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Vikings open meetings with agents, don't need to rush on cap cleaning
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If people feel Loadholt is worth $8.6-$9.7 mil, then they should have no problem feeling Harvin is worth every bit of $10 mil.Quote:
.....the fear is Loadholt would sign the tender immediately and lock in a robust base salary of around $9.7 million (franchise) or $8.6 million (transition) for 2013.
What one is worth and what the cap allows are two things. We know with Loadholt we can get to the playoffs and have a 2000 yard rusher. With Harvin we know we have a talented guy who has a problem staying healthy and out of the headlines. I would rather pay Loadholt. If you think he is chewing up cap space just wait until Kalil is up for a new one. We will have to put 2-3 marginal OL on the line to balance out the cap hit.
Loadholt won't get tagged. The Vikings will be able to lock him in for significantly less.Quote:
Originally Posted by singersp
Pretty sure we got to the playoffs and had a 2000 yard rusher with Charlie Johnson & Brandon Fusco on the OL as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Purple Floyd
Just saying............
especially since most of his runs were up the middle.
I'll go out on a limb & say you don't think either of them are worth $8.6mil though.
Decent tackle is a lot tougher to get than a decent Guard.Quote:
Originally Posted by singersp
No they were not mostly up the middle. Look up his stats and you will find he had more yards from rg -rt and outside rt than the other side or over center.Quote:
Originally Posted by singerspPretty sure we got to the playoffs and had a 2000 yard rusher with Charlie Johnson & Brandon Fusco on the OL as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Purple Floyd
Just saying............
especially since most of his runs were up the middle.
I'll go out on a limb & say you don't think either of them are worth $8.6mil though.
Middle: 129Quote:
Originally Posted by Purple Floyd
LS: 70
LE: 29
RS: 90
RE: 30
Most of his rushes were up the middle. 540 yards
RS (90) would include blocking by Fusco & Loadholdt. 594 yards
RE (30) would be primarily blocking by Loadholdt. 328 yards
Sorry- I misread your post. I was talking yards you were talking runs. I will stick to him having more yards to the right than the left or up the middle though.
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Originally Posted by Purple Floyd
Like I said. 594 of those yards were between Fusco & Loadholt. Loadholt doesn't get all the credit for everything run to the right.