Round The First: Your Dublin NFL Experience

As Hippo always reminds us, this here tilt is MANDATORY and full credit to those sleepy, weepy West Coasters for participating. My alcoholic beverage of choice is some salted caramel espresso that weighs in at 7% ABV. Tasty.

What do we know of Dublin? The name can be translated as “Black Pool” and it was ‘founded’ around 988 although fishing traps that have been discovered date back over 6,000 years. (suck it, Bible!) Apparently the place experienced real growth in the 12th and 13th centuries as a slave-trading center run by, you guessed it, Vikings. So there’s your cultural tie-in. I would suggest that the Vikings should fully embrace their heritage and play in Stockholm at some point. Strawberry Stadium there can seat 54,000+-do I have to do all the thinking for The Shield? smgdh…

To The Game!

Vikings/Steelers:

-Not that it’s particularly relevant but this is designated as a home game for Pittsburgh. What?

-Might this be a defensive tussle? Both teams forced 5 turnovers last week.

-The Steelers don’t have a viable run game and rook rb Caleb Johnson has been making mistakes on special teams and sat last week. As well, Warren is listed as questionable with a wonky knee.

-So your super sleeper is Trey Sermon who has been lifted from the practice squad and is active.

-One of the best forward-thinking moves that Minny pulled off was aquiring Jordan Mason who acquitted himself quite well in Aaron Jones absence last week.

-The book on Wentz last week was that he did what was asked of him although his rating by both PFF and ESPN was not that great. Don’t get a big head there, Carson.

-Jordan Addison is back in the fold after serving his suspension so another piece of the Vikings offense is now in place.

-It’ll be interesting to see what DC Flores has concocted game plan-wise for the increasingly immobile Rodgers. (did you see the presser where he called himself a(n) ‘historian’? He really is so far up his own asshole)

Breakfast and football-two great tastes that go great together!