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Tom Sykes -> RE: General Vikes Talkk (3/15/2026 12:17:41 PM)
Oh, its just March 15. Almost feels like the end of summer, our roster prospects already set in stone.

Bill Johanesen -> RE: General Vikes Talkk (3/15/2026 12:50:48 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes Man we are hunkered down TIGHT! A super reflexive knee tap kick to the bad signings last year? Simple economics? A laser focus on draft prospects? 'Singing Fingers' Brzez whizzing through calculations for reduction/streamlining, not addition? Maybe we'll focus on the draft, then use the ol' Barrel of Monkeys approach during final cutdowns. Pierre was our juiciest signing (let's face it, Murray was a marriage of convenience, with loaded shotguns at both heads - both would have looked like idiots for not making it happen). As for as Pierre - a part time player / non-starter should never have their PFF or any statline compared to someone out there playing every down. Seems like a very savvy signing but our secondary is still sucking wind. OL, DL, Secondary. Top four draft picks + plus some veteran fillers released after the draft and cutdowns ... Wish we had a couple of nickels to rub together to find one or two solid veteran signings beforehand, to get the benefit of a full training camp. We simply don't have much cap especially since we have to set aside roundabout $10 million. Most other teams have more cap, some a lot more, some a ton more. Agents and teams are waiting it out but we appear to be out of that race. We could backload but Brzez might be the lone voice saying they already kicked $39 million dollars worth of cans into 2027 and beyond to add to what was already there. Guess we'll wait it out and sign some low-tier players, maybe after the draft and towards the end of the offseason as you say. Thought we'd sign 4-5 more FAs, maybe that should be 2-4. Or 0. Yep, Pierre highest snap count in a season is low, just like Rodgers was.

Tom Sykes -> RE: General Vikes Talkk (3/15/2026 5:31:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen quote: ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes Man we are hunkered down TIGHT! A super reflexive knee tap kick to the bad signings last year? Simple economics? A laser focus on draft prospects? 'Singing Fingers' Brzez whizzing through calculations for reduction/streamlining, not addition? Maybe we'll focus on the draft, then use the ol' Barrel of Monkeys approach during final cutdowns. Pierre was our juiciest signing (let's face it, Murray was a marriage of convenience, with loaded shotguns at both heads - both would have looked like idiots for not making it happen). As for as Pierre - a part time player / non-starter should never have their PFF or any statline compared to someone out there playing every down. Seems like a very savvy signing but our secondary is still sucking wind. OL, DL, Secondary. Top four draft picks + plus some veteran fillers released after the draft and cutdowns ... Wish we had a couple of nickels to rub together to find one or two solid veteran signings beforehand, to get the benefit of a full training camp. We simply don't have much cap especially since we have to set aside roundabout $10 million. Most other teams have more cap, some a lot more, some a ton more. Agents and teams are waiting it out but we appear to be out of that race. We could backload but Brzez might be the lone voice saying they already kicked $39 million dollars worth of cans into 2027 and beyond to add to what was already there. Guess we'll wait it out and sign some low-tier players, maybe after the draft and towards the end of the offseason as you say. Thought we'd sign 4-5 more FAs, maybe that should be 2-4. Or 0. Yep, Pierre highest snap count in a season is low, just like Rodgers was. So discipline then. It feels like a new era. Very peaceful.

marty -> RE: General Vikes Talkk (3/15/2026 6:37:50 PM)
My initial reaction to signing Murray was very negative, a QB that is too short, who can't run like he used to, that hasn't completed a whole lot of deep passes. Looking at his pro highlights, it looked like he benefitted from some great catches from WRs, or the current stud TE. But Murray is better than Wentz , and McCarthy will be a year more experienced, so the QB situation is better than it was going into last year. And last year the Vikings won 8 games, which is probably the floor as long as Flores is still around. This season should be a fun season of 10+ wins.

Bill Johanesen -> RE: General Vikes Talkk (3/15/2026 6:50:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes quote: ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen quote: ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes Man we are hunkered down TIGHT! A super reflexive knee tap kick to the bad signings last year? Simple economics? A laser focus on draft prospects? 'Singing Fingers' Brzez whizzing through calculations for reduction/streamlining, not addition? Maybe we'll focus on the draft, then use the ol' Barrel of Monkeys approach during final cutdowns. Pierre was our juiciest signing (let's face it, Murray was a marriage of convenience, with loaded shotguns at both heads - both would have looked like idiots for not making it happen). As for as Pierre - a part time player / non-starter should never have their PFF or any statline compared to someone out there playing every down. Seems like a very savvy signing but our secondary is still sucking wind. OL, DL, Secondary. Top four draft picks + plus some veteran fillers released after the draft and cutdowns ... Wish we had a couple of nickels to rub together to find one or two solid veteran signings beforehand, to get the benefit of a full training camp. We simply don't have much cap especially since we have to set aside roundabout $10 million. Most other teams have more cap, some a lot more, some a ton more. Agents and teams are waiting it out but we appear to be out of that race. We could backload but Brzez might be the lone voice saying they already kicked $39 million dollars worth of cans into 2027 and beyond to add to what was already there. Guess we'll wait it out and sign some low-tier players, maybe after the draft and towards the end of the offseason as you say. Thought we'd sign 4-5 more FAs, maybe that should be 2-4. Or 0. Yep, Pierre highest snap count in a season is low, just like Rodgers was. So discipline then. It feels like a new era. Very peaceful. Yes it is! Nevermind the peacefulness is a forced product of Credit Card Kwesi throwing $300+ million in the air just last year in new contracts. It's kind of nice being in a Matrix-like simulation of a regular team... keep your long snapper, sign a couple of FAs, cut up the credit cards, wait, and go into the draft with 4 of the first 97 picks.

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