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Murf and as I was driving home from Lambo Field last night, there was one thing I kept thinking about and that's I wanted to hear Brian Murphy's reaction to that because Murf you have written the wave you have told fans look you know there's going to be ups and downs but it's a fun

season let's just enjoy it and see what happens but your faith sir is being tested by the football gods with a 41 to 17.

And 17 is giving them a lot of credit.

41 to 17 win.

What say you this morning, Murph? The gods, they're not, the Vikings aren't tempting us or teasing us. They're insulting us right now. They're insulting us because this was a all three

phases meltdown which generally their three losses tend to be. I mean let's let's

be honest there's no like one play, one moment, one mistake, one drop, one missed call.

When the Vikings lose they disintegrate and that was yesterday was but what what feels

different about yesterday and look I'm not I am not throwing in the towel on

this team saying don't even bother from here and out I think the way it's trending maybe

number three their number three seed which they've fallen into because of San Francisco's victory over

Oakland, probably puts them on a collision course with the New York Giants at home, which may not feel all that terrible at this point. I mean there's still an

outside shot they get number two. We'll get into all of that but what I feel like is different about this is now you've got some tangible

X's and O's problems here, namely the offensive line. You could not pick a worse time for an already somewhat suspect, question marked, you know, Kirk

Cousins, how many more hits can he take but he seems to be thriving offensive

line to fall apart and that is right now you have you are down to your number three center

You're done down to your number two right tackle you lose an all pro or a pro bow bowler and Brian O'Neill

And it wasn't just the the fact that you're down to your third string center

it's that Chris Reed clearly had no idea what he was doing at any given moment

yesterday not to no fault of his.

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