Thursday, April 14, 2005

Kampman

I guess I should weigh in here on the whole Kampman/Vikequeens thing.

I don't think the Vikes are doing this to solely annoy the Packers. We're not talking about a lot of money here. I think they're doing it for the following reasons:

1. It gives them some draft insurance. They want a receiver and a defensive end. They have two picks in the first round. If they already seal up a potential starter at end before the draft it gives them more options.

2. Kampman likely WOULD start for the Vikes, so they do like his $value.

3. They are bitches. They like the fact that they can tweak the Packers, especially since the Packers are weak this year. There's no chance that the Pack will use this as motivation to spank the Vikes this season. It's looking like an ugly, evil, purple sweep.

So, I say let Kampman go. Save the money and take the late round compensatory pick. It's only a one year deal, no one thinks he can play well on turf anyway, so it will probably hurt the Vikings if anything. The only way to hurt the Vikings in this deal is to let them pay Kampman and have him be sub-par, which is likely.

The Packers defense it so bad right now, it doesn't really matter if we keep a marginal player like Kampman. He's not going to make the difference.