Keeping The Status Quo 2.0?

I don't doubt that his agent will ask, but the notion about having leverage is nonsense.


A couple things here. This whole "balancing act" is why the competitive rebuild is nonsense. Atlanta went this route when they hired Arthur Smith and got nowhere until they traded Matt Ryan and took their medicine last year. They have now reset their cap and have the second most cap space behind Chicago, another team that took their medicine and reset their cap.

Secondly, keeping JJ happy is a premise that fans seem to buy in to but doesn't exist in a professional locker room. You play as a team and with the huggy bear culture that developed last year I'm sure all is good.
And who's to say a new QB won't be better than the old one?


There is zero reason to extend Kirk.
The following moves take the Vikings to $25.5M over the cap:

Cut Dalvin Cook, Eric Kendricks, Jordan Hicks, CJ Ham, Ross Blacklock.
Cut Adam Thielen (with a June 1 designation)
Restructure Brian O'Neill.
I haven't touched Kirks contract or Harrison Smith, although a reworking of Harrys deal is a given.

Also I don't agree that a QBOTF is off the cards this draft. Anthony Richardson is a possibility if he falls (according to Albert Breer) and a guy I like is Jake Haener (Fresno State) who did really well at the Senior Bowl.