Questions Answered: The Urinal, Best Non-Jefferson Player, Biggest Area of Improvement
Dustin Baker
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The following questions are about current Minnesota Vikings topics, answered by PurplePTSD. Today is the May 23rd edition, addressed in a from-the-hip fashion. If you have questions, please email them to [email protected].
Also, please note: These are opinion-based responses. Some answers will be incorrect from time to time. But we’ll try to keep that to a minimum.
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Q: Do you consider the urinal in the former Vikings quarterback a house a childish thing or a lighthearted joke?
A: Definitely not childish.
The Vikings-Packers rivalry has all types of oddities — like Nate Poole, then a member of the Arizona Cardinals, getting “keys to the city” of Green Bay and attending a Packers playoff game after helping to eliminate the Vikings from the 2003 postseason picture.
The former Viking you mentioned is Tommy Kramer. He’s an excellent dude, and this Packers toilet is just friendly ribbing. Here’s his new urinal.
Q: I was talking to a friend about the Vikings best player other than Justin Jefferson. It’s a tough one! Who do you got?
A: While we agree it’s more certainly Justin Jefferson now, the answer before Jefferson’s emergence wasn’t always straightforward — and still isn’t.
In their non-injured forms, we select Danielle Hunter and Dalvin Cook as the best players after Jefferson.
Eric Kendricks had a down year in 2021, and Harrison Smith is “getting up there” in age.
Hopefully, this question can be answered with Lewis Cine or Andrew Booth soon.
Q: In which area have the Vikings most improved this offseason?
A: Well, let’s hope it’s head coach and general manager, right?
The Vikings have improved the most, at least per problem-solving measures, in the offensive line’s interior. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah added Jesse Davis, Chris Reed, and Ed Ingram. That is many more humans than Minnesota used to bring aboard for an RG fix.
Indeed, Garrett Bradbury is still starting (allegedly), which isn’t wildly encouraging. But Minnesota took the most significant remedial steps to solve the longstanding RG problem.
Too, if Za’Darius Smith and Harrison Phillips explode as pass rushers, the defensive line would get a nod here.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking fandom dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).
