i hear ya, but i’m not sure who else would want to be a backup(if that makes sense)…i didn’t want to pay foles or fitzpatrick, so rush is what he is…the playbook doesn’t change with him so i guess that’s part of the reason the staff likes him…he did cut it loose in the 2nd half, the throw to wilson was a freakin dart.
tomorrow is trade day, so we’ll see…they aren’t going to pay gallup so they could move him or let him walk and get a 3rd round comp pick.
that’s awesome that you were able to witness that win…the “coop” chant at the end was loud, even on tv.
We had tix way up in the nose bleeds, but we had been in a car for many hours earlier in the day traveling back from out of town. So it was good to stand. We staked out a place in a standing room area in lower concourse, where you could place food and drinks and watch the game, pretty close to the field. We saw the whole field really well. That was an excellent choice for us. Where our actual seats were, the players would have looked like gnats or ants.
You are right and I get and agree with your comments. His throw to Wilson was very nice. And go back and see how Wilson turned Harrison Smith around a couple times on the end of his TD. Just funny how bad he bamboozled him to get in for the score.
I doubt they have better options, I suppose. I hope Dak and Moore and whoever else was in Rush's grill early, about "when you play / throw soft and careful and aim the ball too much, that is when mistakes happen."
He did look better in the second half for sure. I think with Dak, maybe they win by two+ TDs.
It's maybe a moot point anyway. I don't see how Dak isn't out there next week if he keeps getting more healed. The division is about in the bag already barring major injuries, but they have to play considering if they can get home field or even an outside shot at the overall first round bye.
The special teams glitches, like not getting off the field on 4th and 5 which led to a FG...absolutely zero excuse for that. All you have to do is stay onside to get the ball back. How hard can that be. Coaches should've been furious. Usually a mistake like that alone are enough to lose you a game against a decent opponent.
FWIW - nobody ever was saying Coop for Cooper Rush 🤣
I think individual game balls are dumb and disrespecting to everyone else who played hard and well, but if given out, I'd have given them out in this order....
1) Amari - man is he a great route runner, and great focus on catching the ball and getting feet down
2) Micah
3) Cedric Wilson
One other thing....the Vikings fans have psychological trauma generally, expecting something bad to happen to them in the end, because throughout history it has, so many times. A few people around me were sure they were going to lose. The how was all that was in question. In that regard, I felt / feel bad for them as a fan base. They are pretty ticked off / tired of Zimmer and the coordinators, and many want them gone.
