Comments on: John Carlson: The $9.1 Million Bust

By: Lance Boyle

Lance Boyle — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:28:00 +0000

Carlson scored two of the touchdowns that caused the huge upset against New Orleans putting the Seahawks into the playoffs a couple years ago.

By: Lance Boyle

Lance Boyle — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Well said, Casey. At the end of his first two years as a Seahawk, where Carlson set all-time franchise records for tight ends and was the leading receiver and scorer one year, he was voted by Seahawks fans as the top tight end in Seattle’s 35-year history. After just two years! He’s had a couple of injuries since then in his young career which is all most Minnesotans now about, but the Vikings haven’t begun to tap what this guy can do.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:19:00 +0000

Carlson simply never had the chance to show himself during preseason. Rudolph shined and has been shining ever since so there is no need to reduce his role and push Carlson to the front. The Vikes don’t run enough 2 TE sets to justify Carlson’s role. The Vikes are one of the few teams out there still running out of the power I and featuring a FB. If they transition away from the power I and move toward a 2 TE set then you’ll Carlson’s stats improve but so far it doesn’t look like that is going to happen. In this sense signing Carlson has been a bust. Carlson is not a bust as a player, he’s got talent, but for the game the Vikes play this signing has been a bust.