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Vikings News
The speculation about Kirk Cousins’ asking price has started, even the delusional homers at the DN don’t agree with the reported cost of Cousins
From the fishwrap west, Establishing Kirk Cousins’ market — and the Vikings’ draft problem
2024 Senior Bowl Day 2 Takeaways from Vikings.com
Kevin Seifert from ESPN (he doesn’t suck) predicts the Vikings to draft JJ McCarthy here’s the full commentary:
The Vikings would be thrilled with this outcome, whether they get McCarthy via a trade up into the first round or by having him fall to them on Day 2. Oregon’s Bo Nix was also available here, and he might have been the choice if Cousins hadn’t been re-signed. But with the veteran under contract for the next couple of years in this scenario, the Vikings have a longer runway to develop McCarthy, who is 21 years old. — Kevin Seifert, Vikings reporter
NFL News
Seahawks hire Ravens DC Mike Macdonald as head coach, with that there is only one HC job left in Washington
VIKINGS QUESTION OF THE DAY
Extend JJ at 32.5 mil a year or not?
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No Friday thread?
Zimbo to Dallas.
https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dan-quinn-rivera-vrabel-staley-belichick-source-mike-zimmer-dallas-cowboys-coach-hire
Good morning, SKOL!
FTP!
Happy Ground Hog Day!
LOL…
Dudes wearing masks. Outside. But not social distancing. While the chosen one speaks and breathes the plague.
Historical comedy.
About your pronouns?
My pronouns are benevolent overlord.
The question is – am I posting crazy gifs because I am being silly, or am I off my meds. Who will ever know.
Why Not Both???
So, he looks like shit, next day he’s Tom Brady? Oh brother…
Maybe the other QBs just look really bad? Or the WRs are bailing him out big time? Tuesday was a bad day? Sounds like Rattler has been doing good as well.
Read he looked bad but what does one believe?
Winder what the corollation is for how a QB does at Senior Bowl and actual NFL performance.
Better than the correlation of performing well at the combine.
I’d guess but if it’s like 10 – 12%……
I think the Senior Bowl is a good place to find guys in the mid rounds that will be successful.
Thought the lineman shown earlier today looked good – not sure of the competition though.
I assume the
reporterspeople pimping this greatness, is his agent and family.Here is the plan. Super Bowl for us next year! LOL!
5 Offseason Moves that Make the Minnesota Vikings a Super Bowl Contender (msn.com)
LOL.
They list seven moves.
People who write articles don’t even pay attention to what they write anymore.
The term silly season doesn’t define it near enuf.
Thanks – interesting read. I’m assuming the draft picks other than the basic five things is in recognition we have to do ‘something’ with our draft picks..
Current event – editorial – our Republican friends in the Senate working with Schumur on the border bill are on ‘stupid pills.’
By the way, a lot of GM cap experts here, and didn’t see one post on Ben’s question of the day about paying JJ 32.5 mil.
Seems a bit excessive but he’s young. Hell, Diggs is a 28 mil cap hit for next 3 years. Prob i see is you need a qb that can deliver the ball to him.
He’s schemed open 90% of the time, Mullens can hit him for TDs, so can a rookie. JJ is making Kirk, not the other way around. Dont get it twisted
Kirk has a better arm than both. I’m talking about JJ having to do a awkward move and getting destroyed. Kirk is a better passer. Book it.
Well yes, of course Kirk is a better passer…but he is not a better runner…ridiculous statement though that JJ is making Kirk…is KFEY still drunk??
Wasnt asking you Mr. Minot. And no that was Tuesday night. You are strawmanning everything now. I dont want a run first QB. I want a QB that CAN run if warranted and doesnt turn into a statue when the pocket collapses. And doesnt take up 12% of our cap. Its really not that hard of a concept to grasp but Kirk Stans ignore it every time.
I know…one of my most endearing qualities is giving an opinion without being asked.
And the ‘quality’ of the opinion is everything
Skolly was this your alt account all along? An 11 year vet is a better thrower than a Rookie and a career backup? Who woulda thunk? Thats not my point. My point they dont HAVE TO BE AS GOOD at throwing a pretty ball as Kirk to be AS if not MORE effective in our offense. And im not talking about JJ the QB, im taking basically any QB we’d take in the first would be able to get him the ball. Why does everyone think the only way this offense runs is if 8 is here? Its baffling. Did you know the Vikings average offensive ranking with Kwerk is 13th, and its best season was 8th? Not even top 5? Theres room for improvement. And a young, cheaper QB that can actually navigate a pocket is better. Book it.
Like idea of young, good and cheap. If we can swing it. I know Mullens, Dobbs or Hall ain’t working for me at all.
Also was never advocating for them to be the plan. Thats why you like 8 walk, bring in Minchew for cheap 2 years, draft rookie, draft and build defense this off season and next off season, profit starting in 2025 and far beyond. 2024 is a moot point already, just like 2023 was. This roster has too many holes to be relevant in 2024. Stop kicking the can down the road, plan for the long term for once instead of the short term.
As i mentioned, i want some young talent on a rookie contract. Tell ya what, 2 dates. March 13, April 25. Lets wait and see what happens. Queasy may swing for the fence, i have no idea.
If they wanted to resign Kirk they would do it before March 13th, because then you have 0 chance forcing his hand for an actual team friendly deal, not a 5 mil discount (thats a joke from his agent btw). He’ll be a FA and can test the market. So hopefully they start showing what their actual plan is in the next few weeks.
Yes, i hope in a couple weeks, zero reason to drag out.
2 years of Minchew equates to 2 meh seasons.
Why would you do that when you can have 2 losing seasons with a cheaper drafted QB already on the roster, and have more $$ to build an even better OL or DL or RB to help out the QBOTF?
I’m ready for JJ to make JJ.
Sameeeee, or any Rookie QB honestly. Anyone but 8.
What if JJ decides to wear 8 instead of 9?
It is a curse, and we are doomed. All the 8 jerseys should be locked in a safe and that safe stored in a create and stored in a an Indiana Jones style warehouse.
Sounds like a solid plan to me. Might ban 7 as well.
JJ with Kirk – 571 yards in 5 games. 114 per game 3 tds
JJ without Kirk – 503 yards in 5 games. 100 per game. 2 tds
The whole “JJ needs Kirko to succeed” is overblown.
Hed be better with Kirko, but it’s not the end of JJ without Kirko.
I’d say he’s slightly better at spreading ball around also. Just me.
Insightful – and all the little things that don’t show up on the stat sheet.
I have not commented on the JJ thing cause I have no idea what the best receiver in the NFL’s market value is…and too busy to research it…I would say, however, if the 32.5 seems fair by comparison to the other top receivers then pay him the money.
Hill about 30 mil, me thinks.
Correct, Hill signed a 4 year 120 mil contract last offseason, Devante Adams also makes 30 mil per year.
Then yes, pay him the money…
Since we don’t run the ball well, our screen game is no better, our ‘game’ is passing the ball. And not 3 yard hitches to debo routes. Seems JJ is absolutely necessary to us as well as the best in the league.
So pay the man. But, I don’t understand all the cap stuff and how it all works.
Summary:
Bow thinks Kid Rock is stunning and brave for shooting unarmed cans
Wren is concerned about JJ McCarthy’s communist paranoia
Bow reports that Jenny Cousins’s father said Kirk will not be back w/ the Vikings
NoDak read an article about Bo Nix fellating a donkey, think I’ll pass
Long discussion about knife making
MT is off to make thermonuclear device
MT reviews pornstar job application
Very slow.
Slow indeed
‘Very Slow’ seems to be leading this week in Summary Mentions.
Big props to Wren for knowing who Charlie McCarthy is.
He’s a film critic, of course he’d know!
How many mirrors are you looking into?
I think so as well.
But the Woke types say that when you stay that about Trans People then it is a ‘Hate Crime’.
Take the head off a Thomas Jefferson statue? OK
Take the head off a Satan statue? Hate crime.
They make it a hate crime because:
“Evidence shows the defendant made statements to law enforcement and the public indicating he destroyed the property because of the victim’s religion,”
So the ‘Victim’ was the statue? The Satanic Temple?
The Temple also inflated the worth of the statue to that it would qualify as a felony. Good thing the guy has already raised $1000s for his defense already.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/navy-reserve-veteran-charged-hate-crime-beheading-satanic-statue-iowa-state-capitol
What are you rambling about today?
Agreed.
If you’re betting on the SB, bet heavily on KC. There’s no way the NFL is going to miss out on the opportunity to have Swift on the stage after the game or risk losing her fans.
Read NFL asked to partake in halftime, not sure if true.
Another IOL prospect that apparently doesn’t exist
Not a fan of hyphenated names. Choose one.
Choose the form of the destructor!
Well, its not like he named himself
What if his given name was Jackson Powers and he married a girl with the last name Johnson?
Then he is a beta cuck soy boy, not a real alpha like me
Whatever Five Jr.
Exactly what a beta cuck would say, but not everyone is cut out for the Alpha lifestyle
True Alpha’s don’t need to run around puffing their chests out unnecessarily. You probably drive a tiny dick truck, I mean lifted pickup, too.
Don’t need to lift my pickup, an alpha has no need to compensate
Includes a Subaru of course. Real Alpha’s drive Subarus
Yes, it is a well known fact that true Alpha’s drive the same vehicle as lesbians.
Just not usually at the same time.
Lesbians and trannies drive subarus
His pronouns are beta/cuck unlike mine, which are ALPHA/MALE
Ummm… So you don’t know how kids get their name… got it.
Why not both?
i wouldn’t touch this with a ten foot pole
Here’s the first reply (from the guy that posted it):
Someone should ask him during prayers tonight.
Not sure but he was very well hung.
That is evil, lol
Glad someone got the joke 🤣
Another silly season proposal. Fields to Raiders for like a 2nd and 7th. Wilson to Falcons. Where will Kirk go?
For a long walk?
KFEY wants him in Purple.
I know Surly won’t sleep at night if he doesn’t get an extension soon.
Not waiting til March 13, just resolve it.
I sleep fine.
I will just have happier thoughts once he is gone.
How dare you soil my good name with such blasphemy.
Life of Brian autorec!
Interesting
Steve Wyche is saying he expects Quinn to bring along secondary coach/passing game coordinator Joe Whitt from Dallas, to be his defensive coordinator.
So all of Kirk’s FA options are with head coaches that are defensive coordinators.
The only realistic team with an offensive guru is ……………
Wraps up HC jobs, keep Flores at least. Get him some bodies.
Redskins are hiring the Cowboys DC Dan Quinn as their new HC. That ought to be fun.
Heard an interesting line about this.
One hour ago – Washington fan – shit we don’t have a coach yet.
Now – Washington fan – shit we have a coach.
In six seasons as the Falcons head coach, Quinn was 43-42.
Sooo… not super impressed with the hire.
Beli-cheat was 36-44 as HC in Cleveland before the NE hire.
Seems to have worked out for NE.
Quinn was the head coach who blew a 28-3 lead in the super bowl and lost to………BELICHICK
Ah, the game that really began cementing my realization that the NFL is fixed.
The game that was the cherry on top was the Vikings comeback win against Indy.
The growing number of ridiculously predictable outcomes makes me question it more and more. Manning and the Broncos winning the SB I predicted in the preseason. KC going this year was way too obvious. The Patriots come back against Atlanta. If I were to bet on football and had to pick a winner of the next SB I would lean heavily on the Jets. Rodgers coming back and it’s been awhile since New York had success. Need to placate that large population base. The only thing that might stop that is Aaron’s politics or some other not yet witnessed story line like Swift that will play out next fall.
He was also the HC of the team that blew a 28-3 3rd quarter lead. I also saw this stat about him as a HC:
Kyle Shannahan as OC – 60%
Anyone else as OC – 45%
Agreed, they might as well have just kept Ron Rivera. Same type of coach.
My 2024 Bronco (ordered in August) arrived at dealer yesterday and will be ready for me to pick up next week. Came way faster than the interwebz predicted. Good ol’ Michigan autoworkers.
Next week? what do they have to do to it that will take a week? Is there something they have to assemble?
They need a week to justify all the extra charges and fees.
#duh
To be fair, they have to do “post delivery inspection” plus install a block heater, spare tire cover, and I think the hitch is also a dealer installed option.
Gives me time to do some extra gouging.
I suppose that makes sense if they have to install all the add ons.
If you “work” over 40 hours in a week, do you get paid gouge and 1/2 pay?
Not sure if serious…so I’ll answer seriously. I am paid on production. I inspect one widget, I get credit for 1 widget inspection. I inspect ten widgets…ten widgets. My hours don’t factor into compensation at all.
It was meant as a joke since you are going to get extra time to gouge since the Bronco will be at the dealership for an extra week.
Oh perfect then I will say yes…today everyone with a chest x-ray will have a little spot seen in the left lung and will need a CT…and I will say well darn it that spot was just on my glasses.
Wait…so you don’t get paid to comment on this website like the rest of us do?
Paid based on production like God intended….
Nice! Enjoy man.
Can he play guard?
Yes, Yes he can.
That’s what he-she said!
Quickness/movement/consistency…Length ? Positional versatility ? – sounds like a pornstar job application
He keeps posting this, I think he thinks he’s on his Cowboy Butts Drive Me Nuts forum.
And he plays center
Mick said there are no iol prospects in the draft because of NIL money
Maybe the defensive guys he’s going against are just really bad so it makes him look better than he really is then.
Or get a force up the middle on the defensive side
I’d like to see the center from above go one on one with this DT
Looks like they’re on the same team so there’s gotta be a rep or two where it happened this week.
Ask and you shall receive.
Haynes looks less impressive there, but sweat looks like he’ll be a problem for anyone
This type of player is what I’m hoping KAM brings in. We need a guy like that up front, wreaking havoc.
https://x.com/InternetH0F/status/1752906556176273603?s=20
I am sure she/he/it is just using it in order to see/visualize what ‘they’ will get with their transition surgery.
I’ve been watching a lot of Forged In Fire lately. Now I want to buy a forge and make a knife. I looked up forges, and they are actually surprisingly cheap. You can get a start-up one for like $150.
Could build your own…..
That’s true. One guy on there forged over a coals just for fun.
It’s a cool show. I like when they test the knives after they’ve been built.
I like when somebody is overly cocky and their knife shatters.
Yesssss!
I often stop watching the episode after that point. I think the best part is when they are under a time crunch and trying to problem solve to just get a blade done in parameters to try to pass the test.
Once they go back to their home forge, it is still interesting, but the episode loses that sense of urgency, and it becomes more about building something nice…and some of those guys do built beautiful stuff. I really like that Damascus pattern they get on things.
It’s funny, I used to love reading GI Joe comics, especially the ninja stories about Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes, and they had one issue about Zartan learning how to make ninja swords from a swordmaster. It talked about folding hard and soft steel together until the layers became innumerable, and I always thought that sounded like magic. How could it be possible.
Now I know! It actually looks pretty doable if you have the right tools.
I hate when somebody shows up to the final with an ugly ass sword and the other guy has something that looks awesome and the ugly one wins because the nice one has one little defect or something.
Beauty doesn’t win wars, good blades do.
Yeah, I’m talking about when it’s close and one guy gets a tiny knick in a blade that is actually historically accurate and loses to a guy that just has a hunk of steel that barely fits the parameters set by the judges.
I get the same way, the one guy fucks around trying to do something stupid to set him apart and it doesn’t work, and probably wouldn’t make a difference, so he shows up with a piece of turd that is strong and within parameters. The other guy focuses on making a great blade and loses by a minor flaw.
Quarterbacks not named Kirk do!!!!! (am I doing this right?)
Ditto and I have access to refractory/fire bricks so I would just need an old grill that I could rip the burner out of and I bet I could build one.
That would probably work great. You really just need a place to hold some heat to get the steel up to temperature.
Yeah and a little air flow. Could probably fashion a burner out of some steel tubing as well but you’d still need a regulator so just find an old grill at a garage sale for 20 bucks and you’re golden.
One of my (now retired) coworkers has a grandson that makes his own knives. From his first clumsy efforts at age 8 to the products he makes now at 14 he has made lots of progress. Just shows that YT videos really can turn a layman into an expert given motivation, time, and the right tools.
I’m off to construct a small thermonuclear device to clear out some russian olives.
As if.
Russia does not have the climate to grow olives.
They probably have get theirs from their allies in the Middle East like Syria
The Internet is a goldmine for increasing knowledge, that’s for sure. I use Google and YouTube all the time to figure out how to do things.
Heck, I once talked to a doctor who said he is in his office going to Wikipedia for answers after examining some patients.
So, I could basically be a doctor if you give me a PC and an office!
It’s literally every dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia ever made….. at your fingertips. I use it all the time too.
What is this internet thingy you speak of?
Not sure but I think it’s something that Al Gore invented to search for the man bear pig.
Are you being serial
Hope this helps, from The IT Crowd…
Ha! Thats pretty funny…I had to actually watch the next episode as well to see how their set up turned out….not exactly the response they were hoping for.
IT Crowd auto rec.
Fun show.
The Mechanics that worked on my pickup last summer said YT had all of the answers and were cheaper/better/easier than the professional sites for auto repair.
Example, Tacoma has a little temp/compass thing in an overhead display, Mine stopped working, they looked on YT, found how those often break due to a failed connection, took it out, solder the connection and presto.
They were quite pleased with themselves.
Honestly, I google things 3-4 x / day. Things like “supraspinatus insertion” or “amorphous calcification lateral to elbow differential”. Lots of incidentalomas in my field and impossible to remember all the normal variants when you’re a generalist like me.
I could use a good ‘canadian to english’ translator about now.
Yeah me too. I’m always Googling ‘calcium elbows and how to insert a Supra….’
constantly
Same here. Who doesn’t?
I have wanted to do that for years now. I started watching when it first came on. I would also like to get a kiln and try doing castings. I have a 3d printer that I could make the negatives with.
Seize the day!
I use to watch that all the time. Fun show.
Start easy – get a strut off a truck, clamp in a vise, take an angle grinder to it, wrap one end in burlap and duct tape……VOILA! Knife!
Large files work well also.
I think my dad made two knives from files.
When I was in the yard at ADX Florence, my ascent from “prison bitch” to “george the whore” was aided by my ability to make shivs from spoons.
They usually use the concrete walls/floors to sharpen any metal they can get their hands on. The general population now get plastic sporks but they can still melt the tip and form it into a pretty sharp point.
Which I have no doubt ‘George the Whore’ already knew.
Some dude named Carter Bradley, qb from South Alabama turned some heads. Sleeper maybe.
His first name is a last name and his last name is a first name, weird.
Just read an article that Bo Nix SUCKED donkey balls during drills at the senior bowl…
I AM NOT a Bo Nix fan…has bust written all over him.
Sounds like Penix has looked better than expected though.
Wouldn’t mind Penix in 2nd or 3rd…
They all suck
https://x.com/thorku/status/1752379576033128925?s=20
Good thing we are re-signing Cousins.
Not according to his FIL.
I thought you knew his uncle….not his FIL?
Not sure what the relationship is for sure so I just go back and forth on it depending on the day.
FIL is more likely I think, especially since I don’t think he has a nephew.
Ahhh, I see……
They were talking about somebody else on the radio when I was going home too that they said was showing a lot better accuracy and touch than expected but I didn’t catch the name. Said he has the arm strength of Penix but I don’t know enough of these guys to know who they were talking about.
You read about strong arm and athleticism. Maybe not.
https://x.com/vincestake/status/1752766058061029580?s=20
Receiver obviously ran the wrong route.
It’s Bo Nix, not Bo Cousins. You can blame the QB.
Eddie Van Halen’s son is actually pretty good…
Yes he is, and on tour with Metallica in the warmer months.
I made a point to stream that Mankato radio station’s cover lunch hour yesterday. It runs from 12 to 12:30. They played a lot more Stones covers. Maybe they are on a theme or something because it seems like I’ve heard a ton of Stones covers there lately.
Yup, this song is a jam. I can sing it, but its up there in register.
The thing I am leery about with McCarthy is his communist paranoia…
Ha! NO one who graduated from our public school system in the last 15 years has any idea what you are talking about….but they can probably name many more genders than you can.
“Senator, have you no sense of decency.”
What a poignant statement!
For all Gen Zs reading this, McCarthy is a reference to Charlie McCarthy, a dummy who murdered communists during the Civil War when the French fought the Zulus. Those who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat it. Let us never have dummies use their government station to purge political opponents ever again.
Fortunately, that could never happen now!
I thought you were talking about Joseph McCarthy. Is there a connection between McCarthy’s and anti-communism? If so, the Vikings NEED to draft JJ.
That’s some higher level humor right there…well done.
Yes it is, LOL!
HA, good one!
You just made the list
The men with jackboots are already at the door.
Dang, they made great time! It’s rare you get that much efficiency from a government organization.
I have to say, they are also surprisingly gentle with their clubs.
Five red stars!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJBQwOIMzDQ
Ah, the 70s. I think Kid Rock said, “Musicians were uglier then, but they made great music!”
Kid Rock saying that is like poop telling vomit it stinks lol.
If ugliness sold records he’d be the greatest selling artist of all time. Back to daddy’s car lot Bob….
Literally the only thing he’s recorded that has been of note….
This is what he thinks of that opinion.
I get it. I’d be defiant too if I just won a firefight with a bunch of unarmed cans….
I thought he was stunning and brave for taking a stance.
LOL….
Maybe he was just ahead of his time.
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THORSDAY!
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