A Vikings Fan’s 2025 Diary: A Timeline of Thoughts and Emotional Damage

In case you were wondering, this is the full timeline of what it's been like to be a Vikings fan in 2025. (WARNING: DO NOT READ. Extremely Depressing)

Part 1: The Playoff / Preseason Delusion
Jan 5th, '25: Lose to Lions 31-9. “Wow. Sam Darnold can’t beat the Lions, but that’s OK because we still won 14 games. No way the Rams can beat us twice, first game was a fluke.”

Jan 12th, '25: Rams game moves to Phoenix after LA fires. “This just keeps getting better! Phoenix is practically a home game for the Vikings with the fanbase there. No way this tragedy will galvanize the Rams and empower them to destroy us again.”

Jan 13th, '25 (Wild Card): Lose to Rams 27-9. “Darnold shit the bed again. But it’s OK! We have 3 starting QB’s on our roster. 2025 was never our year. 2026 is the team."

Mar 10th, '25 (Free Agency): “Either Darnold or Dimes would be a great ‘bridge’ signing until we get our future Hall of Famer ready. I’m sure we can get one of them for cheap AF.”

Mar 11th, '25: Colts Sign Danny Dimes. “Wow, $17.5 Million for Danny?! Huge risk. Dodged a bullet there.”

Mar 13th, '25: Seahawks Sign Sam Darnold. “Wow, thought we might get Darnold on a team friendly deal. But it doesn’t matter! KOC is confident in JJ McCarthy! He’s the QB Guru! And we used all that money to build a STACKED ROSTER!”

Aug 1st, '25: JJ McCarthy looks terrible in Training Camp. “Talk about an overreaction! Training Camp doesn’t mean sht. That’s why we traded the Seahawks for Same Howell!”

Aug 24th, '25: Vikings Trade Sam Howell / Sign Carson Wentz. “Oh wow! Howell was that bad, huh? No worries! KOC Must REALLY be confident in JJ McCarthy. And Carson Wentz grew up a Vikings fan! We won’t need him, JJ McCarthy only has to be a game manager and this team is winning 14 games."

Part 2: The Regular Season Breakdown
Sept 8th, '25 (MNF vs. Bears):

1Q: “Oh Wow! This Vikings line is REALLY bad without Darrisaw. JJ might not make it two games.”

2Q: “JJ McCarthy might be the worst QB I’ve ever seen!”

3Q: “OK. That was a pretty good pass, JJ. Maybe you don’t suck.”

4Q: “JJ McCarthy is HIM! Dude’s got that Dog in him! A gamer! None of the other red flags seem relevant anymore cuz we won.”

Sept 14th: Lose to the Falcons 6-22. “Oh wow. So maybe the JJ McCarthy from the first 3 quarters of last game is the actual JJ McCarthy. Or maybe the Falcons are just a great team. This Falcons defense looks unstoppable.”

Sept 21st: Vikings Beat Bengals 48-10 with Carson Wentz. “Carson Wentz is HIM! We might not even need JJ McCarthy this season. Let him sit behind the old vet, and learn.”

Sept 28th: Steelers Beat Vikings 24-21. “Holy sht Carson Wentz is cheeks. Why didn’t we sign Aaron Rodgers?! He might win a super bowl this year!”

Oct 5th: Vikings Beat Browns 21-17. “OK! There you go Carson. Maybe you are the guy. Geeze I was worried there for a second.”

Oct 19th: Eagles Beat Vikings 28-22. “GET CARSON WENTZ OFF THIS TEAM!”

Oct 23rd: Vikings lose to Chargers 37-10. “DEAR SWEET JESUS PUT OUR STUD BACKUP MAX BROSMER IN. No chance he’s worse than Wentz.”

Nov 2nd: Vikings beat Lions 27-24 (JJ). “OK JJ! That’s the JJ we needed! Vikings are back! JJ is the guy!”

Nov 9th: Vikings lose to Ravens 27-19. “I’m not sure JJ McCarthy can complete a pass.”

Nov 16th: Vikings lose to Bears 19-17. “JJ Sucks! Guy was supposed to be a game manager not a gun slinger. And somehow he’s neither.”

Nov 23rd: Vikings lose to Packers 23-6. “That might be the worst Vikings game I’ve ever watched. It’s Brosmer time! No chance Brosmer is worst than JJ. It cannot get worse than this.”

Nov 30th: Vikings lose to Seahawks 26-0. “Wow. Somehow Brosmer is even worse.”