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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: marty

You like your own idea and speak in 3rd person?

Yes, I was being silly, and it seems to sound less like bragging then saying someone is now suggesting MY idea, the idea that was rejected by most people on this board, the idea of making Flore's the HC, which I am now backing off a tad on, as there are some mentionable red flags:

1) His defenses bend, but seem to eventually break
2) Veteran QBs seem to figure out the way to attack it
3) There might be some character questions with him, if you ask Tua
4) How quickly can you find an up and coming OC, one that doesn't only design plays, but is also good at play calling during a game

with today's nfl it's almost impossible for a defense to completely shut down and offense...the offense has all the advantages, and the new kickoff rules are a joke...every possession seems to start with excellent field position...imo; that's what has created the extreme parity in the nfl...the last team with the ball and 30 seconds seems to be able to consistently drive for a winning field goal....

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ORIGINAL: Arlowe84

More and more seems to be coming out on a difference of opinion between the FO and KOC on QB this year

Was KOC pushed to start JJ?

Did KOC know he wasn't ready and design things to make him fail?

Kwesi/Grigson intent on making their young, cheap work?

Probably going to be a reckoning this offseason.

This seems like Spielman/Zimmer all over again.

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Lars

For anyone who thought this was just a JJM problem and Brosmer would be the salve, need to see more? Hot garbage. That pick 6 was straight out of a HS game.

This is a KOC and KAM problem. Running an offense like you have a 10 year vet out there. KOC is not a developer of young QB. He can put a little polish on an old turd with some weapons around him (KFC, Darnold, etc.) And KAM's draft are shite.

This offense and team has no identity. That goes straight to the top.

And sorry, but Darnold looked the same to me. Sacked how many times? Two fumbles? One lost? Like 150 yards passing? For $100M+? No thanks.

And if the skill guys like JJ wanna pout and cry, catch the ****ing ball.

On one bright note, Turner seems to be getting better each week, IMHO.

9-3

Not sure what you guys have against winning. It's a puzzling phenomenon with you people.

Not every game can be perfect. Your expectations are unreasonable. The guy still has the #7 passer rating and #9 QB rating in the league. His team is 9-3. He's 23-6 (.793) during the regular season since the beginning of last season.

For $33-million, that's a huge bargain.

Defense is unbelievable.

The book is out on Darnold. A good defense can pressure him and give him happy feet. Running game and defense could carry SEA to one playoff victory.

You gotta protect him. Same with Jared Goff, who is averaging $53-million over four years. I don't see the Lions trying to part with Goff.

Like I said, your guys' expectations are unreasonable.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

There is $26.5 million in dead cap this year, including money still on the books for Cine, Booth, Ingram, and Asamoah! And Murphy!

From 2022 draft remnants to players on the active roster, Kwesi knows no limits for spreading out dead money.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

There is $26.5 million in dead cap this year, including money still on the books for Cine, Booth, Ingram, and Asamoah! And Murphy!

From 2022 draft remnants to players on the active roster, Kwesi knows no limits for spreading out dead money.

There are others....Van Ginkel, Jones, and Cashman. Void money was cleaned up and that is why their contracts were so high. Jones is making $11 million a year because 4-5 was void money so he is only making about 5-6.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: stfrank

And while we are speaking of lines, how about adding some young talent to the D-line too!
I think we all knew going old in the trenches wasn't going to work but we had no choice but to hope for the best....which we didn't get.

We've started to.

Turner has really come on of late.

And then the late round/undrafted guys have been showing.

Jalen Redmond has been a highlight this year and he's played 73% of the defensive snaps.

Levi Drake Rodriguez has looked good at times as well (45%).

Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins has shown some flashes too (20%).

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ORIGINAL: joejitsu

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: stfrank

And while we are speaking of lines, how about adding some young talent to the D-line too!
I think we all knew going old in the trenches wasn't going to work but we had no choice but to hope for the best....which we didn't get.

We've started to.

Turner has really come on of late.

And then the late round/undrafted guys have been showing.

Jalen Redmond has been a highlight this year and he's played 73% of the defensive snaps.

Levi Drake Rodriguez has looked good at times as well (45%).

Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins has shown some flashes too (20%).

If we can pick up a big talented player at center and nt, the lines would look a ton better. Turner and the pass rush would improve by default.And the oline would be more secure with the players we have now.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Lars

For anyone who thought this was just a JJM problem and Brosmer would be the salve, need to see more? Hot garbage. That pick 6 was straight out of a HS game.

This is a KOC and KAM problem. Running an offense like you have a 10 year vet out there. KOC is not a developer of young QB. He can put a little polish on an old turd with some weapons around him (KFC, Darnold, etc.) And KAM's draft are shite.

This offense and team has no identity. That goes straight to the top.

And sorry, but Darnold looked the same to me. Sacked how many times? Two fumbles? One lost? Like 150 yards passing? For $100M+? No thanks.

And if the skill guys like JJ wanna pout and cry, catch the ****ing ball.

On one bright note, Turner seems to be getting better each week, IMHO.

9-3

Not sure what you guys have against winning. It's a puzzling phenomenon with you people.

Not every game can be perfect. Your expectations are unreasonable. The guy still has the #7 passer rating and #9 QB rating in the league. His team is 9-3. He's 23-6 (.793) during the regular season since the beginning of last season.

For $33-million, that's a huge bargain.

Defense is unbelievable.

The book is out on Darnold. A good defense can pressure him and give him happy feet. Running game and defense could carry SEA to one playoff victory.

You gotta protect him. Same with Jared Goff, who is averaging $53-million over four years. I don't see the Lions trying to part with Goff.

Like I said, your guys' expectations are unreasonable.

We obviously can't protect any of the QBs we have playing this year. Sam would be 6-6 with this outfit we have. Probably 8-10 lost fumbles.

He had a worse o-line last season

Did he?

Our Big FA Center signing has missed most of the year with more concussions. His main replacement had never played Center at any level.

Our Big FA Guard is the 38th ranked Guard in the NFL.

We have a MASH unit at the other Guard position.

Darrisow has not been healthy all year. And has missed over 1/3 of the season.

O'Neill has missed over 1/4 of the season.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Lars

For anyone who thought this was just a JJM problem and Brosmer would be the salve, need to see more? Hot garbage. That pick 6 was straight out of a HS game.

This is a KOC and KAM problem. Running an offense like you have a 10 year vet out there. KOC is not a developer of young QB. He can put a little polish on an old turd with some weapons around him (KFC, Darnold, etc.) And KAM's draft are shite.

This offense and team has no identity. That goes straight to the top.

And sorry, but Darnold looked the same to me. Sacked how many times? Two fumbles? One lost? Like 150 yards passing? For $100M+? No thanks.

And if the skill guys like JJ wanna pout and cry, catch the ****ing ball.

On one bright note, Turner seems to be getting better each week, IMHO.

9-3

Not sure what you guys have against winning. It's a puzzling phenomenon with you people.

Not every game can be perfect. Your expectations are unreasonable. The guy still has the #7 passer rating and #9 QB rating in the league. His team is 9-3. He's 23-6 (.793) during the regular season since the beginning of last season.

For $33-million, that's a huge bargain.

Defense is unbelievable.

The book is out on Darnold. A good defense can pressure him and give him happy feet. Running game and defense could carry SEA to one playoff victory.

You gotta protect him. Same with Jared Goff, who is averaging $53-million over four years. I don't see the Lions trying to part with Goff.

Like I said, your guys' expectations are unreasonable.

Unreasonable?
You were pounding the table for a QBOTF like Mahomes and Brady until we signed your USC QB. They had to reset the cap and Darnold has a portion of his last years contract on this years cap.

Darnold isn't something we missed on....we already had him and preferred Jones or giving JJ snaps.

Again how many snaps/throws did Darnold have until he was a serviceable NFL QB?

The whole key is still get JJ reps.....nothing is set in stone yet. The same philosphy is being used for Dart and Nix who also aren't rated very high.

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

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ORIGINAL: Lars

For anyone who thought this was just a JJM problem and Brosmer would be the salve, need to see more? Hot garbage. That pick 6 was straight out of a HS game.

This is a KOC and KAM problem. Running an offense like you have a 10 year vet out there. KOC is not a developer of young QB. He can put a little polish on an old turd with some weapons around him (KFC, Darnold, etc.) And KAM's draft are shite.

This offense and team has no identity. That goes straight to the top.

And sorry, but Darnold looked the same to me. Sacked how many times? Two fumbles? One lost? Like 150 yards passing? For $100M+? No thanks.

And if the skill guys like JJ wanna pout and cry, catch the ****ing ball.

On one bright note, Turner seems to be getting better each week, IMHO.

9-3

Not sure what you guys have against winning. It's a puzzling phenomenon with you people.

Not every game can be perfect. Your expectations are unreasonable. The guy still has the #7 passer rating and #9 QB rating in the league. His team is 9-3. He's 23-6 (.793) during the regular season since the beginning of last season.

For $33-million, that's a huge bargain.

Defense is unbelievable.

The book is out on Darnold. A good defense can pressure him and give him happy feet. Running game and defense could carry SEA to one playoff victory.

You gotta protect him. Same with Jared Goff, who is averaging $53-million over four years. I don't see the Lions trying to part with Goff.

Like I said, your guys' expectations are unreasonable.

Unreasonable?
You were pounding the table for a QBOTF like Mahomes and Brady until we signed your USC QB. They had to reset the cap and Darnold has a portion of his last years contract on this years cap.

Darnold isn't something we missed on....we already had him and preferred Jones or giving JJ snaps.

Again how many snaps/throws did Darnold have until he was a serviceable NFL QB?

The whole key is still get JJ reps.....nothing is set in stone yet. The same philosphy is being used for Dart and Nix who also aren't rated very high.

Man, you are a glutton for punishment. JJ McCarthy is an awful player, plain and simple.

Comparing Darnold's start to McCarthy's is crazy talk. Darnold had absolutely nothing around him in New York. His receivers were Jamison Crowder, Braxton Berrios and Breshad Perriman. His running back was a broken down Frank Gore, who was in his 16th season in the NFL. His tight end was Chris Herndon.

You really want to make that comparison? He may have had the least talented team in league history around him.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Guys that shouldn't see the field next year for the Vikings:

Hock - barely makes the needle move
Jones - too hurt
Kelly - life at hand
Murphy - what a terrible extension. PFF ranked 172 CB
Addison - trade before he demands more cash
Smith - retire
1 of Hargravde/Allen - cut

Guy that shouldn't see the stadium for the Vikings:

KAM - send him packing and get a real personnel guy in there.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

Talk of the SB is the crux of it. The Lions game was one of the most important games in decades because a win would have meant HFA. It was monumental. Then Darnold put up a choke job for the ages.

Still, I was thinking ok Darnold pissed away HFA but if he plays just average vs the Rams he can at least be in the conversation about who will QB the team. Of course, he shit the bed. Again.

That was it. The end. It became crystal clear Darnold did not and does not have what it takes. Can you imagine how bad he would have freaked out if the team magically made it to the SB? He'd probably still be frozen in the locker room.

It was great news the team was going to go in another direction, because Darnold would NEVER be the guy. There are many unknown QBs out there that are not proven chokers. Darnold was, so cross him off the list.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Guys that shouldn't see the field next year for the Vikings:

Hock - barely makes the needle move
Jones - too hurt
Kelly - life at hand
Murphy - what a terrible extension. PFF ranked 172 CB
Addison - trade before he demands more cash
Smith - retire
1 of Hargravde/Allen - cut

Guy that shouldn't see the stadium for the Vikings:

KAM - send him packing and get a real personnel guy in there.

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Guys that shouldn't see the field next year for the Vikings:

Hock - barely makes the needle move
Jones - too hurt
Kelly - life at hand
Murphy - what a terrible extension. PFF ranked 172 CB
Addison - trade before he demands more cash
Smith - retire
1 of Hargravde/Allen - cut

Guy that shouldn't see the stadium for the Vikings:

KAM - send him packing and get a real personnel guy in there.

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okay, but you have to show the cap hits....

hock --- we save $9mm
jones --- we save $8mm
kelly --- we save $9mm
murphy --- it costs $13mm dead cap - murph sucked in 2023 - i knew this was a mistake
addison --- it's a wash, but where are you going to find another wr that good that cheep?
smith --- it costs $6mm...always been a ton of dead cap with smith - go figure....
allen --- we save $4mmm
hargrave --- we save $11mmm

fire kam - it costs the wilfs a few bucks, but the team can only gain from his departure

tell o'connell someone else calls plays for the rest of this season - he can quit if he wants