Schefter reporting Vikings looking to do Cousins extension now

Not surprising at this point. I think how long, how much, and how much is guaranteed will be the big questions. I just cant see the front office painting themselves into a corner by having to constantly reshuffle his money every offseason and kick the can down the road. That game has been played out

Shred move IMHO.

I'm curious to see how they will structure Kirko's extension in order to fit in JJ's extension.

It was obvious they weren't going to move into the top 10 with their lack of draft capital, so the possibility of landing one of the top 3 QBs  was next to zero. Delaying the extension until after the draft looks like they just handed Kirk all of the leverage again. How does this make any sense?

I sincerely hope not. Wait until at least week 10 of the season. We got him another weapon so let's just wait and see.

@"Knucklehead" said: I'm curious to see how they will structure Kirko's extension in order to fit in JJ's extension.

@"mgobluevikes" said: It was obvious they weren't going to move into the top 10 with their lack of draft capital, so the possibility of landing one of the top 3 QBs  was next to zero. Delaying the extension until after the draft looks like they just handed Kirk all of the leverage again. How does this make any sense?

yay . .  2 more years on the same merri-go-round

Maybe by 2025 we will understand if Kirk is the guy . . . good lord

They should have dealt him and started the process new, we know what we have with him.  It is not enough to win a championship

If they didn't feel confident enough in Cousins to make trading up for a QB a priority, then he is not the guy for them to move forward with.  This doesn't feel like the way great organizations operate. I feel like you make a decisive decision and it is either Cousins or move on.  Feels wishy washy and I don't think it does a lot for the relationship you have with him.  Really disappointing this was the plan.

I don't have much problem with an extension, as long as it's not a fully guaranteed deal or for more than 2 years. I've come around on him, and feel that we're in good hands for now. Ideally the staff identifies a young QBOTF at some point in the next year or so and we can go from there.

I am not surprised but haven't seen anything online. The Wilfs want what the Wilfs want.  They wanted to run it back with some tweaks

By week 10 we will know how close we are to Caleb, and Caleb would start as a rookie, so we need to wait.

I don't think this was going to be the qb draft. I think there was a lot of smoke screen. Unless we somehow get lucky with Hall, there is still going to be a qb search 

@"Havoc1649" said: This is what is being reported. I’m not surprised. I think they held off before the draft because they wanted to see if they could get one of the top 2 QB’s and when they couldn’t, that set this in motion.

In my opinion, they see Jaren Hall as the potential future and realize it’s going to take a couple of years of development. Kirk is the ideal guy to learn under and a steady presence who can win now as well. If they can get a good cap friendly contract in place, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they pull the trigger on an extension.

I'm not seeing this anywhere yet....

@"JR44" said: If they didn't feel confident enough in Cousins to make trading up for a QB a priority, then he is not the guy for them to move forward with.  This doesn't feel like the way great organizations operate. I feel like you make a decisive decision and it is either Cousins or move on.  Feels wishy washy and I don't think it does a lot for the relationship you have with him.  Really disappointing this was the plan.

There was also chatter that Levis wasnt a cultural fit, so he was out. 

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JR44" said: If they didn't feel confident enough in Cousins to make trading up for a QB a priority, then he is not the guy for them to move forward with.  This doesn't feel like the way great organizations operate. I feel like you make a decisive decision and it is either Cousins or move on.  Feels wishy washy and I don't think it does a lot for the relationship you have with him.  Really disappointing this was the plan.

I read somewhere, not sure if it was Geoff or not but someone said they had a preliminary deal worked out for #8 for 1 of the QBs if they fell. 

There was also chatter that Levis wasnt a cultural fit, so he was out. 

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JR44" said: If they didn't feel confident enough in Cousins to make trading up for a QB a priority, then he is not the guy for them to move forward with.  This doesn't feel like the way great organizations operate. I feel like you make a decisive decision and it is either Cousins or move on.  Feels wishy washy and I don't think it does a lot for the relationship you have with him.  Really disappointing this was the plan.

I read somewhere, not sure if it was Geoff or not but someone said they had a preliminary deal worked out for #8 for 1 of the QBs if they fell. 

There was also chatter that Levis wasnt a cultural fit, so he was out. 

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JR44" said: If they didn't feel confident enough in Cousins to make trading up for a QB a priority, then he is not the guy for them to move forward with.  This doesn't feel like the way great organizations operate. I feel like you make a decisive decision and it is either Cousins or move on.  Feels wishy washy and I don't think it does a lot for the relationship you have with him.  Really disappointing this was the plan.

I read somewhere, not sure if it was Geoff or not but someone said they had a preliminary deal worked out for #8 for 1 of the QBs if they fell. 

There was also chatter that Levis wasnt a cultural fit, so he was out. 

By #8 you mean the draft slot, not the QB, right? Yeah, I'm pretty certain they did. And I agree about Levis. Too much evidence that he rubbed some teams the wrong way. 

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JR44" said: If they didn't feel confident enough in Cousins to make trading up for a QB a priority, then he is not the guy for them to move forward with.  This doesn't feel like the way great organizations operate. I feel like you make a decisive decision and it is either Cousins or move on.  Feels wishy washy and I don't think it does a lot for the relationship you have with him.  Really disappointing this was the plan.

I read somewhere, not sure if it was Geoff or not but someone said they had a preliminary deal worked out for #8 for 1 of the QBs if they fell. 

There was also chatter that Levis wasnt a cultural fit, so he was out. 

yah, I read that too...Sounds like a great big thumbs down on fit, and KOC doesnt seem that tough to get along with either. 

Well, I wish the kid well with the Titans. I hope Vrabel can raise him right.