Esezi Otomewo: I Called My Mom and Dad To Celebrate Making It But It’s Time To Get Down To Business

@Mike Smith don’t you make more money when you win?

@Briana W Yep, but, the NFL is a tax free organization and only 1 team wins it all. Just owning the team is a pure profit making adventure, don’t matter if you win or lose, it’s about product and ticket sales along with network and advertising profits.

@Briana W I disagree. I think Kwesi has made a lot of brilliant decisions. Early on folks were calling for him to trade Hunter, Cook & Cousins, cut Thielen etc and start again. It seemed strange to me for a team to spend so much time trying to find elite players and then trade them away in a fire sale.
I think what he did rebuilding the roster from the bottom up is really smart. He moved on from all the weakest links – Alexander, Vigil, Dozier, Hill, and guys that couldn’t stay healthy – Barr, Pierce, and let overpriced guys walk – Cole, Conklin, Woods.
Then he stocked up the weakest positions with reliable and high value FAs – Peterson, Sullivan, Hairston , Hicks, Phillips, Mundt, Jesse Davis, Reed. Then he went out and drafted young talent for our weakest or aging position groups – Cine, Booth, Evans, Ingram, Asamoah, Chandler, Otomewo.

Kwesi set the team up so that we had experienced starters, or FAs, at all the weakest positions, so that we didn’t ned to start the rookies until they were ready. Reed could start at RG until Ingram was ready, Hicks at LB until Asamoah, Dantzler, Peterson & Sullivan until Booth or Evans, Bynum until Cine was good.

Meanwhile the Packers might have to start rookie LB Quay Walker, NT Wyatt, RT Zach Tom, WRs Doubs or Watson.

The Bears are the same with rookie Safety Brisker, CB Kyler Gordon, LT Braxton Jones etc.

These guys are STARTING day 3 draft picks, whereas some Vikes fans are moaning that our day 3 picks are making the roster.

This latest stage has been moving on from guys that to be honest Vikes fans were juts hoping would become good. I wanted 3rd rounders like Wyatt and Surratt to work out, and hoped Mond would become a decent back up – that Davidson would learn how to catch – but Kwesi came in a weeded them all out – even a few of his own guys that didn’t step up. Jesse Davis was a contingency plan, Hairston was a Donatell guy.

Vikes fans all moan about mediocrity, and then when Kwesi cuts a liked hard working guy with a low ceiling – Watts – for a guy that was the 3rd DT taken after Derrick Brown & Javon Kinlaw in his draft class only 2 years ago – part of the fanbase cries fowl.

Sorry, but I think taking shots at high end talent, and cutting day 3 picks like Watts and ISM is exactly what not settling for mediocrity looks like.
Skol!

@Mike Smith I think that’s way off mark – Zim and Rick would never have taken risks on Reagor and Blacklock, and would probably still been sitting on league average back ups like Watts and ISM.
I can’t remember Rick and Zim cutting their 3rd round draft busts when they were even worse last year, or moving on from Dozier, Rashod Hill, or Mannion, sacking Barr and Pierce. Sounds like you’re stretching reality to fit your opinion.

@Rob E Not stretching anything, you are correct that Zim and Rick would not take chances, but you are looking at it the wrong way. ISM was cut because he has more issues then Reagor, we needed a returner and ISM was not it. Granted Reagor is going to cost us more, he has ability ISM doesn’t which the move makes perfect sense, specially in a contract year for Reagor. Blacklock is not anything special and was 1/2 the price of a semi productive Watts. There will be many more that will be traded or cut/picked up yet to save $ for JJ’s contract year.
Too many holes in the team and players that cost too much to go anywhere, they are praying that we don’t lose any of our main starters or it is going to be over fast.