Minnesota Sports Forum

Not a fan of the band, but don't really hate the Football team either. Looking forward to the game.

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Well, I live and work just outside of Philadelphia. It makes for some interesting conversations with co-workers and neighbors. I have a woman that works for me that grew up in the city. She basically lives and dies by the Phillies and Eagles. If the Vikes win next Sunday, I will need to be VERY careful on how I approach our first conversation on the following Monday! She will take an Eagles loss harder than I will take a Vikings loss!

I will probably be watching the game at a neighbor's house. He also happens to be a former Eagles season ticket holder. Should be an interesting dynamic!

As an Eagles fan, I was honestly more concerned with facing the Vikings than the Saints because of their defense. I have a feeling that Foles is going to look terrible and hand the game to the Vikings.

tpoff217 wrote:As an Eagles fan, I was honestly more concerned with facing the Vikings than the Saints because of their defense. I have a feeling that Foles is going to look terrible and hand the game to the Vikings.

Yes, I am hearing lots of hesitancy with Eagles fans. With Wentz down and the Vikings defense, there is not a ton of confidence.

On the other hand, the Eagles defense is pretty damn impressive too. Could be a grind it out battle.

That home field advantage is big for the Eagles. I just hope the Vikings can make one more play than they do. It's going to be a struggle.

Nick Foles vs Case Keenum against two great defenses is definitely the factor. I give Case a slight edge, but even so, he's shown to throw some wild passes that most QB's would never make. It works sometimes, sometimes not. Zimmer has said, he's got that horseshoe up his ass.

Foles, I'm hoping that he throws a couple picks. The Vikes have been great against not so good QB's this season. It could get ugly if he throws a couple early on.

Vikes are favored by 3.5. I'm not that confident though. Very cautiously hopeful.

Foles is a big X factor. Which guy shows up? I mean this guy had a pretty legit stretch of good play one season. He isn't just some dude that came out of nowhere to get thrown into a good team. That's not a dig at Keenum BTW just saying it's not crazy to think Foles MIGHT actually be up to the task of at least being good enough. Hopefully he isn't and/or the Vikings make his life pretty difficult and it goes poorly for him. I'm guessing it will be a close game and yes that home field advantage is clearly a nice advantage for the Eagles.

I'm going to be at a friends house for a get together we planned a few months ago before we even knew who would be in the playoffs. It's being hosted by a Bears fan (he told me last night one reason he was glad the Vikings won because it will make the get together more interesting) and attended by a couple that the husband is a Dolphins fan and the wife is a Broncos fan. Of course my wife didn't really realize were were planning to watch football so... lol Q...man you are gonna have an interesting next few days. :)

As a Vikings fan, I'll still say Eagles fans lucked out playing us over the Saints. The Eagles need a low scoring game and Brees just did whatever he wanted in the second half against us. You dodged a bullet there. If the Saints do anything in the first half in that game they beat us. I think it'll be a good game this weekend. 2 great defenses going against each other. As with the rest of the season I think if the Vikings can score 28 they win. I thought the same thing for the Saints game and we got 29.

Whoever wins is definitely going to have their hands full in the super bowl against the Pats. I don't think either team has the offensive power to stick with them. But I supposed anything can happen

khans2k5 wrote:As a Vikings fan, I'll still say Eagles fans lucked out playing us over the Saints. The Eagles need a low scoring game and Brees just did whatever he wanted in the second half against us. You dodged a bullet there. If the Saints do anything in the first half in that game they beat us. I think it'll be a good game this weekend. 2 great defenses going against each other. As with the rest of the season I think if the Vikings can score 28 they win. I thought the same thing for the Saints game and we got 29.

We better hold the Eagles under 20 or we have little chance. We just aren't going to score as much on that field and with that crowd.