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Well, we’re hearing rumblings of rumors, which hints at the chaos that will ensue once the free agency period officially begins next Wednesday. I expect to see another team sign Lamar Jackson, I expect the Vikings will be saying adios to many long-time Viking players, and of course, I expect this to be the beginning of a Vikings Super Bowl run this year. Disagree if you want, I don’t mind if you’re wrong. 🙂
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Minnesota Vikings News:
The Vikings were awarded a sixth-round compensatory pick, per Vikings.com.
Kirk Cousins was on Bussin’ With The Boys and talks about 4th and 8, among other subjects, from VikingsWire.
At Vikings.com, they talk with Wade Phillips in Offseason 1-on-1.
NFL.com comes up with some landing spot prospects for Jimmy Garoppolo.
The Vikings are adding to the secondary in CBS Sports’ NFC free agency matchmaker piece.
I’m not sure what this means, but…….
Video of the Day:
This is an awesome piece from Paul Harvey. What’s eerie is that this was created and aired in 1965. Enjoy!
Just watched a video of every AT touchdown. Damn, I know he’s lost his down field advantage….but 70% of his TDs were in the red zone. And he’s still dangerous there.
Very dangerous
But expensive that’s the issue.
Z Smith making it known on instagram he wants to go to Dallas
They can give us a 3rd rd pick for him or he can shut the fuck up.
You almost wonder if these moves are signaling moving up instead of back in the draft.
who does Carolina draft now?
I laugh if it’s Levis. Lol
Or Richardson would be even worse but I doubt they’re that stupid. It’s Young I would assume.
It’s kinda crazy… doesn’t seem like that long ago they drafted cam
Yeah….have to go get your guy so don’t blame them.
For us who would we move up for that you’re suggesting? I would wish Carter quite frankly.
PFF Mock Machine is updated!! Let’s Go!
PFF Mock machine says Young and I agree.
It will be interesting to see where he falls.
I don’t know if the legal stuff drops him enough.
im waiting for some more cuts and FA to hit.
thsts the next sign of where the team is headed.
We can still hit some needs pretty well in the draft without being too aggressive.
Why laugh if it’s Levis?
I think he would’ve been available closer to 9.
or at least not going all the way to 1
Maybe, he’s not likely getting passed colts at 4, young stroud and he are very likely going top 4 in some order
Tough call.
id say top 10 for sure ….
who knows.
bears got a good haul
Levis is my favorite if I had to pick one. They’ll all be busts though regardless
They won’t all be busts, but at least half will be
That’s why McKee in the 2nd is the best of the bunch. Value vs cost.
Pretty clear the Vikings are getting ready with a fat wallet in 2024 to lock in some of our Youngbloods that we’re building the franchise around and will add some nice pieces as well. I hate Mackey he’s a idiot.
Agree on Mackey, he can be a dumbass.
Correction… he is*
Ultimate clown
I forgot Skolly diaper patrol Shefty is breaking all news here…
Big if true
Vikes checking out OBJ
OBJ? Well… could be fun.
Brian Asamoah II, Troy Dye, Jordan Hicks and William Kwenkeu are our linebackers… not one of them impresses me.
It’s 3 days before free agency not the season.
Where are we going to get 4 good linebackers?
Sign 1 draft 1 and we’re good.
We’ll see
Only need 2 and Asmoah is likely a starter
not sure what you’re talking about with the “4 good linebackers”, the current lbs on the roster are smith, Hunter, Jones, wonnum, and the inside guys you mentioned. Assmoah is likely taking one starting inside spot and Hicks isn’t very good so at most they need one starter for the inside, not 4
Holy hen shit. I hope not, I don’t want the Bears to get that haul of picks. Dammit.
Maybe we can trade our two starting tackles to them for the #1 and draft a tackle.
Seems like a KAM thing to do. #anal-itics
Poles going younger.
KAM doing same old same old.
same old same old? Wha? Quite the opposite, it seems.
Meh they lost a second rounder to the claypool trade this season
Wow. Carolina going all-in.
My goodness. Jealous.
Actually not that bad of a deal for the Panthers imo to get your guy….now who is that guy is the question.
Better pick right at that price.
Remember the Redskins doing this for RGIII? I do.
In other words “because we want to trade him”.
Dew eet!
Whew boy…..
This football day has definitely not be boring. Enjoyed hanging with you guys and even got to speak with PPB. Grands are spending the night tomorrow, so had chores I should have done. Felt good to just chill and focus on football though. I’ll be running around like crazy tomorrow to pay for it, worth it.
Always great when you’re on Kathy. Hopefully the Grands don’t wear you out too much.
Have fun with the grands!
I mean, if you can get something for him, get something. Either way the savings are worth it.
How the doomer/boomer vote go? Never voted.
Skolly needs to figure out what side he’s on
Think he hurt himself jumping off bandwagon.
DOOM is the way to go with this team.
Uncompetitive rebuild. I’m going with it.
Let´s see where this ends. Have to roll with it anyway.
name of your sex tape
Its really not important. Yahoos were leading the doomers by like 15 votes
Results on Monday
Can I change my vote? My 52% homer 48% doomer personality switched to 10% homer and 90% doomer in the last few hours.
Otis Taylor. RIP
LOL
Bahahahaha, I love you ben. That moment perfectly sums up Kirks tenure here. Always ended in dumb ways like this
You are a hater I’ll give you that.
We know how you feel. You may be wrong, but we know.
He also broke the record for most consecutive 100 yard games to start a season in NFL history (with 8) in 2018 right? Funny you don’t mention that.
Funny they dont make a banner for that useless cherry picked stat. Hit me with some others! Ill order banners for those too.
You’re so easy…
Someday you will say something positive and we will figure that you have been taken over by aliens.
Even the best brothers fight but stay friends. Some brothers like mine just don’t get along cuz somebody is crazy, but that’s a story for another day.
Agreed.
Sounds like an interesting story. Do share one of these days if you like.
Summary:
Northwoods has a good side gig selling “mostly dry” kleenex
The Vikings sneed a LB in FA according to Skoldiers
Vikings cut Adam Thielen, he’s from Detroit Lakes, is a VIking Fan, and went to Mankato for college
Whiny debate
Lifer bitches about all the comp picks SF got for having a bunch of minority assistants hired by other teams
Peterplaysskinflute made an appearance, he’s not a Vikings fan anymore though
If the Vikings franchise tag Kirk next year GF is gonna “
fucking riotpeacefully protest”Skoldiers starts getting nervous the Vikings might not extend Kirk
Wrenage eats soy because his balls are so big, also met Walz at Whole Foods
More AT discussion
Diggs discussions
Wrenage warns America after his wife passed the citizenship test
SKolly posts tweet that Harry Smith is trending toward being cut
In times like this Mick asks, “WW5D?”
Cam Dantzler is cut, skolly and skolbros suggest the Vikings just cut and trade everyone and blow it up, lol silly doomers
Freezey likes sick twisted games
Asswipe B Narcs on his co-workers, not exactly shocking news
lmao
oh shoot i didn’t see pete stopped by. dangit. what the heck was i doing, oh working or something stupid. shoot.
Not sure if I believe this, would love to see a link.
Incorrect I watched the podcast. He complains about Bills and how they keep failing and then he laughs at minnesota trading him to Buffalo expeciting him to suck and be on a loser team which ended up not being the case
Odd… I thought they traded him because he was disgruntled. What do I know though?
That makes zero sense, the Bills were 10-6 coming off an appearance in the playoffs before they traded Diggs there, why would anyone think they would “suck and be a loser team”, he isn’t very bright.
Yeah, that sounds odd to me, too.
I mean I get that players exaggerate or kinda make shit up to motivate themselves but that one is really odd.
Same opinion as before, all WRs are divas and want to be WR1. Best of luck to Diggs.
That reads like made up bull shit lol
Sign beast FAs and I’ll be back on the homer train
Meh, enjoy your time on the wild side.
Beast guys will be $15M a year types (or more). If we freed up $100M we could sign like 5 guys.
Cut or trade everybody, sign cheap FAs then sign everybody next year.
Hell, might as well trade all of this year’s draft picks for future picks too.
Just cast off 2023 regardless. Its not a real contention year. Get your loose pants for 2024, thats when things get good.
The ♀ PA that told my ♀ technologists not to listen to me in a code came to my office and gave me a tearful apology, said that she did say that but didn’t mean it in a derogatory fashion, just meant that once she arrived I would not want to continue running the code. I accepted in graceful fashion. The ♀ techs all rushed in afterwards to see if I was gloating.
I learned long ago that if I have a straight up discussion with someone who does not identify as male about a disagreement there is a high likelihood that I will be cited as bullying “because you are a big guy and it just seems aggressive to say things like please don’t do that anymore coming from you”. A guy can’t be too careful.
Instead I narc’d to the ♀ VP of clinical service who talked to the ♀ VP of patient service who talked to the ♀ PA.
How’d you create that hieroglyphic?
cut and paste. Easier than typing female.
Witchcraft!
That ain’t much of a campfire.
Witches are not very good at constructing proper campfires, I guess…
I always got stuck with addressing bad behavior, especially with executives whether they were male or female. Once, I even had to do something out of the norm. Usually the Japanese handled such issues with the Japanese on site. However, someone had to talk to the Japanese President about something he did. The higher up Japanese went in and out of conference rooms for 3 days, and then they asked me to do it, which I did (somebody had to do it). Chicken****.
Calling MT chicken seems a bit aggressive, especially for you Kathy.
Haha! Obviously I was talking about the Japanese executives whose job it was to address this issue.
it’s like everytime big Z asks them to release him, they just release someone else.
like some sick twisted game. i love it
Hopefully he doesn’t wise up and shut up.
For some reason it reminds me of being picked last in a 60 man dodgeball league.
no one wanted to hear about your shouse
4979 people participated in a dodge ball game at the Universiade Pavilion (ButterDome) at the University of Alberta to set a world record. I was not picked. True story.
Wouldn’t they need an even number of participants for it to work?
I know, right? How dare they not pick me!!
(I neglected to mention the record was set in 2012, subsequently beaten by UCLA I believe, or 21 years after I was a student there)
So are the Vikings eyeing up a push in ’23 or gearing up for one in ’24.
Big questions loom now that they’re actually purging this bad money.
Well if they start signing big name talent, I’d say they still have their foot on the gas for 2023.
I know but we have to wait a few days for thatz
i want speculation now!
Laughing… burning it to the ground then.
Im not sayin that either.
None of these moves have surprised me.
Dantz wasn’t a fit for Flores… but I’d hoped there was a trade market.
I agree that KAM might could have gotten something for some players. Obviously have to have a trade partner though.
Yeah I doubt it.
theu know where in a cap crunch and a flyer like Dantz they can get cheap.
Vikings.com film room review of Cousins year.
https://www.vikings.com/video/film-room-analyzing-kirk-cousins-2022-season
Stay out of the deep end. About 500 comments down, you now have to load more comments.
She sure do got a pretty mouth.
(said in fake, over the top, appalachian accent)
Hey, 18yrs working in prison changes a man.
Good thing my name starts with a “K”, haha!
Not to mention you are seldom that ‘chatty’.
Quality not quantity!!
Thank you, sir.
That, of course, was aimed at the chatty ones. After I posted it I was, “oh, crap, I hope Kathy doesn’t think I was targeting her.”
I knew you weren’t targeting me, was just joking with you.
WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO TRADE COOK!!!!
They could get under cap now pretty easily and then trade Cook between now and draft. Doesn’t have to be this week.
Schedule is freaking brutal this year so maybe this is a good year to tank
LOL, cheer up skolly,, don’t be such a doomer.
skollydoomdoom.
Hopefully he changed his vote on the poll
I did
I purpose changing doomer to realist
That’s what a doomer would say.
I propose changing the meaning of purpose to the meaning of propose.
2nd
I propose changing the meaning of propose to the meaning of porpoise
I think this is a great idea.
I’m on the doom train. Changing my vote
Because they cut Dantzler? That’s a pretty big jump. Deep breath, you’ll be leading the homer charge by the end of next week.
LOL, so sad that all it took was cutting an overpaid declining old LB, a way overpaid old WR, and CB who sucks and is hurt every year to make you a doomer.
Nostalgia is a bitch.
I wish they would make an announcement they have ZERO intention of Greg Joseph coming back.
That would make me happy
Is he under contract or a FA?
He’s a FA.
But I want to know for sure he wont be missing XP’s for the vikings anymore
Yes, that would be ideal, but no matter who they bring in there will be missed XPs and FGs.
Yeah Im done with that project as well.
I played “Let the bodies hit the floor” on the Dantzler article. LOL
Appropriate.
We’ll our #1 FA destination award should come in handy…..
They are getting rid of all of the Zimmer guys. LOLOLOLOL
Sure are.
I approve. Undo everything Rick and Zim did minus JJ.
That was a gift from Roseman for fkin em so hard on bradford
What a nice guy lol
CD and ON keep, other than that…. idk.
Yeah they can stay too. Darrisaw looks like the real deal so pretty happy with that.
Was Dantzler a Zimmer guy? Zim seemed to dislike him.
From the Zimmer Tenure. He was a CB whisperer ya know?
I miss zim from his first four years, he was a curmudgeon but still likable enough, his last couple years he was just crabby all the time and no fun at all.
The first few years of the Zimmer regime were mostly fun indeed, he had to deal with some unusual shit as well. It all went downhill quickly after that, Wilfs waited too long to fire Zimbo and Wreck. Had high hopes for Zimmer when the Vikes signed him.
2020 draft, 3rd round.
So a Rick guy.
Bacteria stays with puke
Kick the can down the road, good for them, I want them to suck.
Trade Kirk for Purdy.
My gosh wtf are we doing
Dantz wasn’t great in man but still
LOL remember when i said to trade Dantz cause he was a Zone corner?
LOLOLOL
He’s not elite but with zero CBs and depth we needed him IMO
Why?
You’re advocating bodies to take up space than getting guys who fit what Flores wants.
2.7m in cap space can get a decent guy for year 1.
It seems they want all of this dead cap and BS taken care of now.
Wtf are the vikings doing. they better have some elite plan bc current CBs are evans and booth and that’s freaking it
And Dantzler!
Whoop Whoop!
They drafted Evans and Booth. Let em rip!
They can’t stay on the field
ok.
One dude has 3 concussions in one season…. the other has been injury riddled since HS
But they are the new regime´s guys. All that matters to them, it seems.
LOL.
Are you going to be ok buddy?
LOL yup, just trying to fan the flames
Dantzler can’t either though.
Moot.
Moo
Could the elite plan be to suck for a top 3 draft pick? Queasy taking a page out of the Poles playbook?
Maybe. But for a better QB class?
I doubt thats it.
Dude from USC is gonna be elite
Which dude? I don´t follow college football at all, unfortunately.
Free Agency hasnt even started yet my dude. Relax wittle Skolly, let the people in charge finally start making THEIR team, a younger, stronger, faster, better team. And hopefully soon with THEIR QB. New era of Vikings is here. LETS GO!!!
I like the optimism, can´t share it just yet.
Kfey the optimist, I never thought I’d see the day.
The world has been turned upside down. Did the magnetic poles actually switch?
I know, right? Kfey is an optimist, skolly has become a pessimist. WTH is going on here?
Paradigm shift. Happens.
I will be optimistic when the team does something that warrants it in my mind. I haven’t seen that in years so these little moves are pushing things in the right direction. So far, a very nice Friday.
You ready to dig out from this shit? Snowing like a MFer out there right now.
I havent seen a window in an hour, wasnt snowing yet…lemme look
Yeah fuck that noise. Im supposed to bartend tonight from 7 to close. Either I will get cut before then because they close my bar in the building or I get there work for 2 hrs, then get cut anyway. I dont wanna have to be there until 2am and drive back to Lincoln
So it’s taken you this long to realize the roster is garbage?
Oh shit
Dantzler? LOL
Surprised they couldn’t get anything in a trade.
LOL, this guy is such a clown
I agree with this. If they’re blowing it up and expecting to have current loser backups who suck or rookies take their spot then blow the whole thing up.
https://twitter.com/SkolBros/status/1634269135461908480?s=20
Maybe they have a FA plan but still won’t ahve much money in 2023
They have a plan. I seriously doubt they’re just cutting players indiscriminately.
Oh, I´m sure that they do have a plan. Question is, will it be a good plan?
In times like this… i ask myself… WW5D?
Fire everyone then just blame the QB when they suck?
Cut them all. When they suck, it´s the QB´s fault, and Jobu´s.
I think he would say…
What an idiot. Why would he cut those guys. They’re never going to win now. Suck forever. wonk wonk wooooonk
Could be more accurate than my interpretation 😂
LOL, why? They got rid of a couple guys that this dude likes so they should just blow up the stadium? LOLOLOL
He should take a Quaalude & wait to see what their plan is.
Been posting it for awhile. This Skolbros guy is half a tard and tool. Not sure why Skolly shares his Tweets
LOL
This kind of mentality makes me laugh.
Waaa they shipped off my favorite players so they need to cut everyone everywhere.
Maybe they are?
But I doubt it. These cuts are not a suprise.
AT – Declined, Old, Overpaid
Kendricks – Sucked, Old, Overpaid
Smith – Old, Overpaid
Hicks – Sucked, Easy Target
Cook – Overpaid for position
Ham – underused and overpaid
Z. Smith – Trade bait/easy target, declined as season went on after injury.
the world isn’t ending here. it’s getting brighter. Freeing up a bunch of cap to get younger, faster, and better is not a bad thing but a good one.
Amen, amigo
100%
LOL, ok Doomer
$23 million is cheap AF for a decent QB. It doesn’t mean that they’re going with him long-term, just that they like him for 2023.
Just means that if SHTF they have him for 23m
Yepper.
He’s had as many concussions as Aikman, he won’t be in the league much longer, IMO.
Vikings were 31st in defense (general consensus), and I believe spent the 12th-most on defense last year.
Tell me again how we should keep the band together, because I just don’t see it. I’d hate to see Harrison Smith leave, but I’m glad to see the FO FINALLY making the necessary moves instead of just “running it back” as has been the case for longer than I care to remember.
We shouldn’t.
I wish these decisions could’ve been made years ago when they had value instead of when they cost the team.
Not the whole band, but they better have a plan to replace these guys because 8 rookies isn’t going to work. We saw that in 2020 or whatever year that was.
We did? I don’t think so. We had basically the same D as 2022, there were just more guys injured.
Skolly the plan was never 8 rookies.
They have a ton of flexibility with the cap and Brez is one of the best in the business.
You’re going to be able to get all new fatheads for your walls.
Don’t we only have 5 draft picks?
Stock market kicking my ass today. Dammit.
Kwesi and the boys in the front office coming after the fat on the roster…
Holy crap…earlier in the week I mused to chief that the Oilers needed to get two points in Boston (haha) as they are suddenly on the outside looking in the competitive Pacific conference. Somehow they gutted out a W against the Bruins.
Okay, I’ll try this again…Oilers need to win the Stanley Cup.
I’m pretty sure I know the answer but which would you prefer more, Oil Cup or Vikings SB?
Definitely a Vikings SB. I watched five Stanley Cup victories and two Stanley Cup losses with the Oilers. I’ve never watched a Vikings team in the SB.
However, I do strongly desire a Canadian team to win the SC. Doesn’t have to be the Oilers but we all know the Leafs will get blown out by the Bruins.
How’d Earl Campbell do?
Kirill out 3-4 weeks. Our 5 on 5 sucks to start. If we are in playoffs one and done. Book it.
I’ll be disappointed if they let Harry go so this is decent news. Him in flores scheme would be sick.
https://twitter.com/SkolBros/status/1634265103678820357?s=20
AT and Kendricks don’t care. KJ was better anyways and Kendricks was never a fit in 3-4. To small and cant get off blocks. Hicks sucks too.
KJ isnt WR2 capable. We will be drafting and or signing one.
KJ is an OK to good WR3, but a WR2 he is not.
Correct
Why is that? He’s never been given WR2 reps/snaps and when tehy do target him he makes plays.
I’d be perfectly happy with
JJ WR 1
Hock – essentially WR2
KJ – WR2*
Nailor – WR3
Anyone but Nailor – WR3
Reagor can be WR2.
🙂
He was drafted before JJ so therefore he is better.
This a piss poor actual WR core. Not counting Hock (hes used like a WR but is TE)Out side of JJ we are below average.
KJ is essentially still WR3 with Hock at 2
I think KJ can fill the role, unless they find a better option. Depends if they feel he can play from the outside or not.
We ain’t doing shit, the Vikings FO might draft or sign one. KJ is a perfectly suitable #3 receiving option behind JJ and Hock though.
i think he will be back as well.
Flores needs him back there.
Bynum and Cine is a recipe for disaster.
because we don’t even know if Cine can last one single series
Correct or if he’s even good. We know Bynum is subpar at best
KOC & Queasy might be, too.
For the other team.
I hope he´ll be back.
OTOH, it would be kinda hilarious if I had to retire both jerseys I own on the same day. #19 gone, #22 might follow. Hilarious in a bad way, of course.
My son’s first jersey was #22. Damn.
I hope Smith gets cut just to watch all the soy boy cuck fanbois cry about it like some are about Thielen.
Correct.
2 guys for around 40m in cap….
but how many holes can we fill with that same cap space?
LOL, I meant the people on social media coming really unglued, I bet there’s some on the DN too.
LOL, I bet there´s a good number of them on both places. I certainly am not happy with the decision the Vikings made regarding Thielen, so I´ll whine about it here 😉
I don’t think anyone’s really happy about it, I know I’d have preferred he retire a Viking but I also think its what’s best for the team and that’s the approach the FO should be taking. It does suck though.
Vin Diesel looks pissed.
Yeah like 8 years ago
Naw he still can ball. Donny boy did now how to use him.
Vikes not playing around
No FUCKING around!
great news!
I do like that part, but wth are they gonna do at safety? Bynum and Cine? That’s freaking awesome.
Unless Flores wants a complete overhaul for his guys
If Smith doesn’t want to agree to something reasonable he go play grabass with Thielen.
Now as far as the safety position should they cut Smith, they would just sign a decent FA vet on a shorter contract and let the other two compete most likely.
harrison smith? sounds like he might be available
Yeah, something tells me if he gets released MN won’t be his preferred destination.
He was due more than $19 million. Too much for a 34-year old safety, and I’m one of Smith’s biggest fans.
He may get 3-5 on the open market.
Safety just isnt a highly paid position.
That contract rick gave him a couple years ago was HORRIBLE.
Right.
They have Cine Bynum and Metallus.
A whole FA market… and lots of S that are in good spots to be drafted by the vikes.
If they gut the defense they can probably keep Flores for more than one year. Coaching one of the worst defenses in the league is not likely to get you a head coaching gig, even if that defense sucks because there are no players.
I’m thinking that Flores may know a thing or two about football and the types of players he wants around.
It doesn’t havemuch to do with AT but if Harry isn’t going to play for less…which i do not blame him… they must think he’s easily replaced.
Holy shit.
Might resemble the Eden Prairie football team.
They must be reading the good comments on this thread
Lol
Been a bit MIA this week. The day after my daughter finally got her power back in her house, son in law was in a car accident (got t-boned) in his basically brand new truck. He’s OK, but truck isn’t. Good grief.
Yikes. Glad he’s okay. Pickups can be replaced, people can’t.
The truck can be repaired, but it’s going to take at least 6 weeks. He can’t work without a truck, rental company (paid by insurance) had trouble finding a truck, then provided this little dinky thing, not sure what he’ll do now.
Ouch, hope this streak ends soon for you guys. Hang in there, Kathy. 🍷
Thanks. I’m normally a pretty happy girl, but have to admit the constant chaos this year is exhausting.
They say trouble comes in 3s. Hopefully you’ve used up your 3 and can resume normality.
If the norm is bad luck comes in threes, we’ve used up our quota for at least 5 years, I hope.
I hope so, too.