September 29, 2025 • 8 mins
Tim discusses the Minnesota Vikings' struggles, and explains why their biggest problem aren't the injuries on their offensive line.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You might laugh at this opinion, but I believe it
to be one hundred percent true. The Viking's biggest problem
is not their offensive line. Although they've had injuries across
the board, none of the Vikings' top five offensive linemen
(00:20):
have played together this season, but that is still not
the Vikings' biggest issue. This podcast is presented by zero
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Speaker 2 (00:41):
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Speaker 1 (00:43):
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Viking's biggest problem lies. The Viking's biggest problem lies in
the fact that they don't have a stabilizing quarterback option.
(01:08):
If the offensive linemen are falling apart all around the
Vikings organization, which they are are not denying that, it's
not a problem, but it's not.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
The biggest issue because.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
What's more important than an offensive line or a defensive
line is a stabilizing quarterback presence. Let me use these
animals for an example. Okay, I have a pig. Let's
say they represent Brian Oneil. The horse represents Will Fries,
(01:51):
The cow represents Christian Theresa because he's massive and fast.
The chicken represents Donovan Jackson, and the pig represents Ryan Kelly.
So there's the Vikings five offensive lineman, great went healthy.
Let's say the chicken Donovan Jackson gets hurt and you've
(02:15):
got to replace him with these AirPods.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Okay, not as strong, not as good.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
The pig gets hurt aka Ryan Kelly, and you replace
him with this sock. Let's say Brian O'Neill. The pig
gets hurt and you're replace him with his water bottle.
That leaves Christian Dearrissaw and Will Fries two out of
five offensive lineman remain obviously a huge issue. But what
(02:47):
makes a huge difference in this is this man right here,
the fire engine man, the stabilizer, the general. It becomes
a huge difference if this quarterback taking the ball under
center is a Jajon McCarthy, a Carson Wentz or a
(03:08):
Sam Darnold and Aaron Rodgers, a Daniel Jones. The Vikings
do not have a stabilizer taking the ball under center,
and what we have seen is that when these linemen
have fallen apart, which is a risk of any NFL team,
what can overcompensate for those risks is the quarterback, the general,
(03:35):
the stabilizer, and the Vikings decided to take a risk
this offseason. They risked a quarterback stabilizer for five strong
guys in the trenches, and right now, three of them
are hurt and the quarterback, Carson Wentz, cannot overcompensate for
(03:57):
the injuries to the three guys up front.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
And that's what we're seeing this season.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
The Vikings need a stabilizing general at the quarterback position
for what is going down with their offensive line, and
they don't have one. If everyone around the quarterback is
getting hurt, but there's a stabilizing presence at quarterback, he
(04:23):
can't overcompensate for those injuries. And the vice versa is
also true. If it is a disaster around the quarterback,
everyone's hurt and there's not a stabilizing presence at quarterback,
the team is not going to be able to overcompensate
for those injuries. And that's what we're seeing this season.
(04:47):
You might view this as an uncontrollable Of course, the
injuries are uncontrollable, but the Viking situation itself, I believe
is very controllable because there's always a risk of injury,
and the Vikings organization risked a healthy team for an
(05:08):
unstabilized quarterback presence, and now it's backfired.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Now you're left with Carson Wentz six teams in six seasons.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Carson Wentz and Jajon McCarthy, who's played two games in
over six hundred days, and now you're putting him behind
five offensive linemen, three of who are not designed to
play that position. The Vikings' biggest issue comes from not
having a quarterback that can overcompensate for the things falling.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Apart around him.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Last season is a perfect example of what I'm talking about.
Vikings twenty twenty four offensive lineman Robinson Brandle, Bradbury, Reisner, O'Neill,
Sam Darnold overcompensated for last season and led the Vikings
to a fourteen and three record. You might view yesterday's
(06:06):
game as an unwinnable game. What I remember is the
Vikings having the ball back with a minute left after
the Steelers punted the ball into the Vikings end zone.
That minute looks much different with a Sam Darnold than
it does a Carson Wentz one minute left, even though they.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Had no timeouts.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
You just got advanced the ball thirty yards to kick
like a sixty yard field goal for will record that
has been on fire this season. That minute looks completely
different with different quarterbacks. If the Vikings had a stabilizing
quarterback presence, the season looks different and the Vikings needed
(06:53):
to improve their treasures. I'm not disagreeing with that, but
I believe that the Vikings could have improved their offensive
linemen without forking over all their dollars to their offensive
linement and keep their stabilizing quarterback option. If you want
a bathroom redone, and you want it done right, and
(07:14):
you want it done fast, you need to contact Five
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guarantee is that your bathroom will be remodeled in forty
eight hours. This is what five Star Bath Solutions of
Minneapolis did for us. All disgusting blue floor and a
(07:35):
step going into the shower. They got rid of it
and improved it with something completely brand new and modern.
We had a mold in our shower, got rid of it,
new surround, new tub, new shower hend, new sinks. We
went from a single to a double sink, which is
our favorite bathroom feature, mirror, countertops, vanity. The whole bathroom
(07:58):
was redone thanks to five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis,
and we didn't have to wait eight weeks and tiny
into our teeny tiny bathroom in the basement of our house.
We had it back in forty eight hours. That's what
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You might laugh at this opinion, but I believe it
to be one hundred percent true. The Viking's biggest problem
is not their offensive line. Although they've had injuries across
the board, none of the Vikings' top five offensive linemen
(00:20):
have played together this season, but that is still not
the Vikings' biggest issue. This podcast is presented by zero
Res Carpet Cleaning. If you want three carpets clean for
one hundred and twenty nine dollars, contact zero Resminnesota dot com.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Zero Res Carpet Cleaning.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Spell forwards or backwards that spells the same Tell zero
Rez you heard about it from the brawl with Tim Paul.
Three carpets clean for one hundred and twenty nine dollars.
Take advantage of that deal right now. Here's where the
Viking's biggest problem lies. The Viking's biggest problem lies in
the fact that they don't have a stabilizing quarterback option.
(01:08):
If the offensive linemen are falling apart all around the
Vikings organization, which they are are not denying that, it's
not a problem, but it's not.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
The biggest issue because.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
What's more important than an offensive line or a defensive
line is a stabilizing quarterback presence. Let me use these
animals for an example. Okay, I have a pig. Let's
say they represent Brian Oneil. The horse represents Will Fries,
(01:51):
The cow represents Christian Theresa because he's massive and fast.
The chicken represents Donovan Jackson, and the pig represents Ryan Kelly.
So there's the Vikings five offensive lineman, great went healthy.
Let's say the chicken Donovan Jackson gets hurt and you've
(02:15):
got to replace him with these AirPods.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Okay, not as strong, not as good.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
The pig gets hurt aka Ryan Kelly, and you replace
him with this sock. Let's say Brian O'Neill. The pig
gets hurt and you're replace him with his water bottle.
That leaves Christian Dearrissaw and Will Fries two out of
five offensive lineman remain obviously a huge issue. But what
(02:47):
makes a huge difference in this is this man right here,
the fire engine man, the stabilizer, the general. It becomes
a huge difference if this quarterback taking the ball under
center is a Jajon McCarthy, a Carson Wentz or a
(03:08):
Sam Darnold and Aaron Rodgers, a Daniel Jones. The Vikings
do not have a stabilizer taking the ball under center,
and what we have seen is that when these linemen
have fallen apart, which is a risk of any NFL team,
what can overcompensate for those risks is the quarterback, the general,
(03:35):
the stabilizer, and the Vikings decided to take a risk
this offseason. They risked a quarterback stabilizer for five strong
guys in the trenches, and right now, three of them
are hurt and the quarterback, Carson Wentz, cannot overcompensate for
(03:57):
the injuries to the three guys up front.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
And that's what we're seeing this season.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
The Vikings need a stabilizing general at the quarterback position
for what is going down with their offensive line, and
they don't have one. If everyone around the quarterback is
getting hurt, but there's a stabilizing presence at quarterback, he
(04:23):
can't overcompensate for those injuries. And the vice versa is
also true. If it is a disaster around the quarterback,
everyone's hurt and there's not a stabilizing presence at quarterback,
the team is not going to be able to overcompensate
for those injuries. And that's what we're seeing this season.
(04:47):
You might view this as an uncontrollable Of course, the
injuries are uncontrollable, but the Viking situation itself, I believe
is very controllable because there's always a risk of injury,
and the Vikings organization risked a healthy team for an
(05:08):
unstabilized quarterback presence, and now it's backfired.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Now you're left with Carson Wentz six teams in six seasons.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Carson Wentz and Jajon McCarthy, who's played two games in
over six hundred days, and now you're putting him behind
five offensive linemen, three of who are not designed to
play that position. The Vikings' biggest issue comes from not
having a quarterback that can overcompensate for the things falling.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Apart around him.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Last season is a perfect example of what I'm talking about.
Vikings twenty twenty four offensive lineman Robinson Brandle, Bradbury, Reisner, O'Neill,
Sam Darnold overcompensated for last season and led the Vikings
to a fourteen and three record. You might view yesterday's
(06:06):
game as an unwinnable game. What I remember is the
Vikings having the ball back with a minute left after
the Steelers punted the ball into the Vikings end zone.
That minute looks much different with a Sam Darnold than
it does a Carson Wentz one minute left, even though they.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Had no timeouts.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
You just got advanced the ball thirty yards to kick
like a sixty yard field goal for will record that
has been on fire this season. That minute looks completely
different with different quarterbacks. If the Vikings had a stabilizing
quarterback presence, the season looks different and the Vikings needed
(06:53):
to improve their treasures. I'm not disagreeing with that, but
I believe that the Vikings could have improved their offensive
linemen without forking over all their dollars to their offensive
linement and keep their stabilizing quarterback option. If you want
a bathroom redone, and you want it done right, and
(07:14):
you want it done fast, you need to contact Five
Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis because their problems and their
guarantee is that your bathroom will be remodeled in forty
eight hours. This is what five Star Bath Solutions of
Minneapolis did for us. All disgusting blue floor and a
(07:35):
step going into the shower. They got rid of it
and improved it with something completely brand new and modern.
We had a mold in our shower, got rid of it,
new surround, new tub, new shower hend, new sinks. We
went from a single to a double sink, which is
our favorite bathroom feature, mirror, countertops, vanity. The whole bathroom
(07:58):
was redone thanks to five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis,
and we didn't have to wait eight weeks and tiny
into our teeny tiny bathroom in the basement of our house.
We had it back in forty eight hours. That's what
five Star Bath Solutions did for us, and that's what
they'll do for you. Contact them today. Five Star Bath
Solutions of Minneapolis Affordable Transformations, Beautiful Solutions,
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