![]() ![]() Add it all up and you’ve got a defense that’s been reliant on a lot of young players and guys that don’t have a whole lot of experience. They lost six starters, and in addition had their one big free agent signing, nose tackle Michael Pierce, opt out of the season because of COVID-19 concerns and lost star defensive end Danielle Hunter for the season in training camp. ![]() This offseason, the Vikings defense saw what might have been the greatest exodus of talent any organization has seen since Chris Farley, Mike Myers, and Adam Sandler left Saturday Night Live in 1995. No, you don’t need context about Matt Stafford’s injured thumb, don’t worry about it. Even the Panthers’ struggling defense shut out the Lions, so that counts as a moral loss for everybody else. I know what happened to the one thing, but why are they now giving up 30+ points in a game with regularity? I mean, they lost to the Colts, the Falcons, and surrendered points to the Lions. Minnesota used to be known for defenses and being Brett Favre’s retirement home. I know, I’m as stunned by this development as anybody. Something actually worked out for the Vikings. (Did you know he went to a D-II college on a $500 scholarship? If you didn’t, you’ll hear it several times this weekend, even if he doesn’t play.) On the bright side, the first-round pick the Vikings got from the Bills did net them Justin Jefferson, who is the best rookie wide receiver in the league this year by a significant margin and appears to be ready to take over the #1 spot if and when Thielen starts to slow down. On the other hand, Thielen has that “one of us” thing going for him. In the team’s defense, Diggs had kind of telegraphed that he didn’t want to be in Minnesota anymore. I guess to make it a question, how “unbelievable” is it that the Vikings let Diggs walk in favor of Thielen? ![]() It truly warmed the hearts of the entire NFC South. Touchdown! Unbelievable! I cannot thank you enough, fan to fan, for that play. It’s like nobody cares what the blogger has to say. I’d like to think that the Vikings are going to bite the proverbial bullet and draft a quarterback with their first pick this coming April to groom for the future, but I’ve been saying that’s the sort of thing the Vikings should do for years. The deal is structured so that if he’s on the roster on the third day of the 2021 league year, his salary for 2022 guarantees, meaning that the Vikings would have him through that season. But the Vikings do have a decision to make about his contract. Hell, on the list of the most disappointing players in Vikings’ history, I’m not sure if he’s in the top 20. I’m not sure if Cousins is even that disappointing. How optimistic are you that Cousins can play the Vikings into contention for the top of either the 2022 or 2023 NFL drafts? The Vikings are within one game of the 4th and the 16th pick, but there are a lot of much more disappointing teams jockeying for position ahead of them. This season, he has strung together enough wins to take y’all out of prime quarterback draft territory. The Vikings best out is to take a $10 million dead cap hit by cutting him after next season. Kirk Cousins is a huge disappointment (for Vikings fans), to the tune of $66 million through the 2022 season. you read between the lines.Īlso we start with dunking on Kirk Cousin’s contract, which is like the Kirk Cousins of contracts. We don’t pinch his cheeks or bake him cookies, but, well. We touch on young defenses trying to make pie out of soup, only being a decent team every other year, and how Teddy Bridgewater is such a nice young man. The Vikings are a weirdly similar team to the Panthers. This week we have Christopher Gates from the Daily Norseman which one day I will stop typing as “Dialy” on my first try. Welcome back to our weekly series interviewing opposing bloggers. ![]()
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