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1. There is no reason for Thor to believe the Vikings are a First round exit team.
2. Flores will likely be gone next year; strike while the iron is hot.
3. Your idea of O'Neil to left tackle, Brandel to Right tackle, and Risner to left guard has more moving parts than a chop shop.
Thor is a big1G homer. His love for JJ, hate for SEC players. He needs to watch more SEC football. Quick watching the Gophers to find Vikings players dude.
Thor is regressing. It is not easy to flip sides at tackle. Why move an all pro to the left side, now you have a gaping hole in right tackle? You aren’t sure how Oniell works out at LT.
Did Thor receive a concussion and forget the first 5 games? The reason he's so salty is because he'll have very little to discuss draftwise for the Vikes for the next few years.
I'm with Thor. This competitive rebuild will haunt us into mediocrity.
We have cap room,sign stud players instead of draft busts!
Thor is so lock step with my thoughts it's like we share the same brain…which could be a problem for Thor. I mentioned on the PD episode that covered the trade that I "understood" why the Vikings made the deal, but this is not a SB caliber team IMO with or without Cam Robinson and a 4th round pick is fairly valuable so I wouldn't have made the trade. I'm not going to hammer Kwesi for doing so, but depleting yet another draft for a player who isn't going move the needle enough probably isn't the prudent move.
I respect Thor and rarely disagree with him. But I 1. Don't think they gave up much and 2. Believe we got off to a good enough start to justify going on a run deep into the playoffs. As long as Darnold stays healthy, we are good and Super Bowl is not impossible with this roster & start.
You’re over valuing late round picks
Draft picks are toss ups. Let’s live in the now and reality of what is in front of us. Not the hypotheticals about a draft pick that we may make.
I definitely enjoy when Thor comes in the show, but I don’t agree with him on this particular take, especially when that pick we used to get Cam is 2 drafts from now. Enjoy having him on for sure!
One problem with Thors rebutle, KAM can't pick good players.
Thor is an imbecile. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. What he does not understand, and I hate to burst his bubble, but next year and the year after McCarthy is not going to play as good as Sam will this year. That’s the whole key. Plus the NFC is weak. Even in our weakened state this is the year to send your draft picks in and take your best shot.
Thor is an idiot. Thank god he as no say
Grigson needs to be fired immediately
We're losing draft capital, but we're staying committed to winning. Trying to play it too safe, that's how you can lose a locker room. With that said, it will be a blunder if the team doesn't repay the commitment with some more winning, and winning a playoff game or two. It's a risk, but I would rather them make the risk than stand pat just for the sake of not wanting to give up picks. I like the balls of it, it's a big balls move.
Thorsday!
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Jordan Addison is projected to 45 receiving yards per game now by gambling sites ???
Is Mr Show Me The Money upset that he didn't get a new contract ? Or is he on track to become another Kwesi draft BUST ?
SKOL
I cant believe you have Vikings fans in here agreeing with a dude who thinks a team that is a 5-2 team in a NFC thats wide open is only good for a one and done in the playoffs?! Wth is wrong with these fans that trade was for a day 3 special teams player at best lol we get it you love the 25 version of this team but we're not playing for next year dude you focus on the now and Thor is just yappin at this point he know dang well Robinson isnt below average 😂😂😂 and dude stop crying about a draft from two years ago the team now is setup for success Kwesi has cleaned up alot of mess mainly salary from the last regime. And think about he could still actually bring in a blue chip trade before the deadline what's there to argue about?!!
Thor is the draft guru no doubt, but to not make a much needed trade and give up on this team at 5-2?? You don’t get this opportunity often after such a great start
thors stance on not trading draft picks is always the same…hes against it…proven talent is worth more than maybes..kam ant drafted good either so why not get proven talent when its possible
Jeanty isn’t getting past Dallas.
They go way overboard on kissing his ass. Have him on during the draft month as he knows it well. That's plenty of Thor.
Who’s the Keytar player guest today?
ONLY if we land a dominant DT then it’s worth to give up future picks.
What is Thor talking about. He doesn’t think this Vikings teams scares anyone. This guy is totally off
Thor is not taking into account that the Vikings could switch back to being good just as fast as they switched to being bad after a 5-0 start. You add Hock back in there, we get Cashman back, Flo makes some tweaks.. They cut down on some penalties.. We are right back in this thing. Judd is right that the team deserves a chance after such an impressive start. You can’t just leave it up to Quessenberry.
If I have to hear Darnold say OBVIOUSLY another 50x in every press conference, I'm going to barf!!! Obviously someone needs to take him aside and say find something else to say dude!
If thor stops studdering… … we will win the superbowl. Damn!!!
Kwesi gives away draft picks like he's giving out tips in Las Vegas coming off a heater…5-7 ok but keep your top 4 picks
If we sign the guy, then we can trade him for picks. Multiple picks if he does awesome for the balance of 2024.
Trade saves Darnolds ass also good trade in my eyes. Thore just wants all the resources for when McCarthy is rocking
Totally understand Thor's trepidation and preference to hold onto draft assets.
As someone who values and appreciates the draft process (like Thor), it's a common fallacy/overlooked issue we have where we overvalue draft picks that mean nothing but "hope" until they're spent and more often than not result in less than desirable outcomes
Finally, I'd implore Thor to consider Kwesi's approach to team building with respect to draft picks when he makes claims about the lack of day 3 picks…let's dive a bit deeper:
1. No draft pick is a guaranteed hit and certainly day 3 picks stand less of a chance of hitting
2) Kwesi understands this and he's clearly shown his cards that he values and prioritizes building the Vikings Roster with known commodities or ones that stand the best chance (statistic and probability models) to succeed, typically found in the top of the NFL Draft
As such, Kwesi doesn't value day 3 picks when he can pony up more UDFA funds than other teams for equal chance dart throws in UDFA as those late day 3 picks
Rather, what Kwesi values are those premium picks in order to take more calculated dart throws at the top of the draft board with more obvious talent, which bodes for better chances of successful draft selections
Thus Thor, what Cam Robinson represents (even if I too didn't love the move), is a chance to be competitive with a known commodity at LT and avoid compromising the other spots of the OL moving Brandel and what not
Glad to have discourse with Thor at any time regarding this because I understand most don't seem to understand or view the Vikings Roster building in this way thanks to Kwesi Adofo-Mensah
Why hasn’t anyone mentioned that we need a left tackle for at least nine games next year until Darrisaw is ready to go. So we pay Robinson, provided he’s played well enough for us.
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I have a feeling Houston is inquiring about Jordan Addison 🤑
Typical Vikings, do just enough to remain mediocre and never do a complete rebuild. This is why we can't win the big one. We don't have a good interior offensive line, we don't have a dominant interior defensive lineman, and our secondary is old and slow. We surprised people at the beginning of the year, but now they are figured out and we missing a few more pieces then a Cam Robinson can bring. We aren't good enough with Darrisaw, what makes them think that Robinson makes us still relevant?
Thor’s need to force the word inoculate into each week’s show is mind numbing. Especially since he apparently doesn’t know what that word means.
The draft is thors SB, he clouded by that.
This trade does not compare to the Dobbs trade. Losing a qb is a death nail, left tackle while important isn’t the same and you can replace which they did.
This team to judds point has also earned it by banking wins and have looked dominate at times.
U play to win when you have a chance. I don’t know how anyone can say we don’t have a chance at being the 2nd or 3rd best team in the NFC…and if that is true, which it is, there is a chance of a SB.
Tomorrow is not guaranteed and McCarthy is not the guarantee this show makes him out to be. If they are wrong about him, 2024 might be our window.
My biggest issue with Thor's take is saying the Vikings are an at best 1st round exit team. There's a lot of football left in the season, but narrowly losing to a top 3 team (in a game that could've easily been a win) and losing a close game to the Rams (which hurts more but had questionable officiating to be nice) doesn't condemn the team. The trade deadline coming up soon makes it to where you don't have time to see if the first 5 games (6 really) or if the Rams game was a fluke. You've got much more tape that indicates this is a real team, if nothing else we can trade blows with or beat some of the best teams in the league.
Window is open, I appt the Vikes rolling with the punches and making moves to stay competitive. IMO can’t underestimate keeping the winning mentality – why not the Vikes vs. yea we’re done for the year, any given Sunday that’s why they play the games.
But their taking on cams salary as well
I don't have a problem with the trade for Robinson. Obviously you'd like to get these guys for nothing but that's not going to happen. We're sitting decent in the standings and anything can happen. I'd still trade two number ones now if you can lock up a quality D lineman for the future.
I had mice in and around the chicken coops. A couple times, I'd put down a trap and as I was walking away I'd hear it snap. I also got two-fers.🎉
If a first round pick is a gamble a fourth round pick is like winning the mega millions. Fourth round picks are not that big deal if THEY think they cpuld win it all.
I just don't understand all the football hand wringing. I see an 8-3 record after the next 4 games. This team has many weapons…finally playing all together for the first time this year. I'm excited! SKOL VIKES! 🏈
Squandering draft capital is Kwesi's MO. Love the McCarthy pick, but damn Kwesi, overall, so far, you're bad at draft equity.
The strength of the Packers is their ability to draft quality offensive linemen in lower rounds; even wide receivers. Why can't the Vikings identify and draft quality players in later rounds?
We either miss the playoffs or are a 1st-round exist