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TheSP wrote:

bleedspeed177 wrote:

TheSP wrote:

Enjoy it, these will be his final 3 games in Viking purple.

Noooooo!

Who is going to fumble now when the game is on the line?

First half stats, 4 carries, 16 yards, 1 fumble, classic 2016 AP! Actually if anything the 16 yards is about 10 higher than you'd expect.

That was a good run he had before he fumbled... classic AP

The defensive line has looked really Meh against an offensive line that's not supposed to be good.

Glad this team showed up in the most important game of the year. They don't give a shit so why should we?

Man AP's return has made the defense look bad. Time to let him good right? Good grief. At least the offense gets the ball to start the 2nd half....never mind I wish I had something else I wanted to do today.

Think more positively, guys...the Vikings have just erased any issues any of us may have had juggling Christmas Eve responsibilities. Thank you, Minnesota Vikings.

longstrangetrip wrote:Think more positively, guys...the Vikings have just erased any issues any of us may have had juggling Christmas Eve responsibilities. Thank you, Minnesota Vikings.

Yes, these Vikings are kind that way, kill all hope before the holidays! Nothing worse than keeping hope alive only to rub our disappointment in our faces come playoff time!

That passes the Wolves Pistions game for me of terrible losses. Just awful. I would be ok with the secondary not being good enough with a couple key injuries but the Dline was terrible. The penalties. The offensive line not being able to run block even...it was just bad.

The sad thing that despite that loss there is still a shot at them getting to the playoffs with Detroit losing. I don't have much confidence though and with family in town that day I doubt I will be watching. Maybe the saddest thing about this whole season is Bradford has had a heck of a season behind a terrible oline with basically no running game and it was likely for nothing. Now this offseason it's time to fix the oline crisis. Good luck Speilman and the rest of em.

Edit: Nevermind about the playoffs part. My math was off they basically have no shot.

AP says he has another 7 good years left. Do we believe him?

bleedspeed177 wrote:AP says he has another 7 good years left. Do we believe him?

Behind a great line and in an offense that can deal with how one dimensional he is in terms of being completely ineffective in anything other than a formation that has him deep in the backfield I'd guess he could have two or three more 1000 yard seasons. I don't think it'd be with a YPC anywhere near his historic average though and I'm not sure he'd be a net positive versus an average, but more versatile back.

As much as I'd like for him to retire having played his entire career in Viking purple I think the rest of the team is so close to being a championship contender that they'd be better off without having to focus their offense around AP as much as he needs it to be to be effective, that and his price is still going to be higher to stay than it will on the open market and I just cannot imagine the money not being better spend elsewhere.

*** HOLY RUN ON SENTENCE BATMAN *** :-o

bleedspeed177 wrote:AP says he has another 7 good years left. Do we believe him?

Maybe in the CFL. Not in the NFL. You have to build your team around him and his 7 yards back QB under C and nobody is going to do that for a 30+ year old running back. There's only a couple teams that play that way any more so I think his market won't be that great.

I hope he gets cut. Patriots sign him on the cheap. He brings attitude and he gets cut in preseason or even sooner.

That would be a fitting end to the AP era.