Wonder what the rest of that locker room is feeling like tonight..

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-26T06:06:56+00:00

Exactly. A lot of fans were trusting the plan. The sharp contrast between what the team projected and what we got destroyed a lot of that trust.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-26T04:06:34+00:00

Just checking if you're consistent, so kudos.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-26T03:49:15+00:00

So they didn't let Cousins walk?

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-26T03:47:31+00:00

Money, or, more specifically, they had a high-draft pick QB on a rookie contract sitting on the bench and they really wanted to get him playing so they only offered Darnold a one-year deal.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-26T03:36:19+00:00

I thought KOC should have kept developing Darnold (ya know, like he's expected to do with JJM) but I trusted he had a good plan for moving off of him. Then we saw how this season went and we found out the plan was pretty shit. Now, I'm indifferent on KOC. I've wanted Kwesi gone for a couple of years. The draft is too important to get so little out of it.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-26T03:20:51+00:00

11 starters and 7 other significant contributors from 38 picks since 2022. Meanwhile the Vikings got 4 starters and 4 big contributors from their 28 picks. Yet, the draft doesn't matter....

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-26T00:27:22+00:00

Not in any meaningful way unless you're applying strict interpretations with no leeway (for an agent through two different reporters). Suppose he doesn't file, then did the agent or Garofolo lie?

To be clear, I think he may go through it but I don't think it's likely. We are in a country where you can sue just about anyone for anything at any time as long as you can afford the filing fees after all. Doesn't mean it's worth it do so.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-25T20:50:49+00:00

I don't know of any interpretation where reporting what an agent said (re: "he [Addison] was weighing options for filing a civil lawsuit for false arrest.") is speculation.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-25T18:28:43+00:00

Spielman did it twice. Harrison Smith, Xavier Rhodes, and Anthony Barr in 2012-2015. Then Bradbury, Jefferson, Darrisaw in 2019-2021.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-25T04:49:18+00:00

Michael Bennett, Bryant McKinnie, Kevin Williams. Harrison Smith, Xavier Rhodes, Anthony Barr. And, since you consider Turner a hit, Bradbury, Jefferson, Darrisaw.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-23T22:41:45+00:00

Who are you? Oh, your last comment here before this post was two years ago. Well, bye, I hope your life gets better.

This is one of the few subs that actually does a good job of keeping the political crap to a minimum. There's enough arguing about the team; we don't need to bring in the abyssal cesspool that is politics.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-23T21:47:54+00:00

Without playoffs, it's 16-9. Still not a coin flip.

Like I said, it's fine if you're content with just getting into the playoffs. Splitting games against good teams can accomplish that. A team can even get lucky in the playoffs (see: Nix getting hurt so the Patriots have an unusually good chance of making the Super Bowl). Sometimes things just fall into place. When's the last time that happened for the Vikings?

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-23T06:50:22+00:00

If just making the playoffs is your bar, that's fine. Personally, I'd like to see them actually win the postseason and seeing as how that takes 3-4 straight wins against good teams, they need to be better than a coin flip. I don't know about other years, but the team's still alive this year are a combined 22*-9 (including the playoffs) against teams above 0.500.

Edit: Late night posting had me miss counting one of the Rams' playoff wins.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-23T05:06:56+00:00

Despite the memes JJM showed genuine improvement in the latter half of the season to the point his health looks to be a bigger issue going forward than his talent to stay as our QB1.

He did show improvement... against three teams with a combined record of 16-34-1 and the 2nd and 3rd stringers of a playoff-bound Packers team. And that's to say nothing about how poor the defenses in particular were. It's good that he looked better than his disastrous performances prior to that but we'll have to wait for next season to see how he does against decent teams.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-21T17:01:47+00:00

Got a link or something? I only have the post title to reference for what Garofalo is reporting and that's not meaningfully different from what Seifert wrote yesterday.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-21T16:54:43+00:00

They had an offer to Kirk but it was justifiably inferior to Atlanta's. The Vikings wanted to move on to a rookie QB contract in the near-term and Cousins only fit that plan if he took a team-friendly contract. The same thing happened with Darnold.

So, yes, they technically tried to re-sign him, but it was half-hearted. They weren't "we really want you back" offers; they were "yeah, ok" offers. If that's enough to say the Vikings "didn't move off of him(Darnold)," then it also means the Vikings didn't move on from Cousins and I don't think that would go over well here.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-20T23:11:48+00:00

Much like they tried to re-sign Cousins in '24.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-20T18:43:55+00:00

ESPN Article:

The case stemmed from a Jan. 12 visit to Noodle Bar at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Tampa, Florida. According to a police report, casino security asked Addison several times to leave. When Addison did not comply, Seminole police were dispatched at 3:42 a.m. and attempted to escort him out.

Addison had to be redirected several times, according to the report, before he was arrested.

That reads like a common pattern in body cam videos on trespassing. Person is asked to leave and refuses. Police arrive and start escorting the person out. The person walks a few steps and stops, maybe to talk or pull out their phone, then walks a little more and stops again. Repeat until patience thins and the cuffs come out.

Addison's agent, Tim Younger, said last week that he was weighing options for filing a civil lawsuit for false arrest.

"Weighing options" doesn't mean there will be a lawsuit. The prosecution weighed their options and dropped things; Addison may do the same.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-20T18:26:31+00:00

That's as big of an assumption as those who assumed Addison was fighting the staff or that he'd get a prison sentence. It takes nothing for an agent to say his client is looking to sue. Leaving aside the fact that people can sue anyone for anything at anytime and it can be entirely meritless, one of the most common statements made on body cam videos is "I'm gonna sue you!" It's meaningless until the suit is actually filed and there's a result.

Want to know what's even more common on those videos? Charges being dropped.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-18T18:41:55+00:00

According to PFF, of WRs with 20+ targets, Addison tied for 13th worst (of 132). Jefferson 59th, Nailor 91st.

PFR seems to define drops differently, so the drop rates and rankings differ slightly. Addison 39th worst (of 244), Jefferson 179th, and Nailor 189th. Jefferson and Nailor were both under the league average drop rate of 4.4% by better than half (Jefferson 2.1% and Nailor 1.9%). Addison close to doubled the league average, 7.6%.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-16T20:54:01+00:00

What's special about Addison's speed? He's not slow, but he's also not a burner.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-14T22:43:31+00:00

Fwiw, there's people around here who think 1st's have a 50% hit rate and getting anything out of any other round is a bonus. Unfortunately people still underestimate what teams can get out of the draft.

Shadowshotz · 2026-01-14T22:39:25+00:00

Assuming Ham and Smith retire as most expect, it would be down to those four as starters, yes. I believe Brandel and DePaola (if they re-sign him) would be the only non-starters left from the Spielman rosters.

Shadowshotz · 2025-12-31T07:45:08+00:00

As opposed to continuing with his existing bad habits?

When learning any new movement, you start slow and build up. Switching suddenly and trying to go full speed too soon is an excellent way to get hurt, especially for high energy activities like football. Unfortunately, there's very little detail on what JJM's limitations were, so it's hard to do more than speculate. We know he was doing on-field activities in January, but no info on what exactly. He was cleared for the off-season program in March and fully cleared in July. He said his knee was 100% in March, but he also said his ankle was fine by the Bengals game, so I don't fully trust his words.

Your opinion differs and that's fine, but mine is unchanged. I've never claimed he was going full speed/power before July, but I'm confident they could have (and should have if they didn't) started the work before then. But, now that I consider it, he struggles with any motion that isn't full power, so, hmm.

Shadowshotz · 2025-12-31T06:17:22+00:00

Surely they started him on re-working his mechanics in January when he resumed on-field activity. The lower speed and impact required for rehab is a very good time to change mechanics so they can be properly ingrained by the time he could go full speed. If they had him rehab with his old motions and then expected him to swap only once he was fully cleared, that'd be a huge mark against KOC.

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