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| Spielman's Role Model Comes To The Rescue |
Two days ago (Sept. 1) Minnesota Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman made this statement, “The one thing we will not do is put our organization in a situation where it’s going to inhibit us or hurt us going into the future. People are asking for some crazy things. People think we’re desperate. We’re not going to do something that in my estimation, in talking with Coach (Mike Zimmer) and our ownership, that puts us in a situation that jeopardizes the future of the franchise. You’d be amazed at what’s being asked to give. We’ll have to wait and see. Expectations change. Everybody’s playing tonight and wants to make sure they get healthy through this game.”
So Pioneer Press beat writer Dane Mizutani could state yesterday (Sept. 2) without reservation because he got this straight from the horse's mouth that, "Spielman made one thing very clear Thursday night when addressing the media before Vikings squeaked out a 27-25 win over Los Angeles Rams: Although it sounds like the Vikings indeed plan to bring in another quarterback — whether that’s via trade or the waiver wire has yet to be determined — the organization will not mortgage its future to do so. That more than likely means high draft picks are off the table. Spielman isn’t about to part with one for a one-year rental at quarterback whileBridgewater recovers. Spielman also isn’t going to give up any of the Vikings’ up-and-comers, which it sounds like he’s been asked about since Bridgewater went down on Tuesday afternoon."
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| Sam Bradford Learns He Is Going To The Vikings |
Well it seems that Thursday night statement came straight from the horse's ass when Spielman lied to the Mizutani and the rest of the world (sounds familiar Trump sycophants) because Saturday the Vikings traded their 2017 No. 1 pick and their 4th round pick in 2018 for that great All-Pro (NOT) quarterback Sam Bradford. The same Sam Bradford that failed in St. Louis and Philadelphia.
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| Vikings Sam Bradford |
Sounds like a mortgage was paid to me, but then I'm believing my lyin' eyes instead of believing the lyin' words of Vikings' head honcho. I say this because, according to Connor Orr from NFL.com in a report put up on 10:36 a.m.Saturday, "The deal was in the works for a few days, (NFL Insider Ian) Rapoport said on NFL Network. After Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater went down with a gruesome dislocated knee injury and torn ACL on Tuesday, the team began a search for an adequate replacement. The Vikings won the division last year with Bridgewater throwing just 14 touchdown passes -- the hope is that Bradford can hold the fort down and manage games in a similar way. He is currently in the first year of a two-year deal worth $36 million, which could give the Vikings an option in 2017 if Bridgewater's recovery timetable lengthens."
Now listen to that first sentence, "The deal was in the works for a few days." That means, for those of you in Minneapolis, Detroit and Chicago, that Spielman knew he was making this deal when he stood up before God and the NFL beat writers and said he wasn't going to jeopardize the Vikings future. It seem to dumb old me that giving up a No. 1 draft pick that would at least fall in the middle of the first round could be characterized as jeopardizing the future.
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| Rams Sam Bradford |
Let's see how Sam Bradford has done over brief and not spectacular NFL career. First, he was drafted No. 1 overall by the St. Louis Rams in the 2010 NFL Draft. He started all 16 games his rookie season throwing 18 TDs and 15 interceptions with 3,512 yards while completing 60.0% of his passes. Not bad, but not great for a Franchise Quarterback.
Year 2: He started 10 of the first 13 games with 6 TDs and 6 interceptions for 2,164 yads (53.5%). He also lost 7 of 10 fumbles. Sounds like he regressed. He missed the last 3 games with an ankle injury.
Year 3: He started all 16 games having a career season throwing 21 TDs with 13 interceptions for 3,702 yards (59.9%).
Year 4: He started the first 7 games and it looked like he was going to have a breakout season throwing 14TDs with only 4 interceptions for 1,687 yards (60.7), but ended up on injured reserve with a knee injury.
Year 5: He went down in the third preseason game and missed the entire season on injured reserve with another knee injury.
So with an extensive injury history the Rams jumped at the chance to get rid of him when the Eagles called offering another All-Pro (NOT) quarterback Nick Foles, a 2015 No. 4 and a 2016 No. 2 for Bradford, a 2015 No. 5 and a 2016 No. 4.
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| Eagles Sam Bradford |
The Eagles got took, but one year later they took the Vikings. Rule of thumb don't make deals out of desperation. Spielman should have listened to his lyin' mouth instead of his talkin' ass.
Last year as the starter for the Eagles in their year of severe discontent Bradford started 14 games tossing 19 TDs with 14 interceptions for a career high 3,725 yards with a 65.0% completion rate.
Injuries continued to be a part of Bradford's life hurting his ankle in game 1. He didn't miss a game because of that injury until he separated his left shoulder and suffered a concussion missing games 10 & 11.
Bradford also became a cancer on the team questioning the offensive scheme when asked why the team wasn't scoring more, "I think a lot of it is the way we're trying to attack defenses right now," said Bradford, whose 5.8 yards per pass attempt ranks 37th among 41 passers. "The ball goes where it's supposed to go. That's what we've been calling and that's what's been given to us."
Chip Kelly was fired and former Brett Favre (a true All-Pro and Hall of Fame quarterback) backup at Green Bay Doug Pederson took over. The Eagles drafted Carson Wentz at No. 2 overall and as it is with the crybabies who play our professional sports these days, Bradford asked to be traded instead of fighting for his job and beating down all comers.
When Pederson took over the BS continued to flow when Pederson declared Bradford a "top-notch quarterback that would fit his system perfectly" in hopes someone would take free agent off his hands since Bradford was demanding $25 million a year. The consensus was split whether to re-sign him or not. Along the way the Eagles decided not to use the franchise on him, but eventually re-signed him to a 2-year, $36 million contract with $26 million guaranteed.
During the preseason he started the first three games completing 80.0% of his passes (32-of-40) for 285 yards with 2 TDs and 1 interception. To contrast Bridge-Over-Troubled-Waters completed 78.3% (18-of-23) for 253 yards and 2 TDs and no interceptions.
For his two-year career Teddy "Little Hands and Others Things" Bridgewater started 12 of 13 games his rookie season tossing 14 TDs with 12 interceptions for 2,919 yards and a 64.4% completion rate. Last year leading the Vikings to the North title he started all 16 games throwing 14 TDs with 9 interceptions for 3,231 yards and 65.3%. Speaking of little hands he fumbled 3 times his rookie season without losing any and 8 times last year losing 3.
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