What He Just Said Will Have Vikings Fans Believing Again...

What he just said will have Vikings fans believing again in what we expected to see out of Juwan Jennings when he was first brought to Minnesota in the offseason this summer despite some heavy trade rumors swirling around him. But first, the team's final week 7 injury report has fans absolutely ecstatic for Sunday as we are going to see some offensive fireworks, hopefully in a big game against the Colts at home. We're going to break it down all of that in this episode of Vikings Digest and if you're a part of the viewers who are not yet subscribed and you want to stay up to date on all things Vikings, make sure to hit that subscribe button and the bell icon so you don't miss any of the episodes when they drop. With that let's hop right into the first topic of the day which is a finally healthy offense as we saw in the injury report today that was released earlier in the day after the practice where we saw that every single Vikings player was a practice except for Christian Darrisaw who was a DNP because it was a rest day for him as per usual with these veterans and then as well as Harrison Smith getting a limited practice because he's also a veteran. and then everyone being a full practice status otherwise with Jordan Mason being a questionable tag for Sunday as Kevin O'Connell said where he is still working in his 21-day practice window. But when you look at the other injuries that are on there that are fully cleared, you're going to have Justin Jefferson on the field, Brian O'Neill, Jordan Addison, Christian Darrisaw, Chuck Demings is finally going to get back on the field, TJ Hockenson, Jordan Mason, James Pierre, and of course Harrison Smith. But it is going to be huge for the Vikings as we have only seen this full offense play together for nine snaps throughout the entire season, where you had Kyler Murray, Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, TJ Hockenson, Aaron Jones, Jordan Mason, all those guys, plus the guys on the offensive line, and they are absolutely going to need it because this is going to be a very big test, actually the start of a very big test over the next couple of weeks as far as containing some really compelling and very explosive running backs throughout the next couple of games, where you have Jonathan Taylor, like Bijan Robinson, Christian McCaffrey, Josh Jacobs, and so many more that are going to try and make their Vikings defense a living hell. So now it's going to fall on the offense that are hopefully going to put up a lot of points because if Jonathan Taylor goes absolutely crazy on Sunday, Minnesota's offense better hope that they can put up a lot of points so that does not become a problem like it has a little bit earlier on in the season where we needed the defense to kind of win those games for us coming off of a double-digit win against the Saints. Hopefully it goes to show that this offense is starting to get really rolling and have a lot of momentum where the defense isn't going to have to win us every single game there's going to be some games where the offense can win it for us where the defense will play their job lights out but as far as limiting teams to under 20 points every single week that is not a realistic expectation to have even though minnesota's defense is doing a great job of it it's going to happen at some point where the defense is going to give up 25 30 points and it's going to be on the offense and all the weapons that they have to be able to make sure they can keep the team in the game and make sure that the opposing team is not getting within reach despite putting up a lot of points. I'm not saying we have to get into absolute boat races like the Detroit Lions or the Buffalo Bills are getting into. Our defense is obviously way better than theirs are. Their defenses are absolute trash. But with Minnesota's defense just absolutely rolling and this offense getting better every single week, it's an advantageous spot to be in at 5-0. But we're going to be going up against a Colts team that I'm very worried is going to be a trap game because they're coming off of a very bad loss to the Titans. They're going to want to bounce back. They just fired Chris Ballard, their GM of the past decade. They're going to want to bounce back after that to kind of start and wipe the slate clean and try and move into a new era of the Indianapolis Colts. And what better way for them to do that is to try and take down an undefeated team in the Minnesota Vikings. And of course, we're all really worried about that curse from 2016 where they started off 5-0, had a weak 6-5, and then went 3-8 the rest of the way. If they can get a win against the Colts, that is at least a very good step in the right direction to show that this is going to be very different than it was 10 years ago obviously an entirely new different team but still the same curse in the anniversary of that season is what gives me a lot of worries but seeing this offense fully healthy back on the field even though Aaron Jones is dealing with MCL sprain that he's been powering through for the last couple of weeks absolute badass warrior but with this offense finally getting fully healthy otherwise it is going to be great to see all these weapons just running around the field at the same time and hopefully we just see an absolute blowout on sunday afternoon where the colts are not going to have tyler warren they're not going to have sauce gardener they have a whole other laundry list of injuries and questionable tags where minnesota can hopefully take advantage of it and just go full stop on this team so it's going to be very interesting to see and justin jefferson was also talking about how exciting it is to have this full offense out on the field saying that i'm definitely looking forward to it just so much talent out there on the field and expectations from the whole entire offense we haven't even been 100% yet but still understanding what's right there in front of us understanding when we get everybody back out there on that field it should be even more expectations and better execution than what we've already gotten before and it's all going to be coming off of the heels of DJ Dallas being released as well which could open up the door for Jordan Mason to be activated just before Sunday's game as we know that with him getting out there on that offense he's going to be a very big part of trying to get this offense going and getting into a early lead in the game so they can play from ahead and not have to worry about trying to make every single play matter and trying to just convert every single thing we can play a little bit relaxed but not completely careless obviously you don't want to put them in a position where they can get back into the game but if Minnesota can get out in front to about a 10 point lead at halftime I will feel very comfortable as far as the rest of the game goes but of course it's the Minnesota Vikings it's obviously any given Sunday as well so it could be very interesting how it boils down on that game but again be aware of the trap game but hopefully it is not going to be the case and Minnesota can just absolutely blow the Colts out of US Bank Stadium but let us know your guys's thoughts down in the comments below that's going to take us into the second topic of the day which is that Jetta's addresses the Juwan Jennings frustrations because in his press conference the other day he was asked about the whole Juwan Jennings situation because of the whole frustration that we saw on the sideline and Jefferson had a really good quote about it going into a couple different things saying sometimes that can happen it was pretty pretty obvious he was getting a little frustrated you guys talk about all sorts of where his role and his offense is and Juwan has been doing great for us everybody sees what he's doing in the blocking game they don't really see the amount of routes that he's getting open on and the different plays that he could be making so it's just really not getting into his hands at this point in time which is okay it's fine because he did kind of clear that up saying obviously he's going to be frustrated because he wants to get the ball he feels like he's worked that route or that moment to get the ball and creating separation that's every player that's every guy that wants to have a big moment and a big role in the game but he did have a lot of confidence at the end of it saying that the ball is just not finding him at this moment but it will and once it will then we're going to see Juwan smiling on that sideline and everybody's going to be pumped to see him in that end zone or to see him have that big play and what I love about this is that Jefferson knows hey his time is coming it's just going to be a matter of Kyler getting more involved for this offense so you also got to remember that Kyler is still getting familiar with trying to operate this Vikings offense the best that it can so he's been establishing the connections as he's kind of been going on we saw in that Miami game he didn't have Justin Jefferson boom formed the connection with T.J. Hockenson he didn't have Justin Jefferson in the Tampa Bay Bucs game boom formed the connection with Jordan Addison so we saw that in the New Orleans Saints game first full game where he played with Justin Jefferson built on that connection and just went off to the races right away so now it's going to be a matter of getting on the same page with Juwan Jennings we know Jennings is getting open and running a lot of routes just that Kyler going through his progressions going through all right number one receiver my safety valve tight end sometimes wide receiver two doesn't necessarily give you a lot of time to look at that third wide receiver option if you know that hey I got to kind of go with what I know in this scenario and go with the receivers that I fully trust but I think that as the season is going on and as it progresses we're going to see Juwan Jennings get a lot more involved and hopefully get the ball a lot more because we know that he can be a threat on this team and we were hoping that we were going to see a lot more out of him by this point because we were all so excited when he came to Minnesota when he came to Minnesota we all thought immediately we got the best wide receiver trio in the NFL it's especially one of the best duos but adding him into that adds that necessary depth to have three absolute dogs where a lot of teams only have two but as we've seen this season it hasn't necessarily been the case and it's led to a lot of trade rumors as Fox Sports recently had an article put out where they're talking about trade deadline candidates that every team could be kind of looking at when it got to the Vikings it was talking about Juwan Jennings as far as what the article was saying he said there's already been buzz about him getting traded given that he's putting together cryptic social media posts Jennings is in a good shape is good in the Shanahan system which makes him appealing to the greater NFL given the system's popularity and the Vikings appear set at wide receiver with Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison and Ty Felton And Ty Felton has shown up in certain moments this season, but again, he's not as trustworthy as a guy who's established like Juwan Jennings is. But with the 49ers being in the situation they're in with all the wide receiver injuries, you can't help but wonder if John Lynch is going to be calling up Nolan Teasley with a really good offer as far as draft picks to try and take Juwan Jennings back into San Francisco to try and figure out what they can do to get healthier there and to give Minnesota some ammunition where they can either flip it before the trade deadline or use it for the draft call coming up I think it's going to be very interesting to see because this game against the Colts is going to be very telling as far as how Juwan Jennings is involved if Odell Beckham Jr. is going to get involved at any point and if Ty Felton continues to be a little bit more of an impactful player this year than he was last year it might kind of have the writing be on the wall as far as what Juwan Jennings fate is going to be in Minnesota for the good or the better as far as him staying or going it's going to be very interesting and a lot of things to watch for in this Vikings game against the Colts on top of all the regular storylines and just wanting to see Minnesota win it's going to be very interesting to see how Juwan Jennings is utilized as far as all right are they giving the ball or at least targets if they're not maybe that is going to be a sign that he is on his way out of Minnesota before the trade deadline let us know down in the comments below if you think Juwan Jennings will be traded before the NFL trade deadline and if you think that this Vikings offense when fully healthy is finally going to put up a big offensive showcase even bigger than we saw two weeks ago against the New Orleans Saints in week five let us know down in the comments below is that's going to do it for this episode of Vikings Digest again thank you guys so much for liking subscribing hitting that bell icon so you don't miss the episodes when they drop but for now i've been your host griffin take care