Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to the Packernet podcast. I am your host and

resident fanalyst as always Ryan Schlipp. Check us out online, packernet.com. Find me on Twitter

pack underscore datab. Well, today we're going to talk about the Minnesota Vikings.

Primarily, it's going to revolve around the phenomenon that I'm noticing were Vikings fans,

and to some degree good for them, but I have to do my duty and push back.

But kudos to Vikings fans for finding their inner fandom. I'm surprised. I've certainly

seen better Vikings teams than this. You know, I mean, there have been windows where you look at it and go,

man, offense, defense, they are absolutely stacked. And you look at this season.

And you think, well, last year, they had a roster construction that everybody said this is like the

worst team in football. This year, it's a similar team. I don't want to say in almost every way because any Vikings fans listening will

understand the new one. But in reality, even the changes that they made are very similar,

like swapping out one set of old veterans for a new set of old veterans. The things that

are positive about this year, like Justin Jefferson, et cetera, et

et cetera, are the same positives as last year. They have a bunch of unknowns, right? Like, well,

the quarterback situation is better. Well, look, it's hard to say that, considering how well

Sam Darnold played. Is J.J. McCarthy going to play at the same level? I don't know if it's a thing

where Vikings fans are thinking, man, we had like the worst quarterback in football and still did

all this. And now we've got this elite quarterback guy that's going to dominate the NFL. And I can't

imagine how great things are going to be. I don't know if that's the thought process or exactly

what's bringing us to where we

are. But I've just been noticing little bits here and there that have kind of caught me off

guard. And of course, there are some Vikings fans that have always been this way and always will be

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