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Re: Stefon Diggs has reportedly asked for a trade

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Originally Posted by CHA_CHING (Post 858072)

2-1 with wins against the Falcons and Raiders. Neither one of those teams have looked impressive at all so far this year.

If Aaron Rodgers had not regressed into a below average QB, Green Bay blows them out badly in that game. It was Rodgers crap play that kept killing drives for GB and keeping the Vikes alive in that game.

Cousins is all time 5-22 vs teams with a winning record. If his name was Matt Ryan, no one on this forum would dare defend him.

People are fooled by Cousins and have been fooled for years now cause he pads his stats in garbage time of blowout losses and will put up a great game against the trash teams on their schedule. Washington fans figured this out years ago and it don't look to have changed at all.

They're a talented team, but they were a talented team last year too. Like last year, they are going to blow out the trash teams on their schedule, and then lay down and get destroyed by the good teams. They will go 8-8 and spend another season of people arguing about how great Kirk Cousins' stats are and blaming everything else on the team.

I hate Minnesota as much as I do the 49ers though, so I enjoy their misery.

I'm not sure who you mean by defending Cousins, but he has been criticized by the local and national media and the Vikings' staff.

And I understand that you like to throw around that stat about him losing to teams with winning records, but that doesn't necessarily translate to Minnesota.

I'm pretty sure that almost everyone agrees that he was overpaid, but that is how it goes when only a certain number of QBs are FAs at a given offseason and the bidding war ensues over their emoloyment.

I'd still argue that the Vikes are one of the stronger teams in the NFC.

Re: Stefon Diggs has reportedly asked for a trade

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Originally Posted by ChrisXVI (Post 858074)

People starting to run with this...

https://twitter.com/bphillips_sb/sta...51712174223361

I like it. 😏

Diggs and Claiborne Bridgewater have a rapport.

Re: Stefon Diggs has reportedly asked for a trade

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Originally Posted by FinSaint (Post 858034)

Minnesota is a good team with a 2-1 record, and their only loss was against GB at Lambeau, which they could've won if couple of plays went differently in the 4th quarter.

Their O-line has improved since last season especially in pass protection and their offense seems much more potent with Kubiak helping on that side and Cook running like he did in his first year before the injury.

Their defense is full of top talent and it's run by Zimmer himself, who is as good of a defensive-mind as Payton is on the offensive side of the game.

They have good WRs in Thielen and Diggs with a good TE in Rudolf and a very promising TE prospect in Irv Smith Jr.

I'm not a fan of Cousins, but he can be a really good QB, and I'm sure he'll improve with the new offense and when he gets more time with the rookie center Bradbury.

Diggs is a primadonna and wants the spotlight to be on him. Thielen has outplayed him, which is why he has been more highlighted in the first games. He has absolutely no reason to demand a trade if that is in fact what he has done.

Has he outplayed him? For you to make plays at WR you have to be targeted. Any player with Stefon Diggs talent would want to be traded if they felt underused. Highlighted would be an exaggeration he only has four more targets than Diggs. 1 more TD and +hundred more yards

Re: Stefon Diggs has reportedly asked for a trade

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Originally Posted by Rell&Gold (Post 858120)

If you don't get targeted you usually are doing something wrong. Being in the wrong spot, not beating your guy etc.

Re: Stefon Diggs has reportedly asked for a trade

I like it too.

Warford restructured yesterday so we're using the $2.75M on someone.

Re: Stefon Diggs has reportedly asked for a trade

What soured me on Diggs was in the GB game when he scored - he celebrated by taking of his helmet and posing to the cameras.

By doing this he earned the team a penalty, which led to a pushed back extra point kick that was subsequently missed.

That was different to me than for example what Thomas did with the flip-phone, because it was all about getting his (Diggs') face on the next days paper.

And I used the word "highlighted" because Thielen has double the receptions than Diggs (11>6) and he has looked much more sure-handed and more open than Diggs in the first 3 games.

Re: Stefon Diggs has reportedly asked for a trade

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Originally Posted by K Major (Post 858060)

Pass.

Continue to develop your roster through the draft.

See MT, Kamara, Ramz, Armstead, Bell, Latt etc.

I would agree if not for the NFL being a game of attrition and not accumulation, if you don't do both you will find your self with huge experience gaps. We dont pick up enough starters in the draft to keep up with the attrition. When you lose 3-4 year starters through free agency you generally need to plug that gap quickly with a starter.

The average NFL career is 3.3 years
Brees - 19
Ginn - 13
Morstead - 11
Cook - 11
P. Robinson - 11
Jordan - 9
... 24 players over 4 years, 9 Rookies.

Re: Stefon Diggs has reportedly asked for a trade

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Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 (Post 858124)

I like it too.

Warford restructured yesterday so we're using the $2.75M on someone.

Pull the trigger. Our offense has been anemic.

Re: Stefon Diggs has reportedly asked for a trade

We brought shepon Anthony back. Special teams?never say die

Re: Stefon Diggs has reportedly asked for a trade

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Originally Posted by ScottF (Post 858132)

Pull the trigger. Our offense has been anemic.

Boomer and gio show this morning sporting Minneapolis miracle garb and hat to boot. Hate diggs I just do