quote:

ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Dalvin Cook looks faster to my casual eyes.

https://twitter.com/CarmerSkol/status/1139556458457128961?s=09

Is that what they mean by running downhill?

Oh my lord, that is the teaser about Cook up to this point.

His burst looks amazing through holes, he puts his foot in the ground and goes like lightening.

Cook gets as low as any RB you’ll see in the hole, has amazing lateral ability, and looks like a pretty natural receiver out of the backfield.

He often appears to be the fastest players on the field.

Dude just really needs to stay on the field, and have at the very least an average OLine instead of the absolute tire fire we’ve seen the last few years to absolutely explode onto the seen.

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ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Dalvin Cook looks faster to my casual eyes.

https://twitter.com/CarmerSkol/status/1139556458457128961?s=09

Is that what they mean by running downhill?

Oh my lord, that is the teaser about Cook up to this point.

His burst looks amazing through holes, he puts his foot in the ground and goes like lightening.

Cook gets as low as any RB you’ll see in the hole, has amazing lateral ability, and looks like a pretty natural receiver out of the backfield.

He often appears to be the fastest players on the field.

Dude just really needs to stay on the field, and have at the very least an average OLine instead of the absolute tire fire we’ve seen the last few years to absolutely explode onto the seen.

quote:

ORIGINAL: jbusse

quote:

ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Dalvin Cook looks faster to my casual eyes.

https://twitter.com/CarmerSkol/status/1139556458457128961?s=09

Is that what they mean by running downhill?

Oh my lord, that is the teaser about Cook up to this point.

His burst looks amazing through holes, he puts his foot in the ground and goes like lightening.

Cook gets as low as any RB you’ll see in the hole, has amazing lateral ability, and looks like a pretty natural receiver out of the backfield.

He often appears to be the fastest players on the field.

Dude just really needs to stay on the field, and have at the very least an average OLine instead of the absolute tire fire we’ve seen the last few years to absolutely explode onto the seen.

https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats/top-plays/fastest-ball-carriers

quote:

ORIGINAL: jbusse

quote:

ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Dalvin Cook looks faster to my casual eyes.

https://twitter.com/CarmerSkol/status/1139556458457128961?s=09

Is that what they mean by running downhill?

Oh my lord, that is the teaser about Cook up to this point.

His burst looks amazing through holes, he puts his foot in the ground and goes like lightening.

Cook gets as low as any RB you’ll see in the hole, has amazing lateral ability, and looks like a pretty natural receiver out of the backfield.

He often appears to be the fastest players on the field.

Dude just really needs to stay on the field, and have at the very least an average OLine instead of the absolute tire fire we’ve seen the last few years to absolutely explode onto the seen.

https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats/top-plays/fastest-ball-carriers

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

Do other teams have an in-game stats guru, who sits in the booth with a computer? There's so much data out there, and a computer is ideally suited for crunching the numbers quickly without letting emotions cloud judgement. Seems as though the NFL is behind MLB in this respect.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Former star Chuck Foreman on current group of #Vikings running backs: “This might be the best group of running backs from top to bottom that the Vikings ever have had in my opinion. I don’t know who they’re going to keep but what I do know is all of them are NFL material.’’

(Chris Thomasson on Twitter)

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

Do other teams have an in-game stats guru, who sits in the booth with a computer? There's so much data out there, and a computer is ideally suited for crunching the numbers quickly without letting emotions cloud judgement. Seems as though the NFL is behind MLB in this respect.

I dont know about a stats guru but some teams do have "a guy" who's job is specifically to make these calls. I posted an article a long time ago stating Zim needed a guy.

My guess is those that dont have a guy have an ego issue that prevents them from hiring one

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Coach Mike Zimmer tolerates these new digs, even if some of the more lavish touches make him squirm. He never allows anyone to turn on the fireplace in the locker room, for instance, or to put anything other than the day’s schedule on the dozens of TVs scattered throughout the facility. “Players win games,” the 62-year-old says one day in Eagan, scoffing at the amenities. Asked about the new draft room, with its 40 bigscreens all stitched together, everything digitized, he says: “Seven-hundred fifty-thousand [dollars], just so we don’t have to use f—— magnets.”

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

quote:

ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Dalvin Cook looks faster to my casual eyes.

https://twitter.com/CarmerSkol/status/1139556458457128961?s=09

Is that what they mean by running downhill?

Oh my lord, that is the teaser about Cook up to this point.

His burst looks amazing through holes, he puts his foot in the ground and goes like lightening.

Cook gets as low as any RB you’ll see in the hole, has amazing lateral ability, and looks like a pretty natural receiver out of the backfield.

He often appears to be the fastest players on the field.

Dude just really needs to stay on the field, and have at the very least an average OLine instead of the absolute tire fire we’ve seen the last few years to absolutely explode onto the seen.

https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats/top-plays/fastest-ball-carriers

Unsure if Cook was ever at 100% either last season

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Dalvin Cook looks faster to my casual eyes.

https://twitter.com/CarmerSkol/status/1139556458457128961?s=09

Is that what they mean by running downhill?

Oh my lord, that is the teaser about Cook up to this point.

His burst looks amazing through holes, he puts his foot in the ground and goes like lightening.

Cook gets as low as any RB you’ll see in the hole, has amazing lateral ability, and looks like a pretty natural receiver out of the backfield.

He often appears to be the fastest players on the field.

Dude just really needs to stay on the field, and have at the very least an average OLine instead of the absolute tire fire we’ve seen the last few years to absolutely explode onto the seen.

Cook would be a good gamble in a fantasy draft

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ORIGINAL: David F.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

quote:

ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Dalvin Cook looks faster to my casual eyes.

https://twitter.com/CarmerSkol/status/1139556458457128961?s=09

Is that what they mean by running downhill?

Oh my lord, that is the teaser about Cook up to this point.

His burst looks amazing through holes, he puts his foot in the ground and goes like lightening.

Cook gets as low as any RB you’ll see in the hole, has amazing lateral ability, and looks like a pretty natural receiver out of the backfield.

He often appears to be the fastest players on the field.

Dude just really needs to stay on the field, and have at the very least an average OLine instead of the absolute tire fire we’ve seen the last few years to absolutely explode onto the seen.

Cook would be a good gamble in a fantasy draft

It depends on how high on average he is going or how much in auction money he's going for. Last year he typically went pretty high. I dropped out of the bidding for him at $30 in my $200 auction draft and that proved to be pivotal for my success as I took Mixon later for about the same amount.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

quote:

ORIGINAL: David F.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

quote:

ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Dalvin Cook looks faster to my casual eyes.

https://twitter.com/CarmerSkol/status/1139556458457128961?s=09

Is that what they mean by running downhill?

Oh my lord, that is the teaser about Cook up to this point.

His burst looks amazing through holes, he puts his foot in the ground and goes like lightening.

Cook gets as low as any RB you’ll see in the hole, has amazing lateral ability, and looks like a pretty natural receiver out of the backfield.

He often appears to be the fastest players on the field.

Dude just really needs to stay on the field, and have at the very least an average OLine instead of the absolute tire fire we’ve seen the last few years to absolutely explode onto the seen.

Cook would be a good gamble in a fantasy draft

It depends on how high on average he is going or how much in auction money he's going for. Last year he typically went pretty high. I dropped out of the bidding for him at $30 in my $200 auction draft and that proved to be pivotal for my success as I took Mixon later for about the same amount.

Yesterday I got Cook for $14 in a $150 auction league with lots of high D player scoring. 30 players per team. Barkley went for $28 and Mahomes went for $21 in this 2 QB league.

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

quote:

ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Dalvin Cook looks faster to my casual eyes.

https://twitter.com/CarmerSkol/status/1139556458457128961?s=09

Is that what they mean by running downhill?

Oh my lord, that is the teaser about Cook up to this point.

His burst looks amazing through holes, he puts his foot in the ground and goes like lightening.

Cook gets as low as any RB you’ll see in the hole, has amazing lateral ability, and looks like a pretty natural receiver out of the backfield.

He often appears to be the fastest players on the field.

Dude just really needs to stay on the field, and have at the very least an average OLine instead of the absolute tire fire we’ve seen the last few years to absolutely explode onto the seen.

Cook would be a good gamble in a fantasy draft

It depends on how high on average he is going or how much in auction money he's going for. Last year he typically went pretty high. I dropped out of the bidding for him at $30 in my $200 auction draft and that proved to be pivotal for my success as I took Mixon later for about the same amount.

Yesterday I got Cook for $14 in a $150 auction league with lots of high D player scoring. 30 players per team. Barkley went for $28 and Mahomes went for $21 in this 2 QB league.

NERRRRRRRRRRRDDDS!!

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

Do other teams have an in-game stats guru, who sits in the booth with a computer? There's so much data out there, and a computer is ideally suited for crunching the numbers quickly without letting emotions cloud judgement. Seems as though the NFL is behind MLB in this respect.

I dont know about a stats guru but some teams do have "a guy" who's job is specifically to make these calls. I posted an article a long time ago stating Zim needed a guy.

My guess is those that dont have a guy have an ego issue that prevents them from hiring one

Zim doesn't seem like a guy quick to embrace something like that.

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Coach Mike Zimmer tolerates these new digs, even if some of the more lavish touches make him squirm. He never allows anyone to turn on the fireplace in the locker room, for instance, or to put anything other than the day’s schedule on the dozens of TVs scattered throughout the facility. “Players win games,” the 62-year-old says one day in Eagan, scoffing at the amenities. Asked about the new draft room, with its 40 bigscreens all stitched together, everything digitized, he says: “Seven-hundred fifty-thousand [dollars], just so we don’t have to use f—— magnets.”

https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/12/26/minnesota-vikings-2018-season-mike-zimmer-rick-spielman-kirk-cousins

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ORIGINAL: marty

.... could have canned Preifer right there. I agree with David as the Vikes lucked out he left - it had gotten stale. Still missing a 35 yarder is not on any coach unless the kick was blocked and the personnel was over matched or there is a flaw picked up on film. ....

What if that special teams' coach didn't have the player emotionally ready, or didn't build his confidence, and maybe lowered the kicker's confidence, made him nervous when performing ? There is more than the x's and o's, there is the human factor.

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David F.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

quote:

ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Dalvin Cook looks faster to my casual eyes.

https://twitter.com/CarmerSkol/status/1139556458457128961?s=09

Is that what they mean by running downhill?

Oh my lord, that is the teaser about Cook up to this point.

His burst looks amazing through holes, he puts his foot in the ground and goes like lightening.

Cook gets as low as any RB you’ll see in the hole, has amazing lateral ability, and looks like a pretty natural receiver out of the backfield.

He often appears to be the fastest players on the field.

Dude just really needs to stay on the field, and have at the very least an average OLine instead of the absolute tire fire we’ve seen the last few years to absolutely explode onto the seen.

Cook would be a good gamble in a fantasy draft

It depends on how high on average he is going or how much in auction money he's going for. Last year he typically went pretty high. I dropped out of the bidding for him at $30 in my $200 auction draft and that proved to be pivotal for my success as I took Mixon later for about the same amount.

Yesterday I got Cook for $14 in a $150 auction league with lots of high D player scoring. 30 players per team. Barkley went for $28 and Mahomes went for $21 in this 2 QB league.

NERRRRRRRRRRRDDDS!!

quote:

ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Former star Chuck Foreman on current group of #Vikings running backs: “This might be the best group of running backs from top to bottom that the Vikings ever have had in my opinion. I don’t know who they’re going to keep but what I do know is all of them are NFL material.’’

(Chris Thomasson on Twitter)

I don’t know much about much but Chuck Foreman was a baaaad Muthhh (Shut your mouth)

I’d tend to agree with #44.

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ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

quote:

ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Former star Chuck Foreman on current group of #Vikings running backs: “This might be the best group of running backs from top to bottom that the Vikings ever have had in my opinion. I don’t know who they’re going to keep but what I do know is all of them are NFL material.’’

(Chris Thomasson on Twitter)

I don’t know much about much but Chuck Foreman was a baaaad Muthhh (Shut your mouth)

I’d tend to agree with #44.

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ORIGINAL: Jason Dorn

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ORIGINAL: kurt bilben

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Former star Chuck Foreman on current group of #Vikings running backs: “This might be the best group of running backs from top to bottom that the Vikings ever have had in my opinion. I don’t know who they’re going to keep but what I do know is all of them are NFL material.’’

(Chris Thomasson on Twitter)

I don’t know much about much but Chuck Foreman was a baaaad Muthhh (Shut your mouth)

I’d tend to agree with #44.

Ha ha. Ok was over the top with the comment to Pete- was not a big deal. Tired of reading Zimmer is a bad head coach and defending him. Best to avoid reading and commenting here for sure. Skol.