The Washington Commanders and Minnesota Vikings issued their first injury reports ahead of their Sunday matchup at US Bank stadium. Here they are:

Minnesota Vikings

• LG Donovan Jackson, Ankle, DNP
• DT Levi Drake Rodriguez, Neck, DNP
• S Josh Metellus, Shoulder, Limited
• DT Jalen Redmond, Hip, Limited
• DT Jonathan Allen, NIR-Rest, Limited
• OL Blake Brandel, Concussion, Limited
• RB Ty Chandler, Knee, Limited
• OLB Jonathan Greenard, Shoulder, Limited
• DT Javon Hargrave, NIR-Rest, Limited
• RB Aaron Jones, Shoulder, Limited
• C Ryan Kelly, Hip, Limited
• S Harrison Smith, NIR-Rest, Limited -...

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Vikings fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

Well, folks, it’s time for this week’s installment of our SB Nation Reacts survey about our Minnesota Vikings. We’ve got a second question for you to answer this week, so let’s get to it, shall we?

Our first question this week is the standard question about whether or not you think the Vikings are going in the right direction. We were...

The latest episode of The Real Forno Show — hosted by Tyler Forness with producer Dave Stefano on Vikings 1st & SKOL — is the raw, no-holds-barred autopsy every Minnesota Vikings fan needs after the humiliating 26-0 shutout loss to Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks. Fresh off a beach in Mexico, an enraged Forness declares this collapse feels worse than the Josh Freeman game and rivals the 1984 Les Steckel disaster, ripping into coaching stagnation, front-office failures, Max Brosmer’s nightmare debut, and a franchise that looks completely lost at 4-8.

Key takeaways from the nearly hour-long firestorm:

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The Minnesota Vikings are no longer in the playoff hunt. The team is breaking in their new QBs and it’s not gone as planned. We’ve reached the point where the age-old argument starts. Do you root for the team to win over the next five weeks, or do you actually want to see the Vikings lose out? There are plenty of people that will tell you what makes one view better or worse or what makes you a true fan. I’m not worried about that and I’m not passing judgement either way.

Why root for a win?

Winning “culture” is...

It will be a battle between two of the NFL’s most disappointing teams this Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium when the Minnesota Vikings play host to the Washington Commanders. Given the way that the early betting lines have flip-flopped, it’s hard to say who the sharps view as the bigger disappointment.

When the folks from the FanDuel Sportsbook opened the betting lines for this one on Monday morning, they had the Commanders listed as a 1.5-point favorite (as our friends over at Hogs Haven documented). Just 24 hours later, however, that line has been reversed, as they are now showing...

The competitve part of the season is pretty much over and was over before the Seahawks game. Nothing that happened in that game is that big of a deal to me including the 4th down play that resulted in the pick six. The team would only have a 11% chance of making the playoffs if they had somehow won the game.

The season has been a disaster. Injury to offensive linemen and a couple of key defenders (for a little bit) really have hurt. But the play of the Quarterbacks has been the main reason why the offense is abysmal....

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• My piece reviewing the Max Brosmer affair
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Last week Adam Thielen requested his release from the Vikings. Monday, the team granted that request. Thielen believes he has a market to sign with a team contending for the playoffs. It’s his final season and this clearly wasn’t working out in Minnesota. His final tally for the year with the Vikings is 18 targets, 8 catches, 3 drops, for 69 yards in 11 games played. To give him some credit, six of his eight catches were for first downs.

Thielen’s previous spot, the Carolina Panthers, are half a game back of the NFC South lead and are heading into...

The Minnesota Vikings went into Seattle to face the Seahawks, and it couldn’t have gone much worse. I won’t say it can’t get worse—because we all know it always can—but that was ugly. It was the first time the Vikings had been shut out since November 11, 2007. Max Brosmer got his chance to start, and he wasn’t ready. Poor blocking and dropped passes didn’t help him either. A 26-0 loss is a hard pill to swallow and highlights just how bad this team is right now.

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Ahead of Sunday’s 26-0 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the Minnesota Vikings made wide receiver Adam Thielen a healthy scratch. On Monday, they made a move that, just a few months ago, would have been unthinkable.

The Vikings have just announced that they have waived Adam Thielen, putting a period at the end of what might be one of the more disappointing trades, from a production standpoint, in recent team history. The team also released the following statement in conjunction with the release.

The statement reads as follows:

Last week Adam’s representation approached the team and asked if we...

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Sure, the Minnesota Vikings weren’t going to go 14-3 again after the run they had in 2024, but surely they were going to be a solid contender again in 2025, weren’t they?

That’s what yours truly, and a lot of other people, thought going into this season. The team was ready to move in a new direction at quarterback, finally deciding to take a swing at developing a quarterback for the long term after years of going with short-term solutions at the position. To take advantage of the bargain-level contract at the game’s...

With the news that quarterback J.J. McCarthy would not be starting this week for the Minnesota Vikings due to not clearing concussion protocol and that rookie Max Brosmer would be starting in his spot, many fans felt that things could not possibly get worse for the Minnesota offense.

The team, apparently, took that as a challenge and rose to meet it in ways previously thought impossible.

For the first time in eighteen years, the Vikings failed to register a single point, getting thoroughly beaten by the Seattle Seahawks by a final score of 26-0 at Lumen Field in Seattle in...