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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.The Jefferson trade made more sense to me if they kept Cousins on big money and couldn't afford Jefferson. Once they were in the running for a rookie QB it didn't really make a lot of sense to trade away one of the best WRs in football to support that QB.I never bought into the rumors/wishful thinking that Minnesota would trade Jefferson.
Why would they trade up to obtain a good QB - and then trade their best WR away? That makes no sense.
If the Vikings were a team in shambles, devoid of talent and in full rebuild mode - then sure, trade away your best player in order to help upgrade multiple other positions. But that is not the case with Minnesota's roster. All they need is at minimum a middle of the road, competent QB to be a playoff team.
Yeah it was a pipe dream.The Jefferson trade made more sense to me if they kept Cousins on big money and couldn't afford Jefferson. Once they were in the running for a rookie QB it didn't really make a lot of sense to trade away one of the best WRs in football to support that QB.
If we were going to pay Ridley 22 I’d be more than happy to pay 30.30 million a year for a WR? No thanks. I would trade him and use the pick to get his replacement.
If we were going to pay Ridley 22 I’d be more than happy to pay 30.
I'd rather overpay and elite QB than an elite WR
Yowza!!Vikings working out 5 year 150 million deal with Jefferson with 75 million fully guaranteed.
Teams overpaying mediocre to good players are ruining the FA market.
I called $30M per year for Jefferson, but $75M guaranteed? That’s almost $25M more than what Tyrek got.
Teams overpaying mediocre to good players are ruining the FA market.
I called $30M per year for Jefferson, but $75M guaranteed? That’s almost $25M more than what Tyrek got.
The history of free agent quarterbacks is not a very good one. For the most part teams will bend over backwards to keep their quarterbacks so the guys who hit F A are the ones who won't reach a deal with their teams for varying reasons. Many of those reasons are distinctly unflattering. Occasionally you just find a guy who thinks he can go longer than his team thinks he can go, or wants to cash in after years of team friendly contracts like with Brady. Mostly though what you find in FA is not going to be attractive because there's going to be a reason the previous team let 'em walk.I'd rather overpay an elite QB than an elite WR
That's the going rate now for a top 3 WR.30 million a year for a WR? No thanks. I would trade him and use the pick to get his replacement.
Yup - no team ever loses a QB they want to keep.The history of free agent quarterbacks is not a very good one. For the most part teams will bend over backwards to keep their quarterbacks so the guys who hit F A are the ones who won't reach a deal with their teams for varying reasons. Many of those reasons are distinctly unflattering. Occasionally you just find a guy who thinks he can go longer than his team thinks he can go, or wants to cash in after years of team friendly contracts like with Brady. Mostly though what you find in FA is not going to be attractive because there's going to be a reason the previous team let 'em walk.
The cap is much higher now. You seem stuck in a time when the cap was 30% smaller.I wouldn’t have paid Ridley 22 million, I don’t think he’s worth more than 12-13 a year. Overall I think WR’s are getting grossly overpaid. And I think using that much cap space for pretty much any position other than QB doesn’t make a lot of sense. There are exceptions of course, and I can see people seeing Jefferson as just that, but I don’t. Especially for a team that doesn’t look like a contender over the next couple of seasons.