Davis Mills should have been the choice by Rick

Vikings select, Kellen Mond. Next pick? Davis Mills.

The suck that was Rick is gone, praise the Lord!

Rick couldn't get the qb pick right that's part of why he is gone.

I remember the rumor was that the Texans really wanted Mond and had to settle for Davis.  

At least he took a swing. Too bad he only learned that at the end.

@"Vikergirl" said: Rick couldn't get the qb pick right that's part of why he is gone.

People can talk about Davis Mills all they want, but in the 3rd round you're pretty much just guessing. If you think the Texans are not going to take a QB high in next year's draft, you're fooling yourself. 

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: Rick couldn't get the qb pick right that's part of why he is gone.

He's gone for one reason and one reason only: he let the Zimmer shit happen and did nothing. What's more, he did get the QB right. The QB is Kirk Cousins.

People can talk about Davis Mills all they want, but in the 3rd round you're pretty much just guessing. If you think the Texans are not going to take a QB high in next year's draft, you're fooling yourself. 

@"comet52" said: The suck that was Rick is gone, praise the Lord!

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: Rick couldn't get the qb pick right that's part of why he is gone.

He's gone for one reason and one reason only: he let the Zimmer shit happen and did nothing. What's more, he did get the QB right. The QB is Kirk Cousins.

People can talk about Davis Mills all they want, but in the 3rd round you're pretty much just guessing. If you think the Texans are not going to take a QB high in next year's draft, you're fooling yourself. 

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"comet52" said: The suck that was Rick is gone, praise the Lord!

He's not gone yet. His fingerprints are still all over this team in JJ and Dalvin and Thielen and KJO and Cousins and Darrisaw and Cleveland and O'Neill and Hunter and Kendricks and Harry and Joseph and....

@"Vikergirl" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: Rick couldn't get the qb pick right that's part of why he is gone.

He's gone for one reason and one reason only: he let the Zimmer shit happen and did nothing. What's more, he did get the QB right. The QB is Kirk Cousins.

People can talk about Davis Mills all they want, but in the 3rd round you're pretty much just guessing. If you think the Texans are not going to take a QB high in next year's draft, you're fooling yourself. 

Lol I don't know why you attached this to me. I didn't say Mills would have been the right choice. The wrong one was Ponder. And yeah he picked Zimmer so there you go, that's on him too. He took a shot with Mond. Cousins is where we are now. And I know he made plenty of good draft picks but it was way beyond time to move on.

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"comet52" said: The suck that was Rick is gone, praise the Lord!

He's not gone yet. His fingerprints are still all over this team in JJ and Dalvin and Thielen and KJO and Cousins and Darrisaw and Cleveland and O'Neill and Hunter and Kendricks and Harry and Joseph and....

@"comet52" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"comet52" said: The suck that was Rick is gone, praise the Lord!

He's not gone yet. His fingerprints are still all over this team in JJ and Dalvin and Thielen and KJO and Cousins and Darrisaw and Cleveland and O'Neill and Hunter and Kendricks and Harry and Joseph and....

Take your nose out of Rick's rear end and enjoy the new regime!

Rick did some great things and built a solid core of this team. He also had many faults, first and foremost being unable or unwilling to fix the offensive line year after year after year. Truly maddening.

But yes the #1 reason he was fired was because how toxic things got towards the end. 

I also think the desire for a fresh start and a clean break from both Zim and Rick played a hand in it. I have to think it’s easier to start anew at both positions with new GM and HC “in the foxhole” together versus an incumbant GM getting another crack at finding the right head coach. The total fresh start is also an easier sell to fans, ticket holders, etc. 

EDIT- and yeah, Davis Mills should have of course been the pick. Rick’s complete neglect of the QB2 position for most of a decade was boneheaded as well. Gino Smith won a game last night! And looked solid! Yet somehow we could never find anyone remotely servicable. 

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"comet52" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"comet52" said: The suck that was Rick is gone, praise the Lord!

He's not gone yet. His fingerprints are still all over this team in JJ and Dalvin and Thielen and KJO and Cousins and Darrisaw and Cleveland and O'Neill and Hunter and Kendricks and Harry and Joseph and....

Take your nose out of Rick's rear end and enjoy the new regime!

I'm not pro or anti Rick. After hearing how things went down behind the scenes, I'm happy he's gone. And, save the inadequate compensation for our trade down in the 1st this year, I couldn't be happier with the moves the new regime has made. 

But I'm also a big fan of the truth. And there's no way anyone could legitimately, objectively argue that anyone but Rick Spielman built the core of this team, the talent on the field that beat the Packers (see above). From JJ to Dalvin to Darrisaw to O'Neill, etc., etc. 

Don't be afraid of the truth, Comet, whatever it is, regardless of agenda or narrative. Someone once said it will set you free.  

Former Super Bowl winning coach Mike Martz told @The33rdTeamFB that #Bears QB Justin Fields ”Can't do anything at all.”

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@"purplefaithful" said:

@"StickyBun" said: https://twitter.com/NFL_DovKleiman/status/1569709365749518342

49'ers would have probably won that game with JG @ QB...

Speilly was a good GM. Not great

Zimmer was a good coach, not great. 

I wish them both well and glad we have new blood. It was time.