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Will the Vikings boo Kirk? I kinda have a feeling they will. How quickly we forget Kirko Chainz and the shirtless gjallarhorn thing.
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He deserves a round of applause IMO.
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Boos would be stupidity, just as the "hate" his way always was. Yeah, he was a QB in his prime that got paid...but also had pure s**t for central IOL protection the majority of the time, and even the Atlanta contract's value is behind all of the "wonder kids" like Burrow, Dak, etc...so, the constant fixation on it seems truly "challenged" to me.
We had a coach that didn't want him for his first several years, and while he had throws he would want back...name me a QB that doesn't. Mahomes? Allen? Herbert? Burrow? All have brutal games, and Goff just had a 5-pick performance that his defense saved him from.
Cousins went where he expected a few more starting years, the Vikings wanted to get younger and cheaper...both got what they wanted. It obviously worked out much better for us.
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They (Packer fans) boo'd Brett Favre when he left, so anything is possible with fans. I'm guessing he'll get a bit of both.
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I don’t think he should be boo’d. I honestly think he gave the Vikings all he had. Sometimes it just wasn’t good enough. He gets in his own head and makes mistakes. I think it bothers fans that he didn’t show a lot of emotion (except maybe when he grabbed Zimmer) for losses or wins.
In his defense, KOC was the first time he’d had a OC that used him like he should have been used, and lasted more than a year or so. His IOL sucked ass. He is what he is. He doesn’t scramble much and people see other QBs that do and wanted him to be that guy. He wasn’t.
I liked Kirk, I am glad they moved on.
Side note: I was at the New Orleans/Vikings game when Tommy Kramer returned to Minnesota as a Saint. The fans clapped and gave him a Standing Ovation. That’s how it should be, remember the good things they’ve done for you.
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He should get applause imo....But they'll be a smattering of both.
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(12-04-2024, 12:14 PM)Riphawkins Wrote: I don’t think he should be boo’d. I honestly think he gave the Vikings all he had. Sometimes it just wasn’t good enough. He gets in his own head and makes mistakes. I think it bothers fans that he didn’t show a lot of emotion (except maybe when he grabbed Zimmer) for losses or wins.
In his defense, KOC was the first time he’d had a OC that used him like he should have been used, and lasted more than a year or so. His IOL sucked ass. He is what he is. He doesn’t scramble much and people see other QBs that do and wanted him to be that guy. He wasn’t.
I liked Kirk, I am glad they moved on.
Side note: I was at the New Orleans/Vikings game when Tommy Kramer returned to Minnesota as a Saint. The fans clapped and gave him a Standing Ovation. That’s how it should be, remember the good things they’ve done for you.
Agree, but Kramer was a Vikings draft pick who played over 10 years in Minnesota. He was one of ours.
Right or wrong, I think a lot of Viking fans see Cousins as an outsider who came in, took all our money and just didn't get it done. Just judging by what I've read on Vikings Twitter the last few years, about 60% think Cousins was a good QB who did a good job for us, and did some good in the community. And then about 40% who just hate the man for the reasons mentioned above. Guessing the crowd reaction will probably reflect that.
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Long as we're discussing Kirko...
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The narrative of Sam Darnold vs. Kirk Cousins will be done and then overdone this week leading to Sunday’s game between the Vikings and Falcons, so let me be early and brief with it:
The thing that was obvious about Darnold from Week 1 with the Vikings is that he has a huge arm and makes more “wow” throws than Cousins. That figured to translate into more risk-reward than the Vikings were used to over the past six seasons with Cousins as Darnold trusted his strong arm to wedge balls into tight and sometimes contested spaces.
And indeed, there were those among us who worried that Darnold might be crashing after the Vikings barely survived his three-interception game a few weeks ago against Jacksonville.
What is less obvious because it is not baked into the narrative of both players, though, is this: Cousins has actually been the far riskier passer this year without the rewards.
It is Cousins who leads the NFL in both interceptions (13) and fumbles (12) heading into this matchup, while Darnold has eight fewer combined (10 picks, seven fumbles).
Four of those Cousins interceptions came last week in a performance so bad that some questioned his job status before coach Raheem Morris reaffirmed that he will start against his former team. Darnold, meanwhile, was interception-free for his third straight game, a span during which he has thrown six touchdown passes.
Pro Football Focus credits Darnold with 25 “big-time throws,” third in the league, while Cousins has just 10. They tag Cousins with a league-high 21 “turnover-worthy plays,” while Darnold has 18 (tied for second-most, but still three fewer than Cousins). Not surprisingly as a result, PFF grades Darnold as the NFL’s ninth-best QB this year; Cousins is No. 30, one spot ahead of new Vikings practice squad QB Daniel Jones.
Some of this could be determined by the play styles of the offenses they are now running, and certainly Darnold has been fortunate at times not to have been intercepted.
But if the idea this year is that the Vikings were trading a play-it-safe QB for a riskier one, the result has been being far more explosive while having a QB turning it over less than his predecessor is this year.
Whether that continues Sunday is another matter, and it is a significant one for the Vikings. They are 10-2 and will know before kickoff what is at stake.
The Lions (11-1) play host to the Packers (9-3) on Thursday Night Football. A Green Bay upset would give the Vikings a chance to pull even with Detroit with a massive regular-season finale looming. A Lions victory would put pressure on the Vikings to keep pace but also would essentially eliminate the Packers from the division race.
Source: Startribune
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Write whatever narrative you want, I just want the Dub
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It'll be a mixed reaction because his legacy is mixed. He was a hired gun who came in and didn't get it done. He also was very good and become "one of us". I'd clap for him but I'm sure I'd laugh at what the hecklers will be yelling too.
File this under: when pigs fly, but it'd be funny if Kirk pulled a Jeudy and eggs on the crowd a bit.
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