Vikings trade for Jordan Mason

[JustInTime]

[StickierBuns]

p.s. and if you dump Ty Chandler, you gain $1.1 million against the cap. His dead cap hit is next to nothing this year. Not saying they'll do that.

[MaroonBells]

Love this move. Couple of us mentioned Mason as a back we should target a few months ago. Cost virtually nothing and gives us a tough yardage option and really nice depth at RB. As he showed last year, Mason can start for you in a pinch. 

I don't think this takes RB off the draft list though. This is not our RBOTF. And neither is Jones. But I would say this might move CB back into the lead as most likely 1st pick.

[purplefaithful]

I remember watching him last season and thinking those F'ing 49'ers, lose CJM and then just line-up this stud?

WTF?

Very much reminds me of David Montgomery. Great get on the team, gives us supreme flex in the draft. 3 down back.

I DO NOT believe this takes us out of the running for Henderson/Judkins/Hampton. They only got AJ for one more season.

[StickierBuns]

I remember watching him last season and thinking those F'ing 49'ers, lose CJM and then just line-up this stud?

WTF?

Very much reminds me of David Montgomery. Great get on the team, gives us supreme flex in the draft. 3 down back.

I DO NOT believe this takes us out of the running for Henderson/Judkins/Hampton. They only got AJ for one more season.

I say spend the Draft pick on a higher round RB next year. We'll have more picks. And rookie RBs start all the time. Draft on OG in round 1 and now the depth on the O-line is really good. Plus you have a juggernaut O-line.

[savannahskol]

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We didn’t get a Dawg, we got a GT Yellow Jacket!

Love this trade.

Speaking of Gibbs, Jordan and Jhmyr were teammates in ‘21 @ GT.

[JustInTime]

45.4%

We ran the ball 45.4% last year. 

I think that is going to change

[purplefaithful]

45.4%

We ran the ball 45.4% last year. 

I think that is going to change

As it should, especially with a rook at QB. But it's KOC we're talking about here lol. Maybe that'll go to 45.9%???

I'm thinking of those 3rd/4th down and short situations, red zone running futilities from 24...

I have no pre-tenses this guy solves everything, but him + the OL improvements? Thats a big deal.

I'm still figuring this out from the 49'ers perspective; They gained just a 6th round pick and moved-up a few slots in this years 6th. 

Was this about $$$? Was it the 2nd round tender they placed on him? The $5.3mm tender that resulted in?

[Montana Tom]

As soon as I saw this last night, I thought "DAYUM"!!

I watched him in Game 2 against us and then again vs the Patriots last season. McCaffrey was injured. This kid ran for 100 yards against us, 123 yards, over, through, around the Patriots. He really opened my eyes to the "who is this guyyyy?"

Take RB off the draft needs list.

Kwesi is absolutely knocking FA out of the park.

[MaroonBells]

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These are some pretty remarkable numbers. Being successful on runs where everyone in the building knows you're going to run is a valuable thing, and something we've struggled with for years.