Yannick Ngakoue Gets Traded…Again
Vikings officially threw in the towel I guess. Probably for the best.
So ultimately, after all is said and done, the Vikings basically traded their 2nd round pick for a late third round pick and 6 games of Yannick Ngakoue, plus some money they have to pay him. Good job, Vikings! Aces work.
The Vikings, my secret second love, are bad. Unexpectedly bad. A true disappointment, compared to the likes of teams we all expected to be bad. This team reached the divisional round just last year and have been sufficiently successful overall under Zimmer. But they did lose Diggs and some other players to injury and such, so maybe a regression wasn’t too unexpected. But this? This is awful. They bad. I hope nobody is calling for the heads of Zimmer/Spielman though, because this team has pretty much done a good job. All you need is a coach who can consistently get you to the dance, load up on decent cheaper talent, and get lucky with a great QB or an incredible defense or just sheer dumb luck on a run.
The Vikings under Zimmer have managed most of that, except at QB. Kirk is good when he’s on, but he’s extremely bad when he’s off. He reminds me of Eli without the playoff runs to bolster his image. I genuinely think he gets too much shit but I won’t pretend he doesn’t make some terrible choice throws. He’s good enough that he’s frustrating, because you can tell he has the ability to be genuinely good enough to win it, he just refuses to do so for a long enough stretch of time before turning into a pumpkin for a quarter. Plus he’s expensive, so that’s a problem.
The defense has been the bigger let down this season. They should be good! But people get hurt and the Vikings are not replacing old pieces very well. Just all in all a bad year for my purple boys. Good for Yannick though, he goes to an instant contender and makes them better. He’s also going home, as he grew up in the area and went to Maryland.
….
Fuck Evan Engram
I work retail, and kids sitting in the shopping cart – not in its seat, IN THE DAMN CART ITSELF – really boils my piss.
MAKE THE LAZY LITTLE SHIT WALK, MARGARET, THEY’RE LIKE FOURTEEN, THEY GOT LEGS DON’T THEY?!
YES
Why do I enjoy (and agree) with this so much lol
As a Steelers fan that Ravens defense needs to stop adding talent but also I’d love some old school PIT vs Bal top defensive action rivalry
As a Jaguars fan I really miss being a part of this rivalry in the old AFC Central. Being in that division made the Jags tough. Chasing Manning’s Colts made them soft. Now they don’t even have an identity. You all carry on, I’m just gonna go scream in my pillow till draft day.
LET’S GO we got YANNICK AND CC SACKSINMORE IS HERE BABY
sacksinmore?
play on sacksonville
>Good when he’s on, but he’s extremely bad when he’s off.
I think I found the Sexy Rexy.
Maybe they can trade one of their good safeties to the Browns.
Dave: I know the Eagles won, but I feel like you need to do a cartoon on Monday for that game anyway.
Yannick Ng…Ng…Not gonna work here anymore
…. And rejoins with Calias Campbell. The Ravens are getting more & more of 2017 Sacksonville. The AFC just closed up again like in the 2000s: Just replace Brady & Manning with Lamar & Mahomes.
Here’s a like for the Office Space reference!
I wonder if losing Stefanski caused any of this collapse.
Most people knew the defense would regress after the FA losses and injuries (the amount of inexperience in the corners and d-line is depressing).
But I always thought the offense would make up for it with Kubiak returning and giving Kirk some semblance of continuity. That hasn’t happened, at least not consistently enough to win.
I’m not sure if Stefanski would’ve fared any better, but the offense had no excuse to look as bad as it did last week against Atlanta … especially after doing great against Seattle. Kirk inexplicably played like ass*, but the playcalling didn’t help either.
*The one time that the o-line was actually doing a decent job of pass blocking.
The lack of preseason combined with the turnover on defense (plus losing Hunter and Pierce) is what torpedoed the team. They were climbing out of the hole as the game against Seattle showed but the “Intern Coach Always Wins First Game” lost to Atlanta sealed the deal.
He unites with Calais!
“Fuck Evan Engram”
I feel that.
And just in case it hasn’t been properly noted, Fuck Evan Engram.
Giants fans finally coming around to the notion that Evan Engram is not a good football player. Talented athlete; trash tight end.
I’m sorry, what? Has any Giants fan *EVER* been under the notion he was a good football player? Dude has the most drops since 2017 by ANY tight end – a feat made all the more impressive by the nearly 16 games he has sat out due to injury. He runs wrong routes, his blocking is horrific. I don’t think there’s been one game that we’ve ever been able to lean back and say, “Ahhh, Evan Engram is living up to his potential!” We’ve been shaking our fists and cursing at him since he came into the league.
I’m sorry, what? You’ve never met a delusional homer that refuses to give up on a first round pick? It must be nice where you live.
I live in the heart of Patriots Country, so nope. =/
But I think I’m following you now. I don’t call those ding dongs “fans.” I thought you were implying the average dude on the street still thought highly of him until now.
Those homers said Eli was toasted and. holding the team back last year. They’re currently calling for Daniel Jones to be benched , so I don’t give them a 2nd thought. How can you possibly determine if Jones is the longterm answer by benching him this soon??
Cousins seems like the opposite of Eli. Eli was clutch but would underperform the rest of the time. Cousins plays well when it doesn’t matter, then disappears when it does.
The Vikings are a secret love… who is your AFC secret love
youve lost
that suuucky feeeelin
whoa that suuuucky feeeelin
Sad Vikes fan here. They traded for Yannick because we honestly thought we were gonna be real contenders this year but then Danielle Hunter got hurt and management over-reacted to replace him. He was gonna be a free agent after the season so I’m happy we at least got SOMETHING back for him. Was it a bad investment? Yes. But hindsight is 20/20.
I personally am a Mike Zimmer fanboy and will stand by him forever but 99% of Vikings social media is people basically calling for the severed heads of the entire management. Zimmer honestly deserves better because we treat him like he’s Adam Gase. Nobody expected Kirk to be the worst starter in the league but he has been. Our defense lost 6/11 starters from last year and 2 more got season-ending injuries so we’re down to Harrison Smith, Anthony Harris, and Eric Kendricks. Our CBs are almost entirely rookies who had NO OFFSEASON and then had to tango with Davante Adams, DK Metcalf, Julio Jones, and Calvin Ridley. But sure, firing Zim and hiring an offensive minded coach like Eric Bieniemy will solve EVERYTHING. Meanwhile I’m an outcast for having faith in the guy with a 57-38-1 record who took our defense from #32 to #1 in under 3 years. My only comfort is that the owners love Zim and have publicly said they have full trust in him. We have a top 5 management group and a bad year is definitely no reason to throw that away. Can’t wait til Kirk is gone though.
Justin Jefferson is already better than Diggs. So we’ve got that going for us.
As a Jaguars fan I really miss being a part of this rivalry in the old AFC Central. Being in that division made the Jags tough. Chasing Manning’s Colts made them soft. Now they don’t even have an identity. You all carry on, I’m just gonna go scream in my pillow till draft day.