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Nothing new here, but he's just wrong on a couple points.
Why did the Vikings keep flirting with other QBs? Because they've built a Super Bowl roster and they wanted a top-level backup behind their young QB. None of Jones, Darnold or Rodgers were going to be handed the starting job without a competition with JJ, including Rodgers. Vikings were willing to spend a lot of money on their QB1b, but all three knew they were more likely to start elsewhere.
Cowherd's partner there says JJ's got a big arm. Cowherd's response is "he doesn't...go read the scouting reports" instead of go watch the film. If I had a dollar for every time a scouting report was not just wrong but stated the opposite of the truth, I could retire. People see "game manager" and think every QB who has that label in college has "game manager" characteristics. That is not the case with JJ. He's a dangerous runner and his 61 velo at the combine shows his arm is one of the strongest in the NFL. He can struggle with deep accuracy, but it has nothing to do with arm strength.
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This won't age well for Colin...
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(06-12-2025, 08:36 AM)MAD GAINZ Wrote: This won't age well for Colin...
Like a bag of dog shit on the tarmac in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Cowherd clearly has an agenda here. He likes making declarative, controversial statements. If he's right, he looks smart. If he's wrong, he gets the opportunity to admit it and sound magnanimous. To his credit, he does this a lot.
Another thing he mentions is that McCarthy threw an interception in three straight practices. One interception per, as if that's a big red flag, or even news. Personally, I think that's a good pace. I think KOC would agree that a QB should be be testing his limits in these early practices. What JJ hasn't done, at least not yet, is throw multiple interceptions in a practice, like we've seen from several other QBs this spring.
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Just another uninformed opinion from someone who knows less about JJM than most who post on this board! He mentions physical traits when the majority of what makes a great QB is mental. Joe Montana did not have a cannon but was accurate and very intelligent. Joe had a great surround as well. JJM has a strong and accurate arm with a great surround as well. Not comparing a virtual rookie to one of the greatest to ever play, but the potential is there.
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Theoretically, Cowherd has to pretend to be an expert on EVERY one of the 32 NFL teams, all of the NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA (since Caitlin Clark), as well as college sports. If he doesn't take a contrarian opinion daily, he doesn't get clicks, he doesn't get eyeballs, he doesn't get a paycheck. And even if he has a 1% chance of being right, as the old saying goes, "it COULD happen". He makes news by being contrarian. Dog bites man is not news. Man bites dog is news.
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Cowherd can say what he likes, because the kid's NFL play is still pure speculation. That said, I'm expecting JJM, KOC, and the rest of the cast to feed him a Costco-sized bag of crow by midseason.
Wishing a great season for the team, Especially Mundt and Kwenkeu! 
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Where Colin was wrong............
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(06-12-2025, 10:39 AM)Montana Tom Wrote: Theoretically, Cowherd has to pretend to be an expert on EVERY one of the 32 NFL teams, all of the NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA (since Caitlin Clark), as well as college sports. If he doesn't take a contrarian opinion daily, he doesn't get clicks, he doesn't get eyeballs, he doesn't get a paycheck. And even if he has a 1% chance of being right, as the old saying goes, "it COULD happen". He makes news by being contrarian. Dog bites man is not news. Man bites dog is news.
People take talking heads way too seriously. His job is to fill time, and get eyeballs on his content. There are zero people on this earth that can consistently fill his timeslot with knowledgeable content. And even if that person existed, most of us are dumb asses, and we're going to rage click on things that piss us off or are ridiculous homer takes, and ignore rational takes.
What he said literally worked the way it was supposed to. Here we are talking about it. We chose that this is what we want more of.
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(06-12-2025, 11:12 AM)medaille Wrote: People take talking heads way too seriously. His job is to fill time, and get eyeballs on his content. There are zero people on this earth that can consistently fill his timeslot with knowledgeable content. And even if that person existed, most of us are dumb asses, and we're going to rage click on things that piss us off or are ridiculous homer takes, and ignore rational takes.
What he said literally worked the way it was supposed to. Here we are talking about it. We chose that this is what we want more of.
I think we all understand this. Just shit to talk about in the offseason.
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