Kirk for 2027 3rd Round Pick -

NorseFeathers wrote:

It'd be interesting to have plays designed just for the running ability of Kyler Murray, much like the Saints did for Taysom Hill in recent years. A completely new dynamic that opposing defenses would have to prepare for. Use his speed to get to the outside with the threat of a pass.

This is a quote from the former GM of the Cardinals.

""One thing I have not told anybody is that when I drafted him with the first pick overall, the one thing that obviously was a huge benefit was his feet and his legs and his ability to run and make plays out of the pocket," Keim said on the Inside Football show.

"The one problem we had was he refused at times to run the ball. We had designed runs for him, and he told our coaches he didn't feel comfortable running the football and didn't want to put himself in harm's way."

FLVike wrote:

I think Dan forgot who is designing and calling plays.

Cousins 17 game average running the KOC offense.

W-L: 12-5

Comp%: 67.1

Yards: 4677

Rating: 96.2

TD's: 32

INT's: 12.9

Y/A: 7.2

% offensive snaps taken: 96.2

bigbone62 wrote:

Cousins 17 game average running the KOC offense.

W-L: 12-5
Comp%: 67.1
Yards: 4677
Rating: 96.2
TD's: 32
INT's: 12.9
Y/A: 7.2
% offensive snaps taken: 96.2

With the Donatell defense.

bigbone62 wrote:

This is a quote from the former GM of the Cardinals.

""One thing I have not told anybody is that when I drafted him with the first pick overall, the one thing that obviously was a huge benefit was his feet and his legs and his ability to run and make plays out of the pocket," Keim said on the Inside Football show.
"The one problem we had was he refused at times to run the ball. We had designed runs for him, and he told our coaches he didn't feel comfortable running the football and didn't want to put himself in harm's way."

So glad we are done with that experiment. He was never the right fit, whether we all wanted him to be when he became the guy, but it is over...and I couldn't be happier right now. Cousins is one of the most accurate passers in the game still and Kyler was not and if he refused to use one of his biggest assets, he's more of a freaking loser than I thought.

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Would be nice to have this type of production again.

IceRatz16 wrote:

So glad we are done with that experiment. He was never the right fit, whether we all wanted him to be when he became the guy, but it is over...and I couldn't be happier right now. Cousins is one of the most accurate passers in the game still and Kyler was not and if he refused to use one of his biggest assets, he's more of a freaking loser than I thought.

Murray could not make the deep throws. When he tried, they were all floaters. Cousins can throw deep every time and he has the touch.

JustInTime wrote:

https://twitter.com/nfloncbs/status/2120273044752974212Would be nice to have this type of production again.

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IceRatz16 wrote:

So glad we are done with that experiment. He was never the right fit, whether we all wanted him to be when he became the guy, but it is over...and I couldn't be happier right now. Cousins is one of the most accurate passers in the game still and Kyler was not and if he refused to use one of his biggest assets, he's more of a freaking loser than I thought.

I wanted to believe so bad that what I heard was false. I have a fair number of friends living in Arizona who repeatedly told how things would play out. Although they greatly under sold how bad bad could be. I kept hearing he was a short pass merchant, would move around to extend plays, but not run when opportunity arose to gain yards. Would have 1-2 high light reel plays per game for every 4-5 wtf plays. Lol, still waiting on those highlight plays.

JustInTime wrote:

https://twitter.com/nfloncbs/status/2120273044752974212Would be nice to have this type of production again.

Watching his highlights from when he was here last... even his raiders highlights, man i missed that deep ball.

greediron wrote:

Watching his highlights from when he was here last... even his raiders highlights, man i missed that deep ball.

What happens to the run game when cousins connects with the deep third of the field.

Defenses have been stacking the box and crowding the LOS because there's nothing that's pulled them away.

the screen game will eventually show up as well.

As long as it's for the Vikings' 3rd and not the Eagles', I'm happy. Although Kirk hasn't played here in 3 years and has to relearn the offense in 4 days before playing at Lambeau. This should be... interesting.

RS_Express wrote:

As long as it's for the Vikings' 3rd and not the Eagles', I'm happy. Although Kirk hasn't played here in 3 years and has to relearn the offense in 4 days before playing at Lambeau. This should be... interesting.

Might not be as clean as Kirko would like it right out of the gate, but can it be worse than what we've seen? How much more can fans and players of the Vikings really stomach at this point? You watch what Minnesota's D did to Josh Allen for 2 quarters and can we afford to waste anymore time improving QB1? It'll be a tough situation against a good team on the road, no sugar coating it.