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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 6:14:20 PM

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My favorite play was a 7 yd pick up by Diggs. Zero Blitz. Cooks gets in there to slow the rush, nice to see after a horrendous pass blocking game vs CHI. Cousins with a dart, no panic.

Second favorite play was the 3rd and long pick up to Thielan (think it was 3rd and 13). Good line protection. Cousins an absolute dime to a place where no one but his guy could get it. Theilan a nice diving catch.

You don't even throw that unless you have huge confidence in the guy you're throwing the ball to.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 6:25:00 PM

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Cousins looked broken after the GB/Chi games

Talk about a 180.

I was considering a lawsuit against him after incurring monetary losses from the GB debacle.

He looked like a HOFer today.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 6:26:50 PM

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My favorite play was a 7 yd pick up by Diggs. Zero Blitz. Cooks gets in there to slow the rush, nice to see after a horrendous pass blocking game vs CHI. Cousins with a dart, no panic.

Second favorite play was the 3rd and long pick up to Thielan (think it was 3rd and 13). Good line protection. Cousins an absolute dime to a place where no one but his guy could get it. Theilan a nice diving catch.

You don't even throw that unless you have huge confidence in the guy you're throwing the ball to.

No doubt.

I loved that second play because the line did their job, Cousin with a great read and throw - trusting his guy, and Thielan being Thielan.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 6:28:34 PM

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Jets with a nice win over a NFC opponent.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 6:29:06 PM

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Niners beat the Lambs

Jets beat the Girls

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 6:48:03 PM

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Cousins looked broken after the GB/Chi games

Talk about a 180.

I was considering a lawsuit against him after incurring monetary losses from the GB debacle.

He looked like a HOFer today.

A little confidence individually = group mustard.

Yes Cousins was trying too hard against CHI ... so much more decisive in the last two games. I was dreading the 3rd qtr comeback but ... after the final result ... think it was a good experience for this team. It's one thing to start off on a roll and another to stand there with a bloody nose and then go out and take care of business.

IMO Stefanski is starting to grow into his role a little – varying it up better to keep the defense off balance. There were several plays I thought for sure we would follow up with a run but threw the ball instead, and vice versa. Playing against expectation a bit. Good to see our coaching stand up against theirs.

The OL is playing incrementally better ... not much better ... but after two weeks, I am hoping we can still get there (to decent).We'll see.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 6:49:15 PM

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Impressive victory. Offense looked solid.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 6:56:15 PM

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Jets schooling the Cowgirls 21-3

Good.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 6:56:56 PM

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Cousins looked broken after the GB/Chi games

Talk about a 180.

I was considering a lawsuit against him after incurring monetary losses from the GB debacle.

He looked like a HOFer today.

I was thinking the same- that we feel a lot better than two weeks ago. If we can continue the streak next week on the road vs Detroit, then the next game is a "gimme" at home vs. the Redskins. I'm not counting the chickens before they're hatched, but we could easily be going to 6-2 into the bye week and all division games remaining at home.

I hope the team stayed healthy today. I did see that our LT was knocked out of the game. I hope it wasn't too serious.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 7:00:52 PM

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#Vikings CB Holton Hill will be eligible to return from suspension in 12 days (on Friday, October 25th).

(Sean Borman on Twitter)

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 7:01:04 PM

Dave Odle

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Look, Cousins looked great today. We've seen his highs and his lows. The question is which one is the baseline (and I can't stress this enough) against decent teams. Philly was a just above average team. Granted, I can't think of any teams right now who look invincible, including the Chiefs, Patriots, or any others. NFC is up for the taking, so take it. Green Bay will be a bigger challenge than I once thought.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 7:01:40 PM

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Back in the day you had to give the OL a few seasons together to gel. Maybe, just maybe a couple of things are coming together:
- The OL getting it together after a handful of game (although I have doubts that gelling can overcome some individual woes).
- Cousins flipping a switch after all the criticism.

Also, perhaps all the run-first stuff from Zimmer has bought us some games.

Not that the oline pass blocked very well against the Bears but Kirk had time and just wasn't pulling the trigger.

He was today and needs to continue getting rid of the ball quickly. He did escape the pocket a couple times that didn't look designed and improvised well.

Kept his cool where he seemed to panic Chi/GB games.

Point being if he gets rid of the ball in a timely fashion the oline looks better.

The play calling was night and day difference today vs. the Bears game. The Bears game looked as if they coaches took the entire week off and put together a game plan in about two hours on Saturday afternoon. Today's game, they used the talents of the offensive weapons to immediately exploit Philly's defense.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 7:04:55 PM

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I really liked this tweet by Vikings fan from the UK.

https://twitter.com/UK_Vikings/status/1183528550307115008?s=20

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 7:07:53 PM

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Cousins looked broken after the GB/Chi games

Talk about a 180.

I was considering a lawsuit against him after incurring monetary losses from the GB debacle.

He looked like a HOFer today.

A little confidence individually = group mustard.

Yes Cousins was trying too hard against CHI ... so much more decisive in the last two games. I was dreading the 3rd qtr comeback but ... after the final result ... think it was a good experience for this team. It's one thing to start off on a roll and another to stand there with a bloody nose and then go out and take care of business.

IMO Stefanski is starting to grow into his role a little – varying it up better to keep the defense off balance. There were several plays I thought for sure we would follow up with a run but threw the ball instead, and vice versa. Playing against expectation a bit. Good to see our coaching stand up against theirs.

The OL is playing incrementally better ... not much better ... but after two weeks, I am hoping we can still get there (to decent).We'll see.

Surely you jest. aka YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 7:15:58 PM

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Great football weekend for both the Vikes and Gophers. It's a good thing because the Wild look like bottom dwellers this season and the Twins season came to an abrupt conclusion. The Wolves will be bad again like they always have been.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 7:48:48 PM

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I really liked this tweet by Vikings fan from the UK.

https://twitter.com/UK_Vikings/status/1183528550307115008?s=20

Fun Tweet for sure. Glad the team delivered for him.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 7:58:46 PM

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I loved the aggressive playcalling today! We were taking what we wanted and even took a punch and still delivered the knock out. Let's go get a W at Detroit and keep this thing going! Cousins was dropping dimes all over the field today. Keep it up!

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 8:39:31 PM

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My gosh. I had to do a double take on where the 9'ers/Rams game was being played. It's a see of red in LA.

Sorry to quote myself but now it's halftime in the SD@Pittsburg game. Sorry, I mean Pitt@SD. My lord. It's 98% Pitt fans. 2 teams in LA. Good idea…...

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 8:42:35 PM

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My gosh. I had to do a double take on where the 9'ers/Rams game was being played. It's a see of red in LA.

Sorry to quote myself but now it's halftime in the SD@Pittsburg game. Sorry, I mean Pitt@SD. My lord. It's 98% Pitt fans. 2 teams in LA. Good idea…...

Worst move NFL ever made was moving SD to LA. Idiot owner to agree to it. Better to play in a shitty stadium in front of loyal fans then be second fiddle in a market that isn't hard core in the first place.

SD losing to a 3rd stringer. Drop to 2-4 after this one. I thought they were going to be tough this year.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 8:44:23 PM

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The positive posts, IMO, come down to one thing. The Oline gave Cousins time. When they don't our offense sucks. When they do we look formidable. It's not rocket surgery to me.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 8:50:06 PM

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

My gosh. I had to do a double take on where the 9'ers/Rams game was being played. It's a see of red in LA.

Sorry to quote myself but now it's halftime in the SD@Pittsburg game. Sorry, I mean Pitt@SD. My lord. It's 98% Pitt fans. 2 teams in LA. Good idea…...

Worst move NFL ever made was moving SD to LA. Idiot owner to agree to it. Better to play in a shitty stadium in front of loyal fans then be second fiddle in a market that isn't hard core in the first place.

SD losing to a 3rd stringer. Drop to 2-4 after this one. I thought they were going to be tough this year.

They look terrible for sure.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 8:51:35 PM

Richard Neussendorfer

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The positive posts, IMO, come down to one thing. The Oline gave Cousins time. When they don't our offense sucks. When they do we look formidable. It's not rocket surgery to me.

I think it's a little more than that. Cousins is more decisive these last 2 games. He was holding the ball way too long in the Bears game in particular.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 8:55:12 PM

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The positive posts, IMO, come down to one thing. The Oline gave Cousins time. When they don't our offense sucks. When they do we look formidable. It's not rocket surgery to me.

I think it's a little more than that. Cousins is more decisive these last 2 games. He was holding the ball way too long in the Bears game in particular.

It's a little bit of a sloter syndrome if you ask me. Needs some easy throws early to get him in a rythm, like MOST NFL Qbs. Today - even the 4 yd pass to Diggs was a good start.

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RE: General Vikes Talk - 10/13/2019 8:56:08 PM

Richard Neussendorfer

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ORIGINAL: Pager

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ORIGINAL: Richard Neussendorfer

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

The positive posts, IMO, come down to one thing. The Oline gave Cousins time. When they don't our offense sucks. When they do we look formidable. It's not rocket surgery to me.

I think it's a little more than that. Cousins is more decisive these last 2 games. He was holding the ball way too long in the Bears game in particular.

It's a little bit of a sloter syndrome if you ask me. Needs some easy throws early to get him in a rythm, like MOST NFL Qbs. Today - even the 4 yd pass to Diggs was a good start.