00:00I want to kind of focus on the NFC right now because we have a big matchup.
00:05So we have two NFC North contenders that are playing each other on Sunday.
00:10We have Detroit, who is playing a Patriots team in Munich, actually.
00:15But Green Bay hosts Minnesota, and they're obviously not going to have Micah Parsons or Josh Jacobs.
00:20But this is Kirk Cousins' first full game back with Minnesota.
00:25First of all, David, what did you think of Kirk going back to Minnesota?
00:28And does this really make them in that elite contender status?
00:35I think Kirk had a good thing going in Vegas.
00:39I understand the move.
00:41I think it was the right choice.
00:43Minnesota is the nostalgia play.
00:47It's the tug on your heartstrings play.
00:49But I don't think it does enough to move the needle.
00:52I mean, Kirk Cousins has kind of always been the underachieving or overachieving quarterback.
00:58If they don't have any expectations, he overachieves.
01:01If they do, he underachieves.
01:04I don't like it, but I like it better than Carson Wentz.
01:07I like it better than Kyler Murray.
01:10I like it better than J.J. McCarthy last year.
01:14It's just not enough to move the needle.
01:17I do think it could be enough to beat this Packers team.
01:19But once we get deeper into it, I think that's not the next leg up.
01:28John, what do you got on this Packers-Vikings matchup?
01:32This is a huge matchup.
01:33I think every NFC North matchup from here on out is going to be big.
01:37But you got two six-win teams going at it right now.
01:40I think that we're going to see if Kirk Cousins can transfer that magic from Las Vegas.
01:47What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas, man.
01:50I can't really...
01:51I don't know what we're going to see from him.
01:55Because the Minnesota Vikings have had trouble blocking for the quarterback.
02:00Their line has had trouble holding up.
02:02Yes, Carson Wentz was awful in that last performance.
02:05But throughout the season, the Minnesota Vikings have had trouble blocking for the quarterback.
02:12They've had trouble blocking in the run game.
02:15And Kevin O'Connell doesn't necessarily want to run the ball as much as most fans would like him to.
02:20But if you're going to have this many passes, you got to have the protection there.
02:26So bringing in Kirk Cousins really solves an issue.
02:29And I think his ability to know the offense and be able to get rid of the ball quick will
02:33help.
02:34But when you get deep into the game, when you get in third and longs, like a lot of these
02:38teams do from time to time,
02:40that's when I need to see if Kirk Cousins really has what it takes to take Minnesota past where they
02:44were going to go
02:45with the quarterbacks they already had.
02:47Because I find it hilarious that all of a sudden, the Kyler Murray hamstring just turned into,
02:52we just got a whole new quarterback.
02:53We just got a whole new quarterback.
