Getty ImagesThe Vikings offensive line was a mess all season and they’re kicking off their offseason moves by parting ways with a couple of players from the unit.
They announced that they have released Brandon Fusco and Mike Harris on Friday.
Fusco played both left and right guard during his time with the Vikings and spent last season on the right side of the line. He started 14 games, but didn’t play particularly well and his departure saves the Vikings $3.2 million under the cap for the 2017 season.
Fusco started 64 games overall for the Vikings, who drafted him in the sixth round of the 2011 draft and signed him to a six-year extension in 2014.
Harris started 21 games for the Vikings in 2014 and 2015, seeing time at both right tackle and right guard. He missed all of last season with a non-football illness.
I have no doubt that these fine fellas will forever cherish their Viking participant ribbons.
The nicest thing I can say about Fusco was his even play… was just as bad at pass blocking as he was at run blocking.
Who?
Excuse hometown, he still thinks the Packers won the super bowl.
Is that all? I expected a couple more O-line release notifications. Maybe they were released early cause Spielman wanted to give Seattle extra time to sign them as a package with Blair Walsh.
Fusco was obviously not coming back because of his poor performance and big salary. They really missed Harris last year. He started every game at guard in 2015 and could also play tackle. If he would have been healthy, he probably would have started every game at multiple positions last year. Apparently, the illness he has is really bad because they wouldn’t give up on him if there were any chance he could play next year.
There’s more linemen than just those 2 that should go.
Fusco was a really good RG for a while. But, for some reason, the Vikings love to play musical chairs with their lineman. I understand the injuries, but constantly moving players between positions has to negatively impact their performance and/or development. Same goes to TJ Clemmings, who has been horrible, but plays a different position every other week. If he can’t play one spot, what makes the Vikings think he can play 2?
Addition by subtraction. Fusco never earned his hefty pay-day, and while Harris was a decent backup, his undisclosed injury is something the Vikings can’t afford to carry going ahead.
Now the question is, can they bring in some talent that will qualify as an upgrade.
Hometown zero, what overrated team do you cheer for??
Green Bay?
One title in 20 seasons!
Two titles in 49 seasons!
With two Hall of Fame QBs!
Don’t break your arm patting your overrated team on the back!
Blair Walsh got signed somewhere else…..In these strange times, this pair will land somewhere else.
Fusco has been stuck in MN for half a decade. And there is not even a single playoff victory to show for it.
filthymcnasty3 says:
Feb 10, 2017 4:01 PM
Fusco has been stuck in MN for half a decade. And there is not even a single playoff victory to show for it.
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I know the Vikings recent playoff history hasn’t been great, but don’t act like the Packers embarrassments have gone unnoticed. The epic collapse in Seattle, Larry Fitzgerald singlehandedly humiliating the entire Packers D right outta the playoffs and then this year’s curb stomping at the hands of the Falcons….it hasn’t been pretty for your team either.
Remember 2012 when the Vikings had Loadholt, Fusco, Sullivan, Johnson and Kalil…AP almost broke the rushing record! Since Zim took over and Jeff Davidson left the OL has been in shambles. With Chilly and Frazier – the OL was physical and was in the top 5 rushing teams in the league. If I’m not mistaken…they were a healthy team too.
Hold off on the Super Bowl talk fellas until the offense line isn’t offensive to the offense.
carpalboss says:
Feb 10, 2017 4:00 PM
Blair Walsh got signed somewhere else…..In these strange times, this pair will land somewhere else.
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Fusco; maybe….Harris; no – his non-football injury is likely career-ending.
packers fans:
bad at trolling, good at whining about other people trolling.
That’s 25 consecutive years of HOF QBs and two rings. How’s that publicly run front office treating you?
Fusco never regained form after torn pec of 2014. He looks weak and plays weak. Clemmings will end up playing right G. He’s way more athletic, can scheme up runs plays with him pulling.
I hope these boys did more than pretend to go to college. If they can’t make it in the league’s dumpster fire, the NFL definitely isn’t for them.
vikingjack73 says:
Feb 10, 2017 3:59 PM
Hometown zero, what overrated team do you cheer for??
Green Bay?
One title in 20 seasons!
Two titles in 49 seasons!
With two Hall of Fame QBs!
Don’t break your arm patting your overrated team on the back!
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This is hilarious, coming from a Viking fan.
Zero titles in 56 seasons! (sorry, the 1969 NFL title doesn’t count)
One HoF QB in 56 seasons (sorry, Moon and Favre don’t count)
#vikingssuck
vikingjack73 says:
Feb 10, 2017 3:59 PM
Hometown zero, what overrated team do you cheer for??
Green Bay?
One title in 20 seasons!
Two titles in 49 seasons!
With two Hall of Fame QBs!
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Our the queens with ZERO?
Well, it’s a start. I’m sure there’s going to be more culling of the herd before the draft and free agency.
lukeshow says:
Feb 10, 2017 4:23 PM
packers fans:
bad at trolling, good at whining about other people trolling.
That’s 25 consecutive years of HOF QBs and two rings. How’s that publicly run front office treating you?
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Only two in 25 years and Green Bay still leads the NFL in World Championships with 13.
Let that sink in.
Knowledgeable people consider this to be a promotion.
Vikes need to use every single one of their draft picks this year on Online.
I love it when they call them “World championships” because the league consisted of like 8 teams back then.
hutson14 says:
Feb 10, 2017 4:32 PM
vikingjack73 says:
Feb 10, 2017 3:59 PM
Hometown zero, what overrated team do you cheer for??
Green Bay?
One title in 20 seasons!
Two titles in 49 seasons!
With two Hall of Fame QBs!
Don’t break your arm patting your overrated team on the back!
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This is hilarious, coming from a Viking fan.
Zero titles in 56 seasons! (sorry, the 1969 NFL title doesn’t count)
One HoF QB in 56 seasons (sorry, Moon and Favre don’t count)
#vikingssuck
AND 9 OF THOSE 13 TITLES CAME WHEN THEY DIDNT HAVE ACTUAL PLAYOFF GAMES..GREEN BAY AINT ALL THAT
leatherface2012 says:
Feb 10, 2017 4:44 PM
#vikingssuck
AND 9 OF THOSE 13 TITLES CAME WHEN THEY DIDNT HAVE ACTUAL PLAYOFF GAMES..GREEN BAY AINT ALL THAT
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Ahhh, yes. Trying to ignore actual historical facts because it doesn’t suit your anti-GB narrative.
Yawn.
jermainewiggins says:
Feb 10, 2017 4:43 PM
I love it when they call them “World championships” because the league consisted of like 8 teams back then.
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The league began in 1920; not 2001.
A world championship is a world championship.
Stay away from these guys Seahawks. Please.
4sacroc says:
Feb 10, 2017 4:34 PM
lukeshow says:
Feb 10, 2017 4:23 PM
packers fans:
bad at trolling, good at whining about other people trolling.
That’s 25 consecutive years of HOF QBs and two rings. How’s that publicly run front office treating you?
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Only two in 25 years and Green Bay still leads the NFL in World Championships with 13.
Let that sink in.
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No one is impressed that you won a game in a cow field with a pigskin made of actual pig during the Pleistocene Epoch. Games that were watched by nine farmers and a reporter. You’re not a dynasty. No one is jealous of you. No one cares about your civil war medals. I’m a Vikings fan, and it sucks, but at least I’m not delusional.
I know this has nothing to do with a Vikings article but people need to know the truth about Tyrod Taylor.
Tyrod Taylor is a good quarterback. He’s not great. But he is a solid starting qb. The Bills are idiots. Look at his stats:
2015- 14 games
63.7% completion
3,037 yards
7.99 ypa
20 tds and 6 ints
Rushing
568 yards
4 touchdowns
5.5 ypc
2016-15 games
61.7%
3,023 yards
6.93 ypa
17 tds and 6 ints
Rushing
580 yards
6.1 ypc
6 touchdowns.
The Vikings do not have the CAP space to do much in free agency and they lost a 1st and a 4th round pick to get a QB who is unlikely to last more than 2 years. Even if they had a great OL, they lack a RB to establish a running game…last in the 2016 NFL.
With Rick Speilman calling the shots, the Vikings will never win the Super Bowl. He can make the no-brainer pick in the first round and pickup the scraps in the 7th round, but he doesn’t see talent in the middle rounds.
The Vikings need to start cleaning at the top management and re-build. If so, after next season, they should have a decent draft.
Viking fans sure are some sore losers.
These comments bore me. I am going to go back and reread yesterday’s comments about the Packer’s trying to sell their
shareholdersfans copies of their fake stock. Now that is a funny comment section.Bye.
Fusco has been hot trash ever since he got paid. Harris must have some really embarrassing health problems. Very unusual for an NFL starter to miss the entire season with zero known details.
Came here to read the Packers Vikings trolls comments
Didn’t dissapoint
Interesting and sad — I found the Tyrod Taylor post both more intelligent and original than everything the cheesers threw on the wall above.
Maybe the Vikings are preparing to sign some former Packers offensive linemen. They could overpay for lang, tretter, or Barclay.
the quest for 1 starts now!
Fusco will find work on another team. He can play.. sometimes. Not sure what type of illness Harris has but hope he is ok. He played well until he got sick. Apparently his prognosis isn’t a positive one, at least not enough to play football. Good luck to both.
That’s was probably the worst take on the Vikings I’ve ever read architect. The Vikings will have around $40,000,000 in cap space this offseason – more than enough to make moves. The Bradford trade was a necessary evil, due to Teddy’s injury. I’m pulling for Teddy, personally, but Sam will be the QB of the future if Teddy doesn’t come back with a vengeance. A 1st and 4th is a small price to pay for someone of Bradfords caliber who would be top 12 behind an average oline. I don’t miss the QB carousel.
Spielman has drafted Hunter, Diggs, McKinnon, Wright, Stephen, etc in the middle rounds. He’s likely somewhere in the middle when it comes to hitting on mid/late round picks. The drafts have been average to good.
But, for some strange reason people put drafting squarely on the GM. Diggs was a Scott Turner pick. Mycole Pruitt was a Norv Turner pick. Most of the defenders are picked for their measureables for Zimmer and they take time to mold. Spielman doesn’t just pick whoever he wants.
One title in 20 seasons!
Two titles in 49 seasons!
With two Hall of Fame QBs!
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I know math isn’t the strong suit of most MN fans but it’s two championships in 20 years. Not to mention 8 straight playoff appearances. So watching a fan of a team that’s never won a championship or a playoff game this decade make fun of our post season history is quite ironic.
Unfortunately this is a very weak draft for offensive lineman. Some project only 3-4 being taken prior to the Vikings pick in the 2nd round. I just hope Spielman doesn’t package the extra 3rd and 4th round picks to move up just to take someone in the 1st round. Vikings need more help than one player will provide.
@vikingsarchitect: The Vikings do have cap space and pending decisions on Kalil and Peterson could have $29 million more just from those two. The 4th round pick is in next years draft.
Please go troll on the Packer site, we really don’t care to read your crap.
pkrlvr says:
Feb 10, 2017 5:57 PM
One title in 20 seasons!
Two titles in 49 seasons!
With two Hall of Fame QBs!
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I know math isn’t the strong suit of most MN fans but it’s two championships in 20 years. Not to mention 8 straight playoff appearances. So watching a fan of a team that’s never won a championship or a playoff game this decade make fun of our post season history is quite ironic.
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It’s 2017…..
1996 was 21 years ago. But hey, math, etc.
I don’t really care much for the Vikings, on account of them not being very good at football.
Love Viking fans trying to “pump-up” their team. Good try children!
Get back when you actually win something, other than the “off season championship”. Besides the Bills may win it this year.
This is like tossing a couple of deck chairs off the Titanic.
Packer fans sure are sore losers.
In regard to Fusco… Finally!
Peterson made him a lot of money. He was terrible but mediocre at times. Good riddance and looking forward to better blocking.
I simply don’t trust spielman when it comes to drafting offensive players. The Treadwell pick was the clincher. Probably the worst pick since Demetrius Underwood.
And once AGAIN, vikings head into the offseason asking, “who will the quarterback be?” and they will be asking the same question a year from now.
AGAIN.
This is always a perfect recipe for a mediocre, uneventful season to come. The best teams in the NFL NEVER question who their quarterback will be. Seems like every other year, the Vikings are wondering who will it be.
It’s no wonder they can’t ever get over the hump.
Oh, and they have zero offensive line talent. Zero.
Should be another 7-9 or 8-8 season next year.
Well, will this move, it’s a lock. The Vikes will win the next 9 Super Bowls. Right, Queen Nation?
I find all this silly comments of Vikings verses packers fans. Grow up. My father never lived long enough to see the Twins win a World Series and he cherished the Twins. I cherish the Vikings and hope during my lifetime just once they could be champions, just once. I have been to 110 Vikings games now at 65 years old. I still have the faith!
Packer fans crack me up.
They claim the Vikings have zero championships but easily claim the packers have 13.
Funny thing is the NFL website and record book acknowledge the Vikings as having 1 NFL championship. The same championship that the packers have 11 of.
Packers fans will claim “that one doesn’t count because the Vikings never played a final game”. Ok well the first three packer championships were won simply by league standing when there were around 5-8 teams.
So my point is facts are facts and the NFL record books have the Vikings at 1 championship but packer fans will vehemently deny it as it doesn’t fit their narrative.
skolvikes says:
Feb 10, 2017 6:34 PM
It’s 2017…..
1996 was 21 years ago. But hey, math, etc.
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SB51, played in 2017, decided the 2016 championship.
SB31, played in 1997, decided the 1996 championship.
51-31=20
2017-1997=20
2016-1996=20
Maths, maths and more maths.
Care to try again?
SKOL !
The NFC North was so misrepresented and embarrassed by a horrific and God ugly loss by the Cheeeeeesers in Atlanta.
Who can forget the choke in Seattle?
Come back on our thread when you can represent cheeeeesers.
You’re no better than the Vikings, meaning at home during the Super Bowl with your thumb up your _ _ _ !
Not a Viking fan…..but OMG do they live in packer fan heads. Sad really.
chris1cat says:
Feb 10, 2017 8:40 PM
SKOL !
The NFC North was so misrepresented and embarrassed by a horrific and God ugly loss by the Cheeeeeesers in Atlanta.
Who can forget the choke in Seattle?
Come back on our thread when you can represent cheeeeesers.
You’re no better than the Vikings, meaning at home during the Super Bowl with your thumb up your _ _ _ !
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That’s not entirely true. I was home alright, but I had my thumb up your mom’s ___. Strangely enough, she kept grunting out “Go. Pack. Go.” What are the odds, right?
And seeing that all of the packer fans are in this thread…all of us packer haters (everyone else in the world) are still basking in your ineptitude @ Atlanta. Chalking it up like 4th and 26, 15 and 1, NFC chokeionship and Larry Fitzgerald. Ahhhhhhh.
Release these guys and keep the child beater? What a classless team!
Gary Anderson, Blair Walsh, 2000 NFC Championship game, Randy Moss catering incident, Bang Boat, Whizzinator, Nathan Poole catch, Adrian Peterson child abuse, the 2016 season, Jim Marshall running the wrong way….is there anything this franchise has ever done right?!?
Actually 7Jack you have it wrong. I have been a Viking fan since the organization started. I support them 100%. Since Rick Spielman has taken over as GM, it is his job to listen to the coaches, listen to the owners, listen to the players and then make the final decision as to who should be selected in free agency and in the draft.
Currently the Vikings are not in the top 10 teams with large amount of cap space. If they decide to let players go that can obviously change.
Unfortunately, the Vikings do not have the right people in place to win the Superbowl next year, no matter what. However, if they put the right people in place, that is a possibility in years to come. During the Rick Spielman as GM era, he has consistently missed talented players in the middle rounds. For example, in2016 only the first , second round and 7th round player made it to the 53 man squad. With the seventh round player getting the majority of the snaps over the first and second round players combined.
Yes, many disappointed Packers fans
the list continues:
Ed Hochuli
Pete Morelli
Carl Cheffers
Walt Coleman
Tony Corrente
Jeff Triplette
I sure hope the Vikings can have a healthy o-line this year! My dream is for Sam to play behind an offensive line like the one that protected him when he was at Oklahoma back in his college days! That, and a great running game (we had two…count ’em…two 1000-yard rushers the Year Sam won the Heisman! He threw 50 touchdowns that year so you know we had good receivers also. 🙂 I was thrilled when Sam went #1 in the 2010 draft, but I also knew it meant he was going to be on a very bad team! The teams who win championships are the ones where the players and coaches stay put year after year, so that continuity and consistency can be established. Sam certainly hasn’t had that in the NFL! Hoping for a better season this year! Skol Vikings!
The Vikings 1969/1970 NFL Championship is the equivalent of an NFC Championship Game. You don’t hear Colts’ fans bragging about their 1968 NFL Championship.
The Almighty Cabbage says:
Feb 10, 2017 8:20 PM
skolvikes says:
Feb 10, 2017 6:34 PM
It’s 2017…..
1996 was 21 years ago. But hey, math, etc.
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SB51, played in 2017, decided the 2016 championship.
SB31, played in 1997, decided the 1996 championship.
51-31=20
2017-1997=20
2016-1996=20
Maths, maths and more maths.
Care to try again?
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Super Bowl XXI = January 26, 1997
Today = February 10, 2017
20 years, 15 days > 20 years.
Look, it’s a stupid argument, I agree. But the guy said that Vikings fans were bad at math and that the Packers had 2 championships in 20 years. I simply am showing you the facts, that as of 15 days ago that “fact” was wrong.
So, no, I don’t need to try again, I got it right the first time.
Math, etc.
Note to Vikings fans: Got to be in it to win it.
Playoffs, that is.
Besides picking Ponder near the top of the draft, Rick has made many other mistakes in evaluating a players talent. But he is a great talker!
” Green Bay still leads the NFL in World Championships with 13.” Only people in GB count those titles when there were 4 teams in the league.
Just out of curiosity, when the Vikings cut an offensive lineman, is that player required to turn in both his playbook (which is run left, run right, throw a 5 yard checkdown pass 3 yards short of the first down marker) and his roller skates?
tjacks7 says:
Feb 10, 2017 3:52 PM
Excuse hometown, he still thinks the Packers won the super bowl.
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Maybe the Packers didn’t win the Super Bowl, but at least they won two playoff games and had a possibility to get to the Super Bowl. How did the purples do in their playoff games – I can’t remember?
contra74 says:
Feb 10, 2017 8:20 PM
So my point is facts are facts and the NFL record books have the Vikings at 1 championship but packer fans will vehemently deny it as it doesn’t fit their narrative.
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But, unlike the Packers, Minny has NEVER finished a season considered the best team in pro football. The Chiefs in Super Bowl IV proved that quite easily.
pzebich says:
Feb 11, 2017 9:02 AM
” Green Bay still leads the NFL in World Championships with 13.” Only people in GB count those titles when there were 4 teams in the league.
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The only people that don’t are Viking fans, who’d trade their left arm for even one of those old titles.
we’re making room fot T.J. Lang and J.C. Tretter. 😉 hell, maybe even Don Barclay too for fun.
The last time the Vikings won 2 playoff games?
1987.
Holy crap.
Every sports fan has their own memories. I was a St. Louis Cardinal football season ticket holder in the 1970s and have many fond memories of the Coryell years. I do not expect fans of any other team to appreciate or cherish those memories as I do.
I hope that our friends from Green Bay can get it through their skulls that their history does not mean anything to most of us and their endless screeds about 400 championships or whatever have absolutely no relevance to the present. Those thrilling 2-0 victories over the Pottsville Maroons in the 1920s are yours to savor; I frankly don’t give a flip about your past.
One of the nice things about sports is that every year starts anew. We look forward to free agency, the draft, training camp, etc. as a new start.
I’ve always had and will have great respect for Mike Zimmer, and feared the Vikings would finally become a year in, year out contender. But that isn’t happening. Yes, their O line was bad, but they failed to mitigate that with coaching. And we all saw the defensive collapse. Something is still very wrong, and at some point, the head coach has to answer for the failures of his staff. Maybe Zim should just stick to being a first tier D coordinator.
Currently, as of this very second, the Green Bay Packers hold the NFL record for World Championships with a majestic total of 13. That’s not in the past. That’s of this very moment.
Own it.
Marvel at it.
No amount of hopeless wishful thinking is ever going to make them magically disappear, despite your desperate pleas.
Because it’s better football.
For better people.
contra74 says:
Feb 10, 2017 8:20 PM
Packer fans crack me up.
So my point is facts are facts and the NFL record books have the Vikings at 1 championship but packer fans will vehemently deny it as it doesn’t fit their narrative.
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You must be easily amused, like your brother Daryl and your other brother Darryl.
If we follow your narrative, the Packers have fifteen championships, not thirteen.
If you acknowledge the Packers with fifteen without word-play to the contrary, I will acknowledge the Vikings with one.
Hello?
Hello?
franfoley said:
Remember 2012 when the Vikings had Loadholt, Fusco, Sullivan, Johnson and Kalil…AP almost broke the rushing record! Since Zim took over and Jeff Davidson left the OL has been in shambles. With Chilly and Frazier – the OL was physical and was in the top 5 rushing teams in the league. If I’m not mistaken…they were a healthy team too.
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Much as I HATE this, it’s absolutely true. If Zimmer flames out in Minnesota, it’ll be the O-line carrying boxes to his car. The line in particular and the offense in general have been poor under Zimmer, and never poorer than last year’s dink-n-dunk snooze fest. Weak. Pathetic.
I am fighting serious depression as it regards this team. What the hell happened to the Vikings? Packer trolls? Ugh. Go bother Cowboy or Falcon fans for awhile. Your cheese stinks.
The gb packers had a 2-0 lead on the whole NFL in SB or World titles. They have since been passed by another team. The packers have 4 sb titles. The Pats,Steelers, Niners and Cowboys have more .
artic19 says:
Feb 10, 2017 11:42 PM
Yes, many disappointed Packers fans
the list continues:
Ed Hochuli
Pete Morelli
Carl Cheffers
Walt Coleman
Tony Corrente
Jeff Triplette.
)))))))))))))))
Ed Hoculi born and raised in Milwaukee. He shouldn’t be allowed to do a packer game. He is a homer and it shows when he does their games.
stellarperformance says:
Feb 11, 2017 7:02 PM
contra74 says:
Feb 10, 2017 8:20 PM
Packer fans crack me up.
So my point is facts are facts and the NFL record books have the Vikings at 1 championship but packer fans will vehemently deny it as it doesn’t fit their narrative.
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You must be easily amused, like your brother Daryl and your other brother Darryl.
If we follow your narrative, the Packers have fifteen championships, not thirteen.
If you acknowledge the Packers with fifteen without word-play to the contrary, I will acknowledge the Vikings with one.
Hello?
Hello?
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LOL
Vikings will always have that one championship regardless of whether the packers have 13 or 15.
Go ahead and claim 15, no one will care.
Well except the NFL record books. The same books that show the. Kings have 1 championship.
Back to 13 you go.
The Vikings have an NFL Championship in the Super Bowl era? Awesome! The Colts do as well. Then they lost to the Jets in the 1969 Super Bowl.
But the Colts fans don’t talk about it. They realize that the game was the equivalent of a conference championship- as all of the NFL-AFL championships were in the Super Bowl era.
In order to fully enjoy the Vikings NFL Championship, purchase a VHS tape of the 1969/1970 NFL season, and then tape a wedding over the Super Bowl against the Chiefs.
skolvikes says:
Feb 11, 2017 12:58 AM
The Almighty Cabbage says:
Feb 10, 2017 8:20 PM
skolvikes says:
Feb 10, 2017 6:34 PM
It’s 2017…..
1996 was 21 years ago. But hey, math, etc.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SB51, played in 2017, decided the 2016 championship.
SB31, played in 1997, decided the 1996 championship.
51-31=20
2017-1997=20
2016-1996=20
Maths, maths and more maths.
Care to try again?
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Super Bowl XXI = January 26, 1997
Today = February 10, 2017
20 years, 15 days > 20 years.
Look, it’s a stupid argument, I agree. But the guy said that Vikings fans were bad at math and that the Packers had 2 championships in 20 years. I simply am showing you the facts, that as of 15 days ago that “fact” was wrong.
So, no, I don’t need to try again, I got it right the first time.
Math, etc.
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And yet, you did try again. Your first try was to match the year of the SB (2017) against the year of the championship for which it was played (1996). That didn’t work out for you so now you want to claim 20 years and 15 days as 21 years?
Minnesota maths are funny maths.
fmc651 says:
Feb 12, 2017 12:54 AM
artic19 says:
Feb 10, 2017 11:42 PM
Yes, many disappointed Packers fans
the list continues:
Ed Hochuli
Pete Morelli
Carl Cheffers
Walt Coleman
Tony Corrente
Jeff Triplette.
)))))))))))))))
Ed Hoculi born and raised in Milwaukee. He shouldn’t be allowed to do a packer game. He is a homer and it shows when he does their games.
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Ed Hochuli moved to Arizona when he was 8 and has stayed on the West Coast. This proves that he is a Packer homer.
Staying on fmc 651’s logic train, the other referees mentioned are from California, or the South, places like Arkansas and North Carolina. Unknown to many, these are all hotbeds of Green Bay Packer football.
It’s a shame when football fans have to reach so low as to blame the referees for their rivals’ success. Ravens fans blame refs for Steelers success, Giants for Dallas, and on and on. Of course, when calls go for or are missed in favor of their team, they are just ignored.
fake booth the Minnesota Vikings’s 1969 NFL championship is equivalent to being the best team in the NFL that year.
fake booth when your team benefits from the refs calls the majority of the time you have no complaint to bring forward. Jarret from the Falcons correctly called out your team. In that embarrassing loss. 44-21. Everyone knows the special treatment your packers receives. It isn’t just Vikings fans that say it.
frank booth says:
Feb 12, 2017 6:42 PM
The Vikings have an NFL Championship in the Super Bowl era? Awesome! The Colts do as well. Then they lost to the Jets in the 1969 Super Bowl.
But the Colts fans don’t talk about it. They realize that the game was the equivalent of a conference championship- as all of the NFL-AFL championships were in the Super Bowl era.
In order to fully enjoy the Vikings NFL Championship, purchase a VHS tape of the 1969/1970 NFL season, and then tape a wedding over the Super Bowl against the Chiefs.
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Silly Frank.
He tries so hard but ends up falling short.
Kind of like the packers who he claims he doesn’t cheer for but furiously comments on in defense of their fake stock.
fmc 651-The Falcons 2016 NFC Championship is equivalent to being the best team in the NFC last year. Like the Vikings, they went on to lose the Super Bowl.
The fact that a lot of people don’t like Green Bay has to do with the whole lack of objectivity. Green Bay is not the first team or the last to get the “refs always make calls for them” treatment. There are a lot of dumb people out there. Your continuous idea that I’m a Packer fan is a testament to that. The Blackhawks complained for years in the 1980’s that the refs were out to get them, because of an incident years earlier when Tom Lysiak tripped a ref. When I was a kid watching the Vikings when they were good, I thought the Vikings got all of the calls. Eventually, I grew up.
contra74 says:
Feb 12, 2017 8:29 PM
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Silly Frank.
He tries so hard but ends up falling short.
Kind of like the packers who he claims he doesn’t cheer for but furiously comments on in defense of their fake stock.
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Clearly, you have trouble with what the words “furious” and “defend” mean. I only pointed out that the Vikings do the same things with bricks. I didn’t defend the Packers, and in no way was it “furious”. It’s fun to make things up though, isn’t it?
I like that Vikings fans, thoroughly defeated and struggling like an upside down bug on the pavement, still feebly attempt to lash out.
fake booth doesn’t understand there were two leagues in 1969. The more you insist matters not. It is not at all what you are saying.
fake booth the fact a lot of people don’t like the packers has to do with the packer fans themselves. You are a good example. A fake Bears fan on here every Vikings’s story trolling. The packers are one of the worst fan base in the NFL. And the special treatment the team receives from the refs year after year adds to this dislike. packer fans take for granted the calls they get now because that is how the league has been calling their games that way for decades. I heard the whining from the packer fans about calls after the Cowboys & Falcons games. The refs helped you in both games. Or that 44-21 score in the NFCCG would have been worse. That and the Falcons gave you a TD at the end.
I see. Bears’ fans can’t dislike the Vikings, only Packers fans can. I get that calling me a Packer fan is only a feeble attempt to get under my skin, nothing more. Keep trying, sweetheart. The fact that you think the refs have been helping the Packers (or any other team) for decades is laughable but when you consider the source, it makes sense.
Clearly there were 2 leagues in 1969. The record books give the Vikings credit for a an NFL Championship, but not a World Championship. If you want to celebrate the Vikings 1969 championship, have at it. But the fact remains that the Vikings lost to the Chiefs after that, and the record book shows it as a Super Bowl loss.
See, in 1966 the NFL and AFL agreed to merge both leagues in 1970, and agreed that a “world championship” game would be played prior to that.
The season after the Vikings triumphantly won the NFL championship (which is still talked about to this day), the Browns, Steelers and Colts moved from the NFL to the AFC, and the rest of the NFL became the NFC. In 1970, interleague play started. Outside of the 3 NFL teams moving to the AFC, not a whole lot changed- there were no expansion teams, no expansion drafts, and all teams from the AFL and NFL were retained.
Outside of the interleague play, the AFL and NFL were essentially the equivalent of the AFC and the NFC from 1966 to 1969, with the advent of the AFL-NFL Championship Game, or Super Bowl.
fake booth says
“The fact that a lot of people don’t like Green Bay has to do with the whole lack of objectivity.”
No actually it has to do with how the packer fans act.
Look at you, on here pretending to be a Bears fan when you are defending the packers daily. Trolling every Vikings story. It is no wonder other fan bases do not like packer fans.
As I said, a lack of objectivity. For instance, show me on this thread where I defended the Packers. Is it because I showed you the folly of your ways on your illogical referee post? I don’t necessarily defend the Packers, moreso point out when Vikings’ fans say stupid things, which is often. Man, are you dense. It’s more about my dislike for the Vikings’ than anything else. Problem is, there is not much Bears’ talk around here, so anything I say leads you to believe I’m a Packer fan. It seems very important to you.
absodefinitely says:
Feb 10, 2017 4:14 PM
filthymcnasty3 says:
Feb 10, 2017 4:01 PM
Fusco has been stuck in MN for half a decade. And there is not even a single playoff victory to show for it.
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I know the Vikings recent playoff history hasn’t been great, but don’t act like the Packers embarrassments have gone unnoticed. The epic collapse in Seattle, Larry Fitzgerald singlehandedly humiliating the entire Packers D right outta the playoffs and then this year’s curb stomping at the hands of the Falcons….it hasn’t been pretty for your team either.
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Sure, because getting all the way to the NF C Champion ship game and being so injured that you have to start street free agents at Cornerback against the best one receiving corps in the NFL, Should be in embarrassment that doesn’t go unnoticed.
The year before they went further than anyone thought possible and a rookie CB missed his assignments and a whole if a wide receiver broke loose and the open field and scored a touchdown.
No one was humiliated in either loss and the fact that you are trying to compare the vikings debacle to 2 significant playoff runs by the Packers is ridiculous.
4sacroc says:
Feb 10, 2017 4:53 PM
The league began in 1920; not 2001.
A world championship is a world championship.
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Two things it wasn’t considered a World Championship in 1929 when the packers won the NFL
The gb gazette called it a National title. Secondly the NFL didn’t have a playoff in place until 1933. So you will have us believe the packers won a “World Title” when they didn’t even bother to play a playoff game. No. You have 4 SB titles.
Right. The great Browns, Bears, and Giants teams, none of those Championships matter. Football started in 1966. Guys like Jim Brown, their accomplishments mean nothing.
Also, those great Yankees teams with Ruth and Gehrig didn’t matter either, since there were only 8 teams in each league, and there was no playoffs. The best team from the AL and the NL went straight to the playoffs.