A Vikings rollercoaster day

I'm already emotional over the fall of society and then today happens with the Vikings.

First news was the Kirk Cousins extension. Two years added on, through 2022. Saved us about $10 million in cap space. Kirk gets more job security and added guaranteed money. A win win for all. 

And the Vikings almost immediately put that extra savings to good use by franchising Anthony Harris. I would guess they work out a long term deal with him. 

Also a couple of smaller moves. We resigned CJ Ham and Britton Colquitt.

Then the absolute megaton bombshell hit tonight as we traded Stefon Diggs to Buffalo for a haul of picks including a 1st rounder this year.

I'm still stunned. I never thought a Diggs trade was ever that likely. It weakens the offense and does not save that much cap space. But clearly the behind the scenes issues were a factor. Diggs was never a public problem after the brief kerfuffle after the Bears game last year. Yeah he still threw out those weird cryptic tweets every so often, but I honestly never thought it a big deal. 

I guess Diggs just was still not happy here. I don't understand it. He had the 2 best years of his career in these last 2. Even if he just despised Kirk for some reason, or hated Zimmer or hated whoever, the results on the field were excellent. I don't look at him like I did Percy Harvin on the way out. Percy was cancerous. Diggs seemed to just be a bit goofy. But he never half-assed it. I'm glad he went to a team I can root for him on. Hope he lights up the Patriots for years to come.

So now the Vikings have 2 first round picks. If Spielman can hit on this draft class we could be right back among the NFC elite. And what we do with this pick from Buffalo will determine if the trade was a success. We need a Rhodes, not a Williamson.