***2026 Minnesota Vikings***
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To be honest, I'm not against JJ being traded. This team needs a total tear down. Trade off high desired assets to obtain tons of draft equity. Draft players in the trenches first and then add skilled positions. It will be a very rough 3 years or so. But when you come out of it, you'd have a strong team with a foundation of winning the line of scrimmage
Must get rid of Kwesi before any additional drafts take place. He's the reason the Vikings are in this mess.
I am not going to defend what the GM has done recently, but I think it's fairly well known that KOC wanted JJM and he was certainly consulted (if he wasn't driving the decision) when they chose to let Darnold and Jones go thinking he was ready to take over this year. This is not the kind of franchise where you have someone in the front office making decisions without heavy input from the head coach.
How many are out there that didn't get fired from thier last 'experience'?
I think Jeff Diamond left on his own terms... but I could be wrong. I'm too lazy to look it up.
None. Every good GM is already hired. The entire position of GM is shooting from the hip and hoping you hit something, which is what they did with KAM. Grabbed him from underneath a great GM at another org.
This was my point essentially. At some point maybe he still needs canned, but it's not like there's a list of can't miss candidates out there.
We just flunked out on a Michigan QB. I'd rather not flunk out on another OSU QB next.
For whatever reason, Big Ten quarterbacks haven't done well in the NFL recently.
Kwesi could screw up a 1 car funeral procession. I don't want him drafting anymore.
Especially not first rounders. Jury's still out on Stroud, but unless I missed one, the last "successful" Big Ten QB from the first round was Kerry Collins. In fact, in the entire history of the post-merger era draft., the Big Ten has produced zero hall of fame QBs that were drafted in the first round and only couple that could be considered good. I'm sure that conference will eventually co-opt the history of the for Pac-12 schools though to make themselves look better in that regard.
You want your WR from OSU, let other teams keep the QBs.
Personally, I don't worry about identifying a QB as much as the draft plan. KOC reportedly really liked Drake Maye but we couldn't get a decent enough price to move up and get him. Then we panicked a bit and jumped up to grab our backup option. That panic is the part that worries me, we can't be giving up draft capital to grab our backup options. Overpaying out of fear loses people fantasy football leagues, let alone the NFL against professionals.
Personally, I don't worry about identifying a QB as much as the draft plan. KOC reportedly really liked Drake Maye but we couldn't get a decent enough price to move up and get him. Then we panicked a bit and jumped up to grab our backup option. That panic is the part that worries me, we can't be giving up draft capital to grab our backup options. Overpaying out of fear loses people fantasy football leagues, let alone the NFL against professionals.
What hurts more is panicking to pick out the worst possible option. Every remotely close guy behind him has been fine and demonstrably better.
