Minnesota Vikings News Dump (12.13.2025) | Darrisaw Questionable, Barbershop, First Jobs

Minnesota Vikings News Dump (12.13.2025) | Darrisaw Questionable, Barbershop, First Jobs

What’s going on, Jeromes? A beautiful Saturday. Birds are chirping and stuff and it’s time for another Vikings news dump. So, uh, got a lot of questions about Quinn Hughes trade to the Wild. I don’t know anything about hockey, but apparently it’s a big deal. So, I I equated it to the Vikings getting sexy Dexi Lawrence finally. I don’t know. He’s a defenseman, right? Doesn’t matter. Anyways, so awesome. Uh maybe put a jelly bean on the Wild to make the Stanley Cup final as well as win the final. Be kind of good. Yeah. Uh cuz I mean Minnesota State of Hockey, I mean we we’ve had to have won like a dozen Stanley Cups in the last 10 years, right? Right. Or one at least won many playoff matches. I don’t know, man. All I know is that Sunday night, waiting all day for Sunday night. Stupid Warriors and their stupid faces. Wolves one time. Anyways, uh Randy Moss Thanksgiving versus the Cowboys. Uh I know we talked about the Hershel Walker thing as well as the cheat and Drew Pearson’s pushoff, but let’s remember the good times instead of the bad times like Cooper Rush. Oh, Rudy. Yeah. Anyways, so you know, three for a buck 63 and three. It’s kind of good. Yeah. Uh the opposite of good. So you do have uh the injury report coming out with a designation. So two are questionable. Uh Ty Chandler still on his 21-day return to practice window from injured reserve. Uh Kevin Connor said TBD there. Darasaw. So Darasaw DNP DNP limited on Friday. List says questionable. If he doesn’t go it’s probably Justice G left tackle even though we made the case put Brle or Rouse or even Donovan Jackson and then Brle at left guard there. Don’t know. But with Darasa I love Darasa to death man. Uh, I I think that when he’s healthy, he’s the most one of the most dominant and complete young left tackles in the game. But as with everything, the best ability is availability. And games missed by season. So, he’s in year five. He’s missed three of 13 games so far this year. Last year, he missed 11 uh with the, you know, ACL, MCL, all the CLS, right? He missed two in 2023, three in 2022, uh, and five in 2021. So, I don’t know. Like, also with Daraso, we always talk about if injuries aren’t correlated, players don’t tend to be injuryprone, but you know, Darasaw’s had a sports hernia. Uh, also he’s had concussions. Also, he’s had the knee. So, I don’t know. I don’t know, man. Like, I I knock it on all the wood. You’ll watch Darasa not miss the game for the next seven years. He becomes the Iron Man, which would be great. Uh, but this offense is so different when Cid is in versus when he’s not, right? So, I I I don’t know what to do with the rest of the year. Like, ideally, you want him out there if he can be out there because he’s vital to the development of JJ McCarthy as, you know, we get a look at these last stands of games. But also, is it a spot where you’re risking reinjuring the knee and then putting 2026 in jeopardy? Don’t know. Don’t know. Uh rest of the Vikings. Uh it’s good that Jonathan Gernard wasn’t listed at all uh on the injury report apoint this week. LDR is going to be back. Theo Jackson cleared and good to go. Cowboys. So starting left tackle Tyler Gayton, former team man Walter Rouse uh is out. Yum yum time for Gernard AVG and Diamond Dallas Turner. Clown shoes uh is questionable. Uh Travon Diggs is in his 21-day return to practice window. Says he wants to play on Sunday, but we’ll see. And then also you got Jake Ferguson limited in practice this week. Uh Brian Shottnimer says that uh he’s questionable but certainly could play on Sunday even without a lot of practice. Also uh something certain is annual December drive going on right now. All Venmos Cash App super chats in December will go towards Toys for Tots and Salvation Army Twin City. Uh currently at 1100ish for the month 3K goal for the month. I’m sure they’ll ramp up to as we get uh towards the holidays. Donation links are in the video description below. Also, if you donate directly to Toys for Tots or Salvation Army Twin Cities, those links are in the description as well. Email Producer Ally to include you in the count. Also, personalized videos for the holidays going on right now. Uh, we got uh three phone calls this afternoon. It’s going to be awesome. It’s going to be it’s going to be the teleathon. Like I I’m gonna get one of those headsets like the telemarketers like, “Hello, have you thought about your car warranty or something?” Yeah. Uh, but it’s a great gift for the drrome in your life. Yeah. Uh, also email producer allift ftwgmail.com to hit that up. So, Vikings versus the Cowboys Sunday night head coach Brian Shottenheimer, you know, first year head coach. Shotty, I feel like, you know, it’s very easy to write people off as a nepo baby, you know, just because, you know, Shottenheimer’s dad, you know, rest in power, Marty Shottenheimimer is one of the winningest coaches in NFL history. And the whole thing about it is too is like K Shanahan is a Nepo baby. Shawn McVey in a weird way is a Nepo baby. Don’t you think they stand up on their own merits? Absolutely. Because you know nepatism may get you in the door, you know, may get you a job, but it’s not going to advance you through the ranks. And also you have the the stigma, the disadvantage of being labeled an epo baby. So you doubly have to bring your ish. Plus, I feel like especially with coaching, you know, the kids who grow up in the life, you know, they see what what their fathers had to do, um, coaching, the dedication, everything in there. And also, you’re you’re in the locker room, you’re interacting with players, like you understand the dynamics and social hierarchies of an NFL locker room. That’s a huge advantage. Monstrous advantage. So, shot certainly earned this job on his own merits. Got the Cowboys playing well. Uh Kevin McConnell. Love Kevin McConnell, man. All right, so showdown of head coaches where yes, there is history because with the Jets back in the day, again going back to one of my favorite books, shallow uh collision, shallow crossers, something like that. Uh so Shottenheimimer was OC of the Jets during the Rex Ryan era. Mike Pentton was decoordinator. Kevin McConnell was backing up Mark Sanchez where hey, if you go back to it’s probably 2020 2010, 2011. If you go back then and tell Mark Sanchez, hey Sanchez, you are still going to be a major story in the NFL in 2025. He’s like, “Wow, I played for that long.” Yeah. But yo, Okonnell looking good, man. Probably should give him some snaps. How about a Kevin Oonnell Wildcat? He was 6’5. He could run a 4540. Let him run. Hey, he was T-Bo before T-Bo. He could have been Taome Hill before Taome Hill. Come on, man. Come on, Shotty. Also, love the khakis. First you get the khakis, then you get the power, then you get the women or something like that. I don’t know. Also, also I always love how NFL play call colors just look like the the menu at Cheesecake Factory. They got everything, man. They got everything. Yeah. Also, speaking of quarterbacks. So, Daniel Jones posted this on the gram and this is a bit of a roar shack test because people see what they want to see. Daniel Jones three. I know what the three stands for. Uh, thank you to my teammates, coaches, and Colts organization and all the fans for the overwhelming support. Tough way to end the season, but it has always been an honor to wear the horseshoe and play for Colts fans. You didn’t even do that for a year, man. I’ll miss lining up with my guys, but I’ll be riding with them every step of the way. Go Colts. So, some people see this as like a goodbye to Indianapolis. He is going to be a free agent. Uh, some others see it as, hey, I’m supporting my guys. I’ll be back. even though there’s really a hint of I’ll be back, you know? I So, I feel like Daniel Jones keeping his options open. And with the Achilles, I mean, there’s no guarantee he’ll be ready to start the season. So, the the uh the spectre of a multi-year lucrative deal probably done. I think at best he’ll get a one-year prove it incentive laden deal. I don’t even think that he’ll be guaranteed a starting job. Maybe like a bridge quarter for uh bridge quarterback job for, you know, a drafted quarterback. You know, maybe the Jets pick him up. Oh, actually, I don’t know if Daniel Jones can return to New York. Yeah. Uh but I don’t know. Honestly, if Daniel Jones price tag is like 15 million and he accepts being a backup option, I mean, I I would bring mind bring him back here to the great state of Minnesota to back up Jay McCarthy. We We’ll see if that’s on the table. I mean, there there’s a lot of a lot of things to go on. Some team like the the Falcons may be stupid and just give 110 million guaranteed for a quarterback who’s off an Achilles. So, who knows? Also, speaking of 999, haven’t forgot about him. And yes, all the talk this week has been about, oh, quarterback options for 2026. Oh, Joe Burr could be available. Prove him wrong. Nine. Prove him wrong. Just last four games of the year, cut and paste the commies game. FU, FU, FU. And you should be able to put up some crooked numbers because next last four games, uh, passing yards allowed rank in the league. Dallas is 31st, the Jet the Giants are 24th, the Lions are 19th, as well as the Greasy Grime and Greenb Packers are seventh. So, uh, and also the the Lions and the Packers games are at home, so should be able to get something going. And also, I hate to say it, but it could be a spot where the Packers are locked into a playoff seed. So maybe they rest their starters and then I don’t know may maybe McCarthy puts up five five bajillion points. Stupid Warriors. I hate the Warriors because they’re never out of any game. And also I don’t know why but Buddy Healed like annoys me. It goes back to Oklahoma. I I don’t understand it. Yeah. Uh but pro wrong proje light it up. Had there be no doubt there should still be viable veteran quarterback options on this team in 2026. But we’ll see what happens. Maybe Carson Wentz won’t be dead by next year. Don’t know. Also, so this bothers me because I feel like I have a pretty discerning eye when it comes to uh AI and just fake content, right? Because I I know as I get older, I’m going to become a boomer and like fall for anything that I see. But this one got me for a second because this would be awesome. like the Home Alone McDonald’s Happy Meal toys. But then I realized they were fake because McDonald’s doesn’t have any good Happy Meal toys anymore. Trust me, as a father of three, I I understand Happy Meal toys and they’re garbage compared to what we got as kids. I don’t even care that they’re lead painted back then. They added flavor to that chasea. But long story longer. So NFL rumors like you see these things plastered all over Facebook, right? and also on the gram and stuff. And it this annoys me because all right so NFL rumors Minnesota Vikings Justin Jefferson expected to push te T team to try to acquire Bengals Joe Burrow in the offseason. NFL rumors. So, this is what bothers me. Like we said, as I get older, I’m going to start getting fooled by AI and right now it’s the the boomers like people who are 50, 55 and older on Facebook, right? And you got relatives on Facebook and this is not a political rant, but both so both sides of the aisle, any like fake story on any side, they just run with it. Oh, I told you. And so we got family Christmas coming up today and I guarantee I’m going to get like 17 bajillion questions like, “Oh, did you see did you see on the Facebook?” They still call it the Facebook. Did you see on the Facebook that Jefferson is going to demand a trade for Joe Burrow? Uh I don’t believe it. Oh, but it said so on stupid war stupid Steph Curry in a stupid face. Hey. Yeah. Uh, but yeah, I’m I’m just I’m emotionally tied in right now. So, Wolves down 114 115. They had a 10-point lead like two seconds ago. Uh, 204 left. I don’t know. Steph Curry is the Is he the only player in the league who has an eight-point shot? I don’t know. Anyways, but this is what we’re going to be bombarded with. Oh, Dante Deenzo not up at 117. Brian O’Neal, high school teammates with Dante. Hope I wish Bo would have taught him how to be a better basketball player. Anyways, but John Randall, so John Randall on Friday is one of my favorite things. Uh family takeover on purple Friday to wish our favorite 93. Who Who’s your favorite 93? Shamar Stefen. That’s a deep cut reference. Pride to Yukon, baby. Uh a happy birthday and enjoy his 1998 throwback. Show him some love. Skull Purple Friday. So, uh, John Randall looking really damn good growing up in in South Texas. And also, I was not aware of the existence of this photo. What I mean, what again, going back to this AI is going to fool me. Is this AI generated? I don’t know. So, you have Red Mcomes, former owner of the Vikings, wanted to move them to San Antonio. Uh, you got the lovely Mrs. Mcomes. Fantastic. You got Denny Green in that 90s sweater. You got Gary Anderson who hasn’t missed a field goal in two years. Unbelievable. You got Chris Carter, Cece C. What’s up? Um, so interesting thing. So Chris Carter spells his first name C R I S. Except he wasn’t born with it spelled like that. He was like Christopher, right? And I I I maybe just been making this up. Uh, but I believe that Chris went to his mom’s like, “Hey, mama, I we’re gonna spell my name C R I S because no one is going to be famous name was C H R I S.” I may have been making that up. That may have been Collinssworth. So, I don’t know. Uh, but also I I like that he’s wearing the the polo shirt all the way buttoned all the way up looking like a cholo. It’s really good. Also, John Randall. Are are we allowed to call them Cosby sweaters? because I mean that’s what they are from the ‘9s. Also, I love Mrs. Mcome’s plaid jacket. That is awesome. That that I I’m pretty sure like my grandma back in the day in the day had the exact same one. Was this a Christmas card? Had to be cuz I see poinsettias all around. I don’t know. But th this is just so much n I I hope this is a real photo. I really hope this is not AI. We’re going to be eventually we’re just going to end up in the Matrix. That’s what’s up. Also, so the Vikings again, was this artificially intelligence generated? Uh, but the Vikings specialist, you know, Pro Bowl allp pro long snapper Andrew Apollo, Ryan Wright’s playing really well and will throw Rackard should be a Pro Bowl and all pro. Uh, so the champion at the bit for some Pro Bowl votes and Nas Nas Reed. Come on, man. Uh, so they did a barbershot quartet quartet except there’s three of them. I mean, you could have got Miles Price in here except Miles Price would just been like, “No.” And they didn’t really sing. Get out of there. Get out of there. Rudy Goar looking like Wilt Stilt Chamberlain, man. Uh, Will Riker, this says meme potential. Will Riker looks like he’s going to try and sell me a Montreal, right? Goodbye my Coney Island baby. Also, oo Dante Devenenzo, sorry, this is a running commentary. I’m going through the motions right now. Wolves up 123 to 118. 27.4 seconds left. Come on, baby. Come on. And also latest Mattel uh Mattel went around asking you what was your first job? How much you get paid? And some of the beat writers were on here, too. That’s hilarious. But Justin School, host of Texas Roadhouse. Um, it might be back there. Again, I don’t know why. Again, this is what frust This is what frustrates me about this gig. Sometimes I I can’t help myself and sometimes there’s too much talking. And so, especially like um, you know, players get signed in the 90man or seventh late round picks, UDFA, signed with the Vikings. and we’ll do a introductory, you know, video, you know, talk about where they went to school, ra blah blah blah. Sometimes we’ll make jokes and, you know, sometimes we’ll get emails from family members like, “We watched this video and you got this wrong and how dare you.” So, again, Justin School seems like a good dude and I’m sure he’s got a family that loves him, but we talk so much is and I don’t know. I don’t know, man. Uh Justin school, you know, going back to Texas Roadhouse. Might be the the the dayshift manager, though. Be kind of nice. Also, uh Justin Jefferson, do a couple yards. Talking about mowing lawns when he was a kid with his pops. Do a couple yards. This is what Justin Jefferson does in the fantasy playoffs for me as the five seed. Do a couple yards. We’ll see. Hopefully, I just want Jefferson to have aundred yard game. Come one time. One time on national TV. Come on. Oh, what are the Warriors going to do? Shoot the five-point shot. Get out of here. Rudy up to Defensenzo. 15 seconds left. Got a foul. Up five. Feeling alive. I love it, man. It’s fantastic. And also lastly, oh, uh, this too. Like, uh, Jordan was talking about shoveling snow. He said he got $100, $200 a driveway. No wonder he he’s spouting off, let’s get paid. Who gets 200 bucks to shovel a driveway? Anyways, also uh so love playing Immaculate Grid. So my wife once we get the kids off to school, like we’ll literally sit for like 15 minutes. I’ll have some coffee. She’ll have some matcha and literally just like prep for the day. We we’ll we’ll do the little games like she does Wordle. Uh we do like Connections from the New York Times is really good. And then I’ll do Immaculate Grid just to keep the mind sharp. You know what I mean? And I love when the Vikings are on immaculate grid because we can get obscure, right? So Vikings, so if you haven’t tried Immaculate Grid, uh, basically you have this grid and the intersecting, you know, the the columns and the rows, you have to find a player that played for both teams. Now, it’s important because it can’t just be you’re on the 90man or your training camp or practice code. You actually have to play in a game. So, you know, anyone who signs a free agency in March, that doesn’t count immediately. They have to register a game on Pro Football Reference. So, that’s very important. Uh, so for the Vikings, Eagles, Greg Lewis, welcome to Minnesota. Come on. Uh, also Vikings, Bengals, Tony Williams. I I was going to go Terrence Newman, except I mean that that’s too it’s too that’s too obvious, right? Uh 6% got the West Phillips and then also uh Vikings and Patriots. Germaine Wiggins. Let’s go. I mean, could have gone with the Bradberry. Sure. But also, I I love filling out the grid with other Vikings. So, you got Jordan Hicks, you got Nick Handlight, Vigil, you got Josh Dobs, the passion, you got CC. Uh, second year in the league, he had 11 touchdowns in a season with the Eagles. Hence, Buddy Ryan saying all he does is catch touchdowns. And that got twisted a little bit because Buddy Ryan actually waved Chris Carter for his own good because you know CC in Philadelphia what wasn’t on the path, right? And Buddy Ryan just sort of running cover for CC in the media. It’s like oh he does catch touchdowns. What else does he do? Then also Randy Moss with the Patriots. We we didn’t have a Viking with the Bengals that had 10 plus receiving touchdowns in a season. uh for the Bengals. There’s not really many receivers that crossed over or went to Cincy or came back. So, if only Jerome Simpson had stepped his ass up. Yeah, that’s all, man. That’s all. But either way, hey, Wild fans, I’m excited for you. I’m happy for you. Uh I hope the Wild win a Stanley Cup. It’d be really good. Also, how does Stanley get away with calling their their, you know, giant mugs with the straws that everyone carries around, calling them Stanley Cups? I feel like there should be like a copyright violation, but I I guess it’s there can’t be. Anyways, that’s it. Happy Saturday, you guys. The best you have to do. Skull production value. Wolves win.

Minnesota Vikings News Dump for Saturday, December 13th.

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