00:00Which first started off here in the NFC North here, Kirk Cousins going back home to the Minnesota Vikings, gives
00:06them a puncher shot in this, going to Lambeau Field.
00:10It's a pretty good looking football game now with a guy who, if you look at the first three years,
00:15Kyle, Justin Jefferson almost had 5,000 receiving yards with him as the quarterback in the building.
00:22You know, you put a competent guy in there for Kevin O'Connell like you had a couple years ago
00:26with Sam Darnold.
00:27That team went 14-3, and that defense is lights out.
00:30What says you in this ballgame there at Lambeau?
00:33Yeah, I'm surprised that Green Bay stayed a three-point favor here.
00:37I get that it's a home game, and I get that they beat the brakes off of Minnesota back in
00:41week one, but you're talking about a Vikings team that's as good as anybody.
00:44And the way they play just keeps every game tight.
00:48And then Kirk Cousins, you bring in a guy that, in theory, gets them over the hill or over the
00:52hump in the last five, ten minutes of these games.
00:55I think this one's going to be fun.
00:56I think Green Bay overachieved in week one.
00:59And, again, that was forever ago, but they hit Christian Watson for an 81-yard touchdown to start that game.
01:03And you get the bus moving like that.
01:05You put Minnesota behind, and they're in a tough spot.
01:09But now you've got this defense rolling, just absolutely rolling.
01:13I think they take away what Green Bay does well, which is why I think this is competitive.
01:18I can't help but think we're going to learn about what Jordan Love is.
01:21If he's just a deep ball savant, and that's what he is, you know, maybe that wins this game.
01:27I don't think it wins a Super Bowl.
01:28If he can adjust and beat a good defense in a reasonable, like, mature kind of fashion, I think we
01:33can see Green Bay as a real NFC North victor if they can win this game.
01:38You know, Kyle, I go back and forth on Jordan Love.
01:43I think he's so streaky.
01:45Man, he's been playing some really great football, and he's starting to skyrocket up the MVP conversation and how well
01:51he's played this year.
01:53What says you on him?
01:54I mean, is that a guy who can go out and win yourself a Super Bowl?
01:58I mean, look at the odds right there.
01:59I mean, Trevor Lawrence, Brock Purdy, Allen Burrow.
02:02And then you've got Jordan Love sitting there, man.
02:04I mean, he's really had a great year.
02:06And Kirk Cousins next on that board.
02:08I like that.
02:08I see that.
02:11I think that's probably a little optimistic.
02:13I'd go Caleb Williams and those guys over him.
02:15But when it comes to Jordan Love, can he win a Super Bowl?
02:18Yes.
02:18You want to know why?
02:19Because he could win four games in a row.
02:20He could get hot.
02:21But to do that, you need to play well for four months, which is where I think the rubber kind
02:27of meets the road.
02:28I'd be surprised if this is the kind of guy that strings together months in a row at a time.
02:32But for a guy that can do it like that for three, four games in a row, I do think
02:37he's on the radar of guys that can do that.
02:39I just worry that this team has no duality.
02:43They can play defense right now, and they'll get Micah Parsons back.
02:47They can't run the ball.
02:48And right now, they're just chucking it deep every time.
02:51And it's working.
02:52Don't get me wrong.
02:53It's working great right now.
02:54Does it stick?
02:55Does it last through January?
02:57Color me a little pessimistic.
02:59But if they can do it for a second time this season against this Minnesota defense, I'd open my mind
03:03to it.
03:04How about this, Kyle?
03:05How much does a guy like Kirk Cousins close the gap for the Vikings on who wins the NFC North?
03:13I mean, you could argue that he's the single most impactful piece you could possibly make, right?
03:17I mean, this Minnesota defense was Super Bowl ready, and the offense was, you know, lottery ready.
03:24Like, they weren't going anywhere with Kyler Murray, Carson Wentz, anything like that.
03:27He comes in.
03:28If he's as good as everybody wants him to be, and I get that this was a younger version of
03:32Kirk Cousins when he was thriving, getting Justin Jefferson, like you mentioned, like 100 yards a game.
03:37Are we going to see that version of him?
03:39Probably not.
03:40But if we get 80, 85% of that, then I think they're the favorites to win this division because
03:45they're the most well-rounded team.
03:47Detroit's got their issues on the defense.
03:49Green Bay can't run the ball.
03:50Not that Minnesota's great passing the ball or great running the ball, for that matter, but they've got the defense.
03:55They've got the upset.
03:56They've got the receiver one.
03:57They've got enough depth across the board.
04:00If they win this game, they go into Lambeau week one with Kirk Cousins.
04:04I think they're the favorites to win this division, and why not the conference?
