hermes wrote:Cactus Jack wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:Haha told ya. And all I see is painful upgrades that needed to happen. Im going to miss my boys, but they arent what they used to be. Kendricks made his name being able to defend the pass, he has lost a step and cant do that consistently anymore. Thielen has definitely lost a step or two and just cant create separation anymore. And the gap between Cook and Mattison has been shrinking over the years.
I will say this, I love what the new front office has been doing when it comes to trades and dealing with the finances of it all. That evens out for the complete failure I think they have been when it comes to the draft in their first 2 years.
Taking the North again this year! So confident in that, I even already bought my NFL Ticket for the year. Aint missing a snap.
Cook is still damn good when healthy. I'm actually surprised that they're planning on moving on from him & giving Mattison the bulk of the carries. Did they draft a RB?
I get the optimism. But they we're also really fortunate in a lot of close games last year with a negative run differential. Which is why everyone is pretty much predicting a bit of a regression for them this year. Not having a player the caliber of Cook certainly doesn't help things.
Rumor is he's headed to Miami.
this past year was the only year cook played a full season. i suppose the odds aren't great he has another full uninjured year
its tough parting with longtime vikings, but i suppose you've got to do this kind of stuff. i didn't really want to pay a running back the big bucks again after peterson, seems to stifle roster flexibility too much
the vikings will probably trend back to the mean on one-score game success but the joke will be on the league because we'll probably blow out most teams if the defense is even halfway decent
Cook is 27 with 6 years of mileage on him. He still could have a couple good years left in him, but I guess conventional thinking is that you don't want overpay a running back. There are also a couple of potentially useful free agents still out there that the Vikings could use this money on.