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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Dexter Lawrence asking for a trade is very interesting.....but even though he is 28 that is the opposite of what Brez has been trying to accomplish.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Dexter Lawrence asking for a trade is very interesting.....but even though he is 28 that is the opposite of what Brez has been trying to accomplish.

In 17 games last year he had .5 sack(s)

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ORIGINAL: marty

My perspective right now it is that it is likely again the Bears win the division, unless Murray exceeds expectations, if he is decent, the Vikings could be at their heels. Or if McCarthy shines.

Chicago - Caleb Williams along with Ben Johnson is a strong foundation
Minnesota - I expect a 2nd place finish in the division, unless the regular season gets a little magical like it was with both Cousins and Darnold
Detroit - 3rd in the division, still feeling the loss of OC Ben Johnson, Pacheco is sort of a wildcard here, but my guess he will get injured and miss plenty of the season.
GB - A rare occasion where I pick GB to finish last in the division. They will likely miss their defensive coordinator, but their passing game can keep them in any game. I also feel like they lost some good depth in FA.

This is a pretty competitive division, nobody really sucks. I feel if the Vikings win the division, they will be in the NFC Championship game, maybe make it to the Super Bowl.

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: marty

My perspective right now it is that it is likely again the Bears win the division, unless Murray exceeds expectations, if he is decent, the Vikings could be at their heels. Or if McCarthy shines.

Chicago - Caleb Williams along with Ben Johnson is a strong foundation
Minnesota - I expect a 2nd place finish in the division, unless the regular season gets a little magical like it was with both Cousins and Darnold
Detroit - 3rd in the division, still feeling the loss of OC Ben Johnson, Pacheco is sort of a wildcard here, but my guess he will get injured and miss plenty of the season.
GB - A rare occasion where I pick GB to finish last in the division. They will likely miss their defensive coordinator, but their passing game can keep them in any game. I also feel like they lost some good depth in FA.

This is a pretty competitive division, nobody really sucks. I feel if the Vikings win the division, they will be in the NFC Championship game, maybe make it to the Super Bowl.

Unless they improve on the offensive line and at quarterback, the Vikings will be in dead last place. On day one, they will have the worst team on paper at both positions.

Brian Flores was the only reason they won nine games. The Vikes were #7 in the league in scoring defense. Only six teams scored less points on offense.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: marty

My perspective right now it is that it is likely again the Bears win the division, unless Murray exceeds expectations, if he is decent, the Vikings could be at their heels. Or if McCarthy shines.

Chicago - Caleb Williams along with Ben Johnson is a strong foundation
Minnesota - I expect a 2nd place finish in the division, unless the regular season gets a little magical like it was with both Cousins and Darnold
Detroit - 3rd in the division, still feeling the loss of OC Ben Johnson, Pacheco is sort of a wildcard here, but my guess he will get injured and miss plenty of the season.
GB - A rare occasion where I pick GB to finish last in the division. They will likely miss their defensive coordinator, but their passing game can keep them in any game. I also feel like they lost some good depth in FA.

This is a pretty competitive division, nobody really sucks. I feel if the Vikings win the division, they will be in the NFC Championship game, maybe make it to the Super Bowl.

Unless they improve on the offensive line and at quarterback, the Vikings will be in dead last place. On day one, they will have the worst team on paper at both positions.

Brian Flores was the only reason they won nine games. The Vikes were #7 in the league in scoring defense. Only six teams scored less points on offense.

Is Oline a position? If healthy... Darrisaw, Fries, O'Neil, and Jackson are pretty good on paper.....but all 4 were dealing with injuries last year.

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ORIGINAL: ebergste

I guess I'm an optimist. KOC seems to have alternated each year between a really exceptionally lucky season and one that is almost amazingly disastrous. Either we have unexpectedly great QB play and good things happen or we have historically, un-heard of levels of ineptitude. Not excusing anyone just pointing out that our bottom isn't really that low, even in years when it probably should have been. If I said you to here is a random team. They will start their 2nd year rookie who was hurt all of last year. He will play pretty crappily and get hurt. They will then play a pretty much washed up back up and he will play pretty crappily and then get hurt. Then they will start an undrafted rookie who will play horrifically bad. Then return to the 2nd year guy for a very mediocre finish. What would you project their record to be. Nobody is saying 9-8. But that's last year. So optimistically with even average QB play there is a lot of potential. Purple kool-aid for the win :)