Oh just give us the 1,000th post to this topic, please!
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I remember a lot of us correcting those folks too!
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Iâm at the 30:15 mark. Trying to upload my call to 790 in 2013.
Good to hear from Tom. Have not seen him around at H&PE like he was known to do at the Hof.
Heâs also hit on some otherâs for the season. I canât remember the exact amount but close to the 250,000. All the bonusâs that Case has made this year will not affect Minnesotaâs cap next year either. Due to what I remember reading a month ago, itâs based on expectations. You use the history of what to expect from the player. Seeing how Case has been âmis-usedâ nobody expected this from him. Example his losing record, TDâs compared to the most he has had in a season, etc. I believe that is correct. If anybody who is more knowledgeable please correct.
He met a couple of incentives by starting Week 17 against Bears. $250k bonus, from what I read. Not sure if there were any others beyond that.
http://ktxs.com/sports/high-school-sports/steve-keenum-the-journey
A journeyman â who sits on the brink of a trip to the biggest game of them all. A moment his father will continue to give the same message heâs done since Case began the game of football.
"I text him four things, and Iâve told other people this so Iâm not keeping a secret,â Keenum smiled.
âBut those four things are: pray hard, play hard, take care of the ball, and have fun. And if he does those things then, heâs going to be just fine."
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Whether you choose to call it, âThe Minnesota Miracle,â âThe Minnesota Marvel,â or just simply, âSeven Heaven,â the names Case Keenum and Stefon Diggs will forever be associated with the conclusion of a truly miraculous game. One that featured a mind-boggling 4 lead changes in the final 3 minutes. And one decided by a play that no one will ever forget, thus qualifying the kid from Abilene Wylie as immortal, in a football sort of way.
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Case tweeted this link out:
What You Give Will Grow Inspired by Thomas Morstead to donate all funds raised this week from Minnesota Vikings fans to Childrenâs Minnesota Child Life Program
Thomas Morstead and his foundation, What You Give Will Grow, announced today that donations received this week from Minnesota Vikings fans will be donated to the Childrenâs Minnesota Child Life Program as a thank you for the support following the New Orleans Saintsâ loss in the NFL Divisional match-up with the Vikings.
Following Minnesotaâs game-winning touchdown with no time left on the clock in the NFL Divisional match-up between the Vikings and the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, Jan. 14, Saints Punter Thomas Morstead was the first Saints player to come back out on to the field to defend the NFL-mandated conversion. Morstead suffered torn cartilage on the right side of his ribs during the game, but continued playing.
Following the game, a Vikings fan published a post on Reddit encouraging fellow fans to donate to What You Give Will Grow in honor of Morsteadâs effort in the game, particularly the sportsmanship demonstrated as he came back out for the extra point.
âWhat You Give Will Grow was built on the thought that giving back, at any level, makes a difference not only to those receiving the gesture, but in regards to inspiring others to do the same,â said Morstead. âItâs humbling to have fans from an opposing team doing something like this â it just shows that football is more than a game and it really is a community. Minnesota fans had no idea when they made donations that it would come back to their own community â but what you give does really grow and weâre honored to be able to support the child life program at Childrenâs Minnesota â this is what our foundation is all about.â
Morstead chose the child life program at Childrenâs Minnesota as the support of child life specialists is one of the focuses of What You Give Will Grow. Child life programs provide emotional support for children and families, as well as the coordinating of activities at their respective facilities â working hard to find creative ways to bring joy to kids in the hospital.
To date, the organization has given well over $2,500,000.00 to a wide range of causes and gotten thousands of people involved along the way.
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Really great to read about this and Morstead is the kind of guy I want on any team I ever play on.
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In 2017, Minnesotaâs Case Keenum (58.5) and New Englandâs Tom Brady (54.0) led all quarterbacks in QBR under pressure with marks that rank among the top 10 in all seasons tracked since 2009. Bradyâs placement may not come as a big surprise, but Keenumâs breakout season in Minnesota continues to be one of the wildest success stories since Kurt Warner went from bagging groceries to Super Bowl MVP in 1999.
Keenum also led all quarterbacks in Football Outsidersâ passing Defense-adjusted Value Over Average metric, which measures efficiency, and he may just be the least likely quarterback to do so since 1986. A big part of Keenumâs success has been his improvement at handling pressure. When we first saw Keenum with the 2013 Houston Texans, he held the ball a long time as an inexperienced second-year player. Keenumâs pressure rate in 2013 was 38.7 percent, the second-highest season among all quarterbacks since 2009. With the Rams in 2016, Keenum ranked dead last in QBR under pressure (6.5). He took a sack on 26.7 percent of the plays he was pressured on.
In Minnesota this year, Keenum has cut that mark in half, taking a sack on 13.3 percent of his pressures. Keenum has taken multiple sacks in each of his last seven games, but he was sacked just one time total from Week 5 to Week 11. A big help to Keenum has been wide receiver Adam Thielen, who led the NFL with 40 targets while his quarterback was under pressure â seven more than any other player. Thielenâs 397 receiving yards while targeted under pressure also led the NFL.
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âŠNow look who the dumb ones are!
Itâs us. The ones who laughed and told the Keenumites to sniff around somewhere else. But the Keenum disciples were right all along. We were the haters and losers. Because after an elite season in which Keenum tossed spectacular, lofting, deep passes and led the NFL in DVOA, was 4th in DYAR, had a touchdown interception ratio of 22:7, and averaged 7.3 yards an attempt, Case Keenum is now on the cusp of being a Super Bowl quarterback. He has traveled further into the postseason than the Houston Texans ever have.
Everyone is lauded for the things they were wrong about. Rarely are people appreciated for the times they are right. For those of you who stuck with your guy, congratulations. Enjoy it. Savor it. You were right all along. We were wrong.
Your hometown hero, Case Keenum, could become a Super Bowl champion.
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The Keenumitesâthatâs most of us.
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This is way more satisfying than it probably should be.
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Yeah, but, had you âHatersâ given him a chance, perhaps your Texans COULD be where the Vikings are. We donât want your stinking props now. We are stuck with BILL-âI SUCKâ-OâBRIEN!!! Boy do I miss the Oilers and Watching Keenum start for the TexansâŠHowever I am a Vikings Fan nowâŠSkol!
Hope your guys and Keenum-Haters (Josh Innes and John McClain) admit that they suck tooâŠ
My comments to the Battle Red Blog guy.
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I think it was brought up earlier in this thread but letâs not forget sometime in November or December John McClain wrote an article that Case should come back to the Houston pro football team to backup WatsonâŠ
on a three year, 10 million dollar contract.
If Case wins Sunday Iâm retweeting that article to McClain and really hope he explains that
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And I think at times only us.