Daily Norseman: for Minnesota Vikings fans

In this episode: @Flipmazzi reviews the 6-4-1 Minnesota Vikings and the must have win in Week 12 over the 4-6-1 Green Bay Packers. The Vikings are hanging tough and they’re gonna scrap it out with all these other NFC contenders. Are you strapped in? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Good Morning Gjallarhorn Episode 034 – It’s Packers Week!   Good morning Horners! We hope that your Thanksgiving was an exceptionally happy one, that everyone survived, that the food was good and the conversation was even better. Drew, Ted and I did our best to have the same. We recorded the show the evening before, still with the memories of last week's loss in our heads. We are looking forward to the Packers game, but first an epic rant.   All week across the Vikings Twittersphere, on the web, amongst your favorite podcasts, and even here on GMG – In The Raw, there has been debate over why the Vikings are 5-4-1 and fighting desperately to secure a wildcard playoff spot. At the beginning of the season, most fans had Super Bowl aspirations for this team anticipating another decent season, and by decent we mean double-digit win totals and being one of the best teams in the NFL. As of right now, however, the squad does not fit into that category and there seems to be a hint of dysfunction or disarray.   The sho

In this episode: @Flipmazzi reviews the 5-4-1 Minnesota Vikings and their no show loss in Week 11 to the 7-3 Chicago Bears. The Vikings look like Pretenders, not Contenders after this lackluster effort on Soldier Field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Good Morning Gjallarhorn Episode 033 – In The Raw: Waiting On The Mistake   Good morning Horners! Here is your post game reaction show where coming out of the bye week, the Minnesota Vikings went into Soldier Field to battle the Chicago Bears. The problem with that, was that it really wasn't much of a battle. Our beloved Vikings were not favored to win, and as usual Vegas was correct. Join me, Drew Bunting, and Ted Glover as we discussed, or should it be disgust, the action of the evening.   This game put many Vikings fans expectations in doubt. Ted and Drew both discuss the frustration that comes from watching the purple underperform and make mistakes, and especially in critical situations in a way that just rips at one's fandom. The three of us are called the Grampa Division because of our age and the fact that we have followed this team for over five decades, or nearly that. I guess there is an honor to the what seems like futility of being a Minnesota fan. There are only a few fan bases, like the Buffalo

In this episode: Cousins Was Less Than Ideal Panic At The Disco - Uncommon Panic From Cousins In Clean Pockets John DeFillippo - Needs To Do Better Questionable Play Calling Defense Did Enough To Win Stupid Penalties Trubisky Was Lethal Scrambling Everything Is Still Possible, But Time Is Running Out  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode: Around The League Bye Week - Getting Healthy Defensive Keys Contain RBs How To Pressure Trubisky Offensive Keys How To Handle Khalil Mack Dalvin Cook Makes The Offense Dynamic Keep Kirk Clean Rudy Breakout Game? Special Teams Predictions Name That Viking  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode: Question of the day - What did you do over the bye week? Vikings Talk What are you hoping to see down the stretch? Vikings Injury Report   Bears Game Preview with @AaronLemingNFL How'd you get started in the industry? Tell us about the Bears season to date How confident in the fan base right now? How much did the addition of Khalil Mack change the franchise? What are your thoughts on Trubisky's development? Are the new weapons in Chicago really as good as the stats? Keys to victory for the Bears Bold Prediction/Score Prediction Aaron - No turnovers for Trubisky; 27-23 Bears Yinka - 5 turnovers between the 2 QBs; 18-16 Vikings Myles - Dalvin Cook over 150 all-purpose yards; 23-20 Vikings JR - Latavius and Cook go for 200 rushing yards; 17-13 Vikings Jayson - Kirk Cousins over 300 yards and 3 TDs; 22-21 Bears Recent/Upcoming Projects Catch up on all the latest from CTP here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Good Morning Gjallarhorn Episode 031 – Ode To The Gjallarhorn Group   Good morning Horners! It is the bye week, and the gang is altogether along with a special guest, Mr. Manbear Pig. This fine artist who loves his Vikings football took his handle from the famous Southpark episodes of that great show. He joins Ted, Drew, and myself for a sit-down and talk that focuses on our love for the Minnesota Vikings.   I'd like to give everybody a heads up… This episode very much focuses on a group of Vikings fans that get together and talk football. For the first 15 1/2 minutes, we do just that. After that, however we get into some of our group specifics with some fantasy games and roll into our fantasy football midseason update. I will not be hurt if you skip to the trailers at the end of the show at that point.   We start to show with introductions and then talking about that wonderful victory over the Detroit Lions. We go over some of the histories of the folks that wore #77 briefly mentioning Vikings greats like Ga

In this episode:   Vikings Talk Ameer Abdullah addition Lions Game Recap Dalvin Top Speed Biggest Takeaways from Offense and Defense Danielle Hunter Mid-season Report Card Offense - B- Defense - B Mid-season MVPs Offense - Adam Thielen Defense - Danielle Hunter Second Half Predictions   Recent/Upcoming Projects Catch up on all the latest from CTP here.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Good Morning Gjallarhorn Episode 030 – In The Raw: Celebrating Sackles!   Good morning Horners! The Detroit Lions came to town where they had beaten the Minnesota Vikings twice at US Bank Stadium. Well, that did not happen on Sunday where the Vikings defense put on a clinic and set a new Vikings record sacking Matthew Stafford 10 times. Ted, Drew and I celebrated wildly. We loved the results.   Danielle Hunter now leads the NFL with 11.5 sacks but is not just a pass rushing specialist. He’s the whole deal playing the run game just as well. We saw that Everson Griffen, Sheldon Richardson, Linval Joseph, Tom Johnson, and Stephen Weatherly all combining with Hunter to put on a show. Andre Patterson has coached these young men to a level rarely seen and definitely deserved a game ball himself.   Adam Thielen extended his touchdown streak. Woot! Chad Beebe debuted and caught everything thrown his way. Then there was the return of the explosiveness of Dalvin Cook, who was clocked at 22.7 mph on his 70-yard run. He

In this episode: @Flipmazzi reviews the 5-3-1 Minnesota Vikings and their win in Week 9 against the 3-5 Detroit Lions. Danielle Hunter took over the game, Minnesota got a franchise record 10 sacks. Kirk Cousins and the offense still have some work to do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Good Morning Gjallarhorn Episode 029 – Gnome More Mistakes   Good morning Horners! It's Lions week, or when this comes out actually game day. Ted Glover, Drew Bunting, and I get together and preview what should be a fun-fest held within US Bank Stadium as our Minnesota Vikings take on the Detroit Lions.   In this episode, we talk about getting things right, like getting selected to win a gnome. We talk about no more mistakes. The Vikings, due to their own play, which has included mistakes in various aspects of the game, be it by players or by coaches, absolutely have little to no room left to make any mistakes if they wish to make the playoffs. A good example of this was the time management issue during the New Orleans Saints game. Norse Code’s Arif Hasan, asked Coach Zimmer about this. This plays into some midseason grades that Drew asks Ted and me to give.   Looking ahead to the game, we talked about the impact of Detroit trading away one of their best receivers, in Golden Tate. He always used to be a thorn

Good Morning Gjallarhorn Episode 028 – In The Raw   Good morning Horners! Well, I hope it is a good one even though the Minnesota Vikings lost to the New Orleans Saints. Ted, Drew and I got together immediately after the game to talk about what we all witnessed. Was it just us, or did you see the motivation leave the Vikings like air escaping a balloon, right after the Adam Thielen fumble?   Both Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs had games with over 100 yards caught and a TD each. Captain Kirk Cousins threw for over 350 yards, and the defense held Drew Brees to only 120 yards even though Xavier Rhodes and Anthony Barr being out with injuries. Looking at the box score stats, you would have thought the Vikes won by two touchdowns… but you would be wrong.   The Vikings lost 30-20 at home against the second-best team in the NFC.  It definitely had early playoff implications, especially when you think of the upcoming games. The Vikes have the Lions at home, their bye, a road game against the Bears, back home against t

Good Morning Gjallarhorn Episode 027 – Purple Pain   Good morning Horners! The whole gang is here today, Ted, Drew, and myself looking forward to the Minnesota Vikings hosting the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night. This is a very big game with playoff implications at the halfway point of the season. The Saints are coming in with a 5-1 record. The Vikings currently rest on a three-game winning streak at 4-2-1, and both teams look to return to the playoffs at the end of the season and this game can help determine seeding.   We start out with Drew looking for a streak that we haven't seen in a while. Move on to some interesting numbers, then ask about injuries. Ted wonders about our feelings towards the Saints and other teams, some sources of pain in our Vikings fandom. We talk about the Minneapolis Miracle and wonder if that helped any of those feelings? If you didn't know already, there are a lot of Vikings fans that do not like, at least, the current iteration or regime down in New Orleans, and how they play