Offseason Thread

[J. Kapp 11]

Wow. He's on his final deal, wonder if they've already talked about an extension for him with Chicago. I'd part with a fourth for him if he had agreed on an extension.

Unfortunately, even if we had wanted to trade for him, there was really nothing we could have used to make a trade that would have been better than a 4th, or not way too much to give up.

Sure there was.

Chicago gave up a 2026 fourth. We’ve got all our 2026 picks.

I didn’t even know the Chiefs were shopping him. This sucks.

[J. Kapp 11]

Good grief. As if things couldn’t get worse.

Seattle just traded Geno Smith to the Raiders for a 2025 3rd round pick.

The Vikings didn’t use the franchise tag for Sam Darnold because they couldn’t find a trade partner … but Seattle could?

This tells me that at least the Raiders saw Geno Smith, who will be 35 this season, as more valuable than Sam Darnold. I know that Pete Carroll has history with Smith, but really? Geno Smith? For a third?

First Thuney to the Bears, then Smith to the Raiders. Sure hope Kwesi has a great plan because it’s not apparent at this point.

[Cliff]

Good grief. As if things couldn’t get worse.

Seattle just traded Geno Smith to the Raiders for a 2025 3rd round pick.

The Vikings didn’t use the franchise tag for Sam Darnold because they couldn’t find a trade partner … but Seattle could?

This tells me that at least the Raiders saw Geno Smith, who will be 35 this season, as more valuable than Sam Darnold. I know that Pete Carroll has history with Smith, but really? Geno Smith? For a third?

First Thuney to the Bears, then Smith to the Raiders. Sure hope Kwesi has a great plan because it’s not apparent at this point.

Seems like it bodes well if the Vikings are hoping to resign Darnold for a 1 or 2 year deal. Another team out of the bidding pool. Perhaps the plan is to get him for significantly less than the franchise tag.

I still think to some degree franchising players is against the team's overall philosophy.

[40for60]

Good grief. As if things couldn’t get worse.

Seattle just traded Geno Smith to the Raiders for a 2025 3rd round pick.

The Vikings didn’t use the franchise tag for Sam Darnold because they couldn’t find a trade partner … but Seattle could?

This tells me that at least the Raiders saw Geno Smith, who will be 35 this season, as more valuable than Sam Darnold. I know that Pete Carroll has history with Smith, but really? Geno Smith? For a third?

First Thuney to the Bears, then Smith to the Raiders. Sure hope Kwesi has a great plan because it’s not apparent at this point.

Seems like it bodes well if the Vikings are hoping to resign Darnold for a 1 or 2 year deal. Another team out of the bidding pool. Perhaps the plan is to get him for significantly less than the franchise tag.

I still think to some degree franchising players is against the team's overall philosophy.

Reports are Darnold will end up with the Seahawks. It makes sense as why would they trade Geno without any other option?


Tag and trade is tricky. I would rather they didn’t rather than end up holding the bag.

[StumpHunter]

Unfortunately, even if we had wanted to trade for him, there was really nothing we could have used to make a trade that would have been better than a 4th, or not way too much to give up.

Sure there was.

Chicago gave up a 2026 fourth. We’ve got all our 2026 picks.

I didn’t even know the Chiefs were shopping him. This sucks.

I saw that later. A 4th in 2026 is the same value as a 5th in 2025 and this was a huge miss at a significant need by our GM.

Especially considering Thuney can play LT in a pinch and we might need a starting LT to start the season.

[cogitator]

Just saw a tweet that said Steelers expected to make an offer to Darnold. I guess that means both Justin Fields and Russell Wilson didn't work out as they'd hoped. Same tweet said still a good chance he signs with Seattle.

[Cliff]

Vikings re-signing RB Aaron Jones to 2-year, $20M deal

[StumpHunter]

Jones back on a 2 year deal worth 20 million, with 13 million guaranteed.

Insane money to spend on a RB who will be 31 by the end of the year, and just more evidence that Kwesi has no idea what he is doing. Due to his complete lack of foresight at RB, he had nothing at RB, and overpaid an aging one to keep him in house. Why give Jones a 1 year deal last year if you know you have nothing in 2025 and don't plan on drafting a RB in 2024? Pure incompetence.

[CharVike]

Seems like it bodes well if the Vikings are hoping to resign Darnold for a 1 or 2 year deal. Another team out of the bidding pool. Perhaps the plan is to get him for significantly less than the franchise tag.

I still think to some degree franchising players is against the team's overall philosophy.

Reports are Darnold will end up with the Seahawks. It makes sense as why would they trade Geno without any other option?


Tag and trade is tricky. I would rather they didn’t rather than end up holding the bag.

Geno requested a trade. He turned down a 2 year offer from the Hawks. The guy threw 21 TDs and 15 INTs last year. Why would any team give up anything for that garbage. I thought the guy was playing great. I could see if he was 25 and starting his climb. It's the complete opposite.

[CharVike]

Jones back on a 2 year deal worth 20 million, with 13 million guaranteed.

Insane money to spend on a RB who will be 31 by the end of the year, and just more evidence that Kwesi has no idea what he is doing. Due to his complete lack of foresight at RB, he had nothing at RB, and overpaid an aging one to keep him in house. Why give Jones a 1 year deal last year if you know you have nothing in 2025 and don't plan on drafting a RB in 2024? Pure incompetence.

Might as well sign Akers also. That money is pure stupidity. Just like Davenport was.

[J. Kapp 11]

Jones back on a 2 year deal worth 20 million, with 13 million guaranteed.

Insane money to spend on a RB who will be 31 by the end of the year, and just more evidence that Kwesi has no idea what he is doing. Due to his complete lack of foresight at RB, he had nothing at RB, and overpaid an aging one to keep him in house. Why give Jones a 1 year deal last year if you know you have nothing in 2025 and don't plan on drafting a RB in 2024? Pure incompetence.

I honestly don’t get this one.

Aaron Jones is a great dude. A locker room galvanizer. A 1,000-yard rusher. A guy with 1,500 yards from scrimmage. But he’ll turn 31 during the season. He showed a decided lack of burst the second half of 2024. You can’t give him more than 10-12 touches a game, or he’ll break down. Because of that, he’s a guy you bring back for $2 million, not 20.

[Cliff]

Jones back on a 2 year deal worth 20 million, with 13 million guaranteed.

Insane money to spend on a RB who will be 31 by the end of the year, and just more evidence that Kwesi has no idea what he is doing. Due to his complete lack of foresight at RB, he had nothing at RB, and overpaid an aging one to keep him in house. Why give Jones a 1 year deal last year if you know you have nothing in 2025 and don't plan on drafting a RB in 2024? Pure incompetence.

I honestly don’t get this one.

Aaron Jones is a great dude. A locker room galvanizer. A 1,000-yard rusher. A guy with 1,500 yards from scrimmage. But he’ll turn 31 during the season. He showed a decided lack of burst the second half of 2024. You can’t give him more than 10-12 touches a game, or he’ll break down. Because of that, he’s a guy you bring back for $2 million, not 20.

I agree with it being a bit of a "desperation" move. He's the top free agent RB which drives up the price. It would have been nice to get younger at the position.

On the flip side, he also had the most yards from scrimmage of any player on the Vikings last season and the 8th most yards from scrimmage of any player in the league.

With 306 touches it's not an exaggeration to say Jones was a key piece of the 2024 Vikings offense.

[makila]

Seems like a lot for Jones at this point in his career, and faded down the stretch.

Metcalf to Steelers. They want to throw deep jump balls it appears. Sam might be a real target of theirs.

[makila]

Sure there was.

Chicago gave up a 2026 fourth. We’ve got all our 2026 picks.

I didn’t even know the Chiefs were shopping him. This sucks.

I saw that later. A 4th in 2026 is the same value as a 5th in 2025 and this was a huge miss at a significant need by our GM.

Especially considering Thuney can play LT in a pinch and we might need a starting LT to start the season.

Yup. We could have made this happen.

[VikingLord]

Vikings re-signing RB Aaron Jones to 2-year, $20M deal

That's a lot of cap for an aging RB no matter how great he is as a teammate. I felt like Jones ability to remain productive dropped off substantially as the year went on, but he's also not a runner who is great at shedding contact or has any burst to get to the second level. In short, he needs effective blocking in front of him.

$13 million of that $20 is guaranteed, so it's not a terrible deal from the Vikings' perspective, but I'd have preferred it to be $10 million with a 2nd year option.