Kind of what I was going to say- what did they get out of it? A lower draft pick and getting beat at home in a playoff game. I’ll take two years of suckitude to get players that can make a difference. The Wilfs’ strategy of a ‘competitive rebuild’ is a recipe not necessarily for disaster, but more of the same results we’re used to.
My problem with a "comp rebuild" for the NFL is that it's counting on using your later draft picks to perfectly hit on the gaps you have to take the next step. That can take years, or just never happen at all. When you go full tank and rebuild, you have a ton more space and patience to retool and fill multiple gaps with those added resources. Can't do that nearly as quickly or easily with draft and salary cap limits hitting you year after year.
You can also tank and never recover to where you were. The Bears have been good for one or two good seasons every 6-8 years for basically the last 30 years. The Lions are even worse than that. Teams like Houston, Carolina, Miami, NY Jets, Arizona, Las Vegas, Cleveland, and Jacksonville all have gone through the tank and rebuild process, some multiple times, and for the most part, don't have much to show for it. And how many of those franchises would you truly trade places with, long term?
How many of those have won trophies, again? Vikings have a great overall win percentage with nothing to show for it.
And who in the past 20 years or so were teams that tanked and rode a top 5 pick to a title?
Most of the recent winners are teams who drafted incredible QBs at some point, another important task the entire Vikings organization has been terrible at during the same timeframe. I suppose the chances of that happening are about the same regardless of tanking.
Yes, but in the past 25 years teams that drafted those QBs high because they rebuilt are the Manning bros. Before that you have to go back to Elway and Aikman. Everybody else got QBs later, traded up (Mahomes), or were solid teams that traded for or signed franchise QBs.
Kene isn’t really in the mix to be in the rotation. He’s a special teams guy. I think there’s a good chance they cut Cook. Then you’re down to Mattison, Chandler, and the rookie. I don’t mind the pick for a 7th rounder when he had a 3rd round grade from most analysts
yeah, there's a near zero chance that Cook is on the roster this season. Kene is special teams all the way. Not sure that I see his role increasing that much. So, they keep him and 3 others.
Cook will be gone. I don't know if it's a good pick, but they don't really have 5 RB
The injuries to Cine and Booth kind of mask the fact that Cine could barely get snaps on a horrible defense, and after other injuries Booth played and mostly stunk before getting hurt. It doesn’t mean they won’t turn out. Rookies take a while, and they didn’t get much time. But they were off to about as bad a start as your top two picks can have.
