The Athletic: Minnesota Vikings Moving On From Kirk, Drafting McCarthy = Best Move of the Offseason 

Whenever people say “what if he doesn’t work out”….. You fucking try again in a couple years and if JJ sucks, you’ll be drafting high again…

As long as we make the playoffs every year with a half a dozen conference title games and maybe 2 or 3 SB with JJ I'll be happy with this regime.

"Not only is the glass half empty, it's probably pee" 😂😂😂 I was in tears, bc this is so true for Vikings fans! 😄

Not resigning a 36 year old QB with a bad Achilles for $45 million dollars is smart. But my favorite off-season move was Turner. Flores gets an elite piece for his scheme.

I like the positivity !..Video title could be. Why not us, why not now !

Consider top-10 QBs like Dak, Tua, Hurts, Burrow, Herbert, and Allen...NONE of them have ever won a SB. Now consider HOFers who have only won 1 SB...Rodgers and Favre. Point is, even HOF or pro bowl QBs need a complete team to reach a SB, let alone win one. Keeping Kirk would have prevented having a complete team. Liked him, but he wasnt good enough to go toe-to-toe with an elite QB or stacked team with an average one. So, yes it was by far the most prudent move letting Kirk walk. I do love JMac's passion and leadership. He runs better and has a comparable arm to Kirk. If he turns out just to be equal to Kirk skill-wise it'll be a tremendous way to build a solid all-around team ala KC, DET, and BAL that just needs to get into the tournament. After that it's being in every game in the 4th quarter where destiny is often decided by luck or just one play.

I think McCarthy was their guy from day one and the rest was just smoke and mirrors throughout the draft process. Can't wait to see what this kid can bring to the team, next year.

Off topic. I wonder why I never see or hear about Darnold being at Wolves games?

Dallas turner was the best thing this off-season‼️

As long as JJ never lines up behind the guard because he's flustered in a pressure situation he'll be an improvement.

I've always loved Krik. Name a time a team that downgraded their QB and improved? Also, a time the team had the 6th best QB in the division and was successful? Another era of having lots of pieces and not winning cause the king of handing the ball off isn't the guy. But you're right.... this move will get them fired. Cause the glass is full.... of pee.

Rocking the Sprewell jersey @purpleftw #respect

HUGE dub. In order to keep him, we needed to outdo 4 yrs, 180M, 100M guaranteed! Yeah, we lost quality this year, but Kirk has a lot of issues that have shown up again and again. No NFCCG in his 6 seasons here, and just one division title.

Hope those works out for the Vikings. I will everyone know, I was upset over letting Kirk go. He was playing at his best when the injury occurred.

I think the Vikings would have taken Penix if had still been there for them, but McCarthy should work out great.

I believe…Let’s Go! Skol

Jj Broccoli hair bussin mccarthy

I listen to you a bunch and really agree with you on most topics. But why are you calling him kirt not kirk

Does anyone know if Andy has a email that fans can send tips & suggestions to?

Kirk, not Kurt lol

*moving on from **Kurt!!

Regardless of what you thought of him.. Kirk Cousins EARNED his contract. He was great. This dude made the guys behind him in the depth chart look like losers. He was on an MVP pace last season before his injury.

I cant tell if it's intentional, but why do you always call him "Kurt" instead of Kirk?

Andy ALWAYS KEEPS IT REAL!!! MY Favorite Sports Show EVER!!! 👍 Anyways.... Just💜🏉✌️

Yo

Kirkota

Cousins ain’t even up there with Favre and Favre was only here for 2 seasons

Damn, we are the most hated NFL team in the media eyes. Wow. If we would have signed Kirk and gave him Atlanta’s contract. The media would have said how stupid Minnesota is.

For 25 million you can Roast Me my Mom , hell my entire bloodline for that amount of money

As long as McCarthy wins 2 playoff games in his career he will have been twice as good as cousins.

The Falcons were absolute fools for picking up Cousins, severely overpaying him and then grabbing Pennix number 8....…the Vikes did it right......

Have to disagree on Kirk up there with tarkentan or even Culpeper record n playoff appearances. Cousins is a Rodgers 2.0 money n stats. Sorry