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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

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ORIGINAL: marty

Just a simple change back to a 4-3, and a more aggressive scheme that blitzes, could easily boost the defense up 15 spots.

Essentially the same personnel played an aggressive 4-3 last year. They weren't 15 spots better.

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

The worst thing the Vikings could do right now is give Cousins any type of extension (count your blessings we aren't 6-10 with this defense). They have been very fortunate that this team will reach the playoffs. In any other given year this team could just as easily be 7-9, 8-8 heading into the final week of the season.

Cousins is under contract for one more year (as I understand it). I would bet almost every cent I have in the bank that he tries to renegotiate during the off-season. Management has to do everything it can to say no.

That means we need to start looking at quarterbacks for the draft so we can get a guy in and groom him. Or, look at potential free agent quarterbacks to sign during the offseason.

One more year until we can take off the 50-pound weight around our necks. Until then, the defense isn't going to be much better unless we have a witch running the defense. There isn't much talent there, and what is talented is pretty old.

As I see it, there is at a minimum between 6-8 teams looking for a quarterback. IMO, the Vikings need to start thinking about this.

Cousins extension last year is the sticking point in the 2023 rebuild option. He's not movable.

Bummer. I know very little about contract issues.

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

The worst thing the Vikings could do right now is give Cousins any type of extension (count your blessings we aren't 6-10 with this defense). They have been very fortunate that this team will reach the playoffs. In any other given year this team could just as easily be 7-9, 8-8 heading into the final week of the season.

Cousins is under contract for one more year (as I understand it). I would bet almost every cent I have in the bank that he tries to renegotiate during the off-season. Management has to do everything it can to say no.

That means we need to start looking at quarterbacks for the draft so we can get a guy in and groom him. Or, look at potential free agent quarterbacks to sign during the offseason.

One more year until we can take off the 50-pound weight around our necks. Until then, the defense isn't going to be much better unless we have a witch running the defense. There isn't much talent there, and what is talented is pretty old.

As I see it, there is at a minimum between 6-8 teams looking for a quarterback. IMO, the Vikings need to start thinking about this.

Cousins extension last year is the sticking point in the 2023 rebuild option. He's not movable.

Why not? He will only cost $6M in dead cap if we move him after June 1.

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

The worst thing the Vikings could do right now is give Cousins any type of extension (count your blessings we aren't 6-10 with this defense). They have been very fortunate that this team will reach the playoffs. In any other given year this team could just as easily be 7-9, 8-8 heading into the final week of the season.

Cousins is under contract for one more year (as I understand it). I would bet almost every cent I have in the bank that he tries to renegotiate during the off-season. Management has to do everything it can to say no.

That means we need to start looking at quarterbacks for the draft so we can get a guy in and groom him. Or, look at potential free agent quarterbacks to sign during the offseason.

One more year until we can take off the 50-pound weight around our necks. Until then, the defense isn't going to be much better unless we have a witch running the defense. There isn't much talent there, and what is talented is pretty old.

As I see it, there is at a minimum between 6-8 teams looking for a quarterback. IMO, the Vikings need to start thinking about this.

Cousins extension last year is the sticking point in the 2023 rebuild option. He's not movable.

Bummer. I know very little about contract issues.

Perhaps do a minutes worth of research before thinking you have the solution to the problem.

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ORIGINAL: marty

Just a simple change back to a 4-3, and a more aggressive scheme that blitzes, could easily boost the defense up 15 spots.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

The worst thing the Vikings could do right now is give Cousins any type of extension (count your blessings we aren't 6-10 with this defense). They have been very fortunate that this team will reach the playoffs. In any other given year this team could just as easily be 7-9, 8-8 heading into the final week of the season.

Cousins is under contract for one more year (as I understand it). I would bet almost every cent I have in the bank that he tries to renegotiate during the off-season. Management has to do everything it can to say no.

That means we need to start looking at quarterbacks for the draft so we can get a guy in and groom him. Or, look at potential free agent quarterbacks to sign during the offseason.

One more year until we can take off the 50-pound weight around our necks. Until then, the defense isn't going to be much better unless we have a witch running the defense. There isn't much talent there, and what is talented is pretty old.

As I see it, there is at a minimum between 6-8 teams looking for a quarterback. IMO, the Vikings need to start thinking about this.

Cousins extension last year is the sticking point in the 2023 rebuild option. He's not movable.

Why not? He will only cost $6M in dead cap if we move him after June 1.

I assume by move you mean cut him.

Cousins has a no trade clause for 2023 and added two additional void years for salary cap purposes.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

The worst thing the Vikings could do right now is give Cousins any type of extension (count your blessings we aren't 6-10 with this defense). They have been very fortunate that this team will reach the playoffs. In any other given year this team could just as easily be 7-9, 8-8 heading into the final week of the season.

Cousins is under contract for one more year (as I understand it). I would bet almost every cent I have in the bank that he tries to renegotiate during the off-season. Management has to do everything it can to say no.

That means we need to start looking at quarterbacks for the draft so we can get a guy in and groom him. Or, look at potential free agent quarterbacks to sign during the offseason.

One more year until we can take off the 50-pound weight around our necks. Until then, the defense isn't going to be much better unless we have a witch running the defense. There isn't much talent there, and what is talented is pretty old.

As I see it, there is at a minimum between 6-8 teams looking for a quarterback. IMO, the Vikings need to start thinking about this.

Cousins extension last year is the sticking point in the 2023 rebuild option. He's not movable.

Why not? He will only cost $6M in dead cap if we move him after June 1.

I assume by move you mean cut him.

Cousins has a no trade clause for 2023 and added two additional void years for salary cap purposes.

No trade just means Cousins has to agree to it.

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Bstinger

The Vikings did NOT have Zed last year, am not sure they were aggressive enough, and the coverages were also soft. Outdated schemes from Zimmer that really haven't done much in the playoffs.

The offense is also better under KOC, so that should have made things easier for the defense, and should make things easier for a better defensive coordinator next year.

Get Fangio, or someone better, and see the defense be no less than #15 in the rankings.

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For those of you who want to pretend to be GM's, try this site out. It allows you to see what you could save by cutting players from your roster. Only one highly paid player I've seen that we get any kind of significant savings from by releasing without a ton of dead cap is Kendricks. I haven't tried much with trades or restructures, but there are options there to play with as well.

Kwesi screwed the pooch by doubling down on this roster and trying to do the "competitive" rebuild. 12-4 has been fun but we all know this team is very unlikely to get to the Conference Championship game, let alone the Super Bowl. He should have torn it down, but I understand this route was mandated by the Wilf's, so I guess ultimately they screwed the pooch.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/tools/roster/minnesota-vikings/

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ORIGINAL: marty

The Vikings have more talent on defense than the Giants, and they are ranked #16.

More blitzing doesn't cure everything, but combine it with more man coverage, along with more unpredictability, and you get a much better defense than what Mr. 4th and 26 is putting out there.

Plenty of talent on the defense right now, and talent can be improved with the draft and free agency, along with getting the 1st and 2nd round safety and CB they drafted this last season, back in the fold.

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

How in the heck are they going to make up last night's game?

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

How in the heck are they going to make up last night's game?

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Who are the Vikings studs on defense? Hunter, Zed, Kendricks, Peterson and Smith.

LOL! 2018 is calling on line 1 and 2015 is on line 2.

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How in the heck are they going to make up last night's game?

It doesn't sound like they will. Team went back to Buffalo. My guess is it will be a forfeit by Buffalo.

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

For those of you who want to pretend to be GM's, try this site out. It allows you to see what you could save by cutting players from your roster. Only one highly paid player I've seen that we get any kind of significant savings from by releasing without a ton of dead cap is Kendricks. I haven't tried much with trades or restructures, but there are options there to play with as well.

Kwesi screwed the pooch by doubling down on this roster and trying to do the "competitive" rebuild. 12-4 has been fun but we all know this team is very unlikely to get to the Conference Championship game, let alone the Super Bowl. He should have torn it down, but I understand this route was mandated by the Wilf's, so I guess ultimately they screwed the pooch.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/tools/roster/minnesota-vikings/

Thanks for the tool. Now, perhaps you could start the New Year by not being such a tool.

I just used your tool and traded Cousins to Baltimore for Justin Tucker. It says I saved nearly $15-million against the cap.

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How in the heck are they going to make up last night's game?

It doesn't sound like they will. Team went back to Buffalo. My guess is it will be a forfeit by Buffalo.

Wow that seems crazy. How very unfortunate.