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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Richard Neussendorfer

Oh great! We get a guy averaging 1 yard per carry

Small sample size. I liked Cam Akers before. He's young and I think talented. However, since the Rams soured on him maybe something is wrong. I hope it took a 6th round pick or less.

We gave a 6th and they gave us their 7th in 2025.

That doesn't seem like a whole lot. How 'bout numerical order in what he is costing us against the cap? I assume that number isn't too high on the list is it?

Overthecap and Spotrac are two sites that have cap info.

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ORIGINAL: kevinemmer

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/promising-vikings-wr-suffers-setback-out-for-at-least-4-games/ar-AA1h4ewJ?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=88bb64dcbe964e0498df45da124f96c3&ei=22

Was really hoping to see Nailor get some of KJ's looks, especially with the drops lately...

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Richard Neussendorfer

Oh great! We get a guy averaging 1 yard per carry

Small sample size. I liked Cam Akers before. He's young and I think talented. However, since the Rams soured on him maybe something is wrong. I hope it took a 6th round pick or less.

We gave a 6th and they gave us their 7th in 2025.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

The draft exchange for Akers means little, shouldn’t effect draft maneuvering next year … which should be priority one for this franchise.

To me at least, feels like Gaskin was signed to address Nwangwu’s health / Chandler’s effectiveness (odd in Sept.) … while Akers is more a starting rotation guy (odd in Sept.).

Not likely but in a best case scenario, Risner sets off a nuclear fission chain reaction that slightly upgrades one G spot and mildly effects the C position. Thus creating a small tear or rupture in the defensive barrier that our legions of RBs can permeate through. (I think ‘penetrate’ too strong a word)

So you’re saying; we have to worry about risner’s G-spot?

We have to worry about both G spots and our C.

I'm glad we signed Risner ... as I said several times weeks ago, IMO it was a no brainer.

The law of averages almost prohibits him from being worse than Cleveland or Ingram (I'm not even sure where they're going to put him).

That being said, there's no guarantee if / when he's going to fit in. Not all FAs meet expectation.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

The draft exchange for Akers means little, shouldn’t effect draft maneuvering next year … which should be priority one for this franchise.

To me at least, feels like Gaskin was signed to address Nwangwu’s health / Chandler’s effectiveness (odd in Sept.) … while Akers is more a starting rotation guy (odd in Sept.).

Not likely but in a best case scenario, Risner sets off a nuclear fission chain reaction that slightly upgrades one G spot and mildly effects the C position. Thus creating a small tear or rupture in the defensive barrier that our legions of RBs can permeate through. (I think ‘penetrate’ too strong a word)

So you’re saying; we have to worry about risner’s G-spot?

We have to worry about both G spots and our C.

I'm glad we signed Risner ... as I said several times weeks ago, IMO it was a no brainer.

The law of averages almost prohibits him from being worse than Cleveland or Ingram (I'm not even sure where they're going to put him).

That being said, there's no guarantee if / when he's going to fit in. Not all FAs meet expectation.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

We waited until he was willing to take less money. In an interview he admitted the reason he hadn't signed yet was he was holding out for more.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

The draft exchange for Akers means little, shouldn’t effect draft maneuvering next year … which should be priority one for this franchise.

To me at least, feels like Gaskin was signed to address Nwangwu’s health / Chandler’s effectiveness (odd in Sept.) … while Akers is more a starting rotation guy (odd in Sept.).

Not likely but in a best case scenario, Risner sets off a nuclear fission chain reaction that slightly upgrades one G spot and mildly effects the C position. Thus creating a small tear or rupture in the defensive barrier that our legions of RBs can permeate through. (I think ‘penetrate’ too strong a word)

So you’re saying; we have to worry about risner’s G-spot?

We have to worry about both G spots and our C.

I'm glad we signed Risner ... as I said several times weeks ago, IMO it was a no brainer.

The law of averages almost prohibits him from being worse than Cleveland or Ingram (I'm not even sure where they're going to put him).

That being said, there's no guarantee if / when he's going to fit in. Not all FAs meet expectation.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

We waited until he was willing to take less money. In an interview he admitted the reason he hadn't signed yet was he was holding out for more.

Yes I read the interview.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

Edit: speaking of the interview (both video and text) ... he seems like a pretty likeable guy. Hope he's mean-spirited, vicious and sleazy on the field.

Edit2: he claims that he was holding out for more money 'early in the process'. Wasn't sure why it took so long to get signed.

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2023/9/20/23882815/dalton-risner-interview

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

The draft exchange for Akers means little, shouldn’t effect draft maneuvering next year … which should be priority one for this franchise.

To me at least, feels like Gaskin was signed to address Nwangwu’s health / Chandler’s effectiveness (odd in Sept.) … while Akers is more a starting rotation guy (odd in Sept.).

Not likely but in a best case scenario, Risner sets off a nuclear fission chain reaction that slightly upgrades one G spot and mildly effects the C position. Thus creating a small tear or rupture in the defensive barrier that our legions of RBs can permeate through. (I think ‘penetrate’ too strong a word)

So you’re saying; we have to worry about risner’s G-spot?

We have to worry about both G spots and our C.

I'm glad we signed Risner ... as I said several times weeks ago, IMO it was a no brainer.

The law of averages almost prohibits him from being worse than Cleveland or Ingram (I'm not even sure where they're going to put him).

That being said, there's no guarantee if / when he's going to fit in. Not all FAs meet expectation.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

We waited until he was willing to take less money. In an interview he admitted the reason he hadn't signed yet was he was holding out for more.

Yes I read the interview.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

Edit: speaking of the interview (both video and text) ... he seems like a pretty likeable guy. Hope he's mean-spirited, vicious and sleazy on the field.

Edit2: he claims that he was holding out for more money 'early in the process'. Wasn't sure why it took so long to get signed.

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2023/9/20/23882815/dalton-risner-interview

I read the condensed version . If he was willing to take less a while ago we should have signed him a while ago.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

The draft exchange for Akers means little, shouldn’t effect draft maneuvering next year … which should be priority one for this franchise.

To me at least, feels like Gaskin was signed to address Nwangwu’s health / Chandler’s effectiveness (odd in Sept.) … while Akers is more a starting rotation guy (odd in Sept.).

Not likely but in a best case scenario, Risner sets off a nuclear fission chain reaction that slightly upgrades one G spot and mildly effects the C position. Thus creating a small tear or rupture in the defensive barrier that our legions of RBs can permeate through. (I think ‘penetrate’ too strong a word)

So you’re saying; we have to worry about risner’s G-spot?

We have to worry about both G spots and our C.

I'm glad we signed Risner ... as I said several times weeks ago, IMO it was a no brainer.

The law of averages almost prohibits him from being worse than Cleveland or Ingram (I'm not even sure where they're going to put him).

That being said, there's no guarantee if / when he's going to fit in. Not all FAs meet expectation.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

We waited until he was willing to take less money. In an interview he admitted the reason he hadn't signed yet was he was holding out for more.

Yes I read the interview.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

Edit: speaking of the interview (both video and text) ... he seems like a pretty likeable guy. Hope he's mean-spirited, vicious and sleazy on the field.

Edit2: he claims that he was holding out for more money 'early in the process'. Wasn't sure why it took so long to get signed.

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2023/9/20/23882815/dalton-risner-interview

I read the condensed version . If he was willing to take less a while ago we should have signed him a while ago.

Priority was resiging TJ and O'Neil....there wasn't the cap until the O'Neil was done.

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ORIGINAL: beo

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

The draft exchange for Akers means little, shouldn’t effect draft maneuvering next year … which should be priority one for this franchise.

To me at least, feels like Gaskin was signed to address Nwangwu’s health / Chandler’s effectiveness (odd in Sept.) … while Akers is more a starting rotation guy (odd in Sept.).

Not likely but in a best case scenario, Risner sets off a nuclear fission chain reaction that slightly upgrades one G spot and mildly effects the C position. Thus creating a small tear or rupture in the defensive barrier that our legions of RBs can permeate through. (I think ‘penetrate’ too strong a word)

So you’re saying; we have to worry about risner’s G-spot?

We have to worry about both G spots and our C.

I'm glad we signed Risner ... as I said several times weeks ago, IMO it was a no brainer.

The law of averages almost prohibits him from being worse than Cleveland or Ingram (I'm not even sure where they're going to put him).

That being said, there's no guarantee if / when he's going to fit in. Not all FAs meet expectation.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

We waited until he was willing to take less money. In an interview he admitted the reason he hadn't signed yet was he was holding out for more.

Yes I read the interview.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

Edit: speaking of the interview (both video and text) ... he seems like a pretty likeable guy. Hope he's mean-spirited, vicious and sleazy on the field.

Edit2: he claims that he was holding out for more money 'early in the process'. Wasn't sure why it took so long to get signed.

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2023/9/20/23882815/dalton-risner-interview

I read the condensed version . If he was willing to take less a while ago we should have signed him a while ago.

Priority was resiging TJ and O'Neil....there wasn't the cap until the O'Neil was done.

I believe the O'Neil thing could have been done at any time (I don't think they even needed him to approve).

My guess is that this was the plan all along... wait til after season started and since Philly was on short week that meant week 3.
Hope Ingram stepped up... so you didn't need Risner.

It's early but I do get frustrated when even casual fans can see the glaring need to address OL and DL... and really, the Vikes answer was TE Oliver and DE Lowry.

You probably couldn't address every need this offseason... but banking on
- no real NT
- Cleveland/Bradbury/Ingram as interior OL

seems like putting blinders on

The early returns Davenport and Oliver are disappointing... hope they can turn it around.

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ORIGINAL: beo



The early returns Davenport and Oliver are disappointing... hope they can turn it around.

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

It appears that another "high risk" Kwesi move (Davenport) DNP today will likely miss his 3rd straight game.

At this point in his career I think Davenport has missed more games than he has played.

Kwesi needs to quit shopping for players in the hospital.

Nothing to back it up, but I would guess Flores wanted him.

I thought that I saw number '0' on the field last week....

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

It appears that another "high risk" Kwesi move (Davenport) DNP today will likely miss his 3rd straight game.

At this point in his career I think Davenport has missed more games than he has played.

Kwesi needs to quit shopping for players in the hospital.

Nothing to back it up, but I would guess Flores wanted him.

I thought that I saw number '0' on the field last week....

Despite the voices inside your head telling you otherwise, ur not going crazy 😜. I saw that too.

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

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ORIGINAL: beo



The early returns Davenport and Oliver are disappointing... hope they can turn it around.

Davenport hasn't played a snap yet and had a whopping .5 sacks last year. so I wouldn't expect much from him anyway.

Oliver has made some catches and done his job blocking....I would hardly call the early return on a TE2 disappointing.

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

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ORIGINAL: beo



The early returns Davenport and Oliver are disappointing... hope they can turn it around.

Davenport hasn't played a snap yet and had a whopping .5 sacks last year. so I wouldn't expect much from him anyway.

Oliver has made some catches and done his job blocking....I would hardly call the early return on a TE2 disappointing.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: beo

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

The draft exchange for Akers means little, shouldn’t effect draft maneuvering next year … which should be priority one for this franchise.

To me at least, feels like Gaskin was signed to address Nwangwu’s health / Chandler’s effectiveness (odd in Sept.) … while Akers is more a starting rotation guy (odd in Sept.).

Not likely but in a best case scenario, Risner sets off a nuclear fission chain reaction that slightly upgrades one G spot and mildly effects the C position. Thus creating a small tear or rupture in the defensive barrier that our legions of RBs can permeate through. (I think ‘penetrate’ too strong a word)

So you’re saying; we have to worry about risner’s G-spot?

We have to worry about both G spots and our C.

I'm glad we signed Risner ... as I said several times weeks ago, IMO it was a no brainer.

The law of averages almost prohibits him from being worse than Cleveland or Ingram (I'm not even sure where they're going to put him).

That being said, there's no guarantee if / when he's going to fit in. Not all FAs meet expectation.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

We waited until he was willing to take less money. In an interview he admitted the reason he hadn't signed yet was he was holding out for more.

Yes I read the interview.

I'm looking forward to seeing if / how much of a difference he makes.

Edit: speaking of the interview (both video and text) ... he seems like a pretty likeable guy. Hope he's mean-spirited, vicious and sleazy on the field.

Edit2: he claims that he was holding out for more money 'early in the process'. Wasn't sure why it took so long to get signed.

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2023/9/20/23882815/dalton-risner-interview

I read the condensed version . If he was willing to take less a while ago we should have signed him a while ago.

Priority was resiging TJ and O'Neil....there wasn't the cap until the O'Neil was done.

I believe the O'Neil thing could have been done at any time (I don't think they even needed him to approve).

My guess is that this was the plan all along... wait til after season started and since Philly was on short week that meant week 3.
Hope Ingram stepped up... so you didn't need Risner.

It's early but I do get frustrated when even casual fans can see the glaring need to address OL and DL... and really, the Vikes answer was TE Oliver and DE Lowry.

You probably couldn't address every need this offseason... but banking on
- no real NT
- Cleveland/Bradbury/Ingram as interior OL

seems like putting blinders on

The early returns Davenport and Oliver are disappointing... hope they can turn it around.

Early returns on the Bradbury signing/resigning is the big issue moreso than the other 2. Schlottman is about the same player at little over league minimum.

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ORIGINAL: beo

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

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ORIGINAL: beo



The early returns Davenport and Oliver are disappointing... hope they can turn it around.

Davenport hasn't played a snap yet and had a whopping .5 sacks last year. so I wouldn't expect much from him anyway.

Oliver has made some catches and done his job blocking....I would hardly call the early return on a TE2 disappointing.

My view (which may not be fair) is that he was brought in to help the running game.
Running game has been disappointing... maybe not his fault... disappointed with the approach.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

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ORIGINAL: beo



The early returns Davenport and Oliver are disappointing... hope they can turn it around.

Davenport hasn't played a snap yet and had a whopping .5 sacks last year. so I wouldn't expect much from him anyway.

Oliver has made some catches and done his job blocking....I would hardly call the early return on a TE2 disappointing.

In regard to Oliver. while the running game has been disappointing it appears Oliver has been doing his job. Not his fault KOC isn't rushing the ball outside.

Not sure how or where to look it up but it would be interesting to see where each running play has gone (which side ect). Seems they mostly (like last season) have been up the middle which isn't utilizing Olivers talents.

Davenport signing was a bad joke. Guy has spent the majority of his career hurt. Not sure why kwesi thought that would change.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Nope. I may be crazy but I saw a “0”on the field for a play. I, literally, said to myself “WTH is zero?”. Didn’t see him again. And I didn’t think about it until Rat mentioned it.

Again, I could be wrong. I have a 7 and 4 YO jumping on me while I’m watching 😁

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

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ORIGINAL: beo



The early returns Davenport and Oliver are disappointing... hope they can turn it around.

Davenport hasn't played a snap yet and had a whopping .5 sacks last year. so I wouldn't expect much from him anyway.

Oliver has made some catches and done his job blocking....I would hardly call the early return on a TE2 disappointing.

In regard to Oliver. while the running game has been disappointing it appears Oliver has been doing his job. Not his fault KOC isn't rushing the ball outside.

Not sure how or where to look it up but it would be interesting to see where each running play has gone (which side ect). Seems they mostly (like last season) have been up the middle which isn't utilizing Olivers talents.

Davenport signing was a bad joke. Guy has spent the majority of his career hurt. Not sure why kwesi thought that would change.

'history of injuries' is on kwesi's 'must-have' list....

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: Trekgeekscott

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ORIGINAL: beo



The early returns Davenport and Oliver are disappointing... hope they can turn it around.

Davenport hasn't played a snap yet and had a whopping .5 sacks last year. so I wouldn't expect much from him anyway.

Oliver has made some catches and done his job blocking....I would hardly call the early return on a TE2 disappointing.

In regard to Oliver. while the running game has been disappointing it appears Oliver has been doing his job. Not his fault KOC isn't rushing the ball outside.

Not sure how or where to look it up but it would be interesting to see where each running play has gone (which side ect). Seems they mostly (like last season) have been up the middle which isn't utilizing Olivers talents.

Davenport signing was a bad joke. Guy has spent the majority of his career hurt. Not sure why kwesi thought that would change.

'history of injuries' is on kwesi's 'must-have' list....

To sum up, the early returns on Kwesi have been disappointing, last year's 13-5 record notwithstanding.