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https://www.vikings.com/news/longform/danielle-hunters-drive-showing-up-time-and-again

A little love for this guy.  They mention the goal line stand against the falcons and how DH had to focus on the run that game.  He made two plays on that stand on 2nd and 3rd down.  The latter he didn't get credit for, but he shoved his blocker into the RB and really created the opportunity for others to make the tackle.

#1 · Nov 13, 6:43 PM
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I just hope we can resign the guy. Maybe 2-4 years?

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@"AGRforever" said: I just hope we can resign the guy. Maybe 2-4 years?

Me too.

He sure doesnt look to be losing much - at all. 

So much will hinge on the QB, but they have a nice problem to solve:

 Hunter
 JJ
 Darrisaw
 TJH

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He came into the league very young without a lot of college football tread on the tires and basically missed a full NFL season due to freak injury.  Started only one game his rookie season so essentially he has only played 5 NFL seasons up until this year.  He just turned 29 a couple weeks ago.   He has at least 3 great seasons left I would think.  

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Right now he's as dominant as any Viking DE I have ever seen.

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@"Mattyman" said: Right now he's as dominant as any Viking DE I have ever seen.


I wouldn't go that far. Chris Doleman has to be above that for me. Keith Millard, although a DT, was one of the most impressive pass rushers I've ever seen on any team from that position. 

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@"StickyBun" said:
@"Mattyman" said: Right now he's as dominant as any Viking DE I have ever seen.


I wouldn't go that far. Chris Doleman has to be above that for me. Keith Millard, although a DT, was one of the most impressive pass rushers I've ever seen on any team from that position. 


Didn't Doleman have some pretty good line-mates during his glory years?  

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@"greediron" said:
@"StickyBun" said:
@"Mattyman" said: Right now he's as dominant as any Viking DE I have ever seen.


I wouldn't go that far. Chris Doleman has to be above that for me. Keith Millard, although a DT, was one of the most impressive pass rushers I've ever seen on any team from that position. 


Didn't Doleman have some pretty good line-mates during his glory years?  


Sure did. Man, what a group. Al Noga, Henry Thomas, Keith Millard....drool.

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@"StickyBun" said:
@"greediron" said:
@"StickyBun" said:
@"Mattyman" said: Right now he's as dominant as any Viking DE I have ever seen.


I wouldn't go that far. Chris Doleman has to be above that for me. Keith Millard, although a DT, was one of the most impressive pass rushers I've ever seen on any team from that position. 


Didn't Doleman have some pretty good line-mates during his glory years?  


Sure did. Man, what a group. Al Noga, Henry Thomas, Keith Millard....drool.


That would be my point.  Would you rather have Noga, Hank and Millard or Tonga, Phillips and Wonnum?

Hunter has really refined his hands as well.  The spin move last week was epic.

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@"greediron" said:
@"StickyBun" said:
@"greediron" said:
@"StickyBun" said:
@"Mattyman" said: Right now he's as dominant as any Viking DE I have ever seen.


I wouldn't go that far. Chris Doleman has to be above that for me. Keith Millard, although a DT, was one of the most impressive pass rushers I've ever seen on any team from that position. 


Didn't Doleman have some pretty good line-mates during his glory years?  


Sure did. Man, what a group. Al Noga, Henry Thomas, Keith Millard....drool.


That would be my point.  Would you rather have Noga, Hank and Millard or Tonga, Phillips and Wonnum?

Hunter has really refined his hands as well.  The spin move last week was epic.



I get your point, my point is I still think Doleman is better than Hunter. 

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@"StickyBun" said:
@"greediron" said:
@"StickyBun" said:
@"greediron" said:
@"StickyBun" said:
@"Mattyman" said: Right now he's as dominant as any Viking DE I have ever seen.


I wouldn't go that far. Chris Doleman has to be above that for me. Keith Millard, although a DT, was one of the most impressive pass rushers I've ever seen on any team from that position. 


Didn't Doleman have some pretty good line-mates during his glory years?  


Sure did. Man, what a group. Al Noga, Henry Thomas, Keith Millard....drool.


That would be my point.  Would you rather have Noga, Hank and Millard or Tonga, Phillips and Wonnum?

Hunter has really refined his hands as well.  The spin move last week was epic.



I get your point, my point is I still think Doleman is better than Hunter. 


Doleman is in the HOF for a reason; he's one of the best ever.  Hunter may get there as his career is still unfolding.  I really hope Hunter stays in purple after this season.

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Over the Cap (OTC) has Hunter’s 2023 valuation pegged at nearly $21.9 million, which is a reasonable starting point for hypothetical negotiations. That number will presumably dip with each passing year, as teams factor age and injury into expected performance. The top five edge rushers in the NFL earn an average of $27.7 million, which is what a team would pay a player at that position if it franchised him. Knox’s four-year, $110 million contract projection puts Hunter’s deal at almost precisely that number ($27.5 million annually). General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah authorized a raise for Hunter on the final year of his previous deal to $17 million, which can (and likely will) reach $20 million with incentives. But that kind of offer next offseason when Hunter is free to go anywhere he likes simply isn’t going to cut it. OTC projects the Vikings will have $38.1 million in cap room at their disposal in 2024. The problem is Minnesota must consider what could be a historic deal for wide receiver Justin Jefferson. If he does break the record for the largest deal ever at the position, Jefferson will earn more than $30 million per year over a five-year span with a sizable majority of that number fully-guaranteed. The Vikings will also have to pay a quarterback next season. If that person happens to be Kirk Cousins, the team should expect the cost will be no less than $25-$30 million, which is already a significant discount from the $35 million he’s making this year. In the end, Minnesota cost itself by not signing Hunter long-term over the offseason. Now, the price will either be an onerous contract as the team attempts to rebuild or the loss of its defensive backbone for nothing in return.
https://heavy.com/sports/minnesota-vikings/danielle-hunter-new-contract-bucs-lions/
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The Minnesota Vikings chose not to extend Danielle Hunter on a multiyear deal over the offseason — a decision that is going to cost the franchise one way or another.
Hunter is bound for free agency next March and has a clause in his reworked contract that stipulates the Vikings cannot apply the franchise tag to the 29-year-old edge rusher. In other words, the only way Minnesota can stop Hunter from leaving is to sign him to a new contract, and he isn’t going to be cheap.
Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report on Monday, November 13, projected that Hunter will sign a four-year deal for $110 million in 2024 after he hits the open market and starts a bidding war for the NFL’s most successful pass-rusher through 10 weeks of play.

Hunter should interest any team with pass-rushing needs and a fair amount of cap space because he is a scheme-versatile defender. He has experience rushing from the defensive end spot and as a linebacker, although he’s having a career season under first-year Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores.
Flores’ system utilizes a three-man front that allows Hunter to come off the edge as a dedicated pressure man. Disguised blitzes have been a big part of Flores’ strategy this season, and no team has blitzed at a higher rate.
Contract-wise, the four-year, $98 million extension that Montez Sweat just signed with the Chicago Bears is probably a starting point for the 29-year-old Hunter.

https://heavy.com/sports/minnesota-vikings/danielle-hunter-new-contract-bucs-lions/

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