12-18-2023, 01:44 PM
Sigh... Just another Viking's QB blunder coming back to burn them...
https://www.inforum.com/sports/pro/ex-vikings-quarterback-jake-browning-they-never-should-have-cut-meNo matter how reporters framed the question, Bengals quarterback Jake Browning wouldn’t take the bait.
Never
mind that the Vikings cut him a couple of seasons ago. He claimed
Saturday’s game in Cincinnati was like any another game on the schedule.
Yet when the Bengals secured their 27-24 victory over the
Vikings with a chip-shot field goal in overtime, Browning sought out a
camera as the ball sailed through the uprights, screaming, “They never
should have cut me!”So much for just like any another game on the schedule.
“You
can’t say that the whole week and then go lose,” Browning said with a
grin. “You kind of just wait until we win and then don’t look like an
idiot.”
After downplaying the personal importance of Saturday’s game,
Browning finally admitted that there was some extra motivation going
against his former team. He used it as fuel while leading a big
comeback, finishing 29 of 42 passing for 324 yards and a pair of
touchdowns.
“I’m not going to sit here and say it’s not a good feeling,” Browning said. “It’s much better than losing.”
In
that moment, Browning recalled how he felt on Aug. 31, 2021 when the
Vikings decided to roll with rookie quarterback Kellen Mond as the
backup to franchise quarterback Kirk Cousins. The front office delivered
the news to Browning and informed him there might be a spot open on the
practice squad. They told him to go back to the team hotel and wait by
his phone.
“I sat there for a couple of hours not knowing if I had
a job or not, then basically got a call from my agent,” Browning said.
“They didn’t even tell me. I’ve been cut my fair share of times and that
was probably the (expletive). There was a little bit more this week.”
If
the Vikings never cut Browning back then, he might currently be under
center with Cousins on the shelf. In that alternate universe he would
have had a couple of seasons to learn exactly what head coach Kevin
O’Connell is looking for in a backup.
Instead, the Bengals signed
Browning to their practice squad shortly after the Vikings cut him. He
spent a couple of seasons developing behind star quarterback Joe Burrow.
Now after taking over due to Burrows’ injury, Browning has a chance to
lead a playoff push.
No doubt the win over his former team helped
his cause. Asked how he was feeling in the immediate aftermath, Browning
smiled, then replied, “I feel like I need a beer.”
https://www.inforum.com/sports/pro/ex-vikings-quarterback-jake-browning-they-never-should-have-cut-meNo matter how reporters framed the question, Bengals quarterback Jake Browning wouldn’t take the bait.
Never
mind that the Vikings cut him a couple of seasons ago. He claimed
Saturday’s game in Cincinnati was like any another game on the schedule.
Yet when the Bengals secured their 27-24 victory over the
Vikings with a chip-shot field goal in overtime, Browning sought out a
camera as the ball sailed through the uprights, screaming, “They never
should have cut me!”So much for just like any another game on the schedule.
“You
can’t say that the whole week and then go lose,” Browning said with a
grin. “You kind of just wait until we win and then don’t look like an
idiot.”
After downplaying the personal importance of Saturday’s game,
Browning finally admitted that there was some extra motivation going
against his former team. He used it as fuel while leading a big
comeback, finishing 29 of 42 passing for 324 yards and a pair of
touchdowns.
“I’m not going to sit here and say it’s not a good feeling,” Browning said. “It’s much better than losing.”
In
that moment, Browning recalled how he felt on Aug. 31, 2021 when the
Vikings decided to roll with rookie quarterback Kellen Mond as the
backup to franchise quarterback Kirk Cousins. The front office delivered
the news to Browning and informed him there might be a spot open on the
practice squad. They told him to go back to the team hotel and wait by
his phone.
“I sat there for a couple of hours not knowing if I had
a job or not, then basically got a call from my agent,” Browning said.
“They didn’t even tell me. I’ve been cut my fair share of times and that
was probably the (expletive). There was a little bit more this week.”
If
the Vikings never cut Browning back then, he might currently be under
center with Cousins on the shelf. In that alternate universe he would
have had a couple of seasons to learn exactly what head coach Kevin
O’Connell is looking for in a backup.
Instead, the Bengals signed
Browning to their practice squad shortly after the Vikings cut him. He
spent a couple of seasons developing behind star quarterback Joe Burrow.
Now after taking over due to Burrows’ injury, Browning has a chance to
lead a playoff push.
No doubt the win over his former team helped
his cause. Asked how he was feeling in the immediate aftermath, Browning
smiled, then replied, “I feel like I need a beer.”
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