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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Alright, so with the FA signings we now need the following starting positions:

QB
LG
WR3
DE
DE (Lowry stays?)

CB really needs an upgrade.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Alright, so with the FA signings we now need the following starting positions:

QB
LG
WR3
DE
DE (Lowry stays?)

CB really needs an upgrade.

Reisner can't be that expensive and he was 'ok'. We don't have unlimited funds
Draft a guy in the later rounds and resign Powell
How's Wonnum progressing? He wasn't a world beater but he wasn't terrible. If we decide to bridge it for the year you could trade back a bit and still get a good prospect
CB is a real question mark for sure.

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

Hmm, I don't mind that Cousins is gone. Pretty neutral on that. But I'd be careful to break out the champagne until the whole thing plays out and we see how the QB saga ends, not to mention how it will affect JJ's status.

The wheel's still in spin.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

Hmm, I don't mind that Cousins is gone. Pretty neutral on that. But I'd be careful to break out the champagne until the whole thing plays out and we see how the QB saga ends, not to mention how it will affect JJ's status.

The wheel's still in spin.

Couldn't disagree more. It has played out. Its done.

The whole Spielman Zimmer Cousins chapter has now been exorcized.

Time for Kwesi and Kevin to truly sink or swim.

No matter how well Cousins played in stretches over the six years of opulence he spent here ... we did not get close to a fair return on our investment, period. (Well ... he came pretty close in 2021 ... but then he ended it with his worse moment as a Viking).

How will it affect JJ? What we lose in Cousins live arm we can make up with someone less robotic and mechanical in the passing game. Put someone back there with some athleticism who can extend plays and make it even more impossible to cover JJ and he will be thrilled.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

Hmm, I don't mind that Cousins is gone. Pretty neutral on that. But I'd be careful to break out the champagne until the whole thing plays out and we see how the QB saga ends, not to mention how it will affect JJ's status.

The wheel's still in spin.

Couldn't disagree more. It has played out. Its done.

The whole Spielman Zimmer Cousins chapter has now been exorcized.

Time for Kwesi and Kevin to truly sink or swim.

No matter how well Cousins played in stretches over the six years of opulence he spent here ... we did not get close to a fair return on our investment, period. (Well ... he came pretty close in 2021 ... but then he ended it with his worse moment as a Viking).

How will it affect JJ? What we lose in Cousins live arm we can make up with someone less robotic and mechanical in the passing game. Put someone back there with some athleticism who can extend plays and make it even more impossible to cover JJ and he will be thrilled.

JJ has one foot out the door already.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

Hmm, I don't mind that Cousins is gone. Pretty neutral on that. But I'd be careful to break out the champagne until the whole thing plays out and we see how the QB saga ends, not to mention how it will affect JJ's status.

The wheel's still in spin.

Couldn't disagree more. It has played out. Its done.

The whole Spielman Zimmer Cousins chapter has now been exorcized.

Time for Kwesi and Kevin to truly sink or swim.

No matter how well Cousins played in stretches over the six years of opulence he spent here ... we did not get close to a fair return on our investment, period. (Well ... he came pretty close in 2021 ... but then he ended it with his worse moment as a Viking).

How will it affect JJ? What we lose in Cousins live arm we can make up with someone less robotic and mechanical in the passing game. Put someone back there with some athleticism who can extend plays and make it even more impossible to cover JJ and he will be thrilled.

JJ has one foot out the door already.

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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: Karl Juhnke

Hmm, I don't mind that Cousins is gone. Pretty neutral on that. But I'd be careful to break out the champagne until the whole thing plays out and we see how the QB saga ends, not to mention how it will affect JJ's status.

The wheel's still in spin.

Couldn't disagree more. It has played out. Its done.

The whole Spielman Zimmer Cousins chapter has now been exorcized.

Time for Kwesi and Kevin to truly sink or swim.

No matter how well Cousins played in stretches over the six years of opulence he spent here ... we did not get close to a fair return on our investment, period. (Well ... he came pretty close in 2021 ... but then he ended it with his worse moment as a Viking).

How will it affect JJ? What we lose in Cousins live arm we can make up with someone less robotic and mechanical in the passing game. Put someone back there with some athleticism who can extend plays and make it even more impossible to cover JJ and he will be thrilled.

JJ has one foot out the door already.

Ironically, JJ's one of the reasons your boy is actually out the door.

They made the decision last year to work on keeping JJ and expose Cousins to FA.

Made no sense to anyone with sense to keep both.

EDIT: over the top. nm.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

Big money?

Brandle got 3/9.5 with 4.75 guaranteed. Could reach 11M.

Quessenbery got 1 year for less than 2M.

That’s backup money. And not high end backup.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

Hmm, I don't mind that Cousins is gone. Pretty neutral on that. But I'd be careful to break out the champagne until the whole thing plays out and we see how the QB saga ends, not to mention how it will affect JJ's status.

The wheel's still in spin.

I don't think anyone is expecting champagne at QB, but a new direction.

JJ just needs his yards and he's happy. Even Mullens showed he could get JJ the ball.

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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: Karl Juhnke

Hmm, I don't mind that Cousins is gone. Pretty neutral on that. But I'd be careful to break out the champagne until the whole thing plays out and we see how the QB saga ends, not to mention how it will affect JJ's status.

The wheel's still in spin.

Couldn't disagree more. It has played out. Its done.

The whole Spielman Zimmer Cousins chapter has now been exorcized.

Time for Kwesi and Kevin to truly sink or swim.

No matter how well Cousins played in stretches over the six years of opulence he spent here ... we did not get close to a fair return on our investment, period. (Well ... he came pretty close in 2021 ... but then he ended it with his worse moment as a Viking).

How will it affect JJ? What we lose in Cousins live arm we can make up with someone less robotic and mechanical in the passing game. Put someone back there with some athleticism who can extend plays and make it even more impossible to cover JJ and he will be thrilled.

JJ has one foot out the door already.

How do you figure?

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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: Karl Juhnke

Hmm, I don't mind that Cousins is gone. Pretty neutral on that. But I'd be careful to break out the champagne until the whole thing plays out and we see how the QB saga ends, not to mention how it will affect JJ's status.

The wheel's still in spin.

Couldn't disagree more. It has played out. Its done.

The whole Spielman Zimmer Cousins chapter has now been exorcized.

Time for Kwesi and Kevin to truly sink or swim.

No matter how well Cousins played in stretches over the six years of opulence he spent here ... we did not get close to a fair return on our investment, period. (Well ... he came pretty close in 2021 ... but then he ended it with his worse moment as a Viking).

How will it affect JJ? What we lose in Cousins live arm we can make up with someone less robotic and mechanical in the passing game. Put someone back there with some athleticism who can extend plays and make it even more impossible to cover JJ and he will be thrilled.

JJ has one foot out the door already.

Ironically, JJ's one of the reasons your boy is actually out the door.

They made the decision last year to work on keeping JJ and expose Cousins to FA.

Made no sense to anyone with sense to keep both.

EDIT: over the top. nm.

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ORIGINAL: Richard Neussendorfer

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

Hmm, I don't mind that Cousins is gone. Pretty neutral on that. But I'd be careful to break out the champagne until the whole thing plays out and we see how the QB saga ends, not to mention how it will affect JJ's status.

The wheel's still in spin.

I don't think anyone is expecting champagne at QB, but a new direction.

JJ just needs his yards and he's happy. Even Mullens showed he could get JJ the ball.

That's the key. TDs? Who needs them? Winning the game? Secondary. Those things are for peasants!

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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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: Karl Juhnke

Hmm, I don't mind that Cousins is gone. Pretty neutral on that. But I'd be careful to break out the champagne until the whole thing plays out and we see how the QB saga ends, not to mention how it will affect JJ's status.

The wheel's still in spin.

Couldn't disagree more. It has played out. Its done.

The whole Spielman Zimmer Cousins chapter has now been exorcized.

Time for Kwesi and Kevin to truly sink or swim.

No matter how well Cousins played in stretches over the six years of opulence he spent here ... we did not get close to a fair return on our investment, period. (Well ... he came pretty close in 2021 ... but then he ended it with his worse moment as a Viking).

How will it affect JJ? What we lose in Cousins live arm we can make up with someone less robotic and mechanical in the passing game. Put someone back there with some athleticism who can extend plays and make it even more impossible to cover JJ and he will be thrilled.

JJ has one foot out the door already.

Ironically, JJ's one of the reasons your boy is actually out the door.

They made the decision last year to work on keeping JJ and expose Cousins to FA.

Made no sense to anyone with sense to keep both.

EDIT: over the top. nm.

As long as JJ gets his money and his numbers, he's going to be fine.

6/141/1
12/192/1

Games 15 and 17 with Nick Mullens throwing to him....

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

Ding dong the witch is dead.

I am not opposed to drafting two quarterbacks. One in the first or second and another later in the draft.

Unfortunately, this draft looks like a Spielman hangover. 1st round, 2nd round, two 4th's, two 5th's, two 6th's and a 7th. Dare I say the last 5-6 picks are totally irrelevant. They better do most of their scoring in free agency.

For now, I'm just going to bask in the glow of the most overpaid quarterback in league history being on a different team. I knew there had to be another sucker out there for Cousins. Boom, the Falcons! A perfect lollipop organization that has no idea what a great quarterback looks like. They probably would have been one of my top guesses.

The worst part about the Cousins deal is that the Republicans just got two more votes in Georgia, in what is a very close state.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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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: Karl Juhnke

Hmm, I don't mind that Cousins is gone. Pretty neutral on that. But I'd be careful to break out the champagne until the whole thing plays out and we see how the QB saga ends, not to mention how it will affect JJ's status.

The wheel's still in spin.

Couldn't disagree more. It has played out. Its done.

The whole Spielman Zimmer Cousins chapter has now been exorcized.

Time for Kwesi and Kevin to truly sink or swim.

No matter how well Cousins played in stretches over the six years of opulence he spent here ... we did not get close to a fair return on our investment, period. (Well ... he came pretty close in 2021 ... but then he ended it with his worse moment as a Viking).

How will it affect JJ? What we lose in Cousins live arm we can make up with someone less robotic and mechanical in the passing game. Put someone back there with some athleticism who can extend plays and make it even more impossible to cover JJ and he will be thrilled.

JJ has one foot out the door already.

Ironically, JJ's one of the reasons your boy is actually out the door.

They made the decision last year to work on keeping JJ and expose Cousins to FA.

Made no sense to anyone with sense to keep both.

EDIT: over the top. nm.

As long as JJ gets his money and his numbers, he's going to be fine.

6/141/1
12/192/1

Games 15 and 17 with Nick Mullens throwing to him....

Did we win those games? IIRC we didn't. JJ might like winning along with his numbers and money 💰.

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ORIGINAL: Chris Olson

pretty clear the Darnold signing is for a bridge guy...

and I bet they are expecting the 1st rd QB will be starting anyway...

or starting after a few games, like Richardson did last year

just glad we finally cut ties with Kirk, everything looks rosy because of that albatross being cut free

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ORIGINAL: Karl Juhnke

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ORIGINAL: Chris Olson

pretty clear the Darnold signing is for a bridge guy...

and I bet they are expecting the 1st rd QB will be starting anyway...

or starting after a few games, like Richardson did last year

just glad we finally cut ties with Kirk, everything looks rosy because of that albatross being cut free

I’m not so sure of that.

I don’t think it’s a given they draft a high pick QB. It would certainly be the conventional wisdom that they do. Darnold a bridge to QBOTF. And that may be plan A. But what if things don’t go their way in the draft? You cannot afford to ‘settle’. You need a very strong plan B C and D. Plans that don’t assume you HAVE to draft a QB if you fail to get your guy.

KAM is a third year GM whose team regressed last year, and whose drafts have been mostly mediocre. If the Vikings don’t return to the playoffs immediately his job is on very shaky ground. Loading up on blue chip defensive toys for Flores’ defense while saving money with a game manager QB may be a path to sneak back into the playoffs and buy him another year to think about acquiring the QBOF.