2021 Off-Season Thread

[cHawk]

I’m concerned about the playcalling. It can’t be anything like this during the season or this offense will be hot trash.

On another note, Rashod Hill showed why he’s a career backup.

[Danchat]

3 minutes ago, cHawk said:

I’m concerned about the playcalling. It can’t be anything like this during the season or this offense will be hot trash.

On another note, Rashod Hill showed why he’s a career backup.

This is a concern with Vikings fans every preseason, they're calling the most vanilla plays. I don't know if Klint has what it takes, but I can assure you the gameplan is going to involve feeding the ball to Cook and then passing to Jefferson, Thielen, and Smith Jr. 

Hill has no business starting, but IMO they shouldn't have cut Reiff. He was our best OL last season. I still like Darrisaw but assuming rookies will be ready is always risky.

They also need a veteran backup QB. Browning looks horrid and Mond looks raw. 

[cHawk]

18 minutes ago, Danchat said:

This is a concern with Vikings fans every preseason, they're calling the most vanilla plays. I don't know if Klint has what it takes, but I can assure you the gameplan is going to involve feeding the ball to Cook and then passing to Jefferson, Thielen, and Smith Jr. 

Hill has no business starting, but IMO they shouldn't have cut Reiff. He was our best OL last season. I still like Darrisaw but assuming rookies will be ready is always risky.

They also need a veteran backup QB. Browning looks horrid and Mond looks raw. 

Browning isn’t going to cut it. Mond will need time.

As for the OL, the performances from Cleveland, Davis, O’Neill, Mason Cole, Udoh have been surprisingly good. Still need to see more from Bradbury.

QB Play has been absolutely awful this preseason and it’s why they’re 0-2.

[Vanimal46]

10 hours ago, Danchat said:

This is a concern with Vikings fans every preseason, they're calling the most vanilla plays. I don't know if Klint has what it takes, but I can assure you the gameplan is going to involve feeding the ball to Cook and then passing to Jefferson, Thielen, and Smith Jr. 

Hill has no business starting, but IMO they shouldn't have cut Reiff. He was our best OL last season. I still like Darrisaw but assuming rookies will be ready is always risky.

They also need a veteran backup QB. Browning looks horrid and Mond looks raw. 

Yep, that’s why I find preseason worthless for fans. There’s no knowledge gained watching teams call 5-10 basic plays with some of the starters, then play the rest of the game with 3rd and 4th string players. Wake me up when the regular season starts. 

[Vanimal46]

My only takeaway from yesterday is Michael Pierce is a big boy. His belly is almost the size of Big Pat Williams. 

[Mike Sixel]

In the least shocking news ever, Griffen is a Viking again.

[nicksaviking]

3 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

In the least shocking news ever, Griffen is a Viking again.

He says he’s going to apologize to Cousins. I’m sure he’ll mean it too.

[Mike Sixel]

23 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

He says he’s going to apologize to Cousins. I’m sure he’ll mean it too.

Given some of what his father says, I'd hope Griffen and others tell Kirk he's an ******* over and over. (assuming he agrees with his father, not everyone does, but it kind of looks like it)

[TheLeviathan]

Well....I'd rather have him that Weatherly and Wonnum all the time.  More pass rushers the better, if he still has anything left.

[Danchat]

Here is my latest 53 man roster prediction:

[nicksaviking]

16 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

Given some of what his father says, I'd hope Griffen and others tell Kirk he's an ******* over and over. (assuming he agrees with his father, not everyone does, but it kind of looks like it)

I'd like to think the Griffen signing is Zimmer's way of telling Kirk he's an ******* too.

[cHawk]

12 hours ago, Danchat said:

Here is my latest 53 man roster prediction:

Why not start Surratt over Vigil? Surratt looked great against IND.

[Danchat]

1 hour ago, cHawk said:

Why not start Surratt over Vigil? Surratt looked great against IND.

Surratt has mostly practiced with the 3s and seems to be behind Dye and Lynch. Also, take this with a grain of salt, but PFF had Surratt as our lowest graded player on Saturday.

[Vanimal46]

Whelp. Not exactly the news you want to read before week 1. 

[Vanimal46]

Also, do we have any indication whether Thielen’s injury is serious?

[Danchat]

22 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Whelp. Not exactly the news you want to read before week 1.

Yikes, that's awful news! A meniscus tear isn't like a ACL or MCL, but it's still going to be a few week departure for him. And that's not to mention that Conklin has been hurt for weeks, and the TEs behind him are not very good.

21 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Also, do we have any indication whether Thielen’s injury is serious?

All indications are that he will be fine. He'll be ready to play in two weeks.

 

Also, just saw this:

That's a fair bit of money for an older safety, but it really depends on how much guaranteed $$$ there is on the deal.

[Vanimal46]

If the guaranteed money is in the first 2 years of that extension it’s all good. Next up, Brian O’Niell hopefully. 

[Danchat]

https://twitter.com/SKORNorth/status/1432051541255630854/photo/1

$26M out of $64M is guaranteed. Overall he now has 5 years and $74.8M remaining with just 35% of that guaranteed. That seems fair.

[Mike Sixel]

4 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

Whelp. Not exactly the news you want to read before week 1. 

Bummer. I hate it when humans get injured.

[TheLeviathan]

TE depth across the league is pretty good.  That might be an area we see them swing a deal.  You can't play 2 TE sets 98% of the time and field Conklin and Dillon in those roles.

[cHawk]

Losing Irv Smith is quite a hit

[Vanimal46]

Big news of the day so far as teams trim to 53… Cam Newton released. Boy that would be a nice backup option. 

[cHawk]

1 minute ago, Vanimal46 said:

Big news of the day so far as teams trim to 53… Cam Newton released. Boy that would be a nice backup option. 

Agreed.

 

[Mike Sixel]

If they think they might be a SB team, they should go for Cam.....but I doubt he comes to MN.

[Vanimal46]

I’m open to this idea. 

[nicksaviking]

12 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

I’m open to this idea. 

NFL players look for jobs on LindeIn? Or just kickers?

[Mike Sixel]

Dozier cut! Phew.

 

[Mike Sixel]

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1432785044653973517?s=20

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1432785044653973517?s=20

clearly I'm doing something wrong.....but they traded for a TE

[nicksaviking]

11 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

clearly I'm doing something wrong.....but they traded for a TE

I would have liked this move back in May. But in today's game with the War and Peace sized NFL playbooks and significant variances in systems and verbiage, I don't put much faith in a guy contributing who wasn't here all summer.