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4 hours ago, frankw said:

See that's why so many convos here get into the weeds and contentious. Folks are more than eager to groan about a lack of offensive young talent then when we do have good young talent (two first round WR's and a young Jalen Coker) they say that talent isn't good enough. You expect top tier play from the moving parts within the offense at all times but you'll accept literally anything from the signal caller and call it progress. Doesn't make sense.

I could see why it doesn't make sense. Probably because I don't do it. I'm high on a lot of the young players. But if folks think Tommy Tremble and XL are top-tier talent or they feel compelled to make excuses for them dropping passes or failing to get open while blaming the signal caller for their lack of performance, no amount of condescension can lay claim to the intellectual high ground.

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The guy was born and raised and spent his whole life in Minnesota so I can get the excitement if the only reason they left was for a job. Also, I’m sure there’s some degree of satisfaction in sticking it to the Vikings in a way by performing so well over the past couple years that they are actually trading draft picks to get you back when before they didn’t want you. He was a professional while here, and if he was coming to my team I’d be happy to see him and his family excited to come, so I find it hard to hold against them. The wife seems most excited about it. Probably all her friends and social network from all the way back to childhood are back there.

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