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This might be a dumb idea, but here goes: He's a big, tall, strong QB. What if, instead of training for quickness (which seems like a pretty big ask) he trained for balance and strength. Maybe he could shrug off some sack attempts, a la Big Ben Roethlisberger. Remember, he's only 20 years old...

Check out the Pair and a Spare podcast for a pretty in-depth discussion of assistants' salaries. They made the point that many of Fleck's assistants are new to coaching, so you aren't likely to pay them big bucks from the get-go. Danny Collins was a promotion from within, and only got the job...

You can always look at win percentages rather than win totals when making comparisons between coaches.

If 25% of teams with a 9-3 record make the playoff, that seems to confirm that 9-3 is a really good record — especially in a 12 team playoff.

Alabama made the playoffs last season with 3 losses. 9-3 is a pretty damn good record. Not to mention the fact that the B1G is the best conference in college football. Compiling 9 wins while playing in the B1G is an impressive accomplishment. On the day Fleck was hired, he said he wanted to...

No. Excellent defenses — by both teams. As good as Kenneth Walker III was, it's a travesty that someone on defense didn't get MVP.

Troy Aikman talking about Sam Darnold. He has an interesting perspective on Darnold; I found his closing comments on giving up on young QBs and moving on too quickly particularly thoughtful. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/moLUe4u-61Y

The B1G is clearly the best conference in college football. If the Gophers finish in the top third in 2026, that will be an impressive accomplishment.

Thank you for finding this and posting it.

Well said.

Amazing. No other word. Thanks so much for posting, Noel.

Mackey and Judd mentioned paternity leave for both KAM and McCarthy. It sounded as though it really annoyed O'Connell that McCarthy missed one particular practice... it was a Thursday practice in a short week after the Monday Night game vs the Bears, and apparently the practice on that...

Yes. It was money. We'll spend on a wide receiver, but we hate spending on a QB. It's hard to even contemplate the foolishness of that approach. "They couldn't afford" him? Apparently they couldn't afford to let him go! JJM was not ready to lead a team that had realistic playoff aspirations...

This has nothing to do with KOC supposedly saying he wanted to keep Darnold, which was what you seemed to be claiming in post #245.

If this is correct, it only confirms the notion that the Vikings bungled the entire situation.

First off, I doubt that any NFL front office goes by what 'articles' say. They spend many hours and lots of money evaluating players. As far as "dumbass notions" are concerned, there is no doubt — none — that the Vikings could have kept Darnold via the franchise tag. They chose not to do so...

I'm old enough to remember what it was like to watch sports on TV without all this wonderful, incredible corporate innovation and progress.

Ooooo... sounds as though you might have some 'insider' information! Wait... since this is coming from a Packer person, that would make it 'outsider' info. Right?

Many people here gave up on Sam Darnold after 2 'bad' games. I use half-quotes because in one of those 'bad' games, Darnold had absolutely no chance and was sacked, what, 9 times? Add in the fact that the 2 'bad' games came after Darnold played well enough to help this team to 14 wins.

Here are some cold, hard facts: The Vikings were confident they would be strong contenders for the Super Bowl in 2025. They were pretty close in '24, so they had good reason to think so. But the Vikings QB situation going into '25 was bungled, and bungled in the extreme. There's no other way...