2025 Free Agency

MaroonBells wrote:

I don't think it even needs to be said that money is the leading factor. But when it comes to deciding between two teams with similar offers, which is often the case, culture plays a part.

Location too...

Sometimes you're just a West Coast guy, or South Beach or most comfortable in the Midwest to raise that family

Rumor mill is very hot on Rodgers to Pittsburgh and Darnold to Seattle 45 mil/yr.

Talking heads last week: "There's no market for Sam, he's headed back to the Vikings."
Talking heads this week: "Several teams are bidding for Sam."
Talking heads next week: "Keep believing our bullshit, please."

StickierBuns wrote:

I think Seattle is his only option.

Maybe. Indy, Pittsburgh, Giants have all been rumored. But I'd bet on Seattle too.

StickierBuns wrote:
Dianna Russini @DMRussini · 6m Try explaining the veteran quarterback market in just one sentence right now. It’s impossible.

I could explain women easier

Wonder what’s going on with our defensive backfield…?  :P

Vikings sign CB Isahia Rodgers

D.J. Reed to Detroit.

Cam Bynum to the Colts, Justin Fields to the Jets.

Bynum, 4yrs $60m. Colts get their celebration coordinator…  :P

There is currently a bidding war for free agent S Jevon Holland, and the #Vikings are one of the teams in the mix, per @ZachGatsby. pic.twitter.com/vWU89k6LNp

— VikingzFanPage (@vikingzfanpage) March 10, 2025

MaroonBells wrote:
https://x.com/vikingzfanpage/status/1899171202909839419

If we are using the mighty PFF on all these guys...Holland not so Bueno. 89th out of 170 graded safeties last year. Good run defender but struggled in coverage ranking 109th. How much more we paying him in this "bidding war" than just re-signing Bynum on a mid level contract?

Don’t worry “bidding war” is Kwazy for “signing elsewhere”  :cool: :angel:

Per Goessling, Cooper Kupp to Minnesota is a "real possibility"

Holland, ended up getting just a tick more than Bynum did, from the Giants.

supafreak84 wrote:
Per Goessling, Cooper Kupp to Minnesota is a "real possibility"

That would be really interesting.  You'd have to give him limited snaps for injury concerns, but the KOC connection is there.

supafreak84 wrote:

If we are using the mighty PFF on all these guys...Holland not so Bueno. 89th out of 170 graded safeties last year. Good run defender but struggled in coverage ranking 109th. How much more we paying him in this "bidding war" than just re-signing Bynum on a mid level contract?

If you’re aware of another source available to the public that 32 of 32 NFL teams subscribe to, let me know. I’m not a fan of, but let me know a better source and I’ll subscribe.

Justin Reid to the Saints.

JustInTime wrote:

If you’re aware of another source available to the public that 32 of 32 NFL teams subscribe to, let me know. I’m not a fan of, but let me know a better source and I’ll subscribe.

It's fine as a source, but as the old adage goes "stats don't always tell the story" and it's not the end all when evaluating a player. I think it gets overblown to an extent

StickierBuns wrote:
VikingzFanPage @vikingzfanpage · 6m #Giants S Jevon Holland says the #Vikings never sent him an offer, despite speculation that Minnesota offered him $21M a year.

And here's another one. 36th overall pick in the draft four years ago and the top rated player at his position. 25 years old. Dolphins let him walk out the door without even blinking an eye. Don't draft safeties early folks. They are luxuries, not necessities..

released...seems like it wont unstick them unless I post something