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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Its got to be rough for Hall, or any backup QB, to get a start while basically cold. Conversely, DCs don't have any info on his tendencies, style of play, etc.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Losing these last 2 would be the right move moving forward. We need draft capitol badly. There are 3 primary positions in todays NFL and we are bare boned in all 3 thanks to KAM (and RS to a certain extent)

QB
DE
CB

The 3 most important positions are our biggest question marks

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Its got to be rough for Hall, or any backup QB, to get a start while basically cold. Conversely, DCs don't have any info on his tendencies, style of play, etc.

He’ll have no chance if the guy calling plays doesn’t pull his head out of his ass. You have a known TO machine behind center and call 11 total runs…..brilliant

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Its got to be rough for Hall, or any backup QB, to get a start while basically cold. Conversely, DCs don't have any info on his tendencies, style of play, etc.

He’ll have no chance if the guy calling plays doesn’t pull his head out of his ass. You have a known TO machine behind center and call 11 total runs…..brilliant

A case of damned if you do, damned if you don't because the running game was shit.

Which is part of a bigger problem.

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ORIGINAL: David F.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Its got to be rough for Hall, or any backup QB, to get a start while basically cold. Conversely, DCs don't have any info on his tendencies, style of play, etc.

He’ll have no chance if the guy calling plays doesn’t pull his head out of his ass. You have a known TO machine behind center and call 11 total runs…..brilliant

A case of damned if you do, damned if you don't because the running game was shit.

Which is part of a bigger problem.

Detroit is #4 in the league in run defense giving up 90.6 per game. It was smart to try and throw on them instead. Our mistake was putting Mullens in there as the QB.

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ORIGINAL: marty

Dan will like this article (I like it as well), it doesn't see bringing back Cousins as a good idea for Minnesota:

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/vikings-qb-future-sign-a-top-free-agent-seek-a-trade-a-look-at-five-possible-quarterback-moves-in-minnesota/

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Losing these last 2 would be the right move moving forward. We need draft capitol badly. There are 3 primary positions in todays NFL and we are bare boned in all 3 thanks to KAM (and RS to a certain extent)

QB
DE
CB

The 3 most important positions are our biggest question marks

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

Joe Flaco is a far better QB than KFC will EVER be..

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

Just read and maybe missed it here but I guess we ignored Joe Flacco’s call when he showed interest in joining the team after Cousins went down.

Man we have shit leadership.

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ORIGINAL: JT2

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

Joe Flaco is a far better QB than KFC will EVER be..

Stefanski's 4th starting QB this season. They also lost one of the best pure running RB's in the league. Last night they didn't have their best WR. Clinched a playoff spot (11-5) with a 38 year old QB that nobody seemed to want, a QB that has reached the highest of levels.

My fear is that Hall will look devinely mediocre to finish out, then our front office will be in a real pickle....they'll give Cousins the bag (again) and be perfectly happy with Hall as a backup, based on two games. Then maybe we draft a QB in the 6th Round, and when he's forced to play, because the other two suck, we can give him a cute nickname and delusionally anoint him our QB of the future.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

It was the funnest thing that could have happened for fans …

It was the worst thing that could have happened to a bunch of newbies trying to build a franchise …

Maxing out on luck in 2022.

It has stunted our development. Too much belief in what we accomplished last year … too much self-reinforcement from 13-4 and not enough concern for the mediocre team that entered the playoffs. Even though the only real change we made from 2021 is the one thing that has improved this year, Flores.

Otherwise, everything else is status quo. Stick to the plan. Play it close and call it conservative regardless of the opponent or situation. It worked last year on paper …

oops injury, oops we aren’t playing teams with 3rd string QBs (all the time), oops didn’t get favorable calls, etc etc … didn’t see that coming / didn’t prepare or alter course or put contingencies in place.

Doubling down this year on Cousins and Mullens, adding a fifth round pick - couldn’t be any more short-sighted or dumb for an organization’s standard operating 2 to 3 or 4 year plan. Thats a year by year placeholder plan.

Like everybody, I’m going to hope that Hall has something. Which again is staking the franchise on getting lucky.

Getting tired of this.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

It was the funnest thing that could have happened for fans …

It was the worst thing that could have happened to a bunch of newbies trying to build a franchise …

Maxing out on luck in 2022.

It has stunted our development. Too much belief in what we accomplished last year … too much self-reinforcement from 13-4 and not enough concern for the mediocre team that entered the playoffs. Even though the only real change we made from 2021 is the one thing that has improved this year, Flores.

Otherwise, everything else is status quo. Stick to the plan. Play it close and call it conservative regardless of the opponent or situation. It worked last year on paper …

oops injury, oops we aren’t playing teams with 3rd string QBs (all the time), oops didn’t get favorable calls, etc etc … didn’t see that coming / didn’t prepare or alter course or put contingencies in place.

Doubling down this year on Cousins and Mullens, adding a fifth round pick - couldn’t be any more short-sighted or dumb for an organization’s standard operating 2 to 3 or 4 year plan. Thats a year by year placeholder plan.

Like everybody, I’m going to hope that Hall has something. Which again is staking the franchise on getting lucky.

Getting tired of this.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

It was the funnest thing that could have happened for fans …

It was the worst thing that could have happened to a bunch of newbies trying to build a franchise …

Maxing out on luck in 2022.

It has stunted our development. Too much belief in what we accomplished last year … too much self-reinforcement from 13-4 and not enough concern for the mediocre team that entered the playoffs. Even though the only real change we made from 2021 is the one thing that has improved this year, Flores.

Otherwise, everything else is status quo. Stick to the plan. Play it close and call it conservative regardless of the opponent or situation. It worked last year on paper …

oops injury, oops we aren’t playing teams with 3rd string QBs (all the time), oops didn’t get favorable calls, etc etc … didn’t see that coming / didn’t prepare or alter course or put contingencies in place.

Doubling down this year on Cousins and Mullens, adding a fifth round pick - couldn’t be any more short-sighted or dumb for an organization’s standard operating 2 to 3 or 4 year plan. Thats a year by year placeholder plan.

Like everybody, I’m going to hope that Hall has something. Which again is staking the franchise on getting lucky.

Getting tired of this.

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

Just read and maybe missed it here but I guess we ignored Joe Flacco’s call when he showed interest in joining the team after Cousins went down.

Man we have shit leadership.

I'll give them a break on this one. Flacco was like 3-14 in his last 17 games he started(before Cleveland). I could just hear the moans and rants in here about another immobile QB.

But, for right now, Stefanski>KOC