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VIKINGS NEWS
AD threatens lawsuit after alleging his memorabilia was sold without his permission
Video on the sideline of Kirk’s reaction to his Achilles injury
Encouraging update on JJ’s contract
Behind the ESPN paywall, bet FA fit for the Vikings:
38. Sean Murphy-Bunting, CB
Best team fit: Minnesota Vikings
I originally had Murphy-Bunting to Arizona here, but I believe the Vikings will be seeking some corners for Brian Flores’ aggressive system, and he’d work well in Minnesota. With his long frame and fluid hips, Murphy-Bunting can challenge on the outside or match in blitz coverage. He has eight interceptions and 22 pass breakups over five pro seasons, with two picks in 2023 in Tennessee.
That same article has the Falcons as the best fit for everyone’s favorite QB
QUESTION OF THE DAY
What are your thoughts on the KAM/KOC regime so far? Personally I’m much more optimistic about KOC than I am KAM.
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Up at the butt crack of noon I see… grin.
Thanks Ben.
Of course what CNN fails to mention (surprise!) is that the killer is a “non US Citizen” from Venezuela. The whole thing sickens me.
Laken Riley: Suspect in University of Georgia killing didn’t know victim and is not a student on the campus, police say | CNN
Yeah, selective reporting at its finest.
And his ‘Green Card’ is reportedly a fake.
Almost makes him an ‘Illegal Alien’.
Shut your face!
Usually I am told ‘Hide Your Face’.
But ‘Shut Your Face’ is a close 2nd.
#sadface
First day of the rest of your life.
Saw an article that went down a path of using JJ in a draft trade-up scenario, to garner the #3 pick in the draft (from the Patriots). It’s a wild theorem, but that’s what the offseason is about. The author used the the baseline of the Jacksonville Jaguars trade of Jalen Ramsey to the Los Angeles Rams to develop this scenario. That trade was as follows.
At this point in their careers, Jefferson is objectively better at his position than Ramsey is at his, so the value should be a tad more. That ended up being 3rd overall, 68th overall and a first round pick in 2025. If this trade were to happen (no way in hell), this is what that trade might look like, per the author.
3. LSU QB Jayden Daniels
11. Alabama CB Terrion Arnold
42. Washington WR Ja’Lynn Polk
68. Western Kentucky WR Malachi Corley
109. Louisville CB Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
130. Clemson DT Tyler Davis
145. Louisville RB Isaac Guerendo
157. Missouri OT Javon Foster
166. Miami FL ILB/S James Williams
176. Florida Atlantic NT Evan Anderson
227. South Dakota State RB Isaiah Davis
Good morning NLV – good day for golf.
Hope they don’ trade JJ, but I don’t know anything.
Seems to be quite a few teams in flux – e’g., Eagles and Hurts/sirriana problems, Cowboys and poor DAK with no running game and Parsons popping off.
It’ll all work out.
Hope KAM has a plan – more than just balance the budget.
Good morning JR. Tomorrow is our 23rd wedding anniversary, so after the wife gets back from the gym, we’re headed into Tampa for an anniversary lunch, shopping, and getting her foreign currency for her trip to Sweden next week. No golf for me… grin.
Yes, the NFL offseason is about to get into full swing in 3 weeks, but this coming week the NFL combine will be going on. This where lots of team rumors start to crop up. Pundits will detail which managers they saw talking to which teams about their players, etc. So next week it will be wild and wooly as they say.
Congratulations on 23 – hard part over.
My wife wants to go to some famous steak house there – Burn’s I think, but there’s a several month’s waiting list. We’ll see.
I’m just not into the combine and all the buzz around it – sort of reminds me of batting practice in baseball.
Bern’s Steak House in Tampa is world famous, and yes, hard to get reservations. Malio’s is another great restaurant though, and it’s a little easier to get reservations.
I expect a lot of Cousins talk at the combine next week. Also there was some talk of the Bears sending Fields to us, which is goofy to say the least. Theories running wild.
I do expect the next Vikings QB to be a “mobile” guy though. So we got that goin for us.
Why do we need to double on on WR at 42 and 68??
Even with a JJ trade 1 will do and Defense needs more help.
Why are we doubling down on RB at 145 and 227?
I often get 1 in my Mocks but I hear good ones can be found in FA.
Would have gone with a big TE with some skills like Spann-Ford.
I had the same view. The author made these selections, and explained each in the article. I think I would have gone much heavier on defense, personally.
I see a few needs on O, RB/TE/OC.
If we can address these in FA then the need to draft them is reduced.
Of course a JJ trade could change that, plus a stud that falls has to be considered even if we don’t ‘need them’ right away, ala AD back in the day.
A post 1 June cut of Harrison Smith will save the Vikings $15.3M in cap space. That’s going to happen. Cutting Daniel Hunter post 1 June, will save a little more than $7.4M in cap space. That’s $22.75M in cap space in two moves. Add in Dean Lowry’s $3,882,353 cap hit savings as a post 1 June cut, and that totals a little over $26.6M in cap space. That would put KAM in a position to add a couple FA pieces. BTW, right now with the 9 draft picks we have, we need a little over $11M to sign whoever we pick.
So, that isn’t enough to sign Cousins??
Oh the Vikings “could” sign Cousins, they just won’t. They aren’t accepting the terms or “structure” of the contract Cousins is looking for. He wants to retire a Viking, but that means he needs guaranteed years, and a no trade clause. Neither of those are going to happen with KAM writing the contracts, so Cousins will be moving on, sadly, this coming season.
JRobert says you are full of shit. That Cousins will be back taking snaps for the Vikes next year. One of you will be able to do a huge “I TOLD YOU SO” in a few weeks.
Laughing… JR is a good man, and I respect him. I think we have a little side bet regarding Cousins, so he’s very much hoping Cousins is re-signed. I do too, BTW, I just don’t think there’s a snowball’s chance in hell it will happen.
You’re listening to Joe Biden to much – there’s plenty of snowballs around.
Yeah, it’s hard to listen to Biden. Really makes me sad that he was somehow placed into the most powerful position in the world. Kamala too. We literally have two of the most incompetent people in the world, as our President and Vice President. Unbelievable.
Well – I’ve eaten crow before.
That said my default position is that in a tough negotiation neither side will ‘cut their nose off to spit their face.’
Pulling for your side JRobert!
I thought Hunter was going to be a free agent?
If so why do we need to ‘cut him’??
I could be missing something but then it is Sat Morning and I am still on my 1st cup of coffee.
You’re right. I was looking at Sportracc’s contract page for the Vikings. It’s jacked up, because it shows this on the post June 1 cuts for Hunter.
I’m right??
Just like a broken clock I have one more left to me today.
Had my breakfast and coffee, thought I’d check in here and see if anything interesting is happening. Apparently not. Grin.
Here’s all the players we have to make decisions on in the next 3 weeks:
Unrestricted Free Agents
Anthony Barr – OLB
Jonathan Bullard – DL
Kirk Cousins – QB
Marcus Davenport – OLB
Josh Dobbs – QB
Troy Dye – ILB
Jordan Hicks – ILB
Danielle Hunter – OLB
Greg Joseph – K
James Lynch – DL
Johnny Mundt – TE
K.J. Osborn – WR
Brandon Powell – WR
David Quessenberry – OT
Chris Reed – OG
John Reid – CB
Dalton Risner – OG
Austin Schlottmann – G/C
Oli Udoh – OT
D.J. Wonnum – OLB
Restricted Free Agents
Cam Akers – RB
Blake Brandel – OL
Khyiris Tonga – DL
Exclusive Rights Free Agents
Nick Muse – TE
T.J. Smith – DL
SKOL!
Good Morning NLNVF!
Already been working for a couple hours.
Looks like the team will look a lot different this season.
I expect doom.
Morning Surly. Yes, this looks like the turning point for KAM. He’s had a couple seasons of moving on from some big name, big contract players (Kendricks, Thielen, Cook, etc) but now he’s going to finish that off, with Cousins, and probably Hunter. He may even divest himself of JJ.
Who will he bring in this year as the foundation of his Championship team? I mean Addison is the #1 guy in that regard, along with Hockenson, I guess. We’ll see who the workhorse RB will be, along with the QB, D-linemen, Linebackers, DB’s, and O-line.
Gonna be an interesting off-season.
Yolo, Skolos! Lokal hockey team won their last game of the regular season tonight, had a great time at the game with the girlfriend and our families.
They managed to qualify for the playoffs as well, which is nice. Enjoying some quality time with my better half now to close out the night, which is nice as well.
This post is reaching MT levels of word count. Have fun, enjoy your weekend, guys and gal 🙂
Slackers. Ain’t jackshit going on. Cap news i guess.
Yup,
Following your lead example.
I managed a haul of good/decent players.
This site has JJ ranked 24th so I traded 11 for 20, 51, 121 from Pitt. But then JJ was drafted at 16 so I had to settle for Nix. I did a few small traded backs to pick up more and earlier picks.
20
Bo Nix QB Oregon
43.
T’Vondre Sweat DT Texas
62
Caelen Carson CB Wake Forest
92
Audric Estime RB Notre Dame
109.
Jaden Hicks S Washington State
110.
Junior Colson LB Michigan
121.
Braden Fiske DT Florida State
130.
Jaylan Ford LB Texas
166.
Kitan Oladapo S Oregon State
179.
Erick All TE Iowa
228.
Joshua Karty K Stanford
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/mockdraft
Thanks for doing these mock thingies, gives me an idea which college players to get info on as potential targets for the Vikes. I know jack shit about college football.
I am learning more as I do them.
The internet is occasionally helpful.
I wonder if the FO will bring back cam akers?
Hopefully.
He seemed to have worked out here until he got injured.
Hopefully if he is back the injuries will be taken into consideration, aka cheap.
I think he’s a restricted free agent
Believe our entire running back room scored a grand total of 4 rushing TD’s all year. seems to be quite an appetite here to win a SB. Going to need a much better running attack than this.
Question how much of that was due to RBs? O-line/blocking? Scheme??
think it’s some of the first two, and by inference if you have the first two problems you need to change scheme.
Now I realize all the Kirk/JJ extension stuff is the ‘sexy’ talk, but our lack of a running attack is a big hindrance to the success of this team.
You see our line blowing people off the ball on a 3rd and 1? See our RB’s moving the pile a couple of yards.
Maybe keep Akers, cut Mattison, cut Nwang, sign Derrick Henry and draft someone in the mid rounds.
Need at least one better IOL.
Just imagine what our running game would be like if team’s didn’t fear our passing game and play to stop that.
I took that into consideration in the Mock I just posted.
92
Audric Estime RB Notre Dame
Vikings now have a projected 40 mil in cap space
Is that good?
It’s not bad… After we sign JJ, it’s going to get cut in half.
JJs cap hit this year is likely what gets cut in half.
JJs 5th year option = 19M I understand.
Cutting that down with an extension will help with the hit from KC void years.
Correct, I’m guess his contract would be heavily front loaded as far as bonuses that can be spread out.
I forgot about trying to do things to offset dead Kirk money… funny story many guys on this thread of a jar on their dresser labeled “dead Kirk money”
I have a change jar on mine, I save it up for the Vikings season and use it on the increased beer consumption
Its better than it being less than expected.
Any idea what was changed?
Iooked early this AM and it was $24 million but now about $38 million.
‘Any idea what was changed?’
The amount??
Funny …..
Looks to me like it was probably anticipating a full $18 mill cap hit and they have since lowered that to 14 because Kirk has agreed to an extension.
$28m cap hit??
I was just joking because I know how bad DE wants to see Kirk extended. As of today Kirk has a $28 mill dead cap hit but that gets spread out if they re-sign him and the amount that would be save just happened to closely coincide with the change in overall cap.
I would rather see him gone.
But 2 years $60 million is ok if they draft a top QB.
I might jump off a cliff if Kirko is re-signed and no solid QB is drafted.
Cap is going to be higher, I’m guessing it now also accounts for rollover from last year and the the cap space they get back because the couch doesn’t get the weekly roster bonuses when he didn’t play
Sounds like the answer.
Although it seems weird that the cap increase comes before the league deadline.
It is weird, because teams will make decisions on releasing players before it is set.
Thanks Taylor!
That dress makes her seem lopsided.
I honestly didn’t notice… I see where your eyes went to haha. You are correct though in both your assessment and where you gaze went.
‘I see where your eyes went to’
Well I am a guy after all.
Just disappointed at myself… To be fair it was a tiny gif in the many gifs and I just selected one.
Tiny “gif”, riiigghhhtttt…..
And I assume this means a contract is about to be signed……
Yeah, maybe they will retain Hunter now
Kirk extension pushes another 14 mill to 2025. Is Hunter’s dead money all hitting this year as well no matter what or is there multiple void years like Kirk that could spread that dead hit out if they get an extension worked out with him?
Looks like 2 void years so if they give Hunter a $20 mill per year deal his cap hit in 2024 would be $27.5 mill (ish) instead of a $15 mill dead hit for nothing in 2024. Similar as Kirk, I think try to work out a 2-3 year deal with him. You’re going to have to replace him one way or another and what sort of talent would you get for $13 mill?
It doesn’t matter if the void years are spread out or not, if the player is not re-signed it all automatically accelerates the next year. Spotrac and OTC don’t account for any projections with the player re-signing, so as of now they have the full voids hitting next year, if they extend Hunter it saves 7.5 mil next season and pushes 7.5 into 2025, if they extend Captain Caphit it pushes 18 into the next couple years, so they could conceivably create another 25 with this, but I don’t think Kwesi wants to keep pushing all the dead money down the road just to create space now.
As long as the deals are reasonable and no extra void years are added I think there is a definite benefit to extending them. Hunter is probably more likely, but that depends on what he thinks his market value is. Does he agree with Spotrac at $20 mill/year or does he think he deserves closer to $30 mill even though he’s almost 30?
I see no benefit to extending Kirk, just more mediocre to slightly above average seasons.
As long as they can get rid of him next year when JJ is ready to take the reins that would be cool. Even if he has a no trade clause they could trade him after 2024 and have a good insurance policy this year should the rookie they better draft not be ready to go. If they draft Nix they will need Kirk in 2025 and beyond.
I think it is from the cap going up more than sites like Spotrac guessed but it could be that Kirk extension incoming.
I am sick and tired of not winning superbowls. I don’t give a shit if we make the playoffs.
If we don’t win the superbowl we are just not trying.
I will not watch another game until we win a superbowl. Screw this team that doesn’t try hard enough. I am DONE being nice.
@there that aught to be the push they need@
The Wilfs read this blog religiously. I’m sure that is just the push they needed. Good job NoDak.
Do the Wilfs block and tackle all that well.
I’m sure they have at least one boat. I’m not sure how good it is.
Only need one boat if it’s full of money.
On Lake Minnetonka?
5… that you?
If you want to make fun of my personal stance on my favorite teams you can at least do it to my face Mr Minot.
LOL, the Dwight Shrute of the NFL
Hunter to the Jags?
Those practice helmet covers make him look silly.
He’s been rumored to be flirting with the jags since last summer. Nothing new.
That doesn’t really make sense, why would they pay an older player rather than Josh Allen.
QofD: I believe this will be the make or break season for both KAM and KOC. If Kam selects one of the top QBs, then the pressure is on KOC to coach him up.
Macho Man Randy Savage was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals out of high school. I had zero idea of this…
Started watching Dark Side of the Ring… it’s free on Tubi. Really quite good.
I just recently learned this, as well. I believe his dad played professional baseball also.
His dad was also a Pro Wrestler
https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2010/03/04/angelo-poffo-was-wrestler-promoter-father-to-two-stars/
2nd favorite wrestler of all time.
Junkyard Dog #1
I was trying to remember all of the wrestlers from back in the day awhile back. I had a lot of fun watching that for awhile as a kid.
I even seemed to recall Jesse Ventura calling Minnesotan Greg Gagne “pizza face” at one time.
I wonder if he ever started lifting more like the card said… we’ll never know.
Goooooose Morning!
QotD:
I like KOC and think he’s done a decent job so far. I want him to hand play calling duties off to someone else.
I think KAM was outgunned and over his head in draft 1. Last years was a bit better – Addison looks to be legit and adding Hock was a definite upgrade.
As been mentioned below one good offseason can change things a ton. Must figure out the QB situation and hopefully land a few impact FA’s (primarily on the defensive side of the ball, although I think they should bring in another WR and potentially a RB)
KAM has to nail draft 3. If he doesn’t, it wouldn’t surprise me if a year from now we’re talking about an entirely different coach and GM and what they will do in ‘25.
Happy Friday!
Skol!
QOTD: KOC is safe and will probably get an extension at the end of this year or beginning of next year imo. KAM on the other hand, this is the start of year 3 of his 4 year contract, and its make or break for him imo. This draft will decide if he stays a Viking going forward. I think they expect him to pick our new QB, and he will do what it takes to get it. And its going to have to pan out, or he’s gone, and they will get someone else to find the future. This draft will also suede how I feel about him, right now I could take or leave it.
KAM is in a tough spot for sure. He kind of used up his slack, and now he basically has to hit a grand slam homerun at QB, which is the great white whale of GMing.
Diamonds are forged under pressure. MN nice and nostalgia are why MN Sports teams are barren of relevance and championships in 30+ years. Its time someone makes a move under the gun, gambles, and stops being nice. Im ready for it, in all major mens sports.
Fans get what they want.
In MN, it appears making the playoffs once in awhile with good stats and a nice guy leader is enough.
And I absolutely despise that “Every resident in Fargo” nice mentality when it comes to sports Fandom. I acknowledge it, some people just want entertainment and dont care about the out come that much. I care about both. And Im more entertained when they win (not how they win – stats) Just winning in general, and winning against other known winners.
I’m MN nice about high school sports and stuff at that sort of level, but I don’t like to cut the Vikings much slack.
They are professionals. They have a stadium. They have a state-of-the-art training facility.
Make it to the Super Bowl, losers!
Win
Make it tothe Super Bowl, losers! FIFYAMEN !!!
Here I thought they have been barren of championships because they didn’t win enough games.
Also that, but my point ties into why they dont win enough games. Players they extend, players they dotn want in the locker room even if they are good, etc. “This guy is a dick in the locker room” Who cares? He’s good. Man up and do your fucking job you dont have to be best buds with all of your co workers.
I’m aware just being a smart ass.
If he takes a QB round 1 it buys him another 3 years at least, year 3 is historically the make or break year for QBs.
Araiza finally getting a chance after falsely being accused of rape, good to see.
I wished the Vikings would have picked up the punt God. Our punt game was dog shit
That was going to be my take for the day, that the Vikings would sign him and let Ryan go in training camp.
Ryan was booming kicks his first year and not so much last year.
I was wondering if he was told to ‘tone it down’ a bit as he was out kicking the coverage.
Not sure what else would cause that logically.
Could be but, idk, it seemed to work fine in 22 so why fiddle with something that clearly made it worse? Idk, we hire a new ST coordinator yet? Bring back Prifer.
Matt Daniels is still the ST coordinator
Good to hear.
He should call out the media about their false reporting and try suing for libel.
Mike Florio at the time:
He should sue the shit out of anybody in the media that slandered him and especially the chick that falsely accused him.
Unless they reported something falsely there’s no standing for a lawsuit, he can’t sue the girl as he agreed to those terms when the case was dismissed, my guess is he just wants to move on with his life, which I probably would too. He can however, sue the girls lawyer, which I don’t know if he’s doing.
Q of the D:
In general feel better about KOC than KAM. KOC really took Rick’s team and turned it into 13 wins. Last year the injuries made it tough, but didn’t think KOC handled the QB’s all that well after Kirk went down.
I’m poorly informed on the GM stuff, but I wouldn’t draft a safety with my first overall draft pick. Also kind of skeptical of ‘bean counter types’ calling the shots – but we’ll see.
Some say give him two or three more years, well, if he screws up this draft, don’t think so.
I am with BenDumDum and JRobert, I am much more optimistic about KOC than KAM.
(I know, I must be racist)
Some dipshit on twitter a couple years ago tried to tell me its racist to call him KAM, wonder how he feels about KOC, or Zim.
That was sarcasm……
The guy on twitter? No, is wasn’t.
@i was the dipshit@
must not be a very good joke I guess
I don’t think Kwesi or KOC are the answer, but they still are allowed this season to prove differently, so I’m in shrug-mode at the moment.
The tricky part is it is hard to have a prove-it season when there are two clearly superior teams in the division. We are in no-man’s land.
I wouldn’t say GB is clearly superior.
But we are in no-man’s land.
Therefore, get one of the top QB’s in the draft.
Green Bay really came together in the last half of the season. It was disheartening.
Yes it was.
FTP!
Yeah. It sucked.
Let’s hope it was dumb luck.
What makes me nervous is that I heard commentators say the Packers started getting better when LaFluer took the training wheels off Love and let him take more control at the line.
I’m not worried about GB, if Kirk didn’t get injured GB doesn’t even make the playoffs.
The great wizard says wins are not a QB stat.
#Fake
Has he banished you to “The Porch” yet? I still think that has a racist undertone that he is ignorant on, or just doesnt care.
Porches are racist? I didn’t know that.
Idk, telling someone to “stay on the porch”. Pretty sure that was pretty common for slaves back in the day, or he’s calling me a dog? Both? Idk.
there is a racist term relating to slaves and a porch but that relates to certain primates. I’m guessing its more like the dog? IDK.
“There is an old saying that “If you’re not going to run with the big dogs, your better off staying on the porch.”
It means, you need a passion to win against your tougher competition to grow market share and revenue, you have to be willing to skill up and beat them.”
That’s what I was trying to think of, I remember back in the 90’s it was a big trend for middle aged men to wear those t-shirts.
The Big Dog shirt company, from my home town of Santa Barbara borrowed that and plastered it all over the place.
https://www.bigdogs.com
LOL, so corny
Quality Clothes though, used to walk thru their store whenever I visited SB and check out their sale/clearance section.
Still have/wear some of their stuff.
Think it’s more along the lines – ‘if you can’t run with the big dogs, stay on the porch.’
Nothing racist.
That makes sense
Anything can be racist now day if you try hard enough.
Even a peanut butter and jelly samichs.
https://www.news9.com/story/5e367c965c62141fdeebc47f/hot-topics:-pbj-sandwiches-racist
And weather, and roads, and math.
Those are just some of the things the Dumbacrats call racist.
And all white people, especially white Christian males
I thought that was obvious.
Rule number one in the playbook for a power struggle.
They have figured a way to make it Pay, literally.
Not sure about that. GB dominated the Cowboys and (for 3 quarters) the Niners in the playoffs. A young team that is maturing nicely. Pisses me off to see them improve.
GB was behind 6-7 at half, that’s hardly dominating they did lead 21-17 at the beginning of the 4th but that’s hardly dominating either, then in the 4th Love pissed the game away. They did dominate Dallas, though Dallas had a tendency to get dominated in their losses.
That Dallas game was a bloodbath.
Zimmer to the rescue!
Not only are they superior right now they have a lot more ammo to get better…
There’s one clearly superior team, but I agree on Detroit. One good offseason can change that though.
Yesterday was a slow day – have a cold from Kentucky trip.
Was noting four NFC finalists – Bucs, Lions, Niners, and Packers.
We played all four – so went back and watched some of highlights from our games against. Didn’t see “clearly superior teams”
Yep, they are superior. They would have destroyed us in the playoffs. Regular season is immaterial. All of the teams slumps in the regular season.
Truth comes out in the playoffs.
Well, then we’ll just have to disagree. Regular season counts too.
It is an easy thing for the Vikings to prove. They play the Packers and Lions twice every season. If they are superior, they should end up more than 2-2 next season.
Lost me? Thought you said Lions and Packers were superior? They would seem to be the ones to ‘prove’ it.
Nonetheless, we do get to play them both and need to beat them.
Got to see “The D” at Red Rocks and they played with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra was AMAZING!
I don’t hate either of them, yet.
20-15 after two years.
But it’s close to the, “take a dump or get off the toilet” time.
I think we can’t have it both ways. I say I give KAM 2 more years to really see what kind of roster he can put together but at the same time if I won’t damn him for the roster that currently is then at the same time I can’t really give him credit for it either… so yeah I agree. I don’t hate KAM but I’ve liked KOC. He’s young and I believe will get better with the years.
What KAM does at the QB position will define his tenure and determine if he gets himself and KOC fired. They can either continue to tread water and be good enough to remain in the playoff “hunt” late into the season with Kirk and once every 3 years lose a WC game or get curb stomped in the divisional round, or KAM swing for the fences in the draft. I am hoping they at least do both, preferably they just move on from Kirk and draft one of those top 4 QBs.
If he doesn’t draft a top QB this year, he needs to be fired.
They are as close to the top ten as they’ve been in quite some time so I agree they should take a QB at 11 if JJ is there or trade up. I wouldn’t say he should be fired though if he doesn’t, that would depend on what he does instead.
Bold prediction, Kirk will not be the QB of the Vikings the next time they win a playoff game. I still think he will be back this year and they may even make the playoffs but Kirk will Kirk and they will lose in the wildcard round until JJ is ready to lead the team to glory.
GM
FTP
TGIFF
Question of the day. I will be patient with Kwesi for another 3 years, unless he extends Kirko. If he does that, bring out the pitchforks.
KoC is doing well for what he has. He is not holding this team back imo, even though there are areas to improve (play calling)
I just think a HC should be focused squarely on the 500 foot view during the game, not playcalling. I didn’t like Zim doing it and I don’t like KOC doing it, you have an OC for a reason so just let them do their job. I agree, give KAM a little more time. His first draft is just bad. His last draft was decent, Addison looks like a potential WR1, they didn’t have a 2nd round pick, it was essentially Hock, which has been good. Blackmon played a lot and looks like he’ll be a decent player if he keeps developing. Roy played a fair amount. Hall looked… well like a rookie day 3 pick but he still has the potential to become a decent backup. Also Pace was a great UDFA signing. FA has been a mixed bag, some good some bad, he just needs to stop signing guys coming off season ending injuries. If he has a good draft this year it will help mitigate the disaster of the 2022 draft.
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QotD: I agree. I have much more faith in KOC than KAM.
KAM needs to make some good picks and get his plan in action. He has wallowed these past two off seasons.
As long as there’s improvement in the draft this year (ie they get JJ no matter what it takes) I will give KAM a pass on the first draft since the scouts were all Rick/Zim holdovers scouting and grading all year based on what Zim would want. Last year was better but still left a lot to be desired. We’ll see what happens in a few weeks and go from there. I will give KAM a grade of incomplete for now.
Updated with links (and the correct date)
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I’ll update with links in a bit.