This is why I said Bradford was false hope. He would allow the Vikes to win a few more games in the regular season, but come playoff time they would lose. So in the end they flushed a 1st rd pick, and cap space down the toilet.
More cap space, plus drafting higher in the draft would of made for a stronger team in 2017, but now Minny has to accept just being good (playoff caliber), not great (championship caliber).
Interestingly I did an avg age between the Seahawks D & the Vikings D. Going with each teams Nickel units + the starting NT. So 12 players total. And it came out 319 yrs to 322 yrs. The D's are essentially the same age which surprised me, as I was expecting the Vikings to be significantly younger.
So long story short, the Vikings Super Bowl window is closed for the next 3 yrs. By the time they get Bridgewater heallthy, build an O-Line, find AP's replacement. The D will be long in the tooth. And they have no 1st rd pick, lose another conditional pick, and have less cap space to do it. This is basically why I didn't like the Bradford trade in the 1st place.
Compared to Seattle. Find a LT, get Wilson healthy = Super Bowl contender. That could be done easily in 1 off-season. Really it could be done right now at the trading deadline.
