And the lowest metric of success, from that article, was becomming starter mid year rook season. Fans & owners want to see the bright & shiny new thing... Especially if Darnold has some struggles in the NEW offense hes learning. Theres bound to be some bad moments for Sam as this is his 4th or 5th coordinator/ nfl scheme. There will be calls, early on I would imagine. To bench Sam for JJ.
We gotta hope KOC sticks with his plan, & the Wilfs & kwesi support koc- defer to the HC plan every time the calls are heard. Even if they start 0-4 or 0-6. Stick by the plan.
If they are ohfer early. The most likely culprits will be the learning curve at qb & the interior o-line mess. The fa guard they signed. Feeney. He might be good? However it should be noted. Nobody has played good alongside #56. Nobody. If Feeney struggles the backup plan is Brandel.
On the other side. Ingram has improved. But all teams know there a wrak link there, & they will continue to flood the center hole until the vikings show it is no longer a weakness. It hurts the run game tremendously. And us a 3rd down attack zone for defenses. Fans didnt realize how much difference kirkos savy & toughness stood up to that issue. I dont imagine it being better with darnold.
As much as I like the dallas turner pick. Not drafting Barton. Future starter at center, 1st year guard.
In the words of apollo- " Houston! We have a problem".
Barton went 26th.
Oh well. Its hard to criticize taking Turner.
But its not hard to look at the o-line & be worried. Cant fix everything with 2 really good players in rnd 1, & Flores needed a flagship player.
It doesnt look like much help coming in next years draft either. Ppl talk about "cap space" & fa fixes. History suggests its bluechip draft talent that fixes problems. FA is populated by jags & guys that fail to meet high expectations.
Lol- im getting way ahead of myself here. Perhaps impatient with the vikings. But "one before I die" is running out of time in this household🤪
Selfishly... I like bokers draft better. Swap out with broncos, gain a 3rd. Swap out again with somebody again. Gain a 2nd. The draft Turner or Murphy and the Barton. Have some chips to play on day 2. Gain a 3rd or 4th young starter.
Oh well. Didnt happen. It just means rebuilding in minnesota is going to take more years. Instead of my hope the 24&25 drafts would get the vikes in the mix with darnold as qb, surrounded by talent. Instead I think were looking at 2027 before the vikes are even possibly legit contenders. WrJJ will be an old man. I have a hunch I'll be daisy fertilizer by then.
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