Far-fetched Hypothetical that would never happen, but would you?

[Midswat]

Lets say team management took an honest look in the mirror. Realized the cap situation needed to be fixed. Realized there was too many holes in the roster to legitimately compete. Realized that Romo might not be worth 20 million a year money, etc.

None of this will happen, and again, not all of that might be true entirely.

But lets say a team calls up unsolicited - be it the Jets, Bills, Jaguars, Browns, et cetera. They say "Hear you're having a hard time getting Romo extended. Listen, we know you like the player, and we'd be willing to give you a #2 this year and a #1 next year for him."

The team decides to do this.

Then, in doing this, they realize... accumulate picks, build the next core.... so they field offers for Spencer. Best offer is a 4th rounder and a conditional 2013 mid rounder. They take it.

We go into 2013 with Kyle Orton as our starting QB. Win 6 games (max).

Go into the 2014 draft with two first rounders, one guaranteed to be top 10, the other likely a top 20 (max).

We have our 2013 draft class that included our first rounder, two second rounders, two fourth rounders.

We get a grip on our cap by having a rookie QB salary, instead of Romo's deal.

We basically get a reset on the franchise, with a core of the following:

Dez
Witten (few more years)
Harris
Tyron
Cooper/Warmack (2013 1st)
Lee
Carter
Carr
Claiborn
Ware (few more years)
Murray (6-8 games a year)
Hannah
Crawford
2014 1st rounder
2014 1st rounder

etc.


Would you consider doing that? (Option A)

Or do you think the team needs to continue doing all they can to try and win a SB now while Romo is still upright and Jerry is still alive? (Option B)

 

[dbair1967]

If a team in the top-10 this year would give us two #1 picks for Romo (this years and next years) then I'd have to seriously consider that.

We get cap space plus two extra #1's (one guaranteed top-10, another which could easily be top-10 again next year) plus the cap space freed up from Romo's deal today (and future years, because resigning him longterm is going to be expensive)

If the OL were upgraded (almost a sure thing with the extra picks and cap space) along with upgrade at safety, I think if the team stayed healthy they'd win more games with Orton in 2013 than they did last year or the year before. Orton isnt as good as Romo obviously, but he did get a team to the playoffs and avoids big mistakes. He is also big with a strong arm. With the skill guys we have, I think he might be adequate for a season or two as a starter here, until the new guy (whomever that is) gets ready.

 

[Midswat]

I was going to suggest two #1s for Romo, but didn't know how realistic that would be considering what some QB's have gone for lately.

 

[Cowboysrule122]

I'd blow it up. We suck.

 

[jnday]

There is too much cap money going to declining players and too many holes remaining. Blow it up. Jerry is hanging on in a last ditch effort to make a run with the core of this team, but the aging core is just not good enough. With the reworking of these contracts , they will be paying too much in dead money to field a decent team in the near future. This is one of the biggest preventable messes that Jerry has ever gotten involved in. If something don't change, we are screwed for the next several years.

 

[dbair1967]

0-16 I guess...we shouldnt even show up for next season

 

[Cowboysrule122]

0-16 I guess...we shouldnt even show up for next season

Nah, we'll go 8-8.

 

[GloryDaysRBack]

I'm all for trading romo and other players...but the deal has to be right.

Im not trading romo for a 1st this year...I need more than that

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

Hate to repeat myself, but if we had an experienced coach who knew what he was doing and had seen enough players over the years to properly judge the current roster, and he wanted to blow it up? Then I'd be all for it. If a Jeff Fisher, a Holmgren, a John Fox came in here and said look Jerry, these guys are pretty good but they aren't worth getting in cap purgatory, I can find guys 90% as good for 30% of the cost, then fine, start the rebuilding.

But as it stands, I'd hate to throw away the good players that we do have and leave the rebuilding in the hands of this lame coach who thinks Phil Costa can be a good center, or Kevin Ogletree can be dependable, or Brad Johnson doesn't suck balls, or we don't need to draft an everydown back because Marion Barber is that guy for the next several years, among other gaffes.

So I'm gonna vote B, hoping that if we go 8-8 again, Jerry will wake up and get a real coach in here to give the Romos and Wittens and Wares one last chance.

And even if he's stupid and stubborn enough to keep RJ, I guess it's still B because I don't trust him or Jerry to find anyone better than they are. Rebuild with these guys gone and we're probably looking at years of a slightly better version of the Campo era.

 

[Midswat]

0-16 I guess...we shouldnt even show up for next season

You have to be honest and admit that you can't be overly optomistic about the relative immediate future of this team.

We're basically hanging on for a lightening in the bottle scenario with this group. Hope to get in and get hot.

It looks like we're going to have some lean years, starting in 2015. Got to hope we win big the next year or two.

 

[Midswat]

In a related tweet:

‏@cbsdollarbill
Romo balking? Would Vikings give up two 1st rd picks (23,25), a 4th (from Det), & conditional 1st next year (if he signs extension w/Min)?

 

[Hoofbite]

0-16 I guess...we shouldnt even show up for next season

For all the sarcasm you throw around towards other posters and their crappy outlook, you FUCKING QUIT posting for a while.

Remember that? YOU FUCKING QUIT. So quit being a bitch towards posters who can't fucking fool themselves into thinking that this team is all that different than the one that made you so pissed that you actually had to quit posting last year.

 

[Cowboysrule122]

 

[Hoofbite]

I hope Romo tells this front office to go fuck itself.

When you consider the guards that were available last year and the guards that are available this year along with the recent cut from KC.

Dallas could have.

Grubbs
Levitre
Winston

Shittiest part, combined cap hit for the first 2 seasons would only likely be about 5M more than what they have committed to Spencer in the last 2 offseasons......if that.

 

[ThoughtExperiment]

I bet the Vikes would do that in a heartbeat if they were ready to give up on Ponder, which I'm sure they aren't.

I wouldn't be happy with a 23 and a 25 for Romo.

 

[Midswat]

I hope Romo tells this front office to go fuck itself.

I've said for months that Romo should tell the front office he won't do anything with his contract until the team convinces him they're serious about fixing the OL.

But Jerry recently made his retarded "Romo is okay with a shitty line" remarks, so who knows if Romo really is concerned with it or not.

Don't see how he couldn't be.

 

[peplaw06]

I bet the Vikes would do that in a heartbeat if they were ready to give up on Ponder, which I'm sure they aren't.

I wouldn't be happy with a 23 and a 25 for Romo.

Yeah, even the first next year will be a late first with Romo and Peterson over there. This team is so hit or miss with late 1st rounders, I wouldn't like even 3 firsts.

 

[peplaw06]

I've said for months that Romo should tell the front office he won't do anything with his contract until the team convinces him they're serious about fixing the OL.

But Jerry recently made his retarded "Romo is okay with a shitty line" remarks, so who knows if Romo really is concerned with it or not.

Don't see how he couldn't be.

If I were Romo that would have pissed me off royally. I seriously doubt he's ok with a shitty line. He doesn't look okay with the shitty line when they fuck up time after time through the season. He probably agreed to the team looking for offensive skill position guys, but he's not the GM.

If I were Romo and the fucking GM tried to blame the shitty OL on me, I'd tell him to trade me or I'm playing out this contract and I'm out.

 

[Midswat]

Yeah, even the first next year will be a late first with Romo and Peterson over there. This team is so hit or miss with late 1st rounders, I wouldn't like even 3 firsts.

If they offered that for Romo, we'd have to run with it.

Without question.

Hell, throw in Miles too to sweeten the pot.

 

[Angrymesscan]

In a related tweet:

‏@cbsdollarbill
Romo balking? Would Vikings give up two 1st rd picks (23,25), a 4th (from Det), & conditional 1st next year (if he signs extension w/Min)?

the only GM dumb enough to offer all that is JJ.