Vikes thread!

[Gunner55]

This guy makes a lot more sense to me. https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/report_vikings_among_likeliest_teams_to_sign_daniel_jones/s1_16715_41289892

[LPS]

I like that scenario.  I won't be a fan if they sign Erin.  Jones heck yes. 

[Gunner55]

I don't believe we'll be seeing Daniel Jones in purple anytime soon as the Fox pregame show yday said that 10 teams had already told them that they might be interested in signing him. So, he'll get some good money. I sure hope #86 learned something about onside kicks yday too. 

[dutchboy]

On the other hand if he takes his eyes off the guy and that guy recovers the onside kick where are they?

Freak play where the ball hits him although they say thats how teams will onside kick going forward, trying to bounce the ball off the recieving team.

[Gunner55]

  Heard yday that Jones actually mentioned both the Ravens & the Vikings as teams he's like to play for. They went on to say that it probably could be done for $375,000 for the rest of this season. But if they did sign him it would probably cost them a compensatory draft pick they should get for losing Hunter & Cousins as free agents after last season.

[Steve-o]

Why all the hype for the Vikes getting another QB?   

Plan A was for Darnold to drive the bus til understudy McCarthy was ready, and McCarthy be the full time driver next year when Darnold is gone.  Plan A becomes riskier because we haven't seen McCarthy in action this year, but I don't think that changes Plan A.

I think Darnold has surpassed expectations in his one-year 'prove it' deal, but no one thinks so much so that the Vikes are willing to sign him to the long term deal he probably wants - even if they go far in the playoffs.

So why would they want Jones?
To replace Mullins as back up for the rest of this season?
To compete with McCarthy for the starting job next year?
To restart Plan A all over again next year with a new bridge QB?
Is the thinking that signing someone like Jones, who'll probably get a "prove it" contract next year, would be cheaper than trying to sign someone like Darnold - who basically proved it in his "prove it" deal?

Also, haven't the Vikes traded some of their mid-round draft picks in the next couple of seasons plugging holes as they've come up?  Maybe they'll need those compensatory pics to replenish. 

[Gunner55]

Yeah, the thinking is that he would just replace Mullens as QB2 for the rest of this season, so if Darnold gets hurt they're not 1 & done in the playoffs. Besides, most of the "experts" think he'll start for somebody next year & that will likely take a multi-year deal for quite a bit more than QB2 pay. Which the Vikings won't want to do.

[Gunner55]

Ivan Pace was put on IR yday, so he's out for at least 4 games. So, the Vikings poached a former 1st rd pick at LB off of GB's pratice squad yday, in order to add some depth to that position.