Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

2018 Vikings Off-Season Thread

Vanimal46

By Vanimal46
in Minnesota Vikings Talk

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 368
  • Created
  • Last Reply
Vanimal46 MVP

Vanimal46

Old-Timey Member
Posted
  • Author
Posted

I'm not sure I'd give Diggs 16M

I don't think I would. Even though that's the going rate now thanks to Sammy Watkins and Brandon Cooks. At this point I guess play out the contract year and see if he's as awesome as we hope with Cousins.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Mike Sixel Cooperstown

Mike Sixel

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

 

RIP Tony Sparano

 

Devastating to lose someone that young (two years older than me!).

 

I've gone to urgent care/ER three times with chest pains....each time, it was nothing. And it cost me a TON OF MONEY. Each time, I debated even going. It's too bad they couldn't figure out how to help him this time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Vanimal46 MVP

Vanimal46

Old-Timey Member
Posted
  • Author
Posted

Signed by #Vikings through at least 2020: Kirk Cousins, Everson Griffen, Danielle Hunter, Xavier Rhodes, Linval Joseph, Riley Reiff, Harrison Smith, Eric Kendricks, Dalvin Cook. Now Stefon Diggs joins the list.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Mr. Brooks Cedar Rapids Kernels

Mr. Brooks

Provisional Member
Posted
Posted

Bargain, IMO.

He's an elite WR. Numbers haven't matched up, but he's been on teams with other good options, and never had great QB's.

#1 in all of football last year in contested catches, and if you extrapolate his stats out to 150 targets (what he'd get on a team without another top WR option), he'd put up 108 catches, 1300 yards, 13 TD per year.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Vanimal46 MVP

Vanimal46

Old-Timey Member
Posted
  • Author
Posted

1998 was a special year, I think that one will always sting.

1998 still hurts today. I was convinced they were SB champs in 2009. So many things went against the Vikes that game, legal and illegal.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TheLeviathan All-Star

TheLeviathan

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

2009 hurts too, but I put 1998 higher on the "hurt" list.  They felt like they were playing on a completely different level than anyone else in the NFL.  They were doing things never before seen in football.  Everything felt like they were the dominant force.

 

They were good in 2009, but never felt that good to me.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Shaitan First Round Pick

Shaitan

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

 

Three "starters" not even suiting up on the OL for the first pre-season game. Does Cousins survive? Sigh.

Yes, because pre-season is a complete waste of time where nobody actually plays anyway. How long will he be in, a 3-and-out?

 

The first month of the regular season is so lackluster because everybody is so out of sync. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Vanimal46 MVP

Vanimal46

Old-Timey Member
Posted
  • Author
Posted

The Richie Incognito story about him and Zimmer is bizarre as hell.

 

I wish the Vikes would have some interest in him.

No way should they be interested in him. Or any team... He's got serious mental problems. Bipolar or maybe early onset CTE.

 

Here's another bizarre story earlier this offseason where he had an incident at a gym yelling at people to 'Get out of his ******* playground'

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/05/23/richie-incognito-held-for-psychiatric-evaluation-after-incident-at-florida-gym/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0a98a3784681

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TheLeviathan All-Star

TheLeviathan

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

 

Not me, I have no interest in rooting for bad dudes.

 

I mean, he might be.  There is a lot of smoke, but is he?  The original accuser about bullying has demonstrated some pretty significant mental health issues and that's the main point against him....no?

 

I think the Vikes should do a lot of checking first (and maybe they have, hence Zimmer's reaction), but I'm not certain we can draw that conclusion.  And, unfortunately, there are a lot of bad guys we root for every Sunday unbeknownst to us.

 

If you're looking for other options to immediately help the OL....you won't find any nearly as talented as Incognito.  Doesn't mena you have to do it, but that's just the reality.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Vanimal46 MVP

Vanimal46

Old-Timey Member
Posted
  • Author
Posted

I'd assume the fist calls with be to Luke Joeckel and Jabari Evans?

Yeah probably. They need training camp depth so no harm in seeing if they can fill the void.

 

I've been reading good things about Aviante Collins who was a rookie depth guy last season. Evidently he can play both guard and tackle.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TheLeviathan All-Star

TheLeviathan

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

 

I'd assume the fist calls with be to Luke Joeckel and Jabari Evans?

 

Joeckel was awful for Seattle last year.  Evans wasn't particularly good for GB last year either.  

 

I guess you call them?  I'm guessing Compton is our LG for Week 1,but I'd like to see Isiodora or Gossett in there by the end of the year.  Maybe Berger has been staying fresh just in case?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing
The Twins Daily Caretaker Fund
The Twins Daily Caretaker Fund

You all care about this site. The next step is caring for it. We’re asking you to caretake this site so it can remain the premier Twins community on the internet.

Become a Caretaker
×
×
  • Create New...