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Speaker 1: and what I've been waiting for for a long time.
Speaker 1: This whole week is dedicated to draft day winners, but
Speaker 1: not the rookies, the veterans who got better for various
Speaker 1: reasons because of the way the draft fell. And that
Speaker 1: includes Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins. Here to break it down
Speaker 1: with me is Tyler Kannabeli, Guillotine Leagues dot com writer.
Speaker 1: Why is Kirk a winner?
Speaker 2: Well, first off, they didn't draft his replacement.
Speaker 3: They didn't draft a Levis or maybe even a hooker,
Speaker 3: I guess, someone who could maybe if the Vikings were
Speaker 3: like five and ten, like okay, maybe we'll get hookers
Speaker 3: and some looks or Levis some looks.
Speaker 2: But they also drafted Jordan Addison, who I really think
Speaker 2: is kind.
Speaker 3: Of just a better version of what feelin kind of
Speaker 3: like pre like pre feeling from three years ago.
Speaker 2: Exactly.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I kind of like that Jordan Edison. Some
Speaker 3: wide receiver ones in the class Benzu Yass, but former
Speaker 3: Blintakov winner kind of made. Can you pick at a
Speaker 3: first round pick in that during that fifth season. So
Speaker 3: Jordan Aison a really good player. And if we're looking
Speaker 3: at Kirk Cousins kind of very similar to the Jared
Speaker 3: Goff conversation we have where we kind of know what
Speaker 3: you're gonna get. You're not gonna get this crazy upside,
Speaker 3: but he's gonna be a solid player for you in fantasy.
Speaker 2: In terms of points per game.
Speaker 1: Kirk's passing metrics are right in the middle of most
Speaker 1: anything you look at, like attempted air yards right in
Speaker 1: the middle, completed air yards right in the middle, aggressive
Speaker 1: pass percentage right in the middle. But he did rank
Speaker 1: fourth best in completion percentage above expectation, which means he's
Speaker 1: throwing better passes than he has a right to throw.
Speaker 1: And you know that Kirk is a better than average quarterback.
Speaker 2: That's good.
Speaker 1: I think that goes without saying for any rational listeners
Speaker 1: that we have in Minnesota does not necessarily have those
Speaker 1: what I do like last year fourth in attempts and
Speaker 1: fourth in passing yards last season, fifth and passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: last season. Now that Kevin O'Connell is there and we've
Speaker 1: got one season with Kevin O'Connell. This is a passing team.
Speaker 1: The Vikings are a passing team, and with Dalvin Cook
Speaker 1: potentially on the way out and question marks at the
Speaker 1: running back position after him, that ain't changing.
Speaker 3: They were also second in red zone passing attempts and
Speaker 3: that number of trail only Patrick Mahomes. Yeah, so Kirk
Speaker 3: is just I mean this, He definitely had his best
Speaker 3: season in Minnesota last last year statistically for sure. I
Speaker 3: mean we look at his QB finishes in terms of
Speaker 3: Fantasy twenty eighteen, QB thirteen, twenty nineteen, QB eighteen, then
Speaker 3: we got QB eleven, QB eleven, QB nine.
Speaker 1: And despite the fact that he has spent a top
Speaker 1: eleven quarterback each of the last three years, dude's always
Speaker 1: going off the border his quarterback twenty in drafts. You know,
Speaker 1: everybody's I think, has got such a mindset on Kirk
Speaker 1: that he is a boring, run of the middle average passer,
Speaker 1: but the stats don't bear that out.
Speaker 2: Dude produces.
Speaker 1: He just doesn't give you the explosive games.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think when like I like I said,
Speaker 3: I kind of broke it down some of the other stuff.
Speaker 3: He just like there that ceiling's not there. He finished
Speaker 3: at a top five quarterback just three times last year.
Speaker 3: Yeah and he only but he only finished outside the
Speaker 3: top twenty four times last year.
Speaker 2: So he's gonna give you.
Speaker 3: Between that twenty and five range week in and week out,
Speaker 3: which is absolutely huge for you, especially like a super
Speaker 3: flex league, where he could be like a very very
Speaker 3: high end to just giving you solid production, not letting
Speaker 3: your team kind of wave her up and down like
Speaker 3: somebody like who maybe this year Anthony Richardson might the
Speaker 3: rushing upside could be there.
Speaker 1: But analogy yep, yep, And he's Anthony Richardson to be
Speaker 1: a perfect guy to pair with Kirk Cousins exactly because
Speaker 1: you know you don't want to pair Anthony Richardson with
Speaker 1: Justin Fields because if they both have non rushing games,
Speaker 1: that could be a lethal outcome for your team. But
Speaker 1: when you pair Anthony Richardson with a totally safe guy
Speaker 1: like Kirk Cousins, you've got a lot of rosters stability
Speaker 1: built in that Kirk gives you with sure points every week,
Speaker 1: and maybe more points this coming year than in the past.
Speaker 1: Dalvin cookesoff roster who knows this is Smeake really, you
Speaker 1: know who, Maybe this team throws the most passes in
Speaker 1: the NFL.
Speaker 2: I definitely would not be surprised.
Speaker 3: I mean we mentioned that this was the best season
Speaker 3: Kirk had last year, and now his weapons are only
Speaker 3: better because you have Addison replacement.
Speaker 2: Feeling Osbourne's gonna get a lot more looks.
Speaker 3: Probably still got jj Hockinson like this passing offense could
Speaker 3: really explode, especially like second year in a system always
Speaker 3: helps any quarterback.
Speaker 2: So yeah, sess it.
Speaker 1: Second year in the system and for Kirk Cousins, the
Speaker 1: first time in eight years he will have the same
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator in back to back.
Speaker 2: Is that is that real that?
Speaker 1: I didn't know that you can go eight years with
Speaker 1: nothing but oc churn, right, So now it's gonna be
Speaker 1: the same offensive coordinator, which is very very helpful for
Speaker 1: him and Jordan Addison. Addison's going to help a lot.
Speaker 1: You get a first round pick at wide receiver. Addison
Speaker 1: has a knack for getting open, creating space, creating cushion.
Speaker 1: He can be a downfield threat. Although they threw to
Speaker 1: him at USC in a pit a lot near the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, and dude would find ways to get
Speaker 1: open in very tight windows near the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: And what I like about Addison is sure justin Jefferson's
Speaker 1: going to still get some double teams, but what we
Speaker 1: saw were Jefferson couldn't always get over those double teams
Speaker 1: and he had some dud games, and he'd take Kirk
Speaker 1: down with him. Now, assuming Addison lives up to the
Speaker 1: first round billing, when Jefferson does get taken out of games,
Speaker 1: Addison's there to pick up the slack for Kirk.
Speaker 3: And I make them mention the comparison between Addison and
Speaker 3: Fling because I think Addison is just gonna slot right
Speaker 3: into that Theling role because they have very similar games. Yeah,
Speaker 3: And I just really like that, And I think it
Speaker 3: can vote very well for Kirk Cousins because he could
Speaker 3: have someone he can rely on rather than just JJ
Speaker 3: or no One.
Speaker 1: Yeah, totally totally agree with with that opinion. And we
Speaker 1: don't know what's gonna happen with Addison. Presumably he will
Speaker 1: start right away because the depth chart is pretty thin
Speaker 1: for the Vikings at receiver and unclear you mentioned the slot.
Speaker 1: Unclear if Addison's going to work out of the slot,
Speaker 1: how much you know, But the way that the the
Speaker 1: way that we saw this offense work last year is
Speaker 1: everybody played everywhere. kJ Allisborne played in the slot the most,
Speaker 1: but he's in. But we don't know that that's going
Speaker 1: to be the case here coming this year. Addison played
Speaker 1: a lot in the slot, not entirely in the slot,
Speaker 1: played a lot in the slot at USC and Pitt.
Speaker 2: So we'll see who's.
Speaker 1: Going in the same area as Kirk Cousins. From an
Speaker 1: ADP standpoint.
Speaker 3: Right now, we got Daniel Jones actually going above.
Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins right now because of the run. The rushing
Speaker 2: exactly right. So whould you rather have so Daniel J.
Speaker 2: Cousins the past.
Speaker 1: Four years Daniel Daniel Jones high water mark on passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns fifteen. I know that's horrible, yeah, but literally half
Speaker 1: of the passing time.
Speaker 2: That's what you get when you're running quarterback.
Speaker 1: That is how it goes. I'm taking Kirk. I'm not
Speaker 1: the sure thing that Kirk gives me, and I don't
Speaker 1: feel that much better about the receiving weapons with the
Speaker 1: Giants yet that could crystallize.
Speaker 3: Jared Goff pretty much in this exact same situation as
Speaker 3: Kirk Cousins. Almost great offense.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Kirk outscored him last year as QB nine. I
Speaker 1: think I'm gonna I'm gonna stick with Kirk with you
Speaker 1: because of the addition of Addison.
Speaker 2: I'm with you to.
Speaker 1: Concussion if he stays healthy in causion, if if it's
Speaker 1: best ball, different conversation. If you say two is told,
Speaker 1: you promised me to it could play sixteen games, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take to it, okay, because the crazy weapons. Although
Speaker 1: Jeffers Jefferson is a pretty crazy weapons, so does t. J.
Speaker 2: Hockens.
Speaker 1: I'm don't you know, I'm taking Kirk either way.
Speaker 2: I think I take two if you gave me sixteen games, okay.
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott, his moronic interceptions are not my problem. Most
Speaker 1: of my leagues don't subtract anything for interceptions. They subtract
Speaker 1: two points for interception.
Speaker 2: Don't care.
Speaker 1: I think I'm you know, Zeke's not there anymore, and
Speaker 1: Zeke's been such a prolific touchdown scorer. You take Zeke out,
Speaker 1: that's gonna free up, you know, twelve touchdowns a year
Speaker 1: to go somewhere else.
Speaker 2: That could go to Dak.
Speaker 3: I am very scared for Dak in the offensive play calling.
Speaker 3: We're gonna have this year because I think Mike McCarthy
Speaker 3: wants to run his offense like it's two thousand and five.
Speaker 1: But that's Brett far of two thousand and five.
Speaker 3: I'm interested, Yeah, Okay, maybe not twenty five twenty ten,
Speaker 3: where it's just it's a running game.
Speaker 2: It's not gonna be centered around the pass.
Speaker 3: And I think that McCarthy isn't gonna have isn't gonna
Speaker 3: be have it as an explosive of an offense that
Speaker 3: Kellen Moore I think, provided I don't know why they
Speaker 3: got rid of Kellen Moore, by all accounts, seems like
Speaker 3: a great OC.
Speaker 1: I know there are a lot of questions about that
Speaker 1: for sure. All right, well, I think that's most Oh,
Speaker 1: let's just suck dynasty and Kirk Cousins turning thirty five.
Speaker 1: He'll is I think he's thirty four right now. He'll
Speaker 1: turn thirty five in season. I think he's still got
Speaker 1: good seasons left in him. I mean, the arm doesn't
Speaker 1: look materially worse now. And what you know, for sure,
Speaker 1: just because of who Kirk is, you know, it's not
Speaker 1: like he's out partying every night. The guy still going
Speaker 1: to take care of himself.
Speaker 2: I had the question is where's he going to play
Speaker 2: next season?
Speaker 1: There is that that's a fair notion. We don't know
Speaker 1: the answer that he is on the last year and
Speaker 1: his deal with Minnesota, and that's you know, you could
Speaker 1: project ahead and ask yourself, does he finally get to
Speaker 1: San Francisco. He's been rumored for San Francisco since he
Speaker 1: left Washington, right since Washington was melting down, he was
Speaker 1: been rumored to go there. Imagine Kirk in that offense
Speaker 1: next year QB eight maybe, yeah, QB nine last year absolutely,
Speaker 1: So I'm not that worried about like Kirk taking a
Speaker 1: huge downgrade.
Speaker 3: No, yes, talent wise, I don't think anyone's scared of Kirk.
Speaker 3: I think it's just where is he going to be?
Speaker 3: He might and you see that thing where he said
Speaker 3: he might retire where he's like, we'll see where we
Speaker 3: are this year, Like he said an interview, he decided
Speaker 3: to keep playing this year, like it was a question.
Speaker 2: So I don't know.
Speaker 3: It seems a Kirk a little bit of a different
Speaker 3: can that's I mean, he's made all his money.
Speaker 1: He's made so much money and to you know, God
Speaker 1: bless him because he's worked the system impressively for himself.
Speaker 1: He's very religious, and you know, I wouldn't be surprised
Speaker 1: if Kirk just sort of like decides, you.
Speaker 2: Know, I'm done with football.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go spread the word. I'm going to go,
Speaker 1: you know, effectively lead a missionaries life, and I want
Speaker 1: to go, you know, just go do that. Now, that's
Speaker 1: you know, that wouldn't shock me.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. We'll see what you had to see.
Speaker 3: So I'd be cautiously buying Kirk right now, very very cautiously.
Speaker 1: I think I'm on the buy side of Kirk as well.
Speaker 1: I still think the Niners next year is a real possibility,
Speaker 1: and that would be very intriguing.
Speaker 2: We'll see how party plays this year.
Speaker 1: If yeah, that's right, I mean pretty might just be
Speaker 1: so Lance right, who knows San Francisco is situation here?
Speaker 2: Right?
Speaker 1: But where he'll go, where Kirk will go? If not
Speaker 1: San Francisco. The kind of team that's going to buy
Speaker 1: Kirk is going to fall into one of two categories.
Speaker 1: A team that feels like they're a veteran quarterback away
Speaker 1: from a Super Bowl run and being really good, or
Speaker 1: it's the Raiders and Garoppolo, that kind of deal. We're
Speaker 1: a terrible team. We're just going to buy a year.
Speaker 1: So hopefully that wouldn't be the case for.
Speaker 2: Kirk to the Jets after Rogers retires this year. Not impossible.
Speaker 1: Remember he was almost a Jet before, but he loved
Speaker 1: to Washington. Not impossible, all right, Thank you for listening
Speaker 1: to this edition of Fantasy Football Weekly Micro edition coming
Speaker 1: up tomorrow. Another winner of the draft. This whole week,
Speaker 1: it's all winners of the draft, including Tennessee wide receiver
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