Justin Jefferson is currently 18th on the all time Vikings receiving list with 3,016 yards

With 17 games in the near future. It’s time to look at some realistic goals for our favorite Viking

42 yards to pass Chuck Foreman
71 yards to pass Gene Washington
161 yards to pass Bill Brown
207 yards to pass Paul Flatley
281 yards to pass John Gilliam
286 yards to pass Percy Harvin
718 yards to pass Hassan Jones
1,472 yards to pass Kyle Rudolph #10
1,607 yards to pass Stefon Diggs #9
2,474 yards to pass Ahmad Rashad #8

Jefferson is currently at 91.4 yards per game, on that pace he will surpass Carter in 102 games, or week 1 of the 2028 season

Also-

Adam Thielen only needs 468 yards to move ahead of Steve Jordan, Sammy White, Jake Reed for 4th all time. 3 TDs to move into 3rd

Dalvin Cook only needs 1,068 rushing yards to move into 3rd ahead of Bill Brown and Chuck Foreman. 14 TDs to move into 2nd.

Kirk cousins needs 3,775 yards to pass Culpepper for 3rd. 41 more fumbles to pass Culpepper for the Vikings record, and 159 more interceptions to pass Fran.

Skol

Posted Sep 7, 2022, 4:04 PM UTC

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StraightCashHomie69•4 yr. ago

Seems crazy he could realistically pass Diggs already in year 3 when Diggs played 5 years here.

TMillionss•4 yr. ago

Right? That’s one of the craziest stats I’ve heard in awhile.

Bokonon80•4 yr. ago

Diggs was criminally under used early in his career.

istasber•4 yr. ago

That would be awesome if he could pass Rashad this year, but I know there's no way that's happening.

Passing Diggs by the end of year 3 would feel really satisfying for some reason. That's not meant to be a dig on Diggs, but just an incredible bit of good fortune that we managed to trade one great receiver for a younger and cheaper one. That would have sucked to have another Moss -> Williamson situation.

Zaiushtexas•4 yr. ago

passing Rashad would be an MVP caliber season for either JJ or Kirk

WickieTheHippie•4 yr. ago

Probably for both.

eeeedlef22•4 yr. ago

sounds good lets goo bby

Zaiushtexas•4 yr. ago

Hell yeah brother

canigetawoop_woopKleinsasser forever•4 yr. ago

Might be the only time we see the map go to a receiver because you'd need an all time wide receiver season and also a quarterback who will get overlooked for production. And... oh hey that just may happen now that ya mention it!

Tough_guy22•4 yr. ago

So JJ could potentially jump 4 spots in 1 game? That's pretty awesome.

melview1•4 yr. ago

*6 spots
Mmmmm, purple kool-aid. :)

LA_Alfa•4 yr. ago

I like how this man thinks.

paul_f•4 yr. ago

flipper anderson in shambles

godisanalien33•4 yr. ago

This is what I remember about Culpepper the most, he was a fumble machine.

JMLMastermoss fro•4 yr. ago

These are all insane to think that we have some of the most consistent players reaching goals all together on the same team yet we somehow struggle to string it together offensive and defensively to get to the championship.

ull92•4 yr. ago

That fumbles record is surprisingly actually achievable for Cousins. He averages about 10 per year.

mscarcevirginia•4 yr. ago

He averages a little under 8(7.7) with losing a little over 3 (3.2)

fedexaintshit•4 yr. ago

Please not four more years of Kirk

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Skolvikesallday•4 yr. ago

Yea that would be terrible. The TJack, Ponder, Webb, McNabb, Hill, Keenum, and Cassell years were so much better. Can't wait to go back to 2500yds and 17 passing TDs a year.

fedexaintshit•4 yr. ago

I’d rather be on a roller coaster than a moving walkway. I’ll take the low with the chance at hitting a home run.

We’ve seen what he is, and if we can’t get it done this year, it’s never gonna happen. The ratio of skill to money is wrong. And pretty soon that money is going to be needed to keep Jefferson, other players, free agents, etc.

Don’t forget we made the nfc championship game with Keenum on a $2 million contract. Is he just that good, or did his contract give us money to lift other positions?

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Skolvikesallday•4 yr. ago

We had an all time great defense that year. Keenum wasn't even our starter and we made the NFCCG despite him, not because of him.

The best QB the Vikings have drafted in my lifetime is Culpeper. His best years are about on par with Kirks average year, and he had Randy Moss and CC.

Kirks contract isn't nearly as bad as you're making it out to be. It's not a problem and it's not gonna stop us from signing JJ. What might stop us from signing JJ is if we didn't have a QB.

And those QBs weren't roller coasters, they were dumpster fires. I'd rather be competitive than a bottom dweller.

Funnel_Hacker•4 yr. ago

I see this Case Keenum take a lot. Let’s break it down:

Case Keenum threw for 22 TDs, 7 INTs and 3547 yards. Which is BY FAR the best season he’s ever had. Which, is still a pretty average season for an NFL QB.

Zimmer still didn’t like him (wouldn’t name him the starter week to week and even tried to include Bradford on the playoff roster, hoping he would start the game against the Saints). And, ultimately Keenum signed with Denver for two years/$36 mill which is 18 MILLION A SEASON. A whopping 10 million less than Kirk, who signed for three years/$84 mill, which is $28 million. For reference, PP2 makes $4 mill this season and 10 last season. So, at best, re-signing Keenum would’ve afforded us one more starter in FA or two more depth pieces; which doesn’t really move the needle much.

Now, let’s examine Keenum’s actual playoff games. Minnesota went up 17-0 against New Orleans at the half, forcing a missed FG from inside 50 yards and picking off Brees inside the 7 yard line.

How was the defense rewarded? Well, the defense eventually let NO score to open the second half. What does Keenum do? IMMEDIATELY throws a pick on his 30. Score is now 17-14 with only 5 minutes gone in the third.

Ultimately, it took the most well-known miracle play for the Vikings and Keenum, to escape with a win after being a #2 seed at home. So, Keenum didn’t earn an NFC Championship appearance, he lucked into it.

We all know what happened next. Keenum went on to have 3 TOs against Philly, including a back-breaking pick 6 that we never recovered from. But that’s what you get when you try to play the value game at QB.

The following season, Keenum’s contract aside, Minnesota no longer had a historic #1 defense, and also had a new OC, as Shurmur moved on to be the HC of NYG. So, not only is it super unlikely that he would’ve repeated his success, it was damn near guaranteed that he wouldn’t.

But why take my word for it? Let’s look at what happened. In Denver, Keenum started the whole season and threw: 18 TDs, 15 INTs for 3890 yards. Denver finished 6-10.

Next season, Keenum was passed on to Washington (what a world beater), where he threw for 1707 yards, 11 TDs and 5 INTs in 10 games. He is credited with a 1-7 record for that Redskins team.

From there on out, Keenum has never taken another snap in the NFL as a starter.

So, it’s an absolutely TERRIBLE take to think he would’ve done anything different with us. That’s just the facts. It’s time to move on from him and Bridgewater, as both have now had numerous shots to do something meaningful in the NFL and both haven’t even sniffed below average. They’ve both been abysmal. No amount of cash savings is worth that.

Speaking of which, once Lamar gets his extension, Kirk won’t even have a top 10 QB contract so this idea that we should’ve rolled with a 7-17 record so we could add one more above average free agent is crazy. We would’ve been a 5 win team and people would be complaining that we didn’t at least try to go after Kirk.

That’s Keenum. In terms of Jefferson, he will leave if we draft another QB and miss. Most likely, whoever we draft will be much closer to Christian Ponder than Kirk Cousins, let alone Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes.

So, let’s say we move on from Kirk. We draft another QB who is average or above average (that would still be worse than Kirk btw). By the time that kid is in his second season, JJ will be on to a contract extension and will choose to go elsewhere rather than continue to miss the playoffs. Then, most likely, our coach and GM get fired and we start all over again.

That’s the most likely scenario. Could we hit the jackpot? Sure. But the odds of winning the jackpot are astronomically low so, unless Kirk just can’t get us over the hump this season (or possibly next), then KOC and KAM will probably be reluctant to roll the dice.

Thimit22•4 yr. ago

We were paying Bradford starter money that year that Keenum brought us to the NFCCG right?

StraightCashHomie69•4 yr. ago

Unless he plays at an MVP level and we make some deep runs, he is done here after the 2023 season. I think that's the plan with being able to afford JJ's first massive cap hit

fedexaintshit•4 yr. ago

That’s the hope. I don’t hate his current deal, but the team is clearly at a push it in point this year and next. After that we just can’t sustain another contract for a solid but not impressive QB.