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CTTB78

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Being reported today that the Vikes will offer Cousins $91 million/ 3 yrs guaranteed. Hope it turns out that way.

Add the McG kid from ND in the first round, and with Cook coming back, the Vikings could be fielding a damn good team.
 
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CTTB78 said:
Being reported today that the Vikes will offer Cousins $91 million/ 3 yrs guaranteed. Hope it turns out that way.

Add the McG kid from ND in the first round, and with Cook coming back, the Vikings could be fielding a damn good team.
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As a Viking and Cyclone fan, I will with hold my excitement and pray
their not 7-9 next year with him.
 
CTTB78 said:
Being reported today that the Vikes will offer Cousins $91 million/ 3 yrs guaranteed. Hope it turns out that way.

Add the McG kid from ND in the first round, and with Cook coming back, the Vikings could be fielding a damn good team.
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I wouldn't mind getting Cousins.
 
That would be a good signing for both teams. More average annual dollars than he would get in a longer deal while still leaving him plenty young enough to sign another long term deal afterwards. For the Vikings it's a short term signing with low risk, and Cousins would give them stability they need at the QB position. Hopefully he's smarter than Arrieta and takes the best deal on the table instead of turning it down for an offer that will never come.
 
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Shawker said:
That would be a good signing for both teams. More average annual dollars than he would get in a longer deal while still leaving him plenty young enough to sign another long term deal afterwards. For the Vikings it's a short term signing with low risk, and Cousins would give them stability they need at the QB position. Hopefully he's smarter than Arrieta and takes the best deal on the table instead of turning it down for an offer that will never come.
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How much he’s letting the union cherp in his ear about max money will play a role.
 
As a long time Vikings fan who has watched them cycle thru more QBs than a ***** during Mardi Gras, this scares me. Guaranteeing the whole thing seems a little ridiculous to me.
 
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LivntheCyLife said:
With a hard salary cap in the NFL, does the players' union really care much? It seems like some player will get the money, and most would be happy if QBs took a little less of the pot.
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Yeah, the union pressure angle is pretty bogus. The NFL is not like baseball. Team payrolls go up and down some, but average spending is high. The league has a salary floor, where teams are required to average spending 89 percent of the cap over a four year period. If a player takes a smaller deal, another player just gets more. But overall, the players get their allocated portion regardless.
 
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I'd like the Vikes to get Cousins but not for $30+ million a year.

Diggs, Hunter, Kendricks, Barr and Waynes are all going to be up for new contracts and with all that money committed to Cousins it'll be tough to re-sign any of those guys.
 
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clonehenge said:
I'd like the Vikes to get Cousins but not for $30+ million a year.

Diggs, Hunter, Kendricks, Barr and Waynes are all going to be up for new contracts and with all that money committed to Cousins it'll be tough to re-sign any of those guys.
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not necessarily. The trick will be to front load the deal in year one. Some are talking that Cousins year 1 cap number could be as high as $50 million. That's pretty outrageous, but teams like the Vikings and Jets could feasibly pull that off. So, if you've got 50 of that 90 million dollar deal counting in year one, the year 2 and 3 cap hit becomes more manageable, and gives you some flexibility to resign some of those players.
 
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clonehenge said:
I'd like the Vikes to get Cousins but not for $30+ million a year.

Diggs, Hunter, Kendricks, Barr and Waynes are all going to be up for new contracts and with all that money committed to Cousins it'll be tough to re-sign any of those guys.
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That's what the skins thought and is precisely why he's leaving. Good QBs generally get a percentage of the cap as a general rule of thumb, which is why money for QBs seems to go up so dramatically even for average ones as the cap increases.
 
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The Vikings would be foolish to guarantee the entire amount, IMO.
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No doubt, that's a lot of money. I think the risk/reward makes sense though.
I'm sure the NFC North opponents do not want to see the Vikings land Cousins.
 
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The Vikings would be foolish to guarantee the entire amount, IMO.
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If it were longer than 3 years, I'd be more worried. Also it depends on the type of guarantee. Guaranteed for injury or fully guaranteed? Guarantee can mean a lot of things.
 
I don't care what the Vikes give him. As long as he throws to Thielen 15 times a game, it's worth it. (I've got Thielen as my keeper in my fantasy league for this fall).
 
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Bovada Las Vegas has the Vikings as 1/3 odds to land Cousins. Denver is a distant second at 10/3.
Looking good for Minnesota.
 
As a Vikings fan, why not spend that money on other positions and keep Keenum at a lower price? I may have not seen that Keenum wants similar money.
 
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