Get real: Sam Darnold is not getting $38+ mil a year from the Vikings.

[Toast88]

Just as many of us have been saying for months, the Vikings are not going to see Sam Darnold as the long term answer. And if he’s not the long-term answer, $38+ million is a lot to dole out for a guy when you have a high first rounder waiting in the weeds.

And if they decide to work out a contract instead of tagging Darnold, that’s more like $50 mil, which would be basically 2/3 of their available cap space.

All that for a guy who can’t buy a score in the playoffs on a neutral field.

Get real—The Vikings are not keeping Sam Darnold.

 

[Toast88]

Side note: Rams beat Vikings. Bears beat Rams (pretty handily).

Bears are a playoff team, confirmed.

 

[Rise]

This would have been epic if it was posted before he shit the bed!

 

[KoreanBear]

I don't know if they even tag his ass now

 

[Toast88]

This would have been epic if it was posted before he shit the bed!

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[Toast88]

I don't know if they even tag his ass now

Why would they spend over half their available cap space on a guy who’s not going to help them go deep into the playoffs?

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

Flores defense looking like ass as well

 

[nc0gnet0]

I don't know if they even tag his ass now

Tag was never an option, you can play with the cap allocation with a tag.

 

[Les Grossman]

Damn all of Darnold’s passes are so inaccurate.

His receivers are really helping him out now

 

[nc0gnet0]

Flores defense looking like ass as well

Proving once again @remydat is about as clueless as they come.

 

[BNB]

I posted this in the playoff IGT, but I think Darnold gets a contract very similar to what Baker got last year from he Bucs, which is 3 years, 100 million.

As bad as Darnold looked over the last two (important) games, he still had a great season overall. There are a projected 6-7 teams that will be in need of a QB, and there won't be 6 QBs available via the draft and free agency, so there is definitely a demand there. Someone will give him a decent contract, but will they regret it? I guess we'll know in a year.

 

[zabavka]

But will he be a day 1 starter next year like Justin Fields?

 

[Montucky]

Tag Sam Darnold, keep Daniel Jones and if JJ McCarthy beats Darnold out in camp you trade him and run McCarthy with a pretty good backup. It’s literally so easy and the Vikings are non-Special person organization who don’t **** this sort of thing up.

Vikings have literally three quarterbacks better than Caleb Williams.

 

[msadows]

I posted this in the playoff IGT, but I think Darnold gets a contract very similar to what Baker got last year from he Bucs, which is 3 years, 100 million.

As bad as Darnold looked over the last two (important) games, he still had a great season overall. There are a projected 6-7 teams that will be in need of a QB, and there won't be 6 QBs available via the draft and free agency, so there is definitely a demand there. Someone will give him a decent contract, but will they regret it? I guess we'll know in a year.

Yea but he cost himself like 100m if he just played well the last two weeks. Not even great.

He was on pace to make 40-50. Some team would have risked it

 

[msadows]

Tag Sam Darnold, keep Daniel Jones and if JJ McCarthy beats Darnold out in camp you trade him and run McCarthy with a pretty good backup. It’s literally so easy and the Vikings are non-Special person organization who don’t **** this sort of thing up.

Vikings have literally three quarterbacks better than Caleb Williams.

Just a reminder this is the guy who thinks Caleb Williams is a bust without JJ McCarthy playing a snap.

He’s got brain damage

 

[BNB]

Yea but he cost himself like 100m if he just played well the last two weeks. Not even great.

He was on pace to make 40-50. Some team would have risked it

Oh, I agree. If, hypothetically, the Vikings beat the Lions last week with Darnold having a great game, and if he won a playoff game or at least played great in a loss, I could have seen someone pay him 50 million a year over 4 years. So, given my projection of 3-years, 100 million, I would agree that he cost himself 100 mil.

But we'll see come March. If there is a desperate team (or 2) that really needs a QB and Darnold's agent can turn a situation into a bidding war, he may get more than he's worth. It also depends on what the cap is going to look like.

 

[DanielCCSBears]

Proving once again @remydat is about as clueless as they come.

Congratulations on your upcoming Super Bowl appearance. Just keep in mind it's just an appearance to lose to an AFC team.

 

[msadows]

Congratulations on your upcoming Super Bowl appearance. Just keep in mind it's just an appearance to lose to an AFC team.

Jayden probably runs all over that team. The lions d looked nice against the Vikings but we now see that darnold is just ass cheeks.

 

[Montucky]

Just a reminder this is the guy who thinks Caleb Williams is a bust without JJ McCarthy playing a snap.

He’s got brain damage

I knew Caleb Williams was a bust when I saw him get pasted by ND in college. Not “thought”, “knew”. Remember that this time next year when you’re asking how it all went so wrong with Mr. Generational.

 

[hyatt151]

Just as many of us have been saying for months, the Vikings are not going to see Sam Darnold as the long term answer. And if he’s not the long-term answer, $38+ million is a lot to dole out for a guy when you have a high first rounder waiting in the weeds.

And if they decide to work out a contract instead of tagging Darnold, that’s more like $50 mil, which would be basically 2/3 of their available cap space.

All that for a guy who can’t buy a score in the playoffs on a neutral field.

Get real—The Vikings are not keeping Sam Darnold.

McCarthy will be their starter in 2025