So are we united now?

In despair, certainly...!  :s 

Yeah, for sure. Its officially official. 

i agreed at 1-5

Yep but knowing the Vikes they won't.

6-10 would be Zimmer's worst record and I truly think he will work to avoid it. If he finishes 7-9 he can pound his chest about going 6-4 over the last half of the season...as if a coach in his 7th season should get a mulligan for the first 6 games.

Sunday's loss means that Zimmer is 1-5 against the Bears' Matt Nagy, & is 1-3 against Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur, by any standards wholly unacceptable...! If you can’t compete in your own division, you should be replaced. 

Yes, seriously after we lose to New Orleans on Christmas and are officially eliminated....time to shut this thing down against Detroit.  No point in guys like Cousins, Cook, Kendricks, Jefferson, or Thielen even seeing the field

Time for the Nate Stanley era to begin  =)

There's going to be more veteran cuts this offseason on the Vikings. Minnesota took a swing with Cousins and they thought by this point they could have been in a NFCC game or two at the almost completion of Kirk's 3rd year in Minnesota. Didn't turn out that way and now they are paying the price for taking that swing without the success they thought they'd have. Worst case scenario is realized. Its just not Kirk's contract, it was resigning Barr, etc. to bolster what they thought was a Super Bowl quality type roster. 

So......they are stuck with Cousins for 2 more years....but really, Cousins was never the problem. Drafting a high upside potential athletic QB in round 3 or 4 to sit behind Cousins just seems like sound strategy. 

@"StickyBun" said: There's going to be more veteran cuts this offseason on the Vikings. Minnesota took a swing with Cousins and they thought by this point they could have been in a NFCC game or two at the almost completion of Kirk's 3rd year in Minnesota. Didn't turn out that way and now they are paying the price for taking that swing without the success they thought they'd have. Worst case scenario is realized. Its just not Kirk's contract, it was resigning Barr, etc. to bolster what they thought was a Super Bowl quality type roster. 

So......they are stuck with Cousins for 2 more years....but really, Cousins was never the problem. Drafting a high upside potential athletic QB in round 3 or 4 to sit behind Cousins just seems like sound strategy. 

Totally agree...solidifying the interior offensive and defensive lines should be the top priority this coming off-season.  We're probably going to see the same coaching staff and Cousins at the helm for at least another season regardless.  If the Vikings want to be a contender again, they need to fill in the trenches...

Yeah, probably. But it sucks that the Vikings go to the trouble of losing yesterday and didn't move up a single notch in the draft.