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[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The Vikings - in 2003 - actually let the time expire on their first round pick because they wanted to sign him for less money.

Do you get how cheap that is? We don't want to pay the guy we want top 10 money - so we'll let the clock run out and have other teams race to the podium to get their picks in ahead of us... and we'll take our guy several picks later so we can sign him for less.

What? They tried to trade down and ran out of time because they waited too long to secure a trade. It wasn't because they were cheap. Teams trade down in the draft all the time.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

What? They tried to trade down and ran out of time because they waited too long to secure a trade. It wasn't because they were cheap. Teams trade down in the draft all the time.

That was the explanation they gave. That they wanted to trade down to get him - but when they couldn't get a deal the clock expired and a few other teams got picks in.

You can't spit in your fans face. How many other times in NFL Draft history has the 15 minute clock expired on a team in the first round? I'm going to guess none.

Red McCombs was the cheapest owner in history - and they still sold the dome out every single game during his time as Vikings owner. He was the true cancer on that team. Who were his big free agent signings? None.

[ateamstupid]

OK, so it was Red McCombs' cheapness that forced Moss to get high and run over a traffic cop. Thanks for clearing that up.