The next questions are about present Minnesota Vikings matters, answered by PurplePTSD. As we speak is the April 18th version, addressed in a from-the-hip style. In case you have questions, please e-mail them to [email protected]
Additionally, please notice: These are opinion-based responses. Some solutions might be incorrect once in a while. However we’ll attempt to maintain that to a minimal.
Q: Who would you contemplate essentially the most irreplaceable 2022 participant on the Vikings roster within the occasion of harm?
A: Properly, not everybody will prefer it, however it must be Cousins, proper?
Sean Mannion or Kellen Mond wouldn’t encourage confidence if Cousins went down for an prolonged interval. And it’s unlikely that Kwesi Adofo-Mensah selects Malik Willis or Kenny Pickett within the draft.
Cousins is answerable for 30+ touchdowns per season. Whether or not you want him or not, not many males can pull that off yearly.
In any other case, if the Vikings don’t strut out of the 2022 NFL Draft with a startable cornerback, an argument right here could be made for Patrick Peterson.
Q: Tyler Linderbaum is taken into account one of the best inside offensive lineman within the draft. Why are Vikings followers so low on him?
A: Vikings followers are bored with drafting offensive linemen with high-round draft capital.
Certainly, the trenches haven’t been fastened, however Minnesota has overspent attempting to resolve the illness, drafting an offensive lineman within the 2nd-Spherical-or-higher in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021.
They need to have the ability to repair the issue organically, selecting males from the third or 4th Spherical.
Q: Noticed Kyle Sloter within the USFL as a starter. Why wouldn’t the Vikings ever give him a QB2 job?
A: Sloter performed for all of those groups:
Broncos: 2017 coaching camp
Vikings: 2017-19 lively roster
Cardinals: 2019 apply squad
Lions: 2019 lively roster
Bears: 2020 apply squad
Raiders: 2021 apply squad
Vikings: 2021 lively roster
Not a single franchise allowed the person to throw a regular-season move.
He’s actually a preseason — and preseason solely — hero.
Both that or a number of groups and training staffs are utterly oblivious.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his every day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs each Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking fandom dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doorways (the band).
