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Courtney Cronin@CourtneyRCronin

Kirk Cousins, who passed for 306 yards with a 138.6 passer rating in Week 5 and had 333 passing yards and a 138.4 rating in Week 6, is the first quarterback to record at least 300 passing yards and a passer rating of 135 or higher in three consecutive games in NFL history.

Wow!

Hey CPA, funny how all the great QBs to ever play the game not once did anyone of them ever play three teams bad enough, as we just did, to put up three 135s, huh?

I have been one of Cousins supporters on here. I was asking others to use patience after the Bears game.

OL is key - clean pocket and he'll throw those "dimes" if not, well ... we'll see

I hope that Adam Thielen's injury is limited to a strain and probably best that he not play this Thursday vs. Washington on a very short rest week. But it does force the offense to utilize other weapons and we saw some of that yesterday especially in the second half. Diggs has to hold on to those TD passes. That was a well thrown ball that he should have caught. The good thing was the Vikings did not allow that failure to set them back.

If Rhodes really is dealing with a hip issue, I would sit him Thursday also.

I don't think there is any question Rhodes is struggling due to the hip.

Resting him sounds like a good call.

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Eric Thompson
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The #Vikings have allowed a grand total of three sacks and 16 pressures over the past three games.

They allowed six sacks and 21 pressures in Week 4 alone.

The offensive line deserves a TON of credit for the current three-game win streak.

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Courtney Cronin@CourtneyRCronin

Kirk Cousins, who passed for 306 yards with a 138.6 passer rating in Week 5 and had 333 passing yards and a 138.4 rating in Week 6, is the first quarterback to record at least 300 passing yards and a passer rating of 135 or higher in three consecutive games in NFL history.

Wow!

Hey CPA, funny how all the great QBs to ever play the game not once did anyone of them ever play three teams bad enough, as we just did, to put up three 135s, huh?

I have been one of Cousins supporters on here. I was asking others to use patience after the Bears game.

OL is key - clean pocket and he'll throw those "dimes" if not, well ... we'll see

I hope that Adam Thielen's injury is limited to a strain and probably best that he not play this Thursday vs. Washington on a very short rest week. But it does force the offense to utilize other weapons and we saw some of that yesterday especially in the second half. Diggs has to hold on to those TD passes. That was a well thrown ball that he should have caught. The good thing was the Vikings did not allow that failure to set them back.

If Rhodes really is dealing with a hip issue, I would sit him Thursday also.

I don't think there is any question Rhodes is struggling due to the hip.

Resting him sounds like a good call.

Maybe we should just play our JV. Sure hate to lose this rhythm we're in , though (on offense)

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Long conversions in back to back games. Against the Eagles it was 3rd and 18, if I remember right. Against Detroit, 3rd and 17.

Both dead in the middle of the field.

It should be called out and needs to be fixed.

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My $0.02:

Loved the playcalling. The pass to Diggs at the end was HUGE.

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At this stage the only thing that can hold this team back is Zimmer himself.

This defense is more suited as an aggressor than laying back in the weeds which seems to be what Zim is made of.

At least Kubiak/Stef told Zim to F off and are attacking. Zim needs to get on board with this mantra defensively.

??

The Vikings are built to not have to blitz---Rhodes and Waynes man to man and attacking DE's. If Rhodes and Waynes can't cover you can't mix in blitzes. On top of that the Lions used 2-3 TEs to help block. I remember the sack Hunter got he was double teamed by two TE.

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I wonder if Zimmer still thinks barr is the smartest player he's ever had?

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I wonder if Zimmer still thinks barr is the smartest player he's ever had?

How many brain farts are you referring to?

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At this stage the only thing that can hold this team back is Zimmer himself.

This defense is more suited as an aggressor than laying back in the weeds which seems to be what Zim is made of.

At least Kubiak/Stef told Zim to F off and are attacking. Zim needs to get on board with this mantra defensively.

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The Vikings are built to not have to blitz---Rhodes and Waynes man to man and attacking DE's. If Rhodes and Waynes can't cover you can't mix in blitzes. On top of that the Lions used 2-3 TEs to help block. I remember the sack Hunter got he was double teamed by two TE.

I think we blitzed a fair amount. DET picked them up pretty well for the most part.

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Marvin Jones Jr. 2 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
10 plays, 75 yards, 2:35

This one brought the score to 35-30 in the fourth quarter. Unacceptable. For all of Zimmer's positives this drive is the perfect example of Zimmer's biggest weakness. He freezes up in the biggest moments. 3rd and 17 and he rushes 3 and sits everyone else back in a prevent-style zone. It brought back memories of the Saints 3rd-and-long in the playoffs in 2017. He doesn't learn from his past.

I mean seriously - 10 playes, 75 yards, 2:25?!?!?!

Agree. Also, giving up that TD with 6 sec to go before halftime didn't help either.

I believe that drive was aided by a roughing the passer call on Barr. not Zim's fault here but he gets to passive way to often on his schemes.

It would be SO much better if the opposition would quit trying to win when they are playing us, the way we are playing you would think that other teams have access to quality NFL players, coaching staffs, money to pay those players so we can't sign them on the cheap etc. In short you would think that there was a level playing field where the Vikings don't have all the advantages.

In the ebb and flow of the NFL from season to season there are times when the team we root for will have decidedly better talent than most of the opposition. This is one of those times. During these times it's imperative that the least amount of mistakes reasonably made are made. In this website we discus the team we root for and talk about what happened in the game and what could be improved. You sir, who I've always admired and still do, are starting to become a troll. Is there anything I can do to help?

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At this stage the only thing that can hold this team back is Zimmer himself.

This defense is more suited as an aggressor than laying back in the weeds which seems to be what Zim is made of.

At least Kubiak/Stef told Zim to F off and are attacking. Zim needs to get on board with this mantra defensively.

??

The Vikings are built to not have to blitz---Rhodes and Waynes man to man and attacking DE's. If Rhodes and Waynes can't cover you can't mix in blitzes. On top of that the Lions used 2-3 TEs to help block. I remember the sack Hunter got he was double teamed by two TE.

I think we blitzed a fair amount. DET picked them up pretty well for the most part.

Zim has always blitzed. I think it was the Eagles DC who called Zimmer "the Godfather of the double A gap blitz". With that said, Zim has also always emphasized getting pressure without having to blitz. The idea is blitz when he wants to blitz and not because he has to blitz.

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Long conversions in back to back games. Against the Eagles it was 3rd and 18, if I remember right. Against Detroit, 3rd and 17.

Both dead in the middle of the field.

It should be called out and needs to be fixed.

To our credit, they were 2 yards short on the 3rd and 17 and we held them on 4th down.

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Long conversions in back to back games. Against the Eagles it was 3rd and 18, if I remember right. Against Detroit, 3rd and 17.

Both dead in the middle of the field.

It should be called out and needs to be fixed.

To our credit, they were 2 yards short on the 3rd and 17 and we held them on 4th down.

Not seeing how that would be relevant. Nome sane?

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At this stage the only thing that can hold this team back is Zimmer himself.

This defense is more suited as an aggressor than laying back in the weeds which seems to be what Zim is made of.

At least Kubiak/Stef told Zim to F off and are attacking. Zim needs to get on board with this mantra defensively.

??

The Vikings are built to not have to blitz---Rhodes and Waynes man to man and attacking DE's. If Rhodes and Waynes can't cover you can't mix in blitzes. On top of that the Lions used 2-3 TEs to help block. I remember the sack Hunter got he was double teamed by two TE.

I think we blitzed a fair amount. DET picked them up pretty well for the most part.

Zim has always blitzed. I think it was the Eagles DC who called Zimmer "the Godfather of the double A gap blitz". With that said, Zim has also always emphasized getting pressure without having to blitz. The idea is blitz when he wants to blitz and not because he has to blitz.

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Long conversions in back to back games. Against the Eagles it was 3rd and 18, if I remember right. Against Detroit, 3rd and 17.

Both dead in the middle of the field.

It should be called out and needs to be fixed.

To our credit, they were 2 yards short on the 3rd and 17 and we held them on 4th down.

Not seeing how that would be relevant. Nome sane?

It wasn't a conversion.

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Marvin Jones Jr. 2 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
10 plays, 75 yards, 2:35

This one brought the score to 35-30 in the fourth quarter. Unacceptable. For all of Zimmer's positives this drive is the perfect example of Zimmer's biggest weakness. He freezes up in the biggest moments. 3rd and 17 and he rushes 3 and sits everyone else back in a prevent-style zone. It brought back memories of the Saints 3rd-and-long in the playoffs in 2017. He doesn't learn from his past.

I mean seriously - 10 playes, 75 yards, 2:25?!?!?!

Agree. Also, giving up that TD with 6 sec to go before halftime didn't help either.

I believe that drive was aided by a roughing the passer call on Barr. not Zim's fault here but he gets to passive way to often on his schemes.

It would be SO much better if the opposition would quit trying to win when they are playing us, the way we are playing you would think that other teams have access to quality NFL players, coaching staffs, money to pay those players so we can't sign them on the cheap etc. In short you would think that there was a level playing field where the Vikings don't have all the advantages.

In the ebb and flow of the NFL from season to season there are times when the team we root for will have decidedly better talent than most of the opposition. This is one of those times. During these times it's imperative that the least amount of mistakes reasonably made are made. In this website we discus the team we root for and talk about what happened in the game and what could be improved. You sir, who I've always admired and still do, are starting to become a troll. Is there anything I can do to help?

Point being, shit happens, the day after we put the worst loss of the season on a team in their house, all we read about is panicked discussion about a defense (that has been consistently top 5-10 in the league under Zimmer for the better part of a decade now) that played badly in ONE STINKING GAME, I would say the trolls are the folks who continuously harp about how shitty and overmatched our coaching staff still is Zimmer in particular (you know the Zimmer with the .603 winning % 5th among active coaches with 30 or more wins). Three weeks ago it was also Rick Spielman should be fired because, well I guess because he doesn't provide a talented roster, Cousins signing, who knows why. 3 weeks later we've got the best roster in the league, our coaching staff is holding us back. The incessant whining on these boards is hard to take, clearly there is a significant presence on these boards that revel in it.

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Long conversions in back to back games. Against the Eagles it was 3rd and 18, if I remember right. Against Detroit, 3rd and 17.

Both dead in the middle of the field.

It should be called out and needs to be fixed.

To our credit, they were 2 yards short on the 3rd and 17 and we held them on 4th down.

Not seeing how that would be relevant. Nome sane?

It wasn't a conversion.

I know that. The "Nome sane?" phrase is the equivalent of this guy [;)]

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Marvin Jones Jr. 2 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
10 plays, 75 yards, 2:35

This one brought the score to 35-30 in the fourth quarter. Unacceptable. For all of Zimmer's positives this drive is the perfect example of Zimmer's biggest weakness. He freezes up in the biggest moments. 3rd and 17 and he rushes 3 and sits everyone else back in a prevent-style zone. It brought back memories of the Saints 3rd-and-long in the playoffs in 2017. He doesn't learn from his past.

I mean seriously - 10 playes, 75 yards, 2:25?!?!?!

Agree. Also, giving up that TD with 6 sec to go before halftime didn't help either.

I believe that drive was aided by a roughing the passer call on Barr. not Zim's fault here but he gets to passive way to often on his schemes.

It would be SO much better if the opposition would quit trying to win when they are playing us, the way we are playing you would think that other teams have access to quality NFL players, coaching staffs, money to pay those players so we can't sign them on the cheap etc. In short you would think that there was a level playing field where the Vikings don't have all the advantages.

In the ebb and flow of the NFL from season to season there are times when the team we root for will have decidedly better talent than most of the opposition. This is one of those times. During these times it's imperative that the least amount of mistakes reasonably made are made. In this website we discus the team we root for and talk about what happened in the game and what could be improved. You sir, who I've always admired and still do, are starting to become a troll. Is there anything I can do to help?

Point being, shit happens, the day after we put the worst loss of the season on a team in their house, all we read about is panicked discussion about a defense (that has been consistently top 5-10 in the league under Zimmer for the better part of a decade now) that played badly in ONE STINKING GAME, I would say the trolls are the folks who continuously harp about how shitty and overmatched our coaching staff still is Zimmer in particular (you know the Zimmer with the .603 winning % 5th among active coaches with 30 or more wins). Three weeks ago it was also Rick Spielman should be fired because, well I guess because he doesn't provide a talented roster, Cousins signing, who knows why. 3 weeks later we've got the best roster in the league, our coaching staff is holding us back. The incessant whining on these boards is hard to take, clearly there is a significant presence on these boards that revel in it.

Zero titles. Zero Super Bowl appearances. One miracle win in the playoffs. Eventually we have to play the best of the NFL in the playoffs. All the little details matter.