fightingsioux4life

I was in that group as well.

You know, this could work out in the Vikings favor. If they tank this season (and there is a good chance they will), they'll get another high draft choice in the 2015 draft. They will get the unexpected opportunity to add another impact player to the roster. And since I believe AP has played his last game in purple, I think it's time to think about making an offer to Jerry Jones for his services next season after this season is over. Jones is one owner who won't care about all the controversy surrounding Peterson; all he cares about is getting big attractions to fill that stadium of his. If Michael Irvin can do some of the things he did as a player, anything is possible with Jerry Jones. I hope they are thinking about it.

Real journalism died with Walter Cronkite.

The contract says any additional costs must be covered by the Vikings. And FYI (especially in light of the Robin Williams tragedy), I don't think mental health issues should be mentioned in jest.

If these kids really have their hearts set on UND, you don't turn them away. Having said that, I agree with you. Focus on the Midwest first and then look outside of that footprint for skill position players you can't find close to home.

This!

They should have done something about that. Thankfully they are acting on these things now.

Now you are mixing two entirely different issues. I don't think anyone cares who Cuban (or any other owner) supports for President in 2016; he can support whomever he wants, just like any other citizen. Making racist statements about your own players has ramifications well beyond professional sports.

When you had black players on the Clippers threatening to go on strike if the ownership stayed the same, the NBA had no choice but to act. Corporate sponsors were also jumping ship. I can recall Kirby Puckett (RIP) saying he would never play for Marge Schott, the racist owner of the Cincinnati Reds at the time (and a noted Adolf Hitler apologist, b.t.w.) when he was in that contract dispute with Carl Pohlad back in the early 1990's. I didn't blame Puckett for saying that and I didn't blame the black players on the Clippers for doing what they did.

I suppose it's because Hernandez is a suspect in a brutal, cold-blooded killing of a man he had a confrontation with at a bar. That's just a little more serious than what AP is accused of. And a league as image conscious as the NFL isn't going to ban players left and right for being "accused" of a crime when they could get exonerated in court (remember the Duke Lacrosse case; most of the public thought they were guilty as sin). That would give the league a black eye as an entity that shoots first and asks questions later.

I agree with you on the bolded part. Those things are half-butt backwards. It is a long-standing legal principle that repeat offenders get harsher sentences than first-time offenders. It makes sense to me.

I thought I was the only one that used that word!

I never said that Mafia; I said cutting him now would be premature. That doesn't mean they won't eventually cut him; it depends on what happens within the court system. I hate what he did as much as you, but we have a legal process in this country and it will be followed. Being charged with a crime and having to post bail isn't a small thing, especially for someone with a big public profile like AP. I am thinking he'll have to agree to supervised visits with his 4 year old son and pay a fine. I do think he'll avoid jail time based on him not having a prior criminal record. I really do hope he learns from this and uses better judgement in the future.

It's way too early to even think of releasing him. He hasn't been convicted yet. If they did that, Jerry Jones would swoop right in and snatch him up and I don't want the Cowgirls to benefit from all this. I am thinking since he doesn't have a prior criminal record, he'll get off easier than a serial criminal would. But I do hope he learns something from this and doesn't get carried away again.

It's a long, flexible tree branch with the leaves stripped off. It works as a whip. And based on those pictures, it works pretty doggone well.

It would be better than "Green and White".

ESPN The Magazine picked the Vikings to finish 3-13 (and that was WITH AP in the lineup). If they keep turning it over like they did vs. the Patriots, that record is not out of the question. Of course, that would give them another high 1st round draft choice and they might need it to pick AP's replacement depending on what happens with his child abuse case.

I think people bought into all those stupid "fist bumps" the coaches talked about when they got a verbal commitment. I also think part of it is that after a bad transition, we all were looking for some silver lining because if you don't do that, you start to get discouraged and lose interest as a fan. Basically, Muss and his staff focused too much on athleticism and not enough on discipline and character. All those disco rehearsals on our sideline last year when we were down by 40 points made me want to throw up!

Considering that Bubba is basically starting over from scratch (think Incarnate Word territory), this shouldn't surprise anyone. Patience everyone. Good things come to those who wait.

And Weber St. looks better this year. Yeah, it ain't looking good, is it?

These are Mussman's recruits, thus the lack of discipline. It takes longer than spring practice, fall practice and three games to fix something like that. I think Bubba's recruits will be kids that are disciplined players to begin with. That is when you see a big difference.

Idaho State and Northern Colorado are probably winnable games for us. And maybe next week. Besides that.....probably not.

That doesn't give the FU trolls the right to come on here and try to start trouble. This is what people are getting sick and tired of on this forum. But you are right, it is pretty bad. I think it's beyond pathetic at this point; even the 1986 team Roger Thomas started out with had more offensive weapons than this team.

Get lost son, I am not in the mood for you tonight.

But this isn't a case of a parent spanking their child and leaving their butt a little sore. Any appropriate corporal punishment of a child will not leave marks like that one week afterwards. There is a tendency of some people to label anything and everything a parent does to discipline their child as "good old fashioned discipline". And they are the ones on Facebook defending this crap as "the way things used to be and the way things ought to be again". I will also point out that child abuse gets worse over time without some sort of intervention. What's it going to be next time? A caning to the bare back? A belt whipping to the bare legs? Are those examples of "good old fashioned discipline" too? I say no, they are crimes and need to be treated as such. I think AP could lose parental rights over this and I think that would be an appropriate punishment. End rant. Go Vikings (the ones that don't abuse their kids).