Dustin Baker

Writer at @CBSSports.
Minnesota Vikings stuff.
Co-Founder @VikesNow.
fiction novels.

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

When searching for an old NFL trade, I got sick of having to find random articles from like 1992. So, I built a database.

It's the who, what, when, and where of all trades.

Poke around. Have fun. Make fun of it. Bookmark it. NBA, MLB, NHL are next.

https://t.co/8eM1zru5Kr

[VikesNow @VikesNow]

Retire the old one.

https://t.co/6ewiLt6Nw1

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

The Vikings currently rank 4th in run-block win rate and 11th in pass-block win rate, per ESPN.

NFL Lines ranks them as the 9th-best OL through nine weeks.

https://t.co/wcteND5GM9

They may not be utterly elite, but the OL is pretty good.

[Taylor Lowell @DrozoTheClown]

No matter who they have at QB, the Vikings OL will hold them back.

▪️Darrisaw not the player he was pre-injury.
◾️LG is undrafted Joe Huber.
◾️C is a 6’7” swing tackle convert.
◾️RG is Will Fries who is the most overpaid player I’ve ever seen.
◾️RT is a washed up Brian O’Neill.

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

@DrozoTheClown

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

If the Vikings beat the Packers this Sunday, winning the NFC North and perhaps fetching the No. 1 seed can stay alive.

If they do not, you can probably throw both of those out the window, and we can study our usual Wildcard thing.

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

It will always be funny to me that when Kirk Cousins came back to U.S. Bank Stadium as a Falcon in 2024, fans booed the shit out of him, and when I asked fans on Twitter, "Why are we doing this?" the replies were like, "We always boo former Vikings who come back to town."

We didn't boo Adrian Peterson in 2017 as a Saint. Didn't boo Stefon Diggs with the Texans in 2024, either. Never booed Eric Wilson as a Packer. Cam Bynum a few weeks ago? Not a chance. Jerick McKinnon as a Chief? Nope. Didn't boo Case Keenum as a Commander in 2019.

That whole "we boo ex-Vikings players in this here building, dude" was complete fiction.

And now Kirk is back. lol

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

@ESPNNFL his way of being mad about it without sounding bitter. haha

[VikesNow @VikesNow]

Here we go. It's all in his hands.

https://t.co/LqfqnsxZEM

[VikesNow @VikesNow]

Nietzsche described hope as “the greatest of evils."
https://t.co/WmowGLOYBh

[VikesNow @VikesNow]

They did the thing.

https://t.co/uToWoMvdwV

[VikesNow @VikesNow]

storybook stuff

https://t.co/eb0BnFhJkc

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

@kle18 are you saying wentz struggled on MNF?

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

Sooooo, will Kirk Cousins wear No. 6? It's the only number available.

Unless he cuts a deal with Jakobe Thomas for No. 8.

[TradeVerdicts @TradeVerdicts]

Kirk Cousins returns to MIN.

Initial Trade Verdict:
Vikings: B+
Raiders: B+

To Las Vegas:
2027 3rd-round pick

To Minnesota:
Kirk Cousins (QB)

https://t.co/ln6ajsrlTX

[Marissa Voss™ @marissavoss]

And what if I said this was foreshadowing him coming back to Minnesota all along?

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

@skiyouMeeko no way that even remotely applies. lol

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

For the very first time, all Vikings fans can cheer for Kirk Cousins to succeed without bitching about his contract.

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

@bstoff350 i was tryna be funny. lol
flopped

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

@bstoff350 you giving yourself premature permission for when the first INT hits? lol

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

(meaning there's just no way he's available via trade)

[Dustin Baker @DustBaker]

Of all the Vikings trade takes this morning, Matthew Stafford as an available trade option is the dumbest. lol

like what are we doing