Vikings' Rudolph tweets: 'Don't hurt yourself jumping off the (bandwagon)'

To those fans who are already abandoning the 5-1 Vikings after Sunday's clunker, tight end Kyle Rudolph had a Twitter response:

October 24, 2016 at 7:27PM
In a very short amount of time, veteran Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph appears to have built a great relationship with new quarterback Sam Bradford. “I just see the throws he makes, and he has an innate feel for timing with receivers,” Rudolph said.
In a very short amount of time, veteran Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph appears to have built a great relationship with new quarterback Sam Bradford. “I just see the throws he makes, and he has an innate feel for timing with receivers,” Rudolph said. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Vikings twitter was a dumpster fire on Sunday, but then again so was the play of the Vikings.

While Captain Munnerlyn would like fans to R-E-L-A-X, quite a few of them have no chill.

And to those fans who are already abandoning the 5-1 Vikings after Sunday's clunker, tight end Kyle Rudolph had a Twitter response:

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Aggressive! It's not quite as aggressive as lineman Alex Boone telling fans to shut up (plus a couple other words) when the team is on offense at U.S. Bank Stadium, but it's still interesting. The tweet was sent Monday morning at 9:18 a.m., and I refuse to speculate if the combination of Sunday's game, a long plane ride home and infant twins in his house made him sleep deprived and/or cranky, but by this afternoon Rudolph was feeling more upbeat on social media:

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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