Vikings Beat Packers but *LOSE* Cousins for Season 😩

Hey, we WON, and EVERYTHING IS AWFUL!
Just as the Vikings fought back to .500, the Football Gods humbled Vikings fans again, coldly ripping Minnesota's divisive QB's lower body to shreds and effectively ending any hopes for a competitive season (hey, that sounds familiar...).
Welp, at least Jordan Love and the Packers look terrible? And they really do. Thank god.
But BEFORE ALL THAT, holy shit. The Vikings got out to a 24-3 lead late in the third quarter. Let's review how we got there.
The Vikings started hot, Brian Flores's defense forced a putrid Green Bay offense to the Love-led Packers to punt on its first four possessions, and only allowed a FG before half because we lined up offsides on the Packers FIRST missed attempt.
It was "only" a 10-3 halftime lead for the Vikings for a few reasons: first, Greg Joseph. I almost can't blame him, because on the Vikings' first possession, Kevin O'Connell decided to kick a field goal from 4th-and-1 from the Green Bay 24 rather than go for it. Fortune favors the brave, KEVIN! But surprise, surprise - the Vikings shook it off, and Kirk Cousins led the Vikings on a 7-play, 77-yard drive, and we got our first RUSHING touchdown of the season (from inside the opposing 10, even), as Cam Akers punched it in for his first TD as a Viking.
After halftime we BLEW DOORS. A methodical 13-play, 75-yard drive to open the third quarter ended with ANOTHER TD inside the 10, this time a two-yard TD to Hockenson, and we took a 17-3 lead. THEN another Vikings safety not named Lewis Cine got an INT, and on the next play Kirk tossed a DIME to Addison for a quick 20-yard TD-Addison's SEVENTH of the year-and a 24-3 lead.
And that, friends, was the high point of our year. Green Bay's offense finally got itself to function for a drive, and scored a TD. Minnesota responded by driving into field goal range, but as the drive stalled, Kirk came up limping after a 3rd down scramble, then Greg Joseph's FG was blocked. Things were great. GREAT.
Replays showed a telltale achilles rupture (slo-mo is gross). Jaren Hall came in, looked just as you might expect. Which is to say, not great, but Minnesota's defense held on, and the Vikings won their first two-score game since god knows when.
So yeah. 4-4.
Trade deadline is Tuesday. Might've been the last we see of Danielle Hunter in Purple. Godspeed, Skoldiers, it's Hall & Mullins SZN.
#Skol #minnesotavikings #greenbaypackers #kirkcousins #nfl

[@TimSpencerFishing]

Love these highlights with PA announcing. Thank’s for putting these together.

[@SkolNBones]

Bro watching my man's Kirks highlights hurts my soul because my guy was dealing bullets. Jeez look at him arm throwing on the run, maybe that's why he tore his Achilles, he was drawing power from outstretched muscles. Proud of him though for sure, say what you will but Kirk left it all out on the field. Heal up number 8.

[@wesleyblanton2432]

Love these Video's, but I feel like I'm stoned and there's a strobe light

[@GenshinKenshinYT]

Damn. We gotta hope for a Brock Purdy stunt. Which is unlikely

[@augustussohn893]

That would be amazing. However, I as a nearly life-long fan of the Vikings, I have little hope.

[@puppethound]

@@augustussohn893 As a Vikings fan that's all we have is hope. It's all we ever have.

[@nificent6241]

It's not unlikely it's unviking😂 if only we had a running.

[@beokay1540]

I've watched 4 of these videos. One common theme is missed kicks!

[@robertcolacino7310]

Won and 4-4 defense a problem thanks B FLO JJ be back soon 3-0 when season ended with JJ injury and can’t wait to see Jarren light it up in Atlanta 2-0 in division on road

[@Lester_Houston]

If I had a Time Machine I would go back in time and stop this from happening somehow

[@jqpacker34]

Seriously refs you need to stop call dumb penalties like roughing the passer it was a clean hit on Gary

[@alstrain7577]

Love your content and putting these together. You may want to look at how your exporting/frame rates because I’ve noticed the videos are choppy when the action speeds up compared to your videos last year

[@skolrant]

Yeah, it's a KZbin TV issue - they only stream in 60fps, which is choppy enough viewing straight out of the browser. Then recording, exporting, importing to FCPX and exporting again at 29.97fps is really screwing with the quality. I'm trying to figure it out, but thanks for bearing with me!

[@deeznuts-bt2kx]

lets pray for cousins as his ankle will be healing as we speak 🫡

[@deeznuts-bt2kx]

even if we have a win, we cant win another one unless if jaren hall cooks or if nick mullens comes back.

[@Garfield.8]

⁠@@deeznuts-bt2kxyou do realize that he tore his Achilles right?

[@baconator1550]

I’m so sad

[@bfly5324]

Paul Allen is amazing, first time watching and listening, so entertaining!

[@puppethound]

Well it sucks about Cousins, but we all must move on. Bottom line, the Packers are who we thought they would be. Only dreamers, wishful thinkers and hopefuls thought GB was gonna be good in 2023. They were average last year with one of the best QBs in the league, so with a new QB I knew they would be the same or worse. They are worse. The Pack won't be good for another decade. With Detroit having more talent and better coaching, the Vikings have better coaching and better players, that only leaves the Bears who in my opinion are/will be better due to all the picks they have coming up. So if you want cheese, you will have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to get it.

[@SkolneyVikings]

I enjoy how mad Bercich gets at the Lambeau ref shenanigans

[@jollygrapefruit786]

Bercich is awesome

[@Mndudecollects]

Lol Pete is everyone’s old man watching the game

[@craigrandall5091]

This is the first time I've watched Jordan Love play as a pro. My takeaway? Unless he's throwing to anyone named "Checkdown" he's awful. Hot take: LaFleur can't coach. He got lucky with Rodgers, who bailed him out more than a lot...

[@markusivanpeloquin4896]

Thanks for the ending, i needed a laugh.

[@GodlessFiend]

A W is a W but it’s not the same without the man of the hour

[@Godless-Being]

J.A SMOKIN J.A 😂

[@andrewstar21]

Love ya Kirk thanks for the memories 😢 let's call Detroit offer a 7th for Teddy

[@scubasteve8039]

i like this

[@rebelfiredude3592]

Should’ve never him go in the first dam place ffs. SKOL

[@rebelfiredude3592]

ALLL THAT FAWKING MONEY AND ONE PLAYOFF WIN. GOOD RIDDANCE!!!! WE STILL COULDVE HAD COOK, THIELEN AND BOUGHT A BETTER O/D LINE!

[@SkolneyVikings]

They had enough cap space to keep Cook and Thielen if they wanted. You keep Thielen you don't have Addison. And they have one of the best rated OLs in the NFL.

[@markusivanpeloquin4896]

Cook is washed up

[@nathaniellarson8]

Yes, we could have had old guys who are not that good and a line that is as good or marginally better than what we have now, whoop whoop. Cousins was the 15th highest paid QB this year, you dolt. We were getting top 5 QB production for that, lol.

[@skolrant]

Your CAPS lock key is stuck, my man 🤣 I think the team played last offseason pretty shrewdly. I'm not a huge fan of "competitive rebuilds," which seems like an oxymoron, but they were honest about the 13-4 season and where the team really was. Whereas the Giants... extended Daniel Jones for $160 million.

[@zackaryhaselius2226]

1). Cook is Cooked. Why do you want that dude? 2). Cousins was literally playing like the best QB in football this year so you REALLY dont know what youre talking about. 3). He has never had a complete team around him, and since he isnt elite, he needs help. 4). The O-line is a top 5 O-line in the league this year. 5). Calm the F*ck down for once because you seem like a dude that is constantly angry. 6). Why do we need Theilen when we have Jefferson and Addison? 7). Cousins is the 15th highest paid QB in the league. So how about you actually think before speaking?