Wildcard Weekend Predictions: Vikings vs Seahawks

[Mothman]

Something that i dont remember seeing mentioned, but i may have missed: this was the first year since the magical run of 1998 (7-1) where the Vikings had a winning road record.

Now that's real progress!

[808vikingsfan]

random quotes:

@AdamSchefter: Road QBs this weekend: 37 combined career playoff starts. Home QBs this weekend: 0 combined career playoff starts.

Chris Tomasson
‏@christomasson
Mike Wallace on how high he's amped 1-10 & told of Spinal Tap “I don’t know what Spinal Tap is I ain’t never heard of that, but I’m 11 then"

#Vikings TE Rhett Ellison will sound the Gjallarhorn prior to Sunday's game.

The #Vikings are the 1st team to make the playoffs while playing at a temporary site.

[808vikingsfan]

Vikings Mail Call - Paul Allen and Pete Bercich 1-7-16


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsG1BZkCKq4

[Canuck]

So 6d is questionable this weekend, he won't do much anyways

[PurpleMustReign]

#Vikings TE Rhett Ellison will sound the Gjallarhorn prior to Sunday's game.

The #Vikings are the 1st team to make the playoffs while playing at a temporary site.

These two are really cool!!

[Raptorman]

Lynch it out. Didn't even make the trip.

[Boon]

With that there I would try and play nickel all day and dare them to run it, seriously. Wilson is on fire and no marquee running back there, take the high road

[Purple bruise]

Lynch it out. Didn't even make the trip.

Here is the scoop:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... vs-vikings

Seattle will be without their top running back when they take on the Minnesota Vikings.

Marshawn Lynch (abdominal) has been downgraded to out, the Seahawks announced.

Lynch did not travel with the team to Minnesota, according to NFL Media's Steve Wyche.

The nine-year veteran was previously listed as questionable. Lynch has only played in seven games this season.

[Purple bruise]

Irvin aims to ‘rattle’ Bridgewater again
Tacoma News Tribune | Jan 8
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Bruce Irvin wants to make Teddy Bridgewater scared again.

The Seahawks’ outside linebacker considers the Minnesota Vikings quarterback a “really good friend” from his college days at West Virginia when Bridgewater was at Louisville. Irvin has Bridgewater’s purple Vikings game jersey hanging in the middle of his locker at Seahawks’ headquarters.

- See more at: http://www.prosportsdaily.com/articles/ ... x852T.dpuf

http://www.prosportsdaily.com/articles/ ... 89916.html

Someone on the Vikes needs to kick his butt, maybe Zach Line or Pruitt can get that done

[PacificNorseWest]

I honestly preferred that Lynch played. He was pretty ineffective before he got hurt and then he's out for a couple months and comes back against one of the best defenses in the league, being rusty in 1 degree weather? Yes, please.

He could have done something, but I think it was more likely he just ruins the flow the offense has been on the past few weeks as they try to get him involved. Now even more of a percentage of the plays will be dialed up specifically for Russell. That's the only guy that scares me.

[DK Sweets]

These two are really cool!!

I agree, I love both of those.

[808vikingsfan]

Here is the scoop:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... vs-vikings

Seattle will be without their top running back when they take on the Minnesota Vikings.

Marshawn Lynch (abdominal) has been downgraded to out, the Seahawks announced.

Lynch did not travel with the team to Minnesota, according to NFL Media's Steve Wyche.

The nine-year veteran was previously listed as questionable. Lynch has only played in seven games this season.

Funny how he was at full practice the entire week. Wonder if it was just a ploy so the Vikings had to spend time and watch film to prepare for him.

[Jordysghost]

You guys are going to beat Seattle.

[fiestavike]

You guys are going to beat Seattle.

They've certainly got all the pressure on them.

[Mothman]

This is an interesting read:

Vikings-Seahawks Key Matchup: Bridgewater vs. the Legion of Boom

When the Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks played in Minnesota just over a month ago, the Seahawks challenged Teddy Bridgewater to prove he could beat them. Bridgewater couldn't do it. He finished the game 17 of 28 for a meager 117 yards. He didn't throw a touchdown and was picked off once, by Earl Thomas. His 4.21 yards per attempt mark was his lowest of the season.

This Sunday, the Seahawks are exceedingly likely to make Bridgewater prove he can beat them yet again. They'll likely do this by playing eight men in the box to stop Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota run game, and by playing Richard Sherman, DeShawn Shead, and Jeremy Lane up on the line of scrimmage and right in the faces of Stefon Diggs, Mike Wallace, and Jarius Wright, even if the trio of corners then drop right back into Seattle's familiar Cover-3 look.

More at the link.