Oh my god, Viking fans, you never cease to amaze.
Let's do a couple of facts here:
According to most sources, the Vikings are dangerously close to the salary cap, stunting their ability to sign even an replacement player for this upcoming season.
Larry Fitzgerald is not a replacement player.
The Arizona Cardinals have approximately 14 million dollars in cap room.
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How exactly did we get here? Well, the good old Minnesota Mindset got us here. It goes something like this....
"This guy wants to come to Minnesota. Maybe he doesn't know it yet, but he wants to. He's from here. He's one of us. He would come home, if he could. He's a good receiver. We need a good receiver. I don't understand things like numbers and dollars, but I know I like watching guys like Chad Greenway because his name is easy to pronounce. So is Klein-sauce. Me and my buddies call him "Sauce".
Anyway, Fitzgerald's out there, and we should go get him, because we have a football team that he could play for. So get it done. (Pause) It's done. He's coming here. I read it on a Star Tribune comment. He's coming here."
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In what alternative universe would Larry Fitzgerald coming to the Vikings make sense? This is a team that dumped hundreds of millions on olds like Jared Allen and Steve Hutchinson. Then they've got Peterson to think about. Now they draft a young cheap QB, and then spend too much money on an old one. The roster looks like it is constructed by monkeys. Where would the money come from for Larry?
And furthermore, why is the reaction to his signing a contract extension that he is "not coming to Minnesota"? He's also not going to 30 other teams in the league. This would be funny if it was a joke, but its tone is serious. "Awww damn, we missed out on Larry". Newsflash guys, you missed out on a lot this offseason, and you're going to be missing out BIG TIME in the coming years.
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