Merry Christmas Purple Mafia faithful, on this Christmas Eve special edition! Nick Mullens has skills to throw the football, and is a gunslinger of a QB like fellow Southern Miss. Alumni Brett Favre was, but the mistakes are so much more often and so egregious, that people might wonder what he's on out there. The Detroit Lions would go on to win their first Division Title since it was still the Central Division in 1993!

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After a fairly uneventful first half, things looked awfully promising when the Minnesota Vikings built a 17-3 in Cincinnati. Just as quickly, the tides would turn, with questionable play calls, and not using the proper advantages that were given by the Bengals run defense.

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Another putrid showing by the Minnesota Vikings offense, wasn't enough to get past Brian Flores defense, as the Vikings somehow hung on to win 3-0 in Las Vegas. Josh Dobbs was ultimately benched in the fourth quarter in favor of Nick Mullens, who likely will be the starting QB going forward.

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The Joshua Dobbs rocket science experiment appears to have been "Scrubbed", as suddenly our NFL Offensive version of a rocket scientist decided to force the fore mentioned quarterback to play completely out of his strengths. What did this change of plan get us? A 12-10 loss AT HOME to the last place Chicago Bears.

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God bless him, but Alexander Mattison has hurt this Minnesota Vikings team this season, time and again, with dropped touchdowns, weak performances, and momentum changing/back breaking fumbles. It's time to move on to Ty Chandler, as it could just have easily been Cam Akers just a few weeks back. Either way, a change needs to be made, there have been too many demoralizing performances.

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Josh Dobbs, and the Minnesota Vikings offense was incredibly impressive, creative and not afraid in the first half of the game. The second half was the polar opposite for whatever reason, along with the fact that Dennis Allen is a more than capable defensive coach, and the Saints defense is legit. Thankfully, the Vikings defense, along with Brian Flores were up to the challenge, and staved off the New Orleans momentum in the second half.

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After Jaren Hall's impressive start and unfortunate concussion, Joshua Dobbs took over after being a Viking only since being acquired in a trade just four days prior. Things looked rough early for Dobbs, but just as quickly, the 28 year old spot starter got more and more comfortable in O'Connell's offense, and ultimately lead the Vikings to a gutsy win in Atlanta!

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The Minnesota Vikings hand is now forced to make a decision regarding their long-term future as a franchise, with Kirk Cousins likely being out for the season with a sudden right Achilles tear during the fourth quarter of what was a fairly impressive win in Green Bay.

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Monday Night was the feature presentation of 2023, at least so far, as Kirk Cousins, Jordan Addison, and Cam Bynum showed up to play, along with many other valuable pieces of this Vikings team. The fore mentioned Purple took an early lead, and never relinquished it, with a thrilling 22-17 victory over maybe the best team in the NFL!

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Yeah, they won in Chicago, but this Vikings team is NOT serious, and hasn't been since the first drive against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and it shows.

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