Hearing Rumblings of more bad news - Everson

@"96POPS" said:

@"StickyBun" said:

@"Kentis" said: I bet Pops knows...

Nah, Brian isn't part of the team anymore. He's not in the know unless he asks somebody. I'm sure he definitely could find out if he wanted to in a heartbeat. 

Sticky just because he's not on the team doesn't mean the guys don't call him and talk to him. A lot of those guys still stay in touch.

He actually knew before the media frenzy. He was called by a teammate.

Bring BRob back at RDE and move Hunter to LDE...

@"ArizonaViking" said: Bring BRob back at RDE and move Hunter to LDE...

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"ArizonaViking" said: Bring BRob back at RDE and move Hunter to LDE...

wont happen,  Spielman would have to ask Brian to come back and I dont think he would be willing to do that... has to be some bad blood there to cut Brian in his last year while still playing at a respectively high level... especially considering how Brian was setting the defense on the field last year on 3rd downs and other special situations.   I would love to see him back,  but I am not holding my breath that rick would make that call.

@"greediron" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"ArizonaViking" said: Bring BRob back at RDE and move Hunter to LDE...

wont happen,  Spielman would have to ask Brian to come back and I dont think he would be willing to do that... has to be some bad blood there to cut Brian in his last year while still playing at a respectively high level... especially considering how Brian was setting the defense on the field last year on 3rd downs and other special situations.   I would love to see him back,  but I am not holding my breath that rick would make that call.

Or that Brian would even say yes.  Man this sucks.

@"Vikergirl" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: Do you get some sick sort of gratification by attacking a man when he is going through hard times? Does it make you feel better? You are only feeding the stigma of mental health issues. Your words tells me all I need to know. I love football but this man's health and wellbeing, his family's health and wellbeing go way beyond football. That's priority number one right now. 

Damn right!!!  Kick a man while he's down. 

Especially when that man out weight, out runs and pounds the piss out of people on a weekly basis.  In fact if I was going to take a shot at any current or former NFL players it better be while their restrained or it would turn out bad for me!!!!  :)

Reminds me of a guy at training camp when Adrian Peterson was with the team. This guy behind me says "Adrian is looking skinny, I could take him". Lol as if Adrian has ever looked skinny and not even in his wildest wet dreams could he take him. Take him for a ride in his Uber maybe. False bravado is nauseating.

Brian wanted to play this year. I guess time will tell if the bridge burned or not. 

I have no doubt in my mind if the team or a teammate asked him Brian would be in uniform that day.

@"suncoastvike" said: I have no doubt in my mind if the team or a teammate asked him Brian would be in uniform that day.

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"suncoastvike" said: I have no doubt in my mind if the team or a teammate asked him Brian would be in uniform that day.

Of course he would. It's ridiculous to think otherwise. For the life of me, I don't understand those who think this was some sort of personal thing. 

@"StickyBun" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"suncoastvike" said: I have no doubt in my mind if the team or a teammate asked him Brian would be in uniform that day.

Of course he would. It's ridiculous to think otherwise. For the life of me, I don't understand those who think this was some sort of personal thing. 

POPS does....but he's his Dad. Emotion is rooted in it. It gets clouded. He blames Spielman. I'm sure there's things we don't know, but when family is involved, its thicker than water. He's standing up for his son, I get it. 

@"StickyBun" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"suncoastvike" said: I have no doubt in my mind if the team or a teammate asked him Brian would be in uniform that day.

Of course he would. It's ridiculous to think otherwise. For the life of me, I don't understand those who think this was some sort of personal thing. 

POPS does....but he's his Dad. Emotion is rooted in it. It gets clouded. He blames Spielman. I'm sure there's things we don't know, but when family is involved, its thicker than water. He's standing up for his son, I get it. 

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"StickyBun" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"suncoastvike" said: I have no doubt in my mind if the team or a teammate asked him Brian would be in uniform that day.

Of course he would. It's ridiculous to think otherwise. For the life of me, I don't understand those who think this was some sort of personal thing. 

POPS does....but he's his Dad. Emotion is rooted in it. It gets clouded. He blames Spielman. I'm sure there's things we don't know, but when family is involved, its thicker than water. He's standing up for his son, I get it. 

I totally get standing up for your son. I do the same thing for mine. But it's rarely an objective take. Right or wrong, I have no reason to believe that the Vikings' decision to release Robison was based in anything other than what they thought was best for the team this year, and in the future. It happens on every team, every season. So if asking Robison to come back is best for the Vikings, then that's what will happen. I hope it does and I hope Robison comes back if Griffen is out for any length of time. He could give the Vikings an emotional boost at a time when they need it most. 

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"suncoastvike" said: I have no doubt in my mind if the team or a teammate asked him Brian would be in uniform that day.

Of course he would. It's ridiculous to think otherwise. For the life of me, I don't understand those who think this was some sort of personal thing. 

@"greediron" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"StickyBun" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"suncoastvike" said: I have no doubt in my mind if the team or a teammate asked him Brian would be in uniform that day.

Of course he would. It's ridiculous to think otherwise. For the life of me, I don't understand those who think this was some sort of personal thing. 

POPS does....but he's his Dad. Emotion is rooted in it. It gets clouded. He blames Spielman. I'm sure there's things we don't know, but when family is involved, its thicker than water. He's standing up for his son, I get it. 

I totally get standing up for your son. I do the same thing for mine. But it's rarely an objective take. Right or wrong, I have no reason to believe that the Vikings' decision to release Robison was based in anything other than what they thought was best for the team this year, and in the future. It happens on every team, every season. So if asking Robison to come back is best for the Vikings, then that's what will happen. I hope it does and I hope Robison comes back if Griffen is out for any length of time. He could give the Vikings an emotional boost at a time when they need it most. 

It wouldn't feel personal to you if you took paycuts the last two years, stated you wanted to play one final year to help bring a championship to the team and then get fired right before the season?

I don't see what is so hard to understand about that.

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"greediron" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"StickyBun" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"suncoastvike" said: I have no doubt in my mind if the team or a teammate asked him Brian would be in uniform that day.

Of course he would. It's ridiculous to think otherwise. For the life of me, I don't understand those who think this was some sort of personal thing. 

POPS does....but he's his Dad. Emotion is rooted in it. It gets clouded. He blames Spielman. I'm sure there's things we don't know, but when family is involved, its thicker than water. He's standing up for his son, I get it. 

I totally get standing up for your son. I do the same thing for mine. But it's rarely an objective take. Right or wrong, I have no reason to believe that the Vikings' decision to release Robison was based in anything other than what they thought was best for the team this year, and in the future. It happens on every team, every season. So if asking Robison to come back is best for the Vikings, then that's what will happen. I hope it does and I hope Robison comes back if Griffen is out for any length of time. He could give the Vikings an emotional boost at a time when they need it most. 

It wouldn't feel personal to you if you took paycuts the last two years, stated you wanted to play one final year to help bring a championship to the team and then get fired right before the season?

I don't see what is so hard to understand about that.

You don't? If my employer asked me to take a pay cut, I would probably start to question if my contribution to the company justified my compensation. If they asked me two years in a row, I'd know the answer to that question. I'm not sure how many times a team is supposed to keep players around for "one more year." Jesus, look around....every aging veteran in the NFL wants to play one more year. Now, you can argue that Robison might have given us more than, say, Bower and/or Weatherly. That's a legit debate we can have. What is the upside/downside of choosing Robison over a young player you may not want to expose to waivers? Dunno. I might even come down on the side of Robison if that is the calculation being made. But this idea that Robison was "fired" because...um...what? Something personal? Hell I don't even know the argument being made. 

@"MaroonBellbuds" said:

@"suncoastvike" said: I have no doubt in my mind if the team or a teammate asked him Brian would be in uniform that day.

Of course he would. It's ridiculous to think otherwise. For the life of me, I don't understand those who think this was some sort of personal thing. 

In fairness Pops the Vikings might not know what direction the Griffen thing is going?  Although its wuite possible touve got better connections then any of us. 

I agree I was pissed that the Vikings released him at cut down time but I have to think its because the Vikings brass thought going younger was the right direction?  The leadedship gets judged play to play, game to game and year to year. I cant imagine theyd risk their carreers over some sort of vendetta over a player?  

Anyway, I hope like hell that they ask Brian back (and he accepts) and that he fills a leadership void we obviously have and our D goes onto great things and brings a championship home.  

I dont have it yet but i probably need to track down a Brob jersey for my wall of fame that has my favorite vikings on it because Brian certainly belongs there. 

@"Skodin" said:

@"njvike" said: For his family's sake, I hope things are OK.

For the weenies that gave me a "wtf" for ACCURATELY pointing out that this dude was arrested TWO times in ONE WEEKEND...suck it.

As the Bard of our time, Emmitt Smith, once so eloquently stated : "A leopard can't change its stripes".

This team just NEVER ceases to amaze me with their BS. 

Classic NJ.  Exactly what you would expect from a trash bag of a state, trash opinions