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[LPS]

Been hearing he is not the best guy to have in the locker room.

[Jrasmussen]

Been hearing he is not the best guy to have in the locker room.

Heard the same, Tomlin might be the guy to straighten him out. Especially after the last season or two, it's not like he is good enough to carry a chip on his shoulder lately.

[LPS]

Vikings signed edge rusher Greenard.  Don't what team he comes from but they played us last year I believe.  He is 6'3 and about 265. 

[Gunner55]

 This guy? Don't think we played the Texans last year though. Only 26 too. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-free-agency-2024-vikings-agree-to-terms-with-edge-rusher-jonathan-greenard/

[Jrasmussen]

He gone.  Kirko to the dirty birds. A four year contract. 

[mike89]

https://www.si.com/fannation/bringmethesports/vikings/agent-kirk-cousins-agrees-to-4-year-deal-with-atlanta-falcons

bye bye

[Jerkbiat]

Totaloo! 👋🏼

[LPS]

This guy? Don't think we played the Texans last year though. Only 26 too. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-free-agency-2024-vikings-agree-to-terms-with-edge-rusher-jonathan-greenard/

That must be him.   

[LPS]

I am looking forward to our new era. 

[Gunner55]

He was never going to get that kind of money or a 4-year deal here.

[Gunner55]

  Seen this guy mentioned a few times & by different people too. https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/vikings-signing-olb-andrew-van-ginkel-two-year-deal

[Steve-o]

He was never going to get that kind of money or a 4-year deal here.

It looks like he got $140M of that $180M guaranteed in the first two years.  That is a big chunk of change.

I'm trying to figure all that out, how they must be converting salary into signing bonus.
-so he averages $45M/season = $180M
-first two seasons fully guaranteed $45M + $45M = $90M
-$50M signing bonus
-90 + 50 = $140M
-$180M - $140M = $40M

So does that mean Kapt. Kirk will "only" be making $20M per season in the last two years of the deal?    He still gets paid a pile and won't lose much if his performance falls of and they cut him in year 3 or 4.

Not that it matters a hill of beans to anyone except Cousins and the Falcons and now their fans.   

[roony]

He won't last the season.

[Steve-o]

Kirk might not have won a superbowl, but he keeps on betting on himself and winning.

If you look at the highest career earnings for a QB, only Aaron Rodgers tops Kapt. Kirk.

Rodgers = $342.5M
Cousins = $331.5M
Stafford = $328M
Wilson = $256.4M

[roony]

A fool and their money soon part company.

[Steve-o]

The only fools are the players who don't invest their salaries wisely.

Everyone else is making life-changing money hand-over-fist and smiling all they way to the bank - especially the owners.

[roony]

So, in your opinion, there is no reasonable limit to what they pay a player?

[Steve-o]

My point is, the reasonable limit, agreed to by the owners and players association, is the salary cap.  And it is up to teams and player's agent to figure out how much of the pie each player gets.

So what if a GM overpays a guy who underperforms.  It happens all the time.  Bad contracts eventually expire.  Dead cap space money eventually comes off the books.  Owner makes money every year.  Players get all the money they were able to negotiate for.  18 teams don't make the playoffs.  31 teams don't win the Superbowl.  A few players, coaches or team managers retire on their own terms, but most of them eventually get cut or fired.

All I see is billionaire owners and millionaire players all enjoying the "American Way", earning live-changing Monopoly money paid for by the fans, advertising contracts, most recently - gambling partnerships, and government subsidized stadiums.

So, who are the fools and their money? 

[Gunner55]

They can't release the details of Kirk's new deal until he actually signs it & that can't happen until the new season has officially started, that's @ 3:00 pm CDT tomorrow.

[dutchboy]

Sam Darnold on a 1 year deal. That confirms they are going after a quarterback with their first pick in the draft.

[Gunner55]

 Yeah, I sure hope that they don't think he's going to be anything other than a replacement for Mullens. But $10 million is a lot for a backup in today's NFL too. Seen this yday & it kind of made sense to me.  https://heavy.com/sports/minnesota-vikings/justin-fields-trade-bears-cousins-falcons/

[LPS]

I have read that Darnold is very smart and a great athlete but it just didn't pan out with him and the Jets while he was there.  I see he played in 10 games for the 49ers last year.

[roony]

Darnold car broke down again.

[KEN W]

Aaron Rodgers wants to be a Vice President candidate.

   

[Steve-o]

Aaron Rodgers wants to be a Vice President candidate.

... AND he wants to Jeopardy host.
... AND he wants to date Hollywood hotties.
... AND he wants to be a New Age guru.

Arron Rodgers just wants attention. 

[KEN W]

Even Funnier.....Jesse "The Body" Ventura wants to be Vice president.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed Tuesday that New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and ex-pro wrestler and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura are among his preferred running mates.

 

[Steve-o]

So much for taking RFK Jr. seriously.   

[LPS]

Has he even talked to Ventura or Rodgers or is he just blowing more hot air that he is good at?

[Gunner55]

  Many states require independent candidates to name a running mate before they can seek access to the ballot, a factor driving the early push for Kennedy to make a pick. Major party candidates generally don't pick vice presidential nominees until closer to their summer conventions.

[Steve-o]

I'm sure those laws were put in place by the Dems and Repubs to favor the two party system not being up-ended by independents.

Just like now how the Dems are passing laws to make it easier to commit voter fraud and allow non-US citizens to vote in the name of "fairness to all" to favor the one party system they desire.


    Based on LPS and Gunner's previous post, I didn't realize we weren't in the Political forum.

And back to our regularly scheduled NFL levity.