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Were you paying attention to the Harvin situation at all? There was no way he was going to play here this year. They made chicken salad out of chicken poop and you should be pleased.
Argee I would be happy with 2 WR with 2 of the 3 picks in top 60. My favs are hutner, Woods and Allen, but FA that can teach route running would rock. Or bring in Chris Carter to work with the WR on running routes.
I completely agree...however, when he is healthy, I don't think there is a better offensive skill player in the league, so it is really tough to see him go. But they had to make this trade - far better value than I thought they would get.
Have you seen Amendola play? He's been the Harvin of the Rams for the past few years. He gets double and triple teamed as well, and still produces, and leaves it all on the field. Amendola is nowhere close to "scraps"- he may be an injury risk, but he's a player- game in, game out.I can see the Pats going all in on him though. The Rams could still do the shift of him to TE and franchise him too.'griff321 said:
Petterson did what he did vs NFC North, whos defense are built around stoping Rogers,Standford and Cutler..... Not AP. And of course you go right, loadholt is great run blocker but sub-par vs pass. Vikings need to hold on to him though.As for 8-8 I think it depend on how the draft pans out, but playing a home game and early bye will be tough. Unlees Allen returns to 2011 type numbers 8-8 might be right.
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Revis?
Revis would be a bad fit for a cover 2 zone defense IMHO. Think Asomugha trying to fit the Eagles zone defense.I thought the Vikes did a good job drafting last year targetting guys who were considered a good fit for zone D.
Thats a start, now where is the wr signings
Thank God they didn't sign Wallace for that!
No kiddin'.65 million with 30 guaranteed.
Top three in the run block, but can be a terrible pass blocker. I really hope we didn't overpay.
Agreed, they need to get him to be more disciplined as well. Way too many penalties last year.
I think it all boiled down to a new deal and a lot of the crap floating out there was just that. I guess we'll see what kind of deal he gets and then how he produces with that deal for Seattle. I think he's worth the money and Ponder is such a terrible QB that it'll be obvious with Wilson chucking the ball to him. To be determined, but I'm hating the path this team is on. I hope these moves will be the best for the team, but when the team is jettisoning two of my favorite players in a matter of days I just have little faith this team is going to be anything other than a basement dweller in the Norris.'Andy Dufresne said:
Maybe it was just me, but they always seemed to happen at the worst times. I felt like I was constantly screaming at my TV, "AGAIN!? Loadholt you stupid fat F**K!"
And/ Or DJ Williams
I hear ya. I wasn't saying that's who I want as I'd rather not make a trade for a guy that wants crazy money coming off injury. I was interpreting TP hinting that something big was coming at 4:00 when he was just speculating. I hate losing Winfield too but it had to be done at $7.5M cap. I'd say decent chance he tests the waters and comes back for less money.
Great player but not worth the $7 million he was due to make. At this point, IF they want to get involved in the FA market they had to free up space. Now do something as other then resigning loadholt it was aWinfield cut sucks.....
of a day.
Add Troy Williamson to that list.
I read somewhere it was north of $5m because the Bears were sniffing around and they didn't want him going to a division rival.
Kind of what I figured. I think Loadholt is worth that.I am not happy about cutting Winfield.Winfield did miss some tackles later on in the season but he was fighting an injury also. He played as good as ever before that injury and still has some good football left in him.Richie Rich Dolphins signed Wheeler. I really do not like this FA group of LB for the Vikings.
What- not excited about the resigning of Erin Henderson?'snogger said:Great player but not worth the $7 million he was due to make. At this point, IF they want to get involved in the FA market they had to free up space. Now do something as other then resigning loadholt it was aWinfield cut sucks.....
Hopefully to back-up $, with a plan to get improvement at the position.FWIW, I was initially upset when I saw the Wiedener story about Winfield being surprised, implying he'd never had restructure discussions. I say implying, because the exact wording used was he'd never received an offer "formally." To me, if a guy or his agent are approoached and asked "informally" to restructure, there should be no surprise, and clearly the issue was raised (and probably rejected). Still, sucks seeing Winfield be released, seemingly in a way that burned bridges.Just saw Laurent Robinson was released by the Jags. Based on how well he did with Dallas 2 years ago, he seems like a viable FA pursuit for a team in our situation, maybe as a serviceable and economical WR3. Not a solution for sure, but a proven WR.What- not excited about the resigning of Erin Henderson?'snogger said:Great player but not worth the $7 million he was due to make. At this point, IF they want to get involved in the FA market they had to free up space. Now do something as other then resigning loadholt it was aWinfield cut sucks.....
They released him because he had FOUR concussions last year alone. He apparently still has symptoms from them. He's Jahvid Best d-o-n-e.
Ahh, was not aware. Scratch that.
Poor kid. I feel bad for him.
Call Urlacher's agent and at least inquire...???
Well, Urlacher did seem to lose some of his speed last year, but his instincts are still better than nearly any other option we might have. I'm not sure whether our playing surface is any worse on his knees than the Chicago field, but he'd come with red flags on the injury front. Got to imagine he'd be ready to stick it to the Bears by signing with a division rival if they've ignored his contract proposal, as PFT reported. Then again, he seems like the sort who would want to retire as a Bear if at all possible, so we might simply be used for bargaining with the Bears.
3 down, 2 to go.
Brinkley is the only one they haven't signed out of that group...
