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So, let’s assume the Vikings don’t trade up or take QB at 11, who you taking at #11?
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Gonna play golf tomorrow morning. Wonder how crowded the course will be on Easter?
Not Easter, National Trans Day.
By Presidential Decree.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-slammed-social-media-announcing-transgender-day-visibility-easter-sunday
Holy crap! This is ridiculous.
It is Woke Logic as defined below.
Being a white, law abiding Christian ain’t easy these days.
That is 3 ‘Privileges’ you just listed.
‘white, law abiding, Christian’
What you and teacher going to do? Move by July?
We hope/plan/expect to be all moved by the end of July.
Spent the last week up there getting stuff set up, gardeners, gutters, garage door, insurances, etc, etc.
Congratulations on your escape.
I see California want’s minimum wage to $20 a hour, Now they are laying off people. How f up can a a state get? Give them unemployment.Beyond stupid.
Want? I think it just started or will 1 April.
Virtue Signialling at it’s best.
Logic need not apply.
Get out of Dodge Cal.
That is the plan.
It blows our minds when we go to Boise and see ‘unlocked mailboxes’.
We have to lock ours here and they still get broken into regularly.
Squatters are unheard of there as well.
Looking forward to the changes.
I have a pedestal mail box. Need a key. This society is out of control. Scamming, theft, violence. Never imagined.
We explain some of the stuff that goes on in Calif when we are in Idaho and they look at us like we are crazy.
Like going back to the 50s in some ways.
Royce Lewis to the IL.
https://puckettspond.com/posts/twins-royce-lewis-injured-list-austin-martin?
Twins win 5-1.
They won the opener with Royce 4-1.
So does that mean that they are better without him??
Asking for a friend.
Laughing
NLNFV you mentioned having a Darrell Green Jersey down below.
I just saw this clip last night of Him racing Herschel Walker, Jose Canseco and Danny Sullivan in 1987 Superstars. You can see from the title who wins.
Herschel Walker was an incredible athlete. Truly amazing.
Read below you should buy a number 18 Falcon jersey. That was an incredibly kind suggestion. You should not disappoint – but the jersey, put it on, and post pictures. Know the boys here will just love it.
Didn’t we have a rule/advice about not ‘feeding the trolls’??
What’s a troll – really don’t understand (new at this)?
Do understand ‘be nice to each other.’ Sort of felt the suggestion was not in that vein.
‘What does trolling mean on the internet?’
Trolling is when someone posts or comments online to ‘bait’ people, which means deliberately provoking an argument or emotional reaction. In some cases they say things they don’t even believe, just to cause drama.
So was “trolling” the person who made the initial suggestion or me for poking fun at it?
‘Know the boys here will just love it.’
It sounded like you were trying to get NLNVF to post a picture of himself in a ‘No. 18 Falcons Jersey’ in order to get a reaction from those with KDS.
I was trying to lightheartedly pointing out that you were trolling them (or trying to get NLNVF to). Not that I would object in this case and they are easily triggered and would find a reason to react even without any help.
OK. I was sort of poking fun at a backhanded suggestion directed at NLV.
And “triggered” – if he did that, Get out the Valium.
I have been traveling the last couple of days so I may have very well have missed the genesis of the comment.
Or I am just not smart enough to parse all of the underlying themes (more likely).
NBD. There’s a comment below asking if he’s bought his Falcon jersey yet – and even provides a link to a falcon website.
Hope travels went well.
We left Boise area at 6am PDT, traveled down the east side of the Sierra Mountains to SoCal.
We got snowed on from Reno to Bishop Ca but it never got bad enough to effect roads/travel.
We got home 11.5 hours later and managed to get south of the snow prior to it getting bad/cold enough to stop us. (heard it was pretty bad yesterday evening/last night)
Living in Florida, it’s easy to forget about snow and it’s affect on travel.
We left early in order to fit thru the weather window and pushed it to stay ahead of the worst of it.
Luckily the storm didn’t arrive early, if it had it would made for a much longer day that it already was.
Prayers/planning/good karma saw us through luckily.
Hey JR… just got back from lunch. Yes, Bow was being an ass with me for sure. Maybe I should take your suggestion. Grin.
You can take that suggestion or move the f on. Kirk is gone and he wasn’t great. He was good and paid more than he was worth. I don’t give to damns how many tds he threw or how many oline excuses you want to make. At the end of the day, he’s wasn’t good enough and now he’s gone. Move on from him or move on with him. I really don’t care which, but pick one. You’re still in love with the milquetoast girl who you were gonna break up with but she beat you to the punch for somebody with more money. Get over yourself.
Well, Kirk actually was great… most prolific QB in Vikings history. You can live in denial… that’s fine.
‘Move on from him or move on with him I really don’t care which, but pick one.’
So as an Admin you are telling us it is your way or the Hwy??
Kinda funny when someone tries to bully another person on-line. It’s like “Really? What are you going to do? Type me to death?”
I figured he would weld the BanHammer.
I would miss a lot of people here but if they want to go down that road I would have to find another blog to hang out on.
Unfortunately… yes. Gone Fishin did a great job building this site for us. Can’t have a few posters with bad attitudes ruining things.
The Admin thing seems to go to their heads.
Lifer was the worst, Ben just wants to post daily threads (and Summerys).
Barney Fife, Roscoe P. Coltraine, Bart the Mall Cop, and now this.
Don’t get the banning thing. They banned 5 and let Lifer be a admin. He was as nasty as anyone.
I ask Brad about Lifer being an Admin and he told me ‘Lifer is a good guy’.
Maybe he was when he was on his Meds but he wasn’t on them very often.
Lifer could be as rude as anyone. Why i get the banning thing.
I think the banning thing with 5 happened when he was asked personally by GF to stop his constant attacks and spam posting the same thing over and over again and he refused.
Lifer by self banning himself did us a favor IMHO.
Lifer was a little too emotional, and he got very nasty with folks, very quickly. There were some topics we could discuss like golf, but then for some reason he started accusing me of lying about my scores. Couldn’t understand that.
‘Lifer was
a little tooemotional unstableFIFY’
Laughing… OK
QofTD (even if it is the day after ‘the day’).
I am a proponent of Trenches and Defense.
There are a couple of CB ranked near #11, Arnold from Alabama/Mitchell from Toledo, some Edge Rushers, Turner-Ala/Latu-UCLA/Verse from Fl St. Additionally Some DT like Newton of Ill or Murphy II of Texas would be worthy of a #11 pick.
I would be happy with whomever Coach Flo wanted.
Would hope for Sweat DT Texas later in the 1st.
Pretty much agree with this SoCal. Defense needs some real impact players. Trouble is, KAM still has to solve the QB position problem. How much he invests in that is the question.
QB is the crux of the issue, Job #1 if you will.
KAM could go ‘all in’ on his guy and trade the house (including future picks) to get him or he could take the ‘best of the rest’ at #11 or even punt it until next year and see how Darnold does with decent coaching and support.
I figure that they have their guy that they will get and if he is taken before they could get to him they have to decide on the others. Do they have a choice 1B or 1C that they believe that KOC can mold into a Franchise QB?
Certainly the draft board has to be set up with the players you want, ranked in order. You watch players come off the board, then when it’s your turn to pick, you take the guy still remaining, ranked highest on your board.
I would say if they are set on picking a QB in the first round, and the top 5 are all gone by the time they pick (indicating they couldn’t trade up), they should consider going BPA at that point.
Yup,
Braintrust will have to rank the players and decide the order that works for them.
QBs are at the top I suspect but when other players start getting added it anyones guess.
Since this is the Smoke and Mirrors Season it is all guesswork. Afterwords they will say that they guy they wanted is the one that they wanted like they did with Addison.
Yep
Morning VP, FTP and SKOL!
She said yesterday that the VA couldn’t use AI to help treat veterans until it is Proven not to be Racist.
@Because you know Racism is worse than Cancer/Heart Disease.@
I hadn’t heard this, but it seems like the Dems will do anything to inject race into any subject.
“I’ll give you an example. If the Veterans Administration wants to use AI in VA hospitals to help doctors diagnose patients, they would first have to demonstrate that AI does not produce racially biased diagnoses.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-rolls-out-new-ai-regulations-to-advance-equity-protect-americans
Sadly, in today’s political environment, you could probably break any or all of the ten commandments and survive (a politician), but utter a racial slur and you’re dead.
There is logic in the classical sense and now ‘woke logic’.
I define woke logic is finding the result that you want and building an argument that supports it. The resulting ‘argument’ does not need to make any sense but is ’emotion/feeling’ based.
Well stated – and so true.
Yes, SoCal, well-stated…
Accidental I assure you.
Absolutely
That’s why I still believe the “equity” movement is not about caring about people, but is rather a power play.
Yep
Eagles are sending edge-rusher Haason Reddick to the New York Jets for a conditional 2026 third-round pick that could be a second, sources tell ESPN.
The 2026 pick becomes a 2nd if Reddick has 67.5% playtime this season and has 10 or more sacks. If not, it’s a 2023 third.
It’s lunchtime and there are more than 52 comments. The conspiracy has dissipated.
That’s because you mentioned the conspiracy, now Alexa has changed her algorithms.
Louis Gossett Jr dead at 87…
RIP Chappy….
RIP
RIP…
A little shocked on hearing this.
QOTD. We need a Williams wall.
That would be nice. If no QB, lets get the Texas teammates. Murphy at 11 and Sweat at 23?
POS.
E. All of the above
I think all but D. I doubt he wants to shit his pants, but just can’t stop it from happening.
Gooooooose Friday Skolos!
QotD: I’d take IDL @ 1.11
T’Vondre Sweat is the guy I’d love to see brought in – taking him at 1.11 would be a bit high based on projections but Minny could trade back a bit and still acquire him.
You can clock him with a sundial, but he’d be a huge (literally) addition to the IDL
I’d also welcome the additions of his teammate, Byron Murphy or Jer’Zhan Newton from Illinois. Both players are smaller, 3-tech types that would also improve the IDL.
That said, it’d be tough to pass on Dallas Turner at 1.11 if he’s still there (which I doubt, I think he goes top 10) Even with the additions of Greenard and Van Ginkel I think B-Flo would find a way to utilize Turner.
Happy Good Friday and hope you all enjoy your Easter Weekend!
SKOL!
Kiddo has a basketball game shortly, 3 on 3. 10x more fun than watching NBA
Those were fun times. I agree, watching your kids play sports is way more fun than the watching the pros.
Watching ants on the driveway is more fun than watching the NBA.
Have fun at the game.
twins best player gets hurt 3 innings into the FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON
vikings gonna pick the worst qb of the draft WHILE mortgaging the future
i played like crap at bball this morning
NOTHING is going right for minnesota sports
Did the Lynx win?
holy smokes….HI!
Aloha!
That’s not really a surprise.
Kwesi and KOC are going to break the curse by drafting a stud QB and setting the Vikings franchise up for the next 2 decades. The QB position will be solidified until 2045, the Vikings are going to win so many SBs that we get bored with it, statues will be built, streets will be renamed.
I like your optimism. Since it is MN, that means if the Vikings do such a thing, then all the other sports teams in MN will either implode, move or just quit, plus the whole state of MN will probably slide into Lake Superior and/or be invaded by Canada which will then claim half the state and give the other half to Iowa.
On this, the Goodest of Friday’s, it is a time for hope and to rejoice in the promise of what lies in front of us.
Rejoice in the hangover I have incoming?
One would hope, but the Vikings had one of the best QB’s in the league, (and most prolific in their entire history) and they didn’t get it done. Thus the thought here, that somehow a rookie QB is going to change everything is irrational to me. The QB wasn’t the problem with the Vikings, he was the best part of the whole team.
I said rejoice in the glory of the future. Not wallow in the misery of the past.
I think the “glory of the future” is quite dim at the moment… unfortunately Bow.
Only if you’re stuck living in a mirage of a past. The Vikings have not been competitive since 2017 and even that was a mirage. We will soon shout from the mountain tops that the QB others rejected has become our cornerstone. This is Kwesi’s doing, and it is wonderful to see. This is the team the Kumbaya Krew has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Are you trying to say that you believe the Vikings are going to rise from the grave? If so, I think you are mixing your metaphors or something like that.
It is the Goodest of Friday’s and a time of hope – for every day, month etc.
First, Darnold is talented (a number three pick). Save for Williams this year, in our system he may well turn out to be better than all the other QB’s in the draft.
Second, even if he isn’t “so great”, there’s lots good “potential” candidates to develop.
Since the Lord has a great many problems to work on right now, we only need a little “help” to put together a championship team.
The question is, “why didn’t they get it done”? The answer that stares you in the face but you refuse to acknowledge is that, as good as Kirk could be, the value just wasn’t there. It’s the fact you continue to ignore either because you lack the capacity to understand or your too proud and/or infatuated (with Kirk) to admit.
From 2018 – 2023, the 6 seasons Kirk was a Viking, he had the #1 cap hit in the league. He topped the list among all QBs during this period. And yet, for this same timespan, his average QB Rating was #7 and QBR #15 in the league. He clearly wasn’t worth being paid more than any other QB during this period. Because he was, the Vikings gave up cap space that could have been used to surround him with a better team.
That’s why they didn’t get it done. They paid Cousins more than he’s worth. That’s not the same thing as saying he’s not a good QB…he is and at the right price, I would have supported and continued to support Kirk. But, despite his public comments to the contrary, I think we now know he prizes money above all else.
It’s not Kirk’s fault
Yes it is, everything is
False, nothing is, when he plays bad its everyone else’s fault
Most cursed/unlucky QB in the history of the NFL. He’s actually better than Brady and has just been extremely unfortunate.
I blame Ponder.
You guys should PAY NLV to keep posting here. Without him, who is going to throw the blood on the floor to keep the vamps stirred up.
Nope, all Kirk’s fault, even 9/11
It wouldn’t be Kirk’s fault if not for the existence of The Beatles….
So it’s the Beatles’ fault?
It’s ALWAYS The Beatles fault….
My point all along. While I still contend that Kirko absolutely does suck when there is serious pressure up the middle, for most of his Vikings stay, he has been an above average QB that is paid like the best in the business. That is just not factually accurate.
Kirk is and always has been an average to above average QB.
Maybe ATL can get it done, but I expect not.
This is what I have been saying all along. It’s not necessarily Kirk that is the problem, it’s his contract.
Skolifer, it is not I, but you who are refusing to actually accept reality here. The false narratives continue to flow from you… the #1 cap hit commentary is just lot of huey. His cap hit had nothing to do with the Vikings failure on draft selections, and free agents they brought in that sucked. They didn’t pay him “more than he was worth” because only three other QB’s threw more TD’s than Cousins from 2018 to 2022, and he was leading the league in passing TD’s when he was injured. Prolific. The fact is, Cousins was really the only Vikings player that was consistently good every season. No other part of the team was good at all, yet here you sit, claiming the Vikings were bad because Cousins wasn’t good enough and he cost too much. Neither of those comments are true at all.
I never said the Vikings were bad. You said, “they didn’t get it done” and I agreed. The #1 cap hit stat is fact, not “huey” (I think the word you’re looking for is “hooey” btw).
Unfortunately, if you look at overall QB statistics (i.e. not cherry picking those the fit a narrative as you’re wont to do), Cousins was around the 10th best QB in the league in his time with the Vikings. If you look at what “cap dollars” were spent on the 10th highest paid QB during that period, it comes in at around $20MM per year cap hit, versus the more than $26MM per year the Vikings spent, on average, on Kirk. This extra $6MM per year could have gone toward shoring up other positions groups, like the O-line you love to bitch about. In which case, Cousins might have been even better and they may have more than one playoff win to show for it.
That said, I do agree with you that we haven’t gotten enough from our drafts while he was here, so that also a contributing factor. But to pretend Cousins was worth what we paid for him is just dumb.
I disagree with the Cousins was around the 10th best QB. His passer rating over his time with Vikings was 5th best in the league from 2018 to 2023. As I said, only three QB’s threw more TD’s than Cousins did from 2018 to 2023. Keep in mind, Cousins accomplished this behind a shit interior O-line, and with a different OC every year.
Check your “math”. As I said in my initial post, Cousins’ average passer rating ranking was 7th and his average QBR ranking was 15th while with the Vikings. This isn’t hard stuff to find or calculate. There was only one season he finished in the top 5 for passer rating which was his injury shortened 2023.
Careful, he might banish you to the porch for speaking this actual facts.
I checked the stats… over a period of 2018 to 2023, Cousins passer rating ranked 5th.
Them’s the facts.
Check your math. He was 10th, 4th, 8th, 4th, 13th and 3rd from 2018 through 2023, respectively. That’s 42 divided by 6. The average is 7th.
That said, I was going from memory and said he had only one season in the top 5 of passer rating. That was incorrect. It was QBR I was thinking about where he finished once in the top 10 during his injury shortened 2023 season. And QBR has a higher correlation to wins than passer rating does because it considers things like throwing distance (think “check downs”) and fumbles, both of which are relevant when discussing Kirk.
Look here:
https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/nfl-passer-rating-leaders-from-2018-to-2023-season
We’re using different sources. I looked at individual season stats from PFR and then averaged them.
But even this stat muse graph has him at 6th, not 5th. So…….??? My point all along is that he was the #1 paid but not the #1 performing. And you can’t just disregard QBR, where his ranking is much lower.
Yes, but that doesn’t work effectively over time, because a particular QB might have a good season and place high, and then that’s it. Every year there’s guys who have their best year. Cousins though, over time is consistently strong… like every year.
Huh? Cousins moves up and down just like every other QB. He’s been as high as 3rd and as low as 13th. You’re telling me there were12 freak of nature anomalies that luckily finished above him that season? Do you not understand how ridiculous you sound/are?
Your averaging proves the point. Although in individual years, some QB’s finished higher than Cousins in some categories, across all the seasons, and compared to all his peers, only 4 QB’s were better than Cousins. Your factoring was/is flawed.
lol…I’m done. Your own “analysis” (by stat muse) had him at #6. Stupid is as stupid does.
Nope you’re wrong again. Look at the ratings… he and Wilson have the same passer rating. Only four QB’s were higher.
Sorry.
It’s a nice day and you can’t really win arguments like this. Is there inflation or not, is he over paid or not? “Why didn’t they get it done”? Great question!
Certainly because we didn’t have enough other good players – for sure. If you could adjust the pay to performance, and save “some” money. how much and would you really get for it. I wonder.
Everyone likes to talk about the Giant playoff game – and the famous 4th and 8 play.
But everyone should go back and ‘review’ the entire game.
Are Smith, Hunter, and Kendricks very well paid for the positions. they play? Guarantee the review is quite revealing.
More good players for sure – but maybe some of existing players should actually show up and “play.”
Just a thought
Oh, if I might ask you a question sort of appropriate to the discussion. Was looking up some QB stat numbers – not my strong point.
But. noticed this – Cousins had a QB rating over 10 points higher in 2021 than in 2022. How could this be? .
This is a question that folks don’t want to hear answered, but here it is JR.
The passing offense KOC brought in was hard for everyone to learn. Receivers often ran the wrong way on a route and Cousins stats were basically the worst he had since being with the Vikings. I remember the last game of the season when everyone should have had the offense down pat, Thielen faked the fade to the corner, and ran a post route in the red zone. Cousins threw the ball to the corner. It was a glaring example of how KOC’s adaptive route scheme caused misses.
Just makers me wonder about all the stats that get thrown around. Are they correct? Are they relevant?
And by the way, most of the stats I’ve seen here today differ some from the numbers I’ve been seeing by the analysts on TV over the last couple of weeks.
Pundits miss wide right on stuff a lot. Some are typo’s, some are just flat insultingly wrong.
well Cousins is gone but the obituary should be correct or close to it.
I don’t count QBR since it’s biased against pocket QB’s
Just from poor memory – he was three to five in most all categories and maybe one seven. TD’s and Yards were pretty big .
And one I hadn’t heard before – over the last six years he led the NFL in fourth quarter TD passes. Since we are just about always in close games, that is a pretty big deal
Now, the Pundits may miss, but they seem to have much less of an ax to grind than some others.
I did an analysis several months ago and QBR has a higher correlation to wins than passer rating. I was trying to be fair, if not generous, to Cousins by putting passer rating into my overall QB ranking. He’s probably been closer to around 12th best over the past 6 seasons.
Unlike NVF and others, I try to use stats as objectively as possible, acknowledging there’s no such thing as a “perfect stat”.
I’ve seen many games where Cousins played outstanding, and even led a game winning drive, and had a low QBR. So, that stat really perplexes me. I think running QB’s get more QBR points than pocket passers.
Did you buy your black and red #18 jersey yet? Also, I found this for you.
I don’t buy jerseys… I have a Darrell Green jersey in my closet, but that’s it.
I read that analysis and thought it was good and fair – Believe it was around QB’s responsible for W/l’s.
I don’t know how any of stats are ‘developed’. You watch a game and hear the stats afterwards – QB rating and QBR – and sort of shake your head.
Objectivity is always needed and appreciated.
With all that said, the Vikings now have to find a way to get strong QB play from either Darnold, or someone else.
I agree with this.
And they still might win 8 or 9 games with a “terrible” QB.
Might…
I’m an optimist and have high hopes for Darnold.
Problem is I don’t see the Packers and Lions getting any weaker, and if Williams is half what they say he is, Bears are going to be much improved.
Even with good QB play, not sure where that leaves us.
Williams will be a rookie, and usually rookies don’t play well their first year. See Lawrence, Young, etc. Yes C.J. Stroud came out of the gate playing very well, but he’s the exception, not the rule. I expect Williams will have a typical rookie learning curve. He will run a lot for the same reason Favre did as a rookie. He won’t know what he’s doing.
well OK, but fighting it out with the Bears for the division basement is not my cup of tea. Regardless of what I read here, I’m too old to start Embacing the Suck.
I agree, but the reality is, in the NFL, if you don’t have a good QB, you don’t have much of a chance.
You can win with a historically great defense and a great running back, like the Bears did in 85, but in general, teams need a good to great QB to compete,
Bears and Ravens, a anomaly.
yep
Favre didn’t even play his rookie year.
True, but when he did get in there, he ran a lot, and people commented on his scrambling ability. He would later say “I didn’t run because I was good at it, I ran because I didn’t know what I was doing”.
The hopium is starting early.
Things are looking up in MT and I’m not going to let somebody wallowing about the girl that dumped them, even though deep down you knew she wasn’t the one, bring me down. It is time to attack the future with joy and the hope that the possibility of finding the one brings.
I believe someone on the DN stated that GM’s and coaches should be given 5 years to win a Superb owl, if they don’t it is time to let them go.
This could be said for QBs as well.
Or at least be in honest contention for one. Take the Bengals for example. I could see them moving on from their GM in a year or two, but no way Burrow goes anywhere. The team seems to be going backwards. Buffalo is an honest contender even if they haven’t gotten there yet. The GM and coach seem to be doing a solid job there and no way you move on from Allen.
Maybe they said the Conference championship.
I can’t remember what highway it is, but somewhere in the Appalachians there is a road that is nicknamed “The Dragon’s Tail”. When I drove on it with my family, everyone except for me got queasy. We could rename that after Kwesi.
Tail of the Dragon. Absolutely a blast on a motorcycle.
Yes, that right, Tail of the Dragon. When we stopped at a store along the way, the parking lot was packed full of motorcycles. I could see how that would be a great motorcycle ride. We had gotten on the road by accident (it was in the days before GPS) and had no idea what we were getting in to.
That reminds me of the “demon sphere.” Scientists would take a nuclear bomb as close to beginning critical mass as they could and then stop it. For science!
They called it “tickling the tail of the dragon.”
Twins suck. I normally go to 1 game per year with my daughter. Going to a Saints game instead this year.
Vikings will probably choose the wrong QB, but I think he will be better than Ponder at least, and cheaper than Dork for a few years.
Basketball is for young people, you are getting too old for that.
Don’t forget Glen Taylor decided not to sell the T’wolves.
I don’t understand that situation and why it matters. Other than a possible, and probable shady deal because the team is all of a sudden good, why do people care? Is he a shitty owner or something?
He is a horrible owner, that most of the players from the past despise. They were one of the worst teams for 99% of the time he owned them, and once A-Rod and Lore were going to buy them, we started making moves to get better.
He’s very much the Redd McCombs of NBA ownership.
He claims that A-Rod and Lore did not fulfill their obligations of coming up with the money before the deadline, and now the team is worth triple what he was going to sell it for.
sounds like he sees the value of the team rising now that they actually have an NBA superstar in the making…
also he is a gigantic ahole
Its about money, plain and simple. He sold the team under terms 3 years ago for 1.5 mil where Arod/Lore were to make payments as they go, by all accounts they made every payment on time until this final payment where Taylor says they didn’t have the financial backing, they say they did. Either they didn’t have the money or Taylor is trying to back out of the deal because the value of the franchise is about twice what it was 3 years ago.
to be fair…..taylor REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY undersold the team at 1.5 million
Probably a little, but at that time you were talking about a toilet of an organization living in poverty with bad leadership, management, coaching, and roster in a geographical area that is not attractive, with top 5 tax rates in the country. Plus Taylor wanted the team to stay in MN and by all accounts Arod/Lore never had any intention of moving the team and were in discussions for renovations of TC and a new arena during their time. Taylor could maybe have gotten close to 2 bil for someone looking to move the team but you’re not going to get a Steve Ballmer type to come in and overpay
i was teasing you for saying he sold it for 1.5 MILLION not BILLION
You forgot that Glen Taylor decided to back out of the sale of the Wolves so now they are definitely going to shit again.
shoot i did forget about that.
that is actually probably the worst, for the trajectory of the wolves. we get young exciting new owners, start improving, players LOVE them…..
old rich white guy comes back who everyone hates. YAY
Pretty much, yeah, Taylor sucks
Yup, always something with Minnesota sports. T-wolves having a great season and now this drama
Weather is nice, though!
That would go over like a fart in church
That takes me way back. Way back in the day, there was an old lady that attended my dad’s church that would let one rip and then giggle.
Confucius say, man who farts in church sits in his own pew.
I actually think the Vikings will not trade up.
At least, I do not think they will pull a Rick and trade up for a ponder like QB.
If they trade up, the guy they want is there, vs “Oh shit, lets panic”
That’s what’s nice about having the 2nd first round pick right now. They have the ammo to move up if the guy they want is there but it also leaves them flexibility. What if QBs don’t go 2 and 3? That gives you the option of getting your guy at 11 or only trading up to like 8 and keeping the 2 ones. At 23, trade back and maybe get a 2nd or 3rd back. They are primed to move up and down and get who they want.
Media selection: let the good times rollllll
If we don’t get a QB at 11, you pretty much have to take a safety. It just makes sense…
Or a kicker
Long snapper.
Already set there.
It’s better to have 2, just in case.
You are wise beyond your years.
If no QB at 11, I’d take a big DLineman.
Yup, we need fat guys on both sides of the ball
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