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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Not sure I've ever seen so many "really? you called that?" type penalties called on one team, in one game
Maybe see those once in awhile, but wow, we just seem to get the "don't see that called often" flags over and over and over again.
Agree Mark, we must have some whiners.
The old dude in charge yesterday seemed very pleased to be setting us back regularly.

and yes .... I get it, we shoulda won anyway.

I've seen RBs and WRs about snap defenders necks with stiff arms and never saw a penalty. Bisi finally catches a ball and gets flagged.

The block in back might be the only one called on a Gunner this year. Maybe any year.

Bercich was coming unglued w/the refs and these calls.

The Smith call was the worst in his mind. Wondering what he has to do at this point.

The Smith call was flat out ridiculous. The receiver was still trying to bring in the ball. There was no helmet involved. The impact was chest to chest. Later Cook gets blown up with the exact same hit and fumbles the ball...no penalty.

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So Thielen is cutting off a lot of routes. Ouch.

Is that what happened on last play? That would explain Cousins reaction.

Don't know. Just going off what PA and Bercich are talking about on 9 to Noon. Didn't watch the game. It would be the equivalent of watching a Tigers vs Royals game on September 26th.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

I do have to say ...
The modern athlete is incredible
The catches these guys are making are off the charts
Thielen with some dandies, JJ had a nice one with the extended hands and strength, but damn ...
that Lamb contortionist lay-out that he had to adjust to at the last millisecond was almost like it had to be photoshopped
Don't be a lazy old opinionated fat guy on the couch and say "whatever"
Give these kids some credit
Pass catching has improved daily lately. They don't see any limits They practice their craft and hone it to levels we never dreamed possible.
Good on them.

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

I do have to say ...
The modern athlete is incredible
The catches these guys are making are off the charts
Thielen with some dandies, JJ had a nice one with the extended hands and strength, but damn ...
that Lamb contortionist lay-out that he had to adjust to at the last millisecond was almost like it had to be photoshopped
Don't be a lazy old opinionated fat guy on the couch and say "whatever"
Give these kids some credit
Pass catching has improved daily lately. They don't see any limits They practice their craft and hone it to levels we never dreamed possible.
Good on them.

Agree with all you said.

But, super velcro gloves would have helped Sammy White and Ahmad Rashad put up many more highlight reel catches.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

I do have to say ...
The modern athlete is incredible
The catches these guys are making are off the charts
Thielen with some dandies, JJ had a nice one with the extended hands and strength, but damn ...
that Lamb contortionist lay-out that he had to adjust to at the last millisecond was almost like it had to be photoshopped
Don't be a lazy old opinionated fat guy on the couch and say "whatever"
Give these kids some credit
Pass catching has improved daily lately. They don't see any limits They practice their craft and hone it to levels we never dreamed possible.
Good on them.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Lost in the mix, after the horrific ending, was

* we found out our punter can throw the ball better than he can kick it
* we found another guy (Boyd) who doesn't understand the game of football, so that's nice

You can bring it to your QBs (or your punters) attention that HEY IM UNCOVERED, when you are playing in the back yard at Thanksgiving with your cousin Billy and the kids ... but in the real life NFL, you still gotta stay set, while you are peeing your pants in anticipation.
Good Lord

Our ST are a hot mess, in a dumpster, on fire. WTH

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

See the Strib is piling on Cousins

Other QBs led late rallies but he didn't.


IMO

Biggest difference?

And I agree w/Bercich

Cousins is at his best working off play action. Esp yesterday when Dallas kept selling out.

The late situation didn't allow for it, so he had zero advantage and actually had to try and read coverage.

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

So Thielen is cutting off a lot of routes. Ouch.

Is that what happened on last play? That would explain Cousins reaction.

Don't know. Just going off what PA and Bercich are talking about on 9 to Noon. Didn't watch the game. It would be the equivalent of watching a Tigers vs Royals game on September 26th.

So you took time to listen to PA and Bercich but didn't watch the game.

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

I do have to say ...
The modern athlete is incredible
The catches these guys are making are off the charts
Thielen with some dandies, JJ had a nice one with the extended hands and strength, but damn ...
that Lamb contortionist lay-out that he had to adjust to at the last millisecond was almost like it had to be photoshopped
Don't be a lazy old opinionated fat guy on the couch and say "whatever"
Give these kids some credit
Pass catching has improved daily lately. They don't see any limits They practice their craft and hone it to levels we never dreamed possible.
Good on them.

Agree with all you said.

But, super velcro gloves would have helped Sammy White and Ahmad Rashad put up many more highlight reel catches.

They didn't need velcro gloves. They had Stick um

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

See the Strib is piling on Cousins

Other QBs led late rallies but he didn't.


IMO

Biggest difference?

And I agree w/Bercich

Cousins is at his best working off play action. Esp yesterday when Dallas kept selling out.

The late situation didn't allow for it, so he had zero advantage and actually had to try and read coverage.

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Receiver Adam Thielen became the sixth Vikings player in the past month to be isolated on the team’s reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced on Monday.

Thielen either tested positive or was in close contact with an infected individual; based on NFL-NFLPA policy, teams don’t officially announce individual cases. But there have been only two known positive cases, linebacker Todd Davis and guard Dru Samia, among the six players. Only Thielen and Samia are on the list as of Monday afternoon.

Thielen can still be cleared to return for Sunday’s game against the Panthers. The NFL requires a minimum five-day quarantine for high-risk close contacts and asymptomatic cases, and at least 10 days for symptomatic cases. Players can return even sooner if they’re not positive nor deemed a “high-risk” close contact, as long as they test negative.

Three other players, including fullback C.J. Ham last week, have been put on the list and returned without missing game time. Samia and Davis, the known positive cases, missed at least one game.

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

NFL HOF semi-finalists total 25

1st year semi-finalists:

Peyton Manning
Charles Woodson
Calvin Johnson
Jared Allen

15 finalists will be announced later.

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

I do have to say ...
The modern athlete is incredible
The catches these guys are making are off the charts
Thielen with some dandies, JJ had a nice one with the extended hands and strength, but damn ...
that Lamb contortionist lay-out that he had to adjust to at the last millisecond was almost like it had to be photoshopped
Don't be a lazy old opinionated fat guy on the couch and say "whatever"
Give these kids some credit
Pass catching has improved daily lately. They don't see any limits They practice their craft and hone it to levels we never dreamed possible.
Good on them.

Agree with all you said.

But, super velcro gloves would have helped Sammy White and Ahmad Rashad put up many more highlight reel catches.

They didn't need velcro gloves. They had Stick um

Reminds me of Lester Hayes. A CB no less. he'd have stick um all over himself

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

You could coat those old timers in flypaper, and roll em in stickum
None of them could catch balls like these kids.
Huge hands, and years of practicing the uncatchable, have changed the game.
Nobody was allowing that thought process back in the day. CC started it imo. Or at least perfected it,
Since then its been an amazing progression.

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ORIGINAL: MDK

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

I do have to say ...
The modern athlete is incredible
The catches these guys are making are off the charts
Thielen with some dandies, JJ had a nice one with the extended hands and strength, but damn ...
that Lamb contortionist lay-out that he had to adjust to at the last millisecond was almost like it had to be photoshopped
Don't be a lazy old opinionated fat guy on the couch and say "whatever"
Give these kids some credit
Pass catching has improved daily lately. They don't see any limits They practice their craft and hone it to levels we never dreamed possible.
Good on them.

Agree with all you said.

But, super velcro gloves would have helped Sammy White and Ahmad Rashad put up many more highlight reel catches.

They didn't need velcro gloves. They had Stick um

Reminds me of Lester Hayes. A CB no less. he'd have stick um all over himself

Reminds me of Fred Biletnikoff

I must be older than you Bill

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

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You could coat those old timers in flypaper, and roll em in stickum
None of them could catch balls like these kids.
Huge hands, and years of practicing the uncatchable, have changed the game.
Nobody was allowing that thought process back in the day. CC started it imo. Or at least perfected it,
Since then its been an amazing progression.

CC definitely was the standard for work and for staying inbound while making the tough catch. These receivers likely are doing some of the drills he started.

First receiver I remember being tough about keeping feet in was Fred B.

Started making that stuff an art form.

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