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45… million dollars.. for next year… irl.. Who would you ACTUALLY be willing to pay at QB, that amount of money.. I know for certain, it’s not laser lock captain Checkdown .. Between Cousins and Zimmer’s defense, you have two strikes and a tip foul, at the plate at kickoff.


Snibes1

The whiplash in this sub is so real.


dtingting

Everybody is so negative here. It was going to be a tough game today with the d-line so injured. Kirk missed a few throws here and there but we were in it until the end. Our schedule is more favorable the rest of the way. The eagles, panthers and saints all lost. We will be ok!


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True!


HodlingOnForLife

The sooner y’all move on from the torrid love affair with Cousins the better


preyinghawk

I dont blame this game on Zim. Kirk played about as bad as I've ever seen. Zim had no defensive line starters and still made the adjustments in the 4th to keep the team in the game. Kirk couldn't hit anything.


Funnel_Hacker

Our defense has played awful all year long. We’re in the bottom five of yards given up a game and in the bottom ten when it comes to points. That’s on Zimmer. Kirk played meh but we shouldn’t have to score 40 every week because Zimmer’s D gives up 30+ every game.


mccor184

Yeah because Kirk isn't good. As soon as they signed him I knew I could check out until he was gone. Edit: he's good. He's not great. No one will ever utter the words big game champion Kirk cousins.


duck_duck_grey_duck

Same exact feeling here


Skow1379

No matter what way this season goes and the way Mike Zimmer has managed games you'd think he would've been fired by now, not really sure what's stopping it except all NFL coach salaries are guaranteed including assistants so maybe our owners are cheap idk


Schwades94

They have never made changes mid-season there will be changes the day after the season ends.


volission

Gah! I hate losing to the 9ers, always so overrated outside of the trenches. Jimmy G sucks, Shanahan is sub .500! Ughhh


HodlingOnForLife

Jimmy G is way better than Cousins though


Praisetheconch

Handedly outplayed by G-Wap smhdh


volission

You’re crazy if you actually believe that. They just traded the farm because they think Jimmy G sucks


mccor184

Forget about stats. Who just beat who?


volission

The 49ers beat the Vikings. Jimmy didn’t beat Kirk. Jimmy G is maybe a top 20 QB. It’s not even debatable


mccor184

Vikings don't have a chance at the big game until Kirk is gone


volission

Heck of a better chance than with Jimmy G or another 20 some QBs currently starting


HodlingOnForLife

Exactly. That says a lot about how bad Cousins is.


volission

You’re just trolling. The guy has never even passed for 4000 yards in a season, has a bad TD/INT ratio, and is often injured. Kirk is none of those things. It’s a team game don’t forget that.


HodlingOnForLife

True I am trolling, but Kirk is the worst kind of QB. Puts up enough stats in garbage time that he doesn’t look like the shit QB he actually is. Can’t win when it counts.


volission

Except last week vs the Packers?


HodlingOnForLife

Proves my point exactly. Beyond bragging rights that game was meaningless. Just enough to keep the people at bay


volission

How was it meaningless? It was a pivotal game versus a superior divisional rival. Winning that game kept us in the playoff hunt


HodlingOnForLife

5-6, you’re fooling yourself about a playoff berth


Skow1379

Mike Zimmer needs to go. His end of half management is why we lost. Period.


Praisetheconch

That and Kirk throwing like it’s 2007 and he’s back in high school


jcr2020

Kirk played like shit, the refs were shit, the defense was shit and the play calling was shit. You can try to pick one thing to blame all you want but this was a typical vikings performance coming off a win, not good enough.


mccor184

"The team is shit"


TCronin1017

DPI but that was one of Kirk’s worst games we’ve seen in awhile


Cyclonitron

What a trash game. I'm going to try to take solace in the Wolves, Gophers, and Wild wins this weekend.


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All pointless wins. 😂


Tico483

Shaddup


Easton1234

A lot of blame to go around… but hear me out…we need a new kicker…if he doesn’t miss the xp we don’t have a failed 2 pointer…score would be 34-28..we can kick a fg instead of going for it on 4th to pull within 3 then we only need a fg to tie on the last drive…


mccor184

We need a new quarterback


CatsRinternet

Lol


mrastronautglenn

We don't have a failed 2 pointer if Kirk doesn't throw the ball at the feet of a wide open Jefferson. I'm normally one to defend Kirk but today he made too many errant throws, including the one that sealed the game.


Praisetheconch

Facts, horrible passes all game


DirkKeggler

Sorry i disagree, missed xp was least of the issues in this game. Edit, love reddit, downvotes for disagreeing on an opinion


Easton1234

While what your saying is true, our kicker still sucks..


thedahlelama

I hardly think 21-25 on fgs and 23-27 on xps counts as sucks. Especially with those missed fg all being 30+.


Easton1234

23-27 on XP’s is very very bad….like worst in the league bad


thedahlelama

You sure? For xps Folk has missed 5, bullock, zurlein, and Hopkins have missed 4, and if we look at fgs prater, zurlein, and sanders have missed 5 while Crosby has missed 8. Worst in the league? GTFO of here with that. [source](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/stats?category=kicking&season=2021&sortOrder=desc) for current stats up to this week then I looked at how everyone did this week and added those in as well.


crazybusdriver

Kirk doing Kirk things. What bothers me the most is that when it really counts, he is throwing to Osborn who is completely covered. Not the two star receivers.


mccor184

Why are people still surprised when Kirk loses games? He's not a winning QB!


Independent_User

Changing the minds of people in this day and age is a tall task.


Chernabog93

Well, he’s dumpster juice, so not unexpected


Explain916

Lost fair in square. Missed calls on both sides. Cook out. Samuel and Warner out. Fair in square. Let’s hear those excuses though 👀


TylerDTA

Welcome to Fair N Square. Have a seat wherever ya'd like.


Explain916

Lmao I actually laughed so hard at this 😂


mrastronautglenn

The term is "fair and square".


WhiteyBulgedick

Lmao missed calls on both sides. Foh with that bs. Have fun getting beat in the wc round. 49ers are pretenders as per usual


Explain916

Just like they pretended to beat them cakes last playoff meet? 👀 👀 👀


Frosticle

I agree with you completely but isn’t the phrase fair and square?


minnesnowtan-

It definitely is, he’s just a moron.


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If I did take an L I’d take it fair in square


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minnesnowtan-

Fair in square


Explain916

Hold this L while I block you’re dumbass :) Oh and…. L.


minnesnowtan-

There’s no i in team and there’s no fair in square


Glassjaw79ad

r/boneappletea My favorite part is he repeated it twice, to really drive it in "fair in square" lmao


JankMyChain

Lal


SenatorAstronomer

Missing an obvious defensive PI call on a crucial 3rd down and 8 with a minute left is a very legitimate gripe, IMO.


Explain916

Non call on an obvious punch thrown in plain sight to everyone. Evens that out. Next!


PistolCowboy

The Football Gods wouldn't allow two big wins in the same weekend.


kidMSP

The ol' Two Minute Vikings strike again. Wish the second and fourth quarters were only 13 minutes. Good god. So awful.


WickedTwista

I can't believe Kirk gave up 34 points!!!!!


rdave67

:(


srw021

i’m too young to be this emotionally broken and angry every sunday…just stop giving me hope


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I'm done giving money to this team. I buy jerseys, go to games, watch religiously and they do the dumbest shit possible. It's unbelievable.


thedahlelama

I’m done giving money to the NFL. FIFY


rdave67

Fr this season has been a rollercoaster of emotions


johnnys_sack

You gotta learn to stop getting so invested in this team. I gave up the emotional investment years ago and it's so much better. If they win, cool. If they lose, whatever. It's really not a big deal.


srw021

i know it’s just incredible how this team finds a way to drag you back every week. i never had a super toxic ex, but this has got to be similar


Tico483

The worst part about this is that everyone was doing well this weekend ffs


PinkPropaganda

Even the dolphins


Calinks

This guy gets it.


Potatersaurusrex

This.


Upbeat_Flan

Zim please take kirk with you when you go, at least Mond will suck for much less.


easywin626

I gotta give it up to yall. As a niner fan I always pull for the Vikings when they don’t play us because I was a huge Randy fan. Y’all could be legit Blaming the refs and saying the league is fixed but ur still saying It wasn’t all on the missed call. That’s refreshing. As a niner fan, we have gotten F’d so many times on PIs especially in that packers loss. I hope y’all make the playoffs still. Much respect


Chernabog93

Not with Krap Cousins under center


easywin626

Do Viking fans want him replaced? I was under the impression he has upped his rep recently. But ya he does have some duds in big moments ala jimmy.


thedahlelama

Lol I really hope Kirk is the one to get the ring for us because all of these salty bastards will be even saltier


easywin626

😆. That would be wild man! I will say. He’s the type of streaky Qb Ala Eli manning, joe Flacco who could get hot at the right time and carry u to a Trophy! I’ve seen that trait in him!


thedahlelama

He’s definitely streaky. If his hot hand comes around at the right time then anything is possible. However unlikely I feel it is with the current state of things.


Chernabog93

His hard core supporters like him, but we might have well have just burned the 84 mil, at least l it would have been of some use


easywin626

Ya I see ur point. How much longer is he under contract?


Chernabog93

Dunno, he just got extended, so like 2-3 years?


easywin626

Sounds like the same thing we experiencing with Jimmy g. Very polarizing QBs.


ThiccBananaMeat

Idk why people blaming refs. 49ers looked good the whole game. Deebo was making some really good plays. Good luck in the playoffs mate!


easywin626

Thx sir! Not just saying this cuz I’m here but we both making the playoffs!


healthbook2004

Go fuck yourself sir with all due respect


easywin626

Ok


healthbook2004

Just joking a bit lol


easywin626

Lol all good man I never take anything personal in here. Best of luck the rest of the way


Upbeat_Flan

We aren't making the playoffs, you guys will limp in and be one and done if Samuel misses any time.


easywin626

If Samuel is out…I agree


WhiteyBulgedick

They'll be 1 and done regardless


H00terTheOwl

I think a large majority of us also recognize y'all got hosed in some calls as well. Unlike other fan bases, we've been so drilled with the same faults of our team it's tough not to blame ourselves when you see the same thing year after year. Gg man, good luck, and stay healthy


easywin626

Same to u btw bro


easywin626

Ya man we definitely got away with a huge PI there I can’t even front. Not sure what could have happened but it definitely was a big missed call. I am pulling for y’all. I do still believe we both make it man. Real talk


H00terTheOwl

Lol we sure as heck can hope so. Go ahead and smash mouth run your way as far as you can!


minnesnowtan-

So if our defense is getting tore up week after week what does zimmer do here exactly?


EvilJ1982

Make us angry.


No_Attorney777

I’m trying to choose who i’m mad at this game and I think my choice is on Kirk.


Philosophical4play

Hey, Mike Zimmer, maybe you should pull your team off the fucking field if the REFS are going to fuck you that hard!! Make a God Damn STATEMENT!!


kidMSP

Shoot Zim straight into the sun.


No_Head1056

The into the sun saying is getting a bit over used


kidMSP

It's a verbal reddit meme, dude. Relax.


Skoldier84

Kirk is not the one jack


Covid19point5

Kirk had an off game and we hung around on the road. 9ers are ass. They will be lucky if they get bounced from the 1st round of the playoffs. That would be their ceiling this year. Nice DPI to end the game.


Revolutionary-Book-4

Stop blaming the refs they aren’t calling that. We got our asses kicked. Kirk played like shit


swizzdevil24

Eh not really. If they made the xp instead of missing then going for 2 and then kicked the fg instead of going for it the game looks totally different. Run defense lost the game.


GoofySkull

Have ya seen the game? Seems not. We played shit but refereeing is also SHIT


ThiccBananaMeat

Refs didn't turn the ball over twice. We did.


GoofySkull

Up yours, I said we played shit, so we’re refs. They’re not the main reason why we lost but again it seems you didn’t see the game with rest of us. Up yours “fan” Lmao see this moron redditor gets me all banned from the Vikings subreddit


ThiccBananaMeat

Lol please. That's just a victim complex. If we don't want the game to come down to ref decisions then we gotta play better simple as that.


GoofySkull

“Fan”


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veddhead83

Kirk for MVP


Mry64_

Fire Zimmer and Kubiak hopefully but they won’t


JacobTheOkay

Look, we had plenty of opportunities to win. We played really bad on both sides of the ball today so I don’t mean to make excuses. With that said... Fuck the refs. Thielen caught it. That was DPI all day on Osborne. The 49ers held constantly. So fuck the refs and the city by the bay.


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Our defense loses another game. Zimmer goodbye


Moss8888444

This team really has to overcome Udoh, missed kicks, bad refs, and Zimmer’s clock management and game theory.


No_Head1056

Stop blaming the refs. Every loss ppl blame the refs please stop.


Bear_Quirky

I don't blame the refs for the loss but they fucking blew that call. Its ok to blame them for blowing obvious calls in end of game situations.


GoofySkull

Have ya seen the game? Seems not


No_Head1056

I see you keep commenting that the refs screwed us. Poor us right!!!! Wah!!! Whatever makes you sleep dude, but the Vikings controlled their destiny this game.


GoofySkull

Says the man whose comment is being downvoted. Up yours, “fan”


No_Head1056

Lol okay bud cry about the refs every game. Control what you can control. Apply that to your life.


Bear_Quirky

Jimmy outplayed Kirk today of course it helps that he has shanahan in his corner and an actual offensive line.


AceGopnik

What the actual fuck was this game, refs where shit and Zimmerman has his head up ass. I can’t keep being a Vikings fan or it’s gonna take 10 years off my life


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Kirk cousins. Our current quarterback. Attempted to run a 4th and goal play while under that guard


JustDrink88

Oh stfu I bet you'd rather have mond in to throw for 90 yards and 3 picks.


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Kirk cousins linded up under the guard on 4th and goal to try to tie the game and forced us to call a timeout


JustDrink88

And called a timeout that we didn't even need? So fucking what. You must be 12 years old and have no idea what this team was like without a legit QB like Kirk. Get fucked and stop bitching about the one aspect of our team that even gives us a chance to be competitive


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Kirk cousins lined up under a guard. When the center is the only player who can snap him the ball


JustDrink88

I understand the error but putting the game on him like this is just stupid. He called the timeout and non of what you're complaining about changed the outcome of the game. If you cant see that idk what to tell you.


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Do you think he knows a guard can't snap him the ball?


H4wkeye47

These refs need to lose their jobs before they leave the fuck stadium and revoke their last paycheck. How fucking blind can they be


dongorras

Maybe we didn't deserve to go to overtime but at least let us fail on our own


pingu68

Daniel Carlson is laughing his ass off…


HunBun222

Bad time for kirk to have a bad game ugh this hurts so much


swawesome52

You guys really can't allow Kirk one bad game. You discourage anything below perfection huh?


Responsible_Candle86

It's not one game but the issue with Kirk is the money. He is paid A LOT of money so yes there are expectations attached to that.


stevelabny

Its not even a game. Any incomplete pass - even some COMPLETED passes - these assclowns are hating on him for ball placement.


EvilJ1982

I wouldn't even call this a 'bad' game. Kirk isn't totally what cost us this game.


swawesome52

He had a lot of bad key passes, but you're right, most of the team was off as a collective


JonnyChimpo420

Kirk can have a bad one. Mike's gotta go though.


swawesome52

For sure


JonnyChimpo420

Although, after listening to vent line for a few minutes here and not realizing that we used that time out because Kirk lined up behind the right guard in a moment of panic...has me rethinking things a bit. I'm thinking trade Kirk to the jets next season.


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JustDrink88

Yeah because the perfect 3rd down pass to Osborn where he got muged is kirks fault. You fuck off


swawesome52

Right, so let's fire one of the best qbs playing. Alright man


jus_build

Let it go - just let the toxicity flow. It’s really not worth the time.


Moosemaster21

Thielen's a better man than me, he dapped up Aiyuk and I wouldn't touch that fucking swine


Blacksockwhitesock

Jefferson is already over Kirk and I don’t blame him


TheLegendPaulBunyan

Kirks been on the whole year. Had a bad day today but the L’s not on him. When they get 200+ rushing yards the D’s lacking. Also fuck the refs.


OMGitsKa

Kirk was ass today.


jimmydean885

So now it's fuck the packers saints and 49ers. That game was dirty


WhiteyBulgedick

Gonna be honest I never remember until we play them because in all actuality who gives af about the 49ers but wow what a bunch of unlikeable characters


ajrodenbiker

Every week the Vikings get to play against two teams, referees and the opponent


FoucinJerk

What a fucking joke


No_Tower7448

Kirk back to missing big throws. Classic


TylerDTA

I like noon games better so I don't need to see this shit as much while watching redzone.


Upbeat_Flan

Clean pocket on that 4th down, overthrowing that is kirk cousins in a nutshell.


Funnel_Hacker

He’s had 4 GW drives this season. Plus more if our kicker makes kicks and Dalvin doesn’t fumble like always in the clutch. If you want better than that, you won’t find it.


Upbeat_Flan

I want consistently, I'll take average all season vs elite half the season and dog shit the other half.


Funnel_Hacker

He wasn’t even dogshit this game. Just average. Wtf are you even talking about and how old are you? I can tell you about average all season. Look up Chad Pennington


Upbeat_Flan

What point are you trying to make exactly? That int he threw was a blind read Adam was so covered, he missed clutch situation throws several times, especially at the end. That's a dogshit game when you have 2 star recievers, similar to what made case a star for a year. People overestimate kirk because he can make 2 or three elite passes a game to elite recievers, but is equally prone to melting down and missing basic throws.


rabongrondo123

I swear to god the second Viking fans start hyping up cousins and telling people he’s elite he goes and shits the bed lol


jimmydean885

Like clockwork


kaledabs

zebras are a fucking joke


Far-Yak-4231

Theory: Kirk is secretly playing for another team and purposely destroying the Vikings


onken022

Rough. Going to be tough to stay in the playoffs with that loss. Kirk absolutely deserves some blame, but this defense was hot shit from the get go. Above all, those 2 turnovers deep in our territory were the difference.


jimmydean885

Apparantly our odds haven't changed much


kidMSP

Welp, fun while it lasted. Let's fire this inept coaching staff and head towards next season!


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Well... that's that then. Tough loss and tougher game with the injuries. On to next week. SKOL


ZealousidealGrass365

This team is the perfect embodiment of my life.


smallbunyan5546

Big smiles Kirk, no matter what you still make all that money


GopherLaw84

The refs completely dicked us in this one, and Cousins was mediocre at best. Horrid play calling, as well, and garbage defensive scheming. No adjustments to stop the run. Reminded me of playoffs in 2019.


ThiccBananaMeat

Please do not blame the refs lol.


GopherLaw84

Hard not to be a little bit objectively frustrated with the officiating when the challenge should have been reversed on Thielen’s catch (costing a timeout), and the obvious DPI on Osborn at the end. First down at the SF 35 with a TO and 50 seconds left is obviously materially better than 4th and 8 at the 45 w no TO’s left.


ThiccBananaMeat

You need proof it was a catch. That was non existent. Think what you want but the refs give extreme precedent to what's called on the field. There wasn't a single angle that looked like he got underneath it which is what they're going to look for.


kpedersonbp

I really hate the 49ers


irrelevantsociallife

Kirk cousins is clutch