Post by Purple Pain on Nov 19, 2022 11:23:14 GMT -6
Purple Insider Mailbag:
@_teddyseulgi with zadarius, pat p, danielle, aging veterans that are peaking, coupled with the incoming paycheck owed to justin jefferson, do you see vikings superbowl window closing basically after this year? what r ur thoughts on the future of the vikings’ superbowl windows?
Saying it’s officially closed after this would be a little too aggressive because there are so many things that can change between now and next year but the path is going to get harder, for sure. You laid it out accurately: There’s a lot of guys who are majorly valuable on this team that aren’t being paid anywhere near their worth and it’s justified for them to come back to the table with receipts and ask for more. The thing that can even that out is players on rookie deals. Can they afford to move on from someone like Kendricks to give Brian Asamoah the job? They might not have a choice. Add the cap difficulties with age and possible regression and it’s hard to see things going exactly the same way as this year. Like 2019 to 2020 kinda possibilities.
Saying it’s officially closed after this would be a little too aggressive because there are so many things that can change between now and next year but the path is going to get harder, for sure. You laid it out accurately: There’s a lot of guys who are majorly valuable on this team that aren’t being paid anywhere near their worth and it’s justified for them to come back to the table with receipts and ask for more. The thing that can even that out is players on rookie deals. Can they afford to move on from someone like Kendricks to give Brian Asamoah the job? They might not have a choice. Add the cap difficulties with age and possible regression and it’s hard to see things going exactly the same way as this year. Like 2019 to 2020 kinda possibilities.
@hoknate The way Vikings are making a superbowl run, do you think players next year would sign more team friendly/ take pay cuts to try and make another run next year?
Saying they’re making a Super Bowl run is pretty presumptuous, isn’t it? There’s something to that but everybody also has to get theirs. If Jefferson is anything less than the highest paid receiver in football, he’s been hoodwinked. Za’Darius Smith has to ask for more. So does Danielle Hunter. So does Patrick Peterson. These guys are so far underpaid that they can’t step on the field again at their current prices. Would they take deals that are structured for short-term space? Probably. But those always come with a price down the road. They’ll have lots of work to do in order to keep this thing together.
Saying they’re making a Super Bowl run is pretty presumptuous, isn’t it? There’s something to that but everybody also has to get theirs. If Jefferson is anything less than the highest paid receiver in football, he’s been hoodwinked. Za’Darius Smith has to ask for more. So does Danielle Hunter. So does Patrick Peterson. These guys are so far underpaid that they can’t step on the field again at their current prices. Would they take deals that are structured for short-term space? Probably. But those always come with a price down the road. They’ll have lots of work to do in order to keep this thing together.
@schielbrian A quiet benefit of ‘not’ blowing up the roster seems to be taking shape. It’s apparent the coaching staff is very capable. If the Vikings were to have finished the season with four wins, after blowing it up, we might not know. Do you agree?
Somewhat. I don’t think anyone believed they would tank and be terrible. Had they traded Cousins, signed Mariota and had him throw the ball to Jefferson all the time, we probably would have still gotten a good idea of what the coaching staff was made of. In some ways, they have so many veteran players that we are seeing those guys drive the bus. But on the whole, I agree. If they couldn’t get this team to be very competitive with this schedule and had players showing frustration etc., then there would have been major red flags for the future. Instead you can feel pretty confident KOC is going to be a quality coach for a long time.
Somewhat. I don’t think anyone believed they would tank and be terrible. Had they traded Cousins, signed Mariota and had him throw the ball to Jefferson all the time, we probably would have still gotten a good idea of what the coaching staff was made of. In some ways, they have so many veteran players that we are seeing those guys drive the bus. But on the whole, I agree. If they couldn’t get this team to be very competitive with this schedule and had players showing frustration etc., then there would have been major red flags for the future. Instead you can feel pretty confident KOC is going to be a quality coach for a long time.
... and neither is this Chris guy.