I don't know why we are still talking about Rudolph. He ain't coming....for a lot of reasons.
1. They need him. Irv Smith ISN'T a true inline TE. He' an HB/move TE. The Vikes added him to their TE arsenal, they DIDN'T replace Rudolph with him. That aren't similar players
2. He AND his family want to stay there. Never underestimate that factor. It's a major reason why Josh McDaniel is still here. Sure the Vikes are up against the cap, but extensions and compromises can be made such that he gets him money for this year. My guess is that they will eventually work something out.
3. And if they don't, so what! I'm not good at math, but 3.5 - 7.5 will never equal a positive number. The fact is that we don't have the cap space to take him on.
Sorry folks. I bought into the idea too when it was first proposed, but the reality is that once we brought Watson on, any possible Rudloph deal was dead on arrival. I think we are going to go with what we have going into camp. Now that might change as we get closer to the opener due to injuries or cuts, but for the next few months at least, our TE group is what our TE group is.
Now the question is can our TE group produce enough to facilitate a top 5 offense. What would those numbers have to be. Just for the sake of argument, would everyone be satisfied with the following numbers from our combined TE group.
800 passing yds and 6 TD's That's about 100 yds more than what we got last season and twice the TD's. But still I think they are reasonable numbers. What say you?
