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  1. nicksaviking
    Has the organization had an international player they signed do anything of note for the Twins since the Sano/Polanco/Kepler crowd? I'm looking at the Twins top prospects since 2017, and Emmanuel Rodriguez is the only international player to make the top TEN since Brusdar Graterol, Lewis Thorpe and Wander Javier in 2019 and all three of those guys were added by Terry Ryan's crew. Whatever Falvey's been doing, I think he should maybe try the complete opposite this year. How is it possible E-Rod is the only international signing to make the Twins top ten prospect lists under his now nine year tenure? That's absolutely bonkers. Prior to 2019 the lists had a significant presence of the Twins international signings, since then, crickets. This is an avenue to add talent that the Twins have almost completely whiffed on for the last decade.
  2. nicksaviking
    I did neither of these things, read my post again. I'm simply asking you to debate honestly, not impulsively. You arguing that the Pohlads are the worst owners in pro sports is like Spaniards arguing that Francisco Franco was the most evil leader during WWII. No, no he's not. He's awful, but he's not even close, read a newspaper and look at your neighbors.
  3. nicksaviking
    Possible we as Viking fans look back and wish they'd have kept Flores over KOC. Like we do with Tomlin and Childress. Though, KOC is infinitely more likable than Childress.
  4. nicksaviking
    That is interesting and could be what all the weird hold up on the contract talks are all about. The Vikings want to extend him so they get a pick if/when he leaves.
  5. nicksaviking
    So oddsmakers have Flores the favorite for the Vegas job. It's probably a good take too as the Davis family has never had a problem thumbing their noses at the rest of the owners, owners who want to largely blacklist Flores because Flores refused to tank for the Dolphins so the Dolphins could fire Flores and better justify tampering with Sean Peyton. On the bright side, the Titans have announce six interviews and none of them are Flores.
  6. nicksaviking
    They are bad owners, but aren't close to the worst owners. Comments like this diminish every other LEGIT complaint about the state of our team. How could they possibly be the worst owners in all of pro sports when there are about ten teams that average even lower payrolls than the Twins for the past two decades? Several teams have never ONCE had a higher payroll than the Twins in that time. And that's before considering the NFL, which is full of owners who are literally above the law and openly and unapologetically getting away with fraud, extortion, collusion, anti-trust violations and numerous sexual assaults. I'm not defending the Pohlad's but we need to stop with this kind of hyperbole if anyone wants the actual grievances to be taken seriously.
  7. nicksaviking
    Despite how quickly Rodgers gets rid of the ball, I don't think he would have lasted long behind the Vikings OL. The guy looks and moves like an old man, I can't imagine he could take the beating McCarthy and Wentz took.
  8. nicksaviking
    Can’t find it, probably because it was only audio, so huge grain of salt, but I could have sworn that despite all the mocks having Zabel going to the Vikings, Paul Allen, who is only good for this kind of insider info, bluntly said the Vikings weren’t interested and the fans should keep an eye on Jackson instead. Edit: I did find more. Allen predicted Booker, then Zabel. I was wrong. KAM off the hook on that one. Unless it was a more tied in source than PA who was spilling tea, and I doubt there is a more tied in source.
  9. nicksaviking
    And I’m more than willing to give a pass on the free agent signings of Allen, Hargrave, Fries and Kelly. Those were still good moves even if they didn’t exactly pan out. But other than Fries, they were all supposed to be PLACEHOLDERS. But they can’t be placeholders for future free agents, they have to be placeholders for draft picks, which they failed at again last year. Also, weren’t the reports that the Vikings had no interest in Grey Zabel? They liked Jackson way better? Lucky the Seahawks didn’t give them a chance to look bad there, but who the hell is doing these evals?!? It’s not even close. New blood in the draft room please. KAM can supervise but not have the final say.
  10. nicksaviking
    Vick had a great comeback year after the dog fighting stuff, but then fell off a cliff. He didn’t move like he used to. Not sure if that happened to Jackson this year, but I do agree, he’s a way better passer than most of the scrambling QBs. Hell, most of the pocket QBs too. I do wonder what he would have (could be) like in a wide open passing attack. Baltimore's Greg Roman/Todd Monkin offenses have mostly been super generic and archaic 1980’s run heavy schemes. One can only imagine if in his prime Jackson was on an offense that ran three or four wide sets making the other team run spread out nickel and dime defenses. Instead the Ravens stubbornly ran 12 formation with two TEs, and fullback and jumbo sets that let the other team flood the box with their best tacklers. The Ravens didn’t lose in the playoffs because of Jackson, they lost because Harbaugh stubbornly tried to recreate his very unlikely Joe Flacco/Ray Rice offense that won a fluke Super Bowl.
  11. nicksaviking
    If Jackson is traded, I could very well see a defiant bounce back year. Not sure that bounce back would last more than a year though. Particularly if he can't run like he used to.
  12. nicksaviking
    The Giants are a stable organization though. And if Dart is above average, that could be a good team. If I was the top coach on the market, that's where I'd go. Probably a good thing after all that the Jets didn't fire Glen. Them, Cleveland AND Arizona trying to hire coaches? Man, talk about throwing your career away. I'd throw LV into that group too, but it will have some attraction since Brady is there. Him not doing anything will wear thin real fast though.
  13. nicksaviking
    Agree. But my opinion on Jackson has only recently gone this far south, so I feel a bit hypocritical saying so.
  14. nicksaviking
    I assume half the problem is that very few people down in AZ are actually FROM AZ. It's probably hard to build a fanbase when away fans look at your arena as a vacation destination and half the people in your city are elderly and come to town with their own long-time team to root for. Honestly baseball is the only one that makes sense from a local perspective, because the people who are in AZ during the summer, are true Arizonians, either by birth or permanent transplant. And of course you don't want to even leave your house in Phoenix between June and September. Not to excuse the owners or anything. Everyone knows the Bidwells are amongst the worst owners in all of pro sports.
  15. nicksaviking
    Yeah, not traditional QBs. Guys who either have the arm talent and the utter disregard for the play call when it doesn't make sense with what the defense presents, like Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Stafford and previously Brady and Rodgers (he's cooked now) or the leg talent to lay waste to the other team's defensive plans, so, Hurts and Jackson (also maybe cooked???) and then also Allen again. Maye, Daniels and (hopefully not) Caleb Williams may very well be on the verge of being gunslingers too. I know the term is still fairly vague and kind of an I'll-know-it-when-I-see-it situation, but I think there is a really good test for this. Take the final play of the 2022 Wild Card game against the Giants. The 'gunslinger' QBs would have either heard the utterly terrible play call from the coach and changed it on the spot or run the play, scrambling out of the pocket directly at the LB forcing him into the no-win decision of trying to tackle the QB or defending Hockenson from getting the 1st down. Not trying to rip Cousins there, I'm just trying to explain how I view these other QBs differently.
  16. nicksaviking
    Jonathan Gannon is out as expected in AZ. If the Vikings lose Flores, I would like to take a look at him for DC. He doesn't blitz as much as Flores, but I like the heavy rotation of front seven players he (and the Eagles) use to keep everyone fresh to generate pressure. That's assuming Gannon doesn't land a job before Flores.
  17. nicksaviking
    I've been saying for a long time that you need a top end improvisational QB to have a realistic shot at winning a Super Bowl, because only about once a decade does a team with a stout defense and only a game manager win it all. This looks to be one of those years for sure. Or I guess Josh Allen and Matthew Stafford make a mockery of the rest of the teams and the Bills and/or Rams cruise through the playoffs.
  18. nicksaviking
    If he's out, yeah, that's one more opening for a should-be-a-backup guy, but reports are that he should be ready for training camp. Also, it was an achilles, not ACL.
  19. nicksaviking
    I agree, the 'veteran' QB the Vikings bring in might be a Zach Wilson type. Nobody, including me, wanted Wentz, but in hindsight, he was probably a well above average backup. It's ugly out there. Lot's of known names, but really, watch a guy like Marcus Mariota for more than the highlights and you realize he's not good at all. All the talk of bringing in a vet to challenge JJ isn't a positive thing in my mind; it almost certainly means the Vikings are punting on 2026 as well. Joe Flacco? Andy Dalton? Come on, that's not going to win a division let alone a Super Bowl. As for Shough and Young, yeah, those teams likely will stick with those guys, but considering I'm already on the lookout for another young franchise QB to replace McCarthy, it would be disingenuous for me to suggest THOSE teams should be happy with QBs who don't at all look like they could make their teams a contender.
  20. nicksaviking
    I'm surprised Glenn is staying; that was an all time bad defense, and he's a defensive guy who inherited a relatively decent squad. I thought Glenn would get canned and Dan Campbell would swoop in and get his DC back. Glad it's not happening. I bet Stefanski lands one of the HC jobs. I really have no idea how good he is as a HC because that organization is just a disaster when it comes to finding offensive personnel. If he DOESN'T land a HC job, I wouldn't be opposed to offering him MN's OC job. Obviously that would require KOC giving up play calling duties. Funny that Raheem Morris was fired as soon as he walked off the field, but still no word on fellow NFC South coach Todd Bowles. Bowles seems like a great guy, but that team continues to under-achieve.
  21. nicksaviking
    Crazy how since I've gotten older, my first thought now goes to how awful his parents feel. Since I've had children, I realized how being a team's kicker might be the worst job in the NFL with the high profile scrutiny with every miss. If you're going to put your kid in the NFL, being the PUNTER is where it's at.
  22. nicksaviking
    If the Vikings acquired Cousins, he'd be starting Week 1. Unless Atlanta keeps him, Cousins will be starting somewhere in the NFL next year. Even before we get to unplanned injuries, there's not enough capable starting QBs to go around. Mia, NYJ, Pit, Cle, Ind, LV, AZ all need QBs and if they were smart NO and Car would be looking too. Daniel Jones gets one job, and Mac Jones possibly gets traded to another spot. I doubt Aaron Rodgers comes back, but even if he does, that leaves at least four spots and there probably aren't four draftable starters this year. Maybe some teams would take Kyler Murray and his youth and legs over Cousins, but I bet most wouldn't. Cousins would almost certainly be more desirable than Tagovailoa, and after that, were probably talking about backups like Brissett, Marriota and Wentz.
  23. nicksaviking
    Sure, but then why not just keep Fitzgerald? I didn't want him rostered either, but he's probably better defensively and it would be next to impossible for him to be worse offensively. This move really seemed like Falvey was on a high after trading for (gulp) Wagaman and signed a guy just to sign a guy.
  24. nicksaviking
    I do. And not because of the player they gave up, but because this is a guy Miami probably would have DFA'd prior to opening day anyway. And now to show the world they didn't make a bad move, the Twins are going to hold on to this guy way past the point where he's proven not to be worthy of a roster spot.
  25. nicksaviking
    So basically what you get when you take away the fluke HRs from Kody Clemens.
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