viking troll
04-23-2008, 03:27 PM
Sup guys? Long time, no talk. Those of you that know me, know me to be a pretty level-headed Vikes fan.
I'm back to refute all the bull about the JA deal that's being passed around and speculated upon.
Where do I start?
1) Great trade- I'd do this deal any day and thrice on Tuesday. Look what we gave up to get him. Phillip Merling or Calais Campbell and a couple of third round nobody prospects at best. Last I checked both of those dudes were suspect as well. We are desperate for a DE and there was no-way we weren't going to draft one at 17. Those 2 at best are 2-3 years away from MAYBE producing anything. We have an old Defense. It's now are never for most of our guys.
2) As for the contract- Who cares. Some cat named Long got just about the same contract from Miami and he can't even find Florida on the map yet. The money and contracts are out of hand IMO and sooner are later something has to give. But for now. It is what it is.
3) Character issues- Again, who cares. Last I checked a guy named Michael Irvin(read about the "White House" outside of Dallas that he frequented) just got into the HOF and soon some brother named Ray Lewis will be there as well. JA isn't even close to those two scumbags. Nobody cares. It's all about the W's and the gate receipts. It's been years since I've thought of a pro athlete as a role model. Why even the great mr Favre was himself suspect for many years.
Unless it's murder or they're hurting women(Ahman Green) or children(Mark Chmura), I could care less about what they do. Every team and just about every player has a closet. As do the Vikes. As do the Pack.
4) 1st rd picks- We all know about the crappy first rd picks the Vikes have made over the years but I bet you guys are forgetting all the crappy 1st rd picks you guys have made as well. since 1989 here are some of the Packs stellar number 1's. T Mandarich, D Thompson, T Buckley, V Clark, W Simmons, A Taylor, C Newsome, J Michaels, A Edwards, J Walker, J Reynolds
am I forgetting any? The truth is, NOBODY ever knows. I'll take my chance on a 26 yr old stud over D. Underwood, K Udese or E James any day. He!! I couldn't even begin to tell about the 3rd rounders we've selected over the years....and without looking it up, neither could most of you.
5) Now I know you die hards will say you should build through the draft, develope a player, give him time to mesh, learn, grow. HOGWASH! This isn't your fathers NFL anymore and the truth is, by the time you develope a guy to the place you'd like he wants millions of dollars and wants to bolt for another team ASAP. The days of great players like Brett playing for (almost) one team their whole careers are over. To much moolah is at stake and loyalty is just a 7 letter word that half these wonderlick hero's can't even spell.
6) Finally- And this is the most important reason to make this deal of all. What have we got to lose? Super Bowl? LOL, Playoffs? LOL, NFC dominance? LOL. Last I check we haven't been even close to those things for a decade. And we all know about our SB failures.
As for me. As long as we beat you guys once our twice a year I can die happy. Who needs the SB.
Peace out.
I'm back to refute all the bull about the JA deal that's being passed around and speculated upon.
Where do I start?
1) Great trade- I'd do this deal any day and thrice on Tuesday. Look what we gave up to get him. Phillip Merling or Calais Campbell and a couple of third round nobody prospects at best. Last I checked both of those dudes were suspect as well. We are desperate for a DE and there was no-way we weren't going to draft one at 17. Those 2 at best are 2-3 years away from MAYBE producing anything. We have an old Defense. It's now are never for most of our guys.
2) As for the contract- Who cares. Some cat named Long got just about the same contract from Miami and he can't even find Florida on the map yet. The money and contracts are out of hand IMO and sooner are later something has to give. But for now. It is what it is.
3) Character issues- Again, who cares. Last I checked a guy named Michael Irvin(read about the "White House" outside of Dallas that he frequented) just got into the HOF and soon some brother named Ray Lewis will be there as well. JA isn't even close to those two scumbags. Nobody cares. It's all about the W's and the gate receipts. It's been years since I've thought of a pro athlete as a role model. Why even the great mr Favre was himself suspect for many years.
Unless it's murder or they're hurting women(Ahman Green) or children(Mark Chmura), I could care less about what they do. Every team and just about every player has a closet. As do the Vikes. As do the Pack.
4) 1st rd picks- We all know about the crappy first rd picks the Vikes have made over the years but I bet you guys are forgetting all the crappy 1st rd picks you guys have made as well. since 1989 here are some of the Packs stellar number 1's. T Mandarich, D Thompson, T Buckley, V Clark, W Simmons, A Taylor, C Newsome, J Michaels, A Edwards, J Walker, J Reynolds
am I forgetting any? The truth is, NOBODY ever knows. I'll take my chance on a 26 yr old stud over D. Underwood, K Udese or E James any day. He!! I couldn't even begin to tell about the 3rd rounders we've selected over the years....and without looking it up, neither could most of you.
5) Now I know you die hards will say you should build through the draft, develope a player, give him time to mesh, learn, grow. HOGWASH! This isn't your fathers NFL anymore and the truth is, by the time you develope a guy to the place you'd like he wants millions of dollars and wants to bolt for another team ASAP. The days of great players like Brett playing for (almost) one team their whole careers are over. To much moolah is at stake and loyalty is just a 7 letter word that half these wonderlick hero's can't even spell.
6) Finally- And this is the most important reason to make this deal of all. What have we got to lose? Super Bowl? LOL, Playoffs? LOL, NFC dominance? LOL. Last I check we haven't been even close to those things for a decade. And we all know about our SB failures.
As for me. As long as we beat you guys once our twice a year I can die happy. Who needs the SB.
Peace out.