Theo Jackson Extended

[comet52]

Word from the local beat writers over the last couple months has been Bynum is gone, Murphy is probably going to get more $ than the team is willing to spend. None of it should be a big surprise and this point.

They want Murphy back but aren't going to throw financial discipline out the window regardless.

[JR44]

Bynum did a lot for team chemistry, was a leader and made the game fun, he brings a lot intangibles to the game and those are the guys who are worth overpaying for. I think his presence will really be missed on and off the field and more than many realize. A must sign in my opinion.

[MaroonBells]

And what top corner would that be? There's not a lot out there

At some point you have to pay the guys that have produced, especially when they are young core players, and does anybody disagree that Bynum has been a core player and leader for our defense? If we were up against the cap, maybe you could justify letting him walk...but not when you are one of the league leaders in cap space and it's an extremely weak crop of free agents as is. This would be one of the dumber decisions in free agency if it plays out

Reed, Ward, Douglas, Davis, Samuel, Hilton, Rodgers, Sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions...

[hogjowlsjohnny]

I'm all for Jackson. Bynum and Murphy are going to get paid more than they are worth. Like Maroon said, paying money for CB's is money well spent. Although we do know Flores likes to use safeties like linebackers which gives them more value. Murphy has great ball skills but not great cover skills. Both Bynum and Murphy are going to get overpaid in free agency; hopefully not by the Vikings.

[supafreak84]

Reed, Ward, Douglas, Davis, Samuel, Hilton, Rodgers, Sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions...

I like Samuel but none of those guys are better players than our own guy Byron Murphy, so why not just spend the money on him? Guys like Bynum and Murphy are young, building block type players who have performed at a high level for your own organization. We've seen it first hand for several years. I don't understand what we are doing letting them out of the building. Bynum isn't going to get Winfield Jr money but he will probably come in around 15 million a year, which is reasonable considering what he means on and off the field. If it plays out thar he leaves along with Smith retiring, it's s bad move by the Kweef-meister.

[StickierBuns]

Word from the local beat writers over the last couple months has been Bynum is gone, Murphy is probably going to get more $ than the team is willing to spend.  None of it should be a big surprise and this point. 

They want Murphy back but aren't going to throw financial discipline out the window regardless.

Yep, they are choosing to put the money into Murphy, not Bynum, which is fine with me but Murph will be overpaid. The team is very high on Mekhi Blackmon, he's going to get a starting corner spot.

[Bullazin]

If I’m paying someone top of market, they need to be a prototype stud. Like them both but, Bynum, Murphy ain’t it.

NOW (prime)Harrison Smith? , Jets? Back up the truck.

It’s time for Jackson and Ward to play.

[MaroonBells]

I like Samuel but none of those guys are better players than our own guy Byron Murphy, so why not just spend the money on him? Guys like Bynum and Murphy are young, building block type players who have performed at a high level for your own organization. We've seen it first hand for several years. I don't understand what we are doing letting them out of the building. Bynum isn't going to get Winfield Jr money but he will probably come in around 15 million a year, which is reasonable considering what he means on and off the field. If it plays out thar he leaves along with Smith retiring, it's s bad move by the Kweef-meister.

I think both Bynum and Murphy are good players whose production benefitted greatly from an opportunistic, attacking Flores defense, over-inflating their market value. I think most of us have been saying this for months, so there's no "we didn't sign him, so he sucks" retrofitting going on here. 

I hope we're still able to land Murphy on a reasonable deal. That's one less corner we need to add. But I think it would be a mistake to spend anything close to top-of-market money on him. Mostly I just want to see what the Vikings do at both positions in free agency and the draft before I join you on the "woe is us" bandwagon. Free agency hasn't even started yet.

[supafreak84]

I think both Bynum and Murphy are good players whose production benefitted greatly from an opportunistic, attacking Flores defense, over-inflating their market value. I think most of us have been saying this for months, so there's no "we didn't sign him, so he sucks" retrofitting going on here. 

I hope we're still able to land Murphy on a reasonable deal. That's one less corner we need to add. But I think it would be a mistake to spend anything close to top-of-market money on him. Mostly I just want to see what the Vikings do at both positions in free agency and the draft before I join you on the "woe is us" bandwagon. Free agency hasn't even started yet.

Bynum's been starting games for us since his rookie year and has played under 3 different coordinators. I thought he was one of the very few bright spots for us under "Easy" Ed Donatell. So I'll disagree that the Flores scheme inflated numbers or was the reason for his success. 

And nobody's on a "woe is us" bandwagon, but it's dumb to let young, productive players who are leaders in the locker room out of your own building when we finally have cap money available to bring them back, especially in a mostly putrid free agency crop league wide. Sign your own guys. Not saying to give him top 5 safety money, but he's played well under a rookie contract, earned a raise, and that should be in Minnesota.

[MAD GAINZ]

Bynum's been starting games for us since his rookie year and has played under 3 different coordinators. I thought he was one of the very few bright spots for us under "Easy" Ed Donatell. So I'll disagree that the Flores scheme inflated numbers or was the reason for his success. 

And nobody's on a "woe is us" bandwagon, but it's dumb to let young, productive players who are leaders in the locker room out of your own building when we finally have cap money available to bring them back, especially in a mostly putrid free agency crop league wide. Sign your own guys. Not saying to give him top 5 safety money, but he's played well under a rookie contract, earned a raise, and that should be in Minnesota.

That's just it, I think Bynum DOES want top of the market safety money.  I don't disagree, I'd love to have Bynum back since he's a good player and great locker room guy.  But paying him top of the market safety money isn't a smart investment in terms of roster construction.