Week 3: Texans vs Vikings - Sunday, September 22

[hallow schooner]

I get it, you beat who’s in front of you

[arctic haven]

We will fix the issues as time goes on

[hallow schooner]

But if the Texans want to beat the Vikes they cannot make the same amount of mistakes they made against Indy and Chicago

[strong rover]

That same 49ers team killed the jets and they were only missing cmc

[hallow schooner]

The Jets are overrated idgaf

[strong rover]

Also let’s not pretend jj and Jordan Addison weren’t hurt

[arctic haven]

did u forget that the bears beat the 49ers week 1 in 2022

[strong rover]

Are we really going to compare beating the 49ers to beating the bears

[arctic haven]

then went 3-14

[hallow schooner]

…no? That’s not what I said or intended to say?

[strong rover]

That was in terrible weather and that was before the 49ers hit their stride

[hallow schooner]

Anyways
See my main concern going into this game is losing the battle on the ground

[arctic haven]

like it’s ok to be optimistic about your team but like the Vikings ain’t there yet

[strong rover]

But you are downplaying the 49ers and even if you don’t think they are that good we can all acknowledge they are better than the bears and colts

[strong rover]

Saying a team ain’t shi after they have been nothing but great so far is ignorant

[arctic haven]

we’ll see then

[hallow schooner]

oh yea I can agree with that
But like
It’s 2 weeks into the season
I personally am not going to be out here bragging about my team’s perceived quality win two weeks into the season
I thought the Colts could turn out to be a quality win bc we played them close last year, and they still could be
The Bears, not so much

You beat who’s in front of you

But onto this game, like I have been trying to pivot to

[strong rover]

@hallow schooner my point is you can downplay the Vikings however, much you want, but let’s not pretend too close wins against too bad teams is equally or more impressive than a dominating win and another win against a team that might be one of the best in the league I understand you are a Texans fan but objective

[hallow schooner]

I am not downplaying the Vikes
He is
Not me

[strong rover]

Well, you did say that they played the Giants and that the 49ers were missing players and then you said the 49ers win against the Jets wasn’t that impressive but I was mainly talking about this other idiot that said the Vikings aren’t shi*

[hallow schooner]

I know what a couple of those players bring to the table on defense especially considering I really wanted us to resign Cashman

[strong rover]

What players did the 49ers miss other than CMC?

[merry ginkgo]

Guys get some rest

[strong rover]

Let’s just be objective and admit that the Vikings have been a better team than the Texans so far this year you can think whatever you want might happen in the future but so far the Vikings have obviously been the better team

[hallow schooner]

Bro I am literally trying to focus on this upcoming game

[merry ginkgo]

SLEEP

[hallow schooner]

I have been trying to transition the topic to the Sunday matchup for like 10 minutes now

[hard arch]

hell yeah

[strong rover]

I think this is going to be an easy win for the Vikings obviously, I’m biased, but if you look at the way, the Vikings defense is played against the 49ers and even the Giants. They are going to be great this year and their offense has been dominant and their offense has been so good that the stats don’t even show because they started running the clock out in the second half of both games

[arctic haven]

this dude funny af

[hallow schooner]

Easy is saying something

[tender knot]

Crista Ronaldo Sui

[hard arch]

no way, Texans have been kicking ass for the past few years again and again

[hallow schooner]

I do expect the Vikings to do a better job balancing their offensive attack

With Mixon hurt and on a snap count (at best) I think Houston will have to focus on winning through the air a lot more

[strong rover]

I’m not trying to bring up past the games cause I know you wanna talk about this game but the Texans defense has been average against bad offenses and their offense hasn’t been all that good either while the Vikings have had better competition and their offense and defense has looked way better

[arctic haven]

this guy has no idea what he’s talking about

[hallow schooner]

No
From a pure numbers standpoint he isn’t wrong

[strong rover]

This guy is literally not proving any of my points wrong. He’s just saying stupid stuff and trying to insult my knowledge of the game even though I’m speaking pure fax.

[arctic haven]

“Average defense” we’re literally 3rd least in yards allowed

[merry ginkgo]

Guys please get some sleep

[strong rover]

Just ignore this ignorant person that doesn’t know what he’s talking about so we can have an intelligent conversation about the game

[hallow schooner]

Houston’s defense does have a tendency to specifically give up chunk plays, ie against AR

[arctic haven]

most casual I’ve ever seen

[hallow schooner]

In the aggregate Houston has put together a solid overall defense but those chunk 20+ yard plays have been what nearly screwed us Week 1 and prevented a few 3 and outs week 2

[merry ginkgo]

Please get some rest

[strong rover]

Let’s be real the Colts offense is far less talented than the Vikings and Sam Darnold isn’t going to be overthrowing players the same way Anthony Richardson was and they still put up 27 points and there’s no way that the Vikings offense is going to play as bad as the Bears did and that game was pretty close And the Vikings defense has been the best in the league so I don’t see what the Texans have done to make it seem like they would win this game

[hallow schooner]

I’m chillin it’s the weekend

[merry ginkgo]

Staying up this late isn't helpful

[strong rover]

Bro, we are good. It’s the weekend we don’t have work or school in the morning lol

[arctic haven]

I’m staying up all day my boy

[merry ginkgo]

Okay

Not my fault you all will be tired before this game

And that'll be you to blame

[hallow schooner]

This game isn’t for 36 hours bro

[arctic haven]

It’s ok it will be a snooze fest 100-0

[merry ginkgo]

It won't be

[strong rover]

I feel him though sometimes I wish I could just go to sleep for days and only wake up when the game is on😂😂😂

[hallow schooner]

Yea I’m prob sleeping til noon after this lmao

[strong rover]

It’s best to ignore this guy. He clearly knows nothing about nothing. He said the Vikings ain’t shi* and then he tried to say that he didn’t say they sucked like Bruh.

[arctic haven]

Buddy you don’t know anything about the Texans

[merry ginkgo]

True

[strong rover]

And he hasn’t given any analysis of the game or any of the players he has just been talking trash about the Vikings and saying that the Texans will blow them out

[merry ginkgo]

You know nothing about us

[hallow schooner]

But yea missing Jordan Addison will help the Texans’ secondary a bit
They’ll probably put Stingley and some safety help on Jefferson to be safe because that man is explosive

[merry ginkgo]

We still have threats with Nailor and Powell

[hallow schooner]

Shoot, Stingley vs Jefferson excites me
Former LSU teammates and all

[arctic haven]

I do tho y’all have cash man

[hallow schooner]

Outside of Jimmie Ward I trust the secondary in that provided situation

You can def exploit him though

[strong rover]

It won’t amount to much they don’t have the personnel to stop Jefferson. Stingley isn’t a good matchup fit and Jefferson in his own right has been destroying double coverage for years. But you right they have to try it

[arctic haven]

but the difference is this dude said our defense is below average which makes 0 sense if u look at stats

[merry ginkgo]

We have better defence with the pass rush

[hallow schooner]

Then you go to the trenches which is exactly what I was about to mention

[arctic haven]

now Im excited for this game cuz of u saying this shi

Ima remember this

[hallow schooner]

The Vikings lead the league in sacks. Houston is 2nd.
I expect 4-5 sacks per team come Sunday, if not more

[strong rover]

Minnesota will get humbled at some point

[arctic haven]

Dude exactly

[merry ginkgo]

When you lose keep your mouth shut

[arctic haven]

That’s what I’ve been saying

[strong rover]

Happy for them because of what happened to their QB you hate to see that

[hallow schooner]

I think this is set to be a close one

[merry ginkgo]

Exactly

[strong rover]

Dallas Turner was one of my favorite prospects in the draft so I’m going to be rooting for him always

[arctic haven]

I think it will be close too tbh

[night zenith]

this will be a good game

[hallow schooner]

Turner compliments Jon Greenard in a very similar way to how Will Anderson did last year

[strong rover]

I think the most interesting game of the week is the Ravens/Cowboys. I cannot comprehend Baltimore starting 0-3

[arctic haven]

I think the cowboys win that by 14

atleast I want them to

If the ravens missed the playoffs that would be huge

[strong rover]

Lamb and Diggs are off of IR and cleared to play this weekend

[arctic haven]

and they play at home

[strong rover]

I’ll be rooting against our conference rival but I am taking a Baltimore betting line

[hallow schooner]

If the Texans can beat the Vikings in this game I can feel good about saying Houston’s a Top 5 team

[arctic haven]

It would be hard to deny imo they’re top 5 already

even tho the bears game was ugly it will be aight will just keep improving

[hallow schooner]

For all the potential smack I think they’re composed very similarly
-Relevant skill position trios on offense (JJettas, Addison and Jones vs Collins, Dell and Mixon) (yes I am excluding Diggs bc I don’t think he’s here after this season)
-Surprisingly similar reliance on a DE duo and middle LB on defense (Greenard, Turner and Cashman vs Anderson, Hunter and Al-Shahir)
-Shanahan tree coach

[arctic haven]

the difference is qb

[hallow schooner]

CJ is clearing Sam Darnold though
That’s how Houston wins the turnover battle I think, bc I expect Darnold to throw an INT at some point

[arctic haven]

That’s what makes the difference

it’s just like Joe Flacco

he got exposed

[strong rover]

Guys before I talk about the game just know I got timed out for talking to @arctic haven so I’d recommend ignoring him so this doesn’t happen to you

[hallow schooner]

A massive part of Houston’s defensive ID is winning the turnover battle, it’s the only reason they made the dance last year

[arctic haven]

lmao what

[strong rover]

Darnold has been pretty safe with the ball outside of that one pick

[arctic haven]

obviously u got a little too angry and said something

boo hoo

[strong rover]

He’s admitted to being a troll because after saying the Texans would blow them out and the Vikings ain’t shi* he said he thinks it would be a close game so be careful with these types

[arctic haven]

yeah so

[hallow schooner]

I gotta say I’m happy he’s started strong so far
But I don’t think it’s gonna last the full season
It probably will last through this game but later on I worry about his full season stamina

[arctic haven]

if u couldn’t tell I was joking when I said they’d win by 100 idk man

[strong rover]

This is his first time having a good team around him he’s never had this and he’s been good so far so there’s no reason to think it won’t continue

[arctic haven]

bro zattis that’s what I’ve been saying

[strong rover]

I know you didn’t mean 100 but you thought blow out then said the Vikings ain’t shi* so you are just a troll meant to be ignored

[arctic haven]

not my fault u got offended so much buddy

[merry ginkgo]

I got timed out maybe for your reason

By talking to Lennox

[hallow schooner]

Like these teams are super similar so I expect it to be a close call
Ultimately I think it’s going to come down to who plans the better game

[strong rover]

Yea I just called him a 🤡 but that’s over now let’s have a real conversation about the game

[merry ginkgo]

Exactly

[arctic haven]

yessir and we have demeco so easy dub

[strong rover]

True but so far the Vikings have been far better on both sides of the ball

[hallow schooner]

Nah bruh it ain’t that simple

[arctic haven]

trust in cj bro

I never doubt what the Texans are capable of

even when were sucked

[merry ginkgo]

Then never doubt what we can do

[arctic haven]

bro I was being sarcastic man I think it will be a good game

[merry ginkgo]

It will be

[strong rover]

Exactly my point guys he’s a troll not serious

[hallow schooner]

I think it comes down to this
If the Texans can clean up their mistakes from the first two games, avoiding the chunk plays and brutal penalties, they win this game. I think our roster is slightly better overall on offense.
If they don’t, the Vikings win.
I do have faith in them to clean it up.
Should be fun.

[arctic haven]

ye I already agreed with that

but what I said about the Vikings not gonna last the entire season I was being fr

[strong rover]

This is my thing you are saying the Texans have to be a completely different team in order to win but the Vikings just have to do the same thing they have been doing to win

[merry ginkgo]

Don't forget we do not have Hockenson and Addison

[strong rover]

You’re just saying a bunch of random contradictory stuff

[strong rover]

We have been great so far without them and the running game and defense have been great

[merry ginkgo]

When we get Hockenson and Addison back we'll be cooking

[arctic haven]

how though

[hallow schooner]

Football is a week to week game. This exact same thing happened with Houston last year, too, where they sputtered for two weeks before it all clicked on the road in Week 3.

[arctic haven]

That’s why I think the colts are not below average like he said

[strong rover]

Yea but we both agree that if both teams play like they have been playing then the Vikings will definitely win

[strong rover]

i mean look at the bengals they start off very sluggish then start to pop off.. i think the texans got this one in the bag imo

[strong rover]

We already are we will just be that much better without them

[strong rover]

What have the Texans shown you to make you think they got this in the bag and what have the Vikings shown to make you think they won’t win

[arctic haven]

maybe cause the Texans made the playoffs last year and you didn’t

[hallow schooner]

Nah that’s not how that works

[arctic haven]

granted Jefferson did get injured

[merry ginkgo]

We didn't have kirko when we were starting to string wins together

[strong rover]

You made the playoffs in a division full of injuried QBs and the Vikings qb receiver and tight end got hurt 👏👏👏

[strong rover]

statistically the Texans have the better team.. just a slower start i think they will start to speed up as time goes on

[strong rover]

Let’s pretend the number 1 receiver and qb didn’t miss like have of the season

[hallow schooner]

Wouldn’t say definitely but I would give y’all the advantage of screwing up less

But fr though

[arctic haven]

That’s whati said tho

[strong rover]

Which statistics out of curiosity

[strong rover]

No they don’t what the do Texans have that’s better other than qb and the Vikings qb has been great so far

I’m ignorant on rosters atm 😭

[hallow schooner]

Houston under DeMeco is sumn like 9-3 in 1 score games

[arctic haven]

Better receivers by a mile

[strong rover]

I don’t think this will be a 1 score game and the Vikings are one of the best clutch teams in the NFL

[arctic haven]

ok wait so tell me your score prediction

[strong rover]

better receivers and QB

[merry ginkgo]

I'm going to say 21-14 Vikings

[strong rover]

I read your message wrong icl. Thought you meant have been a better team statistically

[strong rover]

Based off of this season they are the same and the Vikings are probably better

[strong rover]

ahhh mb no worries i might’ve worded it wrong too i tend to do that

[strong rover]

dawg it’s been 2 games ☠️

[strong rover]

You didn’t I’m just drinking

[arctic haven]

if u think the Texans will only score 14 I think otherwise my boy

[hallow schooner]

Total yardage on both sides of the ball and TO margin
Vikes have the advantage in sacks forced and allowed

[strong rover]

LOL

[arctic haven]

I was thinking like 27-24

[strong rover]

Do you think it’s smarter to base things off of what has happened this season even though it’s been short or to base things off of what happened last season when these teams were different

[strong rover]

The score 19 versus the Bears do you think the Bears defense is that much better than the Vikings?

[merry ginkgo]

Defence

[strong rover]

i think u do a bit of both.. it’s to early to tell yet a lot of teams start slower then others

[merry ginkgo]

It's going to be 21-14 vikings

[arctic haven]

to say the Vikings are better off two games is funny

[strong rover]

But let’s be real two games from this season is a far better indicator than games from last season

[strong rover]

idk abt that

[hallow schooner]

I’ll keep the pattern of pointing out where Houston should learn from their mistakes here
Should have been 33

[strong rover]

To brag about beating a team that got dominated by Malik Willis and by rookie quarterback who’s not good yet it’s funny

[hallow schooner]

Tank drop and Akers fumble

[arctic haven]

why would I not judge it more off last season than the first 2 weeks

[hallow schooner]

Yea I ain’t even gonna lie though
The Colts run defense has been a total let down so far

[arctic haven]

I didn’t even brag about those games

[hallow schooner]

They were actually good last year and their front seven personnel remained the same so I expected them to be solid again this year

[merry ginkgo]

I'm not going to say anything more until game day sunday

[strong rover]

I haven’t looked into it all but it’s fair to say this game favors the Vikings. Not really because of home field advantage, Vikings riding a dominant win against the 49ers, Texans coming out of an ugly win against the Bears

[arctic haven]

even tho the colts game is valid to brag on since they’re a good team

[strong rover]

Also, let’s not pretend to Texans have been great for three years. They barely made the playoffs last year and the only reason they made the playoffs is because Trevor Lawrence and Anthony Richardson got hurt and the first playoff game they played had a backup quarterback and back up running back and this year they have barely beaten below average teams, so let’s not pretend that we were talking about the Chiefs or something

[hallow schooner]

It looks like anyone can run on Indy rn

[strong rover]

Not us!!! Nobody looks worse against the Colts than the Chiefs unfortunately

[strong rover]

Another thing the Vikings went healthy last year were good. They almost beat the Chiefs and they beat the 49ers without their best player until Kirk cousins and other players got injured so let’s not pretend they were just terrible last year when healthy

[arctic haven]

yeah and that was only cjs first season bro sooo is only going up from here

[strong rover]

at least they made the playoffs

[arctic haven]

and they embarrassed the dpoy

[strong rover]

I hope they do make the playoffs when the two best teams in the division have injured quarterbacks. Do you know how many teams can make the playoffs if they were in that situation?

I don’t really believe in NFL home field advantage being a significant factor like it is in college

Weather is the really big factor in home field advantage these days which doesn’t matter in this case

[strong rover]

That’s like saying Washington after making the playoffs in 2020 is going to be a dominant team in 2021 because they made the playoffs

[arctic haven]

LMAO comparing us to the Washington football team Jesus

u don’t know ball at all

[strong rover]

they lost first round

texans at least won a game in the playoffs

[strong rover]

I don’t mean to be insulting, but are you really going to compare a team that had Tom Brady and that eventually won the Super Bowl to a team with the injured quarterback and an injured running back who was arguably the best running back in the NFL come on man

[strong rover]

you compared this team to the texans bro ☠️

[strong rover]

You are not looking at details or nuance to anything first you said at least a team made the playoffs while comparing them to a team that Mr. quarterback and best player for half of the season and then you said at least a team wanna playoff game over another team when one team went against the goat and the Super Bowl champions and other teams win against Joe Flacco and an injured running back

I don’t think any of these comparisons matter

[strong rover]

Joe flacco won a super bowl

[strong rover]

Can you explain how they’re that much different they both barely made the playoffs in bad divisions with injured quarterbacks only differences one of them played the goat and the other one played Joe Flacco

he is a good QB

[arctic haven]

It’s so funny u think u know what ur talking about

[strong rover]

He was a 39-year-old back up that won a Super Bowl like 12 years prior. Are you serious right now?

[hallow schooner]

I think I’ve said everything I can say about this game for now. On paper Houston fields a slightly better roster with a slightly deeper WR core and a better QB, but in practice they need to clean up some chunk defensive mistakes and penalties if they wanna win. I think they can bc I see a pattern. If they will is another question.
Goodnight, y’all. There were a couple good points I didn’t think on from the Vikes fans in chat. It’s 4 AM local time and I’m gonna sleep till noon.
Best of luck on Sunday, let’s hope it’s a good one.

[strong rover]

fr i ain’t even gonna respond anymore

his points don’t make sense

no offense

I have no clue the point of these comparisons or where they stemmed from; anyways, I picked the Texans to win on my 16 leg parlay

[strong rover]

You have been saying a bunch of low IQ casual takes please please don’t respond to me anymore

[hallow schooner]

Also I think y’all lost it with the comps but that’s another thing.
Be safe
o7

[arctic haven]

ik he’s down playing the Texans so hard

gn

[strong rover]

Goodnight bro

[strong rover]

Did the other stuff on the parlay hit? I have like a five leg parlay with the Vikings winning.

[arctic haven]

I would bet my house the Texans win

[strong rover]

Do it please do it?

[arctic haven]

bet

[strong rover]

Please take every dollar that you have to your name put it on the Texans winning

This parlay is simply the winners of week 3. I do them every week. I went 15/16 week 1 because the Bengals decided to lose to the Patriots in Cincinnati, did horrible week 2, so far 1/1 week 3

[arctic haven]

bro this dude omg

[strong rover]

That’s gonna ruin your parlay

Losing $5-$10 will not effect me luckily

[strong rover]

How much money could you win if the parlay goes through?

Several hundred

[strong rover]

Can you show me the parlay

[strong rover]

Said you would be at your house on the Texas winning so why not take all of your money and bet it on them winning

[arctic haven]

I don’t bet I was joking but the Texans def winning

[merry ginkgo]

I'm heading out and saying nothing here until Sunday game time

[strong rover]

Well, you should start betting it doesn’t take long to make a FanDuel account so just make the account and get all of the money you have on the Texans winning

[arctic haven]

lol I’m good

[strong rover]

If you’re so sure then you should do it if not, you’re missing out on easy money

[strong rover]

Good night or good morning, depending on where you’re from lol

[arctic haven]

not healthy habit

[strong rover]

Don’t make it a habit just do it this one time take all the money you have and bet it on the Texans winning if you were so sure you could almost double your money and then never bet again

[arctic haven]

ight ig that’s fair

[timber marsh]

🤓

[strong rover]

Yes great idea

[strong rover]

What’s your favorite team bro

[merry ginkgo]

We are starting a #skol chain in our team channel Vikings fans

[naive frigate]

Butt

[merry ginkgo]

What?

#skol

[bronze lantern]

How tf y’all have a team channel?

[merry ginkgo]

Yes

[bronze lantern]

Do all teams have team channels?

[merry ginkgo]

Yes?

Wait I don't know probably

[night mirage]

Think you can only watch your favorite team idk

I*

[bronze lantern]

Ohhh it’s to watch the game?

[night mirage]

Idk maybe yell maybe no who knows

[merry ginkgo]

No

[clear yew]

Smartest Texan

[merry ginkgo]

#SKOL

[bronze lantern]

Your a jags fan

[merry ginkgo]

Don't see that usually

[bronze lantern]

It’s truly pathetic

[coarse spear]

What happened

[bronze lantern]

Idk

Just ready for Sunday

[halcyon rampart]

Wassup y’all

[bronze lantern]

Sup my fellow Houstonian

[merry ginkgo]

Honestly I'm also waiting for Sunday

[halcyon rampart]

Yessir been a Texans fan since 2010

[bronze lantern]

Nice

[merry ginkgo]

I'm also honestly waiting for Sunday

Will be a great game and I'm hoping for more respectful people because the people I've met that are Texans fans aren't humble at all

[bronze lantern]

Can you blame em?

[merry ginkgo]

No

But it's annoying

[bronze lantern]

We been trash for some years

[merry ginkgo]

We were extremely lucky in the 2022 NFL season

[bronze lantern]

At least y’all made some happen

[halcyon rampart]

Atleast we’re better then buffalo bills fans

[merry ginkgo]

True

At least you guys are friendly and not jerks

[bronze lantern]

I don’t take bills fans seriously

[merry ginkgo]

The atmosphere tommorow afternoon will be great

[bronze lantern]

Y’all crowd going be packed

[merry ginkgo]

Ofc like almost every game is packed

No offence to your Texans but I think we win this game 28-14

[burnt mist]

Go Vikings

[burnt mist]

28-21

[merry ginkgo]

That sounds more reasonable

[bronze lantern]

Shid

[merry ginkgo]

I'm trying not to act over confident

[bronze lantern]

Y’all quarterback is Sam Darnold

I pray we don’t hit ‘em to hard

[merry ginkgo]

He didn't have great weapons on his other teams

When I mean that I mean no really good receiving options

[bronze lantern]

Y’all only threat is jet we contain him it’s ball game

[merry ginkgo]

We have Nailor more than capable as a 2nd WR option

[bronze lantern]

Also if our offense stop playing like some 🐱 that would be much appreciated

[bronze lantern]

Kamari going handle him

And our dline going eat

[merry ginkgo]

This game will be determined by the pass rush

[bronze lantern]

Fax

[merry ginkgo]

That's the only reason why this is a toss up

Also look how even the logos are between us and you it's only a 4 reaction gap

[bronze lantern]

Yea mfs think we pretenders

[violet ginkgo]

Sam Darnold cooking

[merry ginkgo]

They are also thinking we are pretenders as well mate

[violet ginkgo]

[bronze lantern]

Put yo money where yo mouth is

[merry ginkgo]

Hey Div rival get out of here

[violet ginkgo]

Darnold for 400 yards 6 tds

[violet ginkgo]

U right my bad

[merry ginkgo]

Please

[violet ginkgo]

Im rooting for yall though

[merry ginkgo]

Thank you

Preciate you

[bronze lantern]

Yea nfl gone soft

[merry ginkgo]

I don't mind the lions and bears but hate the pack

[bronze lantern]

Y’all lost to jets

[merry ginkgo]

Isn't crazy that people are thinking we are pretenders?

[bronze lantern]

Y’all are tho

Y’all relying on a WR

[violet ginkgo]

Probably because yall got sam darnold playing qb but yall got a decent team

[bronze lantern]

And our left overs

[merry ginkgo]

Texans fan people think the Vikings are pretenders

[bronze lantern]

What’s y’all division record?

[merry ginkgo]

He's a good QB but he just didn't have great recieving options and having KOC helps darnold a lot

[untold mortar]

2-0

[bronze lantern]

Y’all had two division games already?

[merry ginkgo]

Don't you mean conference record?

[untold mortar]

oh myb

mixed them both

[merry ginkgo]

We haven't had any division matchups but we will in week 4 when we play green bay

[bronze lantern]

Lucky

[merry ginkgo]

which us vikings fans hate those cheeseheads

[bronze lantern]

I would too if arod violated my team

[violet ginkgo]

He played on the niners last year, 10 games and only put up 300 yards

[hallow schooner]

Not at all
People expected y’all to suck and it’s early in the season so the stigma hasn’t been shaken yet

Regardless of performance

[merry ginkgo]

Right

But darnold having KOC is huge

With that offensive mindset of his

[bronze lantern]

I’m confident in our defense

[hallow schooner]

I was talking about it like 7 hours ago but I think the team composition here is very similar

[bronze lantern]

Dnt we lead the league in int?

Also I heard some about we broke a franchise record

[hallow schooner]

Not yet

[merry ginkgo]

We lead the league in sacks

[hallow schooner]

Yea
Minnesota is first
Houston is 2nd

Like I was saying last night Houston’s defensive weakness is those damn chunk plays

[merry ginkgo]

This game will be determined with pass rush

That's it

[hallow schooner]

4-5 sacks each

I hope Greenard has mercy when he hits his old QB

lmao

[merry ginkgo]

He's only 27

[violet ginkgo]

Jets got the most sacks

Unless yall can get more than 3 tomorrow

[drifting gate]

texans by 2 scores

[merry ginkgo]

Yeah because they played on Thursday night

[hallow schooner]

I just meant I don’t want him to hit CJ that hard when he inevitably beats Tytus Howard

[merry ginkgo]

Nah it'll be one score

[drifting gate]

no chance buddy

even without mixon they will piece you

[merry ginkgo]

Good luck

[drifting gate]

thanks bro you too

[merry ginkgo]

It'll be a great game nonetheless

However I won't be as nice to you in two weeks time I'm afraid

[drifting gate]

thats cute

[hallow schooner]

nah fr watching these games is more fun (to me) when I try to give opposing teams credit

[hallow schooner]

obv I won’t do that for every team (Panthers, I’m sorry) but most of the NFL is better than usually given credit for

[drifting gate]

panthers so bad

[hallow schooner]

Like it really is crazy how good the majority of the league actually is when you think about it

[untold mortar]

panthers ruined bryce young

[violet ginkgo]

I heard andy dalton putting up 350 yards tomorrow

[untold mortar]

think about it

sam darnold was at the panthers and did bad.

[hallow schooner]

No I actually agree

[untold mortar]

the second he came to minnesota he does good

[hallow schooner]

Bryce’s whole thing was his mental game

[merry ginkgo]

Because he has KOC and Solid receiving options at his disposal @untold mortar

[untold mortar]

thats true

[untold mortar]

then again carolina is like a death valley for qbs

[merry ginkgo]

True

[hallow schooner]

Ok I can talk again
Got timed out for 10 minutes for saying the f-word

[merry ginkgo]

Thank you

I was nervous about that

So thanks for being the test subject

[hallow schooner]

Anyways Bryce went to a team that gave him no time to process anything in the pocket and a coach that had an inconsistent playbook so Bryce could never really use his mental game to his advantage

[merry ginkgo]

Fair enough

[untold mortar]

bryce is good, i see the potential. he just needs a team that can sort of fit his style

[merry ginkgo]

Maybe like Arizona?

[hallow schooner]

Also his arm strength is kinda mid

[untold mortar]

maybe

[hallow schooner]

He’s probably pulling a Jameis Winston and having an ok year somewhere else then settling into a high level QB2 role

[merry ginkgo]

Good point

[untold mortar]

more like trubisky but that works

[halcyon rampart]

No way we gonna lose to Sam darnold and Justin Jefferson. We literally have an entire WR slot of Stefon diggs,Nico, and tank

And don’t forget OROY CJ stroud

[long vapor]

3-0🔜

[halcyon rampart]

And DROY will Anderson

[halcyon rampart]

2-1 but Vikings might be close game

Prove me wrong

[merry ginkgo]

It honestly depends on Pass rush it's that simple

[untold mortar]

we'll see on sunday

[merry ginkgo]

We'll try to prove you wrong on sunday

[halcyon rampart]

Yeah we’ll see. Pass rush is determined heavily.

[untold mortar]

the only vikings game i went to was an away game last season when dobbs against atlanta

im hoping i can go to this one

[halcyon rampart]

Go CJ and Texans

That’s all I gotta say

[bronze lantern]

?

[burnt mist]

Go Vikings

[limber heron]

Can't wait to tailgate tomorrow!

[merry ginkgo]

What

Tailgate?

[spring wagon]

Vikings are going to be tough to beat at their place

[night mirage]

Which nfl do you think they won't be unstoppable

[merry ginkgo]

1970's they would of been almost unstoppable then

[night mirage]

You really think your can win tomorrow

Team*

[merry ginkgo]

Ofc

We have a true shot at it

If you have the right state of mind

[night mirage]

I get that, but taxes, we're not gonna lose, so we're going 3-0

[karmic osprey]

Both fanbases hella confident

[lean thorn]

I think it’s going to be a very close game. There isn’t really any telling of who will win

I honestly wouldn’t be upset if it ended a tie lol

[karmic osprey]

Im down to tie

[night mirage]

If we tie no win or lose

[merry ginkgo]

What does taxes have to do with this?

[karmic osprey]

Better than a loss

[lean thorn]

2-0-1 both still undefeated 🤣

[night mirage]

It could be a good game, so who knows?

[night mirage]

Fr

[night mirage]

Idk

[merry ginkgo]

Then why say it?

[night mirage]

Could it be?Count

[night mirage]

Idk sometimes we say crazy don'

Ok*

[merry ginkgo]

Got you

[lean thorn]

Yea, if it’s a tie both teams would still be undefeated. Cuz nobody win or lose

[night mirage]

Mmm that can happen

[merry ginkgo]

I will take it at least its not a lost in a way

[night mirage]

Can we all say who, put the chief, our texans vs vikings

[merry ginkgo]

If it's a tie

[quiet mural]

Mid off this Sunday

[merry ginkgo]

I don't want to know

[merry ginkgo]

Good luck tommorow

[night mirage]

Same bro I hate them so much

[merry ginkgo]

I know right

[quiet mural]

Hopefully Caleb has a pulse after the game

[merry ginkgo]

They are just too good right now

[night mirage]

Who

[merry ginkgo]

Unfortunately I don't see that happening bud

[prisma path]

Hello

[merry ginkgo]

The Chiefs

[night mirage]

Yoo

[night mirage]

No they not they cheated

I want them to lose all of them

[merry ginkgo]

They are just too good right now

[night mirage]

Buddy, you know, we all hate them much. I don't care if they're too good. I don't care

[merry ginkgo]

And I wouldn't say they cheat sure they played the refs twice in a game

[prisma path]

Watch them lose to the falcons

[night mirage]

That too

[merry ginkgo]

Kirko chains

@prisma path

[prisma path]

Yes

[merry ginkgo]

I actually would love to see the chiefs lose to the falcons and they lose the super bowl

Because of the kirk curse

[night mirage]

I'm hopefully that can happen

[merry ginkgo]

Me too

[distant haven]

I hate the vikings

[coarse spear]

Texans RB Joe Mixon is not traveling to Minnesota, and he now has been downgraded to out from doubtful.

[karmic osprey]

Damn

[rose atlas]

Oh dang

[hallow schooner]

Hard agree here tbh

Gonna be tough to run without Mixon

[merry ginkgo]

As a Vikings fan we'll take it

[karmic osprey]

I mean we lost Ivan Pace whos a good run stopper

Could even out

[merry ginkgo]

Good point

[hallow schooner]

Texans RBs are down to Cam Akers, Dare Ogunbowale and British Brooks

[night mirage]

Qhyyy joe mixon

Whyy*

[prisma path]

What happened to Joe mixon

[violet ginkgo]

Hurt his ankle

[prisma path]

Damn that sucks he was looking good too

[violet ginkgo]

Trueee, Texans will still do good though weapons still crazy

[night mirage]

Bro could it be someone not him

[hallow schooner]

Ankle injury on a hip drop tackle early in the Bears game

[violet ginkgo]

Akers the backup now?

[karmic osprey]

Jordan Addison got hip dropped too smh

[night mirage]

Yeah, I saw that. What happened? And then he got back on to win the gang in Sunday

[night mirage]

Dang

[prisma path]

Are the backups good?

[karmic osprey]

Cam Akers is good

[violet ginkgo]

I think akers is decent

Yeah

[karmic osprey]

Vikings legend

[night mirage]

Who do we got a runaback from texas

[floral pelican]

Cam Akers will need to carry

[karmic osprey]

What?

[violet ginkgo]

Vikings have a good secondary?

[karmic osprey]

Nah

[night mirage]

Mean joe mixon is not playing tomorrow

[karmic osprey]

Oh ok

Our defense as a unit is good

[night mirage]

So who do we have a runnerback

[karmic osprey]

We dont have good corners like Houston does

[violet ginkgo]

Ooo

[night mirage]

What the name

[violet ginkgo]

Texans might cook then

[karmic osprey]

Cam Akers

[night mirage]

Cam it he a runnerback texas

[night mirage]

It's some time that we got best defen.Se we have

So*

[night mirage]

No we have a chance

[karmic osprey]

Diggs will feast 100%

Unless we gameplan against him

[violet ginkgo]

Might cook means yall might go crazy

I wasn’t trash talking haha

[prisma path]

I got Texans by 400

[night mirage]

Ohhh ok my bad lol

[hallow schooner]

Tackler landed hard on his ankle. Best I can guess he tried to practice in it and reaggravated it or something. I don’t know

[night mirage]

He the best receiver

[night mirage]

That's sad, but it's best to keep him safe because we don't want a risk

[hallow schooner]

Your front 7 is crazy though, Flores will probably stack the box a lot
If we can’t run well then Stroud will have to do it all again

[karmic osprey]

Yeah fr

[prisma path]

We doing better without him so we both won tbh

[hallow schooner]

Diggs hasn’t done a ton yet tbh

They keep him on much shorter routes and let Nico draw the deeper ones

[karmic osprey]

2 touchdowns opening day

[hallow schooner]

He does seem to get better the closer to the goal line

[hallow schooner]

Yea but any WR on our team could have caught the second one

[karmic osprey]

I guess thats the advantage to having 3 good receivers

[hallow schooner]

I hope they stop doing that weird stuff with Tank on those designed runs and just let him line up

That’s gonna get him hurt again

[night mirage]

Mabe hopefully he'll be back next sunday

[light phoenix]

[merry ginkgo]

[strong rover]

[valid parcel]

Lowkey need the Texans to cook

[merry ginkgo]

Willams I feel you but I hope not

[hallow schooner]

Why the Texans Win: Talent edge in the passing game, notably at quarterback and corner
Why the Vikings Win: More consistent play at this point in the season and a more balanced attack

[jaunty dune]

Texans can probably win by like 15-20 points

they’ll most likely start the season 8-0

[merry ginkgo]

Stop thinking you have a chance to win which you do however you are talking about winning it over confidently

[karmic osprey]

Most these Texans fans are very confident

[jaunty dune]

No way these people think the Vikings gonna win

[jaunty dune]

They the best team in the NFL

[merry ginkgo]

They are more over confident

[burnt mist]

Hi go vikings

And go gophers

[merry ginkgo]

OLB Bo Richter and TE Robert Tonyan is getting called up to the active roster

[hallow schooner]

Tonyan’s not a bad backup

Anyways I have to be the token respectful fan
A chat like this is gonna be ripe for smack talk tomorrow

[night mirage]

Fr

[strong rover]

Yes we do buddy

[night mirage]

Let they be ok

[jaunty dune]

They gonna lose

[strong rover]

Sam Darnold is america's quarterback

[wary arch]

vikings gotta be delusional bro they not beating the texans

[night mirage]

And cj

[jaunty dune]

Fr ☠️

[night mirage]

www for saying 8-0

[violet ginkgo]

Anything is possible

[wary arch]

thats baker who owned yall

[violet ginkgo]

[jaunty dune]

I think the Texans will be the last undefeated team

[strong rover]

Y'all said this last week

[wary arch]

who is yall

[violet ginkgo]

Wadda undercover vikings fan

[strong rover]

The haters

[night mirage]

I hope that happened imagine we are powerful

[wary arch]

i never spoke about the vikings bro they never cross my mind

[strong rover]

I love all of my midwest brothers ♥️

[karmic osprey]

Aye this Lions fan goated

[night mirage]

Don't worry in week 10 they will know who we'll loss

[strong rover]

So it makes sense who you underrating them

[karmic osprey]

@strong rover Lets team up and get the Packers and Lions eliminated from the playoffs fr

[jaunty dune]

I really wanna see the chiefs vs the Texans even tho I think the Texans will lose 😭

[strong rover]

I cannot betray the lions I'm sorry bro

[karmic osprey]

Mb BeTs

Bears

Packers and bears

[strong rover]

Sure

[karmic osprey]

W

[wary arch]

bears are ass

[strong rover]

If you eliminate the 9ers in the playoffs I will fully become a vikings fan

[twin berry]

that would be hilarious

[night mirage]

Don't even say that texas are going to won the chife

[karmic osprey]

😂 thats an insane task to pull off

[night mirage]

😤😤

[night mirage]

Fr

[merry ginkgo]

OLB Bo Richter on active roster along side the TE Robert Tonyan

[wary arch]

how is there more people picking the vikings over the texans ☠️

[karmic osprey]

Two dawgs

[night mirage]

Idk why we have 108 we should have 120

[twin berry]

cause vikings are on hot streak idk lmao

[strong rover]

Y'all did it once I believe in you
With the power of the midwest anything is possible

[karmic osprey]

Have you not watched a Vikings game yet this year

[jaunty dune]

I remember when they met in the playoffs and the Texans lost like 51-31 or something

[karmic osprey]

Its basically 50/50 anyways, only 4 more people picked Vikings

[night mirage]

Oh that yee that like 5 years

Was

[karmic osprey]

They beat yall Twice in the playoffs

[night mirage]

And shouldn't won

[karmic osprey]

2015 and 2019 I think

[wary arch]

i watched the vikings vs 9ers game live its still only been 2 games there is no way the vikings are favored over the texans

[jaunty dune]

yeah but Deshaun is better than CJ

[karmic osprey]

Its 50/50 dawg

[wary arch]

2 games is not enough of a sample size

[jaunty dune]

I don’t see the Texans beating them

[karmic osprey]

Nobody is favored

[twin berry]

i didnt even realize what those reactions were for lol

[wary arch]

no it’s not ☠️

[twin berry]

just voted for texans

[karmic osprey]

112-108 is basically 50/50

[jaunty dune]

what was the other time?

[clear yew]

Mark my words, the Texans will never get it done. They’ll get a free trip to the playoffs every year in the yeeyee trash AFC South and still blow it year after year

[night mirage]

Ok that ye but cj it better because what deshauna did

[strong oak]

If you see this you like little boys

[karmic osprey]

2014 or 2015 yall got blown out 😭

[night mirage]

You wish

[wary arch]

u a jags fan ur season is already over thank you fans

[jaunty dune]

Oh I’m not suprised entirely different team + I didn’t care about them like that back then

[karmic osprey]

We got. Jags fan up in here now

[night mirage]

Let the texas be the number 1 after south

[twin berry]

jags selling the season

[merry ginkgo]

Let the Vikings be number 1

[wary arch]

afc south is all trash except houston

[merry ginkgo]

In the north

[night mirage]

8f anyone is texas fan i post the texas group if we win the texas

If*

[strong rover]

vikings:
-beat 49ers
texans:
-beat bears and colts

Yeah y'all are on fire rn

Sweeping the best teams in the league

[wary arch]

lions- lost to the bucs

[merry ginkgo]

Facts

[jaunty dune]

Fr ☠️

[wary arch]

love how you omitted them beating the giants too clown

[strong rover]

Who's talking about the lions unc

[jaunty dune]

How is all the other teams 0-2

[karmic osprey]

Im definitely not counting out anyone in the division yet

[strong rover]

That didn't really matter kinda like every game you've played this season

[wary arch]

cus they are frauds colts fans hyped themselves up just to get 150 yards run on them back to back

[hallow schooner]

oh yea, all two of them

[karmic osprey]

Because nobody brags about beating the Giants

[wary arch]

2-0 at the end of the day so it matters

[hallow schooner]

you beat who's in front of you

[wary arch]

but 1 game beating the 9ers you can use to say you’re better?

[merry ginkgo]

And only one of us will emerge 3-0 at the end of the day

[strong rover]

Their 2-0 matters a lot more lmao

[hallow schooner]

who knows, there's always the tie

[karmic osprey]

Im not saying we are better, Im saying this should be an even matchup we both are good

[merry ginkgo]

I don't think a tie will happen

[hallow schooner]

prob not

[strong rover]

Vikings beating a top 2 team def means more than y'all bums beating the team whose QB ain't even touched down yet

[hallow schooner]

it would be kinda funny though

[karmic osprey]

Yeah someone will win but it will probably be a 1 score game lol

[flint wedge]

[azure karma]

Darnold masterclass

[merry ginkgo]

Yes

[twin berry]

i thought we were done with him lol

guess not

minnesota believes

[hallow schooner]

I do think Houston has a passing game advantage here but we'll struggle more on the ground

[karmic osprey]

Im not sold yet

Just happy he’s playing solid so far

[hallow schooner]

yea Darnold's been good

[twin berry]

yall just have good recievers tbh

[karmic osprey]

Receivers running back o line head coach

[twin berry]

a lot of qbs could do great in that offense

kinda the same with my team the dolphins

[karmic osprey]

Yeah we have seen this time and time again

[hallow schooner]

they're down WR2 and TE
Houston's down RB1 and 2

[twin berry]

thats right addison is out

[karmic osprey]

Im interested to see how Skylar and Huntley will do

[karmic osprey]

Hes been out

[twin berry]

huntley is coming in halfway through lmao

thompson is ok but not good enough

ive seen what huntley can do for the ravens

[karmic osprey]

We have good depth at receiver honestly so Addison is not a major loss imo

[twin berry]

thats true

not as bad as if JJ was out

[karmic osprey]

Yea

Nailor has been amazing

Breakout season

[strong rover]

@wary arch didn't y'all win by only like 6 points to a team whose QB hasn't touched down and you think you're beating the vikings

[twin berry]

thats happening with a lot of players this season

makes fantasy hard to handle

[karmic osprey]

Yeaa lol

[hallow schooner]

bro are you just a Vikes fan in disguise or what

[strong rover]

Sam Darnold runs circles around texans whole team

[hallow schooner]

oh ok you're trolling

[strong rover]

Yeah

They have avenged us by slaying the 49ers

I have immense respect for them

[hallow schooner]

bruh that's your division rival

[merry ginkgo]

Your very welcome for that

[strong rover]

The packers are our rival smarty

Ngl I fw the packets though

[karmic osprey]

Lions can get their revenge this season

[strong rover]

Only team in our division I don't like is the bears fack them

[merry ginkgo]

Minnesota hates green bay the most

[karmic osprey]

For sure

Bears fans are just high key annoying

[hallow schooner]

understandable

idk how they keep doing it

(The Packers)

[merry ginkgo]

Me neither also fun fact the Vikings have more division titles over Green Bay

Since we have first met in the division

[strong rover]

Lets hope jj18 doesn't tear up are defense but i got houston winning 31-24

[merry ginkgo]

🤣

[strong rover]

nico collins gonna cook though

[karmic osprey]

Better than some peoples predictions

[karmic osprey]

I think it will be Diggs day

[merry ginkgo]

True

[hallow schooner]

I think either Collins or Diggs on Shaq Griffin is a mismatch
MIN will need to bring some help there

[strong rover]

eh idk

yea

espacially with tank dell in the mix

with dalton shultz those are lots of deep throwing threats

[karmic osprey]

His return to Minnesota

Is why

I think that

[strong rover]

this is why i have houston winning i dont think minnesota defense can keep up with houston the bad thing is they will have no run game

[strong rover]

oh yeah true

[hallow schooner]

MIN can def devote more energy to stopping the pass with the run game limited

[strong rover]

At least they know their team is doodoo... Most of them

[jaunty dune]

Fr 😭

[strong rover]

cam akers is not a bad rb though

i think he can get maxium 50-70 yards

[hallow schooner]

Colts are spinning a roulette wheel with AR every week
Jags are just mediocre
Titans have had the dumbest plays of the week two weeks straght

Houston just needs to play competently to win the division

[strong rover]

titans are hella mid

[strong rover]

Your division is garbage so your record doesn't matter

Y'all just get free wins beating the trash in your division

It's like I fight 10 dudes and my buddy Jack does the same

And we won the same number of fights but I fought 4 kindergartens

Does that make me equal to jack

Are the texans equals to the vikings because both are 2-0 even though the texans fought 2 doodoo teams

[hallow schooner]

brother is this not what I said
Do you just want to antagonize people or what

If you look through my messages I have stated in this chat that if the Vikes win it will be due to more consistent play

[strong rover]

It's what is true

What you're saying isn't true 🤣

[hollow canyon]

we win this

[karmic osprey]

💀

[hollow canyon]

where my vikings fans at

[karmic osprey]

Yo

[hollow canyon]

yooo

[strong rover]

Right here

[hollow canyon]

wait

but you’re lions

[strong rover]

(I'm not on the team)

[hallow schooner]

Aight bro you’re definitely just trolling

[hollow canyon]

i’m not

[karmic osprey]

Hes a chill one dont worry

[strong rover]

Lions #1 but y'all are chill

[hollow canyon]

the vikings have a high chance of winning this game

[strong rover]

You're just coping man
See you tomorrow

[merry ginkgo]

I'm here

[hollow canyon]

let’s gooo

hard to find vikings fans

[merry ginkgo]

Just a passionate vikings fan

[hollow canyon]

i live in chicago

born and raised

[merry ginkgo]

We have a whole pack

[karmic osprey]

W

[hallow schooner]

I literally called out each other AFCS team for not being good and you said the same thing
But what I said isn’t true apparently

[hollow canyon]

ive never been a bears fan

[hallow schooner]

I genuinely do not get it

[hollow canyon]

my dad likes the vikings

so i do too and it’s been like that forever

[strong rover]

You're not willing to accept what I said so you're contradicting yourself

You're not willing to accept that your record means nothing but you pretend you do

[hollow canyon]

wait texans are also 2-0 i believe

[hallow schooner]

I said the same thing you said

[merry ginkgo]

Correct

[hollow canyon]

who’s perfect record is being ruined tomorrow

[hallow schooner]

Yes that is correct

2 ugly wins

[hollow canyon]

vikings wins were amazing to watch

when they poop on the 49ers

and destroyed the giants

[merry ginkgo]

Hopefully that continues tommorow

[hollow canyon]

yep

jj mccarthy who?

big d darnold is all i know

[merry ginkgo]

Sam Darnold lmao

[hollow canyon]

are you a furry

do furries watch football

[merry ginkgo]

Yes

Is that a problem

[hollow canyon]

js a little surprising

[strong rover]

Meanwhile texans winning by 6 points to a team whose QB hasn't touched down

[merry ginkgo]

Ok

[hollow canyon]

fr

has caleb williams thrown a td yet?

😭

[hallow schooner]

Dude if you were in this chat yesterday you would have seen me saying that the Texans must clean up their mistakes from the first two games if they want to win

[hollow canyon]

it’s so funny cause caleb told the punter of the bears he wouldn’t be punting much and now look at the bears 😭

[karmic osprey]

Heck nah

[hallow schooner]

I was talking about it last night
The Texans yielded better on paper rosters but made enough mistakes that they shouldn’t have to let their opponents play them closely

Yea Williams has been ass

[strong rover]

Your opinion changes on a daily basis it seems

[hollow canyon]

literally

i was like how tf did the bears not win the texans were choking a lil bit

caleb did pretty good in pre season idk what happened to him

i think he’s nervous

he is a rookie after all

[hallow schooner]

It’s the same as it was yesterday
My one mistake, and I will admit to this, was overestimating the amount of people the Niners had out

[hollow canyon]

the niners offense looked normal to me

[strong rover]

Actually it changes on an hourly bases but I owned you so hard you're defeated now

[hollow canyon]

maybe i didn’t see all of it

[strong rover]

The stream of copium has run dry and you're now admitting defeat

[hollow canyon]

i can’t believe fred warner and jj got injured on the same play

justin jefferson said he’d be back for tomorrows game cause his injury wasn’t serious at all

[strong rover]

Niners played well
Vikings played better

[hollow canyon]

it was like a cramp or smth

i’m not sure

[hollow canyon]

literally the niners didn’t play bad or none the vikings are just cooking this year so far

justin’s 98 yard td was against the niners right or was it the giants i can’t remember

[karmic osprey]

That Texans fan acted like the niners were really banged up

They had 430 yards of offense 💀

The same Super bowl caliber offense

[karmic osprey]

Yeah niners

[strong rover]

The amount of cap in this channel is insane man

[hollow canyon]

i had to change underwear when i saw the play

[karmic osprey]

Sup

[strong rover]

It's all good brother

[hollow canyon]

yes you are

[strong rover]

Don't sell when we face the 9ers please 🙏

[hollow canyon]

i hope the lions do good

[hallow schooner]

I'll admit I thought it was more than CMC
That was my b

[hollow canyon]

i’m rooting for lions tomorrow

[strong rover]

If we beat the cowboys I'll get u applebee's

[hollow canyon]

jared goff is matt staffords dad

[karmic osprey]

Vikings and Lions on top

F Bears and Packers

[wanton magnet]

Let’s go Vikings bby

[strong rover]

Yeah

[strong rover]

Amen to that

[karmic osprey]

The first sane Eagles fan ive seen in this server

[hollow canyon]

www eagles fan

[strong rover]

What happened to my boy Jared Goff 💔

[hallow schooner]

Could be a lot of things but people say "it's just preseason" for a reason
That and a lot of coaches don't really show their full playbooks at that point so it's possible he expected the regular season defenses to be simpler than they actually were

[strong rover]

Haha this clown blocked me ^

[hallow schooner]

Anyways this is the part where I pivot to talking about personnel matchups because I've been looking at those and speaking on them in the Texans chat

There are a few I'm very interested in

[solid jungle]

Nico Collins owns your defense

[wintry plaza]

need a big game from tank

[clever wren]

[vocal wasp]

[hallow schooner]

-Justin Jefferson vs Derek Stingley: Former LSU teammates and one of the best receivers in the game against an up and coming corner. I said this earlier and I'll say it again: Stingley is good but will need help, probably in the form of a safety. Jefferson is more experienced and can handily bust open double coverage, so Houston will need to keep an insurance policy on him.

[vocal wasp]

They are going to have to double or triple team JJ

[hallow schooner]

They're doubling him 100%

[strong rover]

[hallow schooner]

I do think that with Addison and Hockenson out they'll devote more resources to Jefferson

[vocal wasp]

Nailor has looked pretty good so far this year so I have faith he can make up for Addison

[zenith palm]

Texans gonna win this

[vocal wasp]

That’s what people said last week against 49ers that the 49ers were gonna win

So…

[zenith palm]

Vikings gotta lose at some point tho.

[vocal wasp]

Texans do also

[zenith palm]

Texans are also fully healthy tho unlike the niners weren’t

I think JJ goes off but loses in a close one

[karmic osprey]

Please do, that will open up more opportunities for our other receivers

[hallow schooner]

-Jonathan Greenard vs the Houston OTs: This one intrigues me from the former teammate standpoint. Greenard practiced against both Laremy Tunsil and Tytus Howard extensively last year. Both sides should be pretty familiar with the other's game. Tunsil is the better of the two and Greenard is listed at weak side so he'll probably match up against Tytus Howard a lot, who I would call... just ok.

[vocal wasp]

Patrick Jones is gonna get another 2 sacks

He got 2 sacks in each of his first 2 games

[hallow schooner]

Vice versa also applies for Danielle Hunter vs the Vikings OTs though

[vocal wasp]

It’s hit or miss with our tackles… sometimes they show greatness but other times they aren’t good

[hallow schooner]

Yea idk about your RT but I've heard good things about Christian Darrisaw
We'll see how he does against Hunter and Will Anderson

[vocal wasp]

Darrisaw is definitely great

[karmic osprey]

Brian O’Neill is a former pro bowl tackle dont sleep on him

[vocal wasp]

Oh I meant guards…

[hallow schooner]

noted. i won't.

[vocal wasp]

Our guards aren’t the best

But yeah our tackles are great

[prisma path]

Is JJ playing?

[hallow schooner]

I do think y'all's rushers probably go after Howard and left guard Kenyon Green a lot
Green is a good run blocker but can't do pass pro well

[karmic osprey]

Left guard is good, center and right guard nah

[karmic osprey]

Yup

[hallow schooner]

Yea Jefferson is good to go

[vocal wasp]

Turner, Addison, and Pace are out

[karmic osprey]

Once Dalton Risner is back Ed Ingram is getting benched 😂

[hallow schooner]

I have decidedly not heard much about Risner since some offseason drama

He start well?

[karmic osprey]

He has been injured

[hallow schooner]

ah

that tracks

[karmic osprey]

Once he’s healthy he will be the starting right guard

[hallow schooner]

I thought it may have been a week 1 thing

[vocal wasp]

So many people got injured on that play that JJ got hurt on last week…

[night mirage]

Houston put jj taylor to play Tomorrow

[hallow schooner]

yea that's a practice squad back
not moved

[night mirage]

Ohh

[hallow schooner]

Our RBs look like garbage, dude

[vocal wasp]

Is Joe Mixon good to play tomorrow?

[hallow schooner]

nah

[night mirage]

Really

[night mirage]

No

[hallow schooner]

We're down our top two RBs

[vocal wasp]

Akers starter probs then?

[night mirage]

Jj taylor it playing tomorrow

[vocal wasp]

Oh

[night mirage]

Yes

[hallow schooner]

Cam Akers will be RB1 and while he looked ok against the Bears he also had that awful fumble

[vocal wasp]

He has just had to many injuries

It’s sad because he’s so young

[night mirage]

But it good jj taylor can help the texas of w

[hallow schooner]

RB2 could be whoever between Taylor, British Brooks and Dare Ogunbowale, who are a PS back, a UDFA, and an old dude who lacks burst

[night mirage]

Old you think he is

How

[hallow schooner]

Akers is like 25 I think

[vocal wasp]

He’s 25

[night mirage]

What

25

[hallow schooner]

But 2 season ending injuries already is brutal

[night mirage]

I think we only 2 rb

[hallow schooner]

Nah

[karmic osprey]

It will be Cam and Dare

[night mirage]

3 rb

[hallow schooner]

Brooks is basically a FB and with TE Brevin Jordan also hurt I expect them to bring Brooks along to block

So if he's listed as FB no reason not to bring all 4

You never know with Akers anyways

I had no clue y'all's CB2 was Shaq Griffin

There's a name

[karmic osprey]

Yeah

[hallow schooner]

he was on the Texans for a bit last year too when we were down a bajillion DBs

How's he been

[karmic osprey]

Honestly haven’t seen much lol

[violet ginkgo]

Let me see what yall Texans talking about

[lofty tusk]

winning

[silent sonnet]

Blowing them out

[karmic osprey]

Rent free

[silent sonnet]

just stating my opinion Texans are the better team

[quaint pumice]

SKOL

[vocal wasp]

What about 49ers then…

[karmic osprey]

Eagles fans hate the niners even more 💀

[silent sonnet]

vs ?

[vocal wasp]

Vikings…

Last week

[silent sonnet]

Vikings

49ers bad

[karmic osprey]

Do the eagles and niners play this year or nah

[silent sonnet]

nope

[karmic osprey]

alr

[silent sonnet]

they play the cowboys tho

can’t wait to see that loss

[vocal wasp]

Ngl but I think eagles are losing to the saints lol

[karmic osprey]

Thats the popular opinion

[silent sonnet]

maybe

They have looked good

[night mirage]

Well look like 120 hot texas and i knew it that's going to happen.

Texas*

[wary arch]

2-0 is 2-0 nothing matters more 😭

[arctic haven]

h town baby

[night mirage]

Yessir

[eager marsh]

i'm incredibly scared of you, houston

but i feel like no matter who wins this, it'll be damn close

[arctic haven]

yea I’m thinking like 27-24

might be game of the week or it’ll be like 13-10

[eager marsh]

i feel like this game is going to be a stress test for the vikings offense, i'm really wondering if darnold can keep the pressure up

our defense is rock solid though

[arctic haven]

Is the Vikings oline pretty good idk too much about it

Cuz our rush defense is our strongest point rn

[eager marsh]

kevin o'connel is a damn good coach and was able to run circles around the 49ers, even with several of our best players out for the count

but i have this nagging feeling in the back of my head saying that houston is just a massive brick wall that we're gonna end up running headfirst into

[arctic haven]

Our defense is tough man i feel like Sam darnold is gonna have a hard time connecting

[spring wagon]

Yea I think it’ll come down to darnold vs cj and who plays better

[eager marsh]

this is gonna be one of those games where the winner will be decided by ONE key play that sets a boatload of momentum

[karmic osprey]

Yeah easily top 15

Its the interior thats pretty mid

Top 5 tackle duo tho

[spring wagon]

Yep

[arctic haven]

prolly a pick 6

Has darnold threw an int

[karmic osprey]

Two

One was batted at the line

Other was kinda his fault but it was a great play by warner