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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: JT2

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Kirk doesn’t help his OL when he holds onto the ball forever.

Seems to me other teams negate a pass rush with quick throws.

Cousins seems to miss deep throw TDs when he has time.

I am glad Speilman has time to F around drafting and trading for kickers every year.

3 TE sets way too often. Only one of them with any speed. Slow FB. And your 2 WR's running too deep of routes.

As mentioned by others, we need 3 WR's on the field way more often, and at least one of them needs to be running shallow, quick routes. Hit them in stride for a possible quick, big play, instead of this weakass dump off shit to Ham when he has his back to the defense.

Throwing the ball to Ham, or Rudolph for that matter, is Zimmer tough guy football.

Every team in the league has 4 WR's that can play when necessary. We can't find 3? Well, I doubt Zimmer even wants 3.

Even though it was garbage time, Johnson looked like he knew what he was doing out there.
Routes looked crisp. He goes to the ball, extends his arms and catches with his hands while looking it all the way in.

We don't need 4 WR sets....Smith, Bisi, Thielen, Diggs. Rudolph can get separation off of the line also. Bisi and Smith were open on short shots at the end.

Kyle Rudolph?

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: JT2

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Kirk doesn’t help his OL when he holds onto the ball forever.

Seems to me other teams negate a pass rush with quick throws.

Cousins seems to miss deep throw TDs when he has time.

I am glad Speilman has time to F around drafting and trading for kickers every year.

3 TE sets way too often. Only one of them with any speed. Slow FB. And your 2 WR's running too deep of routes.

As mentioned by others, we need 3 WR's on the field way more often, and at least one of them needs to be running shallow, quick routes. Hit them in stride for a possible quick, big play, instead of this weakass dump off shit to Ham when he has his back to the defense.

Throwing the ball to Ham, or Rudolph for that matter, is Zimmer tough guy football.

Every team in the league has 4 WR's that can play when necessary. We can't find 3? Well, I doubt Zimmer even wants 3.

Even though it was garbage time, Johnson looked like he knew what he was doing out there.
Routes looked crisp. He goes to the ball, extends his arms and catches with his hands while looking it all the way in.

We don't need 4 WR sets....Smith, Bisi, Thielen, Diggs. Rudolph can get separation off of the line also. Bisi and Smith were open on short shots at the end.

Kyle Rudolph?

Yeah he can get open too...just no YAC.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: JT2

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Kirk doesn’t help his OL when he holds onto the ball forever.

Seems to me other teams negate a pass rush with quick throws.

Cousins seems to miss deep throw TDs when he has time.

I am glad Speilman has time to F around drafting and trading for kickers every year.

3 TE sets way too often. Only one of them with any speed. Slow FB. And your 2 WR's running too deep of routes.

As mentioned by others, we need 3 WR's on the field way more often, and at least one of them needs to be running shallow, quick routes. Hit them in stride for a possible quick, big play, instead of this weakass dump off shit to Ham when he has his back to the defense.

Throwing the ball to Ham, or Rudolph for that matter, is Zimmer tough guy football.

Every team in the league has 4 WR's that can play when necessary. We can't find 3? Well, I doubt Zimmer even wants 3.

Even though it was garbage time, Johnson looked like he knew what he was doing out there.
Routes looked crisp. He goes to the ball, extends his arms and catches with his hands while looking it all the way in.

We don't need 4 WR sets....Smith, Bisi, Thielen, Diggs. Rudolph can get separation off of the line also. Bisi and Smith were open on short shots at the end.

Kyle Rudolph?

Yeah he can get open too...just no YAC.

I think he's left open on those plays because defenses know they can get to him and stop him before he gets the 1st down.

Rudy gets "open" by being bigger and taller than defenders...

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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

I will add, Irv Smith looks like a wide receiver out there. Get this man the ball.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

The biggest problem with Spielman is keeping expensive guys a year too long.

It bit us with AP 18 Million his last season.
Rhodes this year (if he doesn't improve) 13 million cap hit?
Rudy does look really slow even if the cap hit is low this year?
Kalil?
Jared Allen?
Robison?
Greenway?

You have to make change/restructure before it gets to that point.

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

Interesting that a defensive guy like Zimmer has Cousins as his ride or die, which is how this likely plays out.

What I'd like to know is what level of analysis Spielman put into the decision to sign Cousins. Most of us are good enough armchair analysts to recognize that his passing stats as a Redskin looked pretty good compared to what Viking quarterbacks achieved in recent years (4,000+ yards, etc.). I was in favor of signing him, but analyzing KC's positives and negatives was not my full time job. Did the Viking scouts look closely at how he did under pressure, during periods when his O line wasn't at its best? It's difficult to believe that these shortcomings weren't evident during his Redskins years (a leopard can't change its spots) . My sense is that Spielman prides himself on doing his homework, so I wonder what went wrong.

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ORIGINAL: David F.

Here's a GIF of 'the timeout'. It's still too difficult for me to count the Vikings on the field. But then I noticed something else - THE BEARS WEREN'T EVEN LINED UP AND SET! They weren't even a threat to snap the ball.



http://www.sbnationradio.com/the-9-dumbest-mistakes-from-a-messy-nfl-week-4-ranked/

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: David F.

Here's a GIF of 'the timeout'. It's still too difficult for me to count the Vikings on the field. But then I noticed something else - THE BEARS WEREN'T EVEN LINED UP AND SET! They weren't even a threat to snap the ball.



http://www.sbnationradio.com/the-9-dumbest-mistakes-from-a-messy-nfl-week-4-ranked/

I'm betting Burflict isn't laughing now. He'll be out at least through the 2020 season, might as well be for the rest of his career at that point.

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ORIGINAL: osure

Is it to late too try to get sloter back? At least he would have tried to win

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: osure

Is it to late too try to get sloter back? At least he would have tried to win

I wish.

But Zim did everything he could to hold down the kid. No reps with the #2s despite being our best (by far) QB in the preseason again.

Zimmer hates guys that have any "cowboy" in them, and I wouldn't be surprised if part of the reason he's gone is Zim didn't want to deal with the inevitable QB controversy.

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ORIGINAL: Richard Neussendorfer

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: osure

Is it to late too try to get sloter back? At least he would have tried to win

I wish.

But Zim did everything he could to hold down the kid. No reps with the #2s despite being our best (by far) QB in the preseason again.

Zimmer hates guys that have any "cowboy" in them, and I wouldn't be surprised if part of the reason he's gone is Zim didn't want to deal with the inevitable QB controversy.

Instead we're stuck with no hope. Great job Zim and Co! I can't believe Spielman didnt have the sense to hold onto him.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Richard Neussendorfer

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: osure

Is it to late too try to get sloter back? At least he would have tried to win

I wish.

But Zim did everything he could to hold down the kid. No reps with the #2s despite being our best (by far) QB in the preseason again.

Zimmer hates guys that have any "cowboy" in them, and I wouldn't be surprised if part of the reason he's gone is Zim didn't want to deal with the inevitable QB controversy.

Instead we're stuck with no hope. Great job Zim and Co! I can't believe Spielman didnt have the sense to hold onto him.

Spielman is probably scared of Zim.

(Plus I'm not sure Spielman even knows what a good QB looks like...)

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I will add, Irv Smith looks like a wide receiver out there. Get this man the ball.

Still not getting as many snaps as he should:

Game 1: Rudy 100%, Smith 48%
Game 2: Rudy 100%, Smith 42%
Game 3: Rudy 87%, Smith 49%
Game 4: Rudy 84%, Smith 47%

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ORIGINAL: Dave Odle

If Cousins is such an honorable boy scout, he should take a pay cut that reflects his actual performance. Restructure.