Vikings fans...
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Been a Viking fan since the late 60's. I know what it feels like to think things are looking good only to find things are not right in the end. The "Vikings Football" movie has a quirky, fun, familiar feel but is a little off.
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Without Cousins, that turns into a beat down last night.
Anything's possible. But damn, the NFC side of the postseason is going to be an absolute gauntlet for the six seed. If they can't catch the Packers in the North that's a daunting path for a wild card team.
Cousins has carried the team in a couple different games already, most notably the DEN game... he's trying to get paid again this offseason. Cousins is a top-10 QB in basically all stats this season; he had a rough start, but has been good-to-excellent since. The offense as a whole is top-10 in scoring.
The problem with the Vikings isn't Cousins, it's the defense. They've given up 20+ in 3 of their 4 losses (as well as giving up 20+ in narrow wins against the Cowboys and Broncos). Vikings D is average, at best. Offense (including Cousins) is above average by pretty much any measure.
Cousins is averaging 8.5 YPA, ~250 YPG, ~2 TDs/g, less than 1 TO/g, and carries a 111.9 passer rating on the season. It's not all "garbage time stats" on an 8-4 team.
That said, things could trend downward if Cook misses extended time, and we've already been hurting some offensively without Theilen.
New Mattison report? I saw he didn't practice yesterday, but I thought he still had a chance to play.
You're right, he might play, just nothing official from the Vikes. Only talking heads speculation based on lack of practice time up to Thursday.
I don’t see us doing jack in the playoffs and we almost for sure are not going to get a home playoff game. So beating the Pack on Monday night at home would be a nice treat for the end of the year.
Vikes list Cook out, Mattison questionable. If the Rams lose Saturday night, neither will see the field until the playoffs.
I have no idea what the offensive game plan is tonight but six three and outs seems a bit much.
I swear the Vikings will forever be cursed as kinda good, but never good enough to advance.
There's a reason why Cousins has never won a Monday night game. He's just not that good. And the defense needs to step it up. They have forced a lot of turnovers the last two games but their run d is playing like crap. And they can't get a 3rd down stop. I feel like I'm watching an ISU game.