Twitter: Calvin Watkins: McCarthy is playing mind games, Dak is playing

[cowboyed]

He should intentionally come out limping in warm-ups. Because all eyes will be on him and that's when you fool them.

I would love to see Dak get on the field coming out of the tunnel in a supercharged 4 wheel drive wheelchair swigging on some Jack Daniels.

 

[Risen Star]

He doesn't want to play. He just wants that game check deposited into his account.

There's no fight in Prescott.

 

[MRV52]

If Mike is paying mind games I love it...

I'll take mind games over the mindless robot Jason Garrett any day of the week.

Mind games is one thing, but do you really believe the Vikings fell for it? They wasted no time looking at and studying Rush all week.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Mind games is one thing, but do you really believe the Vikings fell for it? They wasted no time looking at and studying Rush all week.

What makes you so sure they didn't?

I would bet to say that they at least did a scouting report who Rush is...

That way they can play a different style of defense based on his skills or lack there of.

 

[Techsass]

The Vikings haven't wasted a single second preparing for Cooper Rush.

I wonder what they would do to prep for Rush.

 

[Romo_To_Dez]

Mind games is one thing, but do you really believe the Vikings fell for it? They wasted no time looking at and studying Rush all week.

The only way that the mind games might work, is if the Vikings coaching staff and players really, truly believed that Dak wasn't going to play and prepared more for Cooper Rush or went into the game with the mindset that they were going to pick up an easy win with Cooper Rush as the Cowboys QB. But, then Dak actually ends up playing and has a huge game against the Vikings defense.

The Vikings will not be caught off guard with Cooper Rush, as I don't see them having any trouble stopping and limiting him at all.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

The problem there is that the warmups will determine whether or not he'll be given the green light to play or sit it out the game.

The coaching staff has monitored Dak all week. They already know if he's going to play or not. They just aren't letting their decision be known to the general public as of yet.