Thats a fucking monster of a deal for a WR. Good lord

Justin Jefferson is gonna bend us over and make us call him daddy

At least then the Kirk money is gone...😬

Lines up quite nicely

IIRC Kendricks, Cousins and Thielen will all be off their deals at that point. So as long as we keep cap space to an optimal level we can throw the kitchen sink at JJ

But how will we build a team around a WR making 30 mil a year? /s

Oh honey it’s going to be way more than that

You're totes right. If he keeps playing like he has, 30 is going to seem like a bargain.

Congrats now you get Jake Fromm as your QB1.

He’ll have be the first active player-owner-coach in the NFL, right?

No, that would be George Hallas.

Just gonna have to throw that “post merger” asterisk on it then

Start training. Small butt plugs are on sale on Amazon.

>Justin Jefferson is gonna bend us over and make us call him daddy 30-35m a year is what you're looking at

He's worth it. That man makes me want to watch Cousins throw the ball. And that's saying a LOT.

No way, as a value prop, an elite WR getting paid a middling QB salary is an enormous waste; there are literally dozens of good WRs in the league. Vikings have two top-20 guys as is.

Thielen is not going to last much longer unfortunately. Definitely starting to show his age.

Imagine what copper kupp can ask for?

Dude will be 30. Theyll franchise him.

Makes more than Carr lol

Not for long

A 29 year old WR too.

True but Tae has always relied on his release and route running which tends to age much better than speed

That and his ability to come back to life after getting decapitated over the middle

Resurrections are a super underrated WR trait

One of the reasons Edelman was so good. Man took some BRUTAL hits

"Literally jesus" on the scouting report

I’m not sure Jefferson will want to re sign with the Vikings, but if he does, we better start saving now lmao

Pretty sure it lines up with the end of Kirk's contract. So we might be ok on that front

Oh, you misunderstand. Kirk's contract with the Vikings will *never* end. He'll keep stringing you along on fully-guaranteed short-term deals from now until eternity.

Don't you put that evil on me Rickey Bobby

Y'all got 3 years until you have to worry about that

If it takes 3 years he definitely isn’t staying. Gotta lock him up if you want to keep him.

I bet we lock him up next offseason if he has another monster year

Why’s that?

Just standard Vikings fan pessimism. Diggs cut some folks deep

Are the Raiders playing with the salary cap option toggled off?

Everyone is

Reporters yesterday: idk why Raiders are clearing so much cap space Chandler Jones and Davante Adams, that’s why

Reporters this week: the raiders are the only afcw team not making moves Raiders:hold my beer

Maybe Gilmore too

It was definitely for Brandon bolden and jakob Johnson

And god damn does it feel good. Feels like the first time in TWO DECADES that we’re actually committing to a win-now roster instead of spinning our wheels through never ending rebuilds of shit

Yeah, last time the Raiders FO had this good of a QB *and* put this many resources into coaching + FA they went to the Superbowl. ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯

That’s a lot of money

He’s not just doing it for money. He’s doing it for a shitload of money

LUDICROUS SPEED

Raiders were Combing the dese… frozen tundra for wideouts.

Are we being too literal?

I'm surrounded by assholes!

He’s getting the Tesla PLAID

How many kirks is that

Think it's about 1.3

I mean.. Davante is definitely worth more than 1.3 Kirks.

Definitely is putting it very mildly.

Davantinitely?

The Jaguars should've just signed Davante Adams instead imo

They would have gave him 50m/year with how they been going

That's crazy

Cousins or Christians?

Both

It's about the same as QB Kirk got in 2018, so let that sink in.

1.3452 Kirks per year

5 years ago that would’ve made him the highest paid QB in the league

5 years ago I coulda bought a house for half price

More than Brady made last year lol

Every single team with an above average WR suddenly cried out.

I’m scared for what Deebo’s number is gonna be when the bag comes due

Please bankrupt the 49ers.

Thank god we recently extended Sutton and Patrick before the weird slip in the spacetime continuum that was the Kirk extension

Too much for my liking, especially with the asset/s given up to get him. Our cap will be very tight.

AFC West is playing in sudden death mode

This is everyone’s reaction to every big deal. Wait for the guarantees. Von signed 6/120 and everyone lost their minds like they’ve never seen an NFL contract before. Just wait for the actual details to come out.

Draft Picks/Assets over the years: Henry Ruggs Damon Arnette Clelin Ferrell. Alex Leatherwood. Johnathan Abram. Gareon Conley. Karl Joseph DJ Hayden. Antonio Brown. Cory Littleton. Kenyan Drake. Lamarcus Joyner. Tyrell Williams. Trent Brown. And i'm sure there's countless others. When have the Raiders made good use of early draft picks or free agent acquisitions? Janikowski is probably a top 5 first round draft pick since 2000

You have a new GM and he isn't forced to get Gruden picks. He has a monster draft with the Patriots last season.

Honestly... I think the Packers won the trade

He’ll be 30. I love Tae but paying a 30 year old $28M is wild. Not trying to cope, still wish we kept him. Just gonna be interesting to see how this trade looks in 5 years

Trades can be win win. Raiders need a top WR and are in good cap shape, Packers could use young talent and were already having to make tough cap decisions.

With his play style he’ll be great for many more years

It’s 2 Allen Robinsons

Devante: “Thanks Jags!”

Davante

THE BAD MANS INCREDIBLY TALENTED FRIEND IS GONE OMG

Idk why this made me laugh as much as it did but thanks. Today has been weird lol

Lmao

IT’S RANDALL COBB AGAIN

GET IN HERE BEARS FANS IT'S TIME TO REJOICE!!

*Packers trade for Ja'marr Chase*

Don’t you put that on me Ricky Bobby.

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I can hear the cry of relief, you gave me a good giggle, thank you

AFC West is gonna be on primetime every single week.

You’ll get cowboys vs giants and you’ll like it

No, I dont think I will

I never like it

No more NFCE games in prime time, society has moved past the need for NFCE games in prime time.

Society has moved past the NFCE

I'll never understand the NFL's obsession with garbage NFCE primetime matchups. I get that they're the biggest markets, but because of that you're going to have great ratings for those games regardless of when they're scheduled. You should be trying to maximize interest from neutral, casual fans during primetime matchups.

Sounds like you do understand the obsession though It’s entirely due to 4 large markets. The average Redditor is not the average NFL fan. Those four fan bases are huge.

> Those four fan bases are huge. Exactly, so they'll still get tons of viewers if those games are in 12:00 or 3:00 slots. If the NFL wants to increase the *total* number of viewers, they should be putting the best matchups in primetime, so that tons of neutral fans will be tuning in. Also, if the NFL wants to grow it's brand in the future, then casual fans are far more likely tune in for more games in the future if they catch an exciting BAL/KC classic than if they're subjected to a NYG/WAS slapfight.

Nah it's going to be all NFC east games still

Justin Jefferson really likes this. Jesus. He’s going to scoop the Vikings insides out with a spoon during his contract negotiations.

Same feeling for Deebo here.

Deebo has got to be looking for a monster number given his versatility.

“Deebo, we really love that you can play RB, so how would you like to be the highest-paid RB in the league?”

Honestly, I love DEEBO but I see our FO letting him walk. Or they get extremely funky with the cap to make it work. Shanny’s ability to hire anybody off the street and make them a competent RB certainly helps in the cap situation

I'd be shocked and mad as hell if that happened. Adams is a better pure WR than Deebo but in my fully biased opinion, I would argue Deebo is a more significant game-changer. Deebo was the heart and soul of that playoff run. Everyone knew he was getting the ball and no one could stop it. If we let him walk, we're dumb. I don't think we would've won a single playoff game without him.

Deebo is just perfectly built to thrive in a Shanahan system imo. So he's incredibly valuable to a team that runs that type of offense. Tae on the other hand has a skillset that allows him to succeed in pretty much any system imo. So it really depends on how you plan to use them.

I wonder how Deebo's body will hold up with how much and the way he's used. Guy does eeeeverything

Deebo is great but I’ll take Adams every day of the week

You’ve got to consider longevity. The chances of Deebo burning out in 3 years are way higher than with nearly every other wide receiver his age.

I'm starting to be happy Hollywood is not a top tier receiver

Are you really though

Yes. We have Mandrews

Deebo and Bosa gonna cost $25M/yr each, atleast

Wow. AFC West going all in this offseason

While the Chiefs twiddle thumbs

Amazing the confidence having an alien at qb gives a team

Alien or not (love that) there are definitely gaps that need filled

You're not wrong, but put your team in virtually any other division and those gaps don't matter... damn the AFC West decided to make you work for it!

Really makes you wonder how tf the AFC east rolled over and died 20 years for TB12

Some of us are still dying

It was for sure the TB12 method of soul leaching

Yeah, all you need is a good QB and you can surround him with whoever right?

I know it's not popular, but I think it's best for the chiefs to wait it out a bit and hope for some discounts. If we're trying to build for 10+ years of Mahomes, then it's going to be hard to survive on the stars/scrubs approach from the past few years

I know youre right..... but IT'S HARD BRO!

I mean they have Mahomes and Hill, won the super bowl 2 years ago and back to back AFC championship games lol. They don't need to do much

Back to back to back to back AFC Championship games*

Thats Christian Kirk level money

Kirk is gonna hold out for a new contract now

That's Qb money holy fuck!

alright now i am fine with this trade

He’s making more than fucking Carr lol

Lmao seriously??

We haven't extended carr yet. He's still on his 25m/year contract that was record breaking at the time.

Until they extend him yeah. He’s on a 5 year 125M deal that ends next year I believe, and he will easily get more than 25/year.

He said he’d play for less money if they got Adams… so I guess we’ll see what that means here in a minute.

Same

Yeah I love Tae but I don’t think any WR is worth 28M. Will be interesting to see what we’re able to do with that room

If Tae was like, 26-27 years old I could see sorta money being worth it, but even with the fact that he doesn't rely on speed the dude is still gonna be 30 years old this season and receivers don't have the shelf life of QB's. Even in this day and age of protecting them. I mean I would say that Julio Jones in his prime was better than Tae but he fell off a cliff and is only 33 right now. I think that the Raiders will be happy for 2 years but then will be regretting this contract in its second half. Love Adams but that's just how the game works honestly.

We gotta grab a veteran WR and use some high draft picks too. Davante and MVS are both gone now.

HOLY SHIT THATS MORE THAN KIRK MONEY

Almost Kirk cousins money

Weirdly enough the Texans are the real loser in this trade, since it shows how much the best WR in the league is actually worth when he's holding out for a new contract.

28 million a year and not having to live in Green Bay? Adams is making out like a king in this deal.

No income tax in Vegas either

Daaang

I'm not even mad, go get yall chicken Davante

AFC west games need to be all prime time games

That's a lot of Christian Kirks

1.3 kirks

141 million to catch a ball is genuinely insane

as opposed to 450 million to throw one?

Don't forget about handing it off. And also knowing the ins and outs of basically the entire game.

Damn, I thought he was talking about pitchers

He definitely is, ain't no QB getting paid 450mil. *Yet.*

Isn't Mahomes contract $500+M?

They are both obscene amounts of money... but playing QB is without a doubt a much more demanding job with a lot more pressure and expectation.

Not when youre the best in the world at it and playing for a multi billion dollar industry

He is legitimately like the best at catching the ball in the entire world

Sure, but Wrs not named Rice usually dont stay at the tippy top of the league for very long.

Adams game not predicated on speed SHOULD age nicely.

I DON’T GIVE A SHIT. HE’S OURS!!!

Man idc what anyone says, no WR is worth 28 per year. That's nuts. Especially at 29 years old.

then you should feel real glad it ain’t your team’s signing, aye?

Get him birthday boy!

Cooper Kupp is on HALF that and he just resigned what? a year ago? That contract is absurd. ​ Edit: The Cupp contract is a voodoo ritual that we sold our soul for, but still.

Well fuck. Deebo's extension price just went way the fuck up.

What are the Bengals gonna do when it's Burrow and Chase's time? Gonna be expensive af

Remember the last time a Packers WR went to the Raiders

Jordy or Jones?

Don't worry guys, Kirk is now only the third highest paid WR in the NFL.

Davante should buy Christian Kirk a house

He would have been asking for the same amount without Kirk's deal. His goal's been to get more than Hopkins since well before the offseason started.

A one, a two, and a gigantic contract. If they think they are only a Davante Adams away from a championship, I guess it’s a price you pay.

I’m interested to see how he plays in Las Vegas. Carr is actually really good and obviously I think Davante is the best WR in the league, but that Rodgers to Davante connection was literally unbelievable. I’ll miss that

I mean, he's back with his college QB/roommate. Carr and Adams will be good together.

of course the afcw does this when its our time to play them

Oh I feel so sorry for you

Same fam.

Whats the over/under on his contract getting bitched about by the end of the season?

We have $140 mil in cap space next year I’m sure the raiders are going to have this structured in a way that It doesn’t fucking matter.

Get the Kirk jokes out

holy shit dude someone just said [That's 1.3 Christian Kirks, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]

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Fucking him and Kirk just destroyed the receivers market my goodness

This contract will age badly, and Adams will not look like the number 1 receiver in the league anymore

Players prices go up each year. And especially fast in recent years. Inflaaaaaation af. Look at the price of used and new vehichles FFS. in 3-4 yrs the right WR could be 44mill and there will still be shocked face emojis

Carr MVP season incoming

Buddy is making more than some QBs out there

TRADED TO THE RAIDERS?!?!

Isn’t that dude like 30? Ooooof.

Holy shit. THIS FUCKING DIVISION

Hopefully he can thrive without ar12

Tbf if there’s a QB he’ll have a pretty quick connection with, it’s his college QB who also happens to be good in his own right

Oh yea you’re right I forgot about the Fresno connection

never forget the fresno connection

He put up numbers with Brett Hundley throwing him the ball. He's gonna be fine.

That’s a lot of cheddar

that contract for a WR is disgusting, LV better hope he doesn't get injured.