This Darnold dilemma is so Vikings
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Honestly. So here's how this year is going to go and I can't be the only one that's thought this since Sammy went and had a mostly really good year.
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[*]Minnesota lets Sammy walk and sign elsewhere and he knocks it out of the park. Some fans have said how can you let that production walk out the door? Whether you agree with that or not, its a legit sentiment.
[*]Sammy walks, knocks it out of the park and McCarthy sucks. Horrible scenario. Quintessential Vikings and our worst nightmare as fans.
[*]Both Sammy and JJ play well for their respective teams. The most palatable of the scenarios. Sign me up for this.
[*]Sammy completely comes unglued with his new team and McCarthy rocks and shows those franchise QB traits in purple. I honestly don't want Sammy to shit the bed, he's a good kid. I have zero aptitude to enjoy watching him fail somewhere. But would be great for the Vikings and their future.
[*]Least likely scenario: both QBs suck in 2025. Nothing to be done there.
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The comparisons all year long by the sports media is 100% guaranteed, probably week to week: Darnold stats vs. McCarthy stats. Wins. Crucial plays. It'll force me to start to root AGAINST Uncle Sammy and any possible success for him. Rarely does the story end well for both parties and I don't expect this to either. Can only hope Minnesota comes up smelling like a rose. In KOC we trust....I do feel very good about McCarthy as you all know.
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[*]Minnesota lets Sammy walk and sign elsewhere and he knocks it out of the park. Some fans have said how can you let that production walk out the door? Whether you agree with that or not, its a legit sentiment.
[*]Sammy walks, knocks it out of the park and McCarthy sucks. Horrible scenario. Quintessential Vikings and our worst nightmare as fans.
[*]Both Sammy and JJ play well for their respective teams. The most palatable of the scenarios. Sign me up for this.
[*]Sammy completely comes unglued with his new team and McCarthy rocks and shows those franchise QB traits in purple. I honestly don't want Sammy to shit the bed, he's a good kid. I have zero aptitude to enjoy watching him fail somewhere. But would be great for the Vikings and their future.
[*]Least likely scenario: both QBs suck in 2025. Nothing to be done there.
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The comparisons all year long by the sports media is 100% guaranteed, probably week to week: Darnold stats vs. McCarthy stats. Wins. Crucial plays. It'll force me to start to root AGAINST Uncle Sammy and any possible success for him. Rarely does the story end well for both parties and I don't expect this to either. Can only hope Minnesota comes up smelling like a rose. In KOC we trust....I do feel very good about McCarthy as you all know.
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JustInTime wrote:[img]https://media3.giphy.com/media/bbK6pfIZJvqjVTuu4d/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b9526yt1fwj63wpedjf6zozuteqtuglnmujbkngmm1a5&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g[/img]
JJ is Jayden Daniels 2.0 and we go to the NFC championship game. Darnold gets his bag and returns to the mean.
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MaroonBells wrote:But why is it the issue? Some fans seem stuck on this and I think it comes mostly because we don't have shit for draft picks in this Draft. They both agreed for this to happen and both parties benefitted. I don't get the outrage.
But again, the keeping or not keeping Darnold isn't the issue. The issue is about letting a 27 yo QB who won 14 games and threw for 4300 yards and 35 TDs walk out the door with only a future comp pick to show for it.
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Bullazin wrote:So start Dimes this year and then take on Richardson in 2026 and get a boatload of draft picks? Somebody's cooking in here! ;) [img]https://media2.giphy.com/media/h2HTvVuKVS4daQaVuS/200w.gif?cid=6c09b952hdqmn20lnrc4cfdog2w5uf9ehyf9w0sh65dwex2b&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g[/img]
Said it before and I’ll say it again. Multi year tradeable deal for Sammie and let the bidding begin for both our QB’s.
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Vikesrock wrote:lol, I'd like to laugh harder at this but somehow this has some probability of reality to it in Vikingland. No catastrophe is too big or too weird to happen to our Vikings. I just continue to be stupefied by Ian Rappaport's story about keeping both Darnold and McCarthy and 'building the team around them' somehow by giving Uncle Sammy a huge chunk of the cap money for 2025.
I hate to say it, but the most Vikings thing to do is this: Darnold moves on and is good not great on his next team. JJ looks awesome in training camp. Comes out firing on all cylinders. Vikings go 4-0. People are talking about Super Bowl, and hype. Game 5 against the whoever 1-3 team. McCarthy blows his left testicle out and is done for the season, and there is talk that it might be career ending. Hope evaporates as Jim Bob Cooter comes in as backup and leads the team to a very respectable 8-9 record throughout because, once again, everything but one important cog makes it through the season....
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"With the Geno Smith trade opening a spot in Seattle, Sam Darnold is not expected to return to the #Vikings, who are now focused on other options they’ve been pursuing in recent weeks, sources tell The Insiders.
Those options include re-signing Daniel Jones, who is mulling multiple opportunities." - Tom P.
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