Vikings have a top 5 defense but all I keep hearing about is Darnold. Top 5 defense will get you to the playoffs. Maybe Darnold decides how far they go. But the disrespect on Minny year in and year out by the media is hysterical at this point
Stephen A should add context when he talks about the Vikings. The years he talked about with Kirk and JJ, KOC was not the coach for that first year and Kirk was hurt most of his last year with the Vikes.
It will always be flip flopped for the vikes if they beat a good team it’s oh maybe the good team isn’t as good as we thought they were and then when the Vikings lose to a good team it’s oh see the Vikings can’t beat good teams
People are sleep man I swear this man was on two horrible franchises but 49ers revived him and Vikings giving him his swagger back hope he can win comeback player of the year .
Everyone is talking about the wrong thing with the Vikings. If the DEFENSE keeps playing like they are, this team is going to the playoffs. Darnold does not have to be super man
Ding ding ding ......finally somebody with a brain . Thank you 👍🙏 I keep telling everyone Sam just has to game manage and take care of the football. Our defense will be the it factor
Vikings are going no where 😭 Kirk was yall best shot and look where he at, it’s 2 games into the season. Reply to me in week 7, this is not a playoff team Jesus.
@@donaldslay9385 Kirko chains wasn't mobile like Sammy D and it's our defense that could take us far . Sam Darnold just has to manage the game in a QB friendly system . Didn't a journeyman QB named Case Keenum stomp the North with a 13-3 record in 2017 ????? Anyway your lip flapping isn't proving a thing
Also the coaching staff for the Vikings had completely turned over now in the last year or two. The Vikings have a completely different philosophy on being a more physical team. Kirk doesn’t play for them anymore. Teams change their fortunes all the time. They are gonna lose some games at times but SAS what are you talking about bro. 😂
Idk why he loves to bring up the past specifically for the Vikings. We gonna talk about the Bucs having the worst franchise winning percentage in the NFL? How about talk about the Seahawks when they still had Russ 😂 he just loves to hate on the Vikes
There are a lot of things that are painful about being a Vikes fan, historically. Rubbing it in the face of all the pundits hating on them when they prove them wrong, however, is so much fun. Suck it, Stephen.
Sure lets only focus on Darnold when the Vikes are gonna have a top 5 defense, best reciever in the game, Aaron Jones and ty chandler, Addison and Hockenson both coming back sometime in the next couple weeks
I liked how Stephen a tried to blame Justin Jefferson for the Vikings not making the playoffs in 2020 and 21 but he always doubted Kirk while in Minnesota but believes in Kirk now in ATL and yet isn’t talking about the Vikings defense those years compared to this year this year which is why Dan believes in them now dude is hating because the Vikings have made him look so dumb so far
If your going to bring up that stat against Sam Darnold then also bring up the fact that he has a 100 percent completion percentage against the blitz, stop spreading false narratives.
I understand SAS reluctancy on Darnold and you can't blame anyone else who is still not a believer. It's only been 2 weeks. No one is going to remember the first few weeks of a season if things don't end up going well at the end. My only question is, how can he not believe in Darnold but be a strong believer in Derek Carr?
Seahawks were ranked #8 at the start of the season and Vikings are elite even with a Rookie QB. Not only is Tampa Bay the worst team out of the three, they were the least likely to make the playoffs last year and shocked everyone with a win. This is the same Bucs that went all in for the Brady years only without the star powers. Rebuilding teams aren't supposed to make it to the 2nd round of the playoffs. And a journeyman QB does not get handed the keys to the franchise. So it is critical for Baker's career that he finds a home. All he has to do is take a Post Superbowl roster and ride it till the wheels fall off. And for the second straight year, he is taking a lottery team to the playoffs.
Stephen clearly ain’t aware of how Kirk and zimm never got along, say what you want but that matters in a team. Zimm always made it clear to people he ain’t rock with Kirk that will throw a team chemistry off not to mention all the close games we lost cause the zimm coached defenses couldn’t close the deal
Gotta be the Bucs just because of the division. That's a division where this year 10 wins might have you in 3rd (3 wins would also put you in 3rd lol). The other two teams are in admittedly good divisions too, but both are riddled with injuries and neither team should have any issues at least coming in 2nd.
Darold is still a question mark...but as a TEAM the Vikings are well above the Seahawks. Tampa looks solid IMO. So if one team doesn't make the playoffs its Seattle.
Houston wasn't even a challenge. 34-7 thrashing. Stephen A Smith is eating his words right now. The Vikings won't be missing the playoffs because they are going to be the #1 overall seed in the NFC.
They can make the playoffs, but the teams in the regular season are different than the teams in the playoffs, Sam Darnold looks good bc the vikings set that team up for JJ Mccarthy, and Darnold is taking advantage of this system to make him look good, a team that has a good system doesn't mean they're good enough to go against teams that have done more than them as a team (in the playoffs)
Sam Darnold was always the plan to start??? Or maybe Sam Darnold is actually really good and he is elevating this team making them even better and still doing it without 2 of his top 3 offense rankings. Darnold is leading this team rn and looks like a top QB in the league.
@@tylerrhodes8792 For sure he does, but let’s not act like it’s just him, the Vikings system is impeccable rn, and he was a very questionable QB, that’s why they signed him for one year, you’re making me talk bad about him when I really like him, but he’s not some elite QB on his own Edit: I just hope this Vikings system lasts for long, I like a new team getting some shine
Who cares. Darnold doesn’t have to do it by himself. He still has more weapons coming with Addison and Hockenson. This team is very well coached on both sides of the ball. Offense loaded with weapons and book end tackles. Flores has this defense flying around and they are very deep. The defense is rotating 18 different guys and they play for eachother
You can tell stephen A smith was forced to take that particular side of the argument against the vikings. You gotta be blind to sit here and say the vikings were the answer lol. The roster deep, deep, deep. But do whatever you got to do to sway to betters.
Stephen A is the biggest Vikings hater . Beat San Francisco but “Deebo is going to be out” the game already happened Stephen A and Deebo played in it. Fails to mention the Vikings were without there starting TE, there 2nd WR and Jefferson was injured and out the game for the 4th Quarter. Fact is Vikings outplayed the best team in the NFC and it wasn’t really close if you watched the game.
SAS thinks the changing of his tone to sound funny, antics on television and etc makes him a likable and charismatic figure. First Take's best days are without him.
Stephen A Smith didn't actually give any reasons against the Vikings, he just rambled about nothing for 2 minutes. Shows he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Sam Darnold became a backup for a reason. There's a lot of QB's who can look good for a few games, then there's film and opposing teams adjust. I.e. Remember Josh Dobbs? I don't blame anyone for not trusting Sam after (checks notes...) ... 2 games...
Stephen A knowns nothing about sports. This guy compliments the guys that he likes and ridicules the guys that he doesn’t. He’s a character on ESPN, being used for ratings but not about anything of value. Now SVP or Stuart Scott actually did their research and was always fair their take
Bruh who knows how good he would be because he ain't even playing this season. So why you talkin mad talk when he ain't even had the ability to show us much yet? The judgements should be made based on him starting.
@@GandalfTheStraight Because that was the scheme he wanted to run, a more run based scheme, which worked really great, literally the best in CFB last year. Didn't mean he couldn't actually throw well, and he did throw well and make the plays he needed to, especially on third downs.
Stephen A has literally never said a good thing about the Vikings in his entire career
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He literally said good things about them in this video.
@@mikec51691 backhanded compliments are not compliments. "That's like a bye week" "Christian McCaffery didn't play, Deebo's hurt"
@@mikec51691not really. Backhanded compliments don’t count.
I came back to this after MN WACKED Houston,
Vikings have a top 5 defense but all I keep hearing about is Darnold. Top 5 defense will get you to the playoffs. Maybe Darnold decides how far they go. But the disrespect on Minny year in and year out by the media is hysterical at this point
Stephen A should add context when he talks about the Vikings. The years he talked about with Kirk and JJ, KOC was not the coach for that first year and Kirk was hurt most of his last year with the Vikes.
Also, the Viking's defense during those years was pretty terrible. Ed Donatel's defense made Daniel Jones and Mac Jones look like all pros.
Yall still choke on playoffs so why it matter
We really finna make injury excuses for San Fran?
Vikings didn’t even have their WR2, and TE1z 😂
And Debo played the whole game wasn’t like he went out 1st half or anything 😂
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JJ also left the game lol
It will always be flip flopped for the vikes if they beat a good team it’s oh maybe the good team isn’t as good as we thought they were and then when the Vikings lose to a good team it’s oh see the Vikings can’t beat good teams
This is the regular season 49ers, not playoffs 49ers, it's a big difference, I'm not even a 49ers fan & ik that
Please don’t ever bring Molly back ever ever ever ever ever ever
bro cmon she's fine.
Replace her with Ryan Hollins 😂
@@quietmoodmusic it’s the voice my guy
She’s annoying
@@quietmoodmusic Think with the head on your shoulders bro
"going against the Giants and Panthers it's like a bye week" 😂
Yeah they basically 1-0 after having a bye week and the Bucs played the Commanders
Yeah they basically 1-0 after having a bye week and the Bucs played the Commanders
As a lifelong Panther fan, it pains me to agree.
Sam might actually be good. He’s getting his first real shot on a real team with good weapons.
right he was a number 3 pick for a reason
I wonder why Stephen A hates the Vikings so much
It's Sam Darnold
He hated the superbowl that was here and how cold it was so he just hates where he can
@@shizenatoryt2203I wish we won that year to make him even more pissed, buddy was happy ash after our L in the NFC Championship Game🤦🏽♂️
@@otisbanananutspunkmeyer coming back to this comment lmaoo
@@khalilhopkins6130to bad yall choked
"you made valid points with Seattle Seahawks congratulations miracles do happen" 😂
As a seahawks fan. I 100% agree with him. We have a good team, but I can't say with any kind of certainty that we are making the playoffs.
This didn’t age well😂
People are sleep man I swear this man was on two horrible franchises but 49ers revived him and Vikings giving him his swagger back hope he can win comeback player of the year .
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I think Sam Darnold will have a Baker Mayfield/Geno Smith type of impact for the Vikings and I’m a 9ers fan.
Yep thing is. Thing is he isn’t gonna find a better situation in free agency. So I wonder if Vikings resign to a 2 year deal until JJ gets healthy.
Hey SAS hope your Sunday has been blessed, Stay Humble and Respect what you see on Tape. GoofyAss
Everyone is talking about the wrong thing with the Vikings. If the DEFENSE keeps playing like they are, this team is going to the playoffs. Darnold does not have to be super man
Ding ding ding ......finally somebody with a brain . Thank you 👍🙏 I keep telling everyone Sam just has to game manage and take care of the football. Our defense will be the it factor
Vikings are going no where 😭 Kirk was yall best shot and look where he at, it’s 2 games into the season. Reply to me in week 7, this is not a playoff team Jesus.
@@donaldslay9385 Kirko chains wasn't mobile like Sammy D and it's our defense that could take us far . Sam Darnold just has to manage the game in a QB friendly system . Didn't a journeyman QB named Case Keenum stomp the North with a 13-3 record in 2017 ????? Anyway your lip flapping isn't proving a thing
@@donaldslay9385 3-0 now Skippy
@@donaldslay9385 Kirk? Yeah he 1-2 in Atlanta . We see where he is at
That aged well 😅
This Texans game Coming up is going to say alot
if my vikings win we gotta be considered real deal if we barely lose but play a good game then i think we should be on radar for the divison
@@cpotter611Vikings bouta get stomped!
@@otisbanananutspunkmeyerno they’re not 😂😂😂 barely beat the bears but the Vikings are gonna get “stomped” 😂😭😭
Vikings won convincingly. What does everyone here think about that?
@@DemonofLight80 think that Kevin O'Connell is the QB whisperer
Dan O made SAS look stupid af with actual football analysis about the Vikings 😂
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I’d love to see the Vikings , saints and Seahawks in the playoffs. I’d be fun instead cowboys and niners and lions
Also the coaching staff for the Vikings had completely turned over now in the last year or two. The Vikings have a completely different philosophy on being a more physical team. Kirk doesn’t play for them anymore. Teams change their fortunes all the time. They are gonna lose some games at times but SAS what are you talking about bro. 😂
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Idk why he loves to bring up the past specifically for the Vikings. We gonna talk about the Bucs having the worst franchise winning percentage in the NFL? How about talk about the Seahawks when they still had Russ 😂 he just loves to hate on the Vikes
Darnold is playing for on a Baker Mayfield type of contract like last year. Thing is he’s not gonna find a better situation in free agency next year.
Miami.
There are a lot of things that are painful about being a Vikes fan, historically. Rubbing it in the face of all the pundits hating on them when they prove them wrong, however, is so much fun. Suck it, Stephen.
Bro take this video down. You still have time. Vikings 3-0!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Honestly, I respect this take. I'm not fully sold on Darnold yet either.
They said that about geno smith. Now look at him.
& he mid
He literally in 2022 led the league in passing percentage became come back player of the year after everyone criticized him for being mid as you say.
@@alphachewy1879 That was years ago doe bro
@@otisbanananutspunkmeyer what three? lol he’s been doing good ever since he’s gotten that starting job back g
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Sam Darnold is a good NFL quarterback man, he been in the wrong franchise for years, but now that he’s in the right spot I think he making probowl
Sure lets only focus on Darnold when the Vikes are gonna have a top 5 defense, best reciever in the game, Aaron Jones and ty chandler, Addison and Hockenson both coming back sometime in the next couple weeks
I love people are hating on the Vikings. They were before the season too and they 2-0 so keeping hating! It’s fuels the fire!
I liked how Stephen a tried to blame Justin Jefferson for the Vikings not making the playoffs in 2020 and 21 but he always doubted Kirk while in Minnesota but believes in Kirk now in ATL and yet isn’t talking about the Vikings defense those years compared to this year this year which is why Dan believes in them now dude is hating because the Vikings have made him look so dumb so far
SAS better apologize for that Sam Darnold disrespect 😮💨
Stephan A is the NFL version of Cheryl Swoopes
nah...he's the NFL version of Puff Daddy
@nano.joe.4851 huh? So he has guns with the serial numbers filed off?
34-7 Vikings. 3-0 baby. EAT IT SA! We dog walked the Texans. SKOL4LIFE
SAS is delusional. SKOL . Oh and hockenson is coming back soon
Stephen A is never right about the Vikings. This is 2024 . Not the past. Wake up with your stupid stats.
cant wait to hear what excuse he make for the texans today... legs go vikings
I need to see what Stephan A says after Vikings beat Texans
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🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 I hope so!!!
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You heard any Vikings Takes from Stephen A this week? 😤🤐
Haters gonna hate I'm not even a vikings fan but they look like a playoff teams
Why is SAS so against Darnold playing well, he used to praise him when he was in NY, now all of a sudden he craps on him😂
He went to the Vikings he’s gotta hate now
Geno
Baker
And Sam all have very similar stories
We gonna keep the receipts
SA Cherry picking specific stats to support his point while completely ignoring the context
I’m a Vikings fan and I get what Stephen A is saying it’s an unbiased opinion
Stephen A still mad at the Timberwolves and taking it out on the Vikings
The Megatron of trolls. Just cause you "yell talk" it doesn't make you wise, intelligent or enjoyable without earplugs and a spit guard😂
I’m a Seattle fan the defense has upgraded tremendously I just need to see the offense score more than 20 points
If your going to bring up that stat against Sam Darnold then also bring up the fact that he has a 100 percent completion percentage against the blitz, stop spreading false narratives.
LOVE FROM MINNESOTA DAN
Stephen A better take notice now
Steven A needs to retire already.
I understand SAS reluctancy on Darnold and you can't blame anyone else who is still not a believer. It's only been 2 weeks. No one is going to remember the first few weeks of a season if things don't end up going well at the end. My only question is, how can he not believe in Darnold but be a strong believer in Derek Carr?
Yall tripping. I love molly. She fights for her voice to be heard.
Seahawks were ranked #8 at the start of the season and Vikings are elite even with a Rookie QB.
Not only is Tampa Bay the worst team out of the three, they were the least likely to make the playoffs last year and shocked everyone with a win. This is the same Bucs that went all in for the Brady years only without the star powers. Rebuilding teams aren't supposed to make it to the 2nd round of the playoffs. And a journeyman QB does not get handed the keys to the franchise. So it is critical for Baker's career that he finds a home. All he has to do is take a Post Superbowl roster and ride it till the wheels fall off. And for the second straight year, he is taking a lottery team to the playoffs.
Stephen clearly ain’t aware of how Kirk and zimm never got along, say what you want but that matters in a team. Zimm always made it clear to people he ain’t rock with Kirk that will throw a team chemistry off not to mention all the close games we lost cause the zimm coached defenses couldn’t close the deal
Gotta be the Bucs just because of the division. That's a division where this year 10 wins might have you in 3rd (3 wins would also put you in 3rd lol). The other two teams are in admittedly good divisions too, but both are riddled with injuries and neither team should have any issues at least coming in 2nd.
Darold is still a question mark...but as a TEAM the Vikings are well above the Seahawks. Tampa looks solid IMO. So if one team doesn't make the playoffs its Seattle.
This is why we need to keep stephen a as far away from MNF as possible
I'm here after the Texans were demolished by the Vikings
Darnald passes like Jim Kelly
This aged well lol
Houston wasn't even a challenge. 34-7 thrashing. Stephen A Smith is eating his words right now. The Vikings won't be missing the playoffs because they are going to be the #1 overall seed in the NFC.
You cant trust sam darnold but you can trust baker and geno lol
They can make the playoffs, but the teams in the regular season are different than the teams in the playoffs, Sam Darnold looks good bc the vikings set that team up for JJ Mccarthy, and Darnold is taking advantage of this system to make him look good, a team that has a good system doesn't mean they're good enough to go against teams that have done more than them as a team (in the playoffs)
Sam Darnold was always the plan to start??? Or maybe Sam Darnold is actually really good and he is elevating this team making them even better and still doing it without 2 of his top 3 offense rankings. Darnold is leading this team rn and looks like a top QB in the league.
@@tylerrhodes8792 For sure he does, but let’s not act like it’s just him, the Vikings system is impeccable rn, and he was a very questionable QB, that’s why they signed him for one year, you’re making me talk bad about him when I really like him, but he’s not some elite QB on his own
Edit: I just hope this Vikings system lasts for long, I like a new team getting some shine
Who cares. Darnold doesn’t have to do it by himself. He still has more weapons coming with Addison and Hockenson. This team is very well coached on both sides of the ball. Offense loaded with weapons and book end tackles. Flores has this defense flying around and they are very deep. The defense is rotating 18 different guys and they play for eachother
@@davidpeterson725 I said the system was amazing, but if you think the teams in the regular season is the same team in the playoffs you’re dead wrong
You can tell stephen A smith was forced to take that particular side of the argument against the vikings. You gotta be blind to sit here and say the vikings were the answer lol. The roster deep, deep, deep. But do whatever you got to do to sway to betters.
Seahawks was the right answer. I’m not as high on the Vikings as NO but man they are a sleeper playoff team for sure. I’m rooting for Sam.
No they are not. The Vikings aee the right answer. Sorry lil buddy
For the record it would have been 27 7 had he not punched that ball out
This didn't age well.
Evidence is evidence. Thank youuuuu Stephan a bc you just depleted mj arguments
What NFC North team is going to stop the Vikings from making the playoffs?
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Stephen A is the biggest Vikings hater . Beat San Francisco but “Deebo is going to be out” the game already happened Stephen A and Deebo played in it. Fails to mention the Vikings were without there starting TE, there 2nd WR and Jefferson was injured and out the game for the 4th Quarter. Fact is Vikings outplayed the best team in the NFC and it wasn’t really close if you watched the game.
SAS thinks the changing of his tone to sound funny, antics on television and etc makes him a likable and charismatic figure. First Take's best days are without him.
I'm happy for Justin Jefferson, . and Sam Darnonld .
Stephen A Smith didn't actually give any reasons against the Vikings, he just rambled about nothing for 2 minutes. Shows he doesn't know what he's talking about.
He literally said he doesnt trust sam darnold you legit didnt listen😂
@@joshiro02 he didn't give any reasoning as to why! Absolutely no critical thinking here
Sam Darnold became a backup for a reason. There's a lot of QB's who can look good for a few games, then there's film and opposing teams adjust. I.e. Remember Josh Dobbs? I don't blame anyone for not trusting Sam after (checks notes...) ... 2 games...
@@legitdragon6202 great, you provided more analysis than Smith
@@alecreginato8499he said he seen the first 6 years of darnold’s career
Vikings are the epitome of "the every other year" team. They willake the playoffs this year.
Nobody cares about your Opinion SAS
Its mn defense that the most impressive no one can match vikings as of now
Sam is probably playing than his favorite QB
Omggg shocker!! Yall picked different teams!! Byyy god 😂😂😂
I loved Cari Champion!❤❤❤
I’m convinced Stephen A hates the middle of the country outside of KC
And Darnold threw 4 Tuds
Well Well Well. Looks like Slingin' Sam Darnold is showing out.
I’m a Vikings fan and even I think the Bucs are more likely to make it. Saying the Bucs is wild
I want him eating an actual crow on live TV today!
Steven A is the guy who thinks he knows football. Yet every time he is wrong pat mahomes a perfect example.
Well, the Saints go up against the Panthers also and won. Bye week?
We need better analyst and better Molly to find something to not talk about.
Stephen A knowns nothing about sports. This guy compliments the guys that he likes and ridicules the guys that he doesn’t. He’s a character on ESPN, being used for ratings but not about anything of value. Now SVP or Stuart Scott actually did their research and was always fair their take
This aged like milk. Its a bad look for Stephen A.
Nothing new
Same old same old. No one ever believes in the vikings
Vikings are by far better than both those wack ahh teams 😂😂😂 vikings gonna be top team in NFC
Sam Darnold is better than Andy Dalton. How do that guy get a job when he haven't did anything to deserve it.
Post Houston beat down…. I wanna know your position now Stephen…
Why do we pay these nevers. Experts??FU
If steven a is wrong fire him
Don't let the Vikings make the playoffs and the New Era GOAT JJ McCarthy come back healthy for the playoffs...mama there goes that man.
JJ is not coming back this year
If that happens, Darnold is starting. Let’s be realistic bruh
lol you think a guy will just be from surgery and into playoff game ? Not gonna happen.
Stephen A is always just winging it. Not sure about the Vikings is typical disrespect based on a lack of knowledge.
JJ McCarthy wouldn’t be any better
Bruh who knows how good he would be because he ain't even playing this season. So why you talkin mad talk when he ain't even had the ability to show us much yet? The judgements should be made based on him starting.
@@ancapgrandscribe9546 we all know he'll be a bust. why do you think Harbaugh barely wanted him to throw the ball at Michigan?
@@GandalfTheStraight Because that was the scheme he wanted to run, a more run based scheme, which worked really great, literally the best in CFB last year. Didn't mean he couldn't actually throw well, and he did throw well and make the plays he needed to, especially on third downs.
@@ancapgrandscribe9546 he's a bust, just accept it man
@@GandalfTheStraight He's injured is what he is, he's still young and got potential, stop the hate
Sam darnold looks intense
Is Dak Prescott better than Dan Marino?
Nope
Now 3-0 what can he say?