Well, with Clark and Hitchens, it's addition by subtraction.

Mathieu will hurt, but the team is good about not getting bogged down with simplistic thinking about roster holes and whatnot.

It would have been easy for them to say, "Shit we're fucked at DE! Reach for the shitasses that fall to us in the draft!" That's what a lot of teams do. Instead, we used what we had to our advantage, and now we're able to show a ton of different looks with guys moving and rotating all around the line, which is going to give offenses problems.

Same thing here. The team isn't going to resort to attempting to replace Mathieu with somebody who does everything he does, because that particular player doesn't exist. Instead, we'll adjust and evolve and come up with new solutions that fit our personnel.
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Ward will be gone too actually, it's gonna be a whole new defense.
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How do you figure. Hitchens played well last year and looks good this year. I agree we won't resign him, unless it is for a good deal... but it's not addition by subtraction. Same with Clark, teams weren't able to run outside much last year as we got really good setting the edge and we defended running QB's well. We were a leader in the league in sacks with Ford here, but we sucked as a defense... I don't think we should pay them, but we aren't going to get better by them leaving.
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I’m not the type you play with emotions w/.

— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) August 29, 2021

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Then cut Bell & keep Burton.
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Yes
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Vikings are morons.
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Mike Zimmer loves defensive backs, they're also a declining team that doesn't have all that many guys to pay.
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That’s my tall glass of water. ❤️
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So he got a chance in a god awful wr room then got waived, but we should cut DRob, who has actually lived this success story and gotten better year in and year out?
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A god awful WR room that took the team to 11-5 and 10-6 respectively with playoff appearances both years. Yeah absolutely terrible. Do you actually do any research before spewing the vomit that comes out of your mouth?

I have never said anything about cutting Robinson. ONLY that Fountain should make the final 53
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The Landlord (worst nickname in sports) is a bit of a drama queen.
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It's addition by subtraction because it's likely their replacements will be an improvement. In Hitchens' case, I think Bolton or Gay is to take the lead. And you might say, "Well, it's not as good as when we had Hitchens AND Bolton and Gay" but that's how teams evolve and get better when guys leave. Players who step in and take over that new leadership role and do it better than the guy before them is more important than having a little more depth to round out the team, because the depth is more easily replaceable and can be done through draft, free agency, or even just pulling some asshole from the practice squad who has shown some ability.

And Clark... well, I'm not going to get into that. I've done my bitching on Clark's worthless ass, and I'm not going to do more. In this case, even if we do nothing to add another DE to replace Clark, I think someone like Danna who's already on the team will not only be an improvement over Clark, but we'll get Clark's cap space.

This isn't just for football teams. It's the same thing in business or any other work environment. It pays for companies to have to promote great employees even though you're losing that great employee doing his/her previous job.
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I’m curious what Veach does.

By my count, we’ll for certain return the following (if we want to):

Jones
Danna
Saunders
Wharton
Kaindoh
Gay
Bolton
Fenton
Sneed
Thornhill
Keyes

We have some decent pieces there, but the depth is really lacking. I assume we’ll try to extend guys like Nnadi, Baker, Hughes, and Ward. I doubt Veach wants to go into the offseason needing to add like 15 defensive players.
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That’s a worse contract than Adams.

HB as good as gone next year.
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