Vikings To Try Atkins Diet?

Add another 3T bridge to the list. 

Panthers are releasing two-time, Pro-Bowl DT Kawann Short today, per source. Teams in the market for DT help now have another strong option.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 16, 2021

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Knucklehead" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Carl Knowles" said: @BarrNone55  Creative title... but he might be too rich for my taste palate. Meaning I don't think the Vikings can afford him unless Zimmer can do some serious recruiting and convince him to play for pennies in Minnesota.

Vikings can afford pretty much anything they want. Just depends on how many sacrifices they're willing to make.

Rudy, Shamar, Bailey? OK, now we're under the cap. Reiff? Now that's a much harder pill to swallow. But if they think Cleveland is ready to start at LT (or O'Neill), then there's another $12M. Convert some salary to bonus for Thielen, Barr? Another $2 to $4. Add years to Hunter, maybe Harry? Another $4 to $6. 

Now, of course, the Vikings aren't going to be willing to do all of this, but they'll have to do some of it. So we'll just have to wait and see how much.

The key to this whole thing and what is probably keeping Rick up at night is Riley Reiff. How do you let our best lineman walk? On the other hand, $12M is one huge chunk of change that will be hard to ignore a year after drafting Reiff's heir apparent. 

It's not just about getting under the cap, but also freeing up enough space to sign the rookies. I'm guessing $5M-$6M? So, restructuring Thielen & Barr, extending Hunter & Harry, may still not allow Minny to be players in FA.

If they keep all their picks, they could need as much as $8, but I've always accounted for at least $5 in all the scenarios I've drawn up. 

They need $3 to 3.5M if they keep all their picks. 

Wow, that seems awfully low. But I'll take it. 

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Knucklehead" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Carl Knowles" said: @BarrNone55  Creative title... but he might be too rich for my taste palate. Meaning I don't think the Vikings can afford him unless Zimmer can do some serious recruiting and convince him to play for pennies in Minnesota.

Vikings can afford pretty much anything they want. Just depends on how many sacrifices they're willing to make.

Rudy, Shamar, Bailey? OK, now we're under the cap. Reiff? Now that's a much harder pill to swallow. But if they think Cleveland is ready to start at LT (or O'Neill), then there's another $12M. Convert some salary to bonus for Thielen, Barr? Another $2 to $4. Add years to Hunter, maybe Harry? Another $4 to $6. 

Now, of course, the Vikings aren't going to be willing to do all of this, but they'll have to do some of it. So we'll just have to wait and see how much.

The key to this whole thing and what is probably keeping Rick up at night is Riley Reiff. How do you let our best lineman walk? On the other hand, $12M is one huge chunk of change that will be hard to ignore a year after drafting Reiff's heir apparent. 

It's not just about getting under the cap, but also freeing up enough space to sign the rookies. I'm guessing $5M-$6M? So, restructuring Thielen & Barr, extending Hunter & Harry, may still not allow Minny to be players in FA.

If they keep all their picks, they could need as much as $8, but I've always accounted for at least $5 in all the scenarios I've drawn up. 

They need $3 to 3.5M if they keep all their picks. 

Wow, that seems awfully low. But I'll take it. 

The draft class in total will have a cap hit of around $10M or so. But once you net out the 11 lowest paid players who will fall below the top-53 line it only ends up being about a $3.2M net impact to the cap. The lack of a 2nd round pick really drives it down. By the time you get to the 4th round you're basically just adding the prorated signing bonus to the cap. 

@"Jor-El" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Knucklehead" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Carl Knowles" said: @BarrNone55  Creative title... but he might be too rich for my taste palate. Meaning I don't think the Vikings can afford him unless Zimmer can do some serious recruiting and convince him to play for pennies in Minnesota.

Vikings can afford pretty much anything they want. Just depends on how many sacrifices they're willing to make.

Rudy, Shamar, Bailey? OK, now we're under the cap. Reiff? Now that's a much harder pill to swallow. But if they think Cleveland is ready to start at LT (or O'Neill), then there's another $12M. Convert some salary to bonus for Thielen, Barr? Another $2 to $4. Add years to Hunter, maybe Harry? Another $4 to $6. 

Now, of course, the Vikings aren't going to be willing to do all of this, but they'll have to do some of it. So we'll just have to wait and see how much.

The key to this whole thing and what is probably keeping Rick up at night is Riley Reiff. How do you let our best lineman walk? On the other hand, $12M is one huge chunk of change that will be hard to ignore a year after drafting Reiff's heir apparent. 

It's not just about getting under the cap, but also freeing up enough space to sign the rookies. I'm guessing $5M-$6M? So, restructuring Thielen & Barr, extending Hunter & Harry, may still not allow Minny to be players in FA.

If they keep all their picks, they could need as much as $8, but I've always accounted for at least $5 in all the scenarios I've drawn up. 

They need $3 to 3.5M if they keep all their picks. 

Wow, that seems awfully low. But I'll take it. 

The draft class in total will have a cap hit of around $10M or so. But once you net out the 11 lowest paid players who will fall below the top-53 line it only ends up being about a $3.2M net impact to the cap. The lack of a 2nd round pick really drives it down. By the time you get to the 4th round you're basically just adding the prorated signing bonus to the cap. 

Ah...the Ngakoue trade mystery finally solved! Brilliant!!

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Jor-El" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Knucklehead" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Carl Knowles" said: @BarrNone55  Creative title... but he might be too rich for my taste palate. Meaning I don't think the Vikings can afford him unless Zimmer can do some serious recruiting and convince him to play for pennies in Minnesota.

Vikings can afford pretty much anything they want. Just depends on how many sacrifices they're willing to make.

Rudy, Shamar, Bailey? OK, now we're under the cap. Reiff? Now that's a much harder pill to swallow. But if they think Cleveland is ready to start at LT (or O'Neill), then there's another $12M. Convert some salary to bonus for Thielen, Barr? Another $2 to $4. Add years to Hunter, maybe Harry? Another $4 to $6. 

Now, of course, the Vikings aren't going to be willing to do all of this, but they'll have to do some of it. So we'll just have to wait and see how much.

The key to this whole thing and what is probably keeping Rick up at night is Riley Reiff. How do you let our best lineman walk? On the other hand, $12M is one huge chunk of change that will be hard to ignore a year after drafting Reiff's heir apparent. 

It's not just about getting under the cap, but also freeing up enough space to sign the rookies. I'm guessing $5M-$6M? So, restructuring Thielen & Barr, extending Hunter & Harry, may still not allow Minny to be players in FA.

If they keep all their picks, they could need as much as $8, but I've always accounted for at least $5 in all the scenarios I've drawn up. 

They need $3 to 3.5M if they keep all their picks. 

Wow, that seems awfully low. But I'll take it. 

The draft class in total will have a cap hit of around $10M or so. But once you net out the 11 lowest paid players who will fall below the top-53 line it only ends up being about a $3.2M net impact to the cap. The lack of a 2nd round pick really drives it down. By the time you get to the 4th round you're basically just adding the prorated signing bonus to the cap. 

Ah...the Ngakoue trade mystery finally solved! Brilliant!!

It's not a mystery. It's synergy. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When one of the parts went missing, the other became a waste of money. 

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Jor-El" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Knucklehead" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Carl Knowles" said: @BarrNone55  Creative title... but he might be too rich for my taste palate. Meaning I don't think the Vikings can afford him unless Zimmer can do some serious recruiting and convince him to play for pennies in Minnesota.

Vikings can afford pretty much anything they want. Just depends on how many sacrifices they're willing to make.

Rudy, Shamar, Bailey? OK, now we're under the cap. Reiff? Now that's a much harder pill to swallow. But if they think Cleveland is ready to start at LT (or O'Neill), then there's another $12M. Convert some salary to bonus for Thielen, Barr? Another $2 to $4. Add years to Hunter, maybe Harry? Another $4 to $6. 

Now, of course, the Vikings aren't going to be willing to do all of this, but they'll have to do some of it. So we'll just have to wait and see how much.

The key to this whole thing and what is probably keeping Rick up at night is Riley Reiff. How do you let our best lineman walk? On the other hand, $12M is one huge chunk of change that will be hard to ignore a year after drafting Reiff's heir apparent. 

It's not just about getting under the cap, but also freeing up enough space to sign the rookies. I'm guessing $5M-$6M? So, restructuring Thielen & Barr, extending Hunter & Harry, may still not allow Minny to be players in FA.

If they keep all their picks, they could need as much as $8, but I've always accounted for at least $5 in all the scenarios I've drawn up. 

They need $3 to 3.5M if they keep all their picks. 

Wow, that seems awfully low. But I'll take it. 

The draft class in total will have a cap hit of around $10M or so. But once you net out the 11 lowest paid players who will fall below the top-53 line it only ends up being about a $3.2M net impact to the cap. The lack of a 2nd round pick really drives it down. By the time you get to the 4th round you're basically just adding the prorated signing bonus to the cap. 

Ah...the Ngakoue trade mystery finally solved! Brilliant!!

It's not a mystery. It's synergy. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When one of the parts went missing, the other became a waste of money. 

Now watch it come full circle when they sign Ngokoue as a UFA. 

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Jor-El" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Knucklehead" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Carl Knowles" said: @BarrNone55  Creative title... but he might be too rich for my taste palate. Meaning I don't think the Vikings can afford him unless Zimmer can do some serious recruiting and convince him to play for pennies in Minnesota.

Vikings can afford pretty much anything they want. Just depends on how many sacrifices they're willing to make.

Rudy, Shamar, Bailey? OK, now we're under the cap. Reiff? Now that's a much harder pill to swallow. But if they think Cleveland is ready to start at LT (or O'Neill), then there's another $12M. Convert some salary to bonus for Thielen, Barr? Another $2 to $4. Add years to Hunter, maybe Harry? Another $4 to $6. 

Now, of course, the Vikings aren't going to be willing to do all of this, but they'll have to do some of it. So we'll just have to wait and see how much.

The key to this whole thing and what is probably keeping Rick up at night is Riley Reiff. How do you let our best lineman walk? On the other hand, $12M is one huge chunk of change that will be hard to ignore a year after drafting Reiff's heir apparent. 

It's not just about getting under the cap, but also freeing up enough space to sign the rookies. I'm guessing $5M-$6M? So, restructuring Thielen & Barr, extending Hunter & Harry, may still not allow Minny to be players in FA.

If they keep all their picks, they could need as much as $8, but I've always accounted for at least $5 in all the scenarios I've drawn up. 

They need $3 to 3.5M if they keep all their picks. 

Wow, that seems awfully low. But I'll take it. 

The draft class in total will have a cap hit of around $10M or so. But once you net out the 11 lowest paid players who will fall below the top-53 line it only ends up being about a $3.2M net impact to the cap. The lack of a 2nd round pick really drives it down. By the time you get to the 4th round you're basically just adding the prorated signing bonus to the cap. 

Ah...the Ngakoue trade mystery finally solved! Brilliant!!

It's not a mystery. It's synergy. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When one of the parts went missing, the other became a waste of money. 

Now watch it come full circle when they sign Ngokoue as a UFA. 

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Jor-El" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Knucklehead" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Carl Knowles" said: @BarrNone55  Creative title... but he might be too rich for my taste palate. Meaning I don't think the Vikings can afford him unless Zimmer can do some serious recruiting and convince him to play for pennies in Minnesota.

Vikings can afford pretty much anything they want. Just depends on how many sacrifices they're willing to make.

Rudy, Shamar, Bailey? OK, now we're under the cap. Reiff? Now that's a much harder pill to swallow. But if they think Cleveland is ready to start at LT (or O'Neill), then there's another $12M. Convert some salary to bonus for Thielen, Barr? Another $2 to $4. Add years to Hunter, maybe Harry? Another $4 to $6. 

Now, of course, the Vikings aren't going to be willing to do all of this, but they'll have to do some of it. So we'll just have to wait and see how much.

The key to this whole thing and what is probably keeping Rick up at night is Riley Reiff. How do you let our best lineman walk? On the other hand, $12M is one huge chunk of change that will be hard to ignore a year after drafting Reiff's heir apparent. 

It's not just about getting under the cap, but also freeing up enough space to sign the rookies. I'm guessing $5M-$6M? So, restructuring Thielen & Barr, extending Hunter & Harry, may still not allow Minny to be players in FA.

If they keep all their picks, they could need as much as $8, but I've always accounted for at least $5 in all the scenarios I've drawn up. 

They need $3 to 3.5M if they keep all their picks. 

Wow, that seems awfully low. But I'll take it. 

The draft class in total will have a cap hit of around $10M or so. But once you net out the 11 lowest paid players who will fall below the top-53 line it only ends up being about a $3.2M net impact to the cap. The lack of a 2nd round pick really drives it down. By the time you get to the 4th round you're basically just adding the prorated signing bonus to the cap. 

Ah...the Ngakoue trade mystery finally solved! Brilliant!!

It's not a mystery. It's synergy. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When one of the parts went missing, the other became a waste of money. 

Now watch it come full circle when they sign Ngokoue as a UFA. 

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Jor-El" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Knucklehead" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Carl Knowles" said: @BarrNone55  Creative title... but he might be too rich for my taste palate. Meaning I don't think the Vikings can afford him unless Zimmer can do some serious recruiting and convince him to play for pennies in Minnesota.

Vikings can afford pretty much anything they want. Just depends on how many sacrifices they're willing to make.

Rudy, Shamar, Bailey? OK, now we're under the cap. Reiff? Now that's a much harder pill to swallow. But if they think Cleveland is ready to start at LT (or O'Neill), then there's another $12M. Convert some salary to bonus for Thielen, Barr? Another $2 to $4. Add years to Hunter, maybe Harry? Another $4 to $6. 

Now, of course, the Vikings aren't going to be willing to do all of this, but they'll have to do some of it. So we'll just have to wait and see how much.

The key to this whole thing and what is probably keeping Rick up at night is Riley Reiff. How do you let our best lineman walk? On the other hand, $12M is one huge chunk of change that will be hard to ignore a year after drafting Reiff's heir apparent. 

It's not just about getting under the cap, but also freeing up enough space to sign the rookies. I'm guessing $5M-$6M? So, restructuring Thielen & Barr, extending Hunter & Harry, may still not allow Minny to be players in FA.

If they keep all their picks, they could need as much as $8, but I've always accounted for at least $5 in all the scenarios I've drawn up. 

They need $3 to 3.5M if they keep all their picks. 

Wow, that seems awfully low. But I'll take it. 

The draft class in total will have a cap hit of around $10M or so. But once you net out the 11 lowest paid players who will fall below the top-53 line it only ends up being about a $3.2M net impact to the cap. The lack of a 2nd round pick really drives it down. By the time you get to the 4th round you're basically just adding the prorated signing bonus to the cap. 

Ah...the Ngakoue trade mystery finally solved! Brilliant!!

It's not a mystery. It's synergy. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. When one of the parts went missing, the other became a waste of money. 

Now watch it come full circle when they sign Ngokoue as a UFA. 

I would lose my shit.

@"StickyBun" said:

lol, me too.