tisza
Well-Known Member
Needs a retool rather than a complete tear down - 7 losses by a single score.
Can't carry Cousins on his current deal as there's no money left for anybody else. Could be tradeable - Denver, Pittsburgh, Carolina, Cleveland to name 4. But this year's draft looks pretty grim for QBs but maybe a stop-gap (cheaper) or Mond can come in.
They went into this season genuinely believing they were contenders and had spent a lot of free agency money on short deals on the defense. But then let Zimmer appoint to rookies as OC and DC. Kubiak as OC was a disaster - a really talented offensive roster was wasted with poor game planning and play calling. Zimmer knew it was a make or break season but put his future in the hands of his son and his close friend's son. Apparently young Kubiak is being blamed in the dressing room for the season failures.
We have no idea about how good some of the younger players are as Zimmer just refused to play them. We've got a 3rd round QB, LB, OG and DE (all areas of need) that saw hardly any playing time as Zimmer just didn't trust rookies. And it seems like he sidelined them in training as well.
Spielman and Zimmer were never on the same page since Spielman extended Cousins against Zimmer's wishes - and Zimmer was right. Spielman used to draft well but has blown 5 out of the last 7 1st round picks and messed about drafting quantity over quality.
Vikings still a good job for Head coaches - stable ownership, great facilities and a lot of talent on offense.