@PackerHawk posted:What's Christian Ponder up to these days?
Joe Webb anyone?
Joe Momma?
You thought it was hard to get A&W floats before? Stop assigning their employees to play QB in Minnesota.
@PackerHawk posted:What's Christian Ponder up to these days?
Joe Webb anyone?
Joe Momma?
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Because he loves the cold.
Jaire is ruled out for Viking game
@michiganjoe posted:Packers need to do what teams attempt to do with the Badgers- stop the run and make the QB beat you with his arm. Playoffs running through Lambeau is just there for the taking....
That isn't what variable analysis of the game tells you; Two stats that correlate highest with game outcome are;1) Turn over differential 2) Average yards gained per pass attempt differential. You win both of those and you win the game around 94 percent of the time. Other variables such as rushing yards, time of possession, and average yards gained per rush do not correlate as highly, although I realize that all everything is interconnected (if safeties come unto stop a good running attack you have a better chance for explosive plays in the pass game). That is why it is a passing league and defenses are trying to defend the pass first. Kind of like the 3 pt shot in basketball, traditionalists fought it, but analysis tells you that uncontested layups, foul shots and three point shots are the most efficient ways to score in basketball and everything you do should be centered around getting those three shots.
@BrainDed posted:Iâm confident heâll live.
What about the people he spreads it to?
Read a couple of pieces from NIH and Harvard medical about how COVID can attack the brain causing long term damage in severe cases. Primarily unvaccinated people who end up in the ICU. COVID brain fog is real but those not vaccinated or in high risk groups can develop long term brain damage from encephlyitis and lack of oxygen.
Kirk doesn't have to worry about the brain cells part.
24-ish months since C-19 has been identified. We'll be learning about the long term effects for a few more years.
But people are concerned about a mRNA vaccine to fight a virus that wraps itself in, you know, RNA. So beating the virus at its own game is dubious.
I'm looking for the inevitable baby born with the head of golden retriever.
The reality is I don't give two fucks about people like Kirk. His gaggle of idiocy just needs to be out of the equation.
TimesFour football threads (and all the other non-Covid threads) - the silent victims of Covid.
Star-Tribune columnist Jim Souhan destroys him. In the comments, some say he's doing it because of Kirk's faith. On another Viking page they accuse the vaccinated of spreading the virus around, thus continuing the pandemic.
what a franchise.
Pay wall, but where there's a will there's a way.
For all the difficulty he's caused, for all he'll yet cause, for his idiocy, dump Kirk Cousins
Kirk Cousins is a great passer. Heâs not a great quarterback, Jim Souhan says.
Losing Super Bowls?
Getting blown out in conference championship games?
Screaming into the void because of a questionable call by a referee or offensive coordinator?
Watching the kick sail wide left?
These are the moments that torment Vikings fans with their unpredictable predictability.
Gary Anderson's missed field goal, the 12th man in the huddle and Blair Walsh's shivering shank should not have happened yet, in retrospect, seem predestined.
But let's face it: There has never been a Vikings disappointment more predictable than Kirk Cousins testing positive for COVID and being ruled out of a game that would have been his last chance to save the jobs of the people foolish enough to have signed him.
Cousins' idiocy means that, on Sunday, Sean Mannion will start in his place, and, fittingly, Mannion's presence on the roster is one of the ramifications of overpaying Cousins.
Paying Cousins like one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL meant that the Vikings couldn't afford a quality backup. Cousins' insecurity meant that they wouldn't sign a backup who could be perceived as a threat to him.
Enter Mannion, 29, who has thrown 74 NFL passes, three of which were interceptions and none of which were touchdowns.
The Vikings are now almost certain to lose at Lambeau Field on Sunday, which would likely eliminate them from the playoff race.
Had Cousins gotten vaccinated, it is possible that he could have still tested positive and missed a game. By going unvaccinated all season, he increased the odds that a positive test would keep him out of a game. In sports, this is known as an unforced error.
The season before the Vikings signed Cousins, they went 13-3 and advanced to the NFC Championship Game. If they lose on Sunday at Lambeau Field, they will have missed the playoffs in three of Cousins' four seasons and will be 14-17 since his lone playoff win â at New Orleans following the 2019 season.
Cousins' effectiveness as a passer has earned him the support of a faction of fans swayed by his raw statistics. Which proves that team sports are about much more than raw statistics.
Cousins is a good passer.
He is not a good quarterback.
Being a quarterback requires more than completing passes.
Being a franchise quarterback means leading, and elevating those around you, and managing difficult situations.
Cousins is not a leader. He has not elevated his franchise. His paycheck and limitations make him the personification of a difficult situation.
The 2021 Vikings could have been quite good. Had Harrison Smith gotten vaccinated, he might have helped them win in Baltimore. Had Dalvin Cook gotten vaccinated, he might have helped them beat the Rams last Sunday. Had Cousins stayed available to play Sunday in Lambeau, he might have helped the Vikings engineer a season-saving upset.
This team should be 9-6 and headed to the playoffs. Instead, Cousins watched Smith and Cook miss games, and admitted last week that COVID was spreading through the organization, and still refused to get vaccinated.
Cousins stiff-armed the advice and wishes of everyone in the Vikings hierarchy and the entire medical staff of the team and league.
Cousins is not a franchise quarterback. He is not a leader. He is not worth the money the Vikings are paying him. He may have just ensured that Rick Spielman and Mike Zimmer will lose their jobs.
Cousins will make a guaranteed $35 million in 2022, the last year of his contract. His contract will carry a $45 million salary cap charge in 2022.
If the Vikings let him play out his contract, his salary will keep them from spending much money on necessary roster improvements. If they extend his contract to lower his 2022 salary, they will be locking in a quarterback who is 58-59-2 as an NFL starter and 32-29-1 with the Vikings.
If they trade him, they will take a massive financial hit.
If I were a Wilf, I'd be tempted to release Cousins today, or to trade him as soon as possible.
He's going to damage them financially no matter what they do.
Stop letting him damage the franchise, as well.
Establish that there are consequences to betraying your franchise and teammates. Establish that your organization has standards.
I'd rather watch Kellen Mond stumble than Cousins tease.
Kick this fool out of Minnesota.
Not sure why I didn't hit the paywall.
That was a scathing article
You like that!!!!!!!
Heâs not wrong.
Comments are the best. I didn't read one pro Cousins comment.
@R MaN posted:That was a scathing article
Yup, hard to comeback from that.
Randall Cobb's injury comeback.
the smart $ is on a massive extension...pray.
@YATittle posted:Randall Cobb's injury comeback.
You post shit that is literally written at a high school newspaper level:
"Cobb serves as a reliable threat that Rodgers feels he can rely upon. Just a few years ago, Rodgers complained that the front office wasnât surrounding him with enough weapons, and instead drafted his replacement. Cobb is just one example of how that mindset has changed of late."
Jesus fuck. Tom Silverstein was a better writer at the Riverside Rocket in 1977.
Not sure what you expect to find at a site where all the articles are written by fans.
Maybe people who got higher than a C in English?
At X4, We have the likes of Michigan Packer2.....B student at worst.
If Y.A. was my high school teacher, I'd have been on the honor roll once.
Maybe.
Itâs really easy to harp on Cousins for being a fucking idiot and likely costing his team any hope of making the playoffs while solidifying coaching changesâĶ but this is also a team that had almost zero chance of doing anything in the playoffs anyway and were at best a seed spoiler.
We, on the other hand, all but have the No. 1 Seed locked up now, are favored to win the Super Bowl, have a Super Bowl caliber defense thatâs getting healthy, and possibly take league MVP.
Yet, Rodgers is just as vaccinated as Cousins. The only difference is on Tuesday Feb. 1 when the Packers are potentially heading to the Super Bowl, Rodgers will be forced to resume his daily COVID testing as his 90-day exemption ends.
Itâs fun to harp on whatâs going on this week, but it pales in comparison to what is possible the week of the Super Bowl because of the exact same idiocy and selfishness surrounding Kirk.
Our idiot is better than their idiot.
@Blair Kiel posted:Our idiot is better than their idiot.
Agreed, but their idiot doesnât have to submit to daily COVID testing during Super Bowl week potentially being forced to miss the game while his teams plays.
@Blair Kiel posted:Our idiot is better than their idiot.
Only if our idiot wins a Super Bowl.
@Henry posted:Only if our idiot wins a Super Bowl.
Our idiot has won a Super Bowl. And given us multiple championship games where he (usually) wasn't the fault.
WTF has Kark done? He's started only 3 playoff games in his entire career and had 3 TD's total in those 3 games. The best thing Wilf did was guarantee this jack wagon all that money so he could continue to be mediocre and they couldn't get rid of him.
Good point. Our idiot is a better idiot. Super Bowl MVP idiot. That's some high grade idioting.
Itâs âidiototationâ . Get your shit straight.
@NumberThree posted:Itâs really easy to harp on Cousins for being a fucking idiot and likely costing his team any hope of making the playoffs while solidifying coaching changesâĶ but this is also a team that had almost zero chance of doing anything in the playoffs anyway and were at best a seed spoiler.
We, on the other hand, all but have the No. 1 Seed locked up now, are favored to win the Super Bowl, have a Super Bowl caliber defense thatâs getting healthy, and possibly take league MVP.
Yet, Rodgers is just as vaccinated as Cousins. The only difference is on Tuesday Feb. 1 when the Packers are potentially heading to the Super Bowl, Rodgers will be forced to resume his daily COVID testing as his 90-day exemption ends.
Itâs fun to harp on whatâs going on this week, but it pales in comparison to what is possible the week of the Super Bowl because of the exact same idiocy and selfishness surrounding Kirk.
Youâre the guy who wins 10K and cries about the tax implications. Shut the fuck up Debbie Downer.
Our idiot got covid during the middle of the season, missed a game against a non-conference opponent. It gave the team time to recover from it's loss and is currently No.1 in it's conference. Their idiot got covid and is missing a game against a division rival (their Super Bowl) with their season and some jobs on the line with no chance to recover. It's so bad in purple land Viking fans are actually defending Pedmo.
@Blair Kiel posted:Our idiot is better than their idot.
FTFY
Idiots debating idiotsâĶ..Happy New Year!
Given their vaccination status (and getting C19) may impact W/L and have playoff implications, itâs clear to me Karkâs situation is worse. They were a fringe playoff team to begin with, and barring a miracle against GB itâs very possible his quarantine will cost Minnesota a lot.
You still need to play the game(s) but it is sort of ironic that itâs come down to this for Minnesota because itâs such a Minnesota thing to have happen.
Jimmy Souhan has been writing articles a long time. That is pure journalistic gold.
As for uncle COVID, it is funny that people that rail on the long term safety and health effects of getting a vaccine donât seem ready to admit there are thousands of long haulers out there that contracted C19 and are still dealing with the after effects months later. If itâs all about âchoiceâ well, hopefully you wonât be one of the unlucky recipients that have developed long term heart and lung issues, brain fog, and other conditions that doctors cannot explain.
@bvan posted:Pay wall, but where there's a will there's a way.
For all the difficulty he's caused, for all he'll yet cause, for his idiocy, dump Kirk Cousins
ANTHONY SOUFFLE, STAR TRIBUNEKirk Cousins is a great passer. Heâs not a great quarterback, Jim Souhan says.Losing Super Bowls?
Getting blown out in conference championship games?
Screaming into the void because of a questionable call by a referee or offensive coordinator?
Watching the kick sail wide left?
These are the moments that torment Vikings fans with their unpredictable predictability.
Gary Anderson's missed field goal, the 12th man in the huddle and Blair Walsh's shivering shank should not have happened yet, in retrospect, seem predestined.
But let's face it: There has never been a Vikings disappointment more predictable than Kirk Cousins testing positive for COVID and being ruled out of a game that would have been his last chance to save the jobs of the people foolish enough to have signed him.
Cousins' idiocy means that, on Sunday, Sean Mannion will start in his place, and, fittingly, Mannion's presence on the roster is one of the ramifications of overpaying Cousins.
Paying Cousins like one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL meant that the Vikings couldn't afford a quality backup. Cousins' insecurity meant that they wouldn't sign a backup who could be perceived as a threat to him.
Enter Mannion, 29, who has thrown 74 NFL passes, three of which were interceptions and none of which were touchdowns.
The Vikings are now almost certain to lose at Lambeau Field on Sunday, which would likely eliminate them from the playoff race.
Had Cousins gotten vaccinated, it is possible that he could have still tested positive and missed a game. By going unvaccinated all season, he increased the odds that a positive test would keep him out of a game. In sports, this is known as an unforced error.
The season before the Vikings signed Cousins, they went 13-3 and advanced to the NFC Championship Game. If they lose on Sunday at Lambeau Field, they will have missed the playoffs in three of Cousins' four seasons and will be 14-17 since his lone playoff win â at New Orleans following the 2019 season.
Cousins' effectiveness as a passer has earned him the support of a faction of fans swayed by his raw statistics. Which proves that team sports are about much more than raw statistics.
Cousins is a good passer.
He is not a good quarterback.
Being a quarterback requires more than completing passes.
Being a franchise quarterback means leading, and elevating those around you, and managing difficult situations.
Cousins is not a leader. He has not elevated his franchise. His paycheck and limitations make him the personification of a difficult situation.
The 2021 Vikings could have been quite good. Had Harrison Smith gotten vaccinated, he might have helped them win in Baltimore. Had Dalvin Cook gotten vaccinated, he might have helped them beat the Rams last Sunday. Had Cousins stayed available to play Sunday in Lambeau, he might have helped the Vikings engineer a season-saving upset.
This team should be 9-6 and headed to the playoffs. Instead, Cousins watched Smith and Cook miss games, and admitted last week that COVID was spreading through the organization, and still refused to get vaccinated.
Cousins stiff-armed the advice and wishes of everyone in the Vikings hierarchy and the entire medical staff of the team and league.
Cousins is not a franchise quarterback. He is not a leader. He is not worth the money the Vikings are paying him. He may have just ensured that Rick Spielman and Mike Zimmer will lose their jobs.
Cousins will make a guaranteed $35 million in 2022, the last year of his contract. His contract will carry a $45 million salary cap charge in 2022.
If the Vikings let him play out his contract, his salary will keep them from spending much money on necessary roster improvements. If they extend his contract to lower his 2022 salary, they will be locking in a quarterback who is 58-59-2 as an NFL starter and 32-29-1 with the Vikings.
If they trade him, they will take a massive financial hit.
If I were a Wilf, I'd be tempted to release Cousins today, or to trade him as soon as possible.
He's going to damage them financially no matter what they do.
Stop letting him damage the franchise, as well.
Establish that there are consequences to betraying your franchise and teammates. Establish that your organization has standards.
I'd rather watch Kellen Mond stumble than Cousins tease.
Kick this fool out of Minnesota.
Great article from Souhan! Spot on about Cousins! I did not think Mannion would be activated, yet. Maybe Rodgers can borrow Kark's plexiglass locker room case to shield him from Covid. At the rate the variant is spreading, he may need it, if he wants to be in the playoffs.