Damn, what a travesty that would be

Is Charley Walters still alive or is this an AI bot account?

UPDATE: So I actually read the article, lol.....clickbait stupidity. I mean its just dumb.

Last season was the first time the #Vikings ranked inside the top-10 in the NFL in cash spending since 2019

If the Wilfs think the team is close to winning a title, they’re willing to spend

Otherwise, they spend a pretty average amount of money every offseason

…BUT THE… https://t.co/UyT8xne7Oh pic.twitter.com/60iDke3zDS

— Adam Patrick (@adampatrickNFL) May 3, 2026

Reckless speculation due to spending reductions.

Well, at least someone’s day was brightened by the story.

Put this guy out to pasture.

MaroonBells wrote:

Put this guy out to pasture.

Over due...He is everything I hate about the local sports press.

Goessling, Kramer and some of the younger reporters are palatable now and then. Maybe even a bit intriguing on their takes.

But Walters and that generation are just plain lazy, set in their ways and out of touch.

purplefaithful wrote:

Over due...He is everything I hate about the local sports press.
Goessling, Kramer and some of the younger reporters are palatable now and then. Maybe even a bit intriguing on their takes.
But Walters and that generation are just plain lazy, set in their ways and out of touch.

I can’t think of one Charley scoop that’s ever been correct.

I mean, would anybody really be sad about it if it were true? Grateful for them for taking the team off McCombs hands and getting the new stadium done, but as far as football related decisions go, they are Woody Johnson level bad. Speaking of those Jets, they have more playoff wins than the Vikings in the 21 years since they've owned the franchise. Let that one marinate for a minute. They've been caught, not once, but twice now with their pants down not even knowing about the disfuction going on in their own building because they spend most of their time in New Jersey. They've ran the team like fans playing for the here and now with flawed "competitive mandates" instead of having any long term vision in building the roster into a championship level contender for the long haul. Selling to an owner (or owners) who have an actual long term vision thats paid attention to how the NFL works over the last 25 years would be a good thing.

supafreak84 wrote:

I mean, would anybody really be sad about it if it were true? Grateful for them for taking the team off McCombs hands and getting the new stadium done, but as far as football related decisions go, they are Woody Johnson level bad. Speaking of those Jets, they have more playoff wins than the Vikings in the 21 years since they've owned the franchise. Let that one marinate for a minute. They've been caught, not once, but twice now with their pants down not even knowing about the disfuction going on in their own building because they spend most of their time in New Jersey. They've ran the team like fans playing for the here and now with flawed "competitive mandates" instead of having any long term vision in building the roster into a championship level contender for the long haul. Selling to an owner (or owners) who have an actual long term vision thats paid attention to how the NFL works over the last 25 years would be a good thing.

All depends.

Lots of times the devil you know is better than the one you don't (cough, McCombs, cough gang of 10, cough Pohlad/Jacobs etc.)

purplefaithful wrote:

All depends.
Lots of times the devil you know is better than the one you don't (cough, McCombs, cough gang of 10, cough Pohlad/Jacobs etc.)

The old tired response "Careful what you wish for." With the price of franchises in todays world most of the bottom dwellers have been priced out of the market.

Greylock wrote:

The old tired response "Careful what you wish for." With the price of franchises in todays world most of the bottom dwellers have been priced out of the market.

Yah, the world has changed since Pohlad/Jacobs and Red were in the game...But I still ascribe to that old adage, cause I think it still applies. I

'm still not sure what Lorre and Rodriguez want besides a new venue for the T-Wolves. But I'm waiting to hear it.

The only people who could buy the team now would be billionaires, aka the worst class of humans on planet Earth. I doubt you'd get much of an upgrade.

When they bought the team they said they wanted it to be a generational purchase with their heirs taking over, running it as a family business like their heroes the Maras. I'd say the best hope is that one of their kids takes over some day and has some real fire and determination to build a champion not just a set it and forget it wealth generation machine that you fly in once a week to party around, and whenever shit hits the fan you're taken by surprise because you weren't paying real attention to your billion dollar business.

Several of these heirs work in the organization, hopefully they are based in Minnesota and when their day comes the franchise won't just be a distant rich kid's toy but rather, something they give a serious, hard working effort towards building into a real contender.

purplefaithful wrote:

All depends.
Lots of times the devil you know is better than the one you don't (cough, McCombs, cough gang of 10, cough Pohlad/Jacobs etc.)

I don't know...triangle of authority, Kwesi, Childress, competitive rebuilds, and the complete lack of playoff success are all pretty shitty. I mean, it's a roulette wheel of poor decisions, so take your pick. I'd take my chances.

Another loud minority again.

Vikings' massive drop in spending prompts speculation of a possible sale

Story by Mike Florio

• 6h •

2 min read

Last year, the Vikings wrote big checks in an effort to parlay a 14-3 season from 2024 into a Super Bowl appearance. This year, the team seems to be tightening the belt.

While part of the purple people purge was sparked by the cap consequences of last year's spending spree, the most recent move — the decision to trade defensive end Jonathan Greenard in lieu of giving him a contract with a new-money average of $25 million — seemed strange. With the top of the new-money market now at $50 million annually, the Vikings couldn't find a way to give Greenard half of that?

The situation is prompting speculation that a sale of the team could be coming. And it elevated from scattered chatter to a column from Charley Walters in the St. Paul Pioneer Press with a fairly blunt headline: "Are the Wilfs getting ready to sell the Vikings?"

The most obvious evidence to support that conclusion comes from the $124 million drop in cash spending from one year to the next, with a league-high $350 million in 2025 becoming $226 million in 2027, second lowest in the NFL.

The new Walters column picks through a variety of decisions the Vikings have made this offseason, but it includes no reporting to suggest that Zygi and Mark Wilf, who bought the team in 2005, are thinking about cashing out.

While the ever-inflating values of NFL franchises could tempt more than a few current owners to take $10 billion or more and run, there's not enough there to justify a conclusion that this is anything other than a cap correction after the Vikings overplayed their hand in 2025, due primarily to the very bad decision(s) made about the most important position on the team.

Minnesota's 2025 miscues cost G.M. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah his job. Waiting to search for his replacement until May surely wasn't about saving four months of General Manager salary. It made sense to stay the course through free agency and the draft, especially if coach Kevin O'Connell emerged from 2025 with more juice in the organization.

If, as we believe, O'Connell was sounding the alarm about not having a veteran quarterback who could step in and play if J.J. McCarthy didn't instantly fulfill his potential, KOC was proven right. Throw in the fact that he managed to get the team to turn the page immediately on a 26-0 embarrassment in Seattle with a 31-0 win over Washington and four more in a row after that to end the season (including a Christmas Day carving of the Lions' playoff chances), O'Connell may have more sway than ever.

While no one will objectively conclude that the Minnesota roster screams out "Super Bowl contender" for 2026, the spending decisions don't immediately point to a potential sale of the team. Still, perception is reality. With the hypothesis morphing into the beginnings of a theory, it could be time for the Wilfs to make the case publicly that they aren't getting ready to pound a "For Sale" sign in the front yard.

JustInTime wrote:

https://twitter.com/jasonharmonnfl/status/2050990785839960295Another loud minority again.

You would know a loud minority. On second thought, I guess logic isn’t a strong suit on the minority side.

Rage bait posting and trolling at its finest. It's a retool year due to the POS general manager had after erratic spending.

FourCornersViking wrote:

Vikings' massive drop in spending prompts speculation of a possible saleStory by Mike Florio
• 6h •
2 min read

Last year, the Vikings wrote big checks in an effort to parlay a 14-3 season from 2024 into a Super Bowl appearance. This year, the team seems to be tightening the belt.
While part of the purple people purge was sparked by the cap consequences of last year's spending spree, the most recent move — the decision to trade defensive end Jonathan Greenard in lieu of giving him a contract with a new-money average of $25 million — seemed strange. With the top of the new-money market now at $50 million annually, the Vikings couldn't find a way to give Greenard half of that?

The situation is prompting speculation that a sale of the team could be coming. And it elevated from scattered chatter to a column from Charley Walters in the St. Paul Pioneer Press with a fairly blunt headline: "Are the Wilfs getting ready to sell the Vikings?"
The most obvious evidence to support that conclusion comes from the $124 million drop in cash spending from one year to the next, with a league-high $350 million in 2025 becoming $226 million in 2027, second lowest in the NFL.
The new Walters column picks through a variety of decisions the Vikings have made this offseason, but it includes no reporting to suggest that Zygi and Mark Wilf, who bought the team in 2005, are thinking about cashing out.
While the ever-inflating values of NFL franchises could tempt more than a few current owners to take $10 billion or more and run, there's not enough there to justify a conclusion that this is anything other than a cap correction after the Vikings overplayed their hand in 2025, due primarily to the very bad decision(s) made about the most important position on the team.

Minnesota's 2025 miscues cost G.M. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah his job. Waiting to search for his replacement until May surely wasn't about saving four months of General Manager salary. It made sense to stay the course through free agency and the draft, especially if coach Kevin O'Connell emerged from 2025 with more juice in the organization.
If, as we believe, O'Connell was sounding the alarm about not having a veteran quarterback who could step in and play if J.J. McCarthy didn't instantly fulfill his potential, KOC was proven right. Throw in the fact that he managed to get the team to turn the page immediately on a 26-0 embarrassment in Seattle with a 31-0 win over Washington and four more in a row after that to end the season (including a Christmas Day carving of the Lions' playoff chances), O'Connell may have more sway than ever.
While no one will objectively conclude that the Minnesota roster screams out "Super Bowl contender" for 2026, the spending decisions don't immediately point to a potential sale of the team. Still, perception is reality. With the hypothesis morphing into the beginnings of a theory, it could be time for the Wilfs to make the case publicly that they aren't getting ready to pound a "For Sale" sign in the front yard.

And they'd be damned if they do and damned if they dont say anything...Personally I think it's all hogwash and Comet was right, this was a generational purchase intended to stay in the family.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!

I am sorry but we have never seen mediocrity like this under any other ownership.

Canthony wrote:

Rage bait posting and trolling at its finest. It's a retool year due to the POS general manager had after erratic spending.

Its obvious, but this is what the sports news cycle is now: posting bullshit, picking up said bullshit and running with it for content. Creating your own news for your own benefit....at least for the bottom feeders like irrelevant Walters, podcasters, X fanboys, etc.

An appreciating asset like a NFL franchise is hard to sell, actually. Only so many people can do it outright without partners. Its attractive and highly lucrative, but its rarified air with these valuations continually going up. Not sure why the Wilfs would be interested in selling it, Mark Wilf is only 62 years old and he's the face of the ownership group now as Zygi has pulled back and he's 76 years old. Steven Wilf (Mark's son) serves as executive vice president of innovation and strategy for the Minnesota Vikings. This is going to be a legacy business for the Wilfs.

The worst thing that can happen to the NFL is to allow private equity in. Trust me on this.

Great, another Walters/Florio example of circular reporting, where one is the other's source. Remember the Jefferson trade rumors? Florio harmlessly speculates the Vikings might consider trading Jefferson. Walters then writes that the Vikings might consider trading Jefferson, using Florio as his source. Florio then reports that Jefferson is on the block sourcing local writers. Walters then reports Jefferson is on the block sourcing Florio. LOL.

Love the Wilfs. Hope they never sell. Some of us are old enough to know what bad ownership is.