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Projecting 2020 roster
#1
Minnesota VikingsVirtual locks: WR Adam Thielen, WR Stefon Diggs, T Brian O'Neill, C Pat Elflein, QB Kirk Cousins, RB Dalvin Cook, DE Danielle Hunter, DE Stephen Weatherly, LB Eric Kendricks, CB Xavier Rhodes, S Harrison Smith, CB Mike Hughes
That's about as good a core as you'll find, although it's a little light on offensive linemen and going to be extremely expensive by the time 2020 rolls around. Thielen's bargain-basement four-year, $19.2 million deal will have to be addressed, given that the league's leading wideout will be entering the final year of that contract in 2020.
With that core, the Vikings probably can't afford this second tier of expensive veterans and players who are about to become them. Hughes will take over for Waynes. The Vikings will draft a replacement for Barr. Reiff could be around come 2020, but Remmers might not represent good value at a $6 million base salary after moving inside to guard.

Unlikely notables: WR Laquon Treadwell, RB Latavius Murray, DT Sheldon Richardson, K Dan Bailey
The Treadwell thing probably isn't going to happen.


http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25133...-teams#min
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#2
I'll take a shot. Starting lineup, opening day 2020....

QB, Cousins

RB, Cook

TE, Rudolph (restructured)
WR, Diggs
WR, Thielen
WR, D3-19 (Beebe, Zylstra, Robinson also possible)

LT, Reiff (O'Neill could move here, but I'm a big continuity and stability on the line guy)
LG, Easton
C, Elflein
RG, D2-19
RT, O'Neill

DE, Hunter
DE, Weatherly (or Griffen. This is the tough one since Griff is signed thru 2022, but will be very expensive and 32 in 2020)
NT, Joseph
3T, Richardson (Can we fit him if we move on from Waynes and Barr)

SLB, D1-19
MLB, Kendricks
WLB, Gedeon (D2-20)

CB, Rhodes
CB, Hughes
5B, Alexander (he's a UFA in '20, but I think we resign him because he'll be experienced and affordable. 
S, Smith
S, D1-20
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#3
Somebody is going to get a pretty good corner in Trae Waynes, but it won't be Minnesota. That's how it goes. 
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#4
I wish I had that much faith in Cook as you guys. 24 games into his career. He's played in what 5 or 6?
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#5
Quote: @suncoastvike said:
I wish I had that much faith in Cook as you guys. 24 games into his career. He's played in what 5 or 6?
You know he's been hurt, right? 
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Quote: @MaroonBells said:
@suncoastvike said:
I wish I had that much faith in Cook as you guys. 24 games into his career. He's played in what 5 or 6?
You know he's been hurt, right? 
I think that's part of the point. If he stays healthy then it's all good. 
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Quote: @suncoastvike said:
I wish I had that much faith in Cook as you guys. 24 games into his career. He's played in what 5 or 6?
On a related note...Personally, I'm not sure it's a good idea to play him even if he practices. Why not just sit him one more week and get an additional two weeks of rest? God, I hope we're smart here. 

Dalvin Cook (hamstring) practiced again on Thursday.Cook, the shrug emoji of running backs, has now taken part in both practices this week. The belief had been that Cook would be out through the Vikings' bye, but now it's anyone's guess. If he somehow suits up Sunday against the Lions, it would come at the expense of Latavius Murray, who has seen workhorse usage throughout Cook's absence. Nov 1 - 2:26 PM
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#8
Quote: @Vikergirl said:
@MaroonBells said:
@suncoastvike said:
I wish I had that much faith in Cook as you guys. 24 games into his career. He's played in what 5 or 6?
You know he's been hurt, right? 
I think that's part of the point. If he stays healthy then it's all good. 
That is the point. We're right now half way through 2018 and we're talking about 2020. What if 2019 is like 2017 and so far 2018?
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#9
Quote: @suncoastvike said:
@Vikergirl said:
@MaroonBells said:
@suncoastvike said:
I wish I had that much faith in Cook as you guys. 24 games into his career. He's played in what 5 or 6?
You know he's been hurt, right? 
I think that's part of the point. If he stays healthy then it's all good. 
That is the point. We're right now half way through 2018 and we're talking about 2020. What if 2019 is like 2017 and so far 2018?
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#10
Quote: @purplefaithful said:
Minnesota VikingsVirtual locks: WR Adam Thielen, WR Stefon Diggs, T Brian O'Neill, C Pat Elflein, QB Kirk Cousins, RB Dalvin Cook, DE Danielle Hunter, DE Stephen Weatherly, LB Eric Kendricks, CB Xavier Rhodes, S Harrison Smith, CB Mike Hughes
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As Sticky said, huge confidence in Cook. I would never call a player a "lock" when he has yet to prove he will fully recover from serious injury. Same story with Hughes. How many recent Vikings players have gone down with injury and never come all the way back - Loadholt, Sullivan, Fusco, Floyd, EJ Henderson, Bridgewater, Bradford...I'm not yet sure Elflein is the same player he was in 2017.
Not sure why Weatherly is a lock either. He will be a UFA in 2020 unless we give him a new deal- that's possible, but given the upcoming salary decisions, hardly definite.
As for the bubble/unlikely guys, I don't really see consistent reasoning....e.g., why is Sheldon Richardson more unlikely than Trae Waynes?
Too early.
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