November 8, 2024 • 10 mins
In this episode, Minnesota Tim discusses the upcoming matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and the Jacksonville Jaguars. He highlights the Vikings' recent performance and the challenges they may face against a Jaguars team that, despite its poor record, has shown competitive spirit in recent games. The absence of Jaguars' starting quarterback Trevor Lawrence is a significant factor, but Tim cautions against underestimating the Jaguars, especially with Mac Jones stepping in. He emphasizes the unpredictability of the NFL and the need for the Vikings to maintain focus and improve their offensive performance.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
The easy slate continues for the Minnesota Vikings following their
victory against the Indianapolis Colts at US Bank Stadium because
this weekend, the six and two Minnesota Vikings have their
matchup against the two and seven Jacksonville Jaguars, and even
(00:27):
though the Jaguars are two and seven, the Minnesota Vikings
still have to travel on the road, and the Jacksonville
Jaguars have been playing better football recently, so the fact
that the Minnesota Vikings get a big break or a
lucky break, whatever you want to call it ahead of
this matchup, is a big deal. This take is presented
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All right, So, the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to be
without their starting quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, and I mentioned it
earlier that Jaguars are two and seven, but you look
at what they've been able to do recently, and just
because the Jacksonville Jaguars are two and seven didn't necessarily
(01:54):
mean that the Vikings were a lock to win this
football game. You look at what the Jaguars have done
this season. Okay, they lost to the Dolphins in the
first game of the season. It's not a terrible loss,
with to a tongue of by LOWI he wasn't hurt yet.
Lost of the Cleveland Browns, that's a bad loss. Got
pummeled by the Buffalo Bills, lost of the Houston Texans
(02:17):
by four, beat the Colts barely lost to the Chicago
Bears by nineteen. That's a terrible loss. Beat New England
pummeled them. And then these last two weeks, the Jacksonville
Jaguars have been surprisingly competitive against the Green Bay Packers,
who are six and three, and against the Philadelphia Eagles,
(02:40):
who are also very good this season, they lost by
one score versus both of those teams. So just because
they're two and seven, and just because the Minnesota Vikings
are six and two, it didn't necessarily mean that the
Vikers were just gonna run into Jacksonville and steal role
this football team, because they have proven that they are
(03:03):
at least mostly competitive in almost every single game this season,
every single game besides two. So five of their seven
losses have happened by one score, three point loss to
the Dolphins, five point loss to the Browns, four point
loss to the Texans, three point loss to the Green
(03:23):
Bay Packers, and a five point loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
So if this is even.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Possible in the Jacksonville Jaguars season, they're playing their best
football right now. A win versus New England, a loss
to Green Bay by three, and a loss to the
Philadelphia Eagles by five, and not having Trevor Lawrence is
really going to help the Minnesota Vikings because that means
(03:53):
Mac Jones, who was selected in the first round by
the New England Patriots, is gonna have to been and
fill in for Trevor Lawrence. And even though this might
sound ridiculous, I still don't know if the Minnesota Vikings
are a lock to win on Sunday even with Mac
(04:14):
Jones starting. Let's take a look at Trevor Lawrence's statistics
on Pro Football Reference, just so that we have an
idea on why it's a big deal that the Jacksonville
Jaguars don't have their starting quarterback. Are all these two
and seven sixty percent completion percentage, eleven touchdowns, six picks.
(04:39):
I don't know about you, guys, but it seems like
Trevor Lawrence has underperformed in his career based on the
expectations that everybody had of him coming out of Clemson,
because he was supposed to be the superstar quarterback. He's
going to be amazing, he's gonna be sensational, and he's
made it the playoffs and he's had a little bit
(05:02):
of success. But twenty one touchdowns fourteen picks in twenty
twenty three twenty twenty two to twenty five touchdowns, eight
picks his rookie season twelve touchdowns, seventeen picks. Let's just
say that Trevor Lawrence has left a lot to be
desired by the Jacksonville Jaguars organization and fans, and probably
(05:23):
the NFL as a whole. His quarterback rating this season
has been eighty seven point nine and his QBR has
been sixty point eight. So even though his numbers aren't spectacular,
I would rather face against Mac Jones than face against
Trevor Lawrence. So it's a big deal for the Minnesota Vikings,
(05:45):
and the Minnesota Vikings they have gotten back on track
against the Indianapolis Colts and it should stay that way
this weekend against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Because let's just take
a look at Mac Jones's stats. Year for the Patriots,
he had ten touchdowns and twelve picks in eleven games.
(06:06):
In twenty twenty two, he had fourteen touchdowns eleven picks
in fourteen games, and in twenty twenty one he had
twenty two touchdowns thirteen picks his rookie season in seventeen games.
So you look at Mac Jones's statistics and he has
gradually gotten worse over his NFL career. His rookie season
(06:27):
was his best season, and his rookie season was the
season where everyone was looking at him as a possible
franchise quarterback replacement for Tom Brady, and then everything went
downhill from there. A ten and seven record, his rookie season,
a six and eight record. His second season and his
third season were the Patriots. He was two and nine,
(06:49):
and this year looks like he's only played in two
games and he's hardly had any stads, zero touchdowns, one pick,
six for nine. Wouldn't it be the most Minnesota Vikings
thing ever? If Mac Jones and the two and seven
Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Vikings that are six and two
(07:11):
and looking to do damage in the NFC, you cannot
overlook anybody in the NFL, especially if you're the Minnesota
Vikings and the Minnesota Vikings fans, because you've seen things
like this happen. And it's not just against the Minnesota Vikings.
You see things like this happen throughout the NFL. So
(07:31):
I don't want to create the Minnesota Vikings to be
this victim of like, oh this crap a team be
the Vikings again.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Stuff like this happens.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Crazy things happened last year the Las Vegas Raiders.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Defeated the Kansas City Chiefs. What last year?
Speaker 1 (07:49):
The New York Giants when the Packers were rolling, defeated
the Green Bay Packers with Tommy DeVito. So we shouldn't
overlook the Jacksonville Jaguars because crazy things happen in the
NFL almost every single week, or at least there's things
in the NFL season that you can point to and
be like, how did that happen? The Chiefs are back
(08:11):
to back Super Bowl champions and they lost to the
Las Vegas Raiders.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Are you serious?
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Jordan Love had the biggest hot streak at the end
of the year last year and they lost to Tommy DeVito,
the Italian Stallion and the New York Giants, who suck.
So just because the Vikings are going against the crappy
Jacksonville Jaguars and mac Jones, they can't overlook them because
(08:40):
they've been competitive in recent weeks and are playing their
best football of the season, if that's a thing for
a two.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
And seven football team. So should the Minnesota Vikings win? Absolutely?
Will they win? Probably? Is it a guarantee that they win?
I don't think so. It's a road game.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
They're coming up a Sunday night football performance where they
pummeled the Colts in the second half, not the first half.
So this would be a good game for the Vikings
to get back on the right track offensively, because offensively
they have not really been clicking on all cylinders recently.
Twenty points against the Rams, twenty one points against the
(09:23):
Colts all happened in the second half. Lions they scored
twenty nine points, but fourteen of them were gifts from
the Lions of a fumble return touchdown, the fake punt
that led to an Aaron Jones touchdown. So the Minnesota
Vikings offense needs to get back on the right track,
and this is a great weekend to do it. But
(09:45):
like I said, I don't think the Vikings are a
lock to win at all against the Jacksonville j Gors,
not because the Vikings are victims or because of the
Vikings organization, but just because you see things like this
happen in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
But it will be fun to watch this weekend.
The easy slate continues for the Minnesota Vikings following their
victory against the Indianapolis Colts at US Bank Stadium because
this weekend, the six and two Minnesota Vikings have their
matchup against the two and seven Jacksonville Jaguars, and even
(00:27):
though the Jaguars are two and seven, the Minnesota Vikings
still have to travel on the road, and the Jacksonville
Jaguars have been playing better football recently, so the fact
that the Minnesota Vikings get a big break or a
lucky break, whatever you want to call it ahead of
this matchup, is a big deal. This take is presented
(00:48):
by Hopeland Farm. You need to contact Hopeland Farm Beef
to get the best rotationally grazed on grassfed beef. My
wife and I did this and we got beef for
four dollars and fifteen cents eight pound ground beef, chuck rows,
sirloin steak. Oh my gosh, it's amazing, and we got
(01:08):
a four dollars fifteen cents a pound.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
You can't get that at a.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Grocery store anywhere, So contact Hoakland Farm Beef at nine
to five two four nine one one five four one
nine five two four nine one one five, four to one,
and get twenty percent off your first order by mentioning
the Minnesota tim podcast.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Do that right now.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
It's best for you financially, physically, mentally, all the above.
All right, So, the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to be
without their starting quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, and I mentioned it
earlier that Jaguars are two and seven, but you look
at what they've been able to do recently, and just
because the Jacksonville Jaguars are two and seven didn't necessarily
(01:54):
mean that the Vikings were a lock to win this
football game. You look at what the Jaguars have done
this season. Okay, they lost to the Dolphins in the
first game of the season. It's not a terrible loss,
with to a tongue of by LOWI he wasn't hurt yet.
Lost of the Cleveland Browns, that's a bad loss. Got
pummeled by the Buffalo Bills, lost of the Houston Texans
(02:17):
by four, beat the Colts barely lost to the Chicago
Bears by nineteen. That's a terrible loss. Beat New England
pummeled them. And then these last two weeks, the Jacksonville
Jaguars have been surprisingly competitive against the Green Bay Packers,
who are six and three, and against the Philadelphia Eagles,
(02:40):
who are also very good this season, they lost by
one score versus both of those teams. So just because
they're two and seven, and just because the Minnesota Vikings
are six and two, it didn't necessarily mean that the
Vikers were just gonna run into Jacksonville and steal role
this football team, because they have proven that they are
(03:03):
at least mostly competitive in almost every single game this season,
every single game besides two. So five of their seven
losses have happened by one score, three point loss to
the Dolphins, five point loss to the Browns, four point
loss to the Texans, three point loss to the Green
(03:23):
Bay Packers, and a five point loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
So if this is even.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Possible in the Jacksonville Jaguars season, they're playing their best
football right now. A win versus New England, a loss
to Green Bay by three, and a loss to the
Philadelphia Eagles by five, and not having Trevor Lawrence is
really going to help the Minnesota Vikings because that means
(03:53):
Mac Jones, who was selected in the first round by
the New England Patriots, is gonna have to been and
fill in for Trevor Lawrence. And even though this might
sound ridiculous, I still don't know if the Minnesota Vikings
are a lock to win on Sunday even with Mac
(04:14):
Jones starting. Let's take a look at Trevor Lawrence's statistics
on Pro Football Reference, just so that we have an
idea on why it's a big deal that the Jacksonville
Jaguars don't have their starting quarterback. Are all these two
and seven sixty percent completion percentage, eleven touchdowns, six picks.
(04:39):
I don't know about you, guys, but it seems like
Trevor Lawrence has underperformed in his career based on the
expectations that everybody had of him coming out of Clemson,
because he was supposed to be the superstar quarterback. He's
going to be amazing, he's gonna be sensational, and he's
made it the playoffs and he's had a little bit
(05:02):
of success. But twenty one touchdowns fourteen picks in twenty
twenty three twenty twenty two to twenty five touchdowns, eight
picks his rookie season twelve touchdowns, seventeen picks. Let's just
say that Trevor Lawrence has left a lot to be
desired by the Jacksonville Jaguars organization and fans, and probably
(05:23):
the NFL as a whole. His quarterback rating this season
has been eighty seven point nine and his QBR has
been sixty point eight. So even though his numbers aren't spectacular,
I would rather face against Mac Jones than face against
Trevor Lawrence. So it's a big deal for the Minnesota Vikings,
(05:45):
and the Minnesota Vikings they have gotten back on track
against the Indianapolis Colts and it should stay that way
this weekend against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Because let's just take
a look at Mac Jones's stats. Year for the Patriots,
he had ten touchdowns and twelve picks in eleven games.
(06:06):
In twenty twenty two, he had fourteen touchdowns eleven picks
in fourteen games, and in twenty twenty one he had
twenty two touchdowns thirteen picks his rookie season in seventeen games.
So you look at Mac Jones's statistics and he has
gradually gotten worse over his NFL career. His rookie season
(06:27):
was his best season, and his rookie season was the
season where everyone was looking at him as a possible
franchise quarterback replacement for Tom Brady, and then everything went
downhill from there. A ten and seven record, his rookie season,
a six and eight record. His second season and his
third season were the Patriots. He was two and nine,
(06:49):
and this year looks like he's only played in two
games and he's hardly had any stads, zero touchdowns, one pick,
six for nine. Wouldn't it be the most Minnesota Vikings
thing ever? If Mac Jones and the two and seven
Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Vikings that are six and two
(07:11):
and looking to do damage in the NFC, you cannot
overlook anybody in the NFL, especially if you're the Minnesota
Vikings and the Minnesota Vikings fans, because you've seen things
like this happen. And it's not just against the Minnesota Vikings.
You see things like this happen throughout the NFL. So
(07:31):
I don't want to create the Minnesota Vikings to be
this victim of like, oh this crap a team be
the Vikings again.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Stuff like this happens.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Crazy things happened last year the Las Vegas Raiders.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Defeated the Kansas City Chiefs. What last year?
Speaker 1 (07:49):
The New York Giants when the Packers were rolling, defeated
the Green Bay Packers with Tommy DeVito. So we shouldn't
overlook the Jacksonville Jaguars because crazy things happen in the
NFL almost every single week, or at least there's things
in the NFL season that you can point to and
be like, how did that happen? The Chiefs are back
(08:11):
to back Super Bowl champions and they lost to the
Las Vegas Raiders.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Are you serious?
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Jordan Love had the biggest hot streak at the end
of the year last year and they lost to Tommy DeVito,
the Italian Stallion and the New York Giants, who suck.
So just because the Vikings are going against the crappy
Jacksonville Jaguars and mac Jones, they can't overlook them because
(08:40):
they've been competitive in recent weeks and are playing their
best football of the season, if that's a thing for
a two.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
And seven football team. So should the Minnesota Vikings win? Absolutely?
Will they win? Probably? Is it a guarantee that they win?
I don't think so. It's a road game.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
They're coming up a Sunday night football performance where they
pummeled the Colts in the second half, not the first half.
So this would be a good game for the Vikings
to get back on the right track offensively, because offensively
they have not really been clicking on all cylinders recently.
Twenty points against the Rams, twenty one points against the
(09:23):
Colts all happened in the second half. Lions they scored
twenty nine points, but fourteen of them were gifts from
the Lions of a fumble return touchdown, the fake punt
that led to an Aaron Jones touchdown. So the Minnesota
Vikings offense needs to get back on the right track,
and this is a great weekend to do it. But
(09:45):
like I said, I don't think the Vikings are a
lock to win at all against the Jacksonville j Gors,
not because the Vikings are victims or because of the
Vikings organization, but just because you see things like this
happen in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
But it will be fun to watch this weekend.
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