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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Murph

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

The Coach

The Bears def. strength? Hicks Smith Ogletree. Our biggest Off. Weakness? Bradbury Cole.

Our halftime adjustment: Try and exploit their biggest strength with our biggest weakness.


The QB.

2 pinpoint TD throws.

The bizarre floater / Jefferson PI play.

The bizarre Fail Mary throw out of bounds before the half.


The Team.

Cannot finish off an opponent, even one desperately trying to commit suicide.


The Fan.

Aye Chihuahua.

Great post Tom!!


This years team is a lot like Spielman, Zimmer and Cousins; above average but not great. Good enough to keep you interested but will never win it all.

Btw, I really liked all three when we first got them. We just should have moved on from them after Cousins first contract instead of giving them extensions.

I think you boiled it down to what it is.

Good but not good enough. With a talent for vastly over-compensating good.

I liked the Zimmer hiring, as a foil to Frazier. I also liked the team building concept between Zim and Spielman 2014-2015 up through Teddy's injury. But Zimmer never recovered from that loss of momentum. Every year since is just plugging holes. Now, instead of franchise building, we seem more focused on rewarding our own. Extensions have strangled our ability to team build. With the exception of Kendricks.

I also liked being aggressive on the market and going after Cousins but he simply falls short of the QB gamesmanship requirement. The arm talent is mesmerizing but people refuse to look at the overall 62-62-2 package ... Cousins is in the good but not good enough class of QB.

I don't like the Cousins contract but see bigger issues with Barr, Smith, Hunter contracts. Tomlinson has been so so. Peterson has been pretty good but is 8 Million.

I see them restructuring Thielen, Cousins, and Hunter. Cutting Barr. Salary cap seemed tight going into 2021 but they cut Rudolph and made a few other changes and then they had enough to sign Tomlinson, Peterson, Vigil, etc.

I think you are worried about your beard when they're about to cut off your head.

Its time for nitroglycerine, not more contract tinkering or, good God, 'jet sweeps' ...

Trading Cousins would open up so much cap room. He's good, not SB great.

But, if we trade him, we better have a Minshew type under contract and draft one of the top 3 QBs (Pickett, Willis, Corral).

I'm really hoping we snipe Chief's assistant GM.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Murph

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

The Coach

The Bears def. strength? Hicks Smith Ogletree. Our biggest Off. Weakness? Bradbury Cole.

Our halftime adjustment: Try and exploit their biggest strength with our biggest weakness.


The QB.

2 pinpoint TD throws.

The bizarre floater / Jefferson PI play.

The bizarre Fail Mary throw out of bounds before the half.


The Team.

Cannot finish off an opponent, even one desperately trying to commit suicide.


The Fan.

Aye Chihuahua.

Great post Tom!!


This years team is a lot like Spielman, Zimmer and Cousins; above average but not great. Good enough to keep you interested but will never win it all.

Btw, I really liked all three when we first got them. We just should have moved on from them after Cousins first contract instead of giving them extensions.

I think you boiled it down to what it is.

Good but not good enough. With a talent for vastly over-compensating good.

I liked the Zimmer hiring, as a foil to Frazier. I also liked the team building concept between Zim and Spielman 2014-2015 up through Teddy's injury. But Zimmer never recovered from that loss of momentum. Every year since is just plugging holes. Now, instead of franchise building, we seem more focused on rewarding our own. Extensions have strangled our ability to team build. With the exception of Kendricks.

I also liked being aggressive on the market and going after Cousins but he simply falls short of the QB gamesmanship requirement. The arm talent is mesmerizing but people refuse to look at the overall 62-62-2 package ... Cousins is in the good but not good enough class of QB.

I don't like the Cousins contract but see bigger issues with Barr, Smith, Hunter contracts. Tomlinson has been so so. Peterson has been pretty good but is 8 Million.

I see them restructuring Thielen, Cousins, and Hunter. Cutting Barr. Salary cap seemed tight going into 2021 but they cut Rudolph and made a few other changes and then they had enough to sign Tomlinson, Peterson, Vigil, etc.

I think you are worried about your beard when they're about to cut off your head.

Its time for nitroglycerine, not more contract tinkering or, good God, 'jet sweeps' ...

Trading Cousins would open up so much cap room. He's good, not SB great.

But, if we trade him, we better have a Minshew type under contract and draft one of the top 3 QBs (Pickett, Willis, Corral).

I'm really hoping we snipe Chief's assistant GM.

At least you are putting yourself out there with a plan.

I’m in the pure bitch and no solution group.

You are right about a no Cousins vacuum - be careful what you wish for … without a solid backup / draft plan … the aftermath could be twice as miserable as the current good offensive production but going nowhere.

annhilation vs. obliteration. may we choose wisely.

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Sitting in the drivers seat at #7.

Just win, baby!!

I wanted to take out GB in the first round of the playoffs but a little revenge on the Cowboys then the Packers sounds just as good!

Seriously why not? ... I mean the 87 total passing yards is behind us, right?

ha ha

You're like a buccaneer swinging from ropes with gusto, holding a cutlass in one hand while you spit out the cork from a jug of rum in other ...

thumbing your nose at all the naysayers (like me).

I find it both annoying and admirable.

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

Sitting in the drivers seat at #7.

Just win, baby!!

I wanted to take out GB in the first round of the playoffs but a little revenge on the Cowboys then the Packers sounds just as good!

Seriously why not? ... I mean the 87 total passing yards is behind us, right?

ha ha

You're like a buccaneer swinging from ropes with gusto, holding a cutlass in one hand while you spit out the cork from a jug of rum in other ...

thumbing your nose at all the naysayers (like me).

I find it both annoying and admirable.

Other than the "spit out the cork from a jug of rum" that's Ricky to a T.

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Andrew Krammer @Andrew_Krammer
Guard Mason Cole was the only #Vikings player on the active roster held out of today's walkthrough. He's dealing with an elbow injury.

Adam Thielen (ankle) listed "limited." Kirk Cousins now has a rib injury after taking four sacks in Chicago. He was also limited.


- Oh boy, a rib injury - that ain't never good; cough and it hurts
- Well, he should at least be able to throw for 87, though, right?

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Andrew Krammer @Andrew_Krammer
Guard Mason Cole was the only #Vikings player on the active roster held out of today's walkthrough. He's dealing with an elbow injury.

Adam Thielen (ankle) listed "limited." Kirk Cousins now has a rib injury after taking four sacks in Chicago. He was also limited.


- Oh boy, a rib injury - that ain't never good; cough and it hurts
- Well, he should at least be able to throw for 87, though, right?

Cole should also be dealing with a PRIDE issue.

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Vikes @vikesinsider
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Kirk Cousins is on the injury report for the first time since 2013. He was listed as limited due to a rib injury.

- Say what you want about Kirk but, damn!!! That's impressive ...

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Vikes @vikesinsider
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Kirk Cousins is on the injury report for the first time since 2013. He was listed as limited due to a rib injury.

- Say what you want about Kirk but, damn!!! That's impressive ...

Yes it is.

What I can't wrap my arms around is that this team has the most sacks in the league (w/o Hunter) and have also given up the fewest (with a weak IOL) and yet we are a 500 team.

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The Vikings have a talented team led by an inept head coach, and a QB that can't improvise if the play breaks down. What you get is a circus of close games.

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The Vikings have a talented team led by an inept head coach, and a QB that can't improvise if the play breaks down. What you get is a circus of close games.

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Covid, and injuries you say? Well covid affects every team so the field is still level there. Injuries? Have you seen how many injuries to key talent the Packers sustained this year? The Ravens and Tampa have suffered worse than the Vikes also. Go ask the Titans how they've faired with injuries.


Green Bay Packers (9-3)
Health rating: 1

Players on IR: 9

Starts missed because of injury: 64


How badly has your team been hurt? The Packers have been without their two best defensive players for most of the season. Outside linebacker Za'Darius Smith played only 18 snaps in the opener and hasn't played since, following back surgery. Cornerback Jaire Alexander has missed the past eight games because of a shoulder injury. Both were second-team All-Pro selections last season. First-team All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari hasn't played a down this season while attempting to come back from ACL reconstruction, and Pro Bowl left guard Elgton Jenkins (who had been filling in for Bakhtiari) was lost for the season last week to a torn ACL. According to Man Games Lost, which tracks all NFL injuries and their impact on teams, the Packers and Ravens have been hit the hardest of any teams in the league -- not in terms of sheer numbers, but in missed games by important players. -- Rob Demovsky


Minnesota Vikings (5-7)
Health rating: 4

Players on IR: 9

Starts missed because of injury: 32


How badly has your team been hurt? Minnesota is dealing with considerable injuries on defense for a second straight year -- especially along the defensive line, with injuries to Danielle Hunter and Michael Pierce and absences from Dalvin Tomlinson (COVID-19) and Everson Griffen (non-football illness) forcing the Vikings to get creative in the ways they move linemen around. The secondary took several hits, too, with cornerback Patrick Peterson being on IR for three games and safety Harrison Smith having to miss two games while on the reserve/COVID-19 list. -- Courtney Cronin

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Top ten QB…..

LOFNL..

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32071373/nfl-quarterback-rankings-2021-how-all-32-teams-qbs-stack-weekly-big-takeaways

QB CURRENT
RANK PREV.
WEEK TREND QBR
Aaron Rodgers 1 1 67.2
Patrick Mahomes 2 2 58.2
Tom Brady 3 3 64.0
Justin Herbert 4 4 66.1
Josh Allen 5 5 57.6
Dak Prescott 6 7 47.3
Kyler Murray 7 6 56.1
Matthew Stafford 8 8 65.7
Joe Burrow 9 9 49.1
Russell Wilson 10 10 49.3
Derek Carr 11 13 53.3
Mac Jones 12 12 52.2
Lamar Jackson 13 11 50.1
Tua Tagovailoa 14 14 56.4
Carson Wentz 15 15 58.1
Kirk Cousins 16 17 52.3
Jimmy Garoppolo 17 19 54.2
Jalen Hurts 18 20 46.7
Ryan Tannehill 19 16 51.3
Matt Ryan 20 18 48.1
Trevor Lawrence 21 25 31.6
Baker Mayfield 22 26 38.7
Gardner Minshew 23 21 77.0
Taysom Hill 24 30 40.0
Tyler Huntley 25 32 58.8
Taylor Heinicke 26 22 46.0
Justin Fields 27 27 25.3
Case Keenum 28 -- 38.2
Davis Mills 29 40 27.8
Ben Roethlisberger 30 24 40.0
Teddy Bridgewater 31 23 47.1
Zach Wilson 32 29 22.5
Cam Newton 33 31 26.7
Jared Goff 34 34 36.2
Kyle Allen 35 36 6.1
Sam Darnold 36 -- 35.9
Nick Mullens 37 -- 77.9
Garrett Gilbert 38 -- 39.8
Drew Lock 39 -- 4.4
Jake Fromm 40 -- 18.4
Tim Boyle 41 -- 7.2
Mike Glennon 42 39 17.6

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Which week you picking? aren't we on week 16?

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Which week you picking? aren't we on week 16?

Well they only update that thing every four weeks or so. It's not like any of those injured starters for Green Bay have played since two weeks ago. We got Pierce and Peterson back though.