fightphoe93 posted:As others have mentioned, Cousins does seem a little bit like their version of Jay Cutler. He's has good moments that can tease you at times, but makes just enough mistakes that he really doesn't elevate the team and may even bring the overall team down a notch.
He truly was the GOAT of the game yesterday and I don't mean Greatest Of All Time GOAT. If he's even halfway decent, the Vikes win that game. They really outplayed the Pack in just about every area but their passing game really hurt them with all the missed throws and turnovers as a result of poor decisions.
I don't think that's fair. Rodgers was efficient with a 101 rating and Aaron Jones averaged 5 ypc on 23 carries. I doubt we see that level of production from other offenses against the Vikings this year. Ultimately GB was kept out of the endzone for 3 quarters, but the game is 4 quarters. Truly the Vikings hit 3 explosive plays that accounted for almost 50% of their total yardage. Obviously you can't separate that yardage out because it's all part of the big picture, but looking at the rest of the game Cousins was 12/30 for 120 yards, 0 TD, and 2 INT which would have dropped his rating from 52 to 24. Outside of his 75 yard run, Cook went 19 carries for 79 yards with a 4.1 ypc. The only reason MIN had any respectable looking production was just a couple of missed tackles and a jump ball that landed their way. Their OL got dominated at the POA (especially KC) and their receivers couldn't get open. Thielen was kept below his career averages across the board and generally had a minimal impact on the game compared to Adams who constantly drew double teams. I wish we could have creamed them by more points, but I'm not unhappy with their production yesterday. It should have realistically been another 10-3 dogfight like our game in Chicago, but we caught them by surprise.