn’t want this to end like that twice in a row to the Lions and Rams and we will be back next year as for KJ Forever Remembered.
First and foremost a big step forward needs to be taken by the HC in big games and playoff games. For the 2nd week in a row, it wasn’t just the QB that stank, the entire team wasn’t ready to play.
Coach was biggest problem. There’s plays that can be called when there is so much pressure . I watched ESPN 2 last night and both Mannings and Bilichick couldn’t believe KOC wasn’t getting the ball out fast to slow down rush. Darnold stunk again but so did play calling . I guess our QB dilemma for next year went away
They got their asses handed to them two games in a row. Like they could not compete. Sam darnold was utterly overmatched, talking about him is an MVP candidate just a couple of weeks ago makes you a moron and he should not be a starting quarterback anywhere unless another freak accident happens. The truth is, he has a couple of small adjustments to make and he might be okay, he's never going to be very good, he's just not very accurate, not good under pressure, is a really bad decision maker, but the big thing is he can't make adjustments. Not even in game, but over the course of a week between games or a season or even his over the course of his career. Finally, talking about Kevin O'Connell is coach of the year and ignoring Dan Campbell is insane. Everybody talks about how they expected the alliance to be good this year, no they didn't. Everybody talked last year about how the Lions would have a tougher time this year than last year because teams would be gunning for them and their schedule would be stronger. The Lions did better despite massive injuries but nobody's talking about Dan Campbell's go to the year except people who refused to go along with the heard.
Dude what are you talking about...everyone was putting Dan Campbell as coach of the year....yes KOC too ...back and forth between them.....if Vikings would have beat Detroit it would have been KOC....but not anymore.
Worse than darnold is koc and his horrible play calling. He gave the club no chance, the backup would have been better, darnold holds the ball like he has the raiders offensive line from the days of kenny stabler. Hopefully darnold is gone, koc gives up the play calling and let the qb coach help jj, he should only be keeping the clubhouse stable. Hands off jj, koc was a horrible qb, stay in your lane.
Woefully Coached, QB was off again and Oline was terrible. 14-2 and then you Sir, BLEW IT. After 3 Seasons of never playing out a full game, going MIA, being "frauds" if you like - KOC is not it.
KOC you disappointed me Darnold you stink the interior OLine needs to be CUT and i feel really bad for Justin Jefferson still looking for his first playoff win
Unless I am mistaken the Vikings only had 3 out of 14 wins against teams that made the playoffs Houston when they were struggling and the Packers twice
4th and 2 at the 50 trailing 17-3 with 1:35 on the clock. Punting was the correct call to try getting to halftime and regroup trailing 17-3. You have the ball to start the third quarter with a chance to make it a one score game. Instead your down 24-3 with no momentum and little chance to make a game off it.
One thing I don’t understand if you see your quarterback struggling why not bench him but as a coach you have to learn how to adjust to the defense he didn’t change up his game plan after halftime or nothing
Let Sam Darnold go. He’s been a bust his entire career. He’s no good. Even though the coaching staff of the Vikings and WRs made him look decent this year
I feel we overachieved all year. There’s no way a Vikings fan would have predicted a 14 win season 4 months ago. The bad part, we basically got killed in the 2 most important back to back games of the year. Darnold did not look like he did in the previous 16 games. Was it the pressure? I don’t know.
He’s starting to show he can’t win in the big games. No adjustments to long developing deep QB drop when rush is getting to QB. Stupid going on 4th and 2 end of half, panic coaching!
I hope the next quarterback you need to let him know if it’s pressure they need to run to switch the whole understanding about the office. This is Crazy.
typical Vikings. been watching 47yrs. this is what the they do,,regardless of coach,, players,,,ownership,,etc... big games,,,they shit their pants. get used to it if ya want to be a Viking fan.
When I saw Minnesota winning game after game this regular season, I also saw their fans celebrating over nothing. They were so used to bad seasons that any victory or any winning streak seemed like a SB win or the illusion to having won one and the results of celebrating before playing infected an average QB, an average HC and an very good team team I must say., with the thought of being the team to beat. Before you reply the classic "What are you even talking about" question or the "you are delusional comment", please think about it.
Wrong, bucking are 4th winningest franchise in NFL. Yes many fans get so excited by regular season wins and are shocked by playoff losses. Been watching this team choke for years, but you are off about being used to bad seasons., it’s quite the opposite!
The Vikings are usually decent just not good enough to win the big one... so 'used to bad seasons' just tells me you don't watch or follow much football. Top 5 winningest franchise in league history. And anyway who made you the celebration police? Do you go to the playground and tell kids that growing up sucks and their lives are going to be worse? Get outta here with that crap.
After an embarrassing loss, he wants us to remember Sam Darnold's good times lol 😂. You can't make this ish up. KOC needs to be a QB coach. He isn't a good HC.
Offensive line sucks, defense can't tackle, QB will get another job as a backup next year. One of the most flawed and at times fun but 14-3 should be moving to the next round. Not the case, tired of 7 step drops, tired of no screen passes that don't work, tired of a crappy O-Line. Why didn't Jurgens and the other tackle get any run at all this year? You drafted them to be starters at some point, give them some snaps.
He's not gonna be a backup lol. 14-3 season and was his first playoff game. The running game was non existent also why the offense didn't get going. Coaching dropped the ball and players didn't look motivated after losing to Detroit. Saw 0 urgency
Bring back the old coaches when they would’ve scolded Darnold under the bus which he certainly deserved. Tired of all the cuddling and coddling. From a veteran like Darnold, the fans deserved better than what was on the field. He played like crap last night over the last two weeks. Give me a break O’Connell.
COK disrespected the intire Skol Fanbase by not switching Darnold out. You didn't show Grit man. Every other Qb would have ran. Every other QB is running and fighting to win. Your dog was getting bullied and you left em in there
oh lord... fire koc? Im a Bengals guy and even I know thats silly. He won you 14 games and was a game away from winning the no 1 seed? You know how many teams would kill for that?
I just don't understand the decision to keep Darnold in after the first half and following the game last week. It couldn't have gotten any worse with Mullens or Jones in, so why not at least TRY with another QB?
this dude is pulling off one of the BEST Bait n Switch..i ever seen. Got everybody look Right=REGULAR SEASON. But stealing hearts n minds with Left=Playoffs 1-n-DONES. He's a Magical. HaHa...he did it again. 1-N-DONE!!!!
From a Michgander Lions loyalist: Darnold must not have realized he was capable of being that bad- that he was that kind of athlete. To freeze up like that. No man would go out there and do that to himself. He would fake an injury or something. What can he do now except retire, dye his hair, change his name and get himself a shack on a Louisiana bayou? He's destined to become a case study for university psychology class.
Vikings in a nut shell....59 seasons of "Oh well, Maybe next year"
this franchise does just enough to fill seats and convince the gullible fans the team is SuperBowl bound. When you sign Sam Darnold you are saying we're cool with being OK at best. Hey 14 wins though right 👎🏾
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Why yes indeed Sam Darnold, I would like fries with that, thank you for asking. Hey Sam, gotta run, can you put that burger and fries in a sack? Oh sorry, uhh, a paper bag work fine😉
Koc - your coaching was atrocious-game plan even worse !
oh well or better luck next time sounds good
Rams 9 sacks..............Vikings 9 points
I’m pretty sure it’s the most sacks given up since the Les Steckle Vikings gave up 13 with Archie Manning at the helm in 1984.
Tf was the o line doing the last two games?
@@americangamer1632Sam holds the ball way too fucking long.
Classic vikings. Have got to be the most consistent team to always choke and ALWAYS let you down.
blue balls central. We suck and are frauds and always will be. thanks football gods.
Even though u SKOL fans been trolling my teams fan base all season, I still think u guys will be ok next season
The Minnesota Vikings will never win a Super Bowl. God hates the Minnesota Vikings! 63 years in the league without a Super Bowl win!
Love it the Vikings SUCK GO LIONS KINGS OF THE NORTH
@@troygibson451no
Vikings can make any team look good when it matters
Ain’t this the truth
100% cold hard FACT.
You need to be much better KOC. You’re supposed to be a brilliant offensive mind but your red zone offense is hot garbage. You’ve scored 2 touchdowns on your last 24 drives of the season .
First 14 win team to lose in the wild card 105 seasons Minnesota can’t catch a break
They SUCK GO LIONS KINGS OF THE NFC NORTH
A “break”? Y not blame Cousins? That’s what they’ve done last 6 years. They lost bc their QB showed his true colors.
First 14 win team to even play in the wildcard…
Well they were the 1st 14 win team to even play in the wildcard round. So regardless they would have been the first 14 win team to win or lose 🤣
Game was more about Vikings choking than Rams being good.
😂 change from Vikings to the Minnesota Chokings
60 plus years of snake bit bad luck, tell me I’m wrong
You do realize that the Vikings lost 4 games this year two against the Rams and two against Detroit so their 14 win record didn’t mean anything because they didn’t get those 14 wins against us
Not really. Rams were on them all game and didn’t let up at all. That’s what you call a playoff defense
The ghosts had horns
Bradberry should be let go, same for Risner . They need a complete overhaul with both guards and the center.
yup
I mean the team won 14 games. RAMS were just dominant on the d-line.
I was at the game tonight and when I saw Darnold run 23 sec out of the 3rdq I could see they were beaten. What you guys could not see at home was how bad he missed Jefferson on over 10 plays. Sam has no perfil vision and he held the ball like Cousins used to . These teams also have Jeffersons number, you just hit him after 3 yards hold him and hope they don't call it because 80% of the time they dont. Worse 800 I have ever wasted on tickets and I want a refund because K.O.C. didn't pull Darnold when he should have by 2nd Q.
First time?
Yep, Darnold was traded time after time. All the teams that traded him knew of this problem with him. I can only hope they don’t pay him big bucks like they did Cousin’s! They can’t win one playoff game! What good is it to have a winning record but can’t win one game in the playoffs! Vikings have been in the league 63 years without a Super Bowl win!
They celebrated the 14th win like they accomplished something. Sam on shoulders like he won mvp of the superbowl. This is what happens when you celebrate too early..
If you ask me, I'd say all our players washed off all the athleticism from that
"Give Sam a chance to put the ball in play." Are you kidding coach? He hangs on to the ball forever, and you can see the result - 9 sacks. You switch QBS, give us Stafford, give them Darnold, we win by several touchdowns. Darnold is the problem, and KOC seems loathe to admit it. God help us if they keep him.
@@jackmarquardson9023 KOC lost in 2022 also without Darnold and 7 and 10 last year
KOC is just a master at PC talk what do you expect. It would be worse to say Darnold sucks but hey we might resign him because we have no better option. And they still might, his future contracts just tanked this game and who knows with mcarthy and jones. This team is just a constant let down, however KO is not the problem
Whine much? You didn't feel like this all season though. Playoffs is another beast. Give your coach and QB a break. They have done great the whole season. Try get another QB who can give you 14 wins and a playoff.
@keaghan6760 He was part of the problem the last 2! Didn't say shit to these guys to push them at all. RAMS looked fired up and Lions too.
Did you want coach to just bury his QB? And tell us what we already knew.
HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY PLAY WORSE THAN THE 1ST GAME AGAINST RAMS✋️✋️✋️
Commitment and dedication is in every locker room at the beginning of the season. His slow reads, reaction times, indecision, and poor accuracy...at the end of a 14-win season??? I knew when they didn't rule Detroit, the next game was an ender.
Better build that O-line a LOT better or you're gonna get JJ hurt again. Getting sick and tired of, "Well, we had a good season ". Tired of participation trophies. Get some focus, some single mindedness about winning championships and some damn killer instinct on this team or you'll keep being the prey and never be the predator.
6th in capspace... I promise they're gonna address the interior OL and DB/DT
@@Beaver80I wouldn't make that promise. They drafted their franchise QB without addressing a terrible O-line
@@ru4skuba cool story... they will address their issues... they have the cap space!!!
@@ru4skuba Still yet to be seen he may be a franchise back up like most college QBs who just benefit of a good system.
Difference in this game is fumble for a touchdown and not punting before half, play calling was atrocious, effort and hustle truly was in question.. Kevin O Connell as a favorite in the playoffs looks terrible..
As a Cleveland Browns fan,the Vikings made me feel better about my team.
How much do you owe your "QB"? Nah, glad I am a Vikes fan and dont have that sh*t on my team.
I’d rather have this result than pay a rapist $200m
You didn't do enough on clock mgmt! Running calls when your down 3 TDs and receivers going down inside to burn up the clock.
Should have put DJ in for the 4th qtr, he has playoff experience
The Vikings were projected to be 5-12 at the beginning of the season. These last 2 losses suck but this team wildly outperformed this year. They just need to build on it.
Use all draft picks on the O line. If you can hit on just 2. We get incredibly better
Its not that they lost, its how they lost the last 2 games
When is the participation trophy parade?
@@lorent4998 Whenever you want it to be I guess. Sorry you're bothered by facts.
@@sim396 It always is.
Darnold melted down the past two games (Detroit and LA) under moderate pressure and reverted to his old form. The inability of Darnold to read the D and quickly find a receiver is his downfall. He likely will never overcome this limitation. It is hard-wired. On to JJ
No. What he really said was "Sam's a great guy but he's obviously not the guy going forward. And we'll be looking to replace 90% of the defense in the draft".
OL should be replace they aloud 9 sacks
Sam held the ball, most sacks came after 2.5 seconds. Yes O line needs to improve so did Sam. Game was to big for him!
@ that O line was ridiculously awful
I can’t wait til yall find out about JJ McCarthy 😂. Sam Darnold and this past season will be your ceiling over the next few seasons
@@jrcrit8843 you're probably right. The vikings do tend to pick overrated QBs in the draft.
Vikings nemesis: a superbowl ring
Nope. The Lions
@@brokentubing atleast the lions are trying. They change things unlike this team
@ Yup
what are you talking about...its the playoffs....they can't get to the superbowl because they can't win a playoff game if their life depended on it.
@@lunatune3714 they made the super bowl 4 times
This is crazy two games back to back
As a Giants fan, I feel for the Vikings
Vikes need a new Center and 2 new Guards. Good golly!
Kevin needs to go. These dudes did interviews all week long making excuses for the lions game. Excuses all week long instead of preparing. They lost both rematches because they made zero adjustments.
Agree but you can't adjust when your O line sucks and a quarterback that can't handle pressure and find receivers.
They didn't play to win. They play not to freaking loose!
To be honest, I wasn't disappointed at all in their performance. I learned a long time ago that the Vikes are incredibly fun to watch during the regular season, but never, and I mean never expect much from them post season. They may win a few playoff games, once in a great while, but when the loss comes, it's obvious they are completely outmatched. Accept this, and you won't be heartbroken anymore.
We had a good season record especially for doing all for 31 Khyree Jackson but we didn’t want this to end like that twice in a row to the Lions and Rams and we will be back next year as for KJ Forever Remembered.
Darnold gone. O-line needs replacements. At least with not paying Darnold, the Vikes can add some playmakers next year with salary cap room.
First and foremost a big step forward needs to be taken by the HC in big games and playoff games. For the 2nd week in a row, it wasn’t just the QB that stank, the entire team wasn’t ready to play.
Coach was biggest problem. There’s plays that can be called when there is so much pressure . I watched ESPN 2 last night and both Mannings and Bilichick couldn’t believe KOC wasn’t getting the ball out fast to slow down rush. Darnold stunk again but so did play calling . I guess our QB dilemma for next year went away
Packers fan here, join the club
The Vikqueens lmao 🤣 what a beating 🤦♂️
They still did better than the fudge packers.😊
They got their asses handed to them two games in a row.
Like they could not compete.
Sam darnold was utterly overmatched, talking about him is an MVP candidate just a couple of weeks ago makes you a moron and he should not be a starting quarterback anywhere unless another freak accident happens.
The truth is, he has a couple of small adjustments to make and he might be okay, he's never going to be very good, he's just not very accurate, not good under pressure, is a really bad decision maker, but the big thing is he can't make adjustments. Not even in game, but over the course of a week between games or a season or even his over the course of his career.
Finally, talking about Kevin O'Connell is coach of the year and ignoring Dan Campbell is insane.
Everybody talks about how they expected the alliance to be good this year, no they didn't. Everybody talked last year about how the Lions would have a tougher time this year than last year because teams would be gunning for them and their schedule would be stronger.
The Lions did better despite massive injuries but nobody's talking about Dan Campbell's go to the year except people who refused to go along with the heard.
Dude what are you talking about...everyone was putting Dan Campbell as coach of the year....yes KOC too ...back and forth between them.....if Vikings would have beat Detroit it would have been KOC....but not anymore.
Rhetoric. Rhetoric. Same crap every year. Show me something different, how about a damn playoff win for once?
Or even a prime time win. I believe he’s 0-7 in those games.
He is a great talker. Should be a politician. No changes just talk.
Worse than darnold is koc and his horrible play calling. He gave the club no chance, the backup would have been better, darnold holds the ball like he has the raiders offensive line from the days of kenny stabler. Hopefully darnold is gone, koc gives up the play calling and let the qb coach help jj, he should only be keeping the clubhouse stable. Hands off jj, koc was a horrible qb, stay in your lane.
KOC will bring Darnold back. He has a tendency to hold on to players and staff for too long
your fired !
I guess the one thing Darnold didn’t learn from Purdy is how to win playoff games.
@@lMrFresno559l 49ers have a better coach and had the best defense in the league those years and McCaffrey
Purdy’s at home because we know he can’t do it at all without everyone of his all star cast being right there lol
@jrcrit8843 Yeah he also walked Into a team who's defense and kicker scored most of the points and then McCaffrey with Purdy handing it off 🤣🤣🤣
@@lMrFresno559l Purdy did like bare minimum. Dre Greenlaw and the D plus McCaffrey carried that team.
Woefully Coached, QB was off again and Oline was terrible.
14-2 and then you Sir, BLEW IT.
After 3 Seasons of never playing out a full game, going MIA, being "frauds" if you like - KOC is not it.
Coach of the Year Right There. You’re One Heck of a Coach. Always Be You… Well Said 🏆
Choke artist of the year
Interesting, gave zero credit to the Rams and a coach he once worked with.
hes all in his feelings.
I'm sure the entire Rams organization gives zero shits whether or not KOC held their balls up after the game.
@@sickofitall8486Especially since they’re gonna get smoked in Philly next weekend
He should be giving credit to the refs for winning it for the Rams
@@Lemonysnicketsssoh cmon the Vikings played like hot garbage a couple calls wouldn’t do anything
Unfortunately, that is the Vikings in the playoffs. They werent strong enough in regular season, the signs were there
KOC you disappointed me Darnold you stink the interior OLine needs to be CUT and i feel really bad for Justin Jefferson still looking for his first playoff win
Unless I am mistaken the Vikings only had 3 out of 14 wins against teams that made the playoffs Houston when they were struggling and the Packers twice
4th and 2 at the 50 trailing 17-3 with 1:35 on the clock. Punting was the correct call to try getting to halftime and regroup trailing 17-3. You have the ball to start the third quarter with a chance to make it a one score game. Instead your down 24-3 with no momentum and little chance to make a game off it.
No offense no defense, sacks, fumbles = game loss
Vikings got they Skols cracked twice in a row 💪🏾🦁💪🏾
When you assemble an 'adequate' O-line, on the cheap, you should not expect to win playoff games.
One thing I don’t understand if you see your quarterback struggling why not bench him but as a coach you have to learn how to adjust to the defense he didn’t change up his game plan after halftime or nothing
Let Sam Darnold go. He’s been a bust his entire career. He’s no good. Even though the coaching staff of the Vikings and WRs made him look decent this year
I feel we overachieved all year. There’s no way a Vikings fan would have predicted a 14 win season 4 months ago. The bad part, we basically got killed in the 2 most important back to back games of the year. Darnold did not look like he did in the previous 16 games. Was it the pressure? I don’t know.
JJ would’ve played better with JJ😂
Kevin's done hell of a job this season. Im sure they will bounce back with JJ McCarthy next season. The team came this far.
Mcarthy is still unproven. It's a 50/50 but hopefully he does
better get jj some help or he is gona have a rough 1st year as a starter we need a running back with out so many miles on him jones best days are gone
He’s starting to show he can’t win in the big games. No adjustments to long developing deep QB drop when rush is getting to QB. Stupid going on 4th and 2 end of half, panic coaching!
Kevin 0-2 in Wildcard games... that the Vikings were favored to win.
@@Jose-q2s9dI’m hoping McCarthy is going to be good but it’s hard to put all your hopes on a guy who’s never taken a regular season snap.
I hope the next quarterback you need to let him know if it’s pressure they need to run to switch the whole understanding about the office. This is Crazy.
It really really sucks to be a Vikings fan. I am very sad and very angry.
14 wins and can't even beat the Rams. What a disgusting, embarrassing performance 🤦 😳 🙄 in the post-season.
They literally dog walked us
Darnold couldn't possibly play any worse than he did against the lions...Darnold - hold my Gatorade
typical Vikings. been watching 47yrs. this is what the they do,,regardless of coach,, players,,,ownership,,etc... big games,,,they shit their pants. get used to it if ya want to be a Viking fan.
Yeah, same here except I've been a fan for 59 years. This is so typical, the Vikings never fail to disappoint.
I thought they should have pulled Darnold after the first quarter. A change at that position might have fired the whole team up.
Rams not even that Good that’s crazy they lost
At least yall celebrated week 17 like you won the Superbowl. Must've known what was around the corner.
Hey... take it easy, they were just happy for Sam because he had a great game. They celebrated Sam's season up to that point...
KOC 0-2 in playoffs. Not good.
When I saw Minnesota winning game after game this regular season, I also saw their fans celebrating over nothing. They were so used to bad seasons that any victory or any winning streak seemed like a SB win or the illusion to having won one and the results of celebrating before playing infected an average QB, an average HC and an very good team team I must say., with the thought of being the team to beat. Before you reply the classic "What are you even talking about" question or the "you are delusional comment", please think about it.
Wrong, bucking are 4th winningest franchise in NFL. Yes many fans get so excited by regular season wins and are shocked by playoff losses. Been watching this team choke for years, but you are off about being used to bad seasons., it’s quite the opposite!
The Vikings are usually decent just not good enough to win the big one... so 'used to bad seasons' just tells me you don't watch or follow much football. Top 5 winningest franchise in league history. And anyway who made you the celebration police? Do you go to the playground and tell kids that growing up sucks and their lives are going to be worse? Get outta here with that crap.
@LM-id1bb enjoy more important things next season instead of a fools' game.
Actually it was The Lions who blew apart The Vikings and The Rams were nearby to sweep up the debris.
Maybe now we can fix our Offensive line! We need a big center and 2 huge guards!
If JJ McCarthy isn’t better than Oh My God!
Hope he watched the Commanders Lions game and saw the pockets Daniels had against the same Lions team he just played two weeks prior.
😅in a nutshell he saying great run with darnold but we moving on , hope he can learn something 😊
After an embarrassing loss, he wants us to remember Sam Darnold's good times lol 😂. You can't make this ish up. KOC needs to be a QB coach. He isn't a good HC.
Offensive line sucks, defense can't tackle, QB will get another job as a backup next year. One of the most flawed and at times fun but 14-3 should be moving to the next round. Not the case, tired of 7 step drops, tired of no screen passes that don't work, tired of a crappy O-Line. Why didn't Jurgens and the other tackle get any run at all this year? You drafted them to be starters at some point, give them some snaps.
He's not gonna be a backup lol. 14-3 season and was his first playoff game. The running game was non existent also why the offense didn't get going. Coaching dropped the ball and players didn't look motivated after losing to Detroit. Saw 0 urgency
If the worst thing that happens to you is your team doesn't win its a pretty good day
Between him and Sam they have a total of 65 "ummm" during the post game interviews
Bring back the old coaches when they would’ve scolded Darnold under the bus which he certainly deserved. Tired of all the cuddling and coddling. From a veteran like Darnold, the fans deserved better than what was on the field. He played like crap last night over the last two weeks. Give me a break O’Connell.
Every year I'm to the point I just don't believe we will never get there to the bowl My Vikings team it's just 😢
Good job dude!
As a packer fan. Haha
It’s a long legacy of working hard to find a way to lose when it matters most.
From Bud Grant to KOC.
A franchise of choke artists.
KOC/0-2 in the playoffs. Fold in big games. Putting band-aids on the QB position. Vikings fan for 57 seasons. I am SO tired of these letdowns
Dismal did not play like a 14 and 3 team. Need to put 30 plus points on the board routinely.
Horrible play calling. Your all world receiver collapsing in meaningful moments like usual.
COK disrespected the intire Skol Fanbase by not switching Darnold out. You didn't show Grit man.
Every other Qb would have ran. Every other QB is running and fighting to win. Your dog was getting bullied and you left em in there
Oconnel does not lead well. the worst clock management in the 4th, down 3 scores.
fire sam, fire koc and dc flores.
oh lord... fire koc? Im a Bengals guy and even I know thats silly. He won you 14 games and was a game away from winning the no 1 seed? You know how many teams would kill for that?
Sounds like KOC knows the plan is JJ
It sounds like it doesn’t matter
Lol JJ ain’t special. That org will find that out soon. Michigan didn’t win a title because of him that’s for sure 😂
@ Shhh! Let them build their hopes up all over again
Let’s blame it on Kirk Cousins, the default whine for Vikings last 6 years.
I thought Daniel Jones was going to go in at any minute lol
Rams proved they are a seasoned playoff team and the regular season means nothing. Go Chiefs
U should of put Mullens in so he can help Too and u rather stick with Sam Darnold
He’s bout to get a rookie qb. Might be a below .500 team
I just don't understand the decision to keep Darnold in after the first half and following the game last week. It couldn't have gotten any worse with Mullens or Jones in, so why not at least TRY with another QB?
he chokes on the big moments....14 wins means nothing....
this dude is pulling off one of the BEST Bait n Switch..i ever seen. Got everybody look Right=REGULAR SEASON. But stealing hearts n minds with Left=Playoffs 1-n-DONES. He's a Magical. HaHa...he did it again. 1-N-DONE!!!!
From a Michgander Lions loyalist: Darnold must not have realized he was capable of being that bad- that he was that kind of athlete. To freeze up like that. No man would go out there and do that to himself. He would fake an injury or something. What can he do now except retire, dye his hair, change his name and get himself a shack on a Louisiana bayou? He's destined to become a case study for university psychology class.
Vikings fans always have to have two teams. Regular season team (Vikings) and playoff team (a good team).
TRADE DARNOLD!
Hard to figure all the hype. The odds Darnold would do anything special are about the same as Tim Tebow coming back
JJ McCarthy and a offensive line 😮
Nice guys usually loose come crunch time...
Loose = opposite of tight
Lose = opposite of win
Poor job coach, how can you not change QB’s at half time? Another horrible coaching job.
It's really sad gone let Sam go it's not gone work