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I just hope that we do not give up the farm in order to move up to grab a qb.  If one falls to us at 11, great, if not, maybe look at someone later on, but everyone knows we are desperate to land one and the price tag to move up will probably be more for us than any other team, because the league perception, thanks to decision-making up to now, is that we are currently squarely bent over the barrel.

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@Psyched Vike said:
I just hope that we do not give up the farm in order to move up to grab a qb.  If one falls to us at 11, great, if not, maybe look at someone later on, but everyone knows we are desperate to land one and the price tag to move up will probably be more for us than any other team, because the league perception, thanks to decision-making up to now, is that we are currently squarely bent over the barrel.

And how many other teams are in need of a qb? The Vikings aren't the only ones. Also it's not like was going to be a secret. It's a gamble to stay at 11 at this point. Sure it could be scary to move up but I would rather go all in than half ass it. We'll see how it plays out 

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Agreed - we'll just have to see how it plays out.  None of us are making the decisions, we are just hanging out to bitch or cheer about them after the fact!    :p

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@ArizonaViking said:
You have to empty a cupboard completely out before you can start refilling it with new and fresh stuff...IMO

....unless you are a hoarder.

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@Vikergirl said:

@Psyched Vike said:
I just hope that we do not give up the farm in order to move up to grab a qb.  If one falls to us at 11, great, if not, maybe look at someone later on, but everyone knows we are desperate to land one and the price tag to move up will probably be more for us than any other team, because the league perception, thanks to decision-making up to now, is that we are currently squarely bent over the barrel.

And how many other teams are in need of a qb? The Vikings aren't the only ones. Also it's not like was going to be a secret. It's a gamble to stay at 11 at this point. Sure it could be scary to move up but I would rather go all in than half ass it. We'll see how it plays out 

Kwesi needs to do his job and make some tough evaluations with the help of KOC with the QB draft.  They might deem 3,2,1 QB's as franchise altering, assuming Williams goes 1.  If it is 1 then we have to go all in to get them.  If it is 2 then we might only have to move up a little or play Russian roulette (which I would not want).  If it is 3 then we might trade down and still get our guy.  We all have no idea how they view or will view things internally.  

Let's assume Kwesi hits on the most important position.  We will have 5 years of a cheap rookie contract and maybe a decade of SB contending play.  It's a whole new direction, I think

But what if we pass on all the QB's and wait until next season.  That would sting for 2024 but if we extend JJ/Darrisaw and reload with FA's I would not hate that strategy.  I want to build a SB contending team and that takes careful planning and not forced decisions.  

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@StickyBun said:

@Vikergirl said:
You have to have backup plans. 

Yep.

Definition: Contingency

US   /kənˈtɪn.dʒən.si/ UK   /kənˈtɪn.dʒən.si/

Something that might possibly happen in the future, usually causing problems or making further arrangements necessary: 

"You need to be able to deal with all possible contingencies.""contingency plan Have you made any contingency plans?"

He even used contingency in his statement 

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The man without a plan.  This image would've been better at the bottom of Kwesi's statement.

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@HappyViking said:

The man without a plan.  This image would've been better at the bottom of Kwesi's statement.

The thing is, this whole plan works if he’s able to land the QB. Clear out all the dead cap, get a cheap QB, load the roster around him. It’s a good plan but it hinges so heavily on the QB. Which we don’t have and may never.

It’s like KAM wrote the best movie script ever but without getting a star actor attached, it ain’t getting made. Ideally you’d have the star in hand before moving forward with everything else but for whatever reason the Vikes didn’t do that.

So now the table is set. The penthouse is ready. And we’re all sitting around waiting to see if the star QB (who didn’t RSVP and who we haven’t seen in 20 years) is gonna show up. 

I said in another thread- it’s a LOT of risk to take on at the most important position in sports. It could work or it could sink us for years. That’s reality. Let’s all hope it works and we land that elusive franchise QB we’ve all coveted for so long. I have hope. But it’s scary. 

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I remember when KAM was hired he said in an interview he was trying to build an analytics model that could identify a great future NFL QB.  More recently he said the team has been studying the 2024 QB class for a couple of years now.  So they've been planning this all along and the relatively lowball offer to Kirk really was a way of saying, "Yeah we'd do another year with you but you're gonna be a bridge because we're drafting a kid either way."

Kirk would then be in the awkward position of "mentoring", something I believe he's hinted doesn't interest him, as well as being a bad game away from dealing with a fan base clamoring to see the rookie take over.  More money to be the undisputed man in Atlanta and make the wife happy was an obvious choice.

So now it's time for Kwesi and his model, our very middling scouting department, front office waste-case Ryan Grigson, and former NFL quarterback KOC to put their heads together and draft the future superstar who will at long last lead the Vikings to Valhalla!

Or somethin' like that. :p

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If it fails you get another shot at it down the line.  Hell, the Lions prove that even a blind squirrel can find an acorn, so we'll keep our fingers crossed.  What was happening wasn't working.