Jared Allen unclear about future with Vikings
 

Jared Allen: Future with Minnesota Vikings unclear
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By Marc Sessler
Around the League Writer
Published: May 24, 2013 at 08:42 a.m. Updated: May 24, 2013 at 02:17 p.m.

Yesterday, we brought you a piece on Jared Allen, the All-Pro pass rusher who said he hasn't heard "one iota" from the Minnesota Vikings about a new contract.

The six-year, $73.3 million contract Allen inked with the Vikings in 2008 is set to expire after this season. He'd like to play for the Vikings into the future, but he admits he has "absolutely no idea" where he'll wind up.

"I pray about it," Allen told Dan Wiederer of The Star Tribune on Friday. "I talk to my wife. And we'll end up going where the good Lord takes us. But I don't know where that path is headed."


Prodded for a best-case scenario, the 31-year-old Allen talked about the past: "Best-case scenario would have been that we would have never gotten to this point. Best-case scenario would have been the organization would have gotten something done (on an extension) a few years back.

"Well, you know what? That's not the case. And I understand it. ... I'm just happy I'm in a spot where both sides are honoring the contract."

The Vikings haven't bristled at honoring Allen's current contract because he's been one of the NFL's most productive pass rushers. He counts a whopping $17 million against the salary cap in 2013 -- and says he won't take a penny less -- but Allen is not going to earn another head-spinning deal at his age.

His Vikings' future is very much in question.

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The guy loves KC. Pretty sure he still comes here and has business here. Plus King Carl is gone.

Imagine him coming back and playing in our attacking system.

JFC Jared Allen, Tamba Hali and Justin Houston in our front 7 would RAPE. 30 sacks from just 3 players.

Alex Smith for Jared Allen, straight up.

Allen to KC next year...I'll dream **** it

:whackit:

This or T Jack.

Give them Baldwin and dexter.

He's a free agent after this year so he would be FREE.

He would be the Justin Smith type player that we need on this DL.

:whackit:

He'll be 32. It'll have to be cap friendly...

Well my fantasy of Tony G for the last year of his career is looking less likely. So I'll go with this for a while.

**** that O'Doull's sucking mother****er.

I'd love to have him back for a year or two. He hasn't had injury issues that would be a major concern, he hasn't carried extra weight and keeps himself in decent shape. Be wouldn't be a world beater at 32-33...but could still be effective.

One of my top 5 favorite Chiefs players.

Like he's going to come back here to play OLB in his 30s.

Why the **** not.

He could be affordable. Hali might not restructure.

He would be our DE or Hali could move to DE and put Allen at OLB.

Here's a thought. Let's not get guys on their last leg.

It would be okay until the first time Darren McFadden runs over him.

The way the league has evolved, he wouldn't need to play OLB to be on the field a lot. 60% of the game is sub packages.

How about this go for a nickel 4 man rush

Allen
Hali
Poe
Houston

Dis gon be gewd

The guy has over 30 sacks the last 2 years, dumbass.

Why would Hali need to restructure? After this year, his contract is cheap. 6.25 in 2014 and 6.75 in 2015

His deal was frontloaded

What was the shit I was reading that his contract balloons after this year?

I'm just stupid, I assume?

Let's just go with I'm stupid.

wonder if he still has the ole-caddy with the horns ....

All of it.

Come, Jared.

"Hey, that affects us."

I still ****ing hate king carl for dropping him. It's really the kind of deal that make me want to hurt people.

Unfortunately, he will be looking for a PAYDAY. No way he lands here if things don't work out with the Vikes.

That's what I'm thinking. He will end up with a team in "win now" mode.

Given how the 2008 draft turned out for KC, I don't really care.

We have two good edge rushers and we netted a lot of good players with the picks we gained on the trade.

Bring him in for..... a drink.

There are lots of reasons to hate Carl, but trading Jared Allen is far from the worst thing Carl ever did. It's not like Jared Allen walked with no compensation. Jamaal Charles and Branden Albert turned out to be pretty good players.

The Chiefs are in "win now" mode.

And like we would have him. Why are people on this site so ****ing stupid at times? He's not coming back. Tony is not coming back either. Will you mother****ers PLEASE quit with this shit? Please.

Lots of cool new bars in the KC area for him to check out.

LMAO You bitches sound like a bunch of school girls lusting after the quarterback.

Meh... He ain't the same.

And he is a FA this year, you stupid ****? He's going to be a 33 year old player by the time we would get him. Sounds like a Pissholi type move to me

Some ****s wanted Marty back as well. People don't think sometimes.

most of it is in jest like Dustin "MVP" Colquitt references.

Jared is a 4-3 DE - he's a pass rusher. Could he make a transition to a 3-4? It's possible, but that would be diminishing his value to the team IMO. Especially at age 32, he's not going to be worth the money to us.

Yeah, no.

What? You are slighting the MVP, for shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep.

Might make a good Bronco for a year.

If Hali were strong enough to play ILB I'd have a raised eyebrow...

No. He just turned 31 last month, so he'd be 32 when he comes here.

And you're a ****ing dumbass if you wouldn't like 3 years of his services.

No, Lil' Chiefy; NOT happening.

Yeah, 32-34 year old DE's really tear up the league :facepalm: I'll pass.

Jared will have a good time no matter where he goes. Maybe Buffalo could use the fading somewhat star power. AP takes all there is in Minny.

How are we at long snapper? Should we give a fourth for him?

Yeah it's not like Jared Allen would be an upgrade to Tyson Jackson or anything. LMAO

Using that logic is how you end up with Alice Smith as your QB.

And that's not us?

Jared Allen is 16th all-time in sacks. He's a future HOF with a handful of years left. And we'd get him for nothing.

Yeah totally similar to Alex Smith LMAO

Well what about the massacres in Sri Lanka? Don't you know anything about Sri Lanka? About how the Sikhs are killing like tons of Israelis over there?

You do realize that Allen and TJ play different positions, right?

He is talking about into the future, not the past. He would have to play one more year in Minnesota, then start looking at the rest of his career on down the line.

I'm with him, lets draft replacements and stay young on the field and in the cap not broken both ways.

Oh yea, dumbass.

You likely get a 70% of his prime Allen and backsliding after another full season. Even if we ran a 4-3 it's a stupid idea. Sorry, the jury is back and found you guilt of being a stupid **** once again.

What? You mean you don't want Leslie Oneal part II?

He couldn't use Houston or Hali as a comparison so he had to reach for a guy at a position Allen would never play LMAO

Lil' Chiefy just wants his throwback. Mmmm...shitloaf.

This.

He doesnt want to learn a brand new position this late in his career for (hopefully) an up and coming team, prolly wouldnt do it for a contender either.

Glad we had him, he WAS the defense there for awhile... but that ship has sailed, time marches on.

Just stop. Nobody cares about your new made-up phrase.

It would be fitting for JA to start his career here as a long snapper and to end his career here as a long snapper.

It's here to stay. Deal.

SIGN HIM CARL!!

Nobody else is going to say it dumbass.

Don't care if they do.

Anybody heard anything on Weigman or Saleamua coming back?

So he is going to make that entire $73MM and not sniff a SB.

We raped on that deal.

Came closer than we did.

Dammit.

We still have JC and Albert though. At least for a minute or 2 longer.

Too risky, could get a DUI.

So you think the Vikes got $73MM and 2 draft picks worth out of it?

Ummm nope.Great trade for KC, hell JC alone is worth more than Allen is and has been since the trade.

That is good material~

Really not that funny. I doubt he honestly ever quit drinking.

It's a bad way to view the trade alone by the picks we gained, because the picks we gained likely changed our entire draft strategy.

Would we still have drafted Flowers in the 2nd had we only had one first round pick? I dunno. It's hard to say. That trade allowed for the best draft KC has had in a long time and I still credit that trade more than Herm's over-rated scouting skills.

Allen has 74 sacks and forced 14 fumbles in his 5 years in Minny. He's made 4 probowls and is a 3 time all pro in those 5 years.

They got more than they bargained for. Allen was a better player for them than he was for KC. They overpaid for him in draft picks then, which is why I liked the deal. Great pass rushers are expensive man, and Allen is a great pass rusher.

Nobody got screwed in this deal. People must have forgotten how bad of shape Minny's pass rush was in. They had been drafting bust pass rushers with 1st round picks for years. It worked out in exactly the way they needed it too. It worked out for us too. They didn't need Charles. They have the only RB in the NFL BETTER than Charles. We had LJ, whom I never liked due to his woman beating lifestyle and always thought was over-rated as a player.

Their QB situation, including the fallout from appeasing Favre, is the real reason they've had problems and they've still had far fewer than KC has.