ChilliJon posted:This PSA serves as a reminder that the Vikings roster as currently constructed is headed to the offseason $3 million OVER the projected 2020 salary cap. (Packers projected $27 million below with virtually no dead money)
The easy fix for Minny is restructuring Cousins contract. But I’ve been told it’s hard to restructure spent money. Who knew???
Zimmer knows he’s fucked. So does Spielman. This Cousins thing went like everyone thought (except for those two) Vikings are totally screwed.
Hence the Zimmer handshake with MLF. The best part of all of it was MLF walking away from Zimmer like he didn’t want to listen to how everything went so wrong.
I totally get the Vikings signing Cousins. Coaches and GMs only get so much time. Figure 4-5 years and if they aren't winning then they go the way of the Dodo.
MN had a good roster but not a QB. They took a shot on the guy who was probably the best available. They had the 29th or 30th pick in the draft that year and could have taken Lamar Jackson but passed.
They didn't have a 1st the prior year.
They are too late to take a QB this draft and not get fired before he becomes anything. So they are going down with Cousins. He's not going to win them anything. He's like the Ginger Cannon in Cincy. A tease. Just good enough to keep around and bad enough to get you fired.