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Tom Sykes -> RE: General Vikes Talk (8/15/2024 1:05:22 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen
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ORIGINAL: Mark C. Johnson
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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke
So, JJ being out for the year doesn’t really impact his career path much, as I stated in an earlier post. For 2024 however it does impact QB depth. If Darnold goes down, or let’s face it just sucks, a definite possibility, previously we could just stick JJ in, start the clock on him and let him take his lumps. Now we’re suddenly repeating the QB carousel of last year. Whee! What fun.
My exact thoughts. At the rate the team is experiencing injuries in the preseason, it may be over before the season even starts. If Darnold isn't very good and stays healthy, then they're really screwed this year because we saw what happened when Mullens and Hall played last year and they were both terrible. Let's hope for a Darnold redemption season or we'll be picking very high in next year's draft...it's a bummer to even be thinking about the draft at this point in time.
As opposed to being kinda screwed.
There is simply not enough talent when 100% healthy. With injuries, it's worse. Screwed either way.
As mentioned, maybe some unknowns will step up and replace the deadwood. Like what is James Lynch doing on the team.
Yeah the injury/tragedy narrative is growing in here that Jackson, Blackmon, JJ, Van Ginkel, Hockensen, and almost Addison have bounced our trajectory into a spiral in someway. More like a 9.00163% course correction downward as a franchise. (based on rigorous scientific analysis)
In other words, not by a lot. We are too thin at important positions to make significant headway this year.
We ARE starting the process of adding good homegrown assets ... that's a very good thing and about time.
It felt like we had made significant progress this year at the QB position, on what the regime calls its three year strategic plan. Even if the plan unfolded perfectly because Cousins got a whiff of money elsewhere and sent us to hell (not a complaint, I thank God for that), and we were able to sign draft bust / possible reclamation project Darnold on a one year 'try me' deal, and we were able to land our 3rd or 4th favorite prospect in the draft.
Don't get me wrong, a lot of things out of our control and I think we adjusted nicely with a Darnold-type and JJ.
Of course, we still have Mullens and Hall on the roster. This is my main objection. Before JJs injury certainly but especially right now, 24 hours after JJ's situation ... we should be vetting competition for Mullens and Hall both. Out the yin yang.
We are hanging by a thread from last year's QB situation. We might already be squarely in it if Darnold isn't somehow reclamated by QB guru Kevin.
Will signing a Tannehill or some lesser journeyman at this point change our winning trajectory? No. But the young players on the team can't make much headway in a QB dumpster fire like last year, and we can't even properly evaluate these players and positions if we trot out the usual sub-par suspects.
We have enough pieces that average / just below average QB play will allow for some healthy development and a better assessment of the roster moving forward. If Darnold plays like he has in the past (or gets injured) and / or we end up with Mullen Hall ...
then the whole team is getting a redshirt year with JJ.
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