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Vikings for TO?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:16 am
by danewone
With our lack of any deep threats, What do you guys think of vikings pursuing for TO??
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:16 am
by dead_poet
danewone wrote:With our lack of any deep threats, What do you guys think of vikings pursuing for TO??
Seriously?
Ug.
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:17 am
by losperros
I hope the Vikings stay away from him. Owens would be a fading stopgap with a bad attitude.
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:20 am
by danewone
why not dead poet?
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:21 am
by mansquatch
I was hoping this wouldn’t come up…
Owens, if signed, would immediately be the oldest guy on the team. You have to ask, are his well known locker room issues worth the declining impact on the field? I think there is a reason Seattle cut him this early. We don’t need to waste our time and money learning the same lesson, we already did that with McFlabb.
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:24 am
by Mothman
mansquatch wrote:I was hoping this wouldn’t come up…
Owens, if signed, would immediately be the oldest guy on the team. You have to ask, are his well known locker room issues worth the declining impact on the field? I think there is a reason Seattle cut him this early. We don’t need to waste our time and money learning the same lesson, we already did that with McFlabb.
Well said. Owens would be a stopgap solution (IF he was a solution—he didn't make it past the first cut in Seattle) and a probable distraction. The Vikes don't need to bring another circus to town.
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:29 am
by TeamChaplain
I'd rather we picked up ocho-stinkhole.
But if Plaxico Burress is still available... hmm that's a thought.
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:30 am
by GQVikesFan
mansquatch wrote:I was hoping this wouldn’t come up…
Owens, if signed, would immediately be the oldest guy on the team. You have to ask, are his well known locker room issues worth the declining impact on the field? I think there is a reason Seattle cut him this early. We don’t need to waste our time and money learning the same lesson, we already did that with McFlabb.
TO got cut because Braylon Edwards outplayed him. They brought in 2 receivers to see who would replace Mike Williams and Braylon came out on top.
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:35 pm
by Raptorman
TO=NO!
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:49 pm
by J. Kapp 11
danewone wrote:why not dead poet?
I'm not Dead Poet, but I'll answer with a question of my own.
Why?
If a potential playoff team actually thought T.O. could contribute (Seattle didn't), then said potential playoff team would sign him.
We hardly qualify as a potential playoff team. We were 3-13. We're rebuilding. Signing T.O. does nothing to help us rebuild.
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:52 pm
by dead_poet
I didn't think this needed much explaining. Others have provided the relevant points.
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:05 am
by jackal
I would rather have Plax.. than Owens
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:00 am
by Juice
The Minnesota Vikings would qualify as one of those franchises, but despite their obvious needs at this spot, especially with Jerome Simpson suspended for the first three games of the regular season, they have shown no known interest in any of these veterans.
While each carries baggage that would scare off potential employers, that almost certainly is not the most important issue when it comes to why the decision-makers at Winter Park aren't interested.
A player such as the 35-year-old Burress simply does not fit the plan constructed by Rick Spielman and it's become extremely obvious that the Vikings general manager is not going to deviate from that plan.
http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/Zulg ... lman082812
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:43 pm
by Laserman
jackal wrote:I would rather have Plax.. than Owens
Me too
Re: Vikings for TO?
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:50 pm
by GQVikesFan
Laserman wrote:
Me too
I agree with this too. We need a big red zone threat.