In case you didn’t have a grip on how the mighty have fallen, Monday Night Football had you covered.
This isn’t supposed to happen, not for Kansas City, and it really underscores how lost this team is.
It’s a testament to how good their offense is that this team can somehow still compete at all while giving up 27.5 points per game .
THE COWBOYS DIDN’T HAVE DAK PRESCOTT! I’m opening today with major emphasis, because this whole situation deserves it.
You can’t walk into a primetime game, without your franchise QB, and still win, all while shutting down a top-tier offense without the ability to go all the way.
The real story of Sunday Night Football is the hapless Vikings, who just can’t get out of their own way — and haven’t been able to for years now.
The offense also has one of the best running backs in the NFL in Dalvin Cook, and two of the best starting receivers with Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen.
In literally any other organization this would all be a recipe for success, not a team falling to 3-4 in a nationally televised game to a backup quarterback.
It’s like Minnesota never plays their own brand of football, but rather relies on whoever they’re against to set the tone — like a child on a leash being led through Disney World.
Vikings fans know this exquisite pain, and can point out dozens of examples from the past — but let’s just look at this season to witness this phenomenon.
They also lost to Browns, were pushed to the limit by Detroit, needed overtime to beat the hapless Panthers.
This kind of inconsistent, up and down play, “good against the good, bad against the bad” play is inexcusable in the NFL.
I don’t care if you’re the biggest hater of Kirk Cousins in the world, that is absolutely asinine to have any team trust their offense so little.
We are witnessing extremely talented players withering and dying in this sad, broken Minnesota system.
This has been the year of Geno Smith, and by that, I mean — a year in which we remember Geno Smith is still in the NFL.
Smith got his first NFL win since 2014 in Seattle’s victory over the Jaguars, who were nice enough to oblige Geno by refusing to play any effective defense.
We all have the odd brain fart from time to time, but this was incredible.
His team keeps playing hard even with the season effectively being over, but still I don’t think anyone had “beating the Bengals” on their Week 8 bingo card.
I have absolutely no idea who to buy into when it comes to the AFC.
Obviously injuries suck, but you best believe Cam Newton was sitting at home a happy man knowing that his phone should ring this week.
Newton has the potential rare joy in life of not answering a drunk dial from an ex dying to have you back, then post on Insta with the hottie you’re with now.