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  • 9/15/2023
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins praised his wide receiver Justin Jefferson despite a decisive fumble
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00:00 When you talk ball security and fundamentals, you always say, you know,
00:02 hey, don't reach for the end zone unless it's fourth down. And yet,
00:06 players do it all the time and score a touchdown. And so, you know,
00:10 we often joke that, you know,
00:11 don't reach for the end zone if you're not going to score. It's kind of the,
00:15 it's kind of the wink, you know? So it's tough. And the players are, you know,
00:20 instinctual and in the moment, you know,
00:22 he's so aware of where he is in the field that, you know, he reaches for it.
00:25 But I'm going to be hard on myself, right? I'm going to say, look,
00:28 that ball shouldn't have stopped him. You know, the ball stops him.
00:31 So he has to go up and get it and then has to pull through.
00:33 What if I threw a perfect ball? What if it had dropped right in the bucket?
00:35 Maybe he runs in untouched. So again, going back to,
00:38 we don't even have to have that moment.
00:39 If I can throw a perfect pass and drop it in the bucket to him, you know.
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