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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

Flores has been good no doubt. But I was still disappointed in the D in a couple of got to have it drives vs the Steelers, Ravens and Eagles. His stock has sky rocketed by beating up on the disinterested Lions, C Tune, injured Daniels, injured Dart and disinterested Cowboys.

At the same time the offense put them in terrible situations all season. I was bullish on this team playing complimentary football this season and it never really happened except against checked out opposition late in the season. Too many injuries on the OLine leading to inconsistencies on offense, have really made this a lost season. It would have been great to see JJ against Seattle and see how he handle that D.

Also what a year to get near flawless kicking as well.

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

Flores has been good no doubt. But I was still disappointed in the D in a couple of got to have it drives vs the Steelers, Ravens and Eagles. His stock has sky rocketed by beating up on the disinterested Lions, C Tune, injured Daniels, injured Dart and disinterested Cowboys.

At the same time the offense put them in terrible situations all season. I was bullish on this team playing complimentary football this season and it never really happened except against checked out opposition late in the season. Too many injuries on the OLine leading to inconsistencies on offense, have really made this a lost season. It would have been great to see JJ against Seattle and see how he handle that D.

Also what a year to get near flawless kicking as well.

BFlo has never had a competent secondary and this year we finally had some DLineman.

And he has still has made the defense respectful to above average.

Bring back BFlo and give him a secondary and he would give us a consistent top 5 defense.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

Nice article on The Athletic about Dallas Turner.

In addition to the 6.5 sacks in the last 8 games when he started getting real playing time, he finished with 66 tackles, 15 QB hits and 4 strip sacks, which tied for the league lead and most by a Viking since Jarred Allen who had the same number in 2011.

And he's still only 22 years old.

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

Flores has been good no doubt. But I was still disappointed in the D in a couple of got to have it drives vs the Steelers, Ravens and Eagles. His stock has sky rocketed by beating up on the disinterested Lions, C Tune, injured Daniels, injured Dart and disinterested Cowboys.

At the same time the offense put them in terrible situations all season. I was bullish on this team playing complimentary football this season and it never really happened except against checked out opposition late in the season. Too many injuries on the OLine leading to inconsistencies on offense, have really made this a lost season. It would have been great to see JJ against Seattle and see how he handle that D.

Also what a year to get near flawless kicking as well.

BFlo has never had a competent secondary and this year we finally had some DLineman.

And he has still has made the defense respectful to above average.

Bring back BFlo and give him a secondary and he would give us a consistent top 5 defense.

Do not want to lose Flores!!!!

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

Flores has been good no doubt. But I was still disappointed in the D in a couple of got to have it drives vs the Steelers, Ravens and Eagles. His stock has sky rocketed by beating up on the disinterested Lions, C Tune, injured Daniels, injured Dart and disinterested Cowboys.

At the same time the offense put them in terrible situations all season. I was bullish on this team playing complimentary football this season and it never really happened except against checked out opposition late in the season. Too many injuries on the OLine leading to inconsistencies on offense, have really made this a lost season. It would have been great to see JJ against Seattle and see how he handle that D.

Also what a year to get near flawless kicking as well.

BFlo has never had a competent secondary and this year we finally had some DLineman.

And he has still has made the defense respectful to above average.

Bring back BFlo and give him a secondary and he would give us a consistent top 5 defense.

Do not want to lose Flores!!!!

The biggest problem will be LV.

Rumor is Tom wants to bring the NE coaches back.....Flores as HC and another as DC.

I see Gannon (Former ARZ HC) is now available.

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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

Exactly I suspect that late season win streak will cost us Flores. Like I had mentioned earlier while he's been very good, but there have been moments the D has let down the team this season. When he gets figured out in game you see massive holes in the middle of the defense like the Eagles game.

There are always quality DCs out there like Gannon, Raheem Morris, Eberflus or in college someone like Matt Patricia. Maybe Todd Bowles gets canned in Tampa. Or they promote Mike Pettine from within.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

So losing Flores to a HC position means 3rd round compensatory picks (after the normal ones are distributed) in two consecutive drafts? If so, would rather have Flores but at least that's some consolation. Wait, not if Kwesi is drafting. Wait, unless he resorts to throwing darts at the big board which would be a better way to draft.

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Rob Viking

Exactly I suspect that late season win streak will cost us Flores. Like I had mentioned earlier while he's been very good, but there have been moments the D has let down the team this season. When he gets figured out in game you see massive holes in the middle of the defense like the Eagles game.

There are always quality DCs out there like Gannon, Raheem Morris, Eberflus or in college someone like Matt Patricia. Maybe Todd Bowles gets canned in Tampa. Or they promote Mike Pettine from within.

None of these DCs you mention will give us a consistent top 5 defense until we fix the secondary.

Big no to Pettine. Go Jones in if we go in house. He has learned 1st hand from Flores.

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

So losing Flores to a HC position means 3rd round compensatory picks (after the normal ones are distributed) in two consecutive drafts? If so, would rather have Flores but at least that's some consolation. Wait, not if Kwesi is drafting. Wait, unless he resorts to throwing darts at the big board which would be a better way to draft.

So it is two 3rd rounders.

Do you know if it is 2026 and 2027 or is it 2027 and 2028?

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ORIGINAL: beo

Because Flores contract is expiring instead of him leaving mid contract...

I wouldn't be surprised if the Vikes get screwed out of those 3rd round picks.



(maybe not though... it could follow like loosing a free agent)

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: beo

Because Flores contract is expiring instead of him leaving mid contract...

I wouldn't be surprised if the Vikes get screwed out of those 3rd round picks.



(maybe not though... it could follow like loosing a free agent)

From what I read, the criteria to receive compensation is that he(Flores) had to be on staff for at least 2 years.

If hired away, we would have three 3rd rounders this year. Maybe we can move up a little bit in 1st round.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

I would not be surprised to see him back next year...

Falcons restructure Kirk Cousins’ contract, will likely release him by March

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons don’t have a head coach or a general manager, but that hasn’t stopped the team from continuing to do business.

The most significant item of business early this week was a restructuring of quarterback Kirk Cousins’ contract that gives the team more financial flexibility this spring and allows Cousins to essentially advertise to the rest of the league — or anyone interested in his services — that he will be a free agent by March 12.

Atlanta converted Cousins’ 2026 salary from $35 million to $2.1 million, according to a league source, moving the leftover $32.9 million to his 2027 base salary, making his base salary for that season $67.9 million. The move essentially guarantees Cousins will be released before March 13 because that entire $67.9 million would be due to him if he’s still on the roster then.

Releasing Cousins with a post-June 1 designation would cost the Falcons $35 million of dead cap hit, which can be split into two payments of $22.5 million (2026) and $12.5 million (2027). This week’s move frees up some of that money earlier for Atlanta.

Cousins said Sunday that he wants to return for a 15th NFL season in 2026 and would be open to continuing to play in Atlanta.

“I’d like to keep playing, but we’ll see how things play out in March or even after that,” he said. “I would love to be back here. We’ll see how things play out. At this point, you kind of just see where it goes.”

Cousins finished the season 31st in the league in EPA per dropback (minus-0.02), but he led the Falcons to a 5-2 record after replacing Penix as the starter and was 21st in the league in EPA per dropback (0.02) in that stretch.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6946922/2026/01/06/kirk-cousins-falcons-contract-restructure-free-agent/?campaign=16368685&source=athletic_breaking_targeted_email&userId=114953

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ORIGINAL: Daniel Lee Young

The fn Stan’s just cant shit up or let go…

Angry “ Kirk o chains!! “ sucking noises..