VikingsTerritory’s<\/i> Purple Rumor Mill<\/em> is a two-day chronicle each week. All the week’s rumors are lassoed and plopped in two spots — articles on Saturday and Sunday — for review. Today is the November 19th edition. <\/p>\n Remember — rumors are rumors<\/em>. What you read on weekends in these pieces is what the world is talking about pertaining to the Vikings, not necessarily items that will come to fruition. <\/p>\n It is unclear how short — if at all — Greg Joseph’s leash is as the Vikings kicker. Indeed, he continues to miss extra points and hasn’t been given a chance recently beyond 50 yards to re-prove himself. Thankfully, though, his antics haven’t been the undoing of a game — yet. Joseph missed a game-winning field goal in Week 2 of 2021, temporarily causing his stock to sour.<\/p>\n But last year, Joseph redeemed himself and probably has it in his DNA to recreate Weeks 3-18 of 2021. The Vikings next six games are indoors, so he’ll have a chance to “get right.”<\/p>\n Otherwise, Minnesota would have to decide if a free-agent kicker like Rodrigo Blakenship, Gabe Brkic, Elliott Fry, Austin Seibert, etc., is more trustworthy than Joseph.<\/p>\n We predict that Joseph will even out. <\/p>\n This is correct. With Cameron Dantzler on the shelf for at least three more weeks, plus Akayleb Evans out of Week 11 in the NFL’s concussion protocol, Booth gets a crack<\/a> at CB2 duty opposite Patrick Peterson. <\/p>\n Booth spoke to reporters<\/a> about nerves on Friday, “There will definitely be. But I had nerves before every college game I played. Before every high school game I played, I had nerves. I think nerves are good for me to keep my adrenaline going.”<\/p>\n It’s Booth’s time to shine, which is what Vikings fans kind of wanted at the end of April. Buckle up. <\/p>\n Hilariously, this is accurate.<\/p>\n The Vikings “magic number” was formulated with the Packers in mind — no one besides Green Bay could catch the Vikings from behind in the NFC North, right? — but the Lions can be heard via faint meow. After the Packers failure at home on Thursday Night Football<\/em> at the hands of the Titans, their playoff chances dwindled to breadcrumbs.<\/p>\n Minnesota’s magic number in unison with Green Bay is three<\/em> — and four<\/em> with Detroit. <\/p>\n You can book it — the Vikings are winning the NFC North. <\/p>\n Dustin Baker<\/em><\/a> is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, <\/em>VikesNow<\/em><\/a>. He <\/em>hosts a podcast<\/em><\/a> with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with <\/em>Raun Sawh<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>Sally from Minneapolis<\/em><\/a>. His Viking fandom dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).<\/em><\/p>\n The post Purple Rumor Mill: The Kicker, Andrew Booth Time, Magic Number<\/a> appeared first on Vikings Territory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Purple Rumor Mill VikingsTerritory’s Purple Rumor Mill is a two-day chronicle each week. All the week’s rumors are lassoed and plopped in two spots — articles on Saturday and Sunday — for review. Today is the November 19th edition. Remember — rumors are rumors. What you read on weekends in these pieces is what the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gregjo1-1024x602-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8695,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8694\/revisions\/8695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachbytes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Rumor:<\/mark> Because of his ongoing extra-point woes, plus inability to hit long field goals, the Vikings should explore an alternative kicker to Greg Joseph. <\/h3>\n
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Rumor:<\/mark> Andrew Booth will start versus the Dallas Cowboys. <\/h3>\n
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Rumor:<\/mark> The Detroit Lions are more of a threat to the Vikings “magic number” right now than the Packers.<\/h3>\n
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