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If this team cut Kevin I would be pissed. I can live with Winfield and Harvin, but Kevin is my favorite player of all time next to Randy Moss.Eli wrote:Could be worse. They can still cut Kevin Williams.
That's definitely possible but at some point, a GM has to make these tough decisions and losing long-time favorites is never going to sit well with us fans. I certainly don't want to see Winfield go but this could easily be a case of the Vikings doing what the Patriots often do so well and releasing a player at just the right time. Winfield was great last season but the season he delivered was also a bit of a surprise. He had missed 17 games over the previous 3 seasons. Did he defy the odds last year or can he repeat his performance?dead_poet wrote:Or it's two steps backwards and falling into a lava river filled with fire crocodiles.
It's not even 3 p.m. yet. Plenty of time for that.Eli wrote:Could be worse. They can still cut Kevin Williams.
Please... Don't even say that..dead_poet wrote: It's not even 3 p.m. yet. Plenty of time for that.
dead_poet wrote: Or it's two steps backwards and falling into a lava river filled with fire crocodiles.
I don't know that I agree with you, but that made me laugh!
If he doesn't take a pay cut.Just Me wrote:At the rate we're going, Peterson will be gone by the end of the day!
That's a big "If" in my book. Antoine will be extremely tough to replace. Our rush defense will surely suffer and unless there's a surprise signing I don't see how our pass defense isn't going to be worse, it may be only a matter of degree. Look no further than what our defense looked like without Antione in the lineup the last couple of seasons. It was abysmal. Granted he was getting older but he was still the best corner on our team by far (which might say something about our other corners as much as it does Antoine's skill). Emotion aside, as things stand now (Percy/Antione) our short-term doesn't look very promising.Mothman wrote: If he can go out and find a really good DB that will help them for the next 4+ years
True, but replacing him was a step they had to take sooner or later. It's all part of building and managing a team. It's not easy and losing long-time favorites (or even troublesome stars like Harvin) is often a part of it. Look at the choices the Bears, Ravens and Patriots face with Urlacher, Reed and Welker for example.dead_poet wrote: That's a big "If" in my book. Antoine will be extremely tough to replace.
Agreed but the key word in that sentence is "now". The team obviously looks weaker without Harvin and Winfield but there will be a lot of moves made between now and September. They won't all work out but we're not looking at anything close to a finished roster right now.Our rush defense will surely suffer and unless there's a surprise signing I don't see how our pass defense isn't going to be worse, it may be only a matter of degree. Look no further than what our defense looked like without Antione in the lineup the last couple of seasons. It was abysmal. Granted he was getting older but he was still the best corner on our team by far (which might say something about our other corners as much as it does Antoine's skill). Emotion aside, as things stand now (Percy/Antione) our short-term doesn't look very promising.
Nnamdi Asomugha - DB - Free AgentMercy Percy wrote:Asmougha just got released ?! ANYONE?!?!?