Half-time takes from Vikings-Colts game that aged ... poorly

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Half-time takes from Vikings-Colts game that aged ... poorly
Half-time takes from Vikings-Colts game that aged ... poorly /

At half-time the Vikings were down 33-0 and most had them dead and buried – with fans at home switching off the TV and even some reports of fans leaving U.S. Bank Stadium early.

Well, why wouldn't they? The Vikings were atrocious in the first half, simply atrocious. It's a good job that there wasn't a full slate of games being played otherwise the broadcaster may well have just dumped the game like CBS did for the Vikings-Cowboys a few weeks back.

They weren't to know they were about to witness the largest comeback in NFL history, leaving us with a bevy of comments and takes at half-time that we can now look back upon with festive mirth.

Here's a selection from around the 1:40–2:10 p.m. period for your enjoyment:

Pro Football Talk jumping the gun.

Oh nooooooooooo

And another

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Family > Vikings (when they're losing)

A former Packer ripping on the Vikings? This year? Come on

KSTP's Tom Hauser wanted justice for the 66,000

Bring Me The Sports' Joe Nelson, before Kirk Cousins threw for more than 400 yards in the second half

Oh yeah we're not immune to criticism – the Bring Me The Sports Slack room was a darn gloomy place at half time. Joe has since tweeted that he now believes the Vikings are going to win the Super Bowl, flip-flopping like an Olympic gymnast.

Just when I thought I was out...

A close call for KFAN's AJ Mansour

Who's laughing now?

Rosen must have turned up at half-time or something...


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ADAM UREN

Raised on the Isle of Man, Adam has 15 years experience as a reporter and editor at regional and national level in the U.K. and the U.S. He moved to Minnesota in 2014 and became a writer for Bring Me The News. He is now the co-owner and editor of Bring Me The News and Bring Me The Sports, mixing in some occasional sports writing with his other editorial duties. He lists his three great loves as his family, Liverpool F.C. and baked beans (the British kind).