Visanthe Shiancoe Decides The Best Time To Talk Trash Is After Losing

Yahoo!‘s Michael Silver provides us with this quote from Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe:

↵↵“You’ve got to watch a team like the Packers – they’re the new Cowboys,” Shiancoe continued, his sarcasm obvious. “Everybody’s jumping on their jock, like they’ve actually gone to the Super Bowl, and won it.

↵“Give them credit. They did good in the preseason. I mean, good. Good job. That’s good stuff.”

↵↵Let’s break this down in list form because it’s Friday and lists are easy for us to write and for you to read:

↵1. This came immediately following Shiancoe’s team losing its opening game. Not the ideal time to mock other teams.

↵2. I don’t even know what “the Packers are the new Cowboys” means. The Cowboys haven’t won anything lately either.

↵3. Green Bay has actually gone to the Super Bowl and won it. Three times, in fact. Which is three more times than the Vikings. But I get it, he meant recently. Still, not the best reference to make.

↵4. The Vikings had a bad preseason. And a bad Week 1 game. So what’s his point, exactly?

↵5. Visanthe Shiancoe was pretty awesome last night, which almost makes points 1-4 moot. Almost.