Vikings just cut Kellen Mond

The #Vikings are waiving edge rusher Janarius Robinson, the 2021 4th round pick who missed the 2021 season due to injury. Young player with rare physical traits who should receive waiver wire consideration.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 30, 2022

Maybe some people wanna retract some Zimmer hate now?

huge miss by Spielman. He hit on a lot of 1st rounders and late rounders, but his undoing was missing so much in the 3rd and 4th rounds. 

@"Bullazin" said: Maybe some people wanna retract some Zimmer hate now?

huge miss by Spielman. He hit on a lot of 1st rounders and late rounders, but his undoing was missing so much in the 3rd and 4th rounds. 

Why,  Zimmer was a dick.  Sometimes its not what is said or done,  it's how it's said or done.

Wonder if the Vikings even want to bring Mond back on the PS. Bet they do with J-Rob. 

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Bullazin" said: Maybe some people wanna retract some Zimmer hate now?

huge miss by Spielman. He hit on a lot of 1st rounders and late rounders, but his undoing was missing so much in the 3rd and 4th rounds. 

Why,  Zimmer was a dick.  Sometimes its not what is said or done,  it's how it's said or done.

@"MaroonBells" said: Wonder if the Vikings even want to bring Mond back on the PS. Bet they do with J-Rob. 

JRob looked better that last game. He has tools. 

@"Bullazin" said: Maybe some people wanna retract some Zimmer hate now?

huge miss by Spielman. He hit on a lot of 1st rounders and late rounders, but his undoing was missing so much in the 3rd and 4th rounds. 

His undoing had nothing to do with the draft. 

@"Bullazin" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Bullazin" said: Maybe some people wanna retract some Zimmer hate now?

huge miss by Spielman. He hit on a lot of 1st rounders and late rounders, but his undoing was missing so much in the 3rd and 4th rounds. 

Why,  Zimmer was a dick.  Sometimes its not what is said or done,  it's how it's said or done.

Sounds like you knew him better than me. 

Starting to think maybe Zimmer wanted more control of personnel and thats what took so long to sign him. He obviously had some real problems with the players he was dealt. 

Its funny that he landed with Deion this year , is that because he could not get extra money from the nfl? 

Bummer. I was hopeful Mond could be a player but sadly he just didn’t show enough in the preseason games to really think that was the case. Practice reports weren’t great either. Hopefully they’ll keep him and Robinson around on the PS and maybe a little more time in the incubator and one of them can catch on. Robinson especially has the tools.

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Bullazin" said: Maybe some people wanna retract some Zimmer hate now?

huge miss by Spielman. He hit on a lot of 1st rounders and late rounders, but his undoing was missing so much in the 3rd and 4th rounds. 

His undoing had nothing to do with the draft. 

I wouldn't be surprised to see him and JR on the ps

These coaches got to see a bunch of Mond on film, on the field and be in the film room with him too. I had hope for him as a fan - wishful thinking I guess. 

@"StickyBun" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Bullazin" said: Maybe some people wanna retract some Zimmer hate now?

huge miss by Spielman. He hit on a lot of 1st rounders and late rounders, but his undoing was missing so much in the 3rd and 4th rounds. 

His undoing had nothing to do with the draft. 

https://twitter.com/PaulCharchian/status/1564617365467308033

Mond's inconsistent accuracy and decision-making marred his performance in three preseason games, in which he completed 29 of 51 passes (56.9%) for 303 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. He came off the bench in the second half of the preseason finale at Denver, where Mond didn't get much help from teammates who dropped four passes throughout the game.
"When Kellen came in, we just could not do much," head coach Kevin O'Connell said. "We had a few plays where we had a chance to make something happen and couldn't.

"https://www.startribune.com/vikings-roster-cuts-quarterback-kellen-mond/600202277/

Mannion better get cut as well.

ok saw Mannion was cut. I suppose he will still be rooming With Kirk on road trips.

@"kmillard" said: ok saw Mannion was cut. I suppose he will still be rooming With Kirk on road trips.

Big spoon or little spoon?

@"Bullazin" said: Maybe some people wanna retract some Zimmer hate now?

huge miss by Spielman. He hit on a lot of 1st rounders and late rounders, but his undoing was missing so much in the 3rd and 4th rounds. 

 A 3rd flyer on a QB is not a huge miss by any measure.  After the first two rounds the likelihood of finding every starter, at any position, dips into single digits.  For a 3rd round QB I would venture to say that finding a viable backup QB is in the low single digits but if someone wants to criticize in hindsight that is what the board is for.  I will also add that Spelly was able to maneuver the two extra picks of what looks like two misses (Mond/Davis) and still get Darrisaw who I wanted at 14 and many pundits expected.  So, he missed on two picks but was able to parlay for  and still get the guy many of us wanted.  I also, always advocate for late round flyers at QB especially, which Spelly did not do often enough for my liking.  

The rest of the 2021 draft:
In Spielman's defense, Darrisaw looks like a potential future star, Bynum is currently a starter, and Nwangwu led the NFL in kick return touchdowns as a rookie. Jones and Smith-Marsette are intriguing young pieces, too. If Darrisaw reaches his potential, that alone is enough to make this a solid class.
Still, to have four third-round picks and whiff spectacularly on three of them is a tough pill to swallow. The Mond and Surratt picks were iffy at the time, and there have been rumors that Spielman went against the consensus of his scouting staff when taking Davis.

At least positive yards in the Mond video, lol!

He’ll be going practice squad if he clears, which he should. Vikes will only roll with 2 so we knew this was coming.