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Additional Minnesota Viking Commentary

Maturity December 19, 2022
Own it!  Embrace it!  Hold onto it as if it were the only thing that belonged to you baring that which was bestowed upon you by God.  

Just stand back and try to absorb what K.J. Osborn was able to accomplish versus the Colts on December 17, 2022.  This is what he was born to do ... this was his destiny ... where all he needed was the chance along with a moment in time.  For K.J. it was allot more than just hard work ... the hours ... the labor ... the dedication to his craft.  It took an inward approach ... a bonding within his special group of knuckleheads to be able to rise to this level.  It took an immeasurable level of patient focus on his part to never let his beliefs in himself wane ... for even a second ... grasping and fighting with all his inner demons ... day to day ... until it popped.  Now when it comes to his next contract ... like it did for Conklin ... exactly what do you think will happen.  What I'm talking about is maturity as he's owned it all ... he's accepted any task any pittance of light thrown his way and turned it into gold.    

Life is a roller coaster of incredible highs & lows.  You can brace & tense up ... which is normal ... churning your insides into absolute mush, or you can let all that energy flow into an artistic portrait of life.    

This team's, and all those backs ... were up against the wall.  The firing squad had locked & loaded where the call to take aim was about to commence.  We see our punter attempt a pass that backfired into even more tallied points against.  This was a clear & concise message that if we didn't change something drastically the outcome was assured.

It was then Kene Nwangwu was given the go ahead into returning just about everything that he could get his hands on.  I was there in Baltimore last year perched on the 50 yard line, calling Kene's shot just before the ball peaked at its pinnacle.  There was no question of what Kene abilities were as all he needed was some sort of day light.  It was there & the rest is now history.  Even though we lost that game, we don't achieve overtime without Kene's belief in himself & his trade.

Everything in that moment had switched from having Kirk Cousins complacent starting at the 25 yard line, into absolute desperation, needing to find that spark ,,, any spark.  Translation ... Kene Nwangwu is more than a just a special athlete.  Head coach Kevin O'Connell & every member of this squad knows that this entity is going to play a major part in this 2022 teams destiny.  It may not be on Saturday December 17, 2022 ... but that day is coming.  It didn't matter a lick whether Kene accomplished jack on this day, or not.  There was only one thing that mattered, which was Kene's maturity ... how he carried himself ... how he inspired his squad ... which was clearly amiss.  If you don't understand what I'm talking about, take a look at Brett Favre's one & only Super Bowl victory & what you'll see is a special team unit that would  not be denied on a very special day.  That squad carried much more than a bit of attitude.  What was crafted with his talents was a type of perfection in knowing that the outcome of that game lied within his grasp.  If this unit believes it, then it would become inevitable.  It was going to happen.  At that moment in his life, he owned it ... everything ... and nothing was going to deny him of that opportunity.  Need another example.  Percy Harvin didn't play the entire season for his Sea Cocks but what he did on that one special day can never be taken away from him.   Sure the Eagles have Jalen Hurts & A.J. Brown along with a bunch of hired guns but they do not have Kene, nor do they have the plethora of weapons that have been assembled under head coach Kevin O'Connell.  The negative words spoken today point to every possible reason why this team will never be for real but for two years now it's clearly been absolute desperation combined with "An Execution" ... by a thousand cuts.  Who is now the master?   

Go ahead & poll every fan found within the Viking Nation.  Do you think for one moment that we cannot see the potential within Jalen Reagor?  To this day, most are still calling for you to get as many touches as possible.  Man, did you screw the pooch on Saturday December 17, 2022 ... but it's over (in the past) but do you for one moment believe that maturity cannot overcome absolutely everything.  Not a thing can hide from its view ... absolute ownership ... hearing not speaking ... leading from within ... never giving up upon your reach for destiny.  "How can I possibly trust you ever again ... which is combined with the thought of ... How can I possibly ever ignore you?"  Only you  Jalen Reagor ... can snuff out this spark.  It is now clear for all to see that Philadelphia could only have one Jalen Hurts ... but aren't you just as dangerous.  Jalen got the time ... you got the door ... but it was clearly the right door.  Whatever you do, don't speak with Hall of Fame Cris Carter because he will tell you that it was all his fault & to be direct Philadelphia is incapable of handling another Hall of Fame cast off.  Kinetic Energy takes more than just the motion & realization of work ... it takes the realization of all that potential combined with the will of moving it off center.  MATURITY ... OWNERSHIP ... PATIENTS ... Leading others to believe what you clearly know to be true.
   
Do you think it's hard to self realize?  Consider this ... The entirety of the NFL's Hall of Fame is littered with it where it would be easier to find someone without sin to cast that first stone.  As such, there is no disgrace ... unless you let it overwhelm you or worse yet ... you let it slide without an intense fight.  There is only one way to lead ... INSPIRE!    


The Viking Ghost Writer
http://MyVikingBlood.org
Date: December 19, 2022


 
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