Moving On To 2020/2021.

[SemperFeist]

1 hour ago, swede700 said:

It appears to almost be like getting a bill through Congress these days.  Which group of players are the Democrats and which are the Republicans?

The havenots far out numbers the haves in the NFL. Since they just need 50% +1 of the vote, I’d be very surprised if this CBA doesn’t get approved. 

[swede700]

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The NFL and the Players Association project a salary cap of roughly $200 million per team in 2020, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media.

The cap was $188.2 million in 2019.

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/02/28/report-nfl-nflpa-projecting-salary-cap-of-200-million-in-2020/

[MikeT14]

For those of you that might care about what I am doing in TCMD, here's where I am heading into the draft. 

QB	1516 - Kirk Cousins - QB	2348 - Trevor Siemian - QB	1035 - Jake Browning - QB
FB	0330 - C.J. Ham - RB
RB	0570 - Dalvin Cook - RB	0082 - Alexander Mattison - RB	1764 - Mike Boone - RB	0099 - Ameer Abdullah - RB	1074 - James Butler - RB
WR	2187 - Stefon Diggs - WR	1892 - Olabisi Johnson - WR	0080 - Alexander Hollins - WR
TE	1538 - Kyle Rudolph - TE	1014 - Irv Smith Jr. - TE	2379 - Tyler Conklin - TE	2258 - Temarrick Hemingway - TE
LT	0295 - Brian O'Neill - RT	1588 - Marcus Applefield - LT
LG	2027 - Riley Reiff - LT	0180 - Aviante Collins - LG	1903 - R.J. Prince - LG
C	0930 - Garrett Bradbury - C	1530 - Kyle Kalis - C
RG	1351 - Josh Kline - RG	0824 - Dru Samia - RG	2091 - Ryan Hunter - RG
RT	0105 - Andre Smith - RT	1895 - Olisaemeka Udoh - RT
WR	0034 - Adam Thielen - WR	0382 - Chad Beebe - WR	2087 - Ryan Grant - WR	0470 - Cody Thompson - WR

 

LDE	0606 - Danielle Hunter - 43DE	0856 - Eddie Yarbrough - 43DE
LDT	1626 - Maliek Collins - 43DT	1101 - Jalyn Holmes - 43DT
RDT	2145 - Shamar Stephen - 43DT	1088 - Jaleel Johnson - 43DT	0997 - Hercules Mata'afa - 43DE
RDE	1744 - Michael Bennett - 43DE	1009 - Ifeadi Odenigbo - 43DT
LOLB	0129 - Anthony Barr - 43OLB	0199 - Ben Gedeon - 43OLB	1870 - Nick Usher - 43OLB
ILB	0885 - Eric Kendricks - ILB	1487 - Kentrell Brothers - ILB	0356 - Cameron Smith - ILB
ROLB	0894 - Eric Wilson - 43OLB	2276 - Thomas Davis - 43OLB	0365 - Cassanova McKinzy - 34OLB
CB	1140 - Janoris Jenkins - CB		0999 - Holton Hill - CB	1609 - Mark Fields - CB
SS	0990 - Harrison Smith - S	0115 - Andrew Sendejo - S	2210 - T.J. Green - S
FS	0136 - Anthony Harris - S	1801 - Montae Nicholson - S	0036 - Adarius Pickett - S
CB	1773 - Mike Hughes - CB	1873 - Nickell Robey-Coleman - CB	1521 - Kris Boyd - CB	1657 - Marcus Sayles - CB

 

K	0588 - Dan Bailey - K
P	0487 - Colby Wadman - P	2346 - Trevor Daniel - P
H	0487 - Colby Wadman - P
PR
KR
LS	0169 - Austin Cutting - LS

[MikeT14]

Ultimately my goals are to walk away with a tackle and a CB that can play immediately and fill the rest of my picks with depth.

I have my first, 2nd, 3rd, two 4ths, a 6th, and 3 7ths. 

[swede700]

I see the sneaky play on obtaining the son of former Viking Todd Kalis.  

Not a huge fan of bringing back Siemian or Andre Smith, but I do like some of the defensive moves, especially bringing in Maliek Collins...but, I'm not sure if Jenkins would fit in Zimmer's locker-room...maybe he's grown up a bit, but I'm sure the Vikings' brass would be very skeptical based on his history.  

Nice job overall on re-tooling the defense, I'm not sure I could have done better.  

[MikeT14]

3 minutes ago, swede700 said:

I see the sneaky play on obtaining the son of former Viking Todd Kalis.  

Not a huge fan of bringing back Siemian or Andre Smith, but I do like some of the defensive moves, especially bringing in Maliek Collins...but, I'm not sure if Jenkins would fit in Zimmer's locker-room...maybe he's grown up a bit, but I'm sure the Vikings' brass would be very skeptical based on his history.  

Nice job overall on re-tooling the defense, I'm not sure I could have done better.  

Didn't want Jenkins... was kind of stuck in a hole when I lost Waynes and someone paid AS MUCH for Alexander. Siemien and Smith are on cheap 1 year deals, so I could cut either loose, and it wouldn't hurt. I just needed someone else besides Browning. I have about $4 million in cap not including what I need to hold for draft picks.

[vikingsrule]

Don’t think that Smith has the feet or movement skills to play in a Shanahan/Kubiak ZBS.

[MikeT14]

7 minutes ago, vikingsrule said:

Don’t think that Smith has the feet or movement skills to play in a Shanahan/Kubiak ZBS.

I do worry about that. I didn't sign him to start, more to be a backup if needed. We'll see how the draft goes and go from there.

[vikingsrule]

7 minutes ago, MikeT14 said:

I do worry about that. I didn't sign him to start, more to be a backup if needed. We'll see how the draft goes and go from there.

What happened to Rashod Hill or Dakota Dozier? They’d probably be better RT options than Smith.

[MikeT14]

Just now, vikingsrule said:

What happened to Rashod Hill or Dakota Dozier? They’d probably be better RT options than Smith.

Dozier is gone. Let me look into Hill. I was told by another Viking fan (outside of this) that Hill isn't worth it if he's too expensive.

[RpMc]

6 minutes ago, MikeT14 said:

Dozier is gone. Let me look into Hill. I was told by another Viking fan (outside of this) that Hill isn't worth it if he's too expensive.

If expensive, yes - if not expensive, he's worth bringing back as a backup. He'd be better than Andre Smith, and honestly Oli Udoh would be a better starter than Andre Smith right now.

Edited March 2, 2020 by RpMc

[SteelKing728]

2 hours ago, vikingsrule said:

Don’t think that Smith has the feet or movement skills to play in a Shanahan/Kubiak ZBS.

I think he's about done at this point.

[Snake Plissken]

7 hours ago, MikeT14 said:

For those of you that might care about what I am doing in TCMD, here's where I am heading into the draft. 

 

QB	1516 - Kirk Cousins - QB	2348 - Trevor Siemian - QB	1035 - Jake Browning - QB
FB	0330 - C.J. Ham - RB
RB	0570 - Dalvin Cook - RB	0082 - Alexander Mattison - RB	1764 - Mike Boone - RB	0099 - Ameer Abdullah - RB	1074 - James Butler - RB
WR	2187 - Stefon Diggs - WR	1892 - Olabisi Johnson - WR	0080 - Alexander Hollins - WR
TE	1538 - Kyle Rudolph - TE	1014 - Irv Smith Jr. - TE	2379 - Tyler Conklin - TE	2258 - Temarrick Hemingway - TE
LT	0295 - Brian O'Neill - RT	1588 - Marcus Applefield - LT
LG	2027 - Riley Reiff - LT	0180 - Aviante Collins - LG	1903 - R.J. Prince - LG
C	0930 - Garrett Bradbury - C	1530 - Kyle Kalis - C
RG	1351 - Josh Kline - RG	0824 - Dru Samia - RG	2091 - Ryan Hunter - RG
RT	0105 - Andre Smith - RT	1895 - Olisaemeka Udoh - RT
WR	0034 - Adam Thielen - WR	0382 - Chad Beebe - WR	2087 - Ryan Grant - WR	0470 - Cody Thompson - WR

 

 

LDE	0606 - Danielle Hunter - 43DE	0856 - Eddie Yarbrough - 43DE
LDT	1626 - Maliek Collins - 43DT	1101 - Jalyn Holmes - 43DT
RDT	2145 - Shamar Stephen - 43DT	1088 - Jaleel Johnson - 43DT	0997 - Hercules Mata'afa - 43DE
RDE	1744 - Michael Bennett - 43DE	1009 - Ifeadi Odenigbo - 43DT
LOLB	0129 - Anthony Barr - 43OLB	0199 - Ben Gedeon - 43OLB	1870 - Nick Usher - 43OLB
ILB	0885 - Eric Kendricks - ILB	1487 - Kentrell Brothers - ILB	0356 - Cameron Smith - ILB
ROLB	0894 - Eric Wilson - 43OLB	2276 - Thomas Davis - 43OLB	0365 - Cassanova McKinzy - 34OLB
CB	1140 - Janoris Jenkins - CB		0999 - Holton Hill - CB	1609 - Mark Fields - CB
SS	0990 - Harrison Smith - S	0115 - Andrew Sendejo - S	2210 - T.J. Green - S
FS	0136 - Anthony Harris - S	1801 - Montae Nicholson - S	0036 - Adarius Pickett - S
CB	1773 - Mike Hughes - CB	1873 - Nickell Robey-Coleman - CB	1521 - Kris Boyd - CB	1657 - Marcus Sayles - CB

 

 

K	0588 - Dan Bailey - K
P	0487 - Colby Wadman - P	2346 - Trevor Daniel - P
H	0487 - Colby Wadman - P
PR
KR
LS	0169 - Austin Cutting - LS

If O'Neil is playing LT, I'm not a fan of Reiff at G.  With the current roster, the best OL is probably  Reiff, Kline, Bradbury, Samia, and O'Neil (or O'Neil at LT and Udoh at RT if Reiff were cut or traded).   

Defensively, I think Armon Watts should be in the rotation at DT.  As a late round rookie, he was looking good toward the end of the season with some potential as a future starter. 

Overall, it looks like a roster that should be competing for a playoff spot.  All the weapons are back with a good group of skilled players on offense.  The defense looks like it shouldn't lose too much despite the inevitable loses. 

I would say priorities still remain the same  OL (starting G or OT), CB (potential starter), pass rusher.

[MikeT14]

15 minutes ago, Snake Plissken said:

If O'Neil is playing LT, I'm not a fan of Reiff at G.  With the current roster, the best OL is probably  Reiff, Kline, Bradbury, Samia, and O'Neil (or O'Neil at LT and Udoh at RT if Reiff were cut or traded).   

Defensively, I think Armon Watts should be in the rotation at DT.  As a late round rookie, he was looking good toward the end of the season with some potential as a future starter. 

Overall, it looks like a roster that should be competing for a playoff spot.  All the weapons are back with a good group of skilled players on offense.  The defense looks like it shouldn't lose too much despite the inevitable loses. 

I would say priorities still remain the same  OL (starting G or OT), CB (potential starter), pass rusher.

Watts is gone. I think I had to throw him in to a trade to get something done. Reiff is, probably, at this point stuck on the roster. I could move him to RT?

[Cearbhall]

2 hours ago, MikeT14 said:

Watts is gone. I think I had to throw him in to a trade to get something done. Reiff is, probably, at this point stuck on the roster. I could move him to RT?

Reiff has RT experience with the Lions. It is something to consider but if my starting tackles were Reiff and O'Neill I would rather leave them both in their current positions.

O'Neill has looked very nice at RT. Messing with that is playing with fire. O'Neill is the only sure thing to be better than average on the line. Once you move him the team has no sure above average things.