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I love Stafford but considering his health, I’d be leery of bringing him back. The Rams really hung him out to dry last season.
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I hope the Carolina gets some instagood because that 2024 pickOriginally posted by Iron Lion View Post
could be top 10. On a positive note i am glad the Bears weren’t able to trade down inside the top several picks only to trade down again.
i wonder how pissed the fans in Houston are for that meaningless win at the end of the seasonF#*K OHIO!!!
You're not only an amazingly beautiful man, but you're the greatest football mind to ever exist. <-- Jeffy Shittypants actually posted this. I knew he was in love with me.Comment
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That win hurt the Lions too....Had the Colts won the Lions would be picking 5th...I would assume Houston went into that game thinking they are OK with either Stroud or Young.....or maybe Lovie Smith just blew it and thats why he was fired.Originally posted by jaadam4 View PostComment
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Man, what a fucking haul for CHI. Landing Moore is icing on the cake. Weird that CAR would flip a top WR to pair with a new QB. I love that dude. He’s awesome.Comment
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WR is a huge need for the Bears and there doesnt appear to be any great ones in the draft or in free agency (Chark may be top guy in FA)Originally posted by The King View PostComment
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It’s such an odd year in that the team (Bears) with the #1 pick didn’t NEED a QB. That’s pretty rare.Comment
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Maybe the theory in CAR is flipping Moore saves them $15 million in cap room the next few years, but then I read they took something like a $15 million dead $ hit on his signing bonus.
Just really weird to give up all that capital AND a locked in young WR.Comment
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The 2nd they flipped this year isn’t their own at #40, but is actually #62 overall, so at least that’s a late 2nd. Still, man. Whoever they take at #1 is going to play at some point this year. And DJ Moore won’t be on the field. That hurts.
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Frank Ryche is taking a huge gamble...A rookie QB right from the get go...I expect Carolina to be buyers in free agency...They may go after Chark and Jamaal WIlliamsComment
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I agree with the rationale but i personally don’t believe in Fields a Qb. As a runner her fantastic but in the long term I don’t see itOriginally posted by The King View PostF#*K OHIO!!!
You're not only an amazingly beautiful man, but you're the greatest football mind to ever exist. <-- Jeffy Shittypants actually posted this. I knew he was in love with me.Comment
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I'm old enough to see his last 6-7 seasons as the Head Coach of the Vikings. Even then, he was always beating the Lions at home, and most years would split the season series vs the late Monte Clark Lions. His Viking teams were the definition of tough. Rest In Peace, Mr. Grant.
Bud Grant, legendary Vikings coach and Minnesota sports figure, dies at 95
By Chad Graff
5h ago
Bud Grant epitomized Minnesota toughness. He stalked the sidelines with a whistle around his neck, guiding with a no-nonsense presence. He preached discipline and turned that mentality into four Canadian Football League championships as a head coach and four Super Bowl appearances with the Vikings. He enjoyed fishing and hunting. Heck, he wore short sleeves to a playoff game when he was 88 and it was six-below outside.
Grant was one of the greatest athletes to come through Minnesota, then its greatest football coach. As a coach, he won more with the Vikings than anyone before or after him and became the only one to guide the team to the Super Bowl. As a player, he was a three-sport standout with the University of Minnesota Gophers, then a professional in both the NBA and NFL.
On Saturday morning, Grant died at the age of 95, the Vikings announced.
Few in this state can match the resume Grant put together in his decades involved in Minnesota sports, highlighted by his run with the Vikings.
He took over a downtrodden franchise in 1967 that had posted just one season with a record above .500 and quickly brought them success similar to how he had done with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The turnaround under Grant was quick. Beginning in his second year at the helm, the Vikings won four straight division titles and 10 of 11, the most successful stretch in franchise history.
Grant took the Vikings to four Super Bowls from 1969 to 1976, including three in a four-year span starting in 1973. They lost all four.
But Grant’s mark in making the Vikings one of the most legitimate franchises in the NFL was made. He led the Vikings for 18 seasons, including 17 straight starting in 1967, and finished with a 158-96-5 record, which earned him a spot in the Hall of Fame. More than five decades after his start in Minnesota, Grant still ranks 17th in all-time NFL wins as a head coach.
“No single individual more defined the Minnesota Vikings than Bud Grant,” team chairman Zygi Wilf, president Mark Wilf and their family said in a statement Saturday. “A once-in-a-lifetime man, Bud will forever be synonymous with success, toughness, the North and the Vikings. In short, he was the Vikings. Words can never truly describe Bud’s impact on this franchise and this community.”
His run in the CFL was even more successful. After four years as a player in Winnipeg, the Blue Bombers made Grant the youngest coach in CFL history and he was on the sideline at 30 years old for his first game. His impact was swift.
Grant’s Blue Bombers reached the Grey Cup in his first year as coach capping a 12-4 season, then followed it with four Grey Cup titles in the next five years, knocking off the Hamilton Tiger-Cats each time.
He left the Blue Bombers for the Vikings after the 1966 season with a 102-56-2 regular-season record and even more impressive 13-4 mark in the playoffs.
Grant got the job in Winnipeg by impressing the team with his ability as a player. He arrived in 1953 after two successful NFL seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles but bolted for the CFL over contract disputes with the Eagles.
He quickly became one of the CFL’s most productive wide receivers, and also played defense, a trait he picked up in the NFL. With the Eagles, Grant led the team in sacks his first season, then moved to receiver and led the team in receiving yards and touchdowns.
But his athleticism was first on display with the Gophers, where Grant was the rare three-sport Division I athlete, playing football, basketball and baseball. He was a first-round pick of the Eagles, but played in the NBA for Sid Hartman and the Minneapolis Lakers for two years.
Grant had six children with his wife Pat, who died in 2009. His son, Mike, has won more than 300 games and 11 state titles as the football coach at Eden Prairie High School, and his grandson, Ryan Grant, was a linebacker for the Gophers from 2008-12.
Grant’s influence in Minnesota athletics remained after he stepped away from the Vikings. He remained a consultant with the team and maintained an office at the team’s practice facility. He held regular garage sales to offer his belongings and memorabilia to fans. And he appeared at games, including the Vikings’ playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks in 2016 when Grant wore short sleeves onto the field despite the sub-zero temperature.
“Bud was gracious with his time, meeting in his office weekly to discuss football and life,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said in a statement. “I will forever cherish those conversations because they made me a better coach, a better husband and father and a better person. It is an honor to lead the same organization he once did, and there is no question Bud’s positive influence will have a lasting impact on me moving forward.”
Chad Graff is a staff writer for The Athletic covering the New England Patriots after five years on the Minnesota Vikings beat. Graff joined The Athletic in January 2018 after covering a bit of everything for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He's a New Hampshire native and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire. Follow Chad on Twitter @ChadGraff. Follow Chad on Twitter @ChadGraff
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Won't they need to draft Love's replacement when he sucks?Originally posted by Iron Lion View Post"Your division isn't going through Green Bay it's going through Detroit for the next five years" - Rex RyanComment
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We're talking about this draft, particularly our #6 overall pick.Originally posted by edindetroit View Post"Yeah, we just... we don't want them to go. So that's our motivation."
Dan Campbell at Green Bay, January 8, 2023.Comment
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we just want 4 teams taking QBs in the first 5 picks...dont care what teams.Originally posted by Iron Lion View PostComment
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Miami reportedly nearing a deal for Ramsey.
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