History of the Minnesota Vikings

[@LittleDove12]

Love the Vikings 💪 Let's Go Vikings ! !

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Be sure to watch Secret Base's excellent series that just came out. Its 5 times as long, it'll take you a few nights or weeks. Im only up to Episode 5 2000's. kzbin.info/aero/PLUXSZMIiUfFRQGbbUgQRky2-gCAFgsAiz

[@LittleDove12]

Ok thanks ​@@WalterWhiteFootballSharing

[@TheBwacker]

Great story! I love my Vikings!

[@ericpackers1700]

War eagle Auburn

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

@@ericpackers1700 Derp, I kinda like Auburn too, you must be like 9 or something to comment that here.

[@CaseyBoles-bc2yk]

I remember as a kid the snow etc viking mascot and Fran Tarkengton I was hooked 48 years later still love my vikes

[@emmettmimiasie3667]

This was one memorable Vikings moment. A brief relief from some heartbreaking losses. I been rooting for the Vikings since I was 11 years old. That in 1966. Now at age 67. Iam ready for the 2022 season. Could this be the year?. I pray to God it is. Go Vikings Go

[@LennysComet]

in todays NFL you never hear how Krause was a master of his position and the leading int record, but ya hear about the hacks from the 90s and 2000s

[@potaka79]

A Bill Burr letter brought me here and I'm glad I watched. What an amazing history this team has I feel for them not having won a Superbowl. They will get there one day.. Great vid..👍👍🇦🇺

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

What Bill Burr letter? Searching got me this cool clip, Bill Burr watching the Miracle in Minny kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpmmioehp9SnrKc He's rambling at the end of the 4th and then WAIT!! NO F** WAY!

[@ccth22]

I admire the Vikings because they had what we should’ve in the 1970’s. Fran Tarkenton

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Did you get to the 2nd half of the video? lol. There's more!

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Secret Base is doing Vikings history!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGPEgoKQpJh4h6s They did the Falcons it was great! Subscribe to that channel! Vikings fans...You think you've had it shitty because of (thrilling) postseason losses. But you've had a GREAT history; you've contended for 50 years. 32 winning seasons since 1969. That's AMAZING. Football ISNT all about titles; that's saying 31 teams suck every year and aren't worth anyone's time. It's about EVERY GAME. EVERY SUNDAY matters. And the Vikings provided you and everyone else who likes good football with WAYY more good Sundays then bad ones. I'm a Giants fan, we have 4 SBs and 4 pre-SB titles. That hasn't mattered during 5 years of being BAD. What good is 8 titles during bad seasons? What, just fuel to troll Eagles fans with? Give me a GOOD team to watch on sundays for the rest of my life; a team that can and might beat WHOEVER it plays on Sunday; I'd gladly take that over 3 of Giants Superbowls. But I aint giving up 2007.😀

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Don't forget to save this playlist of thrilling games since 2012: kzbin.info/aero/PLbGLzzomCfA5npQeb0jTnkevd_2UmV-FA Notice how rare the Giants make the list. The 2 best Giants games are both losses. Eh, at least they contended in THOSE games.

[@theviralviking5113]

I too am a GIANTS fan and agree 128% with this comment.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

This mentality is also why youth sports is dying. Majority of little league kids realize their team wont be winning the title; so they quit coming to practice. Who cares? We wont be champs, why play at all? And Adults now rip on them for participation trophies. I got those in the 80's as a kid, every kid had shelves full... and 30 years later folks who never played started ranting about the idiocy of getting a prize for not winning a title. ITS HARDER To be PARTICIPATING and practicing when you're losing. In High School the losing teams have to deal with the other 3000 kids talking shit, you suuuuck. The Pressure is on to QUIT the team and smoke weed and play video games and make tik toks like the cool kids while you're sweating thru practice to lose to a team with freaks getting scholarship offers. THAT team thats gonna win the city finals already 10-0 is easy to go to practice for, is getting hype, every boy on that 10-0 team has 2 girlfriends.

[@zappasmustache]

Thank you for using the Paul Allen commentary!

[@zenfan1098]

First comment for New Coach KOC, it has a ring to it,... don't it? 🤣 Welcome to Minnesota Coach O' Connell , we're all waiting patiently✌️👋🙏💜

[@ericpackers1700]

Go pack go

[@MGAF688]

Toughest Playoff Losses by Decade: 1975 - Hail Mary Pass from Staubach to Pearson - Dallas wins in Min on that play, 17-14 1987 - Darren Nelson Dropped Pass in End Zone - Washington wins in Was on that play, 17-10 1998 - Wide Left by Gary Anderson - Atlanta wins in Min, after Atl scores 10 points, 30-27 2009 - This is not Detroit Favre Interception - New Orleans wins in NO, after NO scores 3 points in OT, 31-28 2015 - Blair Walsh misses chip shot FG to win - Seattle wins in Min on that play, 10-9

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGPEgoKQpJh4h6s Check out the history!

[@madchubbsgames_it4895]

seen it 15 times. now i enjoy listening to this as i sleep! good shit! the 1969 Doc. is pretty solid. in depth on that season.

[@erics2739]

how many teams have they done these history things on

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Your talking about this kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYawh6xmYr-dhsU which is great.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

@@erics2739 I found quite a few and uploaded them here: kzbin.info/aero/PLbGLzzomCfA5oG16gBCDYD7QHgIZpkpT- They blocked alot of them. Ive gotten my hands on Giants, Jets, Steelers, Bills, Broncos, Raiders, Chiefs, Redskins, Eagles, Cowboys, 49ers.

[@madchubbsgames_it4895]

​@@WalterWhiteFootballSharingyes this one, awesome!

[@foresakentonone4148]

All I can say is UGHHH!!! I have watched my beloved Vikings since I was 2 foot tall...I have seen it all...Hopefully...now that we once again have a hell of a coach...2020 draft ending on a high note...the offensive line must...must be resolved...as it has been the achilles heel for the last several years...the line must play and protect Cousins...;henceforth the Vikes can become a deadly team...Irv Smith...Rudolph...2 tide end sets...Thielen with Jefferson our new rookie...the line must protect Cousins!!!

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

I fing hate bad Offensive lines. Its hard to watch. Nothing works except Shotgun 3 step game.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

I hate how bad OL teams don't just pour all their resources in fixing a problem. The 2021 Draft Bengals, Giants, you SHOULD be trading down and drafting 3 OL you're going to suck at running and passing.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

What use is elite WR drafted top 10 when he's never ever going to reach 15 yards downfield because the QB will be hit, hurried, sacked, or strip sacked, or lost for the season a 2nd time in a row?

[@foresakentonone4148]

@@WalterWhiteFootballSharing Welp...we shall see...Dline should be OMINOUS...helping out our newly bolstered DB's...but unfortunately...I might have to simply quit...quit endorsing...as politics are being integrated into...frivolous...taking away that which was...just a game...

[@KeithHoward-bk3sz]

Love the Vikings in the 70's they would beat everyone in the NFC but couldn't win the big one

[@jjefferyh]

"The Traumatic" history of the minnesota vikings -vikings fan

[@roryhawk8279]

What a wonderful history we have, Awesome job on the video.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

It was easy lol. I found it on a now defunct torrent community in the offseason around 2011, got a lot of NFL films that year. Now its just Sportscult and 720pier, they have all sports and documentaries. I download NFL games to study; and also Night games to watch in 1 hour the next morning spoiler free, delete everything that isn't close and exciting when seasons end

[@LittleDove12]

Don't worry Minnesota Vikings we will be back but this time winning a Superbowl 🙏 Skol 💪

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Don't fixate on SBs; enjoy every winning season you've been blessed to have. Superbowls are nice but Im a NYG fan. Do our 4 Superbowls and 8 total NFL Championships do anything as Giants have been unwatchable with Daniel Jones? A decade of ugly football every week? Yes Im a fan appreciating the scheme and talent of the 12-18 fun teams to watch every year; my Archives of downloaded condensed games I shared starts in 2012 during Giants and Jets decline. Check out the AP2K games of 2012 Vikings I got

[@melodywalton3675]

Most of the success was being outdoor stadium 🏟

[@rickschaefer7415]

Exactly!

[@wingedbuffalo4670]

That's basically true for ALL Northern teams that have ever had success (the only exception I can think of is the Indianapolis Colts who won ONE SB as an indoor team despite having Payton Manning and an arsenal of offensive weapons. Basically EVERY Northern team that ever had enough success to get to (and better yet win) the Super Bowl played in an OPEN OUTDOOR stadium (and invariably at some point in the playoff matrix likely hosted a Southern team, a West Coast team, and/or an indoor team that the Northern weather helped defeat). New England, NY Giants, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Buffalo (at least getting there), Cincinnati (getting there), Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota in the OLD days at Metropolitan Stadium, KC, Denver, even Seattle after the Kingdome was torn down.

[@melodywalton3675]

@wingedbuffalo4670 it's the common denominator and buffalo bills are building an indoor stadium..Bad decision

[@wingedbuffalo4670]

@@melodywalton3675 I don't know what you're talking about ????? The Bills are building a new OUTDOOR stadium right across the street from the present one. The only difference is that the new stadium will be a bit smaller (only 60,000 seats), the field will be natural grass instead of synthetic turf, and the roof overhang design will "supposedly" shield about 60% of the fans from bad weather ... but it's an open-air stadium and the field will NOT be protected from the elements.

[@johnmontag]

To sell more concessions, and have more non fans come, we made the new stadium with a roof. The few years we played at the college, was the best

[@AD-ur1fk]

The Vikings had some of the greatest players ever play for them and many wins and playoff appearances. They’re just unlucky. Definitely the best team to never win the big one

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

They entertained us with great football for decades and decades. They rarely put out bad football seasons nobody could sit thru besides everyone else's favorite teams beating them up. The 4-12 teams

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

FACTS: Greatness wins blowouts, LUCK wins close games. When 2 teams are trading leads, it comes down to an inch here or there, a dropped INT, a fumble that is retained, a helmet catch, a tipped pass. The Vikings have ALSO had Luck vs the Saints in 2019 and 2017; but luck was a bitch in 2009.

[@peteyk9391]

I need to find my old A Carter jersey. Great vid! Thanks!

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

I have a decent number of 2012 Vikings Condensed because I loved Adrian Peterson, esp that 2000 yard campaign. Some others here or there 2012-2016. If the Vikes were in a thrilling game, I obtained the game.

[@BJ-bi9xv]

Jim Marshall, and that front four were GREAT!

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Purple People Eaters!

[@spwb2k]

My history with the Vikings started with them beating my Rams every year in the playoffs when I was a little 70's yoot. The wily Fran Tarkenton and his henchmen Alan Page, Carl Eller Chuck Foreman etc were purple horned devils. The demon was exorcised and sent back to the shadows in the 1999 NFC Divisional playoffs.

[@KeithBartz]

Then the demon had a nice, long life. Bobby Bryant absolutely destroyed the Rams in 1976.

[@spwb2k]

@@KeithBartz The 75-77 Vikings held the souls of Rams fans in their gym bags. The curse went dormant in the 1980's/1990's before being banished forever in 1999. As a little kid just starting to get hooked on the 70's NFL, Tark was my sworn enemy along with Staubach.

[@Justin1337Sane]

I am from Denmark.. one of 3 countries where Vikings came from .. I don't watch that much American football but i feel my ancestors in me .. if you feel viking, try listen to the song "Dane" by Peyton Parrish .. if you feel something awaken inside.. if you feel inside that you are viking ancestor .. then this song will do good to you :)

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Start watching American Football. You can get entire games at 720pier right after they're played kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGPEgoKQpJh4h6s

[@theRealBohemian61]

I’m a quarter Dane. Didn’t the real Vikings actually win?

[@fubar1198]

Great History of Minnesota Viking Thanks

[@zeke9472]

The 98' Vikings are who we thought they were, one of the greatest teams to not win a SB in history

[@erocs9747]

Them and the 2006 ravens

[@erics2739]

Ur right

[@tannerplummer1996]

Them and the 2007 Patriots

[@howl_with_the_wolves]

It's not a coincidence that the Vikings have not been to the super bowl since the 1976 season when they were still an outdoor team going into the dome was the worst thing they could have ever done

[@theCRzeno]

Nice docu and shout out to Secret Base who also did a great job covering the Vikes….imagine working for norm van brocklin 😅🙃

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Well, I didn't make this lol, I don't create content I just share full games and docs and Secret Base deserves more hype. Im actually specializing in all 22 lately, kzbin.info/aero/PLbGLzzomCfA5HIVf26c_erpIscR7_SmEM . Close Exciting games. 2023 is a diff playlist. They're blocking all my condensed classic games newer then 2016; but the all 22 stays up!

[@theCRzeno]

Awww man I love some all 22, you ever thought a football podcast?

[@Wickedblackjuggalo19]

Gotta say as a non Vikings fan this is a real interesting watch it’s hard to choose one main NFL team through out this year’s season also my bro including my uncle in law are devoted Eagles fans right now my two favorite college teams are Buckeyes and Toledo Rockets being that i’m an Ohioan living in NW Ohio from Toledo

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

I'm a NYC lifer and Giants fan; but every year Im just a football fanatic I watch the contenders fun teams in fun games. Downloading them with torrents Monday mornings from 720pier or using a browser downloader on these links nflreplay.net/category/condensed-games/ Everyone should do that; offseasons are long and great teams don't exist 2-3 years later.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

The identity of a team lasts 2-3 seasons. Free agency and cap means you can't keep stars you drafted. The team looks and plays totally different. SO you gotta download and appreciate the past squads and their thrilling games offseasons.

[@theRealBohemian61]

Dude. Try your little term paper again, but with some punctuation.

[@theRealBohemian61]

Are we supposed to waste two hours on the legacy of a franchise that has never won it all, not even once, has had two of the worst stadiums in the history of the league, at the end of EVERY unfulfilled season, exclaims they are just one or two Green Bay Packers away from a championship, AND, has the unmitigated gal to show up in public every week wearing purple? Nancy, what say you? Just say no, Gipper! Just say no. You got that right! NO!!!

[@jamesshort8385]

A great film doc for any Vikes fan. Skol

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

They blocked so much of my team histories. An Outdated History of My Giants that ends '04; so minute 2 title runs, even THAT got blocked. kzbin.info/aero/PLbGLzzomCfA5oG16gBCDYD7QHgIZpkpT- But my best stuff is here; just thrilling football; with my favorite Adrian Peterson games thrown in from 2012 kzbin.info/aero/PLbGLzzomCfA5npQeb0jTnkevd_2UmV-FA

[@rizalinojuliano3702]

"There is no Most Valuable Viking. There are only 40 Most Valuable Vikings. Forty-for-Sixty." Wow.

[@favsa5015]

great upload thank u! Vikes forever

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Saints fans who just had 2018-18-19-20 happen be like: "You think the VIKINGS are Unlucky???" Ah I just love football. Xs and Os, Scheme, talent, decides each play outcome.. but unfairly , close games, esp postseason, are decided by LUCK alone. This is why I hate ring counting to measure players. A few coin flips gives Brady 10 SBs or just 2.

[@bryancoats5328]

Jim Marshall should be in the HOF

[@craigwalrath3338]

The 75 team could have won a Super Bowl had they not been robbed by the Hail Mary play where Drew Pearson pushed off. Tarkenton was never more upset than after that play.

[@killalltogepis9916]

Steelers would have beaten them anyways just like they did the year prior in the Super Bowl.

[@KeithBartz]

I still want to attend the NFL HOF Induction Weekend and playfully chide Drew Pearson about that play. I also would tell him what a travesty it is that he wasn't placed in the Hall long, long before he got in. Other oversights: Jim Marshall and Otis Taylor. Many more, I'm sure.

[@paulimburgia5411]

They certainly would have 😊 to the super Steelers for a second consecutive year! Just scoring an offensive touchdown, which they failed to do in Superbowl nine, would have been a great challenge.

[@MGAF688]

Teams that have never won a Super Bowl (1966-2021) or an AFL/NFL Championship in the Pre-Super Bowl Era (1920-1965): Vikings 1961-2021 (61 seasons) - 4 Super Bowl losses 1969 1973 1974 1976 Falcons 1966-2021 (56 seasons) - 2 Super Bowl losses 1998 2016 Bengals 1968-2021 (54 seasons) - 3 Super Bowl losses 1981 1988 2021 Panthers 1995-2021 (27 seasons) - 2 Super Bowl losses 2003 2015 Jaguars 1995-2021 (27 seasons) Texans 2002-2021 (20 seasons)

[@KeithBartz]

The Bills barely escaped that list. Barely.

[@kartboarder22g17]

2024 seaon baby!

[@fubar1198]

New York City Vikes fan for 53 years Looking foward to this season

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

I respect your commitment. But; for my Giants and your Vikes, 2022 isn't our year. At least, win or lose, Vikes will put up some fun games; got stars at WR and RB, and Cousins is underrated.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Eh, Freezing cold takes exposed, we both went to the playoffs. Now both fan bases think we're Superbowl contenders.

[@franksayre9011]

72 here and while the Vikes aren't my team, I really can't stand the Packers post Lombardi. (Those fans are ridiculous.) So, I'm always rooting for you guys. I remember the Purple People Eaters and a string of great QBs. And then there's Page. So, yeah I like the Vikes! BTW, I'm a Washington fan, give us re-build time!

[@craigwalrath3338]

The 76 team blocked a Ray Guy punt and had the ball at the 1. They fumbled. You knew right then they wouldn't make it but Tarkenton tried until he was picked off.

[@craigwalrath3338]

If there had been a Super Bowl in Metropolitan stadium the Vikings would have won.

[@dottieday5188]

This missed saying that their first franchise game was played in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

[@chrisrenshaw6291]

Best two Vikings seasons ever were 1998 and 2009

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Wish I had Modern HD angles of 98 Vikings thru Moss era. The old angles and quality were too shitty to see the passing game; today I analyze new and old games rewinding plays to appreciate whats going down, and if I was watching Moss Vikings, count the off screen safeties to figure out how were they gonna try to handle Moss and the AFROS. Remember "AFROS" America's Finest Receivers On Sundays"? www.espn.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=1691130 That shit was fun. I loved Moss fake mooning Greenbay, ITS A GAME, yeah its a fascinating and complex but after beating 2 deep shell by hitting the area between them in the middle to score, a fake moon to a rival fan base booing you is goddamn exciting. When asked about how to pay that fine Moss says "Straight Cash, Homey."

[@KeithBartz]

1969 should be in that mix. They destroyed almost everyone that they played, much like 1998.

[@RDAmidwest]

A lively cruise down memory fjord!

[@CaseyBoles-bc2yk]

48 year fan this is were it started skol vikes skol

[@richardarceo6167]

How is it that Jim Marshall is NOT in the HOF????

[@ericpackers1700]

76 sb

[@Pookiestud]

Sad that one bad play defined his career for the mainstream media. He was an awesome player and deserves it as much as anyone.

[@javierlav]

Great team! Sorry they never won a Super Bowl! They were a great team!

[@CBarrett12]

Ed marinaro has that look on his face saying, “Goddammit, Moran’s gonna show up hung tf over again on game day”

[@chrishasse2871]

Is it ok if I leave the eagles fan base and become a Vikings fan?

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Sure, but the Eagles are way better shape right now. Vikings need a rebuild.

[@KorithStoneheart]

It's a shame that those Viking squads of the 70s didn't win a ring. It's also kinda inexcusable that they didn't win with Cunningham, Randle, Carter, and Moss

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Well it came down to one epic game vs the 98 Falcons. Vikings vs Broncos could have been a great SB....But the Vikings problem was their pass rushing D front that couldn't stop run very well. So Terrel Davis and the outside zone run would have caused lots of problems. If Randal carter and moss could shred it; would be a fair fight but they couldn't stop the falcons pass game and play action either and the broncos play action would have drawn blood.

[@GervaissUnscriptedSports]

I was born a Vikings fan in 1993. Sad that nowadays we kinda play like shit but its good to know that back in the day we were great. I love the Kapp story of how he turned down the MVP saying there was not one most valuable Viking there was 40. Also Fran scrambling and Bud coaching. I don't care if Cousins brings us to an SB win cause I feel he would not honor the Vikings or the faithful like they should be honored. I also loved when my dad would tell me about the late coach Jerry Burn's rant even though they won the game. Now Ik people will harp on my views on Kirk but I feel like he isn't a true Viking in which he doesn't give his all. But that's my opinion and I hope he proves me wrong

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

'Play like shit'?? I downloaded and rewatch SO much recent Vikings because they play so well! They have been a playoff contender the past 6 years! 2017 #1 D to the NFC Championship; Ended 2 Saints SB runs, 2020-21 they had winning seasons and beat big dogs but miss the playoffs. They're 7-1 RIGHT NOW! Are you even watching? Oh, this was 11 months ago.

[@GervaissUnscriptedSports]

@@WalterWhiteFootballSharing lol yeah maybe check when the post first happens. And yes the Vikings did play great but never in the big game

[@MarkHermann-u5p]

Dennis. Green. Was a. Great. Coach

[@tinamdobson]

💜💛💜💛 til I die!

[@donanger1968]

The best.

[@killalltogepis9916]

I live in South Dakota right now and there’s a ton of Vikings fans around here and never understood why Vikings fans really like Dennis Green and think he should be HOFer. I never thought he was that good and his time in Arizona didn’t help any either.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Every Fan Base loves the Coach and players that kept them relevant and mattering every Sunday when they were young; and thinks they're HOF. I'm shocked Vikings fans appreciate a black coach THAT much. Steelers fans hate on Mike Tomlin; even though he surpassed Bill Cowher's accomplishments, more wins; more postseason wins, and not a single losing season. When they won SB in 08 in Tomlin's 2nd season, after Cowher had a bad 06; they all claimed ever since "Cowher's Team won. Tomlin should take his ring off and give it to Cowher". Cowher also had THREE losing season, Tomlin 0. It's pretty obvious the inferiority complex those race resentment folks hold towards QBs, HCs, and GMs. They act personally threatened over the possibility Jalen Hurts almost won a SB. And call Mahomes White.

[@kincamell]

The 1998 Vikings are one the best teams, ever.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

Facts. #1 Offense and #6 Defense. Falcons were 4th and 4th. Every game, Crazy shit happens, so winning 15 of them is awe inspiring.

[@lousanto1054]

History of the Minnesota Vikings: 1) team named after the most barbaric and evil group of people ever, 2) empty trophy case.

[@KorithStoneheart]

Fran Tarkenton is the greatest QB who never won a Superbowl

[@wingedbuffalo4670]

As a little kid in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I used to love the NFL Vikings -- the Purple People Eaters -- and all the great players. I used to love Bud Grant, Joe Kapp, Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall, the fact they played outdoors at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, etc., etc. And then I ceased being a fan when the scales fell from my eyes and I found out that the entire franchise was founded upon FRAUD, DECEIT, and scummy DISHONOR. In 1959 and earlier, the greedy, selfish NFL owners had ZERO interest in expanding the league and opening up new pro football franchises to other cities and markets, despite the fact that football was undeniably dynamic and was RAPIDLY becoming the Nation's favorite sport. The owners simply had NO DESIRE to cut their slice of the revenue/profit pie smaller by having more teams and owners (of course, it never occurred to them that, IF they actually invested the effort to GROW the sport, the "revenue pie" would grow exponentially as well, and with it, their individual profit shares too). But I digress. The NFL owners refused to expand, and they refused to sell an existing team to Lamar Hunt or Bud Adams, so the American Football League (AFL) was born. In fact, not only was the AFL born with the NFL's "blessing" (on its face that is), but also with the NFL's active ENCOURAGEMENT BECAUSE the NFL was in hot water with Congress for having a football monopoly that Congress wanted to break up (so the existence of a new "AFL" would rebut the Congressional claim of illegal "monopoly"). EXCEPT the scumbag NFL owners DID NOT REALLY mean to support the AFL. It was all lies and deceit, smoke and mirrors, and the NFL intended to CRUSH the AFL from ever geting off the ground (and/or surviving if somehow it found a way to get started). With the exception of placing franchises in the Nation's two largest TV markets (NYC and LA) with massive population bases that could easily support both a new AFL and old NFL team, The AFL affirmatively sought to place franchises in NEW large cities with NO NFL presence -- some with even growing populations to the West -- where football would be popular and supported. Hence, in addition to the NY Titans (later re-named the NY Jets) and the LA Chargers (soon to move to San Diego in season 2 of its life), the AFL awarded new franchises to Boston, Buffalo and Houston to comprise the Eastern Division along with NY -- and to Dallas, Denver, and Minneapolis/St Paul to comprise the Western Division along with LA. 8 original AFL teams. The jealous and greedy NFL owners then suddenly chose to place a new expansion team in Dallas to compete directly head-to-head with Lamar Hunt's personal team in his own hometown (i.e., the Dallas Texans -- which would move to KC and become the Chiefs after 3 seasons in the AFL). They raced to get the new Cowboys ready to play starting with the 1960 Season so as to NOT cede the Dallas market to the AFL since the Texans and the AFL were beginning play in 1960. But the NFL needed and wanted to inject more mischief, undermining, and destruction into the AFL's plans, and they needed a second expansion team to do that (both to "balance" the NFL's expansion by two teams instead of only 1, as well as to DESTABILIZE the AFL's initial number of 8 teams balanced between 4 teams in the Eastern Division and 4 teams in the Western Division) ... so they targeted an AFL team to POACH. Enter Minnesota. The stinkin', DISHONORABLE owner and investment group of the would-be Minnesota franchise struck a DEVIL'S DIRTY BARGAIN with the equally malicious and corrupt NFL owners: in exchange for intentionally LYING to the AFL owners and stringing them along PRETENDING to join the AFL, the NFL would award Minnesota an NFL expansion team to begin play in 1961. The only thing the Minnesota owners had to do to satisfy the NFL pre-condition was to play along with the AFL, NOT tell the AFL about Minnesota's true plans, and then announce the rejection of the AFL franchise and acceptance of the (heretofore secret) NFL expansion franchise offer to begin play in the 1961 season. Worse yet, Minnesota was instructed to delay making the announcement until just before Minnesota was due to participate in the AFL college football player draft -- that way it was CALCULATED not only to throw the AFL Draft into complete disarray and postponement (which would also work to the NFL's advantage), but also to destabilize and threaten the very existence of the AFL before it could even get off the ground ... because the league could NOT remain viable with an unbalanced cadre of only 7 teams, and would thus QUICKLY need to find a new substitute city. It was an INTENTIONALLY MALICIOUS, DASTARDLY. MALEVOLENT, LOUSY, DISGRACEFUL, DECEITFUL, and DISHONORABLE thing for BOTH the Minnesota owner/organizers to agree to do and to do, and for the NFL owners to propose and to do. Luckily, the AFL owners -- "The Foolish Club" -- were resourceful and quick-thinking. After Minnesota's and the NFL's TREACHERY (and that's what it was -- nothing less), the AFL owners pivoted and placed what would become the NEW "AFL 8th original franchise" in Oakland -- still in the Western Division, and on the West Coast as a compliment and natural rival to the Chargers team in LA and later San Diego. Thus the AFL lost the Minnesota Vikings, but gained the Oakland Raiders -- an absolutely STORIED franchise in both the AFL and sibsequently NFL. The NFL continued to try to "kill" the AFL through competing expansion too (this from a bunch of selfish NFL owners who originally refused to expand so they could keep a "bigger slice of the 'profit pie' for themselves!) Soon after the AFL began operations, they announced plans to start growing the new league by expanding into the South East portion of the U.S. beginning with Miami, and also with Atlanta and New Orleans under consideration. We all know the Dolphins began AFL play in the 1966 season, but -- no surprise -- the NFL had swooped in to steal Atlanta and New Orleans for itself. So, in the end, the Minnesota owners made a CORRUPT dirty deal with the Devil. It brings a good deal of "poetic justice" and satisfaction to note that of all 4 Minnesota Super Bowl appearances and losses), 3 of them came directly at the hands of AFL teams: AFL Founder Lamar Hunt's KC Chiefs in SB IV [wherein I was originally rooting for the Vikings], Al Davis' Oakland Raiders (which, as we've seen above, was birthed by Minnesota's treachery) in SB XI [but at that time I didn;t know about Minnesota's treachery and thus rooted for the Vikings against Kenny Stabler], and AFL EXPANSION team Miami [which team I detest] in SB VIII ...and the 4th Minnesota SB loss came to a team that technically started in the old NFL, but which WILLINGLY EMBRACED being associated with the AFL in the new AFC once the merger went into full operation for the 1970 season (and whose head coach, Chuck Noll, had honed his coaching expertise in the AFL as San Diego''s Defensive Coordinator): the Pittsburgh Steelers in SB IX. Karma reigns.

[@MarkHermann-u5p]

Bud. Grant. Was the best coach never to win a. Super. Bowl

[@rickschaefer7415]

Stop putting periods after every word!

[@Giovanni-zc1lv]

Fan since 1972 ....Spoiler Alert...you better like pain and disappointment.....SKOL!

[@MarkHermann-u5p]

They. Shouldve kept page in 78. Big. Big. Mistake

[@OBESPRING1982]

The Minute Scrotum BiQueens SKOL (Still Kan't Obtain a Lombardi).

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

You know you don't fool a single adult using Bi and Gay as your go to insult. You're a sad closet case who shows up not to watch but to troll; gets bullied in real life all the time. Don't u have friends to talk to?

[@jovondamon5264]

SKOL!!!

[@MarkHermann-u5p]

😊 they. Shouldve. Hired. Burns In 84

[@jasondurham9353]

Skol

[@williamhild1793]

A great video...up until they went into the Metrodome and Bud Grant left. Then, it's time to shut off the video. No Bud, no Met...what's the point?

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

What's the Point? I pity you, for not enjoying 30 more years of winning and being relevant and mostly being a team nobody wanted to play. Respect the playoff teams. It's not like Bud Grant won Superbowls. The Randy Moss Culpepper Vikings were a fun as hell team to watch every week. 1998 Was amazing. Adrian Peterson Vikes you have the most complete HOF back since Walter Payton. 2000 Yards 2012. The Top flight Mike Zimmer Defenses, the Kirk Cousins Dalvin Cook era top flight team. Y'all kicked out the SB contending Saints in 2017 and 2019! Vikings the main reason Brees don't have a 2nd ring during the saints final peak! This is Greatness and I'm not even a Vikings fan I'm a Giants fan. We had those 2 rings in the last 2 decades and mostly sucked, irrelevant. Vikings kicked our asses in Dec 2007 scored 21 points off INTs and NYG nearly missed the Playoffs as a result.

[@crushing_the_losersof_the_7726]

Why isn’t Jim Marshall in the HOF? Jim Marshall played in 4 super bowls Devon Jones played for the Rams he appeared on 0 super bowls and he is in the HOF what’s wrong with the picture I’d say Jim Marshall is being ripped off because one day Jim Marshall ran the wrong way against the 49ers a game the Vikings won despite what Jim Marshall did. Would like to know who these thugs are who are keeping Jim Marshall out of the HOF. Deacon Jones need to be called out.

[@WalterWhiteFootballSharing]

I dont think Deacon Jones is keeping him out. They did put a few of his DL mates in. Has 4 seasons of double digit sacks. I don't think anyone cares about the wrong way safety, maybe it influenced people in the 80s when he became eligible but they had a massive backlog of 1970s greats. They stuffed in too many 60s packers and 70s Steelers in my opinion just kinda enshrined the entire starting lineups. I wouldn't enshrine just for starting or winning SBs, I need to see game in game out dominance. Like JJWatt, who cares about postseason the man was a monster. Aaron Donald if the Bengals came back doesn't change his HOF resume. But it sure helps that his sacks killed 49ers and Bengals game win/lose possessions. Is Chris Jones 3x better then Aaron Donald because 3 rings? No, and Aaron Donald had a slightly better career was almost never totally neutralized by game plan while Chris Jones was often neutralized by doubles.