gunnarthor
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Even if your statement was true, which it isn't, I would have liked him to get a chance to show that his rosters weren't sustainable. But he didn't get that. Sounds like there were some inter-office issues that were also a problem. It could be that he was like "no, we're not keeping Darnold" over the wishes of the coaching staff or some other thing, as well, of course. And that would make some sense.
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Sure, and I'm sure the next GM won't trade picks for players, we can go back to the Speilman style and hope for better results. But we had a GM who constructed some pretty good rosters. But when you complain about the lack of drafted players, it means you discount the other values that picks have. We got Hockenson and two 4th rounders (eventually traded to become Ward and part of the deal to get JJ and Riechard) for a 2nd (and 6th?). A 6th to get Mason. etc And you ignore the success of undrafted free agents. And then you overvalue the expectation of picks. The reality is that most picks, especially outside the top 100 fail. The key was the overall roster construction. And we just had the most successful four year run in something like 25 or thirty years. The next GM - who won't have a say in this draft - will hopefully get us a Super Bowl but it's a shame Kwesi seemed to be held to a much different standard than Speilman was.
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From what is public, I liked him because he took risks and built competent rosters. You wanted the Vikings to get the QBOTF, you've said trade everything to get him. He trades a couple seconds and a sixth to get an extra first rounder in a QB heavy draft. He tries to trade up to get one of the top three. The teams reject the trades. So he trades a 3rd and 4th to move up to get JJ (and another pick which is Reichard). We finally have a GM who makes moves to get the QB that (apparently) his COY wants to build around. Now the next GM knows that if he misses on a QB, he's out? Like Speilman was GM for 15 years, was 9 games over .500, made the playoff six times and won 3 playoff games? But Kwesi gits four seasons, a lot more wins, and two playoff appearances but is gone b/c of Darnold? Wilfs reward mediocrity.
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Triangle of authority part II.
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Wow. Bummer. I liked him. This article seems like it's about the Darnold decision. https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/vikings-fire-gm-kwesi-adofo-mensah-after-4-seasons-174644176.html
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I agree but I think Tua has to stay in Miami, his contract is too big to move and ownership will require them to play him, I think. Arizona has Brissett under contract so they won't need to dumpster dive. Simpson will move up in the draft rankings as we get closer to the draft. (Arizona could take him and let him sit behind Brisset for a year. Not a horrible idea). Rodgers sounds like he'll do another year in Pitt with McCarthy. Cleveland just wasted two picks on a QBs last year. They have to give them some time to decide, especially with the lack of QBs in this draft. I think the Vikings could get someone like Mariotta, Taylor, or Cousins. Also, KC might be looking since Mahomes might not be ready at the start of the season and Minshew tore his ACL, I believe, so might not be available at the start of the season as well.
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Generally, same. But I do like the "You got Mossed" section and College Game Day's last ten minutes is usually pretty good.
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Broadcasting for sure. Lots of money in it and I think he's been auditioning for it. Did anyone see the long, two minute answer that went viral where he discussed progression passing games?
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If that's the case, Monken isn't a horrible choice. I assume it'll be Sanders and he does have similarities to Jackson's game, mostly holding the ball and looking deep. But Monken is a bit ... boring? Like a 60-year old white guy getting his first head coaching chance in the NFL. Doesn't scream stability. But if the job was "make Sanders a QB", they could've done worse. (Although, that also suggests a lot of issues between the FO and Stephanski).
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We lost Daronte Jones to the Commanders. Here's a link to Washington's SB page on the hire. They seem to like it. https://www.hogshaven.com/washington-commanders-news/399685/washington-commanders-have-hired-joe-whitts-replacement-at-defensive-coordinator#comments
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I've said several times that is like KOC to have another offensive mind around, one that wasn't from the McVay tree. There is certainly ways to be a productive high scoring offense with a bit more balance.
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I think I agree with you? Like, KOC certainly calls more long developing plays than most. This was true when the QB was Cousins and Darnold, too. I do think that McCarthy got better at avoiding sacks as the season wore on - which isn't a surprise - and seems better than Wentz, who had "happy feet". But I did think the line looked better as the year went on as well. Some of that was Jackson getting reps and part of it was Kelly getting healthy. But I do think the offense has had problem with power running for years now. Even when Cook was our RB, the o-line was missing something and still is. Once we get inside the 10, it gets harder for us to score (I say with no stats to support that). But I would bet our TD percentage success rate between the 10-20 was better than inside the 10, because the other team isn't worried about us running the ball. Not sure I said that right.
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PFF isn't great though. I watched Ingram get mauled by KC a few weeks ago but PFF had him like 10th or whatever. Next Gen (I think) seems to have very different ways to judge linemen. I think the fairer way is to look at them as a unit but even that's not perfect. This article puts a bit more of the blame away from the o-line (not all). https://atozsports.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings-news/offensive-line-issues-plagued-minnesota-vikings-solution-is-simple-injuries-christian-darrisaw-jj-mccarthy/
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The NFL likes ratings.
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Really happy for Darnold
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The refs should have thrown a flag there.
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I mean that taunt didn't seem like much. Unbelievable call. Won't help the nfl is fixed crowd.
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What the heck? Who throws a flag for that?
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Woo-hoo! TD!
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McVay seems very intense
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Oh gosh, not even close. Chikdress/Moss fight, Ponder, I'd also argue that the cousins/zimmer/Speilman fiasco hurt the team more. But they did get a comp pick for him so he didn't walk for nothing.
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Bummer that they missed a face mask for the Rams. #neverforget
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Well, points.
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Walker is a stud
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Ugly game
