Pelissero: Most Logical is Darnold Staying in Minn

[StickierBuns]

He actually said the decision regarding QB has not been made yet. 

....which is true because nothing has happened yet and won't for a bit. So in essence he isn't lying, but lets not act like they are throwing darts because they don't know what they want to do. They know and they have a plan. No matter what any 'insiders' say in the national media, nobody knows anything yet. And real info won't leak out until probably the very beginning of March. IMO, I think they are just going to let Sam walk, sign Danny Dimes and have a 'competition' with McCarthy for the starting job. Or maybe not even that, KOC will just say we're riding with JJM and Dimes is the back up. I think that is Plan A. But the best laid plans don't always work exactly how you want, so we'll see. One year at KOC University for Dimes is going to make him a decent commodity come Spring 2026 and he'll only be 28 years old.

This is the way I see it distilled to one point: you drafted a QB top 10 and moved up to get him. You're going to let him sit ANOTHER year before you see what you've got? And waste another year of that rookie contract? I'm wondering who that makes any sense to.

[comet52]

....which is true because nothing has happened yet and won't for a bit. So in essence he isn't lying, but lets not act like they are throwing darts because they don't know what they want to do. They know and they have a plan. No matter what any 'insiders' say in the national media, nobody knows anything yet. And real info won't leak out until probably the very beginning of March. IMO, I think they are just going to let Sam walk, sign Danny Dimes and have a 'competition' with McCarthy for the starting job. Or maybe not even that, KOC will just say we're riding with JJM and Dimes is the back up. I think that is Plan A. But the best laid plans don't always work exactly how you want, so we'll see. One year at KOC University for Dimes is going to make him a decent commodity come Spring 2026 and he'll only be 28 years old.

This is the way I see it distilled to one point: you drafted a QB top 10 and moved up to get him. You're going to let him sit ANOTHER year before you see what you've got? And waste another year of that rookie contract? I'm wondering who that makes any sense to.

The Aaron Rodgers to Minnesota rumors are heating up now, lol. Silly aka Stupid Season is officially open.

[medaille]

Things I think we know pretty solidly.
• They’re not going to tag Darnold. They’ll let him test the FA market. KOC said Darnold deserved to see what he’s worth on the market. I strongly doubt they would tag him against his will after saying that outloud.
• Everything else is still on the table.

What is most likely happening.
• We have a contract offer on the table, for some number that is probably much lower than the market will provide, but is what we would happily take him back at. It’s probably also been said that he’ll be competing with JJM and the best QB will start.
• Darnold won’t sign that or reject it until until testing the market which won’t happen officially for another month. They’ll probably know earlier than that due to tampering, but no one will be able to say it outloud, but we might hear rumors.
• Darnold still might sign it, but probably not. He’ll get a life changing offer from somewhere else.
• 10 minutes after tampering period opens, they’ll announce what team he’s signing with.
• Basically the same thing that happened with Cousins
• In the meantime, they'll be working on a backup plan for JJM as a starter and will have those offers at the ready/sufficiently tampered.