I think Cousins needs to play with a chip on his shoulder

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Just my opinion... but it looked like Cousins was ticked off all game.  I noticed (or, at least it appeared to me) that he had NO interest in celebrating his TD passes.  He just want over to the bench.  The one time I saw Thielen go over to him, Cousins gave him a cursory look- fist bumped- and then went back to looking at his ipad.  Frankly, I think this is just what Kirk needs to be a good player.  He seems to play better when he's got a chip on his shoulder.  Maybe the best thing we could do is keep riding the guy every week for being "a coward"... and force him to play angry.  Unlike Bruce Banner, I think we'd like him if he was angry.

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I like the win and all, but....maybe it's just me but it's kind of wild they had to turn the offense into a play action rolloutfest for a vet QB. It was all done so he could see the field, remain calm and have time to find guys. Like you'd do for a rookie or a one dimensional backup playing. Cousins took so long to diagnose where he was going to throw it was really amazing to me. The Giants, not once, kept a DE back to stay home to stop these rollouts?? I don't know, it seemed almost surreal in a strange way. 

It certainly worked. Over 300 yards passing and 200 yards rushing. But Jones missed a few wide open guys and this game would have been so much closer. To your point, pumpf, Cousins had some emotion toward the game's end where he slammed his helmet down in a 'that's how you do it!' kind of way, so if it helped his confidence, great. I just don't know what this game means at all really. 

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Playing the 30th ranked D also helps. 

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@StickyBun said:
I like the win and all, but....maybe it's just me but it's kind of wild they had to turn the offense into a play action rolloutfest for a vet QB. It was all done so he could see the field, remain calm and have time to find guys. Like you'd do for a rookie or a one dimensional backup playing. Cousins took so long to diagnose where he was going to throw it was really amazing to me. The Giants, not once, kept a DE back to stay home to stop these rollouts?? I don't know, it seemed almost surreal in a strange way. 

It certainly worked. Over 300 yards passing and 200 yards rushing. But Jones missed a few wide open guys and this game would have been so much closer. To your point, pumpf, Cousins had some emotion toward the game's end where he slammed his helmet down in a 'that's how you do it!' kind of way, so if it helped his confidence, great. I just don't know what this game means at all really. 

Teams also PA and utilize a lot of QB rollouts when their protection is sketchy,  which ours definitely is.

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1181193980849147904

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@StickyBun said:
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it was the fricking giants... lets see them replicate the success against a better opponent in a month.  winning against teams that will be picking in the top 15-20 of the draft is hardly an indicator of a successful season.

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@JimmyinSD said:

@StickyBun said:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1181193980849147904

it was the fricking giants... lets see them replicate the success against a better opponent in a month.  winning against teams that will be picking in the top 15-20 of the draft is hardly an indicator of a successful season.

Totally agree. 

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Interesting note from

@SandoNFL’s Monday column: “(Kirk) Cousins’ 10 best yards-per-attempt games with the Vikings came against defenses ranked 22nd on average.” More here:

Sando's Pick Six: What Kirk Cousins' contract truly means;...

"Kirk Cousins is no longer Kirk Cousins, he is Kirk Cousins' Contract," says an exec. And what does that mean for someone like Dak Prescott?

theathletic.com

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@StickyBun said:

Interesting note from

@SandoNFL’s Monday column: “(Kirk) Cousins’ 10 best yards-per-attempt games with the Vikings came against defenses ranked 22nd on average.” More here:

Sando's Pick Six: What Kirk Cousins' contract truly means;...

"Kirk Cousins is no longer Kirk Cousins, he is Kirk Cousins' Contract," says an exec. And what does that mean for someone like Dak Prescott?

theathletic.com

doesnt that stat likely stand to be the norm not the exception for all QBs?   I would think the reason passing Ds are ranked low is because they give up a lot of yards on a regular basis thus giving opposing QBs career type days.

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Also known as the Kirk Cousins Equation.

Dan Orlovsky

@danorlovsky7

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I believe Dak has entered the convo of “doesn’t matter how you play vs bad teams-but what you do vs winning/good teams”

Since 2017 Dak vs winning teams:
5-9
23tds/18Turnovers
40 sacks

Yesterday vs GB threw of 0 yards on 3rd down. Zero

Careful pay good players great player $$