NFL suspends Minnesota Vikings’ Jordan Addison for first 3 games | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

NFL suspends Minnesota Vikings’ Jordan Addison for first 3 games | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

BAD NEWS. IT’S BAD NEWS FOR JORDAN ADDISON. YEAH IT IS. AND THIS WAS EXPECTED BECAUSE THE NFL POLICY IS CLEAR AS IT CAN BE IF YOU GET CHARGED WITH A DUI AND YOU PLEAD GUILTY TO ANYTHING, EVEN IF YOU DON’T PLEAD GUILTY TO DUI, IF YOU JUST PLEAD GUILTY TO SOME LESSER CHARGE, THAT IS COMPLETELY PART FROM ANYTHING DUI RELATED, YOU’RE STILL GETTING 3 GAMES, YOU GET, YOU GET ARRESTED, YOU GET CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THEY HAVE. BEEFED IT UP IN RECENT YEARS. IT IS A 3-GAME MINIMUM SUSPENSION. SO WE KNEW THE 3 GAME SUSPENSION WAS COMING THE MOMENT THAT JORDAN ADDISON PLEADED GUILTY AND THERE WAS LIKE A WEIRD STOP START. WE WERE ON BREAK THEN BUT IT WAS JULY 15TH. HIS TRIAL WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. OH WAIT, IT DIDN’T HAPPEN. HE’S GOING TO BE BACK IN COURT ON THURSDAY. SOMETHING WEIRD’S GOING ON WHAT WAS GOING ON IS HE WAS THAT PROBABLY WAS GOING TO LOSE IF HE HAD PUSHED IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO A TRIAL. LET’S PLEAD GUILTY AND YEAH, THAT MEANS I’M GOING TO MISS 3 GAMES AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE VIKINGS, BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN RICE GONNA MISS HIS TIME, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VIKINGS SCHEDULE. AND YEAH, LOOK, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, THIS SHOULD BE A MESSAGE TO ANYONE CALL AN I REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE UBER EXISTED. THEY HAD AN 800 NUMBER THAT YOU COULD CALL AND THE UNION WOULD SEND A CAR TO TAKE YOU HOME. NO QUESTIONS. ASKED AND PLAYERS WERE AFRAID THAT INFORMATION WAS SOMEHOW GOING TO BE USED AGAINST THEM. IT WAS GOING TO MAKE ITS WAY BACK TO THE COACH KNOW. NOW, WE ALL HAVE IT, PRESS THE DAMN BUTTON AND THEY’LL COME PICK YOU UP. THERE’S NO EXCUSE FOR IT. SO THAT’S WHY I THINK THE PUNISHMENT IS WHAT IT IS, BUT FROM THE VIKINGS PERSPECTIVE, FIRST, 3 GAMES AREN’T EXACTLY MURDERERS ROW, SO THEY GET THROUGH THE FIRST 3, HE COMES BACK FOR THE DUBLIN TRIP, AGAINST PITTSBURGH AND THEN THE LONDON TRIP AGAINST CLEVELAND AND THEN IT’S THE BYE WEEK, AND THEN THEY HAVE LOOK, THEY’LL MISS HIM. HE’S A GREAT PLAYER, BUT THESE ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF DOING DUMB THINGS AND I THINK HE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT. IT WAS DUMB AND HOPEFULLY HE LEARNS FROM IT AND OTHER PLAYERS DO TOO. THEY’RE THEY’RE CAPABLE OF WEATHERING THE STORM WITHOUT THEM THAT THAT’S FOR SURE. I DO THINK PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING ON THE VIKINGS JUST BECAUSE JJ MCCARTHY IS A ROOK, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY A ROOKIE, A FIRST YEAR STARTER BUT LIKE WE’VE SAID, MANY A TIMES AFTER THE DRAFT AND ALL THAT MAN, THE THE VIKINGS HAD AN IMPRESSIVE SPRING, GOOD FREE AGENCY. THEY DID A PRETTY DAMN GOOD DRAFT. LIKE TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE THEIR TEAM GOT BETTER. WE JUST GOT A QUESTION OF THE QUARTERBACK AND THAT THAT’S WHERE IT GOES. AND I THINK THAT’S WHERE YOUR MIND GOES RIGHT AWAY. WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT JORDAN, ADDISON, YOU JUST GO AH, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID YEAH, THEY CAN WIN THOSE GAMES. IT’S NOT MURDERERS ROW. THOSE FIRST 3 WEEKS. BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, AT LEAST THE WAY I DO, I JUST GO. OH DAMN, JJ MCCARTHY. HE’S GOING TO LOSE THE GUY THERE THAT THAT CERTAINLY WOULD WOULD HELP HIM OUT. MAKE THINGS A LITTLE EASIER FOR HIM. RIGHT. OH WE DOUBLED, JUSTIN JEFFERSON, GREAT DOUBLE, JUSTIN JEFFERSON ADDISON OVER HERE. BEAT WHOEVER 101. SO YOU’RE IN TROUBLE FEEL FOR JJ MCCARTHY THE OFFENSE THAT WAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT, WHO, WHO STEPS UP IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EMERGES AND I THINK THE THING I LOOK ABOUT WITH THE VIKINGS WHERE MAYBE IN PAST YEARS, I’D BE LIKE, OH MAN, THEY LOST JORDAN ADDISON, UH, OH, THEY’RE IN TROUBLE. I FEEL LIKE THE VIKINGS ARE GOING TO MAKE AN EFFORT HERE TO BE A BETTER RUNNING FOOTBALL TEAM. THAT’S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WITH THE MOVES, THEY MADE TO TO IMPROVE THE OFFENSIVE LINE, RIGHT? AND I THINK, KEVIN OKANO, REALIZING, THAT’S 1 ASPECT OF HIS OFFENSE, THAT’S MAYBE NOT AS TOP-NOTCH AS HIS PASSING GAME IS AND EVERYTHING. THERE THEY SIGNED JORDAN MASON FROM THE 49ERS TO GO ALONG WITH AARON JONES. SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN HELP CARRY THE BURDEN. A LITTLE BIT OF JORDAN ADDISON, LET ALONE MAYBE A TEI FELTON THAT THEY DRAFTED IN THE THIRD ROUND FOR MARYLAND WHO HAS A LOT OF JORDAN ADDISON TYPE TRAITS TO HIM, DOES HE POP UP AND SHOW UP HERE SO WE’LL SEE MCCARTHY, BUT I DO THINK THAT DAMN TEAM IS GOOD ENOUGH TO, TO WEATHER THE STORM LIKE YOU SAID, I DON’T THINK THE VIKINGS HAVE POSTED THEIR UNOFFICIAL DEPTH CHART YET THE FOLKS AT OURLADS. DO A GOOD JOB OF HAVING. THEY DO CONSTANTLY UPDATED THAT CHART, IT’S GOT TO GIVE THEM SOME LOVE IF YOU WANT TO GOOD A SNAPSHOT AT ANY GIVEN TIME, OR DEPTH, CHART LOOKS LIKE I DON’T THINK THE VIKINGS TO GOOD A SNAPSHOT AT ANY OUR LARGE OURLADS.COM 100%. IT’S EVERY TEAM AND BOOM. YOU’RE RIGHT THERE. THEY’VE GOT JORDAN AT MEDICINE. SO HE’S A ROOKIE BUT HEY, I REMEMBER A TIME. THEY HAD A ROOKIE DID PRETTY WELL RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. IT’S NOT THAT, NOT THAT THERE’S A LOT OF COMPARISONS, YOU CAN DRAW BEYOND THAT. BUT ROOKIE RECEIVER FROM MARYLAND ON THE SURFACE. NOT THE KIND OF THING THAT’S GOING TO MAKE YOU SAY OH WOW, THAT’LL JUST BE FINE. WELL NO STEFON. DIGGS WAS THAT GUY ONCE UPON A TIME AND HE MADE AN IMPACT STRAIGHT FROM THE GET-GO IN MINNESOTA. SO, YOU KNOW AND IT MAY BE HEY I MEAN THIS IS YEAR 3 FOR ADDISON ADDISON’S GOING TO WANT 30 MILLION. PLUS AFTER THIS YEAR, ARE YOU GOING TO WANT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YOU’RE RIGHT. YOU’RE RIGHT. AND THE YOU KNOW, CAN YOU PAY D? JUSTIN JEFFERSON 35. CAN YOU PAY JORDAN ADDISON 30 TO 35 MINUTES IS MAKING A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY, RIGHT? DARRISAW IS MAKING GOOD MONEY, RIGHT? PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS FOR WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IN MINNESOTA WHEN ADDISON BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR CONTRACT NUMBER 2 BECAUSE HE’S GOING TO WANT TO GET PAID. YEAH, NOW NOW MAY MAYBE SOME OF THAT STEAM WILL DIE DOWN AFTER HE GETS SUSPENDED 3 GAMES. BUT BUT STILL, THEY NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A FUTURE WITHOUT JORDAN ADDISON. IF JUSTIN JEFFERSON IS THE GUY, THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THEIR OFFENSE AROUND, AND THERE’S NO REASON WHY THEY SHOULDN’T AT THIS POINT. SO, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FELTON AND JAYLEN NAILER. WHO’S THE STARTING SLOT RECEIVER. YEAH, WITH JEFFERSON AND ADDISON GUYS LIKE LUCKY JACKSON, RONDALE MOORE. I REMEMBER WHEN RONDEL MOORE WAS DRAFTED BY THE CARDINALS DREW BREES WAS WORKING WITH US THAT YEAR AND IS A PURDUE GUY. AND DREW WAS ALL ALL EXCITED. ABOUT WHAT RONDALE MOORE COULD BE? WELL, HE’S GETTING HIS SECOND CHANCE IN MINNESOTA SO IT COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIM. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN YOU’VE GOT A GUY LIKE JUSTIN JEFFERSON WHO’S GOING TO BE DOUBLED EVERYWHERE HE GOES, YOU GOT PLENTY OF SINGLE COVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER GUYS AND OTHER GUYS ARE GOING TO GET A CHANCE WEEK 1 MONDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE BEARS WEEK, 2 SUNDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE FALCONS WEEK 3 AGAINST THE BENGALS. SO AGAIN IT MAY NOT BE MURDERERS ROPE BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS. FIRST 2 GAMES BIG SPOTLIGHT GAME 3, IT’S GOING TO BE 1 OF THE BIG GAMES OF THE WEEK. CINCINNATI AT MINNESOTA, DEFINITELY. SO EVEN THOUGH SCHEDULE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING ATTENTION. IT’S GOING TO ADD A LITTLE MORE PRESSURE ON JJ MCCARTHY, COMING OUT OF THE GATES BECAUSE HE’S NOT GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT GUY THAT YOU CAN COUNT ON IF IF JEFFERSON’S COVERED, YOU KNOW, ADDISON IS GOING TO BE THERE, HE’S GOING TO MAKE A BIG CATCH IN TRAFFIC. I MEAN, HE’S, HE’S KIND OF SLIGHT AND KIND OF SKINNY AND HE’S KIND OF RUBBERY, YOU KNOW? HE JUST MAKES THESE CAT AND THERE ARE TIMES HE GETS HIT AND IT’S LIKE, HOW DO YOU GET UP? AND HE JUST BOUNCES RIGHT UP AND HE’S BEEN GREAT FOR THEM. REMEMBER THAT CATCH? HE MADE IN THE MONDAY NIGHT GAME AGAINST THE 49ERS WHEN THEY DID THE ALL-OUT BLITZ, RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME. REMEMBER HOW THAT WAS A THING FOR A FEW DAYS? HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT AND HE MADE A HELL OF A CATCH ON THAT BALL THAT OFF. I STILL REMEMBER. REMEMBER THAT? I MEAN HE IS A HELL OF A RECEIVER SO THEY WILL MISS HIM, THEY WILL MISS HIM. BUT THEY DO HAVE OTHER GUYS AND YOU KNOW, WE’LL SEE 3 WEEKS WITHOUT HIM AND WE’LL SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. YEAH, I I MEAN THOSE FIRST 3 GAMES, THERE ARE 3 TEAMS THAT ARE LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK, RIGHT. BEARS, FALCONS BENGALS. THEY’RE GOING TO BE ON A MISSION A LITTLE BIT THAT WAY. UH, THE VIKINGS ARE, ARE CERTAINLY A LITTLE MORE ESTABLISHED THAN, THAN THOSE TEAMS RIGHT THERE. MAYBE RELY ON THE DEFENSE TOO. WE KNOW BRIAN FLORES IN THAT DEFENSE, LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT WATCHING QUARTERBACK, AND I MEAN, 2 OF THE 3 QUARTERBACKS HAD A FACE, THE VIKINGS DEFENSE AND BRIAN FLORES AND ALL THEY COULD TALK ABOUT WAS HE’S A PAIN IN THE ASS TO PREPARE FOR, RIGHT? SO SO THERE’S THERE’S A LOT OF POSITIVE THERE AND WITH THIS YEAR’S CLASSES, I THINK YOU HEARD ME SAY A FEW PROCESS. I LIKED A LOT OF THE DOWN THE LINE GUYS. A LITTLE BIT THE SECOND AND THIRD ROUNDER RECEIVERS MORE THAN I DID. SOME OF THE TOP GUYS I REALLY DID. THEY KIND OF LIKE OOH AND THIS IS A DRAFT WHERE I DO THINK WE MIGHT SEE MAYBE SOME SECOND, THIRD ROUND, GUYS WHERE WE GO. WOW, THIS GUY BECAME STEVON DIGS LIKE YOUR POINT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND MAYBE THAT IS. TAY FELTON FROM MARYLAND. MAYBE IT IS. UH, BUT JORDAN ADDISON HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. YOU’RE RIGHT DRAFTING HIM AT A USC. THEY THEY STRUCK GOLD THERE TO GO ALONG WITH JJ JEFF, UH, JUSTIN JEFFERSON JEFFERSON, BUT WE’LL SEE WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO GO. I THINK THERE’S ENOUGH CULTURE TOUGHNESS. GOOD COACHING OTHER GOOD PLAYERS THERE. EVERYTHING AROUND IT. UH, FOR ME TO GO, YEAH, THEY’LL THEY’LL BE O

Mike Florio and Chris Simms map out how the Vikings will fare without Jordan Addison against the Bears, Falcons and Bengals and identify players who could rise to the occasion. #NBCSports #NFL #ProFootballTalk #Vikings
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