the blue yesterday and I've been fascinated by the lack of
roster. Toner, were in Minnesota, got a new GM,
new head, coach new coaching staff
and a lot of the same players.
And at quarterback the same room,
Kirk Cousins, Sean mannion, Kellen Monde, no changes. Now,
the changes are afoot because in comes,
Nick Mullens for a conditional. 2024 seventh-round pick,
basically, if he's on the roster for one game,
the Raiders get a 20. 24/7. Rounder
Chris. I look
there was a time when Nick Mullens showed some promise
with San Francisco. He broke all the Brett Favre's records
at the University of Southern Mississippi, right? But but
then I do something happened. Reality can
yeah. And and and Kyle got Nick Mullens the hell out of San
Francisco, right?
I don't know what's your thought on
Nick Mullens joining this effort to back up Kirk Cousins?
Well, it's interesting to Mike. I mean, you know who was their
practice? To sing against Minnesota last week, right?
Writers.
No, the Forty niner niner, right? Yeah, I am wonder if
they ask about them, they stay. But yeah. And they saw Mullins
on. They didn't practice with them, but they saw Mullen
the week before on on Sunday and then they see the 49ers. Good
point. Good
point. Got a chance to talk to some people about Nick Mullens,
maybe they'll trade it right, right. So yeah, listen he's he
knows how to run an offense, that's anybody you talk to oh
he's a professional and he picks up the Playbook and he's
great in them.
Meeting room and all of that
you know but he's a second third Stringer there's a reason
teams keep going. Oh he go to the next guy, you know? Will
we? Let me the Raiders we like Jared Stidham clearly as our
backup. He's our guy there
but he does have experience that way
and to me it says Mike and I don't know you know maybe you
follow the Vikings closer than I do. Yeah. That like kelan mon
is not in the trust tree. You know, Sean. Sean mannion
doesn't have much talent to begin with. So that's the where
I just go that's scary.
And then K Ma
You know, obviously hasn't done enough to make them feel like,
wow of Kirk Cousins goes down. We feel warm and cozy mon has
talent, I actually like the way, Mom looked in the game,
the other day against the 49ers. Again, you know, it's
hard
to play quarterback when nobody blocks for you.
I mean, they were getting steamrolled up. Run his first
interception, wasn't his fault, he can't throw the ball and
block the left demons attack all at the same time. You know?
The last owner. Sound room was pitiful.
That was maybe what they were. Like, oh man, we can't trust
him. Maybe that's what did it. But either way, yeah, they're
not comfortable with that and Nick Mullens, you know,
he did like you said, put together
some good games in San Francisco and has
a little more experience. Maybe are definitely than those other
two guys here's Kevin O'Connell. Vikings coach on why
he made the trade for Nick Mullens
add a quality player at that position to the room.
A guy that has that kind of experience and really
production for the 17 game started.
Have good relationships with guys that have coached him.
I know Quay see
had a relationship with him, obviously from his time in
Cleveland and then ultimately just, you know,
the competition's going to go down to the very end here and
you know, that does not mean that always
just stays the same. Sometimes we may feel the need to add
a player at a position, not just quarterback just to try to
maximize what we're going to be this year as a football team
and
feel really good about all those guys in that room. And I know
there's some plays we would have certainly like to have
back from from Saturday. But still a lot of positives coming
out of the game for both Sean
and kelan and have asked those guys to continue to progress on
where they're at with in the offensive system in
the competition and
will be able to sort that thing out when the time's, right? But
a chance to add a really good player was why we did it.
Look bottom line, I think mannion's out, they're not
going to get rid of mind. He's in a contract for three more
years, right? Shown enough that you keep them around and you
see what he's got potential. Yeah
but I think this means Manion is out both guys.
Monde and mannion told Chris Thomas in the st. Paul, Pioneer
Press yesterday, they didn't know what was going on, they
don't know what it means. Or what it means is what I was
going to be gone by next Tuesday, when the rosters cut
253. They're not going to
have four guys on the roster. I would think I think means
mannion. Bye-bye, Monde
number three, they'll carry three guys on the roster
because you're not going to let my mind go through waivers
become a practice squad guy. That's not happening, right? So
it tells me that it's going to be cousins Mullins and Monde
taking up three of the 53
roster. Spots in Minister, I would
I think that's right. Mike that would that would That's my kind
of feel I'm with you there. No doubt and yeah you know he
alluded to it you know he's got some
people that he's been connected to that you know obviously no
Nick Mullens and what makes him and he talked about that
17-game stretchy had I mean hey we do again this is the Kyle
Shanahan magic and don't forget about it, like Mullins, what
was the stat there for a
while? For like the first five games you ever started? Was
like the greatest start in the history of any quarterbacks
ever. It wasn't cousin. Nick Mullens. Unbelievable Talent.
He just hey, Kyle. Okay, you tell me to do this. I'll do
that. I'll do this,
I'll do that.
And that's where he's a, he's a good backup. That way they can
depend on them to be smart and run the offense. He had a debut
for the age is a 34 23, win over the Raiders
back in right, Thursday night, game. Remember that, right?
Yeah.
So you know there
but I remember the Sunday night game. I remember one night over
the Eagles at one point I thought it's good. He's playing
for the Eagles because he's already mastered the art of
throwing the ball to Eagles players, because that's
basically what he did
the night, that the Eagles and the 49ers played, and he was
the 49ers quarterback. That's what happened, you know. Again,
it people started to go, okay, wait Shanahan's doing this, to
hide this and hide this deficiency here and it became
okay. Now,
wait, like we always talked about the guys got to make some
throws and some plays by himself and he left a lot of
plays and yards on the field there through the stretch to
where I think that was when they were
like, okay. And then he started to turn the ball over and then
it was like, oh Okay, you know, we'll find another backup. See
you later.
Well, the Vikings I think, will indeed say, see you later to
Sean mannion and cousins has been very durable
that's he has yeah, does it get appreciated enough for right?
He's never injured and maybe it's not going to be relevant
or necessary for anyone to play in his place
this year but it looks like it'll be Mullins game day and
then Monty guy who continues to develop