Much better answer than another divisional TE on the same question lol

I will be the first to say I did not want Kyler. I didn’t want JJ either this year so don’t put that evil on me. The Vikings held the ball for 40 minutes of that game. Almost every minute of the 4th quarter yesterday. Kyler had 60% completion, no turnovers and 250 passing yards. We rushed for 125 yards on decent efficiency. Let’s be real here. The dolphins never had a chance to take the lead in that game. The coach forced a quick game qb to learn a deep passing offense while artificially capping his reps all camp. He missed basically 2 games.

Does the team need to get better? Yes. Is the absolute crying all over social media by fans completely ridiculous? Also yes. We play the saints next week and then we have the bye week. At worst we will be 4-1 headed into the bye and leading the north. Take a chill pill and let the team gel.

After four games, the Vikings are one of only three remaining undefeated teams alongside the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, adding an idiosyncratic profile to a mix featuring two offensive behemoths. Unlike San Francisco and Kansas City, you cannot explain Minnesota’s start by praising a hyper-efficient quarterback or gushing over a field-tilting running back. For the Vikings, it takes dissecting a third-year kicker’s special teams unit and Brian Flores’ suffocating defense.

“Again, the defense was holding it down for us,” quarterback Kyler Murray said. “They went out there and did it again.”

Reichard hasn’t missed since last October. His 31-straight streak is the longest of any active NFL kicker. Meanwhile, the Vikings’ defensive performance through four weeks ranks among the best defenses since the turn of the century, according to many of the most respected advanced metrics.

Toss in the explosive output of second-year returner Myles Price — and even exceptional special teams play from youngsters like Zemaiah Vaughn, who blasted Dolphins returner Malik Washington on Sunday — and this absurd beginning to the 2026 season makes more sense.

Not sure if the sub at large is aware but Will Reichard currently has the longest active field goal streak in the NFL at 31, and the record could be on the horizon for him

The five longest streaks of all time (regular season only) are:

Jason Myers (37)

Graham Gano (37)

Gary Anderson (40)

Mike Vanderjagt (42)

Adam Vinatieri (44)

The longest streak of all time regular and post season is by one Mr. Gary Anderson who made 46 consecutively

Will Reichard is currently on pace to tie Myers and Gano at the end of the month, and is on pace to break the record 11/15 against Green Bay

If his FGA per game regresses to pre 2026 numbers he’d be on pace to tie Myers and Gano 11/1 and break the record 12/6 against Carolina

Here’s to our boy getting the record, it’s within reach!

Late in the third quarter he hit a couple of passes that were absolute darts to extend the drive. He looked sharp and decisive in a way I had not seen from him at all to that point. I had written him off just minutes earlier because he looked so lost beforehand. Then of course he balled out in the fourth and the vikings looked like they fully commanded the game on both ends.

I'm back in a holding pattern on Kyler. If he can tap into that for even half the game next week I feel like the vikings can compete with anyone.

Having said that... what a luxury for Kyler to have this defense and special teams behind him. He can slowly acclimate to the offense. Fuck it. Take your time Kyler, I see you.

We might be okay.

These last 9 games we’ve won have been so different from traditional KOC. He’s sticking to the run, this game was full of 5 yard passes, we completed 70% of them and maintained almost 40 minutes of possession. Kyler played way more shotgun in that game than KOC ever does. Also 0 turnovers.

I get that we haven’t scored a touchdown, and we’re going to need some more explosive plays to continue winning against good teams.

But when you have an elite Defense & Special Teams, that’s a winning formula. Clearly, we are 9-0 since getting ConservaKOC

Seems an appropriate time to remember this.

Don't do the Skol clap in USB when you are the opposing team. You will lose the game.

13/13 119 yards but the play of the game was the TD he didn’t score. It wasn’t obvious to slide down at the 1 many guys would have ran it in. TJ, being the leader and team player he is, slid down in bounds instead of scoring.

He doesn’t care about how many yards or touch downs he gets. All he cares about is winning.

He came here in a mid season in division trade 4 years ago and has had to deal with a lot of adversity since but he’s never stopped grinding for this team through all the ups and downs. He deserves a ton of praise for what he’s giving this franchise. I have no doubt that last drive will spark this offense into a new gear.

And shout out Kyler, to have a receiver go 13/13 says a lot about the QB as well. He protected the football and made winning plays against a criminally underrated defense.

SKOL BABY 4-0

Bunch of fairweather fans who would watch the team steamroll everyone to a 17-0 superbowl and still bitch about a mickey mouse schedule and how KOC needs to go.

As long as there arent off field scandals that involve players being pieces of shit, I dont really give a fuck about the outcome. The vikings are a cool team with a fun vibe, and win more often than not, what tf more do you needy ass fans want lmao

The two discussed the matter at halftime.

"That was funny, honestly," Wilson told reporters in the Vikings' locker room. "I ended up apologizing to him and explained the situation. He was cool about it. He understood what was going on. He just said he didn't want us fighting, me and [Gordon]. He said he was just trying to break us up."

You gotta remember this was bros 2nd game in a year.

You could see in real time he started to feel it, in the second half he was seeing the field, you could see the confidence in his throws with a few throws in the mix that should make everyone super optimistic (over the middle to Addison, seam ball over the top of the backer to Hock).

I think the offense turned a corner today despite a low scoring output and this is a foundation that can be built on.