Or they cut Cousins after this season and eat $10M.
I wouldn't be shocked if they extend him. Cousins has played very well on the whole for the Vikings and gets a ton more flak than he should.
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I wouldn't be shocked if they extend him. Cousins has played very well on the whole for the Vikings and gets a ton more flak than he should.
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Yeah, they're not going to cut him before next year, if at all. I understand that some people don't like him and wish they would cut him, but cutting him now would not help them cap wise. That said, I highly doubt he'll play next year on this same contract. He'll either restructure or be cut. But the cutting won't happen before the upcoming season.
If they want to keep Cousins, which it sounds like they want to get an extension done. You can't also keep Hunter because you are going to have to pay for O'Neil this coming offseason and other addictions to that o-line.
Teams I'd make a deal with now for a 2021 1st and a 2021 3rd:
New England - 15. Lots of cap space, Seem committed to defense and ball control with a cheap Cam Newton contract
Colts - 21. Have a QB, A LOT of cap space to do a sign and trade, plus putting Hunter and Buckner on the same d-line would make them insane
Jacksonville - 25. Tons of cap space, will have a rookie QB contract for 5 years to be able to afford a Top 5 money DE
Browns - 26. Stefanski connection, lots of cap and a rookie contract QB in 2021-2022 to front load Hunter to an extension
If we got a 1st and 3rd from any of the teams I listed. You probably take BAP at 14 unless a QB falls and people want to jump ahead of NE, LV and CHI. Then trade back with the second first rounder to get a 2nd round pick for 2021
Cousins is the classic "looks good when everything goes right and has nice stats" guy. If you think about what is needed for a top, winning QB, I'd suggest the first two things are leadership and a FB mind (feel for the game). Cousins comes in at "Empty" on both those fronts - like a zombie on the field & the sidelines; rarely makes a play out of nothing, appears to not audible to something else in the face of blitzes, makes it hard on his bad OL by holding the ball til the "right" WR gets open, is numb in the pocket and doesn't feel pressure...
He seems like a great guy and has a great arm with nice accuracy. What that will get you without the key leadership/feel characteristics is mediocrity, which is what every team of his has ultimately been, mediocre. So, they won't stink, but they won't do great either.
I don't blame the Vikings for taking a shot with him on the 1st contract, but the day they extended him, along with the Barr contract, sentenced them to mediocrity - no $ to spend on their OL & DL. Need to pull off the band-aid and start over, but that won't happen b/c Zim & Spielman need to save their jobs in 2021. So, extended mediocrity on the horizon.
I see the Vikings & Barr re-did his contract, realizing he's paid way too much. Probably all they could do with the hole they dug w/ his contract - think the overall $ is now ~even with what they'd have done if they cut him (large cap hit) and signed Wilson.
He seems like a great guy and has a great arm with nice accuracy. What that will get you without the key leadership/feel characteristics is mediocrity, which is what every team of his has ultimately been, mediocre. So, they won't stink, but they won't do great either.
I don't blame the Vikings for taking a shot with him on the 1st contract, but the day they extended him, along with the Barr contract, sentenced them to mediocrity - no $ to spend on their OL & DL. Need to pull off the band-aid and start over, but that won't happen b/c Zim & Spielman need to save their jobs in 2021. So, extended mediocrity on the horizon.
I see the Vikings & Barr re-did his contract, realizing he's paid way too much. Probably all they could do with the hole they dug w/ his contract - think the overall $ is now ~even with what they'd have done if they cut him (large cap hit) and signed Wilson.
Can take the Bama DT out of my mock draft scenarios.
Draft priority for Round 1:
OL
WR 3
Safety
Draft priority for Round 1:
OL
WR 3
Safety
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I like it. Coming off his rookie deal. Still very much in his prime. Between him and Pierce, the interior line should be solid.
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I'm fine with this. He's still very young, and is
as good or better than any O-line prospect they'd take with the 6th round pick they gave up for him.
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Add Xavier Woods and Mackenzie Alexander to the fold. Minnesota should have 5 new starters on defense. Tomlinson, Pierce, Peterson, Woods and Alexander.
Hopeful that the unit can get back to the top third of the league.
I suspect they'll go oline with their first pick. Maybe edge rusher. I'm honestly shocked by how active they've been in free agency, considering how little cap room they started with.
Hopeful that the unit can get back to the top third of the league.
I suspect they'll go oline with their first pick. Maybe edge rusher. I'm honestly shocked by how active they've been in free agency, considering how little cap room they started with.
They absolutely need to go oline with first pick. If they don’t, it’s a non defensible move. Their oline is beyond awful.
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I could still potentially see them trade Hunter for a small bundle of picks, maybe a 2nd and 4th, then taking an edge in the first round. I also wouldn't hate it if they traded up a few spots to guarantee they get one of the top oline prospects. At 14, they're kind of in no man's land when it comes to the oline
