Comments on: Vikings can’t use transition tag on Sidney Rice http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: emossome84 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-972912 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:09:34 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-972912 @doublefatnasty

Cmon man, I assume you are a Vikes fan and so you saw what he brought post injury this season when he wasn’t even 100% yet. If there is anyway to resign the guy we have to do it. If we don’t we are going to have an absolutely awful offense. With the exception of the Arizona game Percy Harvin’s next 4 best games all came with either Moss or Sydney taking all the deep coverage off him. I love Percy but with no deep threat the guy is going to be a wayyyyy below average #1 receiver. Not to mention 8 guys in the box every play makes AP’s running days a helluva lot tougher. You don’t need much football sense at all to see the extreme importance of resigning Rice. Cut both Berrian and Madieu Williams since the both make 7 million a year to do nearly nothing positive for us, save the 20 million we were paying Favre to do nothing positive and I see no way we can’t afford a guy who has been an absolute beast when he’s been on the field.

]]> By: doublefatnasty http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-972783 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:16:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-972783 Sid had 1 good year and a few too many injuries. If he wants to leave let him. I just couldn’t see the Wilfs paying him a big money long term contract on one year of good play. If he was a true team player he would of had his surgury in the off season. Personally I want a rival to take him and have him soak up their salary.

]]> By: brewdogg http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-972174 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:27:10 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-972174 shaggytool….

We’re discussing the ascertation that the Vikings are continual doormats and irrelevant. Since the original poster concluded that the Vikings were relevant with Favre at QB, we can infer that being in contention for the SB is his definition of relevance, not winning it. By that definition, the franchise’s winning percentage and playoff appearances are very much an indication of how “relevant” a team is.

Of course, to a true football fan who would rather see his own team win a game than the opponent lose it, any team that plays their collective hearts out is relevant. Just saying….

]]> By: nodak2de http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-972170 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:22:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-972170 Rice would be a nice third wr in Philly.

]]> By: shaggytoodle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-972127 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:04:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-972127 drstrangelust says:
Feb 22, 2011 8:43 AM
Vikings have the 2nd best NFC winning percentage and the 5th best NFL winning percentage since the merger. So suck it!
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Does that help them win superbowls?

]]> By: bigdogg34 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971905 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:38:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971905 @brewdogg

Thank you for that response.. the dude at the top has no idea what he’s talking about.

]]> By: blaz0037 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971847 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:49:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971847 Yeah, our team is in bad shape, but why all the hate for Vikings fans? Maybe because we don’t paint our houses green and yellow, name our children brett, and tattoo 4′s all over our bodies?

Get over yourselves.

]]> By: animalmother42 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971804 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:01:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971804 “iknowfootballandyoudont” guy is a moron….

Vikings made the playoffs 8 straight years under Denny Green, and they had a different QB virtually every year.

]]> By: drstrangelust http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971793 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:43:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971793 Vikings have the 2nd best NFC winning percentage and the 5th best NFL winning percentage since the merger. So suck it!

]]> By: greengayfackers http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971750 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:43:57 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971750 the Vikings Playoff appearances (26)
NFL: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009

they have made to the NFC championship 3 times since 98′, decades? I think not!!

]]> By: ejmat2 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971742 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:29:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971742 iknowfootballandyoudont says:
Feb 21, 2011 10:38 PM
Please, PLEASE stop !!!!

The Vikings were only relevent for just the short time that Lord Favre reigned over Minnesota and gave the pathetic frozen Twin Tundra’s wasteland a hope and energy they hadn’t seen in decades.
Now that Lord Favre has shown the pathetic Vikings and wasteland state what a winner is, the league can now go back to treating the Vikings what they truely are……. the irrelevent yet comical lil doormats of the NFL.
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I have a simple solution for you. Don’t read articles on the Vikings. Since you are implying you don’t like hearing about them then don’t read about them.

By the way they finished one year in last place. One! They made the playoffs without Favre many years. So don’t act like Favre is the only reason why they were there again.

]]> By: geauxjay http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971733 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:58:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971733 The Saints and the referees are probably responsible for this.

]]> By: mfimasonry http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971729 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:32:12 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971729 Welcome to St. Louis!
We really need a #1 WR
We have a great young QB
Our owner has tons of Jack

]]> By: brewdogg http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971708 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:38:26 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971708 Oh please…..

The Vikings are top-5 in franchise winning percentage and playoff appearances since the merger. In case you aren’t aware, the top three teams in regards to the longest periods of irrelevance are the Cardinals, Lions, and (drumroll please…) the Packers. Ironically, it was the arrival of Favre that actually made the Packers relevant again…..

Sorry, but you need to change your tag.

]]> By: stanklepoot http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971705 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:23:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971705 Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune makes a great point on Twitter. Rice may be a restricted free agent, given that he has only four years of service. Indeed, don’t be shocked if the Vikings apply a restricted free agency tender to any potential free agents with fewer than six years of service
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And then what happens after the players laugh and remind them that a RFA tender doesn’t apply to them? The language in the old CBA very clearly stated that the required years to become an UFA went from 4 to 6 seasons only in the uncapped year.As of 12:01 am March 4th, that year comes to an end. The only way they could successfully limit these players to RFA is if the new CBA alters the number of years required to be an UFA, if an impasse is declared and that change is part of the “last best offer”, or if the union is forced to decertify and the league makes such a rule affecting free agency that applies to all players and teams. The problem with this scenario is that the league is already trying to get an additional $1 billion in revenue off the top and they’d really like to extend the season. They need to focus on what’s most important to them. Trying to push for additional changes that could only serve to anger the union would only make coming to an agreement even more difficult. In the case of an impasse, a judge might not accept the notion that the league’s “last best offer” included yet another previously unrequested concession. In the case of a lockout and decertification, the issue would also go before one or more judges. Making a league wide rule that would further weaken the freedom of the players would seriously risk a major anti-trust finding against the league. Seeing as how there’s case history already for this issue with the old USFL case, that can’t be a rock they want to turn over.

]]> By: emossome84 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971693 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:12:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971693 NFC Championships in 98, 00, and 09.

]]> By: 30ptbuck http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971689 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:53:33 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971689 Transition BrINT

]]> By: khmer379 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971685 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:47:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971685 Stop hating udntknowfootball dnt be mad Kuz da site owner is a Viking fan keep hatng well win a SB before you know it then all yall packers fan n anti Viking Kan shut da fuk up until den keep riding on Mrs rodger Dick lol

]]> By: cappa662 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971673 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:21:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971673 Poison pill the Vikes.

]]> By: Manbearpig http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971672 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:18:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971672 @iknowfootball

You are a dbag. Of epic proportions.

]]> By: JimmySmith http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971665 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:06:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971665 Rice is as good as gone. He wants to play on a winner and the Vikings are years away from attaining that status.

]]> By: ygkr85 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971664 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:05:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971664 Sidney still has a lot to prove. A lot of FA recievers out there…I don’t think there are many teams who would commit big dollars to him. Do you?

]]> By: favrelous http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971657 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:52:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971657 Love and hate are very similar. So if you like putting together liitle retarded comments about a team you love to hate, you still do love them. As much as I love the vikes, I also like cheering against pack and bears.

]]> By: dailynorseman http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971646 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:26:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971646 @iknowfootballandyoudont

See, this highlights the two things that worry me about people that hate the Minnesota Vikings.

1) The fact that they’re allowed to vote
2) The fact that they’re allowed to reproduce

]]> By: cytofed http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971643 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:15:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971643 Dear coach Davis would you please sign Sydney Rice so we can finally have a receiver that can catch the ball to go with Chaz, Murphy and jacoby.

Sign
ex Bengal receiers coach.

]]> By: rugdog100 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971633 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:08:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971633 Judd’s a genious, Mike.

]]> By: phuckyouall http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971631 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:04:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971631 Doormats of the NFL? You truly are an idiot sir. Whether you like the Vikings or not, calling them that just shows how football challenged you are.

]]> By: jimmysee http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971613 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:47:12 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971613 Comical only because of the ardent delusions of grandeur of the trolls who masquerade as Vikings fans.

]]> By: iknowfootballandyoudont http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/21/vikings-cant-use-transition-tag-on-sidney-rice/#comment-971605 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:38:30 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=112735#comment-971605 Please, PLEASE stop !!!!

The Vikings were only relevent for just the short time that Lord Favre reigned over Minnesota and gave the pathetic frozen Twin Tundra’s wasteland a hope and energy they hadn’t seen in decades.
Now that Lord Favre has shown the pathetic Vikings and wasteland state what a winner is, the league can now go back to treating the Vikings what they truely are……. the irrelevent yet comical lil doormats of the NFL.

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