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  1. nicksaviking
    Not really. Keaschall will be the only hitter on the 26-man who will be under 25. Overall the roster is only the 10th youngest, and most of the Twins youth is pitching and most of that won't break camp with the big club. Between Outman, Gasper, Fitzgerald, McCusker, Kreidler, Clemens, Jackson and Pereda it looks like the Twins think they have found the next eight Justin Turners. Certainly a really solid use of roster space for a non-competitive rebuilding team.
  2. nicksaviking
    So KOC is already saying that McCarthy is going to clear concussion protocol and be ready for next week. I do a lot of fantasy football, so I follow a ton of players who've been out with concussions. I don't remember ever hearing this kind of presumption on a Monday. This type of injury almost always comes with ambiguity and uncertainty and no one ever talks like the guy will be cleared before he actually IS cleared late in the week.
  3. nicksaviking
    This seems to come up every few years, and this is the problem statement because the owners, or whomever making this call thinks that ONE season should be THIS season. It doesn't work that way. The reset doesn't start when you have an old aging roster, it happens after you purge them. And I agree, not with this GM. Can't waste year after year of draft picks.
  4. nicksaviking
    If the Bengals fire Zac Taylor, the Vikings should bring him in as OC. No idea if he'll be any good, but I agree KOC needs someone else coming up with gameplans. And the OL coach has to be replaced. Preferably by somebody who has previously had success as an OL coach. I know Chris Kuper was previously only an assistant OL coach and it was under the really bad Vic Fangio coached Bronco teams.
  5. nicksaviking
    Here's how I see it. The only way McCarthy is starting next year is if he develops a miraculous comprehension of the game in the last several weeks of the season and it's clear to everyone that he's going to be good. Presuming that does not happen, even if the top brass believe in him, they aren't going to be able to handle an off season where he is still their Plan A. That's assuming they survive the offseason to begin with. This is the absolute worst this franchise has looked nationally since the Love Boat scandal; they are going to want to paint a new picture for 2026. Now free agency doesn't start until March and the draft isn't until May, so unless he's traded or cut the team may play coy and not publicly talk about a QB change, but it seems next to impossible that McCarthy is the intended starting QB next season.
  6. nicksaviking
    Yup, I get it. My point is only that if the Vikings are hoping McCarthy makes a reversal akin to Young, they shouldn't bother; that's not good enough and they should start over.
  7. nicksaviking
    But why is Justin Jefferson the exception? Star wide receivers have down years due to bad QB play all the time, and they don't tend to get traded because of it. In Wentz's five starts, Jefferson averaged 95 yards on 10 targets with 7 catches per game. And the team basically played like a .500 club. That's not acceptable to me, but even a below average QB like Wentz puts Jefferson's numbers back on track and makes this team forgettably average.
  8. nicksaviking
    If this team is hoping McCarthy can pull a Bryce Young reversal, all is lost. That bar is unacceptably low. If the Panthers are serious about winning, they should already be looking to upgrade their QB, and I bet they are having those discussions.
  9. nicksaviking
    So last week he was asked to get waived? He was a healthy scratch this week, so why the delay? This is going to be a bad look when he goes back to the Panthers and makes the playoffs. What a great trade.
  10. nicksaviking
    Also, if this team were to sign Rhys Hoskins, he wouldn't be the short side platoon with Kody Clemens. Hoskins doesn't have a discernable issue with splits and isn't a giant liability in the on-base department like Clemens is.
  11. nicksaviking
    "Fitzgerald is penciled in as the backup shortstop and third baseman. Yet, the front office could elect to acquire a higher-upside option like Isiah Kiner-Falefa" Quite possibly the most depressing statement ever written on Twins Daily.
  12. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I don't blame the kid. This was certainly planned by an adult.
  13. nicksaviking
    Yeah, I have teenagers; this is 100% something an adult concocted and executed.
  14. nicksaviking
    Individually, which young players improved overall? Lots of them came up, were hot, the other teams adjusted and then the Twins never had an answer. But outside of Jeffers, nobody has become a hitter that can confidently be stuck in the lineup every day.
  15. nicksaviking
    Technology or no technology, the last coaching staff couldn't fix ANY hitters. Plenty seemed to get worse the longer they they were here though.
  16. nicksaviking
    And considering they constantly lie about whether a call was reversed due to a conference by the officials, or a call from New York.
  17. nicksaviking
    The game being thrown for the Broncos is going to be a pretty big talker this week. I'm not a conspiracy theory dude so I'm not buying it, but this is a real bad look.
  18. nicksaviking
    Right, was he supposed to pout and slap Darnold? I seriously have to tell my kids that it’s OK to have a bad day at school but you don’t get to spend the rest of the night intentionally making everyone else miserable.
  19. nicksaviking
    I'm happy to add his lack of health as a key part of his evaluation. McCarthy has had six starts. Trey Lance only got four. And Lance didn't actually play bad, he just clearly played with inexperience and was often injured. If the Vikings have any stones, they'll pull the plug too. And if things are bad enough, the heat will be high enough and hopefully it won't take stones because the pressure will be too great to make any other choice. Try again. Two years was supposed to be the limit anyway. If his health impacted on field evaluations, tough, it's part of the game and should be part of the evaluation.
  20. nicksaviking
    Sure, but historically the Vikings have been satisfied with getting the not-top-QBs in the drafts. Even though they rarely draft one. Last time they settled for the fifth QB drafted even if he was the consensus fourth QB overall. Don't settle for that crap, go get one of your two top choices. Really close to demanding they go get their top chose, period. And by they, I don't mean KAM. He can go find Van Ginkles, Greenards and Cashmans. Leave the drafting to someone else.
  21. nicksaviking
    Quite possibly it was the worst it has been all season. So quite possibly it was the worst anyone has ever seen in NFL history. I feel bad for Brosmer, while at the same time I don't need to see more from Brosmer.
  22. nicksaviking
    I agree he should start, but I have zero interest in him showing growth. And I have zero interest in the third QB in this draft, regardless of how they all end up ranked. Washington, NYG and Tennessee won't be drafting a QB. At minimum one of them should be drafting top two. Therefore, Vikings should be able to pick #1 or #2, if they aren't so precious with their draft picks that they won't part with them.
  23. nicksaviking
    Last week against the team's most hated rival seemed worse to me as half the team showed up today. The defense put on a pretty good show. But I agree about cleaning house.
  24. nicksaviking
    Jefferson isn't asking to leave unless they stick with McCarthy (and maybe not even then, he seems like a good guy). And they are less likely to stick with McCarthy if they are embarrassingly bad. If McCarthy was sub par but they won nine games, they'd absolutely stick with McCarthy. Him (and Brosmer) being bad is good! If we want a new QB, and I think most of us do, the worse these guys play, the better our (and Jefferson's) chances of getting that wish. Short term pain for long term gain. Or at least an attempt at long term gain, which is all we can really ask for.
  25. nicksaviking
    Speaking as a Vikings fan, no I don't believe, anything happen. I don't think it's a coincidence that this franchise hasn't been to the Super Bowl since Fran Tarkington was here, and the only times they got close were when both Favre and Cunningham were actual top 1-3 QBs in the league. Go get another top five QB year after year. At any cost. Super Bowl or bust.
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