Quote: @MaroonBells said:
@ medaille said:
@ MaroonBells said:
@ purplefaithful said:
I'm hoping we could grab a guy like Sweat @ 42...
What if I told you we could line up Jared Verse opposite Hunter, with Sweat up front next to Chris Jones and Harrison Phillips. It's definitely possible if the Vikings decide to go for it.
What does it cost? 1. The Vikings have to decide to go for it. 2. Vikings have to sign Cousins for 3 years and put off drafting a QB for one more season. And 3. They have to be willing to put some money into 2026.
I think resigning Hunter and Chris Jones early in free
agency would go a long way towards getting Cousins to resign here for a more
moderate price. Also trading for one of
the chargers edges would be a bold move if you could get them moderately priced
as it would say we’re trying to go all in around you.
That said if Cousins fails to resign, you’d be investing a
lot of money into a team without a QB and you could be wasting a handful of
their prime years trying to get one.
Agree. But unfortunately, I think Cousins is the 1st domino that has to fall before they go after pricey free agents. Part of the negotiation with Kirk would be the promise, or at least intention, to get more talent on the team. Vikings have plenty of money to do so. They just have to decide to go all in. To me it's a no brainer, but I don't run the team.
I don’t disagree, but if I was Cousins (or Hunter), I would
definitely be testing the free agent waters, so while I think we all want it to
get figured out, if Kirk wants to take his time to weigh his options, we’re
kind of at his mercy and might have to do other things first.
Quote: @medaille said:
@ MaroonBells said:
@ medaille said:
@ MaroonBells said:
@ purplefaithful said:
I'm hoping we could grab a guy like Sweat @ 42...
What if I told you we could line up Jared Verse opposite Hunter, with Sweat up front next to Chris Jones and Harrison Phillips. It's definitely possible if the Vikings decide to go for it.
What does it cost? 1. The Vikings have to decide to go for it. 2. Vikings have to sign Cousins for 3 years and put off drafting a QB for one more season. And 3. They have to be willing to put some money into 2026.
I think resigning Hunter and Chris Jones early in free
agency would go a long way towards getting Cousins to resign here for a more
moderate price. Also trading for one of
the chargers edges would be a bold move if you could get them moderately priced
as it would say we’re trying to go all in around you.
That said if Cousins fails to resign, you’d be investing a
lot of money into a team without a QB and you could be wasting a handful of
their prime years trying to get one.
Agree. But unfortunately, I think Cousins is the 1st domino that has to fall before they go after pricey free agents. Part of the negotiation with Kirk would be the promise, or at least intention, to get more talent on the team. Vikings have plenty of money to do so. They just have to decide to go all in. To me it's a no brainer, but I don't run the team.
I don’t disagree, but if I was Cousins (or Hunter), I would
definitely be testing the free agent waters, so while I think we all want it to
get figured out, if Kirk wants to take his time to weigh his options, we’re
kind of at his mercy and might have to do other things first.
They’ll have to hook out this week in Indy
Quote: @medaille said:
@ MaroonBells said:
@ medaille said:
@ MaroonBells said:
@ purplefaithful said:
I'm hoping we could grab a guy like Sweat @ 42...
What if I told you we could line up Jared Verse opposite Hunter, with Sweat up front next to Chris Jones and Harrison Phillips. It's definitely possible if the Vikings decide to go for it.
What does it cost? 1. The Vikings have to decide to go for it. 2. Vikings have to sign Cousins for 3 years and put off drafting a QB for one more season. And 3. They have to be willing to put some money into 2026.
I think resigning Hunter and Chris Jones early in free
agency would go a long way towards getting Cousins to resign here for a more
moderate price. Also trading for one of
the chargers edges would be a bold move if you could get them moderately priced
as it would say we’re trying to go all in around you.
That said if Cousins fails to resign, you’d be investing a
lot of money into a team without a QB and you could be wasting a handful of
their prime years trying to get one.
Agree. But unfortunately, I think Cousins is the 1st domino that has to fall before they go after pricey free agents. Part of the negotiation with Kirk would be the promise, or at least intention, to get more talent on the team. Vikings have plenty of money to do so. They just have to decide to go all in. To me it's a no brainer, but I don't run the team.
I don’t disagree, but if I was Cousins (or Hunter), I would
definitely be testing the free agent waters, so while I think we all want it to
get figured out, if Kirk wants to take his time to weigh his options, we’re
kind of at his mercy and might have to do other things first.
I think it's likely the Vikings already have a rough deal offered to Cousins. He just wants to see if there's another team with a similarly good situation who might offer him a longer term than the Vikings. I think it's pretty clear that for Cousins it's all about the term. The Falcons have a really good situation. If they offer him 3 years to the Vikings 1 or 2, he'll probably ask the Vikings to match. If they don't, he's probably gone. But I doubt it goes beyond the new league year.
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