Vikings Happy Hour

On this 🎙The Real Forno Show 🏈 - Week one is upon us ladies and gentlemen! The Minnesota Vikings host the rival Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon in America’s Game of the Week slot at 3:25 central time. Leading up to the game, the Vikings have made some waves

-The 53-man roster is set

-Kwesi Adolfo-Mensah trades like he’s on the floor of the NYSE

-Breakdown of how the traded players will impact the team

-Preview of Sundays game

All of that and more tonight on The Real Forno Show. Strap in and join host Tyler Forness and producer Dave live tonight!

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The Minnesota Vikings have made their way to cutting, trading, and signing practice squad guys to complete their 53-man roster plus practice squad ahead of week 1 of the 2022 season. There were some definite surprises, some expected moves, and some moves that seem a little unconventional. Are they?

Ross Blacklock was traded for to replace the cut Armor Watts. That seemed a little weird. Was it for money or because they thought he would be better? If that is the case, why do the Vikings show Jonathan Bullard as the starter on the opposite side of Dalvin Tomlinson? Who’s better, Blacklock or Bullard?

With all these moves made by Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, he sure has put his stamped his name on this squad more than we thought could be possible. With the majority of last year’s Rick Spielman draft now cut and gone, this was definitely an alpha by the new general manager. How do you like Kwesi now? Bold moves for sure. Let’s see if they play out as intended. Will they?

Theme #1: The Vikings 53 – a couple of surprises and a lot of expected cuts

Theme #2: Will Blacklock or Bullard start at DE?

Theme #3: How do you like Kwesi Adofo-Mensah now?

Darren Campbell and David Stefano are the Two Old Bloggers. Both started public commentary on the Vikings two decades ago on various blogs. They now do it via live streams on YouTube and Facebook. We appreciate your team fandom and your taking the time to enjoy it with us.

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The Minnesota Vikings have completed the preseason on Saturday at the Denver Broncos and immediately started their cuts the next day to get down to their 53-man roster by 3pm central on Tuesday. It came with some IR placements, surprises, and trades. The Vikings were not awarded anyone from the waiver wire today, and now are signing players to their practice squad. Then BAM! The Vikings trade for Jalen Reagor and waive Ihmir Smith-Marsette. Wow! The guys will be talking with you all about it.

Vikings Happy Hour is back to break down an eventful day of roster cuts and trades and give you our reaction to all the moves and surprises! In addition we’ll talk about what appears to be a strong draft class from Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell, after a “weak” ‘21 class from the former regime. So grab you Lake Monster beer and enjoy!

So grab your Lake Monster beer and join us! Skol!

Discussion topics for episode 062 are:

- Reactions to the moves yesterday 

- Surprises?

- QB’s Gone 

- Trades! Ross Blacklock, Jesse Davis, Jalen Reagor.

- Kwesi and KOC

- Recap Vikings Cuts

- Strong ‘22 draft class/weak ‘21 class

- Mattison fodder dies

- Takeaways from last weeks game

- What are you most looking forward to this season

- Any other Vikings News

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Your Minnesota Vikings have complied with the NFL’s requirement to cut the roster down to 53 players. There were some surprises and two trades, one to the Vikings. We’ll go over for 2022 Vikings roster as it sits as of now. Join Tanishka Mhaskar of Climbing The Pocket and Zone Coverage as she breaks it all down.

What was on the docket:

- Vikings cut Kellen Mond and Sean Mannion 

- Armon Watts surprise cut

- Trade for Ross Blacklock

- Traded Jesse Davis

- Some salary cap moves

- Vikings trade rumors

- What to expect in the next 24-48 hours

- Practice squad candidates

A big shout out to all our viewers and those that commented live. You make the show great!

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On this 🎙The Real Forno Show 🏈 - The preseason has come to a close! The Minnesota Vikings lost a tough one to the Denver Broncos 23-13 on Saturday night. With it being the last preseason game, it was also the last opportunity to make a good impression. On tonight’s show, we will explore

-Who made a good and bad final impression

-Tough break for Bisi Johnson

-Tyler’s projected 53-man roster 

-The toughest positions to project

-Potential waiver pickups after the deadline

All of that and more tonight on The Real Forno Show. Strap in and join host Tyler Forness and producer Dave live tonight!

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Your Minnesota Vikings are in Colorado to play the Denver Broncos tonight. We are watching the players on the bubble, how’d they do? There are 33 players listed as not expected to play by the Vikings with some interesting names on and off that list. Chazz Surratt, Jonathan Bullard, and Dan Chisena were on the list. All three of those young men were generally considered on the bubble. Both Chriss Reed and Jesse Davis were not on the list so will compete, but in what order? Will they start or relieve? We will be watching and going live in the final two minutes!

1) Highlights

2) Lowlights

3) Speed round and your questions

4) What’s ahead

The Final Score [the name for CTP’s Postgame show] is ready for the season. There are 4 new regulars and the occasional guest. Guest tonight will include Tyler Forness and Jonas ‘Tony’ Stärk. The focus will be on you the fan, and how you felt the team did. Hopefully racking up the wins in the regular season. Today, Flip Mazzi, Jayson Brown, and Dave will all be here. Did you like what you saw?

Fan with us!!! Guest Jonas Stärk @JonasStaerk. Regulars Jayson Brown @brownjayson, Flip Mazzi @Flipmazzi, Matt Anderson @MattAnderson_8, and Dave Stefano @Luft_Krigare producing this @Climb_ThePocket’s & @DailyNorseman’s production partnered with Lake Monster Brewing @LakeMonsterBrew.

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The Minnesota Vikings are in Colorado preparing to play the Denver Broncos. The starters will again not play again in this preseason game as reported by the StarTribune, “Ten to 12 snaps here and there,” O’Connell said, “I don’t know how much it does for some of the veteran players who have played a lot of snaps in this league when we’re talking about a bigger picture.” So it will be down to everyone else playing for their Vikings careers, and maybe even bubble players on other teams. One of those players is Kellen Mond. He was selected by Rick Spielman in the third round of the draft last year. From that round, players like Chazz Surratt and Wyatt Davis appear to be in danger of losing their chances of playing for the Vikings. There are many who advocate keeping Mond as QB3. This is to see what one more year of development and cheap rookie cost can do. Hopefully, he can become a viable quarterback for this team, at least as a backup. Others advocate for more of a cut bait now approach, especially with the trade for Nick Mullens to back up Kirk Cousins. This will open his roster spot for a more productive and better potential player. Some suggest that Mond could be resigned to the practice squad. However, would he make it through waivers, especially with quarterback-starved teams that were high on him heading into the 2021 draft, or would he even want to? Kellen Mond can make this decision easy or difficult, depending on how he plays against the Broncos.

Darren and Dave will each predict their final 53-man roster. There are plenty of bubble players in question like Kellen Mond above, offensive tackle Old Udoh, and wide receiver Jalen Nailor, to name a few. Let’s see where Dave and Darren disagree and why. Do you agree or disagree and why?

Then the guys look at the game. Besides the bubble players trying to make the team, look at the known backups. How will Austin Schlottmann look at center? Is Josh Sokol worth further development? Can Jalen Nailor continue to return punts? Now that Ryan Wright has seemed to win the punting job, are all his holds for Greg Joseph sound and true? Will T.Y. McGill continue to stand out on the defensive line? Can Nick Muse make a case for himself to be the fourth tight end? Then there is backup QB play and much more, so enjoy the game as you watch these young men living their dreams.

Here are the themes for the show:

Theme #1: Does Mond have a future with the #Viking?

Theme #2: 53 man roster predictions

Theme #3: Looking at the #Broncos game

Darren Campbell and David Stefano are the Two Old Bloggers. Both started public commentary on the Vikings two decades ago on various blogs. They now do it via live streams on YouTube and Facebook. We appreciate your team fandom and your taking the time to enjoy it with us.

Join us for your Minnesota Vikings talk amongst Two Old Bloggers and join the conversation! Fan with us!!! Come join the @Climb_ThePocket ’s & @DailyNorseman’s blogger show with Darren @KickassblogVike and Dave @Luft_Krigare, along with an occasional special guest appearance from Tyler Forness @TheRealForno. Plus, enjoy an OUTSTANDING brew from @LakeMonsterBrew.

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The Minnesota Vikings have completed preseason games against the Las Vegas Raiders and last Saturday at home against the San Francisco 49ers. They have lost both, not that it matters much, but it is an opportunity for players to shine and make the team.

Vikings Happy Hour is back and we’re here to discuss the highs and lows of the most recent preseason game. We’ll touch on the new Vikings quarterback and if that spells the end for Kellen Mond and/or Sean Mannion in Minnesota. Also looking forward to the final preseason game at Mile High Stadium vs the Denver Broncos who can still have a solid performance and make the team.

So grab your Lake Monster beer and join us! Skol!

Discussion topics for episode 061 are:

- Recap last week's game

- Is this the end for Mond and Mannion?

- Cut day next week, who can still make the team? (predictions)

- Surprise cuts?

- Surprise makes?

- Rookie Roundup: any call-outs?

Fan with us!!! The regulars: Matt Anderson @MattAnderson_8, Ryan Ortega @sportsguyry, Myles Gorham @MylesGorham85, and Producer Dave @Luft_Krigare enjoying another @LakeMonsterBrew. This is a @Climb_ThePocket & @DailyNorseman production. The show's Twitter handle is @VikingHappyHour. 

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Your Minnesota Vikings have complied with the NFL’s requirement to cut the roster from 85 players down to 80. The #Vikings have waived TE Shaun Beyer and CB Harrison Hand. LB Ryan Connelly and WR Blake Proehl have been placed on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list.On Monday, the Vikings released veteran WR Albert Wilson and waived/injured DL Jullian Taylor after trading for QB Nick Mullens. Join Tanishka Mhaskar of Climbing The Pocket and Zone Coverage as she breaks it all down.

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On this 🎙The Real Forno Show 🏈, after a disappointing performance against the San Francisco 49ers, the Minnesota Vikings desperately needed to change the situation at backup quarterback. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah agreed and made a move, acquiring Nick Mullens from the Las Vegas Raiders for a conditional 2024 seventh-round pick. There were some major takeaways from the game, including:

- Vikings' QB play has consequences. They found out as they got a new QB2

- Clarification on the offensive line

- Rookies shine

- T.Y. McGill stars

- Mr. Mankato?

- Patrick Jones emerging

All of this and more tonight on The Real Forno Show. Strap in and join host Tyler Forness and producer Dave live tonight!

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