I don't care about defense or offense. Get a good leader who will let his coordinators do their job. The Chargers new coach is a former DC but it he's letting Herbert do his thing.
The Wolves have been a joke for 20 years and most of their entire existance. The Vikings just went 8-9. They're hardly a laughingstock.
I agree on trading Cook (and Cousins). Those two moves will give them a good amount of cap room. They should bring Hunter back if he will accept a reasonable contract re-structure. I think Griffen is done in the NFL or at least as a Viking...
My suspicions are Flores would be a gift. Similar thoughta on Tomlin.
Unless there's something off the field we don't know about, the Dolphins firing him is pretty inexplicable. The only thing I can figure is that they made up their mind when they were 1-7 and won't change it.
Spielman should have drafted better at the non-fantasy football positions.
If we cannot do better than Spielman, then we are in big trouble.
Is there really any chatter at all about Tomlin leaving Pittsburgh?
Nah. He can't draft very well.
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Paul Allen has gone full blown Jesus Freak.
Good for PA! I actually might start listening to him.
I get the feeling Mark Davis doesn't really give a shit what anyone else thinks he should do. Exhibit A: His haircut.
There was chatter at one point. And he got rumored for USC as well. Now that they snuck into the play-offs I doubt he's going anywhere. Still it can't hurt to dangle Kirk Cousins in front of them and make them say no. 33 TD's 7 Int's!
He may be right, but I wish he wouldn't write this stuff. It just makes 50% of the fan base reflexively question the hire. See Johnson, Ben.Souhan: Look hard, Vikings, at the greatly undervalued market of Black leaders
Look around U.S. Bank Stadium, and you see slogans. "End racism.'' "It takes all of us.'' They're painted on the back line of the end zones and stenciled into the padding of some players' helmets.
As owners of the Vikings, the Wilfs have walked the walk on social justice, contributing time and money and casting themselves as anti-racists.
Monday morning, the Vikings fired coach Mike Zimmer and General Manager Rick Spielman. Zygi Wilf, his brother Mark and their fellow team owners will hire their replacements.
It's time for the Wilfs to prove that they care about more than slogans and symbols. They have an opportunity to take advantage of the NFL's inherent racism and hire an underappreciated coaching candidate.
When Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beane popularized modern sports analytics, he did so by taking advantage of undervalued metrics. For him, at that time, the answer was on-base percentage.
In the NFL, the most undervalued assets are Black head coaches.
As of early Monday morning, after the firing of Dolphins coach Brian Flores, the NFL could claim only two black NFL head coaches: Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin and Houston's David Culley, and Culley was considered a stopgap who might be fired.
About 70% of NFL players are Black. At the moment, 6% of the NFL's head coaches are Black.
Look hard, Vikings, at the greatly undervalued market of Black leaders
Zygi and Mark Wilf know how to take advantage of undervalued assets. Some of the many Black men in the NFL waiting for an opportunity deserve a long look for their next general manager and head coach.
Skol Vikes!!
Not being able to put together a solid OL is what ultimately did him in.