BREAKING: Vikings and Justin Jefferson agree on new contract

https://x.com/JJettas2/status/1797621761867153651

Justin Jefferson speaks.....

Future is looking bright:

I've been saying the same thing for months:

https://x.com/LRiddickESPN/status/1797639183990923690

medaille wrote:


To me, it’s not the QBs cap hit that is the problem as much as it is the QBs performance.  There’s a small handful of QBs that carry their team.  Everyone else needs the surrounding cast needs to be so good to make the situation workable that it’s just really hard to build a roster that is super bowl competitive.  The QB influences the game so much that if you don’t have a top tier guy, it’s just really tough, and the drop off from Elite QB to the second tier of guys is massive.  If you have mid-tier performance at the QB position, it probably doesn’t matter what else is happening on the team.
The odds are likely that the Vikings are worse off keeping JJ and getting rid of Cousins, than it would have been to keep Cousins and get rid of JJ, but your odds of winning a SB with a Cousins caliber QB is just not great.

But top-tier has to be defined then. Because there are less than 'top-tier' guys that have won Superbowls. And less than top-tier guys that have GOTTEN to Superbowls. What a top-tier QB does mostly is keeps your team knocking on the Superbowl door more often than lesser QBs. Other X-factors usually assist in playing a part to winning it all. Only 13 QBs in NFL history have won more than one Superbowl with Brady winning 7 and Bradshaw and Montana winning 4 each. Its REALLY hard to win a Superbowl. You can say with a straight face that Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers both underperformed mightily considering their Hall of Fame careers in winning Superbowls. You need the right bounces, a little luck and some help unless your name is Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw or Joe Montana....and probably Patrick Mahomes. 

I'd be more concerned about if a QB can keep knocking at the door, can carry a team when need be and is consistently very good. How many Superbowls he wins is a tough metric to measure a QB by outside the truly great ones I've mentioned which is less than a handful over the modern era of the NFL. Its rarified air and the expectations as a fan is your favorite team won't be getting a Tom Brady or Joe Montana.

Jefferson is only 24 years old. Addison 22. I'd expect Minnesota to draft a RB fairly high next year. If JJM can develop and start as planned for 2025, with all the cap money and another nice group of rookies drafted next spring, they've really flipped the script pretty quickly into a contending young team. I think although they preferred to sign Cousins for another 2 years, this is going to turn out to be the better scenario moving forward without Cousins IF they hit on JJM (duh).

Minnesota didn't just resign a great receiver, they signed potentially one of the best ever. He's the face of the franchise. He's a monumental difference maker. He's all-in on being the best and it reverberates around the team. Didn't bitch once about his contract or stop following the Vikings on social media like these other divas.

JimmyinSD wrote:


uhm... could we get that deal instead?  I cant find the reported article so I am not sure why they didnt jump on that number and get this done back then.

I think Jefferson turned it down last second. Smart move on his part.
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Justin Jefferson on JJ McCarthy:

“A new energy. A new soul. I love his confidence. I love his attitude. Of course him coming off a championship, you can’t have any more confidence than that. That confidence is going to continue to be with him, and it’s my job to install that into his brain throughout the whole entire season. And of course giving him that extra confidence by throwing me the ball.”

“I talked to JJ as soon as he got drafted. I told him confidence is key. Coming into this league with confidence and being able to have that leadership right off the bat, being a rookie. There’s going to be people to come and help, of course I’m going to be that main person to be in his ear and try to teach him and try to prepare him for what we’re about to go through. I told him this league is tough, it’s not an easy job to come out here and perform at the highest ability, especially as a rookie. I’ll definitely be that main person that he can lean on and help throughout the way.”

pattersaur wrote:

So... $200 for a t-shirt is a lot but he's here for awhile and it's cheaper than $350. Also a throwback which I know most including myself prefer, rather than the new look.

https://www.scheels.com/p/nike-minnesota-vikings-justin-jefferson-%2318-alternate-elite-jersey/2401-58NM-02YJ1Y0-Vikings-NFL-JustinJefferson.html

(No I don't have any affiliation with Scheels. Just saw this and figured I'd share if anyone is in the market for a jersey, since our guy is gonna be around awhile :).)

Jersey prices are nuts. The last player's jersey I bought was Randy Moss and that was in 2000? I only buy Minnesota Vikings related apparel since then and honestly I'm pretty good with what I have, both in shirts and hats. Won't need to buy anything else. Wife all set as well as they've really stepped up their game for women's NFL apparel in the last 10+ years.

MaroonBells wrote:

Jets tried to trade for JJ. Vikings said no. 

According to a bombshell report from ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter, via Bleacher Report, the Jets tried to pull off a blockbuster trade with the Minnesota Vikings for superstar wide receiver Justin Jefferson.

Even though they placed a call to the Vikings, Minnesota made it clear that they weren't interested in trading Jefferson. Instead, they ended up locking the superstar wide receiver up to a massive four-year, $140 million extension. Clearly, they weren't about to let Jefferson get away.

I don't doubt it. And Minnesota was right to keep Jefferson. He's 24 years old. He makes the whole offense better.

This shows you a franchise talent with unreal production can be gotten with the #22 pick in round 1. A NFL team, with smart personnel people like the Eagles, needing a WRer, can choose a complete bust just one selection before with Reagor. The Draft is crazy.....and its a crapshoot. And it varies year to year. Some fans wanted to bag on KAM and I said lets wait until the draft and FA is over, then see. And he nailed it.