Comments on: What I Saw http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/22/what-i-saw/ The Definitive Minnesota Vikings Blog! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:42:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bigjohnny84 http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/22/what-i-saw/comment-page-1/#comment-12201 bigjohnny84 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:52:48 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2202#comment-12201 Awsome work Adam. Looks like we gotta go with what we got. I'd just hate to see us being 5 million under the cap and not try to get a top notch corner. Awsome work Adam. Looks like we gotta go with what we got. I’d just hate to see us being 5 million under the cap and not try to get a top notch corner.

]]> By: Adam Warwas http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/22/what-i-saw/comment-page-1/#comment-12198 Adam Warwas Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:31:18 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2202#comment-12198 Time will tell, but beating the Steelers would go a long ways towards making me even consider this notion. '98 was just the stuff legends are made of. Time will tell, but beating the Steelers would go a long ways towards making me even consider this notion. ‘98 was just the stuff legends are made of.

]]> By: Adam Warwas http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/22/what-i-saw/comment-page-1/#comment-12197 Adam Warwas Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:29:00 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2202#comment-12197 As far as signing another corner goes, there is nobody on the market right now who we shouldn't be able to sign given a third of the season is over and they're not that talented. Pacman? Yeah right. McCallister? He's more injured than Winfield. Jason David? No thanks. As far as signing another corner goes, there is nobody on the market right now who we shouldn’t be able to sign given a third of the season is over and they’re not that talented.

Pacman? Yeah right.
McCallister? He’s more injured than Winfield.
Jason David? No thanks.

]]> By: SupaScout http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/22/what-i-saw/comment-page-1/#comment-12196 SupaScout Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:26:49 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2202#comment-12196 This team compared to the 98 Vikes, in 98 there were 10 Vikings that made the Pro bowl. in 08 there were 6 Vikings and one Jet that made the Pro bowl From those 7 players that made the Pro bowl last year. One is not having a season worthy of a return. Possible additions would be E.J. Henderson, R. Longwell, and maybe V. Shiancoe. I'm not sure what this proves. A certain number of pro-bowlers does not necessarily make for a Super bowl team. Last year the Pittsburgh Steelers had only two pro-bowlers on there squad. This team compared to the 98 Vikes,

in 98 there were 10 Vikings that made the Pro bowl.
in 08 there were 6 Vikings and one Jet that made the Pro bowl

From those 7 players that made the Pro bowl last year. One is not having a season worthy of a return. Possible additions would be E.J. Henderson, R. Longwell, and maybe V. Shiancoe.

I’m not sure what this proves. A certain number of pro-bowlers does not necessarily make for a Super bowl team. Last year the Pittsburgh Steelers had only two pro-bowlers on there squad.

]]> By: Adam Warwas http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/22/what-i-saw/comment-page-1/#comment-12195 Adam Warwas Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:26:21 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2202#comment-12195 No problem Johnny. The NFL does not publish exact numbers for cap space. Also, the numbers are a little different this year because of it being the last capped year of this collective bargaining agreement. A major part of this is that contract incentives are no longer charged to next year's cap if they are met. Instead, incentives are charged to this year's cap right away, until they are unable to be met. An example of this: Let's say Bryant McKinnie has an incentive where he makes an extra $1 million if he plays in all 16 games. Now if he gets hurt and misses a game then he can no longer trigger the incentive and the Vikings then get $1 million in additional cap space. So you can see where this gets tough, having to track down each player's individual contract incentives and see which ones are able to be triggered. However, a rough estimation is that the Vikings currently have only about $750,000 in cap space left for this year. How the CBA negotiations pan out, if Favre retires or not, who the Vikings decide to obtain (Chester, Ray Edwards, T-Jack), and also how much if any the NFL decides to increase next year's salary cap will all play into how much space the Vikes have going into next offseason. How is that for a confusing answer? No problem Johnny.

The NFL does not publish exact numbers for cap space. Also, the numbers are a little different this year because of it being the last capped year of this collective bargaining agreement.

A major part of this is that contract incentives are no longer charged to next year’s cap if they are met.

Instead, incentives are charged to this year’s cap right away, until they are unable to be met. An example of this: Let’s say Bryant McKinnie has an incentive where he makes an extra $1 million if he plays in all 16 games. Now if he gets hurt and misses a game then he can no longer trigger the incentive and the Vikings then get $1 million in additional cap space.

So you can see where this gets tough, having to track down each player’s individual contract incentives and see which ones are able to be triggered.

However, a rough estimation is that the Vikings currently have only about $750,000 in cap space left for this year.

How the CBA negotiations pan out, if Favre retires or not, who the Vikings decide to obtain (Chester, Ray Edwards, T-Jack), and also how much if any the NFL decides to increase next year’s salary cap will all play into how much space the Vikes have going into next offseason.

How is that for a confusing answer?

]]> By: bigjohnny84 http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/22/what-i-saw/comment-page-1/#comment-12194 bigjohnny84 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:16:21 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2202#comment-12194 Thanks Adam appreciate it. Thanks Adam appreciate it.

]]> By: Adam Warwas http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/22/what-i-saw/comment-page-1/#comment-12192 Adam Warwas Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:06:51 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2202#comment-12192 I can do some looking into our cap space numbers... but it isn't much and hasn't been ever since we signed Favre. We should have quite a bit next offseason though. I'll do some research and get back to you with better numbers. I can do some looking into our cap space numbers… but it isn’t much and hasn’t been ever since we signed Favre.

We should have quite a bit next offseason though.

I’ll do some research and get back to you with better numbers.

]]> By: bigjohnny84 http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/22/what-i-saw/comment-page-1/#comment-12190 bigjohnny84 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:04:35 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2202#comment-12190 Oh ya Chris Walsh was the man. Not to bad as a receiver either, but he had some pretty big guns ahead of him. Adam do you know what our salary cap position is? Guys were talking about CB's we could look at, but we didnt know if we had any cap room. Oh ya Chris Walsh was the man. Not to bad as a receiver either, but he had some pretty big guns ahead of him. Adam do you know what our salary cap position is? Guys were talking about CB’s we could look at, but we didnt know if we had any cap room.

]]> By: Adam Warwas http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/22/what-i-saw/comment-page-1/#comment-12188 Adam Warwas Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:31:06 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2202#comment-12188 Coverage units in '98? I got two words for ya: Chris Walsh :) I loved that guy! Coverage units in ‘98? I got two words for ya:

Chris

Walsh

:) I loved that guy!

]]> By: bigjohnny84 http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/10/22/what-i-saw/comment-page-1/#comment-12186 bigjohnny84 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:25:12 +0000 http://www.vikingsgab.com/?p=2202#comment-12186 How about our return game and coverage units? That missed field goal still burns in my memory, but he did make a hell of alot of them. How about our return game and coverage units? That missed field goal still burns in my memory, but he did make a hell of alot of them.

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