Comments on: Let’s Speculate On Larry Fitzgerald Going to the Vikings http://thevikingage.com/2012/12/11/lets-speculate-on-larry-fitzgerald-going-to-the-vikings/ A Minnesota Vikings Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chris Virnig http://thevikingage.com/2012/12/11/lets-speculate-on-larry-fitzgerald-going-to-the-vikings/comment-page-1/#comment-930606 Chris Virnig Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:50:00 +0000 http://thevikingage.com/?p=10389#comment-930606 This is a poorly written article with faulty logic. The first and foremost thing we need to remember here is that Arizona, in all likelihood, is desperate to offload Fitzgerald's contract. Why? Quite simply, that entire roster needs to be rebuilt from scratch, thus, they are not going to be competitive any time soon. Moreover, Arizona will have an entire new coaching staff in 2013. Larry Fitzgerald is simply a player they absolutely do not need right now and you can be they will want to use the money they are paying him to sign other players. So the most important thing we need to understand is that it's almost guaranteed that Fitzgerald will be available this summer. Then it becomes a matter of finding out which team has the pieces that could actually make a trade happen. The author of this article posits that Rick Spielman values draft picks too highly to ever contemplate trading for a guy like Fitzgerald. He also says that the Vikings unsettled quarterback situation is another reason why this trade will not happen. I'll start with the Christian Ponder part first. After winning the last 4 games of the regular season and sneaking into the playoffs, Ponder saved his job. I don't like it and I don't think Ponder's ceiling is much higher than what we saw this year, but the fact remains: Leslie Frazier and Rick Spielman have tied their own ships to Christian Ponder. In the middle of the year when Ponder had regressed to the pont where he was arguably the worst starting quarterback in the NFL, neither one of them ever wavered. Ponder will be the starting quarterback in Week 1 next year, you can take that to the bank. And the chances of Spielman drafting a quarterback in April is nill. He'll probably make a trade for a veteran backup (as opposed to having the inexperienced Joe Webb be the #2), but it'll be a fairly minor transaction. As for Spielman not wanting to pony up picks for Fitz....I wouldn't be so sure about that. Zygi Wilf has proven himself to be the boldest of all Minnesota sports owners. He gave up a lot of picks for Jared Allen and that bet has paid off handsomely. Brett Favre, too, was a huge financial investment that nearly got the Vikings to the Super Bowl. The point: Wilf is willing to roll the dice and make bold moves. He knows full well that the status quo will not suffice for this Vikings team. They absolutely need better receivers if they hope to remain competitive. Guys like Larry Fitzgerald don't become available hardly ever. Thus, there will be a high level of importance placed on making this trade happen. This is a poorly written article with faulty logic. The first and foremost thing we need to remember here is that Arizona, in all likelihood, is desperate to offload Fitzgerald’s contract. Why? Quite simply, that entire roster needs to be rebuilt from scratch, thus, they are not going to be competitive any time soon. Moreover, Arizona will have an entire new coaching staff in 2013. Larry Fitzgerald is simply a player they absolutely do not need right now and you can be they will want to use the money they are paying him to sign other players. So the most important thing we need to understand is that it’s almost guaranteed that Fitzgerald will be available this summer. Then it becomes a matter of finding out which team has the pieces that could actually make a trade happen.

The author of this article posits that Rick Spielman values draft picks too highly to ever contemplate trading for a guy like Fitzgerald. He also says that the Vikings unsettled quarterback situation is another reason why this trade will not happen. I’ll start with the Christian Ponder part first. After winning the last 4 games of the regular season and sneaking into the playoffs, Ponder saved his job. I don’t like it and I don’t think Ponder’s ceiling is much higher than what we saw this year, but the fact remains: Leslie Frazier and Rick Spielman have tied their own ships to Christian Ponder. In the middle of the year when Ponder had regressed to the pont where he was arguably the worst starting quarterback in the NFL, neither one of them ever wavered. Ponder will be the starting quarterback in Week 1 next year, you can take that to the bank. And the chances of Spielman drafting a quarterback in April is nill. He’ll probably make a trade for a veteran backup (as opposed to having the inexperienced Joe Webb be the #2), but it’ll be a fairly minor transaction.

As for Spielman not wanting to pony up picks for Fitz….I wouldn’t be so sure about that. Zygi Wilf has proven himself to be the boldest of all Minnesota sports owners. He gave up a lot of picks for Jared Allen and that bet has paid off handsomely. Brett Favre, too, was a huge financial investment that nearly got the Vikings to the Super Bowl. The point: Wilf is willing to roll the dice and make bold moves. He knows full well that the status quo will not suffice for this Vikings team. They absolutely need better receivers if they hope to remain competitive. Guys like Larry Fitzgerald don’t become available hardly ever. Thus, there will be a high level of importance placed on making this trade happen.

]]> By: Mike http://thevikingage.com/2012/12/11/lets-speculate-on-larry-fitzgerald-going-to-the-vikings/comment-page-1/#comment-930512 Mike Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:01:00 +0000 http://thevikingage.com/?p=10389#comment-930512 This article makes no sense why would you trade your second best weapon on offense? The reason why he keeps getting hurt all the time is because he is the only reliable receiver when he is on the field and gets pushed to his limits every year. You bring in a guy like Fitzgerald and it lightens the load on Harvin and Peterson and makes life a lot easier for Ponder. Spielman has to recognize to win while you have the best back in football and are right there it wouldn't hurt to bring in guys that aren't rookies and have been there before. Give up a late first round pick for Fitzgerald and go for it cause this draft class isn't very good on the offensive side This article makes no sense why would you trade your second best weapon on offense? The reason why he keeps getting hurt all the time is because he is the only reliable receiver when he is on the field and gets pushed to his limits every year. You bring in a guy like Fitzgerald and it lightens the load on Harvin and Peterson and makes life a lot easier for Ponder. Spielman has to recognize to win while you have the best back in football and are right there it wouldn’t hurt to bring in guys that aren’t rookies and have been there before. Give up a late first round pick for Fitzgerald and go for it cause this draft class isn’t very good on the offensive side

]]> By: Ted Halking http://thevikingage.com/2012/12/11/lets-speculate-on-larry-fitzgerald-going-to-the-vikings/comment-page-1/#comment-930502 Ted Halking Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:13:00 +0000 http://thevikingage.com/?p=10389#comment-930502 Ask AP how valuable Harvin is to HIM. Ask AP how valuable Harvin is to HIM.

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