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The problem i have with Hill is if you want to look at his last 16 starts, or even his last 10 starts, you have to go all the way back to 2011. I just don't know how all of you can feel secure having a 35 year old career backup qb with not much recent experience being one play away as the starter for the Vikings. I gotta say, that's a scary thought.
I was confident in Cassel starting last year as i think most of us were. I would've been fine with him starting this year too if BW wasn't ready. If Bridgewater had a season ending injury tomorrow, can you honestly say you'd be fine having Hill as the starter for 2015?
I was confident in Cassel starting last year as i think most of us were. I would've been fine with him starting this year too if BW wasn't ready. If Bridgewater had a season ending injury tomorrow, can you honestly say you'd be fine having Hill as the starter for 2015?
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Can you honestly say you would feel good about our Super Bowl chances if Cassell was our starter for 16+ games this year?808vikingsfan wrote:The problem i have with Hill is if you want to look at his last 16 starts, or even his last 10 starts, you have to go all the way back to 2011. I just don't know how all of you can feel secure having a 35 year old career backup qb with not much recent experience being one play away as the starter for the Vikings. I gotta say, that's a scary thought.
I was confident in Cassel starting last year as i think most of us were. I would've been fine with him starting this year too if BW wasn't ready. If Bridgewater had a season ending injury tomorrow, can you honestly say you'd be fine having Hill as the starter for 2015?
In my opinion, it looks a lot like this: would you rather have Hill and Wallace or Cassel and Jennings? One set makes our ceiling higher, one set makes our floor higher. If the goal is a Super Bowl, the front office needs to take calculated risks to make our ceiling as high as it can. I don't think we took a huge step back at the backup position, and as much as Wallace was a "bust" in Miami, he had as many TDs as Jennings had in BOTH years he played in Minnesota.
Hill isn't better than Cassel, but I don't think there is a sharp decline. However, he allowed us to add youth, speed, and production to our WRs.
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Ouch.DK Sweets wrote:Cassel might not even make Bills' roster
Golly, we sure made a mistake trading him...
Cassel has to be one of the most overrated QBs in Vikings history.
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But that means he was rated to begin with, right? With the recent history of Vikings quarterbacks that's nothing to sneeze at.Mothman wrote: Ouch.
Cassel has to be one of the most overrated QBs in Vikings history.
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This just proved my point from this past offseason. He isn't that good and a few (you know who you are) were saying Spielman was an idiot for trading him and signing Shaun Hill. That trade gave us either Pruitt or Diggs through a trade with other teams. I can't rememever which player but either way we:DK Sweets wrote:Cassel might not even make Bills' roster
Golly, we sure made a mistake trading him...
-Slashed over $4 million off the cap
-Signed a cheaper veteran that can do just as much as Cassel
-Gained either Pruitt or Diggs who can both possibly be immediate impact players
But yeah what a stupid move by Spielman
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This just proved my point from this past offseason. He isn't that good and a few (you know who you are) were saying Spielman was an idiot for trading him and signing Shaun Hill. That trade gave us either Pruitt or Diggs through a trade with other teams. I can't remember which player but either way we:
-Slashed over $4 million off the cap
-Signed a cheaper veteran that can do just as much as Cassel
-Gained either Pruitt or Diggs who can both possibly be immediate impact players
But yeah what a stupid move by Spielman
For me at least I just like Cassel as a person and Viking. He seemed to have good chemistry with the team.
Honestly I think this move was as much about making Teddy the unquestioned leader and QB of this team as
anything else. Hill might be an improvement over Cassel; then again he might not be. At this point the move is made
and Hill is our back up. Hopefully Teddy stays healthy and plays great and Hill gets a great view of Vikings wins.
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LOLOL...8 pages on Matt Cassel and still going strong....I think we have a lot more important issues on this team then a journeyman QB who won't ever add up to much.
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It is a very important role.. ask the packers when they lose Rodgers what happens.LOLOL...8 pages on Matt Cassel and still going strong....I think we have a lot more important issues on this team then a journeyman QB who won't ever add up to much.
not to mention its a board meant to go over all the news of the Vikings. Several people on this board weren't happy when Cassel was shipped out ...
I was one of them. Currently the business and team appears to better without him. The business side of football isn't always the most fair or loyal
to players
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Really? We're going to make all these assumptions based on practice?
I'd think I'd wait at least till training camp.
I'd think I'd wait at least till training camp.
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Who did the Vikings select with the pick they got for Cassel?
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If I am right, they traded the pick(137) it to Atlanta for the 146 pick and picked Diggs and I think number 185 Tyrus Thompson.fiestavike wrote:Who did the Vikings select with the pick they got for Cassel?
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And here you are, posting in the same thread you mock. Oh, the irony.chicagopurple wrote:LOLOL...8 pages on Matt Cassel and still going strong....I think we have a lot more important issues on this team then a journeyman QB who won't ever add up to much.
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I believe you're right. So in turn, we get an explosive prospect in Diggs and a potential starting RG in Thompson. All for Matt Cassel. I'd take those two and Hill over Cassel any day of the weekRaptorman wrote: If I am right, they traded the pick(137) it to Atlanta for the 146 pick and picked Diggs and I think number 185 Tyrus Thompson.
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Spielman moved a round a ton on the last day and got three extra picks for the ten total he want's in everyRound Pick Overall Player Note
1 11 11 Trae Waynes, CB, Michigan State
2 13 45 Eric Kendricks, LB, UCLA
3 24 88 Danielle Hunter, DE, LSU From Detroit
4 11 110 T.J. Clemmings, OT, Pittsburgh
5 7 143 MyCole Pruitt, TE, Southern Illinois From Detroit through Denver and Chicago
5 10 146 Stefon Diggs, WR, Maryland From Atlanta
6 9 185 Tyrus Thompson, OT, Oklahoma From Atlanta
6 17 193 B.J. Dubose, DT, Louisville From Kansas City
7 11 228 Austin Shepherd, G, Alabama
7 15 232 Edmond Robinson, LB, Newberry From San Francisco through Miami
draft.
I have not heard anything about Hunter since like rookie minicamp did he get hurt ? or something
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