Week 7 Roundtable: Minnesota Vikings vs. Philadelphia Eagles (Dilly Dilly, Wentz Beats Philly?)

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Week 7 Minnesota Vikings roundtable here at Daily Norseman. The Vikes are coming off the bye week following two weeks across the pond, and now will turn their efforts toward the Philadelphia Eagles in a battle of teams searching for their identities.

Can the Vikings lead the Eagles to a little more soul-searching with a win this weekend?

Let’s talk to it.

Question 1: Does any part of you actually think of this as a “Carson Wentz revenge game?”

Brandon Warne: No, not really. It’s a fun narrative and will be something we in the quasi-media cling to as a bit if he can lead the Vikings to a win, but it’s far from an actual revenge game. But in reality, this would be even less of a revenge game than Jake Browning against the Vikings was earlier this season — and we all pretty roundly denied that was a revenge game, as well.

Christopher Gates: I don’t know about the “revenge game” narrative for Carson Wentz. Sure, he was drafted by the Eagles and spent plenty of time there, but he’s already had his first game against the Eagles (which he lost), and he’s played for four other teams in the interim between the Eagles and the Vikings. I’m sure I’ll probably say “revenge game” in a sort of tongue-in-cheek manner, but I don’t know if you can actually call it a revenge game or anything.

David Stefano: Nope. The idea of revenge fades the further a player gets from being released by a team. Carson has been on five teams since they let him go.

Warren Ludford: No, I don’t think this is a Carson Wentz revenge game, as his time with the Eagles ended five years ago. But I do think it would give him more than the usual satisfaction to get a win over the Eagles and show them he can still play.

Sam Buegler: Not really. He has played against them before, and it has been so many years and teams for him since he was with them. I would be more interested in seeing Isaiah Rodgers vs his former team, if there had to be a revenge game somewhere.

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Question 2: Our consensus rankings at Daily Norseman have the Vikings power-ranked at No. 17.5 among the 32 NFL teams. Where do you think they’d settle in if they can beat the Eagles?

BW: I’ll go with the lucky No. 13. For some reason or another, I just don’t feel like the power rankings like to give the Vikings their due. The Packers are oftentimes rated well above the Vikings when the teams are relatively similar — though this is me just airing my grievances in general as opposed to living in the now. Still, I agree with the idea that it’ll be treated as “look what the Eagles did” rather than from the Vikings’ point of view — and that’s kinda lame.

CG: I think...