Post by Funkytown on Jan 17, 2023 9:45:50 GMT -6
Offseason improvement discussions are already underway, but how do you feel about the season as a whole?
Purple Insider: Was it a success?
Link:
purpleinsider.substack.com/p/how-the-lights-went-out-on-the-vikings
Vikings take stock of a good season. But was it a successful one? by Ben Goessling
Link: www.startribune.com/minnesota-vikings-offseason-justin-jefferson-contract-eric-kendricks-dalvin-cook/600243959
Purple Insider: Was it a success?
Hosting a playoff game for the first time since 2017 and pulling off some of the most exciting victories the NFL has ever seen will make the 2022 season memorable for a long time. But the way that it ended was not particularly fresh considering they have won only a single playoff game since the Minneapolis Miracle.
“It hurts. It hurts,” Cousins said. “I'm probably missing one, but this is probably the toughest loss I've had in my career. It hurts.”
O’Connell will likely have put his name toward the top of Coach of the Year voting for his role in getting the Vikings from eight to 13 wins and the way in which he galvanized a locker room that was looking for a culture change. After the game he wasn’t able to say how he will view the year considering its ending.
“It's a little too soon to kind of go into true evaluation mode,” he said. “It's going to sting us for a long time. This team was as competitive as any group as I've been around from the standpoint of each and every time they took the field with the expectation to win. It did not always go our way, but these guys battled for, like you said, 13 wins, and I think there's a lot of things that I'm very, very fortunate and excited about moving forward with this team currently and where we can take it from here.”
“It hurts. It hurts,” Cousins said. “I'm probably missing one, but this is probably the toughest loss I've had in my career. It hurts.”
O’Connell will likely have put his name toward the top of Coach of the Year voting for his role in getting the Vikings from eight to 13 wins and the way in which he galvanized a locker room that was looking for a culture change. After the game he wasn’t able to say how he will view the year considering its ending.
“It's a little too soon to kind of go into true evaluation mode,” he said. “It's going to sting us for a long time. This team was as competitive as any group as I've been around from the standpoint of each and every time they took the field with the expectation to win. It did not always go our way, but these guys battled for, like you said, 13 wins, and I think there's a lot of things that I'm very, very fortunate and excited about moving forward with this team currently and where we can take it from here.”
purpleinsider.substack.com/p/how-the-lights-went-out-on-the-vikings
Vikings take stock of a good season. But was it a successful one? by Ben Goessling
O'Connell reminded players in an exit meeting of all the 2022 Vikings accomplished: Becoming the third team in franchise history to win 13 games in the regular season, claiming the team's first NFC North title since 2017 and setting an NFL record with 11 one-score wins. But an uncertain offseason lies ahead, with four defensive starters from Sunday's game set to hit free agency and a handful of franchise fixtures possibly in line to depart.
The Vikings' final task of the 2022 season, then, was to say some goodbyes and keep both surprising achievements and a sudden exit in perspective.
"You could call it a good season. I wouldn't call it a success," wide receiver Justin Jefferson said. "Everybody wants to get to the Super Bowl. That's the success of the season. You can say you had a good run at the Super Bowl and where you wanted to go and where the future could bring you. That's not exactly what we wanted, but it's definitely good to look back on that and seeing the good things out of it."
Jefferson, who has a good chance at NFL Offensive Player of the Year honors after leading the league in catches (128) and receiving yards (1,809), could also be one of the Vikings' biggest offseason stories. He is eligible to receive a contract extension before his fourth season and could command a deal worth more than $30 million per season.
He said Monday the contract discussion "comes with the success," adding, "They pay me whatever they pay me. They don't even really have to give me an extension this year. It's not really something I'm worried about.
"I want to win a Super Bowl. That's the thing I'm most focused on."
The Vikings' final task of the 2022 season, then, was to say some goodbyes and keep both surprising achievements and a sudden exit in perspective.
"You could call it a good season. I wouldn't call it a success," wide receiver Justin Jefferson said. "Everybody wants to get to the Super Bowl. That's the success of the season. You can say you had a good run at the Super Bowl and where you wanted to go and where the future could bring you. That's not exactly what we wanted, but it's definitely good to look back on that and seeing the good things out of it."
Jefferson, who has a good chance at NFL Offensive Player of the Year honors after leading the league in catches (128) and receiving yards (1,809), could also be one of the Vikings' biggest offseason stories. He is eligible to receive a contract extension before his fourth season and could command a deal worth more than $30 million per season.
He said Monday the contract discussion "comes with the success," adding, "They pay me whatever they pay me. They don't even really have to give me an extension this year. It's not really something I'm worried about.
"I want to win a Super Bowl. That's the thing I'm most focused on."
... and neither is this Chris guy.