And you say Kewsi was a moron

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Can you imagine what would have happened if Kewsi had given into Kirko's agents request of 4-5 years with a hefty amount of $$ guaranteed?   I really liked Kirko, but at this point we need to re-invent the Vikings.  The Kirko years are behind us.  How do we get in a position to draft the QB of the future? 

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KAM always had one eye open for Kirk's departure. Had too. But at the same time, the team couldn't tank. Until now. With Kirko's injury, I think some things might be on the table. Not saying anything will happen, but I'm guessing several move-forward strategies are being discussed internally. The Vikings are probably good enough to win 2 or 3 more games with Mullens. Not sure where that would put us in the Draft, but there's not going to be an outright tanking by dumping players for draft compensation by the end of tomorrow. JMO. I just don't see it happening. Could be wrong however. 

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@StickyBun said:
KAM always had one eye open for Kirk's departure. Had too. But at the same time, the team couldn't tank. Until now. With Kirko's injury, I think some things might be on the table. Not saying anything will happen, but I'm guessing several move-forward strategies are being discussed internally. The Vikings are probably good enough to win 2 or 3 more games with Mullens. Not sure where that would put us in the Draft, but there's not going to be an outright tanking by dumping players for draft compensation by the end of tomorrow. JMO. I just don't see it happening. Could be wrong however. 

I don't expect a fire sale.  I also expect the Vikings to be capable of winning 2-3 more games.  Puts us at 7-10 or so for a record and likely around pick 10 give or so take 2 spots. 

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I don’t think we’ll see a fire sale.  I think if anything our recent play has
cemented how close we are to being “rebuilt”. 
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ezra Cleveland get traded as he’s been
kind of made redundant and is likely out anyway just for being too expensive.  I think we’re more likely to keep Hunter as it
feels like he can be a part of our plan.

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No, you don't understand. We never said KAM was a moron. We said KAM is a moron.

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@medaille said:
I don’t think we’ll see a fire sale.  I think if anything our recent play has
cemented how close we are to being “rebuilt”. 
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ezra Cleveland get traded as he’s been
kind of made redundant and is likely out anyway just for being too expensive.  I think we’re more likely to keep Hunter as it
feels like he can be a part of our plan.

This D, if its going to be called like it is needs pressure.  We need someone opposite Hunter.  It would be insanely stupid to give up our best pass rusher when we need to find at least one more.

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I think any GM would have been reluctant to give a big money extension to a 35 year old quarterback for exactly this reason. Injuries and quarterback play typically starts to fall off when guys hit their mid 30's. The issue still remains though that we've never had a real succession plan behind Cousins. Whether that was with Rick as the GM or Kwesi. Hall is an okay prospect, but you had two high upside prospects linked to the Vikings in this last draft who fell down the board that would have been nice to have about now. Will Levis and Hendon Hooker. Levis was lights out in his debut and Hooker would be coming off IR any day. The Vikings have just done a very poor job of keeping the quarterback room as talented as possible. Hopefully Hall shows something

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Well at least give Kwesi some credit for that.

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@supafreak84 said:
I think any GM would have been reluctant to give a big money extension to a 35 year old quarterback for exactly this reason. Injuries and quarterback play typically starts to fall off when guys hit their mid 30's. The issue still remains though that we've never had a real succession plan behind Cousins. Whether that was with Rick as the GM or Kwesi. Hall is an okay prospect, but you had two high upside prospects linked to the Vikings in this last draft who fell down the board that would have been nice to have about now. Will Levis and Hendon Hooker. Levis was lights out in his debut and Hooker would be coming off IR any day. The Vikings have just done a very poor job of keeping the quarterback room as talented as possible. Hopefully Hall shows something

I was high on Levis until all the crap came out about him being STRANGE and not a leader close to draft time.  I figured, KOC had the ability to make a call to Kentucky and find out who Will was and if we were going to pass on him when we needed a QB then it was what was best.
Hooker, meh.  I still have no strong opinion on him.  He's damn near 30 himself lol and hasn't played a rep in the NFL yet. 

I feel more confident in Hall then I would be in Hooker. 

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If he’s smart he should trade Hunter, Harry, and Osborne for whatever they can possibly get. Punt on the season and submit to a full rebuild. 

As a positive, Vikings tickets should be dirt cheap on the resale market if anyone wants to go see a game the rest of the season