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we needed a leader on the field and didn't have one....

What a bunch of shit!

My apologies for coming off too strong with my response.

I don't agree but I could have just said why don't ... sorry

Weird not one post about the defense needing a leader to step up on a 30th ranked defense. 0.0% heat on Zed, Hunter, PP, Kendricks and Harry for losses last year even though it was obviously a coaching issue prior to KOC on both sides of the ball...but when the team loses games it is the QBs fault and it his leadership to blame....weird crowd around here.


FYI as an example Harry didn't take the shot either and believes in God...he went to Notre Dame in fact.

We are talking about football right? NFL football?

If it were the water polo vikings, you could argue about the horses slipping on the bottom of the pool … but in football, the qb has a slightly bigger impact than a safety.

You know exactly what is being said. Shouldn't be 1000 to 1 posts and would you be jumping on Dobbs last year for instance (because the same thing would have happened with a 30th ranked defense no matter the qb).

Apparently Kirk is to blame for the defense also in 2022 and prior years....[:-]

You are trying to conjure up a meaningless controversy over something that is ancient history. Beating a dead horse.

Nobody has ever blamed Kirk for our bad defenses or the top ten defenses that he started with here.

It doesn’t matter. Nobody cares.

When you still feel the pain from being butt-hurt from Cousins' plight, what better post to lead off the day with than one ragging on posters about some new obscure, and yes meaningless, angle.

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Sorry if this has already been posted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCp_DMcQzsw

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The fn dude is gone after this season…

It’s been proven that the players and coaches can execute and win WITHOUT paying 2 million dollars a game for what is essentially shit for brains leadership….

We have an actual smart guy playing the exact same position as that useless ****ng was playing, without some of the better offensive players, due to injury.. and lo and behold, Mr. “nobody but some journeyman, bounching around the league” Dobbs, has salvaged the season and made countless fans step back from the “ ****ng it let’s just tank the season ledge”

What’s going on here is that the STANS, can’t and won’t admit that every stat and excuse and metric they were using to pillow hump KFC as the best QB we could have for the money, and under the circumstances, for 6 fn years …

WERE DEAD WRONG

and can’t stomach the proof that plays out every succeeding week that thay were living in a fd up blind reality, of making excuses for a “ nice guy” who is a shitty journeyman Quarterback, raping every team he goes to for “ Christian Money”..

FTFH.

Not since Les Steckle got fired, red McCoombs sold this team, and Butt Fart left forever, have I been as happy as I am now that we have a BETTER, MOBILE QB, leading the team and not moving his lips to memories play calls.

KFC butt hurt Stan’s can whine all day long..

I need a good laugh at the expense of fools.

Nice rant, Dano, thanks for the laughs! (We're mostly on the same page here.)

JJ's situation is somewhat similar in that how valuable is he if we 5-and-0 without him? Is that a random quirk or is it something to actually consider before financially crowning him? I can't decide on that, but what team has won it all with a WR as highest paid player (by a bit)?

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everyone else is questionable or good....mattison was at full participation on Friday....

I think this offseason we should convert Brian Asamoah into a strong safety...he's got very good speed, 4.57/40, and the perfect size...replacement for harrison smith when he retires - if that ever happens....

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Justin Jefferson. Not tough. Not needed. Might as well shut him down for the season and trade him.

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Amazing chart of QB pressure rate vs. Time to pressure
https://twitter.com/Doug_Analytics/status/1725952110162813094

League average (median?) is a little over 30%, with 2.6-2.7 seconds. Most of the league has TTP within 2.4-2.8 seconds, and pressure rates vary from about 20-40%.

Kirk and Dobbs@Cardianals were about average on pressure rate, and both had about 2.5 seconds before pressure. Really close. Mahomes is similar on pressure rate, but TTP is a crazy outlier at 3.25 seconds.

But TTP for Dobbs@Vikes is a ridiculous 3.51 seconds.

The O-line deserves huge credit.

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Amazing chart of QB pressure rate vs. Time to pressure
https://twitter.com/Doug_Analytics/status/1725952110162813094

League average (median?) is a little over 30%, with 2.6-2.7 seconds. Most of the league has TTP within 2.4-2.8 seconds, and pressure rates vary from about 20-40%.

Kirk and Dobbs@Cardianals were about average on pressure rate, and both had about 2.5 seconds before pressure. Really close. Mahomes is similar on pressure rate, but TTP is a crazy outlier at 3.25 seconds.

But TTP for Dobbs@Vikes is a ridiculous 3.51 seconds.

The O-line deserves huge credit.

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Amazing chart of QB pressure rate vs. Time to pressure
https://twitter.com/Doug_Analytics/status/1725952110162813094

League average (median?) is a little over 30%, with 2.6-2.7 seconds. Most of the league has TTP within 2.4-2.8 seconds, and pressure rates vary from about 20-40%.

Kirk and Dobbs@Cardianals were about average on pressure rate, and both had about 2.5 seconds before pressure. Really close. Mahomes is similar on pressure rate, but TTP is a crazy outlier at 3.25 seconds.

But TTP for Dobbs@Vikes is a ridiculous 3.51 seconds.

The O-line deserves huge credit.

Good stuff, but does that factor in Dobbs running around? As you said, an outlier plus more. Is this possibly due to a small sample size coupled with how often he rolled out to buy time?

Seems it's that with the OL being secondary. What was the TTP for Cousins? That could be the indicator related to the OL.

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Joe Juan Williams
Anthony Barr #54

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everyone else is questionable or good....mattison was at full participation on Friday....

I think this offseason we should convert Brian Asamoah into a strong safety...he's got very good speed, 4.57/40, and the perfect size...replacement for harrison smith when he retires - if that ever happens....

Smith is due $41 million the next two years. Barring a reduced deal, he will be the last of the too expensive past-prime-timers to go.

After that, the Kwesi era of contracts is ushered in. The high $ ex-QB leads that list with his massive void year cap hit. Also in 2024, cap hits include Hock at $14m, Murphy $10m, Phillips $9M, and Davenport $7M (void year).

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Justin Jefferson. Not tough. Not needed. Might as well shut him down for the season and trade him.

Right on time... as reliable as a Swiss watch... and train.

You said you manned up in high school with a hammy so with that laughable comparo as your baseline shouldn't the training staff and docs be fired as well? Or is this just all on not-tough Jefferson? [&o]

I might be out in left field, but there might be a slight degree of caution bringing back one of the best WRs in the NFL. Maybe it's different to high school ball in Canada, who knows.

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Justin Jefferson. Not tough. Not needed. Might as well shut him down for the season and trade him.

Right on time... as reliable as a Swiss watch... and train.

You said you manned up in high school with a hammy so with that laughable comparo as your baseline shouldn't the training staff and docs be fired as well? Or is this just all on not-tough Jefferson? [&o]

I might be out in left field, but there might be a slight degree of caution bringing back one of the best WRs in the NFL. Maybe it's different to high school ball in Canada, who knows.

I thought I heard recently that it was on Jefferson to make the decision at this point. So this leads me to believe that he's been medically cleared. Could have been misinformation. I'm trying to remember where I heard it from.

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It’s weird that some can’t give Kwesi the credit he deserves on getting Dobbs here. We actually have a lot of depth. Another reason we are built to make a run.

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It’s weird that some can’t give Kwesi the credit he deserves on getting Dobbs here. We actually have a lot of depth. Another reason we are built to make a run.

I actually never gave it a thought re who should get credit - mostly I suppose bc I don't think that way too often. However, it is an interesting statement that I bet only few know the real truth about exactly how he got here. Was it all O'Connell picking who he wants and it was up to Kwesi to work out the rest? That'd be my guess. I mean seriously, O'Connell is the guy picking the QB he wants, no?

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It’s weird that some can’t give Kwesi the credit he deserves on getting Dobbs here. We actually have a lot of depth. Another reason we are built to make a run.

I actually never gave it a thought re who should get credit - mostly I suppose bc I don't think that way too often. However, it is an interesting statement that I bet only few know the real truth about exactly how he got here. Was it all O'Connell picking who he wants and it was up to Kwesi to work out the rest? That'd be my guess. I mean seriously, O'Connell is the guy picking the QB he wants, no?

Right. Who knows … could be / should be KOC either starting the conversation of which QB to bring in or having final signoff.

Should Kwesi get credit? Of course, he made it happen but this wasn’t wrestling Herbert from the Chargers …

An interesting dynamic to me is Dobbs sharing Cousins’ agent. Doesn’t his replacement influence the team’s future relationship with Cousins, if there is one?

Maybe a decision about Cousins has already been made one way or the other … maybe Dobbs was simply viewed as filler …

The better Dobbs plays … or the longer he plays well … the easier the decision about Cousins gets … which essentially makes his agent partially responsible for negotiating the end of his MN chapter. Maybe.

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It’s weird that some can’t give Kwesi the credit he deserves on getting Dobbs here. We actually have a lot of depth. Another reason we are built to make a run.

I actually never gave it a thought re who should get credit - mostly I suppose bc I don't think that way too often. However, it is an interesting statement that I bet only few know the real truth about exactly how he got here. Was it all O'Connell picking who he wants and it was up to Kwesi to work out the rest? That'd be my guess. I mean seriously, O'Connell is the guy picking the QB he wants, no?

Right. Who knows … could be / should be KOC either starting the conversation of which QB to bring in or having final signoff.

Should Kwesi get credit? Of course, he made it happen but this wasn’t wrestling Herbert from the Chargers …

An interesting dynamic to me is Dobbs sharing Cousins’ agent. Doesn’t his replacement influence the team’s future relationship with Cousins, if there is one?

Maybe a decision about Cousins has already been made one way or the other … maybe Dobbs was simply viewed as filler …

The better Dobbs plays … or the longer he plays well … the easier the decision about Cousins gets … which essentially makes his agent partially responsible for negotiating the end of his MN chapter. Maybe.