Vikings Happy Hour

BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald discuss whether the Minnesota Vikings are contenders or pretenders in the upcoming 2021 NFL season.

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Join us for the Climbing The Pocket Network’s and Daily Norseman’s “Vikings Happy Hour.” Summer is upon us and it is already getting hot out there. It is for your favorite team too. Are you thirsty to discuss it? Matt Anderson, Matt Fries, Ryan Ortega, & producer Dave talk #Vikings Camp and future battles and much more. Which are you looking forward to? Grab your libation of choice and join the conversation for Vikings Happy Hour! 

Recap Minicamp

-Any takeaways?

-Thoughts on Sheldon signing?

Look towards TC

- Camp battles you’re looking forward to?

-Any names in FA you want the Vikings to sign still?

Do you trust Klint Kubiak?

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Your Minnesota Vikings have been busy, with the renegotiation of Danielle Hunter’s contract, the signing of Sheldon Richardson and mandatory mini camp underway. Join your favorite Climbing The Pocket contributors as they talk Vikings and what we should expect in the near future and with the 2021 season. SKOL!

On tonight’s show:

1. Danielle Hunter reworked contract and what it means.

2. Sheldon Richardson signs for less money to be back in Minnesota.

3. What will the defense look like now?

4. Do we expect extensions for Brian O’Neill and Harrison “Hitman” Smith in July?

5. Discussing the going ons in mini camp.

#Vikings, #CTP, #InTheHuddle, #LetsGetLive

The show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XHL5Gywx3Sg

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BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald discuss the Minnesota Vikings coming to terms on a new contract arrangement with defensive end Danielle Hunter, the signing of cornerback Bashaud Breeland and the rumors circling around defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson.

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Minnesota Vikings OTA’s are underway and the guys are looking forward. Should we be worried?

 

“It’s time for Viking Hot Takes. The FAST MOVING Minnesota Vikings Talk Show. Today, we’ have Eric Thompson from the Daily Norseman. We’ve got Flip Mazzi from Climbing the Pocket. SO Buckle Up, protect your kneecaps and Let’s GO!”

The temperatures aren’t the only thing heating up in Minnesota this weekend—Flip and myself were back for the tenth episode of Viking Hot Takes on the Climbing The Pocket channel on Thursday night. Following the usual format of the show, we put the usual 20 minutes on the clock and asked each other three questions:

Flip asks

How would you rank the Top 3 NFL Divisions right now?

Who should be two Vikings fantasy football sleepers for 2021?

What two first round rookie quarterbacks are most likely to be busts?

Eric asks

How worried should we be about Danielle Hunter holding out?

What do you want the Vikings to do with their post-June 1st cap money?

Who will be the starting quarterbacks when the Vikings face the Bears and Packers in 2021?

Some highlights from the show:

We agreed on our top two divisions in football, which just so happen to include eight of the Vikings’ opponents this season.

Neither of us are all that worried about the Hunter situation yet, but I explained how I’ll feel a lot better when he actually reports.

I’m all in on the Irv Smith Jr. hype train, while Flip thinks the Vikings defense will bounce back to be a viable fantasy option in 2021.

Flip thinks the Vikings should save their newfound funds, while I prefer utilizing it to lock down key players for the future.

When it came to potential first round quarterback busts, both of us mentioned a top two pick.

We agreed that there probably won’t be any surprises under center when the Vikings face Green Bay and Chicago late in the 2021 season.

Do you think another division should have been mentioned in our top 3? Do you think the we should be hitting the panic button about Hunter? Are there fantasy sleepers or quarterback busts we should have mentioned?

You can watch the show in its entirety in the headline above. It’s a quick 20-minute watch and/or listen, and includes live viewer reactions. Be on the lookout for more information about future shows by following along with Flip, Climbing the Pocket, and me on Twitter.

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OTA’s are underway and the Vikings are putting the 2021 team together. The Climbing The Pocket Network’s and Daily Norseman’s ‘In The Huddle’ crew of various CTP personalities gathers to talk your Minnesota Vikings. Jayson Brown, Myles Gorham, Eric Eager along with the great Flip Mazzi will be there answering your Minnesota Vikings questions and talking about those OTA’s, corner depth, Danielle Hunter, how the roster looks and if we can expect some extensions. 

On tonight’s show:

1. OTAs

2. CB depth (they tried signing Bashaud Breeland)

3. Hunter update

4. How do we feel about the depth of the roster?

5. Extensions for Hunter, O’Neill and Hitman?

6. Is Andre Patterson overrated?

#Vikings, #CTP, #InTheHuddle, #LetsGetLive

The show to watch: https://youtu.be/yFlcjr3AW_U

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BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald discuss what Aaron Rodgers leaving the NFC North division could mean for the Minnesota Vikings and take a look at where the world has the Purple and Gold ranked relative to the league.

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BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald wrap up their Minnesota Vikings NFL Draft coverage and take a way-too-early glance at the team's scheduled opponents in 2021.

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What are the ramifications of drafting Kellen Mond? Is he the future for the Vikings? What does that mean for Kirk Cousins? All some questions that Dave and Darren will tackle on this episode. 

Have the Vikes finally found a left tackle they can rely upon? Christian Darrisaw is a big man with a lot good traits but there is one not so good that worries some. Then what in the world happened with former first round pick Mike Hughes who traded to the Kansas City Chiefs. Was it just his injuries that caused the Vikings to deal him away for almost nothing?

Join us for your Minnesota Vikings talk amongst Two Old Bloggers. 

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Join us for the Climbing The Pocket Network’s and Daily Norseman’s “Vikings Happy Hour.” Andrew Harbaugh, Ryan Ortega, producer Dave grab their beer and talk the 2021 Vikings schedule. How many wins do you see? What about the prime time games, do you like those? Grab your libation of choice and join the conversation for Vikings Happy Hour! 

Dave, Ryan, and I had them all over the place result wise but the consensus seems to be around 10 to 11 wins, maybe more, but those two numbers seemed to be the average. Now, we mentioned that there may be more wins and that’s where these three games come into play.

Three games can win a division, get a bye week in the playoffs, or even make you miss the playoffs entirely. Wins and losses may have increased for all teams but the Vikings are on the fringe of winning the division and more now, they are in an open division and that’s with Aaron Rodgers in the division as well.

Now, as for those three games, I keep teasing, let us dive into those games and why exactly they will make or break this season for the Vikings potentially. On a bright note, all of them are home games!

Week Four, Home Against the Cleveland Browns

The Vikings had a lucky draw of sorts to start the season with a pretty friendly schedule to start the season and heading into a week four matchup against the returning Kevin Stefanski and his Browns they may be undefeated. 

The matchup of Mike Zimmer against Kevin Stefanski will be a chess matchup to end all chess matches, something worthy of The Queen’s Gambit, and whoever makes the first blow could take momentum all the way to the end. The Vikings have the advantage at receiver with a young cornerback group in play for the Browns, a couple of big plays, and this thing may blow wide open early.

Week Fourteen, Home Against the Pittsburgh Steelers

The Steelers have an absolutely brutal four-game stretch to end the season. Games against the Titans, Browns, Chiefs, and Ravens to end the year are enough to make any team cringe and have a letdown game before such a stretch, that is week fourteen.

The Steelers by week fourteen may be having a quarterback in Ben Roethlisberger who’s weak arm may be clinging for dear life and the running game may or may not be established with rookie Najee Harris. The Vikings have the defense to create chaos for Roethlisberger and Harris just enough so that they may get a win against a good team looking ahead.

Week Sixteen, Home Against the Los Angeles Rams

You can take the quarterback out of the NFC North but you can’t keep him away forever, that’s how the saying goes right?

In his final game against the division, Stafford could very well be leading an NFC West-leading Rams into Minnesota but can his new offense with an actual offensive mind in Sean McVay actually make waves? Zimmer has been able to keep the former Lion in check for the most part when they matched up but he with McVay and the weapons like Robert Woods, Cooper Kupp, and Cam Akers may be enough to cause fits. 

If they can pull this off they have all the momentum in the world going into two division games to end the season against the Packers and Bears. This paired with that final two-game stretch can turn this from three important games to five in the blink of an eye.

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