2014 Free Agent Tracker & Discussion

[Purpnation]

I think it's actually incredibly likely you are a Packer Backer, but I'll let everyone else figure that one out for themselves.

We sign the good Packers "castoffs", which is part of why I'm having a hard time figuring out why you're casting a negative light on it. We've signed Sharper, Longwell, Favre, and now Jennings. So far, we've gotten pretty great return on our investments with those players so far, but you choose to use that term "cast off", and now you're saying that you're a "realist" as if the truth is sad, or unsettling. Maybe you just hate the Packers so much that you don't even want their players near the team, even if they can help. I'd argue that that's what's "idiotic".

The difference is that Seattle has consistently been burned when they've signed our castoffs. Burleson, Rice, and Harvin up to this point all failed to live up to their contracts. In turn, we signed Steve Hutchinson and he continued to play at an all pro level.

As Eli stated, there is also Robert Ferguson, Mike Montgomery, Javon Walker, and Desmond Bishop to account for, none of which have worked out for us in the slightest. I am seriously sick of constantly signing ex Packers, because I think it signals somewhat of the inferiority complex that alot of us seem to posses in regard to GB. If those players helped us win a SB it would be different, but as of now, we sign every Packer we can, to no avail.

Whatever dude, I don't need to prove my fan hood to you. I have great respect for the Packers organization, and I don't go out of my way to try and find ways to discredit them as alot of Vikes fans, that said, I truly despise them more than any other sports team in the country, I would love for us to put them in check, and establish Viking dominance. I cried every Viking loss until I was 12 for #### sake, to call me a Packer Backer could not possibly be more off base.

[Demi]

demi you have no idea what you are even talking about and the best part is the whole board knows it.

I quote an article you posted saying he wouldn't be a very good fit, and say I wouldn't want him. Does the person who wrote the article you posted also not know what they are talking about? If so why did you post the article in the first place? Does PFF have no idea (despite judging all the corners themselves, which means they're seeing the same things for every play they're rating...), how about the Chiefs coaching staff that ended up moving him into the slot role? And then cutting him?

[Slick Rick]

As Eli stated, there is also Robert Ferguson, Mike Montgomery, Javon Walker, and Desmond Bishop to account for, none of which have worked out for us in the slightest. I am seriously sick of constantly signing ex Packers, because I think it signals somewhat of the inferiority complex that alot of us seem to posses in regard to GB. If those players helped us win a SB it would be different, but as of now, we sign every Packer we can, to no avail.

Those players were barely relevant. It's not like we've went out and paid big bucks for Packer talent only for it to backfire. We've had mostly success where it has mattered. I mean, Desmond Bishop was a low investment, Javon Walker got cut before the season started, I don't even know who Mike Montgomery is, and Robert Ferguson had about career averages (not very good) in his one year with us.

We sign every Packer player we can? That's so overstated I'm not even going to try and debunk it. You're making stuff up.

If you're as passionate as you're making yourself out to be (crying after every loss until you're 12 years old, which I'm calling bullocks on right now), then how can you even think of this as an inferiority complex? You're just making it more obvious.

[Purpnation]

Those players were barely relevant. It's not like we've went out and paid big bucks for Packer talent only for it to backfire. We've had mostly success where it has mattered. I mean, Desmond Bishop was a low investment, Javon Walker got cut before the season started, I don't even know who Mike Montgomery is, and Robert Ferguson had about career averages (not very good) in his one year with us.

We sign every Packer player we can? That's so overstated I'm not even going to try and debunk it. You're making stuff up.

If you're as passionate as you're making yourself out to be (crying after every loss until you're 12 years old, which I'm calling bullocks on right now), then how can you even think of this as an inferiority complex? You're just making it more obvious.

Rationalize as you please, it is silly to complain about another team signing our players, when we in fact, have signed more ex Packers than the Seahawks have signed ex Vikings. I have zero clue about what the success of those signings, or contract details of those signings have to do with anything. I never said that those ex Packers signings haven't worked out, only that #### about Seattle signing our players is stupid when we have signed more Ex Packers than Seattle have ex Vikings.

You like to talk about matters you know nothing about don't you? How in the #### are you going to claim I am not in fact a fan of this team, simply because you don't agree with a comment I made. You have zero idea what are talking about dude. I have as much of a claim to being a Vikings fan as you do.

[Slick Rick]

Rationalize as you please, it is silly to complain about another team signing our players, when we in fact, have signed more ex Packers than the Seahawks have signed ex Vikings. I have zero clue about what the success of those signings, or contract details of those signings have to do with anything. I never said that those ex Packers signings haven't worked out, only that #### about Seattle signing our players is stupid when we have signed more Ex Packers than Seattle have ex Vikings.

You like to talk about matters you know nothing about don't you? How in the #### are you going to claim I am not in fact a fan of this team, simply because you don't agree with a comment I made. You have zero idea what are talking about dude. I have as much of a claim to being a Vikings fan as you do.

Because you're inconsistent with how you're going about it. You're not even sneaky dude, it's obvious that you're not a Vikings fan by the way you've been talking in this thread and others upon a quick search of your most recent posts. You can always spot the guy who's pulling your leg, because everything they say is something that's overstated or "unbelievable". It's the liar complex. Who the #### cries after every game until they're 12? Who the #### says that we go after every Packers player on the market?... What Vikings fan who is that passionate gives a #### when someone says that Seattle goes after all of our players? Not one single chance you're a Vikings fan.

Contracts and performance do matter. Who gives a #### about someone who got cut during the preseason or during training camp who was making league minimum? Those guys don't get guaranteed money anyways.

I don't think anyone really cares that Seattle signs all of our players, especially when they've historically signed some pretty big busts. If you can't see how any of that matters, then that's just one-dimensional thinking on your half.

[Eli]

Where did some of these new forum members come from? I'm getting tired of people who just want to stir up ####.

[Purpnation]

Because you're inconsistent with how you're going about it. You're not even sneaky dude, it's obvious that you're not a Vikings fan by the way you've been talking in this thread and others upon a quick search of your most recent posts. You can always spot the guy who's pulling your leg, because everything they say is something that's overstated or "unbelievable". It's the liar complex. Who the #### cries after every game until they're 12? Who the #### says that we go after every Packers player on the market?... What Vikings fan who is that passionate gives a #### when someone says that Seattle goes after all of our players? Not one single chance you're a Vikings fan.

Contracts and performance do matter. Who gives a #### about someone who got cut during the preseason or during training camp who was making league minimum? Those guys don't get guaranteed money anyways.

I don't think anyone really cares that Seattle signs all of our players, especially when they've historically signed some pretty big busts. If you can't see how any of that matters, then that's just one-dimensional thinking on your half.

I only gave a #### because I think it is silly, and it is. Complaining about Seattle signing our players, when we sign more Packers players, is dumb. Sorry if you don't agree, but it is the truth, but don't mis construe that for me caring a whole bunch.

As to your comments, get bent dude, and umm, I don't really get why its so unbelievable that a small child cries when his team loses, I see that #### all the time.

Don't confuse my respect for the Packers as me being a Packer fan, I love the Vikings for #### sake, I wish we had even a fraction of the success the Fudge seems to have, but you could not possibly be any more mistaken about my fan allegiance. Only dumb #### speak on matters they know nothing about, and that is exactly what you are so adamantly doing.

[Funkytown]

I feel ya, James.

Where did some of these new forum members come from? I'm getting tired of people who just want to stir up ####.

But, it is fun to guess what "####" means all of the time. Bleepity bleep bleep BLEEP!

[Purpnation]

I feel ya, James.
But, it is fun to guess what "####" means all of the time. Bleepity bleep bleep BLEEP!

You know Funk, I have #### had it up to here with your #### ####. If you wanna #### talk a bunch of #### then go #### in your #### you #### #### burger. ####


Lol just playin, that was literally me just typing #s.

[Slick Rick]

As to your comments, get bent dude, and umm, I don't really get why its so unbelievable that a small child cries when his team loses, I see that #### all the time.

You've seen a bunch of children cry after every loss until the age of 12?

Don't confuse my respect for the Packers as me being a Packer fan, I love the Vikings for #### sake, I wish we had even a fraction of the success the Fudge seems to have, but you could not possibly be any more mistaken about my fan allegiance. Only dumb #### speak on matters they know nothing about, and that is exactly what you are so adamantly doing.

Again with the overstatements. "Your" Minnesota Vikings are one of the winningest franchises since the Super Bowl era. Green Bay has 2 Super Bowl titles, and 2 AFL/NFL Championships over us. That's about the size of it. Sorry if you only think of success in terms of Super Bowls and irrelevant NFL Championships that were won during a time when only a handful of teams even had a chance of winning it. Minnesota is generally a competitive team whether you want to admit it or not. I wouldn't think it would be that hard to admit for such a devout fan.

[Funkytown]

I've been meaning to ask this for a while now. Any news on Childs? I read that he tried out for the Jags a few weeks ago, and I can't find anything about how it went or anything after that. I'm assuming by that, we can sort of guess how it went. But with Twitter and whatnot, I thought maybe someone saw a bit more details about that? Maybe? If so, please share!

[Purpnation]

You've seen a bunch of children cry after every loss until the age of 12?
Again with the overstatements. "Your" Minnesota Vikings are one of the winningest franchises since the Super Bowl era. Green Bay has 2 Super Bowl titles, and 2 AFL/NFL Championships over us. That's about the size of it. Sorry if you only think of success in terms of Super Bowls and irrelevant NFL Championships that were won during a time when only a handful of teams even had a chance of winning it. Minnesota is generally a competitive team whether you want to admit it or not. I wouldn't think it would be that hard to admit for such a devout fan.

4 SBs, sorry, if they weren't a SB, than SB 4 would have been called SB 1. I hate it too but this is what I'm talking about, i don't try to discredit every thing about there organization, and this is why you think I'm a Packer fan. I'm not delusional my dude, I live the Vikes but we are less successful then every single team that has ever won a SB, not just our border rivals. I would love for this to change, and I truly believe it will, sooner rather than later, but don't delude yourself into thinking were something were not. That's the pain of being a Vikings fan, close but no cigar.

I hate it, but winning doesn't mean #### if you don't have a single Championship, it sucks, but its true. But i never said we weren't competitive, again with putting words in my mouth. And, i see kids cry over there team losing all the time, yes.

[Eli]

I've been meaning to ask this for a while now. Any news on Childs? I read that he tried out for the Jags a few weeks ago, and I can't find anything about how it went or anything after that. I'm assuming by that, we can sort of guess how it went. But with Twitter and whatnot, I thought maybe someone saw a bit more details about that? Maybe? If so, please share!

All I saw was that he wasn't offered a contract. It was a cattle call, from what I understand, with over 20 players invited to try out.

[Funkytown]

All I saw was that he wasn't offered a contract. It was a cattle call, from what I understand, with over 20 players invited to try out.

Thanks, Eli.

I actually want to see him land somewhere so we can see if we missed out on anything or not. Time will tell...

[Purpnation]

Thanks, Eli.

I actually want to see him land somewhere so we can see if we missed out on anything or not. Time will tell...

I truly believe had he not sustained that awful injury we would have had a gem.