and Hey everybody welcome to another episode of Purple Insider Matthew

Collar here joining me on the show Will Raggots of Sports Illustrated and

well we have a lot to discuss but I want to fire something at you right off the

bat here. How good are the Minnesota Vikings right now because there's a lot still to be done. There is a trade-up that is presumably in our future.

There are other draft picks that they're going to have. There's other moves that they can make,

but I want to know what you think of the roster as it stands as a large percentage of this roster with the most recent signing being Jonah Williams their defensive tackle a large percentage of this roster has been filled up in Free Agency and of course the

quote bridge quarterback in Sam Darnold so if Sam Darnold had to start today and

play 17 games with this roster assuming a handful of other guys fill out

the squad that aren't going to make a big difference.

How good would they be?

How many games would they win?

I think they would probably win about six or seven

and that would be if Sam Darnold is the guy

that they believe he can be after showing some flashes in Carolina in 2022 and taking the 500 level

Kyle Shanahan football course last year. I just it's hard for me to say that a

team that lost two of their four best players.

I think the four best players last year are Kurt Cousins Justin Jefferson, Christian

Darisaw Daniel Hunter in no order there.

Justin Jefferson's number one. But you lose two of those guys it's

gonna be hard for me to say that you are a better team even though I like what

they've done so far I really do I I like the broader picture of what they've done and we can get into that of finally just

drawing a line with Kirk Cousins and saying we're not going to give you three more guaranteed years.

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