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Mr Janny said:
Agreed. There's almost no way he's on the roster on opening day. They re-signed Mattison. They drafted McBride. And they like both Chandler and Kene. I honestly wouldn't be that surprised if they cut even another RB after Cook is gone. I'm hoping Kene's return ability keeps his roster spot safe, but you never know.
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With the change to the kickoff rules, I'm worried that Kene Nwangu may not have a roster spot. If kick returns aren't as big of a part of the game, I don't know that he brings a whole lot more to the table for Minnesota.
 
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Mr Janny said:
With the change to the kickoff rules, I'm worried that Kene Nwangu may not have a roster spot. If kick returns aren't as big of a part of the game, I don't know that he brings a whole lot more to the table for Minnesota.
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I rarely see him mentioned when they talk about the running backs as well.
 
Mr Janny said:
With the change to the kickoff rules, I'm worried that Kene Nwangu may not have a roster spot. If kick returns aren't as big of a part of the game, I don't know that he brings a whole lot more to the table for Minnesota.
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What are the new kickoff rules?
 
Mr Janny said:
With the change to the kickoff rules, I'm worried that Kene Nwangu may not have a roster spot. If kick returns aren't as big of a part of the game, I don't know that he brings a whole lot more to the table for Minnesota.
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PA thought he’d have a hard time making the roster even before the rule change.
 
cytor said:
What are the new kickoff rules?
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Similar to college now. You can call for a fair catch on a kick, outside of the end zone and get the ball at the 25. So it continues to take away incentive for receiving teams to bring the ball out, and reduces the kicking team's incentive to try to kick short.
Certainly there will still be some kick returns, but teams may find it harder to justify a 53 man roster spot on a player whose primary skill is returning kicks.
 
Acylum said:
PA thought he’d have a hard time making the roster even before the rule change.
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Unfortunate, but probably some truth to it. Hard to see them keeping 4 running backs for the season.
 
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Aclone said:
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They would probably work out really well for everyone.

I wonder what Cook would get on the open market? If the vikings trade him, they have about $6M in dead cap, so thats a starting point. This would really allow them to be flexible with the salary cap. Wonder if he'd be worth more or less than the Miles Sanders contract. I think Cook is better, but he's two years older.
 
cyfan92 said:
Best case scenario on the Dalvin Cook front...

If only we could figure out a way for Cousins to take that kind of discount... We'd be able to make a Super Bowl run
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He offered, the front office turned it down for some reason.
 
cyfan92 said:
Best case scenario on the Dalvin Cook front...

If only we could figure out a way for Cousins to take that kind of discount... We'd be able to make a Super Bowl run
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I have to laugh at us Vikings fans. Clamoring for years about needing to get a good quarterback, then spending years about how our good quarterback is overpaid.

Cousin's cap hit this year is only $20M, so he's not hurting our cap space at all.
 
moores2 said:
He offered, the front office turned it down for some reason.
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I think the front office decided to go in a new direction. Cousin's taking a new deal would mean probably at least 3 more years with him as the starting QB.

Nothing saying the Vikings can't change their mind and do an extension later this summer though.
 
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He offered, the front office turned it down for some reason.
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clone52 said:
I have to laugh at us Vikings fans. Clamoring for years about needing to get a good quarterback, then spending years about how our good quarterback is overpaid.

Cousin's cap hit this year is only $20M, so he's not hurting our cap space at all.
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Our window to win with a QB like Cousins is/was 2018-2024. He will be 35 soon and committing to the 7-15th best starter in the league, at above a rookie scale contract, and at this age is not smart IMO. We missed the best window of his career with a stubborn defensive coach and paid Kirk WAY too much for his output.

His 2023/24 cap isn't bad because they are pushing $28M of cap space into 2024/25... I'd rather barely get by this year and have $20M+ to allocate to a FA guard, d-lineman, or corner a year from now in free agency...

2024/25 will have solid tackles, the best WR in football, hopefully a stud #2 WR in Addison, and a top 5 TE in Hockenson. That is the PERFECT offense to drop a rookie QB into
 
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cyfan92 said:
Our window to win with a QB like Cousins is/was 2018-2024. He will be 35 soon and committing to the 7-15th best starter in the league, at above a rookie scale contract, and at this age is not smart IMO. We missed the best window of his career with a stubborn defensive coach and paid Kirk WAY too much for his output.

His 2023/24 cap isn't bad because they are pushing $28M of cap space into 2024/25... I'd rather barely get by this year and have $20M+ to allocate to a FA guard, d-lineman, or corner a year from now in free agency...

2024/25 will have solid tackles, the best WR in football, hopefully a stud #2 WR in Addison, and a top 5 TE in Hockenson. That is the PERFECT offense to drop a rookie QB into
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You mean you'd rather they just stick with 1 last year of Cousins as is? I'm in the same boat.
 
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