Interesting note.
Paul Allen said best home field records in last 20 years:
Seahawks
Packers
Vikings
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Paul Allen said best home field records in last 20 years:
Seahawks
Packers
Vikings
Amazing how good Cousins can look with even average O line play. When everybody was trashing him I still didn’t think he was the problem.
demoncore1031
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Cousins should be in the MVP conversations right now. I know, I know. But he is completing 74% of his passes, averaging a little over 300 passing yards per game, and has thrown 8 TDs with no INTs.
demoncore1031
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He is practicing with the team again, but not at full speed yet, from what I have heard.
Vikings and Iowa State are about the same team, which makes my sports life super frustrating.
Both teams do pretty much everything right all game except for 2-3 things that end up burning them.
Special teams being the main one.
you look back at the game and see that you pretty much owned it statically, yet found a way to lose.
Both teams do pretty much everything right all game except for 2-3 things that end up burning them.
Special teams being the main one.
you look back at the game and see that you pretty much owned it statically, yet found a way to lose.
He excels in one area that showed yesterday: picking apart zone. When given the time to do so by his OL, he crushes zone-heavy defenses. He gets into a rhythm with accurate, zippy passes and just tears the field apart between the 20s.
Have to admit. I was fully accepting a 0-4 start after week 1.. If we beat Cleveland next Sunday. I'll be back on the wagon. Here are my thoughts on yesterday
1) Cousins is the NFL MVP thru week 3.
2) Paying Dalvin Cook is a terrible use of resources for a team paying their QB so much. Mattison was good, but the team really doesn't need Dalvin to move the chains. He's a top 3 back in the league and a special talent. But not worth anything more than a rookie contract.
3) Throw to Thielen and and Jefferson works. Jefferson should average over 10 targets a game while Thielen should be close to that as well. These guys are ELITE route runners and make plays
4) Kirk is getting the ball out early and often. This line is still below average. However, when you throw the ball so quickly to your playmakers. It doesn't matter as much
5) Having a really good WR #3 has opened up a whole new level for the offense. When you have Jefferson getting double coverage and a loaded box against the run game. The WR #3 is going to have 1 on 1 with a lot of LB's and KJ Osborn has feasted on that. Osborn has a $13M valuation right now on over the cap!! He's got 3 years of control left on a rookie deal. Pairing him with Jefferson for the next 3+ years is exciting. That amount of times I've seen Minnesota in 3 WR sets is really exciting.
1) Cousins is the NFL MVP thru week 3.
2) Paying Dalvin Cook is a terrible use of resources for a team paying their QB so much. Mattison was good, but the team really doesn't need Dalvin to move the chains. He's a top 3 back in the league and a special talent. But not worth anything more than a rookie contract.
3) Throw to Thielen and and Jefferson works. Jefferson should average over 10 targets a game while Thielen should be close to that as well. These guys are ELITE route runners and make plays
4) Kirk is getting the ball out early and often. This line is still below average. However, when you throw the ball so quickly to your playmakers. It doesn't matter as much
5) Having a really good WR #3 has opened up a whole new level for the offense. When you have Jefferson getting double coverage and a loaded box against the run game. The WR #3 is going to have 1 on 1 with a lot of LB's and KJ Osborn has feasted on that. Osborn has a $13M valuation right now on over the cap!! He's got 3 years of control left on a rookie deal. Pairing him with Jefferson for the next 3+ years is exciting. That amount of times I've seen Minnesota in 3 WR sets is really exciting.
Looking forward. Minnesota NEEDS to get into their bye week with a minimum of 3 wins if they want to make the payoffs. 4 would be a FANTASTIC turnaround. You could beat Dallas and be 5-2.. But @ Baltimore, @ Chargers, home aginst GB and @ 49ers is a BRUTAL stretch. No one would be shocked if you go 0-4 there.
You'll probably need 9 wins to make the wild card. 10 would be better.. But I can't find 6 wins in the schedule after the bye with 2 games against GB, SF, Bal and LAR.
You'll probably need 9 wins to make the wild card. 10 would be better.. But I can't find 6 wins in the schedule after the bye with 2 games against GB, SF, Bal and LAR.
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Speaking of route running, go rewatch Jefferson's TD catch from yesterday. Perfectly faked slant. The defender had absolutely zero chance to make a play on the ball.
Agree, help save Cook for after the bye when you NEED wins to make the wildcard
He was never the problem. He never has been and never will be a guy that you can stick behind a garbage OL and play well with consistency, but then again almost nobody is. He can kill a zone and he's really good of PA.
Hopefully it hasn't been too late for Zim and Rick to have this revelation that you can't spend so much of your cap and high draft picks on defense and just think you can throw 5 random fat guys on the OL and win. Zim is a good enough defensive coach that he can turn a defensive roster with a couple holes in it into a solid unit. The offense is solid OL play from being very good. Not sure what the timeline is for Darrishaw, but it would be great if at some point he can come in and provide an upgrade. In the meantime, they are doing a nice job using lots of power and counter and being really physical. That probably suits this OL best, and they've been staying in good down and distances to make the PA work. Given some of the high price tags the defense needs to be better than they were the first 10 quarters of the season, but man they were absolutely lights out the second half yesterday.
Kirk Cousins - 33 years old (under contract thru 2022, coming extension if he keeps this up.. Let him prove it first)
Dalvin Cook - 26 (under team control for at least 2 more)
Justin Jefferson - 22 (CHEAP thru 2023)
Adam Thielen - 31 (under contract thru at least 2023)
KJ Osborn - 24 (Cheap contract thru 2024)
Irv Smith Jr - 22 (2022 is his last year on a rookie deal)
Tyler Conklin - 26 (FA in 2022)
Christian Darrisaw - 22 (CHEAP thru 2024)
Ezra Cleveland - 23 (CHEAP thru 2023)
Oli Udoh - 24 (CHEAP thru 2022)
Brian O'Neill - 26 (Team control thru 2026)
This is a scary offense thru at least 2022 until Kirk regresses to the mean
Dalvin Cook - 26 (under team control for at least 2 more)
Justin Jefferson - 22 (CHEAP thru 2023)
Adam Thielen - 31 (under contract thru at least 2023)
KJ Osborn - 24 (Cheap contract thru 2024)
Irv Smith Jr - 22 (2022 is his last year on a rookie deal)
Tyler Conklin - 26 (FA in 2022)
Christian Darrisaw - 22 (CHEAP thru 2024)
Ezra Cleveland - 23 (CHEAP thru 2023)
Oli Udoh - 24 (CHEAP thru 2022)
Brian O'Neill - 26 (Team control thru 2026)
This is a scary offense thru at least 2022 until Kirk regresses to the mean
From cbssports on 9/22:
Nwangwu (knee) was seen working on a side field during Wednesday's practice, Eric Smith of the Vikings' official site reports.
Nwangwu hyperextended his left knee during a preseason matchup with the Browns on Aug. 14 and was placed on IR before the initial 53-man roster deadline. The rookie fourth-round pick is eligible to come off IR as soon as Week 4, but the Vikings aren't going to rush anything because he will need to be conditioned. When healthy, Nwangwu will likely compete with Ameer Abdullah for the No. 3 running back job.
I didn't get to see anything yesterday and am glad that we finally got the chicks in Minny and beat em up. I'm pretty sure their D is atrocious though so lets hope the Vikes keep making strides because yesterday was not a win vs the good team you usually think Seattle is.
I'm more irritated though that they couldn't pull off one of the first two as we would be sitting pretty well for now if they had!
I'm more irritated though that they couldn't pull off one of the first two as we would be sitting pretty well for now if they had!
More on Kene!
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Kene Nwangwu could be making his debut soon
He could start practicing as early as Wednesday
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