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RE: The Minnesota Vikings and the Cousins Conundrum
Cousins has been a dumpster fire! Still thinking they should’ve kept Keenum around. I know he isn’t playing all that well currently, but his gritty style worked for the Vikes. How can you get into the playoffs with a guy, and never give him a shot the next season?
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Cousins has been struggling this year to be sure but it's early still. The thing I find frustrating is that on paper, he looks good. He's been consistent in putting up glamorous numbers that have no doubt helped him get his big contract... but can the guy win when you really need him? Can he be clutch? So far it doesn't seem that way.
As for Keenum... I like Keenum, he's a good guy and had a magical year (just one) with the Vikings, but I will be surprised if he is a starter on any team next year. I think he had one great year with a team that made him look better than he really is. And he was able to get a big pay day out of it from Denver so good for him! Who know, maybe he'll be back in Minny after Cousins for the 2021 season?!?
I do agree with you that we should be looking at a high draft pick for a QB. I think they should do that anyways, regardless of Cousins performance. We’ve already lost of chance of taking the NFC north division.
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Picking a QB in the draft next year is simply planning for the future. Like you said, regardless of how Cousins pans out this year he's only under contract for one more year (after this year.) We need to be thinking about our next move.
As for the division, we're not out of it yet. We're sitting just two wins behind in the division. If we win 2 more games and everyone else loses we're back on top. There's still a lot of football to play this season. It's too early to give up.
On the subject of Cousins, I find it interesting that he receives so much flak for losing to winning teams yet other QBs with the same issue don't get as much attention for the same stat. Take Matthew Stafford for example. The guy has a horrible record against winning teams. Either Cousins is overly criticized or guys like Stafford need to be criticized more.
The QB position in the NFL in general this year is crazy. There are a lot of replacements out there this year that are doing a better job leading their teams. For instance, Danny "Dimes" Jones, Gardner Minshew, Teddy Bridgewater and Mason Rudolph. All of these guys are backups that are already playing this year for quite a few games, if not the rest of the year. All of these guys are out playing Cousins. He's just an expensive burden on Minnesota.
Thielen loves Kirk lately...
I agree this year is a crazy year for QBs in the NFL. A lot of starters have been replaced because of injuries, bad play (Manning, Keenum?), and retirement (Luck). Every week seems more unpredictable apart from the teams that still have their starters.
Cousins needs to play better, we all know that. But so does the rest of this football team. The Defense looked mediocre against the Bears 2nd string QB. The Offensive line was absolutely terrible (6 sacks allowed). Play calling and game plan was bad, which falls on coaching. The whole team needs to better.
Every team has a few big contracts that can be seen as burdens on the team. Paying Sam Bradford 20 million just to play one or two games comes to mind.
I haven't given up on Cousins yet. I think he can turn things around. The great news is that if he can't, he's only under contract for this year and next year. The Vikings will be able to move on from him in a year and some change if things don't pan out.
Give the guy this year. It's still early! We have time to right the ship. If we miss the playoffs again start getting excited about drafting a rookie QB to replace him.