I was always concerned for him going off when we played them but he never did. He is/was an elite back but for whatever reason GB was really good at limiting him. It helped that he's been dinged a lot the last couple years.
on 11/1/2020, cook ran for 163 yards against the packers at lambeau and scored 4 tds.
he also had 154 rushing yards at lambeau in 2019.
@DH13 posted:I was always concerned for him going off when we played them but he never did. He is/was an elite back but for whatever reason GB was really good at limiting him. It helped that he's been dinged a lot the last couple years.
I still have Adrian Peterson nightmares.
... And no, I'm not one of his kids.
@mrtundra posted:I never considered him a real threat, when the Packers played the vikings:
Vikings expected to release RB Dalvin Cook on Friday
He always scared me with his big play potential. He fumbles and is hurt a lot though.
Borrowed from Florio an avid queen fan: "Still, all things considered, it feels like just another day in purple purgatory, where being just good enough is always good enough, and where loyal fans will be lured to fill the stands and buy the merch not by the reality of a championship run but by the consistently fleeting, false hope of one."
Another instance of why it's not wise to use a high draft pick on a RB.
@michiganjoe posted:Another instance of why it's not wise to use a high draft pick on a RB.
Which the Lions just did.
It's not bad to use a high pick on a RB, but I think you need to have the expectation that you'll get 4 good years out of a young RB and then, no matter what, don't overpay them after their rookie contract.
Dalvin Cook's 4 year/6.5 million dollar rookie contract in 2017 was a great deal for the Vikings. Get those 4 years, let him go, let someone else pay him, and then take the 3rd round comp pick.
I'd trade a 2nd round pick for 4 years of a cheap Pro Bowl RB and a 3rd round every time. It's the second contract that kills you on the RB.
So the Packers should just let A. J> Dillon walk and not even try to give him a second contract?
Not to mention re-signing Aaron Jones.
@Timmy! posted:When the Feds prosecute, a person's goose is cooked.
Usually to well done, sometimes to a crispy char.
Be still my heart
@ammo posted:So the Packers should just let A. J> Dillon walk and not even try to give him a second contract?
If he signs for 3-4 million a year, you do it. I don't see him as a difference maker. He's a good player, but he's clearly not at Aaron Jones' level (and Jones had to take a pay cut to stay this year). Dillon's lack of breakaway speed makes it tough to pay him as a lead back.
Derrick Henry has been the best back in football for the last 4 years and with 1-2 more good years is going to be in the HOF conversation (if he isn't already). Henry has more yards, TDs, and a higher average than Terrell Davis did in his career already (and both have won Offensive Player of the Year awards). Henry basically dragged a very pedestrian Titans offense to the AFC title game. I think he's a top 25 RB all-time and he played 16 games last year and ran for over 1500 yards.
The Titans have been trying to trade him the entire off-season and he's a true difference maker. The moral is don't pay RBs big money no matter how good they are.
Argument for not using a high draft pick on a RB is that comparable talent is available much later in the draft. Aaron Jones is another instance of why it's not wise to use a high draft pick on a RB. Dillon is a nice player but I don't think he brought anything that you couldn't have gotten from Williams.
@Jessie Clark posted:on 11/1/2020, cook ran for 163 yards against the packers at lambeau and scored 4 tds.
he also had 154 rushing yards at lambeau in 2019.
Now do the other games.
@michiganjoe posted:Argument for not using a high draft pick on a RB is that comparable talent is available much later in the draft. Aaron Jones is another instance of why it's not wise to use a high draft pick on a RB. Dillon is a nice player but I don't think he brought anything that you couldn't have gotten from Williams.
Smaller salary cap number.
With 12 off the books, there is a lot more wiggle room in that respect. At least there will be after 2023.
@MichiganPacker posted:If he signs for 3-4 million a year, you do it. I don't see him as a difference maker. He's a good player, but he's clearly not at Aaron Jones' level (and Jones had to take a pay cut to stay this year). Dillon's lack of breakaway speed makes it tough to pay him as a lead back.
CBS gives Dillon major props.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/...ings-releasing-cook/
1. AJ Dillon (Packers)
With 373 carries to Aaron Jones' 384 the last two years, Dillon is more like a half-starter in Green Bay. Even so, the Packers benefit from employing one of the most effortless power runners in the game; at almost 250 pounds, Dillon is inherently imposing on short-yardage and red-zone situations. His vision and pass blocking are also underrated, making him a capable spot starter for Matt LaFleur's offense. The explosiveness obviously isn't as apparent, but the rugged results are.
AJ Dillion. Our leading rusher in 2021.
@MichiganPacker posted:If he signs for 3-4 million a year, you do it. I don't see him as a difference maker. He's a good player, but he's clearly not at Aaron Jones' level (and Jones had to take a pay cut to stay this year). Dillon's lack of breakaway speed makes it tough to pay him as a lead back.
Derrick Henry has been the best back in football for the last 4 years and with 1-2 more good years is going to be in the HOF conversation (if he isn't already). Henry has more yards, TDs, and a higher average than Terrell Davis did in his career already (and both have won Offensive Player of the Year awards). Henry basically dragged a very pedestrian Titans offense to the AFC title game. I think he's a top 25 RB all-time and he played 16 games last year and ran for over 1500 yards.
The Titans have been trying to trade him the entire off-season and he's a true difference maker. The moral is don't pay RBs big money no matter how good they are.
Derrick Henry is a 2 down back. Doesn't fit in a lot of teams offense.
@13X posted:He always scared me with his big play potential. He fumbles and is hurt a lot though.
I remember, one time, when Cook tripped on a ripple, in that carpet they have on the field, at US Bank Stadium. He was out for a few weeks, after that. I wonder if he ever fully recovered from that? Same type of turf that blew up Teddy Bridgewater's leg.
@Goalline posted:AJ Dillion. Our leading rusher in 2021.
That could be the case, with Love at QB and MLF's offense not being changed, on a whim, by the QB. Give Dillon the ball with our QB, under Center, instead of in the shotgun, and we'll see what happens when he has a head of steam built up when he hits the line. I'm excited for this season and the lack of QB drama. I only hope that Barry has his act together. GO PACK, GO!!!
Attachments
Images (1)
Spare a thought for the fans of the Loins, Raiders, Dolphins, and Redskins.
Mix that with Champagne and you have.....
Champipple
My parents routinely celebrated New Years with 'cold duck', (the ultimate party animals).
So Cold Duck ðĶ is rhyming slang for Vikings Suck?
@GreenBayLA posted:So Cold Duck ðĶ is rhyming slang for Vikings Suck?
It is now!
Sometimes simplicity is best - the Vikings suck.
Drove near the Tool Shed yesterday. When I told my Minny relatives this they didn't understand. That is until I explained to them it is full of tools on many fall Sundays.
#1 reason people move out of Minnesota is to find States with Largersotas. pic.twitter.com/WhKAKSaRgJ
â QBallBrasil (@QBallBrasil) July 3, 2023
Vikings 1st round pick cited for reckless driving and speeding this morning. Allegedly going 140 mph in a 55 mph zone:
They better put his locker next to St. Cousins' locker.
âThat addison kid can fly. Heâs like a Lamborghini right off the show room floor when heâs out thereâ.
-nfc scout at 2023 combine
I guess Addison never heard of Henry Ruggs. He just as easily could have wound up in the same position if he had killed someone, being drunk or not. Give these kids millions and they turn into instant IDOTS!!!!
Post his face, wanted dead or alive.
Take his license, all that jive.
He can't drive 55.
Here we go again.
@ammo posted:I guess Addison never heard of Henry Ruggs. He just as easily could have wound up in the same position if he had killed someone, being drunk or not. Give these kids IDOTS millions and they turn into instant are still IDOTS!!!!
FIFY
All gas no brakes applies to life too.
