Doogie Sez
SB: Regarding a possible Harrison Smith extension, you said on your podcast that the Vikings made him an offer before training camp. In your opinion, are the differences between the two sides due to the overall money or the structure (backloading) of the deal?
DW: On Harrison Smith, someone from his camp and Rob Brzezinski got together in person in July. That is a sign that there’s been a solid effort to get an extension done. But yeah, hear the offer was backloaded. I sense that the two sides can eventually find a happy medium.
SB: Any updates on Brian O’Neill’s negotiations?
DW: On Brian O’Neill, no specific update from me. I’ll tell you that talks are ongoing. I’d bet more $$ on him getting done than Harry, and I feel relatively good that they’ll get Harry done!
SB: Have you heard any steam on the Vikings adding any free agents? Perhaps there’s a position or two of interest? And anything new with Everson Griffen?
DW: With Blake Proehl going down, adding another WR body wouldn’t shock me. No Everson Griffen steam. He’s ghosted me! We DM’ed a bunch a few weeks ago, he agreed to do an interview. But now he’s MIA. I’d be SHOCKED if he landed back here. They were not in at all on Justin Houston, FWIW, so not sure I see a DE addition in the next 1-2 weeks.
I sense, for the most part, what you see is what you’re going to get September 12. But as you know, the roster is always fluid. The 53-man on Sept. 12 won’t be the same 53-man on Oct. 12.
SB: The roster is always changing. Looking ahead, do you think there’s much impact to adding void years to a few of the player contracts this offseason?
DW: So, on the void years, presumably you’re referencing Sheldon Richardson and Dalvin Tomlinson, maybe Anthony Barr? More, my read, is because the cap will bounce back in the coming years. What will be fascinating is to see how this year plays out and how much different this roster will be in 2022 if this is a non-playoff year.
SB: Kirk Cousins’ $45 million cap hit next season. That can’t happen… Right?
DW: On Cousins, not hard to believe that the Covid kerfuffle, even a week later, still has enough people upset. He blamed the lack of space for their meeting room! You can’t make it up! If Carson Wentz can be traded, Cousins can. But be careful what you wish for. Not like Mond is going to be fully ready next year, and Cousins is still a top 10-13 signal-caller.
SB: What about Danielle Hunter and his $18M roster bonus? What are the chances a deal is done before that triggers?
DW: Danielle Hunter looks like the old Danielle. I talked with Stephen Weatherly about that on Monday, and he said, he looks better than in 2019. He’s a guy the Vikings want long-term and I can definitely see something getting worked out.
$45 mill for next season, lol. Crazy. I don't see any way out for Minnesota if Cousins decides to play hardball. He holds all the cards.
@"StickyBun" said: $45 mill for next season, lol. Crazy. I don't see any way out for Minnesota if Cousins decides to play hardball. He holds all the cards.If they want to move him, they will. In Brez we trust.
@"StickyBun" said: $45 mill for next season, lol. Crazy. I don't see any way out for Minnesota if Cousins decides to play hardball. He holds all the cards.all except for a no trade clause, they wont get off scott free, they will end up paying part of that contract depending on what they would get in return for him, but if they decide to move on there will be a taker and they will save a little money in doing so I would think.
Cousins is a top 10 passer...
Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
@"StickyBun" said: $45 mill for next season, lol. Crazy. I don't see any way out for Minnesota if Cousins decides to play hardball. He holds all the cards.
Maybe they're going for the "If I die I die" method?
@"purplefaithful" said: Cousins is a top 10 passer...Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
He may have all the physical skills, but what good is it when he melts against good teams. Worst clutch QB to play in purple. In addition, he is probably the most narcissistic, selfish player we have had since Favre. If he continues to perform poorly this year against good teams, I think they will find a way to move on.
@"JR44" said:@"purplefaithful" said: Cousins is a top 10 passer...Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
He may have all the physical skills, but what good is it when he melts against good teams. Worst clutch QB to play in purple.
Oh please. Hardly. Show me a Viking's QB that was more clutch than this:
@"StickyBun" said:@"JR44" said:@"purplefaithful" said: Cousins is a top 10 passer...Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
He may have all the physical skills, but what good is it when he melts against good teams. Worst clutch QB to play in purple.
Oh please. Hardly. Show me a Viking's QB that was more clutch than this:Yah gotta love daggering the Saints (again) especially when it puts the ! at the end of Brees' career.
Maybe (just maybe) KC is continuing to grow as a QB and daggering his own demons as a player?
I'm as disappointed in him on his vax status as anyone can be, but I sure root for him to do well.
@"purplefaithful" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"JR44" said:@"purplefaithful" said: Cousins is a top 10 passer...Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
He may have all the physical skills, but what good is it when he melts against good teams. Worst clutch QB to play in purple.
Oh please. Hardly. Show me a Viking's QB that was more clutch than this:Yah gotta love daggering the Saints (again) especially when it puts the ! at the end of Brees' career.
Maybe (just maybe) KC is continuing to grow as a QB and daggering his own demons as a player?
I'm as disappointed in him on his vax status as anyone can be, but I sure root for him to do well.
It was as clutch of a drive as any that any Viking's QB has done: on the road, in the playoffs, in overtime. You can nitpick on Cousins and I've done it occasionally as well, but to say he's the 'least clutch QB to ever wear purple' is silly.
@"StickyBun" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"JR44" said:@"purplefaithful" said: Cousins is a top 10 passer...Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
He may have all the physical skills, but what good is it when he melts against good teams. Worst clutch QB to play in purple.
Oh please. Hardly. Show me a Viking's QB that was more clutch than this:Yah gotta love daggering the Saints (again) especially when it puts the ! at the end of Brees' career.
Maybe (just maybe) KC is continuing to grow as a QB and daggering his own demons as a player?
I'm as disappointed in him on his vax status as anyone can be, but I sure root for him to do well.
It was as clutch of a drive as any that any Viking's QB has done: on the road, in the playoffs, in overtime. You can nitpick on Cousins and I've done it occasionally as well, but to say he's the 'least clutch QB to ever wear purple' is silly.
I like that...
@"purplefaithful" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"JR44" said:@"purplefaithful" said: Cousins is a top 10 passer...Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
He may have all the physical skills, but what good is it when he melts against good teams. Worst clutch QB to play in purple.
Oh please. Hardly. Show me a Viking's QB that was more clutch than this:Yah gotta love daggering the Saints (again) especially when it puts the ! at the end of Brees' career.
Maybe (just maybe) KC is continuing to grow as a QB and daggering his own demons as a player?
I'm as disappointed in him on his vax status as anyone can be, but I sure root for him to do well.
That was the second best finish in Viking history. That drive was dime after dime by cousin, with a nice run by Cook that put Lattimore on the sideline. That deep pass by Cousins was amazing and I think the catch was even better. So tough to bring that in over the helmet.yeah Cousins put that demon to bed that day.
@"greediron" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"JR44" said:@"purplefaithful" said: Cousins is a top 10 passer...Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
He may have all the physical skills, but what good is it when he melts against good teams. Worst clutch QB to play in purple.
Oh please. Hardly. Show me a Viking's QB that was more clutch than this:Yah gotta love daggering the Saints (again) especially when it puts the ! at the end of Brees' career.
Maybe (just maybe) KC is continuing to grow as a QB and daggering his own demons as a player?
I'm as disappointed in him on his vax status as anyone can be, but I sure root for him to do well.
That was the second best finish in Viking history. That drive was dime after dime by cousin, with a nice run by Cook that put Lattimore on the sideline. That deep pass by Cousins was amazing and I think the catch was even better. So tough to bring that in over the helmet.yeah Cousins put that demon to bed that day.
Whats the first?? Hail Mary to Rashad?I'll bet nobody remembers the play by LeCount & Teddy Brown right before.
@"purplefaithful" said:@"greediron" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"JR44" said:@"purplefaithful" said: Cousins is a top 10 passer...Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
He may have all the physical skills, but what good is it when he melts against good teams. Worst clutch QB to play in purple.
Oh please. Hardly. Show me a Viking's QB that was more clutch than this:Yah gotta love daggering the Saints (again) especially when it puts the ! at the end of Brees' career.
Maybe (just maybe) KC is continuing to grow as a QB and daggering his own demons as a player?
I'm as disappointed in him on his vax status as anyone can be, but I sure root for him to do well.
That was the second best finish in Viking history. That drive was dime after dime by cousin, with a nice run by Cook that put Lattimore on the sideline. That deep pass by Cousins was amazing and I think the catch was even better. So tough to bring that in over the helmet.yeah Cousins put that demon to bed that day.
Whats the first?? Hail Mary to Rashad?I'll bet nobody remembers the play by LeCount & Teddy Brown right before.
Yep I remember the catch and then pitch to get them down into Hail Mary range. There was like 20 seconds left when that play started.
@"purplefaithful" said:@"greediron" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"JR44" said:@"purplefaithful" said: Cousins is a top 10 passer...Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
He may have all the physical skills, but what good is it when he melts against good teams. Worst clutch QB to play in purple.
Oh please. Hardly. Show me a Viking's QB that was more clutch than this:Yah gotta love daggering the Saints (again) especially when it puts the ! at the end of Brees' career.
Maybe (just maybe) KC is continuing to grow as a QB and daggering his own demons as a player?
I'm as disappointed in him on his vax status as anyone can be, but I sure root for him to do well.
That was the second best finish in Viking history. That drive was dime after dime by cousin, with a nice run by Cook that put Lattimore on the sideline. That deep pass by Cousins was amazing and I think the catch was even better. So tough to bring that in over the helmet.yeah Cousins put that demon to bed that day.
Whats the first?? Hail Mary to Rashad?I'll bet nobody remembers the play by LeCount & Teddy Brown right before.
I'd put Diggs #1 as well; walkoff and into the NFCCG
#2: Kramer to Rashad (won the North 11 times in a row!)
#3: Cousins to Rudie
@"purplefaithful" said:@"greediron" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"JR44" said:@"purplefaithful" said: Cousins is a top 10 passer...Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
He may have all the physical skills, but what good is it when he melts against good teams. Worst clutch QB to play in purple.
Oh please. Hardly. Show me a Viking's QB that was more clutch than this:Yah gotta love daggering the Saints (again) especially when it puts the ! at the end of Brees' career.
Maybe (just maybe) KC is continuing to grow as a QB and daggering his own demons as a player?
I'm as disappointed in him on his vax status as anyone can be, but I sure root for him to do well.
That was the second best finish in Viking history. That drive was dime after dime by cousin, with a nice run by Cook that put Lattimore on the sideline. That deep pass by Cousins was amazing and I think the catch was even better. So tough to bring that in over the helmet.yeah Cousins put that demon to bed that day.
Whats the first?? Hail Mary to Rashad?I'll bet nobody remembers the play by LeCount & Teddy Brown right before.
@"purplefaithful" said:@"greediron" said:@"purplefaithful" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"JR44" said:@"purplefaithful" said: Cousins is a top 10 passer...Took the Vikings since 2010 to get a QB as good as him.
No way he's traded (famous last words)
He may have all the physical skills, but what good is it when he melts against good teams. Worst clutch QB to play in purple.
Oh please. Hardly. Show me a Viking's QB that was more clutch than this:Yah gotta love daggering the Saints (again) especially when it puts the ! at the end of Brees' career.
Maybe (just maybe) KC is continuing to grow as a QB and daggering his own demons as a player?
I'm as disappointed in him on his vax status as anyone can be, but I sure root for him to do well.
That was the second best finish in Viking history. That drive was dime after dime by cousin, with a nice run by Cook that put Lattimore on the sideline. That deep pass by Cousins was amazing and I think the catch was even better. So tough to bring that in over the helmet.yeah Cousins put that demon to bed that day.
Whats the first?? Hail Mary to Rashad?I'll bet nobody remembers the play by LeCount & Teddy Brown right before.
Hell, I was at that game, & I barely remember…! ;) B)
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