They tried to re-sign him. He wanted either too much or to move on. One has to remember this thing called the salary cap. He did sign for an average of $33 million a year, and I don't think the Vikings wanted to sign him for 3 more years with JJ being in the wings.
No one is really sure what went on, but that's the general consesus and it makes sense. You just drafted what you think is your next long-term QB. Do you sign someone for 3 years, putting your draft pick on ice for those years? Right now, Viking fans are talking about getting Cousins back once he is cut by Atlanta in March.
It’s not hindsight when you say it beforehand, which myself and others did. Couple that with their secondary QB decision. When they passed on Darnold for a much larger $. They could’ve signed Daniel Jones on the cheap. We now know he signed for $14mil so there’s a good chance earlier in? they could’ve had him for s couple Million $ less. We’re talking ~$12mil area and Making it a QB competition and still only having $20mil total tied up at QB. Which they could’ve pushed his Cap mostly into 2027.
That’s accurate. I’m sure it came down to $$. Might’ve been flirting with a contract offer but we’re thinking $15mil area was about their max offer. I get that because any more would be a large chunk against 25-26 seasons.
That is almost frightening. Mahommes could have been hurt even sooner and their season would have ended sooner. Tough to swallow.
As far as Packer fans are concerned they did the right thing. I commend the Vikings.
In my mind, I never expected Daniel Jones to have a good season. So personally I consider that making a case from what happened in the future. Monday morning QB. Very hard for me to see not giving Darnold a contract though. And a better O line. Let JJ sit and trade or keep Darnold down the road. Well the GM did get fired. I wonder how much input the head coach had in all of that.
Not a coincidence that 4 of the leagues least $$ on IR were the 4 Championship contenders.
That’s the same argument (Monday morning QBing) against Darnold. Yet while in some cases it’s a legit argument, imo it’s not an ideal argument here. We knew that Darnold and Jones were gone BEFORE the seaso. I recall A significant number of posters saying these logical things BEFORE game #1. It’s only logical if you walk your primary QB you do everything possible to lock a failsafe behind JJ. It’s an easy conclusion and that’s not some big “secret plan”
I have no idea what you just said.
It’s not Monday morning QB when you call MN nutzo before the season started. That’s called good logical foresight.
The Chiefs have been in five of the last six Super Bowls and won three of them. That's more Super Bowls than we've won without going back to the Lombardi era. It's hard to feel sorry for them at this point.
I don't think Jones ever even thought about staying. Here's a little tidbit. McCarthy's stats are almost Identical to Shedur Sanders. Does anyone want to explain how he made the Pro Bowl? At least McCarthy has a winning record.
Not complaining.
I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly, but for some reason, I thought there was no way they were going to be able to get him under their cap with the issues they had with that.
I'm guessing that Jefferson still supports McCarthy, his QB and teammate. However, if you read between the lines, JJ's window to prove himself to be a worthy starter is closing fast.
That darnold miss was cataclysmic. Lol.
Oh? Well that makes it a lot more digestible.
No, it wasn't. It did not hurt the Packers one bit.
The Vikes were in cap hell for most of the 2020's, but had finally emerged from it in '25. Early summer they had almost $16mil cap available. Got their dead cap down to $27mil (from over $70mil in prior years) on 88 former players. Kwesi did well cleaning up the cap but neglected fielding a good team IF JJ failed. Too much riding on an unproven, inexperienced QB, imho.
