How does an NFL team go from one of the best teams in the league to an absolute joke in only a couple of days?
Well, just observe the Minnesota Vikings.
The Vikes were 8-1 going into their home matchup against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, and things were looking all fine and dandy for Kirk Cousins and the boys. Captain Kirk had the chains on, Justin Jefferson was making highlight reel catches… the Vikings were cruising (no pun intended).
And Sunday, the wheels fell off…
The Vikings media team accidentally honored American adult film star Johnny Sins during their salute to service members.
Yep, the Vikings put this tweet sent to them on the jumbotron:
Minnesota Vikings put porn star Johnny Sins on jumbotron after mistaking him for member of military during Sundays game against Cowboys pic.twitter.com/C935rI84X6
— Dallas Texas TV (@DallasTexasTV) November 22, 2022
And it turned out to be a pretty bad omen, because the Cowboys unleashed a can of whoop ass, beating the Vikings 40-3 to hand them their second loss of the season.
And if you think that was bad, wait until you hear who they just picked to play the halftime show at their Thanksgiving game against the New England Patriots on Thursday night…
We’re talking prime time, Thursday night, Thanksgiving Day football, and you bring in… Tyler Hubbard?
One half of the now disbanded “country” music group Florida Georgia Line?
Excited to have @tylerhubbard performing at halftime Thursday night of #NEvsMIN! pic.twitter.com/7jKuexFbhd
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) November 22, 2022
I mean sheesh, it was Walker Hayes during the AFC Championship last year, Kane Brown at Thanksgiving the year before, and now Tyler Hubbard?
Why can’t we get some Tyler Childers? Some Zach Bryan? Hell, Chris Stapleton or Cody Johnson? Miranda Lambert? Trampled By Turtles are from Minnesota… get them.
You wanna know why people make fun of country music? Because every time we get a big opportunity to show it to the world just how talented and inspiring it is, we book some bozo like this.
Needless to say, Vikes fans aren’t too happy on Twitter about the decision:
Great we can't even get a real halftime artist this year
— Lady Eir (@navy09212010) November 22, 2022
I don't know who Tyler Hubbard is, but I thought he was a practice squad tight end signing at first glance.
— Rorschach Cousins (@rellim_nodnarb) November 22, 2022
How’d you get TJ Hockenson to agree to play halftime? Man you guys got that guy doing everything!
— jordan (@jordanwermager) November 22, 2022
We’re gonna lose now
— Matt Immelman (@Matt_Immelman) November 22, 2022
His halftime show at the grey cup on Sunday was so great I’d be pumped also! Not!!! 🗑️performance.
— Brother Zachariah (@ZacharyBrend) November 22, 2022
Excited is such a strong word…how about indifferent
— Gabe James Anderson (@spikeganderson) November 22, 2022
Creed was right there for the taking. Smh
— Clayton (@thisisclayj) November 22, 2022
LMAO NOOOOO
— rastapasta9 (@rastapasta_9) November 22, 2022
Who?
— Nick (@Nj_Moose) November 22, 2022
No.
— Dustin (@dpri532) November 22, 2022
Just one of the line brothers?
— Bert (@bneid1118) November 22, 2022
https://t.co/xP784VPuMK pic.twitter.com/JlH0AtS35e
— Jake Gamble🎪 (@jakeegamblee) November 22, 2022
That’s the best y’all could get? Yikes https://t.co/pQBZVPeg9Y
— Dalton Scott 🤘🏻 (@Ddoggystyle) November 22, 2022
The Super Bowl Halftime show is the premier booking in the pop music world and only the very top of the A-list ever come close to playing it. And then every other NFL halftime show is a “oh that guy!” or a one-hit wonder you’d see at a Knox County tractor pull. https://t.co/xcRdMNexHp
— Nicolas Telep (@NDTelep) November 22, 2022
I love how they don’t change up the format for these kinds of announcements. Scroll too fast and it looks like he’s getting traded to the vikes lol https://t.co/7hwwtMjUKk
— Anna (@wx__anna) November 22, 2022
If you hear booing out of section 343 during halftime, it’ll be me https://t.co/sAUP5PK4Xm
— Engelbert Humperdinck (@_cgonz) November 22, 2022
Game hasn't started and we're already taking an L. https://t.co/whPdyNO9K7
— Kevin McIsaac (@Kevinmcisaac) November 22, 2022
we are so fucked https://t.co/D38S8uvNTN
— kirk cousins enjoyer (@boopasteve) November 22, 2022
