i think if we paid all of our money to one player, say the 10th best QB in the league, and have no money left for other decent players, that we have the best chance of winning. The game of football is always and always has been a 1-person sport.
If they had drafted anything defensively over the past several seasons, they'd be super bowl contenders.
Most embarrassing defense today I’ve seen in years.
That's what we said last year too, and Wilfs were like "lol nope! This is a competitive team!"
I like this plan.
There are way too many players on this team (especially defense) that have terrible contracts that are essentially impossible to get rid of. I was adamant that Spielman should have been canned one or even two years before he was. He was given too many “win now or be fired” years where he signed all these bad contracts to suck the last viable drops out of guys like Harry and Kendricks, etc. and now we’re left with a shell of their former selves at back breaking prices.Here's a great website to see the cap numbers for the roster.
2024 Minnesota Vikings Cap Table
The Minnesota Vikings 2024 salary cap table, including team cap space, dead cap figures, and complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.www.spotrac.com
Peterson - Free Agent - Only was a $3.5 million cap hit this past season.
Kendricks - Will cost you $1.5 million in dead cap and save you $9.5 million. GUARANTEED CUT
Smith - Cut after June 1 will cost about $3.9 million in dead cap and save $15 million in cap, but still cost $7.8 million in 2024.
Hunter - Will cost you $7 million and save you $5, BUT would then cost $11 million in cap in 2024. CANNOT AFFORD TO CUT.
Thielen - Would cost you $6.5 in dead cap this year and save you $13 million. and another $7 million in dead cap in 2024.
At least that's how I interpret those numbers.
I hate to say it but Spielman REALLY mortgaged the future the last two years. We will be in cap purgatory for a couple of seasons unfortunately AND Jefferson becomes eligible for an extension this off-season. OUCH.
I EDITED AND UPDATED THE ABOVE INFORMATION AFTER LOOKING A LITTLE LONGER AT THE SITE.
It was really a 2-4-5 defense, for most of the time.
I mean, well, Cousins and JJ & friends did do exactly that in 2022. 13 wins ... they did bail us out .... except when it really mattered.
Problem is the drafting has been garbage for years, so they don’t have enough good young guys to do that and win. I’m ok with that, but ownership won’t be.
m.startribune.com
Cine couldn't beat out Bynum, which is shocking
Bynum sucks balls, though.
And?
I seriously believe if you cut all 11 on defense, and picked up all of the best practice squad defenders on NFL rosters, you couldn't be any worse.
Oh, and Bynum sucks balls.
They’ll take a $12.5mil dead cap hit in 2024 if they don’t extend him. Which means if they don’t want to extend him again, they’ll have to draft a QB on a rookie deal in 23 or 24 (or find a cheap retread and hope they overperform, ala Geno Smith) to make up for the cap hit.