Post by Purple Pain on Jul 9, 2018 18:22:18 GMT -6
NFL.com: Five Reasons Why The Vikings Will Make The 2018 NFL Playoffs by Adam Rank
Rest at the link:
3. John DeFilippo
4. Dalvin Cook is back
5. Unfinished business
Link: www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000939724/article/five-reasons-why-the-vikings-will-make-the-2018-nfl-playoffs?campaign=tw-nf-sf193367162
1. That huge free-agent signing
The Vikings were active in the free-agent market in the offseason. A lot of quality moves. But there was one that got everyone talking around the league and one that could be a game-changer for this season.
Of course, I'm talking about Sheldon Richardson. What a monster deal! The Vikings already had the top-rated defense in the league last season, including a defensive line filled with superstars like Danielle Hunter (they signed him to a new deal, BTW), Everson Griffen and Linval Joseph. It was already the reincarnation of the Purple People Eaters and then you go out and bring in a talent like Richardson. It's almost not fair. Like when you order regular fries, and you get the free upgrade to chili-cheese fries. For free!
2. Oh yeah, that other free-agent signing
The Vikings got their quarterback for this season and the future when they inked Kirk Cousins to a huge deal. It's the first multi-year, fully guaranteed contract for a quarterback in NFL history. And many around the league wondered why they would break the bank for a quarterback when they were just a game away from the Super Bowl with Case Keenum.
Isn't that the point?
The Vikings have long been close. And it's stung, too. The recent oral history of the Vikings' 1998 season reopened the wounds for Vikings fans. I mean, when your pain becomes a recurring joke on "How I Met Your Mother," you know it has a lasting impact. So the Vikings know close. It's time to actually get there.
It starts with stability at quarterback. Eleven different players have started at quarterback for the Vikings since 2010. They change quarterbacks like James Bond movies change the titular character. It's why "Mission Impossible" movies are better. You have only one Ethan Hunt. That's a fact.
And it looks like Cousins could be the top gun the Vikings have been looking for. Think about this: Brett Favre and Daunte Culpepper are the only Vikings quarterbacks to pass for more than 4,000 yards and 25 touchdowns in a season in the last 20 years. That's Cousins' average over the last three years.
The Vikings were active in the free-agent market in the offseason. A lot of quality moves. But there was one that got everyone talking around the league and one that could be a game-changer for this season.
Of course, I'm talking about Sheldon Richardson. What a monster deal! The Vikings already had the top-rated defense in the league last season, including a defensive line filled with superstars like Danielle Hunter (they signed him to a new deal, BTW), Everson Griffen and Linval Joseph. It was already the reincarnation of the Purple People Eaters and then you go out and bring in a talent like Richardson. It's almost not fair. Like when you order regular fries, and you get the free upgrade to chili-cheese fries. For free!
2. Oh yeah, that other free-agent signing
The Vikings got their quarterback for this season and the future when they inked Kirk Cousins to a huge deal. It's the first multi-year, fully guaranteed contract for a quarterback in NFL history. And many around the league wondered why they would break the bank for a quarterback when they were just a game away from the Super Bowl with Case Keenum.
Isn't that the point?
The Vikings have long been close. And it's stung, too. The recent oral history of the Vikings' 1998 season reopened the wounds for Vikings fans. I mean, when your pain becomes a recurring joke on "How I Met Your Mother," you know it has a lasting impact. So the Vikings know close. It's time to actually get there.
It starts with stability at quarterback. Eleven different players have started at quarterback for the Vikings since 2010. They change quarterbacks like James Bond movies change the titular character. It's why "Mission Impossible" movies are better. You have only one Ethan Hunt. That's a fact.
And it looks like Cousins could be the top gun the Vikings have been looking for. Think about this: Brett Favre and Daunte Culpepper are the only Vikings quarterbacks to pass for more than 4,000 yards and 25 touchdowns in a season in the last 20 years. That's Cousins' average over the last three years.
3. John DeFilippo
4. Dalvin Cook is back
5. Unfinished business
Link: www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000939724/article/five-reasons-why-the-vikings-will-make-the-2018-nfl-playoffs?campaign=tw-nf-sf193367162
... and neither is this Chris guy.