MusicCityViking wrote:Vikes are saving $1 million by switching from Cassell to Hill.
That's what I don't get. I would have thought that it wasn't worth making the switch for that kind of money. It's not like we'll now be able to sign Boling with the extra $1 (million). I was thinking that we'd want to get a backup in the $2.5M per year range.
Well, I guess a million dollars and exchanging a 6th for a 5th is nothing to sneeze at.
John_Viveiros wrote:
That's what I don't get. I would have thought that it wasn't worth making the switch for that kind of money. It's not like we'll now be able to sign Boling with the extra $1 (million). I was thinking that we'd want to get a backup in the $2.5M per year range.
Well, I guess a million dollars and exchanging a 6th for a 5th is nothing to sneeze at.
I'll bet that Cassel wanting to start had some influence too.
HardcoreVikesFan wrote:
Damn. Ground and pound is alive and well in Buffalo. Jerome could have another pro bowl year.
I think Buffalo, with their defense, has a pretty good looking team heading into the draft. Cassel is good enough a game manager to go with what should be a formidable run game.
Something to consider ... at 9.85%, Minnesota has the second highest state income tax rate. Only California's nose bleed 13.3% rate is higher. I don't know if that hurts the Vikings but it sure as heck doesn't help.
The Breeze wrote:I'm with you having the guy in the pipeline but keeping him on the practice squad vs active roster.
The caliber of developmental QB I'm talking about would quickly get poached off a practice squad.
As for developing a guy, my philosophy has changed lately. I think they had the right mindframe with Ponder just the wrong guy. I would like to see the next guy in line learn from Bridgewater...which means they have to develop him first.
We're obviously of somewhat different minds on this. I see teaching as the role of the coaches. I'd want my QBs learning primarily from them. If there's something to be learned from each other, great, but to me the whole point of having a quality developmental QB behind Bridgewater is to have someone who can step in and take over the job if things don't work out, short term or long term. That's one of the ways in which I think they went wrong with both Jackson and Ponder and I want to see them learn from it and stop putting all their eggs in one basket.
John_Viveiros wrote:
That's what I don't get. I would have thought that it wasn't worth making the switch for that kind of money. It's not like we'll now be able to sign Boling with the extra $1 (million). I was thinking that we'd want to get a backup in the $2.5M per year range.
Well, I guess a million dollars and exchanging a 6th for a 5th is nothing to sneeze at.
That's the only thing that makes sense to me. Cassel wanted a chance to start somewhere. Matt had everything you wanted in a backup. Starting experience, able to perform at a moments notice, experience with the system, chemistry with your #1 WR, familiarity with the rest if the players.
Shaun Hill has played in 13 games since 2010, and that includes 9 games in 2014. How do we know what we're really getting in Hill? Rick paid $3M for Josh Freeman so i dont think Cassel's price tags had much to do with the trade.
I see teaching as the role of the coaches. I'd want my QBs learning primarily from them. If there's something to be learned from each other, great, but to me the whole point of having a quality developmental QB behind Bridgewater is to have someone who can step in and take over the job if things don't work out, short term or long term. That's one of the ways in which I think they went wrong with both Jackson and Ponder and I want to see them learn from it and stop putting all their eggs in one basket.
