Shadowlight
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Wow, what a game and an unexpected outcome. And our guys were key on both sides of the ball
One of the best games of the year by far precisely because of this. For historical reasons I have never warmed to Sean Payton and Drew Brees' record with white receivers is non existent and when he had a fast TE in Coby Fleener he seemed a tad disinterested.
That said if the Saints still had LB Anzalone out there to go along with AJ Klein (excellent again today yet again) it might have affected who I was pulling for ( Alonzo had to leave via injury) as it is DE Hendrickson was massive today too. And one analyst after the game mentioned the obvious. Why the hell wasn't super stud "I can do anything" Taysom Hill not in on nearly every play? Even a blind person would realize that Hill is the best athlete on the field. Talk about leaving your bullets in your gun.
That said once Adam Thielen started to emerge in this game ( he was magnificent) I was openly rooting for the Vikings. I won't get in the middle of the dust up between the CB and safety Harrison Smith and to prove I am not a homer I think far too often in this modern NFL safeties don't always cover their corner backs properly ( not saying that is the case here I don't know) but I won't declare one way or the other in this case. Smith by the way made some errors today ( I thought he misread the Hill TD reception) but he also made crucial essential plays that led to the victory. Bottom line they aren't winning if he isn't out there.
And can the pissing on Kirk Cousins hipster media crap finally subside? Not only was his clutch late bomb to Adam glorious his 3rd down tension filled TD to TE Rudlolph in the corner of the end zone was a very tough pass to make. I said this before the season. Cousins is an elite QB and God how nice is it to have Thielen back in form? What a game.
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