Phil Riewer -> RE: General Vikes Talk (1/16/2023 9:25:38 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen quote:
ORIGINAL: Richard Neussendorfer quote:
ORIGINAL: joejitsu quote:
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ORIGINAL: joejitsu The one word that sums the season for me is “mystifying”. I have no idea how we ended up with our record with such a terrible defense. And being ranked 31 of 32 is really terrible. The sad part of it is we will have to scrap and rebuild that side of the ball from the top down. With little money and not many picks, that process is going to take a while. Exactly why I'm not envisioning Jefferson staying. It won't break my heart as I don't put stock in players as much anymore. Ever since the Moss trade I know they're just pieces to move around. I didn’t want to say it like that, Rich, but that thought should be at least discussed. Nothing should be off the table to this point. I'd love to keep him of course. I just don't know if it's going to work out that way. He may not want to he involved in a multiple year rebuild. The team may trade him for a huge amount of picks. Who knows. If we had a couple of extra first rounders, had several backups projecting to be solid starters, had a QBOTF on a low initial contract, etc. then I'd slant to wanting to keep him. But with bare cupboards to basically replace the entire D, the entire IOL, and soon the QB position, they should definitely look at options to trade Jefferson. He is our single most valuable asset and he is not going to lead us to a SB anytime in the foreseeable future. Maybe he will help as he approaches 30 while looking for his next contract after the upcoming one, but not soon. Like Calvin Johnson and many others, his prime years will be wasted. He is 23...you blow up the defense. The offense alone got us to 13 wins and with a tougher schedule is an 8-11 team next year. You have a generational talent in him and TJ. They are 23 and 25.
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