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So This Happened

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“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

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#1 · Aug 5, 6:45 PM
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Not sure anyone had a doubt once they got the best defensive player in the NFL. Pretty sure it was expected once Garrett went to the team. They are all in this year to win it all. One last run. I guess, it's not really news.

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#2 · Aug 5, 6:50 PM CT
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Canthony wrote:

Not sure anyone had a doubt once they got the best defensive player in the NFL. Pretty sure it was expected once Garrett went to the team. They are all in this year to win it all. One last run. I guess, it's not really news.

Disagree. It is definitely news.

Please God, just one Lombardi before I die.

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#3 · Aug 5, 8:19 PM CT
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Anything short of injuries, I dont see a weakness on that Rams team. SB or bust.

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#4 · Aug 5, 9:06 PM CT
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“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

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#5 · Aug 5, 9:12 PM CT
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This almost makes me feel sick. Donald retired two years ago and he's still 4 years younger than Calais Campbell, who's still playing. Vikings could really be something this season, but how do you get past a team like that? Rams were already good, then they added Garrett, McDuffie and now likely the greatest defensive player in history?

"Among Viking fans, optimism is an act of defiance." MaroonBells

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#6 · Aug 6, 9:03 AM CT
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On paper, they’re pretty air tight.

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

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#7 · Aug 6, 9:13 AM CT
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Rams are the toughest team in the league to win $$ betting on right now, poison

Just when u think all the pins are set-up for a strike? The football gods will smite thee like Zeus

Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger! 

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#8 · Aug 6, 9:35 AM CT
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purplefaithful wrote:

Rams are the toughest team in the league to win $$ betting on right now, poison
Just when u think all the pins are set-up for a strike? The football gods will smite thee like Zeus

The Rams were already SB bound. Now this... It's a wrap minus injuries. Hell, they should have won it last year. This year, apparently I was the only one that thought it was a foregone conclusion that Donald would be back, they are elite. Not sure how anyone can beat them. I know the Vikings sure as hell can't.

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#9 · Aug 6, 10:15 AM CT
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MaroonBells wrote:

This almost makes me feel sick. Donald retired two years ago and he's still 4 years younger than Calais Campbell, who's still playing. Vikings could really be something this season, but how do you get past a team like that? Rams were already good, then they added Garrett, McDuffie and now likely the greatest defensive player in history?

2 years off? That might be a bit tough to come back from, depending on what he has been doing. DT is a brutal job.

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#10 · Aug 6, 11:25 AM CT
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2 years off? That might be a bit tough to come back from, depending on what he has been doing. DT is a brutal job.

Donald may be the outlier with that. He was at the peak of his game when he left. I felt anyways. He now sees that this is a one year push, why not be a part of it.

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#11 · Aug 6, 11:33 AM CT
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2 years off? That might be a bit tough to come back from, depending on what he has been doing. DT is a brutal job.

I think it was last year Verse tried to workout with Donald. It didn’t go well. Of course, that’s not football shape but if there’s anyone who could comeback after a 2 year layoff and still perform at a high level, I’d bet on Donald.

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#12 · Aug 6, 11:35 AM CT
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This will be interesting to watch play out. Stafford's 38 , has high mileage from Detroit.

They're absolutely stacked but the NFL has a way of humbling overwhelming favorites. It's weird.

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#13 · Aug 6, 1:45 PM CT
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I puked just watching this.

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

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#14 · Aug 6, 7:42 PM CT
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They are not winning the Super Bowl. Yes I said it and I am a HUGE McVay fan

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#15 · Aug 6, 7:47 PM CT
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mblack wrote:

They are not winning the Super Bowl. Yes I said it and I am a HUGE McVay fan

OK, thanks. Phew!

"Among Viking fans, optimism is an act of defiance." MaroonBells

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#16 · Aug 6, 7:51 PM CT
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JustInTime wrote:

https://twitter.com/mlfootball/status/2085455654207008986I puked just watching this.

oh what could have been, there is a reason spielman and zimmer are no longer filling real roles in the NFL... I dont know that I have ever been as disappointed in our draft selection as when we took barr over donald... close second is passing on Hamilton for a bag of dicks to the face. There are draft blunders and then are just plain ass WTF were they thinking moments, these two are glowing reasons why we cheer for a ship crashing onto the rocks year after year.

Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?

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#17 · Aug 6, 8:44 PM CT
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Alexander over Sapp and Nelson over Allen were pretty disappointing. Watched about 5 ucla games when it became obvious Mack wouldn’t fall to us so I never gave Donald his due. A big miss on my part.

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

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#18 · Aug 6, 9:59 PM CT
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Yeah, I think he’s in pretty good shape.

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

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“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”

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