Anthony Barr 'sick' last night about going to the Jets....

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LMAO, VG...  Ahahahhahaaaaaa!!!

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I can see Barr thinking that.  While here might not be his favorite place, I can't imagine NY is that much higher on his list.  He seems like a warm weather and sunshine type of guy, and moving to NY seems like kind of a lateral move in terms of weather, downgrade in terms of team and culture, but an upgrade in money.  I bet if an LA or Florida team put in a reasonable offer, he would have been all over it.

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Happy to have him back
..not crazy about the terms.

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Agree^^^

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@"BarrNone55" said:
I heard Barr was at Manny's last night with Antoine Winfield and Kirk Cousins.

At least you get to keep your name. That is the biggest thrill of the Barr signing for me.

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@StickyBun said:
He said the decision just didn't feel right for him. Changed his mind and got a deal done with Minnesota. All this per Adam Schefter. Loves Minnesota and the team culture. Vikes sweetened deal last night but definitely took less.

I found this strangely endearing. 

For as much as some (not all) fans like to rag on Zimmer...  he really has created a great team culture and players love playing for him.

Obviously, he hasn't delivered a Super Bowl (yet), but I firmly believe he's the right guy to lead this team.  He's also humble enough to know when he needs to bring in people to help him be the best HC he can be.  He had that with Shurmur and I have a feeling Kubiak will really help the offense this season.

For Barr to go back on his decision to sign with the Jets speaks volumes to what Zimmer has created here IMO.

Well that is debatable. It has looked good about 50% of the time. 

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I have mixed emotions over this. I was ready to say goodbye and be hopeful they take the cap relief to build other parts of the team. He is a very good player. As other's have said he might be far more important to Zimmer running his defense then shows up in the box scores. That said this high price defense needs to start taking over big games. If we are going to ever be a champion with Zimmer's team. Now let's do this thing.

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@Wetlander said:

@StickyBun said:
He said the decision just didn't feel right for him. Changed his mind and got a deal done with Minnesota. All this per Adam Schefter. Loves Minnesota and the team culture. Vikes sweetened deal last night but definitely took less.

I found this strangely endearing. 

For as much as some (not all) fans like to rag on Zimmer...  he really has created a great team culture and players love playing for him.

Obviously, he hasn't delivered a Super Bowl (yet), but I firmly believe he's the right guy to lead this team.  He's also humble enough to know when he needs to bring in people to help him be the best HC he can be.  He had that with Shurmur and I have a feeling Kubiak will really help the offense this season.

For Barr to go back on his decision to sign with the Jets speaks volumes to what Zimmer has created here IMO.

Wilfs with the investment in facilities too...

It ain't perfect, I'm way beyond being patient for a Lombardi, but the Wilfs have been exemplary as owners imo. 

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@JimmyinSD said:
Happy to have him back
..not crazy about the terms.

I think the terms are fine when you break down what FA looked like. Trying to find a LB like Barr to run Zimmer's defense would have been awful. He does many things that will never come up on the stat sheet and that is what is important to me. He opens up so much for other guys on that defense and disguises coverage's for Zimmer, but for some it is all about stats.
I love the signing and the money is in line with the market.

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Late-night phone call led to Anthony Barr's decision to spurn Jets, stay with Vikings
Around the time on Monday night when news broke that Anthony Barr would be leaving Minnesota for the New York Jets, the Vikings placed a call to Barr’s agent, Brian Murphy, for a conversation that offered them a sliver of hope.
Barr, Murphy informed the Vikings, was having second thoughts about the deal he was set to sign in New York (which would have paid him around $15 million a year and made him a featured pass rusher in the Jets’ 3-4 defense). As appetizing as the offer seemed, Barr decided on Monday night to sleep on it before Murphy would take the steps to turn the linebacker’s verbal agreement into an official deal.
While the 26-year-old linebacker cleared his head, the Vikings and Murphy worked. By late Tuesday morning, they had the latest in their long history of deals together, having hammered out a five-year agreement that would pay Barr like a premier pass rusher while rewarding him for the unique role he’d carved out in Mike Zimmer’s defense.
The deal, worth $67.5 million, includes $33 million in guaranteed money, according to an NFL source.
Instead of heading to New York as a pass rushing linebacker, the four-time Pro Bowler became the second free agent in as many years to spurn a larger offer from the Jets, following what Kirk Cousins did last year. Though his deal includes up to $10 million in incentives, he’ll return to a team that has used him in a varied role, where he’s charged as much with occupying blockers’ attention before dropping into coverage as he is with chasing down quarterbacks and racking up the kinds of statistics that often trigger incentives and larger accolades.
In accepting a late offer to stay with the team that drafted him, though, Barr delivered a surprising conclusion to a story that seemed fated for a different end, and kept the Vikings from losing both of their big defensive free agents, hours after defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson reportedly agreed to a three-year, $36 million deal with the Browns.
“It’s been a crazy couple days, but I’m where I want to be,” Barr wrote on his Instagram page. “I believe in our locker room. I love my guys! Back to work!”
Barr will get a chance to finish what he started with the Vikings after five years where he flashed dominance on an intermittent basis, posting 13½ sacks, 22 pass defenses, seven forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and one interception.
The Vikings gave Barr some work with their defensive linemen during training camp last year, in an effort to refine his pass-rushing skills under position coach Andre Patterson’s tutelage; he posted all three of his sacks in December, and finished the year as the NFL’s most productive pass-rushing linebacker based on how frequently he pressured the quarterback, according to Pro Football Focus.
The Vikings began talks about an extension for Barr last season, before opting to put discussions on hold for the 2018 season. While the Vikings worked out deals for Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter and Stefon Diggs, Barr bided his time. The Vikings talked with Murphy again at the combine, though the agent informed the Vikings that Barr wanted to test out his market in the NFL’s negotiating window that opened on Monday.
He did so with the Vikings in close contact, and with Zimmer making it clear how much he wanted the linebacker to return.
http://www.startribune.com/late-night-ph...507047432/