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The following concerns have to do with present Minnesota Vikings subjects, addressed by VikingsTerritoryToday is the September 24th edition, attended to in a from-the-hip style. If you have concerns, please email them to [email protected]
Concerns Answered: Most Surprising Vikings Player, T.J. Hockenson’s Return, the Super Bowl
Please note: These are opinion-based actions. Some responses will be inaccurate from time to time. We’ll attempt to keep that to a minimum.
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Response: We will address this in 3 parts.
1)Sam Darnold should get his flowers– the guy is leading the NFL in goal passes and, to the naked eye, appears like an upgrade to Kirk Cousins. Numerous thought he ‘d play well this season, however not this well.
2 )Jalen Nailor has actually completely taken the WR3 task by the esophagus and made it his own. Hell, with Jordan Addison out, Nailor has actually looked the part of a good WR2. In June and July, some fans thought about Nailor a roster-bubble prospect. He’s healthy and turning heads now.
3 ) We anticipated Blake Brandel to be the genuine offer, however the viewpoint wasn’t typically shared among the Vikings’neighborhood. Through 3 video games, Pro Football Focus calls Brandel the league’s 11th-best offending guard. He requires a shoutout here, too.
Q: When do you anticipate T.J. Hockenson to go back to this all of a sudden excellent offense? < img loading="lazy"decoding="async"width="788"height="444" data-attachment-id ="120206"src="https://vikingsterritory.com/2023/news/top_news/our-win/attachment/teejhock"data-orig-file=" https://vikingsterritory.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=2560,height=1510,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/teejhock-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size ="2560,1510"data-comments-opened="0"data-image-meta= ""aperture":"4""credit":"""cam":"Canon EOS R6m2""caption":"""created_timestamp":"1671290450""copyright":"""focal_length":"200""iso":"3200""shutter_speed":"0.000625""title":"""orientation":"1""data-image-title ="teejhock" data-image-description data-image-caption="pDec 17, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson (87) captures a two-point conversion throughout the 4th quarter versus the Indianapolis Colts at U.S. Bank Stadium. Necessary Credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports./ p"data-medium-file ="https://vikingsterritory.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=788,height=444,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/teejhock.jpg"data-large-file =" https://vikingsterritory.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1180,height=696,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/teejhock.jpg "tabindex =" 0"function =" button "src ="https://vikingsterritory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/teejhock-788x444.jpg"alt ="The Worst Confirmed"/ > Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports.
A: Sometime around Week 8.
Sources informVikingsTerritorythat a more practical return for Hockenson is late October when the Vikings take a trip to Los Angeles for a conference with the Rams.
Minnesota is taking the mindful path with Hockenson, enabling his broken ACL to recover totally without danger of re-injury. And with the franchise sitting perfectly at 3-0, treading gingerly with his healing makes good sense. Why hurry the male back when the business is humming in the meantime?
Not targeted greatly, Josh Oliver and Johnny Mundt are filling in very well.
Q: Can the Vikings win the Super Bowl with how well this group is playing?
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Response: We require to see an extended sample.
Some most likely believed the 2016 group at 5-0 might be Super Bowl-bound, however then it faceplanted after the bye week and ended up 8-8. We do not believe the Vikings will do that, however announcing Super Bowl visions is simply prematurely.
To a degree, protective organizers will most likely “fix” or re-solve Sam Darnold and the season will become a referendum on how well he secures the football.
Based on how Minnesota is playing Nowyes, they might be thought about fringe Super Bowl competitors. It’s simply that we will not be amazed one iota if they appear to a video game quickly and fall back a bit.