Minnesota Vikings News and Links: Friday, October 1st, 2021

Weekend Eve Open Thread

Good Morning!

This is your Friday Open Thread, don’t take the Bengals to win at home if you’re playing in a survival league, right now I’m on the losing end….should have taken the Bills.

Around the DN since our last open thread:

2021 NFL Week 4: Cleveland Browns at Minnesota Vikings.

Browns at Vikings: Interim injury reports.

Vikings Happy Hour – The Browns Come To Town.

Unbelievable! – Return of Stefanski. BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald prepare for the Vikings’ matchup with the Browns.

Vikings news from other sources:

From Vikings.com: WR Justin Jefferson addressed the media from the TCO Performance Center on Thursday on Connecting With Cousins About ‘More Than Just Football,’ Keys To Winning Red Zone Battles and Learning From Thielen.

Jefferson Describes Impacts of Watching Beckham & Workouts with Landry.

NFL Expert Picks: Vikings Narrow Home Underdogs vs. Browns.

On this week’s “Vikings Live,” host Hobie Artigue is joined by Ron Johnson and Courtney Cronin to look at the Vikings’ start to the season, the high-end play so far by Kirk Cousins, and more. Plus, they look ahead to Sunday’s showdown with the Browns at U.S. Bank Stadium.

League News:

Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar to perform at Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show.

Jaguars WR D.J. Chark out indefinitely after fracturing ankle vs. Bengals.

Four things to watch for when Tom Brady, Buccaneers face off against Bill Belichick, Patriots.

Again, we all know the rules, but in case someone is new:
-No discussion of politics or religion
-No feeding of the trolls
-Leave the gender hatred at the door
-Keep the bad language to a minimum (using the spoiler tags, if you must)
-Speaking of which, if discussing a newer show or movie, please use spoiler tags
-No pictures that could get someone fired or in serious trouble with their employer
-If you can’t disagree in a civil manner, feel free to go away
-While navigating the open thread, just assume it’s sarcasm.