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Solid post. In particular, I like the take on Dalvin Cook. I've been saying for 12 years that running back is the easiest position on the field to replace. It happens all over the league. Guy gets hurt, replacement doesn't miss a beat. Hell, Rashad Penny has been one of the best backs in the league over the past four weeks.
OMG take a look at the top 3 rushers by week:
Week 17 so far - Rashaad Penny, D'Onta Foreman, Elijah Mitchell
Week 16 - Rex Burkhead, Rashaad Penny, Sony Michel
Week 15 - Jonathan Taylor, Miles Sanders, Craig Reynolds
Week 14 - Dalvin Cook, Rashaad Penny, Alvin Kamara
Week 13 - Jonathan Taylor, Sony Michel, Miles Sanders
Week 12 - Joe Mixon, Elijah Mitchell, Dontrell Hilliard
The Dalvin Cook contract is every bit as crazy as the Cousins or Smith contracts. He's due $43.5-million in base salary over the next four years with a $55.2 cap hit.
At this point, we aren't going to have any money for Justin Jefferson.
It's a matter of value. Right now, I think you could probably lure away a solid RB like D' Ernest Johnson from the Browns for a song. He's a RFA next year and their running game didn't miss a beat as he filled in for Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt when they were injured. Along w/ Mattison, our running game would be fine and not drop off too much. Plus, the guy has never had a salary over 850k, which means you wouldn't be breaking the bank on him.
Minshew is intriguing as competition for QB1. I won't bag on Mond when we've never actually seen the guy play in regular season.
Cook should be moved. He and Cousins are only two of several overpriced contracts. I'm more than happy to unload any of the high profile selfish pricks on the roster who missed games because they refused to get vaccinated. They need to purge now. The offense needs to be rebuilt around Jefferson as quickly as possible.
Trading players based on vaccination is a good way to get the #1 pick in 2023. Any great vaccinated QBs coming out that year?
Successful QB's are leaders. Look at Rothlisberger and the Steelers last night. It was a meaningless game but the Steelers played with some serious intensity because they wanted Rothlisberger to win his final game as a Steeler. No one on the Vikings is running through a brick wall for Cousins. Why? Maybe it's because the next time he puts the team in front of himself it will be the first. Whether it's shirking accountability when he plays poorly, not working with the team to restructure his contract, or not getting vaccinated to increase his odds of playing every week. The guy is not a leader and he'll never win a Superbowl.
I think we should trade Cousins just like you.
My beef is with vaccine rules that are more about PR and keeping sponsors than keeping people safe.
Appoximately 1 million fans cram into stadiums every week but let's try to make an example of a perfectly healthy player with a miniscule chance of having serious problems from Covid. Makes no sense considering every single player can contract and spread the virus.
I've mentioned it at least three times as I've been to 3 games - less than 1% of the people are wearings masks at these games as they yell, scream, spit and high five their closest neighbors ... imo, if these people bitch about others or act like a martyr, they're nothing but hypocrites
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