Vikings Myths and Misses: The QB Trade Idea, Kobe King, Food Pictures
Every week, VikingsTerritory takes care of the masses by pointing out the “nopedy nopes” in the team’s orbit. It’s a weekly piece that has run for a year and a half.
Vikings Nopedy Nopes are here for Week 9 — items that circulated the internet and are just too wrong, misguided, or didn’t quite work out as planned.
And with a sputtering Minnesota Vikings team, showcasing a 3-4 record, there are plenty of nopedy nopes to identify.
Vikings Nopedy Nopes for November 2nd, 2025
This stuff hasn’t worked out for the Vikings, or it is flat-out false.
The Nopedy Nope: The Vikings should trade for Kirk Cousins.
Cousins is having a hard time showing a smidgen of competence as a backup quarterback, let alone being entertained as an option for trade by the Vikings.
Kirk Cousins delivered one of his quietest outings of the season in the Falcons’ loss to the Dolphins — basically nothing went right.
Yahoo’s Jay Busbee wrote, “If the Atlanta Falcons were looking for verification that they made the right move in switching from Kirk Cousins to Michael Penix Jr., they found it Sunday. If the Falcons were looking for anything approaching optimism on the rest of the season, it was nowhere to be seen in Atlanta’s 34-10 loss to the not-so-hapless Miami Dolphins.”
“So often an accurate passer and reliable field general in prior seasons, Cousins was neither Sunday. His timing was off, his touch was nonexistent, and he managed to get the ball into Miami territory of the field only two times in the first three-plus quarters. One of those drives ended with a field goal, and the other with an uncharacteristic Bijan Robinson fumble.”
Cousins finished 21 of 31 for 173 yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions, and the Falcons converted just 2 of 11 third downs in a 34–10 blowout.
Brutal stuff from a quarterback who used to be one of the league’s most steady hands.
His contract is also unholy expensive.
The Verdict: Nopedy nope on the Vikings pursuing a Cousins trade. It just doesn’t make sense. He’s too expensive, and he showed last week that he isn’t very good.
The Nopedy Nope: After waiving Kobe King, Minnesota could just add him back to the practice squad.
NewYorkJets.com’s Susanna Weir noted on Friday, October 24th, “The Jets have claimed LB Kobe King. King (6-1, 236) was selected by the Vikings in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. The Penn State product appeared in 5 games for Minnesota this season, playing 77 snaps on special teams and 3 snaps on defense.”
“King appeared in 46 games for the Nittany Lions, recording 200 tackles, 18.5 TFLs and 4.5 sacks. He was waived by the Vikings on Thursday.”
The Vikings dropped King the day before, a surprise move because Minnesota just drafted him six months ago. Most believe the team would try to sneak him back onto the roster via the practice squad.
The Verdict: Nopedy nope on the Vikings thinking they could waive King and add him right back.
The Nopedy Nope: Ivan Pace Jr. was way out of bounds by posting a photo of his dinner after a Vikings loss.
Pace Jr. posted this photo about two hours after his team lost to the Chargers in Week 8.
Inexplicably, some fans raged, triggered by a food photo and evidently believing that football players shouldn’t post photos of their meals after losses.
SKOR North’s Leighton James pioneered the grievance, tweeting, “How unserious are the Vikings? Ivan Pace Jr just posted In-N-Out on his story an hour after the Vikings defense got lit up for 37.”
His outrage triggered other fans to pile on, suggesting that when a football player loses, he should shut up, be miserable, don’t eat, and if he does eat, don’t post pictures of it on social media.
Players are going to eat — before games, after games, and probably in between. That’s just life. It’s their choice whether they want to share those moments with fans online. A photo of a cheeseburger isn’t a crime. If Ivan Pace Jr. had posted something actually questionable after a loss, sure, maybe there’s a conversation to be had.
But this? Harmless — no different than posting a picture with your family. No harm done, and definitely not worth the outrage. There are much bigger things to worry about. Like run defense.
The Verdict: Nopedy nope on the world ending after a player posts a picture of a cheeseburger.
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