Yeah No One Expected Case Keenum To Do This
What the hell, right? With the Eagles loss to Seattle, the Vikings jumped into first place thanks to strength of schedule. They have a great defense, killer young WRs, excellent coaching…and elite QB Case Keenum.
Seriously try and think about telling someone in July that the Vikings would be a major playoff contender because of the QB play of Case Keenum. Just imagine the look they would give you. They’d have seen so much nonsense from the past year that would shock anyone from 2015 but they still wouldn’t believe you. “Is Sam Bradford hurt?” They’d ask, and you would nod, and they would shrug, because they already knew that was true. “What about Teddy, did he just never recover from his horrific knee injury that almost took his leg?”
No, you’d say. Teddy is actually fine. He made it back into the lineup. He’s just been staying on the bench because why would you want to lose the Case? There’s no point in risking losing the hot hand. Teddy could always use more recovery time. Keenum’s got this. He’s playing lights out. Okay, maybe not lights out, but he’s playing so much better than anyone could have possibly suspected. We’ve all been waiting for the other shoe to drop, and it keeps not dropping. What if Case Keenum is actually…good?
Keenum’s had a weird career. He backed up Matt Schaub and actually got 8 starts in 2013, never really looking better than backup level and he never won a game. He was then cut for Ryan Mallet. Remember Ryan Mallet? The Rams picked him up, then promptly cut him, and he ended up back in Houston on the practice squad. He got back in the big boy lineup when Ryan Fitzpatrick got hurt. He won a couple of games. He then went back to the Rams. He started a few games when it turned out Nick Foles was actually Foles Gold (GET IT?!?!). He had some good games! Keenum became the starter for the LA Rams in 2016 and did okay until the Giants game in London and shortly afterward was benched for the future of the Rams, Ryan Gosling. He found himself on the Vikings this season as a backup and then Sam Bradford did his thing (his thing is getting hurt for the season) and now Case Keenum is hot stuff.
The Vikings were one of those teams where the QB position was one of the few spots holding the team back (along with o-line). With the O-line fixed and Keenum looking like a top 10 starter, the Vikings have made the jump from middle of the road to playoff heartbreak. Come on Vikings fans, you know it’s coming.
Also Adam Thielen is really good too.
Anyway go Vikings please god don’t let the Eagles win any more
i guess you can say that the woman had
a CASE of the coma
I’m not too keenum on that pun.
Mcapoo deserves his own comic thursday
more like mcaDONE AMIRITE
Swickles done seen him some shit, yo.
Case was definitely just “there” until the bye week, only good game before that was Tampa where they had something around 8 defensive starters injured at the end of the game. Still a completely unprecedented stretch based on past history though. I’d say he looks like a better one year wonder that’ll get overpaid a la Osweiler except Case can still throw a ball when not playing in this system which is working almost perfectly for him.
That’s kinda what he did in Houston for the Cougars Look bekow,average for 2 years before playing great his other 5 years there (but seriously, he was a Houston Cougar for like 6 years).
Actually I kind of did. I know Keenum hadn’t done well in the NFL yet (I kind of feel he got an unfair shake of things so far) but you have to keep in mind Keenum is possibly the greatest NCAA passer of all time. He passed for 19217 yards in college which is the most ever by a D1 QB, also 155 TDs to 46 ints. He had all the makings of a great passer, (except maybe a bit small at 6’1″) he just had to get into the right situation.
It doesn’t matter, we all know the Vikings will choke somewhere along the playoffs, even if it’s their offense melting down in the Super Bowl ala 70s
I like the Inception plot here. I’m surprised this wasn’t a comic about McAdoo and Reese being fired though. Maybe we’ll get a good comic on it Thursday as I’d like to see Dave’s rendition.
And so McApoo gets canned.
Ben got fired and replaced by Steve spagndyfotbrhsif. Not too sure who GM is though. Also Eli is back at the starting position, but he won’t be the same after they betrayed him like that
Not sure if he’ll be back next season after what happened. If he does leaves, I can’t blame him.
Me too. But he did say he wants to play his career out with the Giants so maybe it could just end in retirement at the end of this season. Unless the giants play lights out for the rest of the season, Eli might end up sticking around for his well deserved 3rd super bowl win. The giants could be contenders with Spag at the helm and their running game coming together. Retain that along with building up a better O-line and polishing the defense and you have major challengers for the SB
Would that be nice, even moreso with getting OBJ a ring with all the hate he got (though some were deserved).
Don’t couch that Dave. Case IS playing lights out. More to his credit, his play improved with Teddy Bridgewater threatening his job
Come on Dave, this is the Eagles and Vikings we’re talking about. The Vikes will get home field, lose in the NFCCG to the Eagles, who will then lose the Super Bowl (to the Patriots, most likely) in that same stadium.
Case Keenum Superbowl MVP. Calling it right now.
In his home stadium no less!
As a Vikings fan, I am pretty sure I know how this one goes. Everything falls into place during the remaining season and playoffs and miracle of miracles, the Vikes make it to the Superbowl! Only to lose in their own goddamn stadium by shanking a last minute field goal.
And that’s the BEST I can hope for.
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That’s not the worst case scenario for the Vikings.
The Packers could still snake their way into a wildcard spot and win out in the NFCCG.
Bleh, I meant to say, “This is the worst case scenario: “.
We burn it down before that happens.
I’ll bring marshmallows 🙂
Anything on Gronk’s WWE move on Tre White? Or all the concussions during Bengals-Steelers. Crazy week of football
I mean this is the Houston Cougars Case Keenum tbh
It is appropriate that the tags for this are Death, and Vikings. I love this fucking team with my whole heart and with the number one seed it has become clear that this season can only end in disaster. I fear what might happen if we actually make it to the Super Bowl, whatever Shaggoth horror cursed us would surely deliver swift and painful retribution for having the gall to rise above a blown wildcard game.
Case is pulling a flacco, he’ll revert to the mean eventually. QBs always do until they don’t and become the Bradys/Warners.
He is right look at palmer
I was all set to post a comment about how you know the playoff train wreck is coming, but you beat me to it. That line was well placed… you set them up and then delivered the gut shot.
Stop cursing teams! Why don’t you do a comic about how awesome and great the Eagles are or the Patriots?
Yea I’m a steelers fan and Case is scary to watch