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ORIGINAL: osure

I don't understand the KC bashing everyday. Is he a top 5 QB no Is he bottom 5 QB No. Do we really think he was the biggest issue last yr?

If we got rid of him today who is are QB that talkvikes doesn't Bash next yr?

I do think they need to take some swings at backup QB next yr and hope in the next 2 yrs we could have a new starter but last yr I watched a lot of football teams that the QB looked ugly

My question is how do we put a better team on the field next yr with the hand we are dealt not the one we want?

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ORIGINAL: stfrank

What do the top teams in the league have that the Vikings don't have?
Where are games won? In the trenches.... Our O-line and D-line get pushed around and abused every Sunday. Until that problem is resolved we have no chance of even sniffing a Super Bowl.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

Star Tribune Sports
@StribSports
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1h
Two things can be true at the same time: Kirk Cousins is a good quarterback who can help the #Vikings win, and Cousins is a QB very unlikely to help the Vikings reach the #SuperBowl. Do you agree or disagree with @RandBall?
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I saw that tweet on Twitter. I didn't even look close enough to see what they wanted, clicks, audience for Randball, etc. didn't matter.

With all the get rid of Cousins talk on here I couldn't help it that this stupid tweet caught my eye and made me want to respond.

me: How likely would it of been to get to the SB this year - w/ Cousins - if we had a middle of the road D and not the worst D in the NFL?

me again: likely

Well thats a shocker.

Only a pure Cousins apologist wants to wait for a defense to come along and help Cousins be more successful. Forget about improvement at both defense and QB.

A middle of the road D with a middle of the road QB wont get there.

The two seasons that Kirk had a top-10 defense here in MN didn't prove very likley to reach the SB either. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/min/index.htm

13 wins and the worst def in foootball
I think I'd suck to hate like you guys do
Anyway, he'll be back; enjoy! - ha

Saying it'd suck to hate like you guys do is, LOL, pretty hateful. And oblivious.

So defensive.

I've made it clear what I like and don't like about Cousins. No hate there, just disappointment.

Really? As far as hateful comments on TalkVikes, that doesn't even register.

Well then, it must suck to be like you. In a purely TalkVikes sense.

Oh geez, come on. Did you ever deal with Danimal in his 1,000 pound bomb poster prime (actually he still is in his prime)? Or Rob Voto who would cut you to a thousand pieces? If you came in with weak shit you were going to get an unabashed massacre! [8D]

Damn those were good times! [&:]

This stuff doesn't even register... in a historically pure TalkVike sense.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

Star Tribune Sports
@StribSports
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1h
Two things can be true at the same time: Kirk Cousins is a good quarterback who can help the #Vikings win, and Cousins is a QB very unlikely to help the Vikings reach the #SuperBowl. Do you agree or disagree with @RandBall?
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I saw that tweet on Twitter. I didn't even look close enough to see what they wanted, clicks, audience for Randball, etc. didn't matter.

With all the get rid of Cousins talk on here I couldn't help it that this stupid tweet caught my eye and made me want to respond.

me: How likely would it of been to get to the SB this year - w/ Cousins - if we had a middle of the road D and not the worst D in the NFL?

me again: likely

Well thats a shocker.

Only a pure Cousins apologist wants to wait for a defense to come along and help Cousins be more successful. Forget about improvement at both defense and QB.

A middle of the road D with a middle of the road QB wont get there.

The two seasons that Kirk had a top-10 defense here in MN didn't prove very likley to reach the SB either. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/min/index.htm

13 wins and the worst def in foootball
I think I'd suck to hate like you guys do
Anyway, he'll be back; enjoy! - ha

Saying it'd suck to hate like you guys do is, LOL, pretty hateful. And oblivious.

So defensive.

I've made it clear what I like and don't like about Cousins. No hate there, just disappointment.

Really? As far as hateful comments on TalkVikes, that doesn't even register.

Well then, it must suck to be like you. In a purely TalkVikes sense.

Oh geez, come on. Did you ever deal with Danimal in his 1,000 pound bomb poster prime (actually he still is in his prime)? Or Rob Voto who would cut you to a thousand pieces? If you came in with weak shit you were going to get an unabashed massacre! [8D]

Damn those were good times! [&:]

This stuff doesn't even register... in a historically pure TalkVike sense.

Are you complaining about my toothless insults?

When I typed my post, I thought I was running amok with a flame-thrower ...

but its true, my post was completely tepid and feeble.

I'm surprised joejitsu didn't simply roll his eyes, lick his fingertips and pinch out the tiny fizzle of my insult.

I need to go home and sharpen my sticks. The next Cousins extension is going to drop soon.

Next time, I promise, I'm going to register!

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ORIGINAL: stfrank

What do the top teams in the league have that the Vikings don't have?
Where are games won? In the trenches.... Our O-line and D-line get pushed around and abused every Sunday. Until that problem is resolved we have no chance of even sniffing a Super Bowl.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: stfrank

What do the top teams in the league have that the Vikings don't have?
Where are games won? In the trenches.... Our O-line and D-line get pushed around and abused every Sunday. Until that problem is resolved we have no chance of even sniffing a Super Bowl.

This!!!

I was hoping Kwesi would see this but his first draft was Spielman 2.0

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

I’m not afraid to say it.. Kirk Cousins is to winning a Super Bowl as Christian Ponder is to Patrick Mahomes…

Not even in the same zip code

FKC..[sm=Weak-Link.gif]

Cap sucking,captain Check-down, statute, who can’t throw 8 yards on game on the line pressure..

Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, bitch.

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

I’m not afraid to say it.. Kirk Cousins is to winning a Super Bowl as Christian Ponder is to Patrick Mahomes…

Not even in the same zip code

FKC..[sm=Weak-Link.gif]

Cap sucking,captain Check-down, statute, who can’t throw 8 yards on game on the line pressure..

Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, bitch.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

I’m not afraid to say it.. Kirk Cousins is to winning a Super Bowl as Christian Ponder is to Patrick Mahomes…

Not even in the same zip code

FKC..[sm=Weak-Link.gif]

Cap sucking,captain Check-down, statute, who can’t throw 8 yards on game on the line pressure..

Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, bitch.

Thats good because everybody here is worried about your timid lack of commitment …

I’m at a point of despair … that Cousins is just good enough to make regimes rise and fall over the promise of a good arm. Maybe even more, the effort he puts in to executing the coach’s plans on the field. Coaches love that shit more than anything.

I just haven’t seen anything from KAM or KOC that leads me to believe they are not afraid of the one or two year failure of developing a new guy for much higher long-term results … versus the insurance of a warm fuzzy womb of okay success with Cousins. I view them like a lot of people in here, the paralysis of ‘no guarantee’ of finding the right QB is enough to lay on the ground bloated with our legs sticking up playoff time, year after year.

I don’t see them making the difficult decisions to transform the franchise … they want to squeeze the most out what they have because we’re all buddies here working together. They are augmentors, not transformers.

I am resigned to seeing Cousins here for 2 more seasons at the least.Maybe next tegime.

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

He lurks. Never posted but shot me a few PM's. He told me I was funny and that my football takes are beyond reproach.

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

Star Tribune Sports
@StribSports
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Two things can be true at the same time: Kirk Cousins is a good quarterback who can help the #Vikings win, and Cousins is a QB very unlikely to help the Vikings reach the #SuperBowl. Do you agree or disagree with @RandBall?
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I saw that tweet on Twitter. I didn't even look close enough to see what they wanted, clicks, audience for Randball, etc. didn't matter.

With all the get rid of Cousins talk on here I couldn't help it that this stupid tweet caught my eye and made me want to respond.

me: How likely would it of been to get to the SB this year - w/ Cousins - if we had a middle of the road D and not the worst D in the NFL?

me again: likely

Well thats a shocker.

Only a pure Cousins apologist wants to wait for a defense to come along and help Cousins be more successful. Forget about improvement at both defense and QB.

A middle of the road D with a middle of the road QB wont get there.

The two seasons that Kirk had a top-10 defense here in MN didn't prove very likley to reach the SB either. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/min/index.htm

13 wins and the worst def in foootball
I think I'd suck to hate like you guys do
Anyway, he'll be back; enjoy! - ha

Saying it'd suck to hate like you guys do is, LOL, pretty hateful. And oblivious.

So defensive.

I've made it clear what I like and don't like about Cousins. No hate there, just disappointment.

Really? As far as hateful comments on TalkVikes, that doesn't even register.

Well then, it must suck to be like you. In a purely TalkVikes sense.

Oh geez, come on. Did you ever deal with Danimal in his 1,000 pound bomb poster prime (actually he still is in his prime)? Or Rob Voto who would cut you to a thousand pieces? If you came in with weak shit you were going to get an unabashed massacre! [8D]

Damn those were good times! [&:]

This stuff doesn't even register... in a historically pure TalkVike sense.

Are you complaining about my toothless insults?

When I typed my post, I thought I was running amok with a flame-thrower ...

but its true, my post was completely tepid and feeble.

I'm surprised joejitsu didn't simply roll his eyes, lick his fingertips and pinch out the tiny fizzle of my insult.

I need to go home and sharpen my sticks. The next Cousins extension is going to drop soon.

Next time, I promise, I'm going to register!

I detest cousins, but if there was no more guaranteed money, and the extension was done simply to kick a little money down the road and create cap space I would approve of it....

i want to be able to fire cousins after this season - unless his god bestows some phucking miracle on the guy....

i'd rather have some quick-thinking, guttsy, great leader of men with an okay arm, than a wimpy, panicky, bale-out, occasional dagger thrower....

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

I’m not afraid to say it.. Kirk Cousins is to winning a Super Bowl as Christian Ponder is to Patrick Mahomes…

Not even in the same zip code

FKC..[sm=Weak-Link.gif]

Cap sucking,captain Check-down, statute, who can’t throw 8 yards on game on the line pressure..

Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, bitch.

Thats good because everybody here is worried about your timid lack of commitment …

I’m at a point of despair … that Cousins is just good enough to make regimes rise and fall over the promise of a good arm. Maybe even more, the effort he puts in to executing the coach’s plans on the field. Coaches love that shit more than anything.

I just haven’t seen anything from KAM or KOC that leads me to believe they are not afraid of the one or two year failure of developing a new guy for much higher long-term results … versus the insurance of a warm fuzzy womb of okay success with Cousins. I view them like a lot of people in here, the paralysis of ‘no guarantee’ of finding the right QB is enough to lay on the ground bloated with our legs sticking up playoff time, year after year.

I don’t see them making the difficult decisions to transform the franchise … they want to squeeze the most out what they have because we’re all buddies here working together. They are augmentors, not transformers.

I am resigned to seeing Cousins here for 2 more seasons at the least.Maybe next tegime.

As far as Kwesi, it's still early. The code he's been working on to analyze NFL success is a work in progress. Going into this year's draft, a few of his edits for evaluating prospects include:

-- Deduct points if player has an injury history
-- Add points if player can contribute to strength in the trenches
-- Add points for mobility in a QB prospect

On overall draft strategy:

-- Ask for much more when approached regarding trade downs

In a few years, he'll be hitting on all cylinders, KC will be a distant memory, and it's off to the races.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

I’m not afraid to say it.. Kirk Cousins is to winning a Super Bowl as Christian Ponder is to Patrick Mahomes…

Not even in the same zip code

FKC..[sm=Weak-Link.gif]

Cap sucking,captain Check-down, statute, who can’t throw 8 yards on game on the line pressure..

Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, bitch.

Thats good because everybody here is worried about your timid lack of commitment …

I’m at a point of despair … that Cousins is just good enough to make regimes rise and fall over the promise of a good arm. Maybe even more, the effort he puts in to executing the coach’s plans on the field. Coaches love that shit more than anything.

I just haven’t seen anything from KAM or KOC that leads me to believe they are not afraid of the one or two year failure of developing a new guy for much higher long-term results … versus the insurance of a warm fuzzy womb of okay success with Cousins. I view them like a lot of people in here, the paralysis of ‘no guarantee’ of finding the right QB is enough to lay on the ground bloated with our legs sticking up playoff time, year after year.

I don’t see them making the difficult decisions to transform the franchise … they want to squeeze the most out what they have because we’re all buddies here working together. They are augmentors, not transformers.

I am resigned to seeing Cousins here for 2 more seasons at the least.Maybe next tegime.

As far as Kwesi, it's still early. The code he's been working on to analyze NFL success is a work in progress. Going into this year's draft, a few of his edits for evaluating prospects include:

-- Deduct points if player has an injury history
-- Add points if player can contribute to strength in the trenches
-- Add points for mobility in a QB prospect

On overall draft strategy:

-- Ask for much more when approached regarding trade downs

In a few years, he'll be hitting on all cylinders, KC will be a distant memory, and it's off to the races.

Do you mean those are the things he should have learned? Cause he is 0-4 on them so far:
- Loves to sign players with injury histories, points or no points deducted.
- Trench acquisitions were bowled over.
- QB mobility, lol.

- Ask for more on trades... the Lions are still laughing.

In a few years this and that? Pure rah rah, which is occasionally fine, but doesn't reflect reality. Outside of trading for Hock, he hasn't made a decision that has moved the needle. We need doubles, some triples, and something to at least show he can hit an occasional home run. He's had pop-fly's and grounders to short, and a single in Shelley.

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ORIGINAL: stfrank

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

I’m not afraid to say it.. Kirk Cousins is to winning a Super Bowl as Christian Ponder is to Patrick Mahomes…

Not even in the same zip code

FKC..[sm=Weak-Link.gif]

Cap sucking,captain Check-down, statute, who can’t throw 8 yards on game on the line pressure..

Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, bitch.

Thats good because everybody here is worried about your timid lack of commitment …

I’m at a point of despair … that Cousins is just good enough to make regimes rise and fall over the promise of a good arm. Maybe even more, the effort he puts in to executing the coach’s plans on the field. Coaches love that shit more than anything.

I just haven’t seen anything from KAM or KOC that leads me to believe they are not afraid of the one or two year failure of developing a new guy for much higher long-term results … versus the insurance of a warm fuzzy womb of okay success with Cousins. I view them like a lot of people in here, the paralysis of ‘no guarantee’ of finding the right QB is enough to lay on the ground bloated with our legs sticking up playoff time, year after year.

I don’t see them making the difficult decisions to transform the franchise … they want to squeeze the most out what they have because we’re all buddies here working together. They are augmentors, not transformers.

I am resigned to seeing Cousins here for 2 more seasons at the least.Maybe next tegime.

As far as Kwesi, it's still early. The code he's been working on to analyze NFL success is a work in progress. Going into this year's draft, a few of his edits for evaluating prospects include:

-- Deduct points if player has an injury history
-- Add points if player can contribute to strength in the trenches
-- Add points for mobility in a QB prospect

On overall draft strategy:

-- Ask for much more when approached regarding trade downs

In a few years, he'll be hitting on all cylinders, KC will be a distant memory, and it's off to the races.

Do you mean those are the things he should have learned? Cause he is 0-4 on them so far:
- Loves to sign players with injury histories, points or no points deducted.
- Trench acquisitions were bowled over.
- QB mobility, lol.

- Ask for more on trades... the Lions are still laughing.

In a few years this and that? Pure rah rah, which is occasionally fine, but doesn't reflect reality. Outside of trading for Hock, he hasn't made a decision that has moved the needle. We need doubles, some triples, and something to at least show he can hit an occasional home run. He's had pop-fly's and grounders to short, and a single in Shelley.

Maybe the Twins should sign him, it sounds like he would fit right in with that woeful organization.....

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

I’m not afraid to say it.. Kirk Cousins is to winning a Super Bowl as Christian Ponder is to Patrick Mahomes…

Not even in the same zip code

FKC..[sm=Weak-Link.gif]

Cap sucking,captain Check-down, statute, who can’t throw 8 yards on game on the line pressure..

Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, bitch.

Thats good because everybody here is worried about your timid lack of commitment …

I’m at a point of despair … that Cousins is just good enough to make regimes rise and fall over the promise of a good arm. Maybe even more, the effort he puts in to executing the coach’s plans on the field. Coaches love that shit more than anything.

I just haven’t seen anything from KAM or KOC that leads me to believe they are not afraid of the one or two year failure of developing a new guy for much higher long-term results … versus the insurance of a warm fuzzy womb of okay success with Cousins. I view them like a lot of people in here, the paralysis of ‘no guarantee’ of finding the right QB is enough to lay on the ground bloated with our legs sticking up playoff time, year after year.

I don’t see them making the difficult decisions to transform the franchise … they want to squeeze the most out what they have because we’re all buddies here working together. They are augmentors, not transformers.

I am resigned to seeing Cousins here for 2 more seasons at the least.Maybe next tegime.

As far as Kwesi, it's still early. The code he's been working on to analyze NFL success is a work in progress. Going into this year's draft, a few of his edits for evaluating prospects include:

-- Deduct points if player has an injury history
-- Add points if player can contribute to strength in the trenches
-- Add points for mobility in a QB prospect

On overall draft strategy:

-- Ask for much more when approached regarding trade downs

In a few years, he'll be hitting on all cylinders, KC will be a distant memory, and it's off to the races.

Do you mean those are the things he should have learned? Cause he is 0-4 on them so far:
- Loves to sign players with injury histories, points or no points deducted.
- Trench acquisitions were bowled over.
- QB mobility, lol.

- Ask for more on trades... the Lions are still laughing.

In a few years this and that? Pure rah rah, which is occasionally fine, but doesn't reflect reality. Outside of trading for Hock, he hasn't made a decision that has moved the needle. We need doubles, some triples, and something to at least show he can hit an occasional home run. He's had pop-fly's and grounders to short, and a single in Shelley.

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

I’m not afraid to say it.. Kirk Cousins is to winning a Super Bowl as Christian Ponder is to Patrick Mahomes…

Not even in the same zip code

FKC..[sm=Weak-Link.gif]

Cap sucking,captain Check-down, statute, who can’t throw 8 yards on game on the line pressure..

Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, bitch.

Thats good because everybody here is worried about your timid lack of commitment …

I’m at a point of despair … that Cousins is just good enough to make regimes rise and fall over the promise of a good arm. Maybe even more, the effort he puts in to executing the coach’s plans on the field. Coaches love that shit more than anything.

I just haven’t seen anything from KAM or KOC that leads me to believe they are not afraid of the one or two year failure of developing a new guy for much higher long-term results … versus the insurance of a warm fuzzy womb of okay success with Cousins. I view them like a lot of people in here, the paralysis of ‘no guarantee’ of finding the right QB is enough to lay on the ground bloated with our legs sticking up playoff time, year after year.

I don’t see them making the difficult decisions to transform the franchise … they want to squeeze the most out what they have because we’re all buddies here working together. They are augmentors, not transformers.

I am resigned to seeing Cousins here for 2 more seasons at the least.Maybe next tegime.

As far as Kwesi, it's still early. The code he's been working on to analyze NFL success is a work in progress. Going into this year's draft, a few of his edits for evaluating prospects include:

-- Deduct points if player has an injury history
-- Add points if player can contribute to strength in the trenches
-- Add points for mobility in a QB prospect

On overall draft strategy:

-- Ask for much more when approached regarding trade downs

In a few years, he'll be hitting on all cylinders, KC will be a distant memory, and it's off to the races.

Do you mean those are the things he should have learned? Cause he is 0-4 on them so far:
- Loves to sign players with injury histories, points or no points deducted.
- Trench acquisitions were bowled over.
- QB mobility, lol.

- Ask for more on trades... the Lions are still laughing.

In a few years this and that? Pure rah rah, which is occasionally fine, but doesn't reflect reality. Outside of trading for Hock, he hasn't made a decision that has moved the needle. We need doubles, some triples, and something to at least show he can hit an occasional home run. He's had pop-fly's and grounders to short, and a single in Shelley.

As he didn't have much frontline experience, it seems reasonable to expect a bit of a learning curve. In commodity trading (his former career), you don't last long at all if you don't learn quickly from your mistakes.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

I’m not afraid to say it.. Kirk Cousins is to winning a Super Bowl as Christian Ponder is to Patrick Mahomes…

Not even in the same zip code

FKC..[sm=Weak-Link.gif]

Cap sucking,captain Check-down, statute, who can’t throw 8 yards on game on the line pressure..

Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, bitch.

Thats good because everybody here is worried about your timid lack of commitment …

I’m at a point of despair … that Cousins is just good enough to make regimes rise and fall over the promise of a good arm. Maybe even more, the effort he puts in to executing the coach’s plans on the field. Coaches love that shit more than anything.

I just haven’t seen anything from KAM or KOC that leads me to believe they are not afraid of the one or two year failure of developing a new guy for much higher long-term results … versus the insurance of a warm fuzzy womb of okay success with Cousins. I view them like a lot of people in here, the paralysis of ‘no guarantee’ of finding the right QB is enough to lay on the ground bloated with our legs sticking up playoff time, year after year.

I don’t see them making the difficult decisions to transform the franchise … they want to squeeze the most out what they have because we’re all buddies here working together. They are augmentors, not transformers.

I am resigned to seeing Cousins here for 2 more seasons at the least.Maybe next tegime.

As far as Kwesi, it's still early. The code he's been working on to analyze NFL success is a work in progress. Going into this year's draft, a few of his edits for evaluating prospects include:

-- Deduct points if player has an injury history
-- Add points if player can contribute to strength in the trenches
-- Add points for mobility in a QB prospect

On overall draft strategy:

-- Ask for much more when approached regarding trade downs

In a few years, he'll be hitting on all cylinders, KC will be a distant memory, and it's off to the races.

Do you mean those are the things he should have learned? Cause he is 0-4 on them so far:
- Loves to sign players with injury histories, points or no points deducted.
- Trench acquisitions were bowled over.
- QB mobility, lol.

- Ask for more on trades... the Lions are still laughing.

In a few years this and that? Pure rah rah, which is occasionally fine, but doesn't reflect reality. Outside of trading for Hock, he hasn't made a decision that has moved the needle. We need doubles, some triples, and something to at least show he can hit an occasional home run. He's had pop-fly's and grounders to short, and a single in Shelley.

As he didn't have much frontline experience, it seems reasonable to expect a bit of a learning curve. In commodity trading (his former career), you don't last long at all if you don't learn quickly from your mistakes.

Maybe that's why he's in sports management.

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ORIGINAL: marty

The pessimist in me says they will restructure Kirk and a year or 2, and then do that and keep Smith, Zed and Theilen, maybe trade Hunter.

But I expect at least one surprise, like the Hock trade last year. Maybe a trade for a CB ?