Week 11 · 2025–26 season
Vikings
L 17-19 vs Bears · Nov 16, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Vikings fans openly questioning whether J.McCarthy is the answer while Matt Daniels gets fired into the sun nightly.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
J.McCarthy's two deep-ball interceptions — the K.Byard pick off the J.Jefferson target, then the N.Wright takeaway in the end zone intended for J.Addison — bankrupted an offense that finally found rhythm too late, with the J.Addison touchdown at 0:56 only setting up a D.Duvernay 56-yard kick return and C.Santos walking off from 48. One good series doesn't erase the rest, and the accuracy concerns aren't going away.
What fans said
“We deserve to lose this game. One good series shows how much we botched the rest of the game.”
u/ShubberyQuest▲ 576despair
“Miserable performance from him and I am legitimately concerned because his accuracy is non existent”
u/IamAdamThelienAMA▲ 299frustration
“Gonna be honest, this season has elicited a feeling I've never felt before watching the Vikings - utter indifference towards the outcome.”
u/-InconspicuousMoose-▲ 63despair
“we're pretty fucked for the next few seasons.”
u/Comrade_Falcon▲ 60despair
“get out while you can. Minnesota sports is not for the faint of heart”
u/onethreeone▲ 83despair
“Loss 100% on McCarthy. He looked TERRIBLE for most of the game.”
u/jdub67a▲ 128rage
14 more
“Throwing under 50% completion with 74 yards and 2 picks (should have been 3) is inexcusable from any QB in the NFL, with these wide receivers, against one of the worst passing defenses in the NFL. Be so fuckin for real.”
u/keanancarlson▲ 38rage
“2nd most expensive roster in the league and not a playoff team is a fucking joke”
u/FilthyWinstonMain▲ 38rage
“McCarthy may be fucking dogshit fellas.”
u/Stephen-Scotch▲ 38rage
“Just because they found a decent returner, doesn’t mean the ST Coordinator doesn’t fucking suck shit thru a straw”
u/Norstradamus97▲ 37rage
“WTF was that? Kick the kickoff out of the endzone. Why would you kick it to that guy??”
u/ZeroRecursion▲ 58rage
“We gotta get a new special teams coach. Too many shitty plays from them”
u/Maximus_Skywalker▲ 190frustration
“Is there always THIS much heartbreak nearly every single game?”
u/Biased_Wentz_Fan▲ 76despair
“Matt Daniels is a bum. Reichard is great. Price is good. The rest of ST is awful”
u/BobDeLaSponge▲ 28rage
“Fire Matt Daniels into the sun”
u/PointGodAsh▲ 26rage
“That’s what happens when you play like shit for 3.8 quarters.”
u/DokeyKon▲ 320frustration
“JJM has to drop the whole ‘Leader of men’ shtick until he can play like a competent QB”
u/Excellent-Bunch7291▲ 48frustration
“JJ looked sharp on that last drive, but looked like absolute dogshit the other 85% of the game”
u/Go_To_Bethel_And_Sin▲ 217frustration
“I’m pissed a dumbass return basically stole that chance from them.”
u/BarackSays▲ 45rage
“We're not firing the staff this offseason so it's another 1.5 years of this before we can reset”
u/Statue_left▲ 27despair