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Dennis Green and Mike Zimmer will kind of go down as remarkably similar in their abilities as HC's. They were both gurus on one side of the ball that eventually saw the game pass them by, and both put together some really good squads and got right on the cusp of greatness but always had some kind of fatal flaw that kept them from getting over the hump. Green got nervous and conservative in big games. Zim could never be elite on both sides of the ball.
I agree. I probably should have included Mike Tice in the list of worse coaches too. However, I don't think anybody really thought he was a true head coach. He was a cheap alternative by Red McCombs and a way of thumbing his nose at the NFL and Minnesota for not letting him move the team to San Antonio. Let's suck as much money out of Minnesota as we can before selling the team at a huge profit.
I think it was CBS that already had him on their list of potential replacements.
The Athletic and the Vikings SB Nation site also had Campbell on their list of options
I'm thinking Brian Ferentz would be a college coach the Vikings should consider....
Didn't he also trade Randy Moss? And draft a fast player with stone hands and vision problems to replace him? Red hated Minnesota and it showed.
Might be thinking of Troy Williamson? Even Al Davis was probably thinking WTF on that draft pick. That kid had the worst hands ever.
Typical Vikings... provide me a smidgen of hope after what was basically a disaster compared to expectations. And just as I was about to put my name into the nfl fan transfer portal. Now I have to weigh in this aspect. Screw you vikings.
I feel this, although I never really had much hope this year. I think I may be moving toward becoming more of a fan of ISU guys in the league if Campbell keeps churning them out.
Theilen, JJ and Osborn are all under contract for 2 more years. 2 of those contracts are dirt cheap. The other is a hometown guy who will likely welcome restructuring to free up cap space. Irv Smith returns for 2022 under a cheap contract. Thats 2 good weapons, a great weapon and a potential HOF weapon for your 2022 offense. Doesn't include your top 5 RB.
Darrisaw graded pretty well by PFF in his rookie campaign. Could have your tackle spots locked down for 4+ years. 1 being very cheap.
You only have 1 year on Dalvin's contract before you can cut him if he drops off.
This offense has to have an offensive coach salivating. Fix C and RG (even a league average player would be a MASSIVE upgrade) and you are easily top 5 in the league.
Darrisaw graded pretty well by PFF in his rookie campaign. Could have your tackle spots locked down for 4+ years. 1 being very cheap.
You only have 1 year on Dalvin's contract before you can cut him if he drops off.
This offense has to have an offensive coach salivating. Fix C and RG (even a league average player would be a MASSIVE upgrade) and you are easily top 5 in the league.
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Osborn was a pleasant surprise. 650 yards and 7 tds is a really good number out of your number 3 wide out. I'm not sure how much Theilen is worth on the trade market. He's the wrong side of 30 with some accumulated injury history. Maybe a 4th-5th round pick?