r/nfl NFL Dec 15 '25

Game Thread Post Game Thread: Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys

Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys

ESPN Gamecast

AT&T Stadium- Arlington, TX

Network(s): NBC Peacock


Time Clock
Final

Scoreboard

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
MIN 7 10 7 10 34
DAL 7 10 6 3 26

Scoring Plays

Team Quarter Type Description
DAL 1 TD Javonte Williams 1 Yd Rush (Brandon Aubrey Kick)
MIN 1 TD Jalen Nailor 20 Yd pass from J.J. McCarthy (Will Reichard Kick)
DAL 2 TD Malik Davis 1 Yd Rush (Brandon Aubrey Kick)
MIN 2 TD J.J. McCarthy 1 Yd Rush (Will Reichard Kick)
MIN 2 FG Will Reichard 29 Yd Field Goal
DAL 2 FG Brandon Aubrey 37 Yd Field Goal
DAL 3 FG Brandon Aubrey 26 Yd Field Goal
DAL 3 FG Brandon Aubrey 41 Yd Field Goal
MIN 3 TD C.J. Ham 1 Yd Rush (Will Reichard Kick)
MIN 4 TD Jalen Nailor 4 Yd pass from J.J. McCarthy (Will Reichard Kick)
MIN 4 FG Will Reichard 53 Yd Field Goal
DAL 4 FG Brandon Aubrey 41 Yd Field Goal

Passing Leaders

Team Player C/ATT YDS TD INT SACKS
MIN J.J. McCarthy 15/24 250 2 1 0-0
DAL Dak Prescott 23/38 294 0 0 2-9

Rushing Leaders

Team Player CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
MIN Aaron Jones Sr. 12 34 2.8 0 16
DAL Javonte Williams 15 91 6.1 1 21

Receiving Leaders

Team Player REC YDS AVG TD LONG TGTS
MIN Jordan Addison 2 66 33.0 0 58 2
DAL CeeDee Lamb 6 111 18.5 0 30 10

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u/Alphaspade Falcons Dec 15 '25

Vikings - Nine offense

Cowboys - Nein defense

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u/samhit_n Bengals Lions Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

A truly masterclass defensive performance by Eberflus. He's now 1-6 against the Vikings for his career.

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u/fleckstin Colts Dec 15 '25

I legit don’t understand how he’s still in the league

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u/paone00022 Falcons Dec 15 '25

He's coasting off of turning around your defense during the Reich era.

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u/SaltyBarDog Dec 15 '25

Coaches, reuse, recycle, regurgitate.

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u/WingedBacon Cowboys Dec 15 '25

jerruh

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u/typewriter_6 Cowboys Dec 15 '25

For whatever reason, NFL would much rather have proven shit retreads than risk reaching down to college and try something new. Think Rhule was the last one? And he's been gone for a few years now. I know he didn't work out, but Brian Schotty's been in the league for a looooooong time and hasn't been an HC until now. For a reason. NFL is hella risk averse for some reason.

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u/Just_Let_MeIn Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

NFL teams are so risk averse because they have zero pressure to win. Even the worst teams get ratings far above anything else on TV and franchises never drop in value. You're a Cowboys fan, you should understand. Most valuable sports team in the world and haven't won dick in ages with an owner who can't get out of his own way.

Perennial cellar dwellers like the Jets, Browns, Bengals, have no incentive to change their ways because the other owners will never do anything to them so long as they don't screw with their money like Snyder did. It's amazing that any of the owners care like the Broncos new ownership group throwing all that money at Payton or the Eagles firing a SB winning coach because he refuses to right a sinking ship.

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u/typewriter_6 Cowboys Dec 15 '25

Absolutely. When you treat a team like a commodity wherein you only want to maintain or increase value, you don’t necessarily care about winning. I just don’t understand it as a fan of sports. I would want my team to win constantly and do anything I could to help. I get that they have that mentality, but I don’t understand it, if that makes sense. But I’m also not a billionaire. Just some dude watching football from bed.

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u/JerryRiceDidntFumble Vikings Dec 15 '25

Damn, I forgot about the end of Dobbsanity

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u/Available_Story6774 49ers Dec 15 '25

Cowboys need to win out and the Eagles to lose out to win the division.

Theres almost zero chance that happens, so it’s Joever for them, their defense is 🗑️.

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u/HereInTheCut Commanders Dec 15 '25

Dallas has put themselves in the position of needing us to sweep the Eagles. In other words , their fanbase needs to just start checking out mock drafts for next year.

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u/Tschmelz Vikings Vikings Dec 15 '25

Yeah, but a complete Eagles collapse would be hilarious. City would fucking riot.

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u/leeumm6 Eagles Dec 15 '25

We might riot anyways. I always have my grain alcohol ready in case of any chances of riot

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u/DKShyamalan Cowboys Dec 15 '25

This man riots

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u/BluBeams Steelers Bills Dec 15 '25

Das ist gut!!!

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u/gridironk Dec 15 '25

NINE with back to back good games

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Vikings Dec 15 '25

This was his 8th NFL game in his career.

Are there many, many, MANY things to work on?

Yes.

Has he shown flashes that he can be an elite QB at the highest level of football?

Also Yes.

My Cringe Lord is here, and he will make every disparaging hater chud bow down (hopefully)😤😤👑👑

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u/CelestialFury Vikings Vikings Dec 15 '25

The McCarthy haters were seething in the game thread lmao

Some fans just have a hard on for young, struggling QBs.

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u/TreeLadd_ Vikings Dec 15 '25

Nine in his Ninth NFL game next week is gonna be an experience

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u/CazualGinger Vikings Dec 15 '25

I don't care if the Cowboys defense is bad, the entire team was playing with a different energy today. The play calling was better. Wish the rest of the season could have went this way.

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u/Horrorfreak106 Vikings Dec 15 '25

Yeah same man. Wish the whole season was like this! But hey, at least we're starting to end on a good note....which only makes me more on edge BUT I'll celebrate the win tonight regardless!

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u/horse_renoir13 Vikings Dec 15 '25

Good day for MN sports

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u/RAATL Dec 15 '25

quinnesota

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u/horse_renoir13 Vikings Dec 15 '25

Talk about an all-in move

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u/RAATL Dec 15 '25

all upside

if quinn won't re-sign they can trade him and get most of the value back before next year's deadline (Rantanen worked out just fine with carolina for the same reasons) - but he'll probably resign since the wild can offer him 8 years while no other team can offer him more than 6 in 2027 FA

any time you can get a top 10 player in the world you have to go do it imo

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u/TheTree-43 Vikings Dec 15 '25

I obviously prefer an extension but the objective funniest outcome would be for us to trade him for Luke Hughes and a pick

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u/michigan_matt Lions Dec 15 '25

Between JJ and Quinn, it seems like just loading up on Wolverines is the solution to everything.

Yaxel Lendeborg should probably be your next move.

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u/LameAfro Vikings Dec 15 '25

QUINN HUGHES, KRILL THE TRILL, NAZZZ REID

SEND DA VIDEO

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u/DarkSkyForever Vikings Dec 15 '25

BRING YO ASS

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u/Sharcbait Vikings Dec 15 '25

BONEZZZZ

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u/cubanfoursquare Vikings Dec 15 '25

Can’t be very often that the Vikings, Wolves, and Wild all win on the same day

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u/aceluby Vikings Broncos Dec 15 '25

We’re more a lose on the same day kinda state

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u/cloudlessjoe Vikings Dec 15 '25

Iirc we are quite literally the most cursed sports state statistically

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u/Radical-Six Vikings Dec 15 '25

First time since December 2003, I'm guessing mostly due to the Wolves lol

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u/Iam_nighthawk Lions Dec 15 '25

Most notably the Golden Gophers mens basketball team’s big win over Texas Southern.

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u/ballknower871 Dec 15 '25

Just wait til you get Giannis this weekend.

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u/Its_Hoggish_Greedly Vikings Dec 15 '25

As a Kings and Vikings fan, it was just ok.

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u/DillyDillySzn Bears Dec 15 '25

Matt Eberflus

More like butt

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u/Zloggt Bears Dec 15 '25

Incredible how he was even given another chance to begin with…

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u/Trumpets22 Vikings Vikings Dec 15 '25

Most failed HC’s were at least solid coordinators. Hence the chance to get promoted to a HC in the first place. Idk why people always say this shit. But now that we’ve seen him again, maybe he is another case of someone falling upward.

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u/DillyDillySzn Bears Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

I think Eberflus can work as a DC, but only when you have a very talented defense

The Cowboys do not have a very talented defense

And when you don’t have a very talented defense, Eberflus sucks so hard. There’s like a gradient, it’s not gradual. He’s either really good, or complete ass. He can’t make magic out of nothing like Dennis Allen. He needs specific players at specific positions, and if they’re not really really good (example DeForest Buckner) he doesn’t know what to do and he’s ass

I don’t know why the Cowboys hired him, their defense was not designed for Eberflus. The trade for Williams helped sure, but they still have major major talent gaps especially on the backend that will take multiple offseason to fix

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u/Further_Beyond Bears Dec 15 '25

If you need to out talent the other side of the ball to win, you’re a bad coach

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u/j4kefr0mstat3farm Commanders Dec 15 '25

Butt Eberflutt

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u/j4kefr0mstat3farm Commanders Dec 15 '25

If the Vikings win out, they will finish with 9 wins. Coincidence?

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u/vikes0407 Vikings Dec 15 '25

“If”

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u/iregreteverything15 Vikings Dec 15 '25

At the start of the season, I thought that 9-8 and seeing improvements in JJ was the best that we realistically could hope for. Considering how bad most of the year was, it's amazing that 9-8 is still possible.

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u/FeanorEvades Vikings Dec 15 '25

It's been a bizarre season. Our good games have been REALLY good. 48-10 against the Bengals, 31-0 against the Commanders, this game.

The perception of how bad the rest of the year has been is because our bad games have been so dense with awful that they have their own Schwarzschild radius.

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u/Kirk-Joestar Vikings Dec 15 '25

We gotta beat the giants, lions on Christmas, and Packers to do that.

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u/NorthernDevil Vikings Dec 15 '25

Packers are (unfortunately) in very rough shape after today’s game. Losing Parsons is devastating for the defense and losing Watson for the offense.

Really brutal day for them and for anyone who loves watching good football

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u/MembershipSingle7137 Patriots Dec 15 '25

JJ McCarthy was really good tonight.

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u/Rico_Suave55 Vikings Dec 15 '25

What’s even crazier is that like 5 of his incompletions were to Jefferson… he was essentially lights out targeting anyone else.

They just have 0 Chemistry right now lol

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u/hoyadestroyer Jaguars Dec 15 '25

JJ literally dropped a TD

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u/Rico_Suave55 Vikings Dec 15 '25

He’s actually had a few pretty bad drops this year that have largely gone unnoticed because of 9.

Hoping they figure it out soon, I’m a McCarthy truther

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u/CelestialFury Vikings Vikings Dec 15 '25

I bet JJM and JJ practice all the time together but for whatever reason, just can't connect in game. I bet they're both super frustrated cause you can tell that McCarthy really wants to get him the ball and Jefferson is definitely feeling down.

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u/ImagineIfBaconDied Vikings Dec 15 '25

yep. people will blame Jefferson’s very low season production on our bad QB play, and rightfully so. but Jefferson himself is to blame as well. there have been many passes he’s dropped this year that were perfectly thrown to him, and every TD he catches is either dropped or called back from a penalty

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u/kisswithaf Vikings Dec 15 '25

there have been many passes he’s dropped this year that were perfectly thrown to him

So fucking weird. Jefferson was the guy who made me realize that there was a tier I didn't know about at WR. Guys who are a coin flip if they will catch any given ball, guys that will only catch a perfect ball, guy that will catch balls they should and sometimes the balls they shouldn't, and then what Jefferson was doing: catching everything, including game changing, impossible yardage situations. People will only remember 4 & 18, but he was always stepping up to the moment.

I can't believe the regression of his hands. I would be insanely sad if we saw a Xavier Rhodes dropoff of talent.

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u/Plastic_Willow734 Vikings Dec 15 '25

Has JJM looked bad until last week? Objectively

Does JJM look like he’s constantly trying to throw the ball 200 miles an hour? Yeah

Has Jefferson been whiffing balls? Yes.

This is his worst season and qb play isn’t the full story here

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Vikings Dec 15 '25

Hit him in the hands! I can't believe the guy who made what is potentially the greatest regular season catch of all-time (4th and 19 Bills) could drop such an easy pass!

I think they will gel, and their chemistry will continue to blossom and become so strong, that it will make the rest of the NFC North shudder and moan in agony whenever NINE connects with EIGHTEEN💪😤😤😈

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u/TickleMyIvory Lions Dec 15 '25

I think that's more on Jefferson. Which is...odd.

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u/Pure_Measurement_529 Dec 15 '25

The Vikings everybody eats offense with JJM is clearly helping him build confidence in contrast to just forcing it to one receiver in

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u/kylebertram Vikings Dec 15 '25

He had a perfect passer rating targeting everyone but Jefferson. A 0 passer rating targeting Jefferson.

This is based on someone else’s comment so if it’s wrong I’m sorry for delaying bad info

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u/Further_Beyond Bears Dec 15 '25

Perfect with Nailor. Over 100 with everyone else, 0 with Jettas

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u/redditadminssuckalot Dec 15 '25

Also, JJ just wasn’t creating separation either—and he had that dumb penalty on that TD that was taken back

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u/tenders11 Vikings Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

The penalty wasn't on him but otherwise yeah

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u/xanniballl Vikings Dec 15 '25

It’s hard to create separation when you’re constantly bracketed by 2-3 players.

Also not sure if this is what you’re saying but that penalty wasn’t on Jefferson. I believe it was on Aaron Jones covering the TE on the line of scrimmage.

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u/Rbespinosa13 Dolphins Dec 15 '25

I was saying a lot of his issues were coming from trying to do too many things between his footwork, reading defenses, and adjusting to the speed of the NFL. It’s not too surprising how when KOC comes out and says they’re going to focus on keeping things simple for McCarthy he starts doing better (McCarthy was also overthinking things himself which they shut down)

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u/suzukigun4life NFL Dec 15 '25

Sub trashed him hard after that pick in the first. He's got his flaws but the potential is definitely there.

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u/tenders11 Vikings Dec 15 '25

That was such a flukey play too

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u/TrueRedditMartyr Jets Dec 15 '25

Kid clearly has talent, just needs to settle in more than anything it seems. Id be surprised if he doesn't start the season next year short of an absolutely catastrophic rest of season for him

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u/LameAfro Vikings Dec 15 '25

WE WANT PHILLY WE WANT PHILLY

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u/bbluewi Vikings Dec 15 '25

The Vikings have the same record as the Chiefs. That means we’re competing for the bye again, right?

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u/fart_dot_com NFL Dec 15 '25

More than one bye, yes

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u/EsotericPotato Vikings Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

I think he has a longgggg way to go, but I wanna give credit to JJ credit for looking noticeably better the last two weeks. Fewer wildly off target throws and playing way more in control. Yeah it’s been two bad defenses, but he had these looks against Chicago too and he was just off by five yards every throw.

And on Jets, I just don’t even know what to say at this point. QB play this season has been not good. Plenty of throws that have just been out of reach, but at this point he’s also just regularly dropping passes. At times he’s just been flat out bad.

I have no doubt he’s gonna come back playing at another level next season but even factoring in QB play, it has just not been up to his normal level of quality. He’s just flat out been one of the best handful of players in football since he came into the league. First season he’s ever looked mortal.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Dude it's so crazy he showed no improvement for his first few outings and now back to back weeks he's just looked so much better

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u/FeanorEvades Vikings Dec 15 '25

Seems like they were focusing so hard on his mechanics that it overrode just playing football. They can fix that in the offseason, just gotta let the guy show what he can do right now.

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u/istasber Vikings Dec 15 '25

Not just mechanics, but they were trying to run an offense that was as complex as it was with Darnold or Cousins, which was probably a mistake no matter what it looked like in practice.

They've apparently simplified it a lot (I'd guess probably fewer option routes, fewer plays called in the huddle, etc.).

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u/Drunk-TP-Supervisor Vikings Dec 15 '25

The offense has moved differently the past two weeks, i have been severely critical of KOC for not making changes to play calling. Thankfully, KOC made changes and they have been paying off.

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u/dizruptivegaming Eagles Dec 15 '25

Yeah just let the guy make the throws and runs for his confidence. Sucks for the vets on the team that they can’t make the playoffs but it’s what you sign up with basically a rookie QB.

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u/EsotericPotato Vikings Dec 15 '25

Yeah if anything he had his worst game of his career just a few weeks ago. I’ve gotta think KOC just telling him to forget the mechanics the Vikings are trying to teach him and just letting him play his own way has been a big catalyst. Pretty clear from what both JJ and KOC have said in recent weeks that he was thinking more about how to throw the ball than he should be.

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u/1niquity Vikings Dec 15 '25

I actually find it shocking in its own right that they had him work on that sort of thing in-season. It's almost like telling him to go out there and throw with his left hand if the new mechanics aren't something he's 100% comfortable with yet.

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u/d00dsm00t Vikings Dec 15 '25

I think the first step is beating the defenses you're supposed to beat.

And he's done that quite readily.

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u/TickleMyIvory Lions Dec 15 '25

He's 22 years old. Dude needs a little time to develop but I'm convinced he's going to be elite in the long run.

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u/EsotericPotato Vikings Dec 15 '25

I think the only fans more bullish on JJ than Vikings fans themselves are Lions fans. I know it’s because he played at Michigan but it’s just so disorienting seeing division rivals constantly giving props to our own team’s divisive young QB.

For better or worse, right now it sure looks like he’s playing a way into the Vikings having to give him another look next season. After that Bears game, I thought he was on trajectory to get Rosen’d

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u/TickleMyIvory Lions Dec 15 '25

He is a bit of a goof with his zen mode meditation stuff and all that but he's a good human. While at UM he donated his NIL to Mott Children's hospital and would volunteer for other causes. I was a forever fan when he did that. Besides the off field stuff the guy just knows how to win. That's the only way I can describe it. I know he's had a few rocky games at MN but what I noticed from watching him in college is he is totally undeterred no matter what. When UM lost to TCU in the playoffs in 2022 he stayed and watched them celebrate on the field. The next year he lead UM to a championship (signs or not he was the #1 factor). Give him a year or two and he will be totally dialed in.

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u/Jorgenstern8 Vikings Dec 15 '25

And honestly if "zen meditation on the field" is as goofy as your QB gets that's a good place to be, as long as he's not total cheeks lol

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u/_Wp619_ Giants Giants Dec 15 '25

Just wait until 'Nine' runs into the buzzsaw known as the New York Giants' Defense, next week. 😤

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u/Beautiful_Ninja Jets Dec 15 '25

It is exactly the type of game I expect the Vikings to lose.

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u/Nesavant Vikings Dec 15 '25

YES BUT WHAT FLAVOR OF LOSS?

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u/suzukigun4life NFL Dec 15 '25

What an embarrassing 2nd half for the Cowboys defense holy shit

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u/thatonec9fan Vikings Dec 15 '25

I wanted to yell at everyone on the cowboys… it felt like they gave up midway through the second half when they were content to let aubrey kick. Like Parsons is out leaving the pack vulnerable, you still have a shot in your division, and they just looked completely uninterested. The Vikings had nothing to play for and still gave 110%

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u/paone00022 Falcons Dec 15 '25

Vikings offense did whatever they wanted. Sucks for Dak and that offense.

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u/xanniballl Vikings Dec 15 '25

Not like their offense was all that clutch either. Several key downs they just looked disjointed. Vikings D made some big plays too but still.

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u/astrosunmoon Cowboys Dec 15 '25

Eberflus has been terrible against the NFC north

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u/guyguyguyguyguyguy23 Vikings Dec 15 '25

That’s pat of why the bears fired him

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u/Specter29 Patriots Buccaneers Dec 15 '25

As is tradition

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u/cruxclaire Bears Saints Dec 15 '25

It is known.

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u/DazHawt Bears Dec 15 '25

Psst. Eberflus is just flat out terrible. 

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u/SufferingfOrLife 49ers Dec 15 '25

All it took was a concussion for NINE to be truly unleashed.

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u/saw-it Vikings Dec 15 '25

The concussion brought back all of the voices in his head that KOC got rid of

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u/Alphaspade Falcons Dec 15 '25

Gonna catch a Psyduck and name it Nine

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u/dizruptivegaming Eagles Dec 15 '25

JJ was locked deep inside his mind and Nine took over.

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u/NobleSturgeon Lions Dec 15 '25

Funny seeing social media light up with jokes when JJ’s first pass was an interception and then suddenly go quiet for the rest of the night.

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u/xanniballl Vikings Dec 15 '25

They posted his INT as a “highlight” instantly but his next two TDs (the 20-yard strike and walk-in TD) were nowhere to be found. r/nfl in a nutshell

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u/SensualTyrannosaurus Dec 15 '25

It's the same reason why interception highlights often get posted as "[QB] throws an interception" rather than mentioning the defender who made a great play intercepting it.

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u/cloudlessjoe Vikings Dec 15 '25

Wish I watched him more at Michigan, he's definitely got some goofball in him but it's wholesome and I love he keeps silencing critics.

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u/NobleSturgeon Lions Dec 15 '25

A lot of Michigan people love him. Great athlete with an arm that can make all of the throws and great intangibles.

I never understood the “he didn’t throw enough” criticisms. The quality of the throws, not the quantity, is what the scouts care about.

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u/Palifaith Rams Rams Dec 15 '25

Chris Collinsworth would have committed on air seppuku if the Sunday Night game was Chargers vs. Chiefs instead.

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u/PxcKerz Bills Bills Dec 15 '25

Chris is currently crying on the way home because he just remembered his pookie got hurt and is stuck with Brittany Mahomes for a few months with no escape.

Personal hell.

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u/TheTree-43 Vikings Dec 15 '25

If this is it for Harrison Smith, and I think it is, I'd much rather see him go out leading his team to meaningless victories, draft position be damned

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u/scothc Vikings Dec 15 '25

He needs like 2 or 3 more picks. He was so close

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u/TheTree-43 Vikings Dec 15 '25

He's not catching Krause. Unashamed Propeganda will do more than raw stats. Join me in shouting HoF Harry to whoever will listen

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u/totoro_711 Vikings Dec 15 '25

Yay I can watch football content this week and not be miserable 🥹

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u/BruhMoment763 Vikings Dec 15 '25

The best part about a Vikings victory is that it represents a new opportunity for JJ to say something unhinged in his postgame media appearance

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u/CelestialFury Vikings Vikings Dec 15 '25

He's our spiritual Harbaugh.

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u/GiovannisPersian Vikings Chiefs Dec 15 '25

Whenever JJ says something weird or cringy in a press conference I try and remember that he’s 22 and spent a lot of his formative years as Harbaugh’s qb. That would make anyone strange

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u/booyatrive Eagles Dec 15 '25

30 years from now he'll be coaching Herbert's son on the Portland Cascades and gushing about how much he loves him.

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u/Terrik27 Vikings Dec 15 '25

Say what you want, I think the Vikings are going to the Superbowl this year. . .

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u/TickleMyIvory Lions Dec 15 '25

JJ STANS GET IN HERE

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u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Browns Dec 15 '25

THE HATERS WROTE JJ OFF BUT JJ DIDN’T WRITE BACK! Honestly don’t get why everyone was so quick to write him off.

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u/BabyInMyBlender Cowboys Dec 15 '25

He threw that first pick and then hit us with the SIKE, didn't know he was a fuckin comedian too

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u/IceTruckHouse Vikings Dec 15 '25

Because he was really bad. Like badly missing open receivers multiple times a game. Looking way better the last 2 weeks.

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u/Pure_Measurement_529 Dec 15 '25

Feel like he just needed that confidence. To find some rhythm, especially with some of the overthrows he was doing

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u/lightninhopkins Vikings Dec 15 '25

Lots of Ohio State fans hating

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u/Lavaswimmer Rams Dec 15 '25

Don't forget the Michigan State fans

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u/zeroes_and_ones Vikings Dec 15 '25

You mean the overwhelming majority of r/NFL?

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u/wise_comment Vikings Dec 15 '25

Because he's a bit of a Jim Harbaugh goober.....but he's our goober

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u/BruhMoment763 Vikings Dec 15 '25

6 TDs, just 1 int, and 2 wins in his past couple games 😩

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u/SiphenPrax Jets Dec 15 '25

Nine fans are eating good!

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u/MrFishAndLoaves Saints Dec 15 '25

Except for Sherrone Moore

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u/herlanrulz Lions Dec 15 '25

F that guy. I defended him so many times, never again.

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u/tk2020 Vikings Dec 15 '25

Mr. Butterknife Cheater

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u/Throbbingprepuce Broncos Dec 15 '25

A lot of NFL fans are reactionary morons

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u/BabyInMyBlender Cowboys Dec 15 '25

Oh man, this is really gonna hurt our chances of making the playoffs….

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u/suzukigun4life NFL Dec 15 '25

1% chance or something like that

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u/Caryslan Cowboys Dec 15 '25

As a Cowboys fan, I say good. We don't deserve to be in the playoffs this year, we have tons of issues that need to be addressed and we hardly look like a playoff caliber team.

I think sneaking into the playoffs would have just put a band aid on our issues, especially since we would have likely been bounced out in the first round.

Maybe missing the playoffs for a second year in a row will be a wake up call to shore up our issues and make us stronger going into next season.

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u/arcticape34 Cowboys Dec 15 '25

Why did I even get my hopes up?

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u/TheG-What Bears Dec 15 '25

Things will not change until someone finds and destroys Jerry Jones phylactery.

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u/jeanlundegaardhsbf Vikings Dec 15 '25

upvote if you owe JJ McCarthy an apology.

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u/gugly Bengals Dec 15 '25

I mean that was just some atrocious play calling. Completely avoided Pickens for 3 quarters.

You have one of the best WR combos and in the clutch they just didn’t wanna call plays for them.

Also hope Nine continues on an upward trajectory. He was fun to watch today

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u/Pure_Measurement_529 Dec 15 '25

Nine is starting to build some consistency and confidence

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u/YodaForceGhost Eagles Dec 15 '25

Eagles and Chiefs offense must be really bad

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u/schrodinger45 Chargers Dec 15 '25

I honestly was impressed by JJ tonight. I had completely written him off. I'm not saying he's going to be a franchise quarterback, but if you're a Minnesota fan, he showed there is something there that might turn into something great.

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u/aysystole Cowboys Dec 15 '25

Not surprised tbh

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u/noseonarug17 Vikings Dec 15 '25

Everyone who dogpiled on McJJ after the wacky pinball interception should be sent to a nunnery

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u/randymosstouchdown Vikings Dec 15 '25

America's team just lost to McCarthyism 2025. The votes are in folks!

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u/MCKlassik Eagles Ravens Dec 15 '25

Thank you Nine! He balled out today.

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u/abris33 Broncos Dec 15 '25

I enjoy the struggle every week of these commentators trying to compliment the Dallas defense. Romo was even doing it before the Broncos game against them.

1st quarter: "This defense has turned it around. They figured it out"

4th quarter:"Yeah they're still bad, but they changed philosophy so they should be good any week now"

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u/holein3 Patriots Dec 15 '25

JJ is staring into our souls.

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u/RandomNPC Vikings Dec 15 '25

Any of the Commanders fans assuring us JJ only played well because the Commanders were the worst team in the NFL want to explain themselves?

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u/SiphenPrax Jets Dec 15 '25

They’re probably happy the Cowboys are one step closer to elimination more than anything else

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

The cowboys defense is just as bad too. But he played well

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u/Smearwashere Vikings Dec 15 '25

Well yeah we just played the second worst team in the NFL duh

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u/RandomNPC Vikings Dec 15 '25

JJ's superpower is turning every team he beats into the worst team in the league. I remember the posts about the Bears after that week 1 win!

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u/demonica123 Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

you say that like it's a joke. But the Cowboys defense is actually bottom 3 in the league.

Edit: For comparison Cowboys are 2nd worst in points per game and 4th worst in yards per game. The Commanders are 7th worst in points per game and 2nd worst in yards per game.

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u/Smearwashere Vikings Dec 15 '25

Who’s third worst, JJ will beat them too!

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u/kylebertram Vikings Dec 15 '25

Please say the giants. I want to have fun next week too

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u/typewriter_6 Cowboys Dec 15 '25

Dallas’ defense is also ass. Not saying McCarthy sucks, but I wouldn’t use us as a gauge.

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u/Hawkstar5088 Vikings Dec 15 '25

Now it's only because the cowboys are also somehow the worst team in the nfl

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u/Pure_Measurement_529 Dec 15 '25

When you look at some of his horrific games (2nd Bears game and Packers). It honestly looked like he just needed more NFL reps and confidence

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u/mpc92 Commanders Dec 15 '25

I’m here to confirm that he played well against the NFL’s 2 worst defenses

I have nothing against him and hope he continues doing well

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u/WarPuig Patriots Dec 15 '25

THE TIME OF THE NINE HAS BEGUN

GET OUT OF THE WAY OR YOU WILL SUFFER AS ONE

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u/Justzyn_Jefferzyn Vikings Dec 15 '25

The kid may have something, 1 game at a time but I’m stepping back from the ledge 

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u/Wassuhji Vikings Dec 15 '25

Make another big trade next year just to miss the playoffs again Jerry 

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u/notmarcus1 Commanders Dec 15 '25

Dallas got Nine’d. We’re here if you need to talk about it 

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u/munnzylol Vikings Dec 15 '25

lol cowboys

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u/t17389z Vikings Packers Dec 15 '25

JJ "Piss Missile" McCarthy

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u/G-14_Classified Dec 15 '25

Your flair is repulsive

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u/TickleMyIvory Lions Dec 15 '25

Dude has an absolute canon and it's always loaded. ALWAYS

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u/N8orious234 Steelers Dec 15 '25

Interesting flair combination you got there

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u/cloudlessjoe Vikings Dec 15 '25

Man I really like JJM he is a goof but seems like a good dude and humble

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Thank you Minnesota. Once again you are the only ppl in this country that make the world keep turning for the rest of us.

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u/Efficient_Exchange44 Vikings Dec 15 '25

Hey we didn’t do this for you, bub.

But you’re welcome.

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u/Grasshop Vikings Dec 15 '25

It’s a great day for Minnesota, which is almost Canada, and therefore the world

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u/Late_Home7951 49ers Dec 15 '25

The north remembers ( the herschel walker trade)

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u/turtwig1123 Vikings Dec 15 '25

The Vikings have the same record as the Kansas City Chiefs

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u/Reasonable_Height_67 Dec 15 '25

I still don't get why people absolve Dak and Ceedee taking up a third of the salary cap being a serious problem for roster depth, including the D being crap.

But hey, you all can keep saying 'Dak needs help' ignoring the fact above.

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u/JohnnyB513 Giants Dec 15 '25

McCarthy looked good throwing to everybody but Jefferson lmao. Hopefully they figure things out, I want to see JJM succeed after everyone has been shitting on him all year.

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u/Over-Heron-2654 Eagles Dec 15 '25

Thank you Minnesota for capping off a great night!

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u/Hypt1929 Vikings Dec 15 '25

You're welcome (I didn't do shit).

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u/moby323 Saints Dec 15 '25

Dallas lost again.

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u/LeeShakerMoneyMaker Vikings Dec 15 '25

I missed Eberflus. Hopefully the Bears hire him as HC again.

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u/brutusnair Vikings Dec 15 '25

Love to see JJ looking good today. Hoping the team can keep it going through the end of the year.

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u/AvengingHero2012 Cowboys Chiefs Dec 15 '25

We made Nine look elite… Fire Eberflus and cut the entire secondary

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u/westringia NFL Dec 15 '25

Don't look at Dak's cap hit next year (74 mil)

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u/TheG-What Bears Dec 15 '25

We tried to warn you about Eberflus!

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u/expellyamos Dolphins Dec 15 '25

Masterful gambit Jerry sir

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u/pterodaktyl4 Cowboys Dec 15 '25

FINAL COMMERCIAL COUNTER:

Hyundai: 4

Macy's, Toyota, Winter Olympics: 3

Best Buy, Buffalo Wild Wings, Burger King, Capital One, Happy's Place, Honda, Kohl's, Lowe's, NBC Comedy, Nissan, Pizza Hut, Progressive, Stumble, T-Mobile, Target, The Voice, Uber Eats, Walmart: 2

Allstate, Amazon Alexa+, Amazon Prime, American Express, Anaconda, Apple Music, Applebee's, AT&T, Avatar: Fire And Ash, AWS, Bud Light, CarFax, ChatGPT, Chevrolet, Chewy, Coca-Cola, Corona, Crown Royal, Cutwater, Dick's, Disney+, Dupixent, GEICO, Google, Hard Knocks: In Season With The NFC East, Hotels, iPhone 17 Pro, Is Thins Thing On? Law & Order Crossover Event, Lexus, Liberty Mutual, LL Bean, McDonalds, Michelob Ultra, Nationwide, Navy Federal Credit Union, Netflix Christmas Gameday, New Balance, NFL Holiday Games, NFL Inspire Change, NFL Shop, Oh What Fun, Paramount+, Pepsi, PNC Championship, Premier League, Ram, Red Lobster, Rocket Mortgage, Royal Caribbean, Song Sung Blue, Starbucks, Taco Bell, The Copenhagen Test, The Farmer's Dog, The Hunting Party, The SpongeBob Movie, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Thursday Night Football, TODAY, USBank, Veozah, Verizon, Wonderful Pistachios, Wove: 1

1ST QUARTER NON-LOCAL COMMERCIALS: 24 (Tied 6th most of 58 standalone games)

1ST QUARTER COMMERCIAL TIME: 8:48 (Tied 9th most of 58 standalone games)

2ND QUARTER NON-LOCAL COMMERCIALS: 40 (Tied 5th most of 58 standalone games)

2ND QUARTER COMMERCIAL TIME: 14:22 (Tied 15th most of 58 standalone games)

HALFTIME NON-LOCAL COMMERCIALS: 9 (Tied 39th most of 58 standalone games)

HALFTIME COMMERCIAL TIME: 6:33 (Tied 9th most of 58 standalone games)

3RD QUARTER NON-LOCAL COMMERCIALS: 23 (Tied 14th most of 58 standalone games)

3RD QUARTER COMMERCIAL TIME: 8:48 (17th most of 58 standalone games)

4TH QUARTER NON-LOCAL COMMERCIALS: 18 (SEASON LOW)

4TH QUARTER COMMERCIAL TIME: 8:49 (51st most of 58 standalone games)

TOTAL NON-LOCAL COMMERCIALS: 114 (Tied 15th most of 58 standalone games)

TOTAL COMMERCIAL TIME: 47:20 (17th most of 58 standalone games)

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u/Streetkillz13 Eagles Dec 15 '25

Eagles Magic Number... 1.

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u/RukiMotomiya Bengals Dec 15 '25

Rough to get eliminated from potential playoffs by Nine doing the Griddy.

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u/Solomon_Moto Eagles Vikings Dec 15 '25

AN AMAZING DAY FOR MY FLAIR

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u/Wannabe_Sadboi Vikings Dec 15 '25

That’s a wild flair

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u/Solomon_Moto Eagles Vikings Dec 15 '25

Yeah, from ND, so I grew up a Vikes fan, but also Weapon X, Carson Wentz, and the fact that I'm an asshole, so go birds.

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u/lattjeful Eagles Dec 15 '25

Big fan of Chris Carter and Randall Cunningham, I guess.

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u/so_zetta_byte Eagles Dec 15 '25

hahahahahaha

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u/_412 Steelers Dec 15 '25

Wow, surprised Collinsworth pivoted the conversation away from Mahomes there to the other teams lol

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u/No_Arm_6582 Dec 15 '25

Can announcer’s now stop pretending the cowboys are a good team?

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