All Things 2026 Minnesota Vikings Off-Season Thread

[Spaulding!No!]

Invite Ragnar back. Wait, they never won it all with Ragnar. Hmmm BRB

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

That's probably why the OL Coach was just sacked.

Pun intended. Not sure why KOC hung on to him for so long.

Ingram is on line to sign a $30M extension with the Texans - amazing how life works some time.

 

[Ope3]

Invite Ragnar back. Wait, they never won it all with Ragnar. Hmmm BRB

Hub Meeds is the only Vikings mascot I acknowledge.

60 Greatest Vikings Fans - Hub Meeds

Everyone thereafter is just a wannabe poser.

 

[GophersInIowa]

I have to admit, the revisionist history with the Vikings and Darnold last year is pretty remarkable. Most of the Vikings fan base would have absolutely lost their collective minds if KAM signed Darnold to $100M last spring; many of those folks right here on the board.

Darnold would have never survived behind the litany of OL combinations the Vikings had to deal with this season. Not a chance. Seattle also wasn't nearly as allergic to running the football as KOC either.

The most ridiculous theme I've been seeing is that the Vikings got rid of him or even traded him away. He was a free agent that was offered a good contract. He decided to go elsewhere.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

The most ridiculous theme I've been seeing is that the Vikings got rid of him or even traded him away. He was a free agent that was offered a good contract. He decided to go elsewhere.

Purple Prejudice

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Talk about embarrassing. This is what you get when you get writers who think they are bigger than the game they are covering, or get pissed off when their feelings get hurt.

 

[golf]

Talk about embarrassing. This is what you get when you get writers who think they are bigger than the game they are covering, or get pissed off when their feelings get hurt.

Is this a joke? Those 10 shouldnt be allowed to vote anymore if it isn't.

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Is this a joke? Those 10 shouldnt be allowed to vote anymore if it isn't.

The rumbling I'm seeing is that crusty old Bill Polian, former GM, still has a stick up his ass about "Spygate" and/or "DeflateGate" and reached out to a number of voters to swing their vote.

And I thought the Baseball writers were a bunch of ass clowns

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

The rumbling I'm seeing is that crusty old Bill Polian, former GM, still has a stick up his ass about "Spygate" and/or "DeflateGate" and reached out to a number of voters to swing their vote.

And I thought the Baseball writers were a bunch of ass clowns

 

[Unregistered User]

Is this a joke? Those 10 shouldnt be allowed to vote anymore if it isn't.

Bill Belichick	Wins	Losses	Winning %	Championships (as HC)
With Tom Brady	249	75	.769	6
Without Tom Brady	88	111	.442	0

 

[Slim Tubby]

Do they make the individual voter selections public or just release the collective results?

 

[Slim Tubby]

Bill Belichick	Wins	Losses	Winning %	Championships (as HC)
With Tom Brady	249	75	.769	6
Without Tom Brady	88	111	.442	0

I give a lot of credence to these kind of comparative stats but then you have to ask yourself how many SB Titles do Landry and Knoll win without Staubach and Bradshaw?

I think the cheating scandals carried more negative weight than jealousy regarding the "no" votes for Belichek IMO.

 

[coolhandgopher]

Hub Meeds is the only Vikings mascot I acknowledge.

60 Greatest Vikings Fans - Hub Meeds

Everyone thereafter is just a wannabe poser.

Honorable Mention to little Ricky Snyder:

'I Was In Shock': Vikings Halftime Hot Air Balloon Disaster Recounted 50 Years Later

Dec. 14 marks the 50th anniversary of a Vikings halftime show that caught the nation's attention -- and almost cost an 11-year-old boy his life.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Spaulding!No!]

The good news is we will only hear/read goood news about JJ MCarthy the entire off-season. Soothing.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

The good news is we will only hear/read goood news about JJ MCarthy the entire off-season. Soothing.

Packer

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Packer

Well, Packer fan.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

I saw online that Larry Fitrgerald had more tackles in his career than dropped passes

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Is this a joke? Those 10 shouldnt be allowed to vote anymore if it isn't.

Some won't get this, and that's perfectly fine

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

This is probably very wrong, but I laughed anyway

 

[Slim Tubby]

Some won't get this, and that's perfectly fine

 

[scools12]

Vikings tell the Twins hold my beer.

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Holy shitballs. I know this will make some people really happy

 

[Slim Tubby]

Holy shitballs. I know this will make some people really happy

Who is on your list?

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Vikings tell the Twins hold my beer.

There was an article with an interview about him regarding Darnold and he came off very poorly in it.

I wonder if he was the voice who didn’t want to roll with Darnold and Wes JJ ride or die.

 

[golf]

Kwesi gone. This is the right move.

 

[howeda7]

I saw online that Larry Fitrgerald had more tackles in his career than dropped passes

Thanks Josh McCown

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

I heard Kwesi was doing great though...

Good move, good riddance.

If KOC doesn't win a playoff game this season, he'll be the next to go.

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Who is on your list?

Not a clue in the world. But part of me (as I often think in these cases, with the timing) thinks they at least had someone or a few names in mind when pulling the trigger? I would normally say it is pretty late in the game to be looking but there weren't really a lot of GM spots this cycle so they should be fine.

It certainly sounds more relationship-based than performance; some strong differences of opinion in the building, a power struggle ensues, and KOC would almost always win that fight, based on his record alone

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

There was an article with an interview about him regarding Darnold and he came off very poorly in it.

I wonder if he was the voice who didn’t want to roll with Darnold and Wes JJ ride or die.

Here’s my aforementioned article on his interview regarding Sammy

Vikings' Kwesi Adofo-Mensah gets brutally honest on letting Sam Darnold walk

Vikings Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has second thoughts about the decision to let Sam Darnold and get away to the Super Bowl-bound Seahawks

clutchpoints.com

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Not sure what to make of this from Russini