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its gotta be tough for these RBs - its just not a valued position anymore. Best option for Cook is to wait into camp for a contending team to get an injury and desperate. Otherwise I dont see him getting close to what hes looking for - an Im still of the opinion he has another year or 2 in the tank left to be above average
If Vaughn can play special teams, that's not necessarily true.
Spider-Man pointing meme!
Thinking more about this, the situations are different in that MIN has a Mattison, whereas NYG have a Breida.
Yeah, I agree - I thought at the time, “wow, he wants more than that?!”
Giants can get cook now and isn’t Hunt still available? Neither is as good as Barkley of course
The irony there is that Cook wants almost as much as Barkley.
Sure, I was thinking the double digit millions he reportedly wants. It was reported that he wouldn't be willing to take a pay cut from the ~10 the Vikings were on the hook for pre-June 1st.
FWIW his contract for this year was $10.4M. That's the part the Viking wanted to cut.
I am not too interested in what a reporter was told by the Giants that they offered him on 'average'. Way too much funny contract terms, and teams before have played the PR game to make the player look unreasonable.
That’s a good point
Lol what the hell that little man gonna do on special teams?
Yeah I forgot special teams is loaded up with big giant guys like O-lineman and Nose Tackles. My bad.
Maybe he should hire one of Lamar's family members, bc I hate to break it to him, this isn't the time where you're gonna get a 2/20M deal. He will be lucky to get a 4-5M annual salary with 2 years max.
No but usually people who can tackle or block. I suppose he could be returning punts.
So you're sure Vaughn isn't capable of tackling a KR that's likely not much bigger than him and has never had to make a block as RB?....and there you go, he could return punts or kicks. So maybe he could play special teams after all.
As to this part - I wouldn't really be shocked either way as the Cowboys love splash moves and really don't have much outside of Pollard. I would imagine they'd be more likely to bring back Zeke than add Cook though.
I thought Denver already came out said they we’re not interested in Cook.
I think they're clearing cap space because they are in cap hell. I can't see them now investing some of that back into an older RB.
I could see it on a 1 year deal. We know Sean McVay has a very tolerate/hate relationship with Cam Akers. Its more likely than a return to Minnesota at the very least.
Can't see it myself. Rams converted Kupp's salary to bonus just to be able to sign their draft picks. This team is a mess and will likely lead the NFL in UDFA's both on the roster and in the starting lineup, in fact you can bank on their defense leading the league in this category. They are not pretending they are contending this year, they'd have traded Stafford if they could and they still would if someone would take him. If a market opens up for Donald later and he's amenable to a trade that might be in the cards, same for Kupp but he won't carry that kind of value as an older "system" type WR.
I'm hearing a "buy Rams offense" message in there since they could be playing from behind in most games.
Not to get off topic, but you really think that's the case? Because some playoff team should instantly offer a 1st for Kupp or Donald if so. Like Dallas should be all over Donald if he's available. Detroit too, and maybe they even should be in on Kupp?
The Rams defense may be historically bad - they really have no one outside of Donald.
Agreed. The 2nd best player might a day 3 rookie.
The leaked offers are always leaked by the team and always lack a ton of context.
Stafford plus Kupp can probably eke out more wins than Colt McCoy and his crew. If Kyler plays, the rams chances increase majorly.
They will have to pass a lot for sure. May not be great for Akers and keeping Stafford from taking to many hits could be a challenge.
Yes I think that's the case. The few people I listen to/read who used to work in the NFL do as well. Those contracts are not easy to trade for the Rams or the acquiring them and I'm sure there is a lot of respect in the building for those players and they'd not trade them unless they were up for it. Saying that I know there was talk already they let the league know Stafford was available this off-season in hopes someone would want to trade for him before his $50M commitment kicked in next year. It's something I believe will be discussed quite frequently in-season after they get off to a slow start, them trading some high priced key vets, Darnold being the one who would draw the biggest return. But then again who would have ever thought Jalen Ramsey would only get back a third?
Are Jets fans calling for Dalvin Cook? I don’t really listen to sports radio anymore so I don’t really know. I sure don’t want the Jets to sign him, nor do I see a need. It actually confuses me that he’s been connected to them - which probably means it will happen.
This seems more like slow news cycle in big media market that needs something to talk about to me.
Nope, He wants both. He could likely sign tomorrow for about 5 mil somewhere but he wants close to 10 (or basically what Minny was supposed to pay him this year). He's basically begging Miami to make the move, but he doesn't want to give a discount so he will wait like many others...
QB and WR for sure. Sure, there’s not much behind Kupp, but the Cards have virtually nobody. And I’m sticking to my prediction that Kyler sits out that year.
Clayton Tune - This year's Brock Purdy.
Not sure we ever see another Brock Purdy. Imagine getting your franchise QB with the last pick of the draft…
