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Why the Vikings should trust their process — and say goodbye to Sam Darnold

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Sam Darnold led the Vikings to within a win of the NFC 's No. 1 seed.

The Vikings avoided using the franchise tag on him, which would have cost them roughly $40 million against the cap.

J.J. McCarthy , the guy they traded up to draft No. 10 overall last spring , tore his meniscus in August .

McCarthy 's injury just assured he'd have no one looking over his shoulder.

There are too few of them, and the consequences of not having one are drastic.

The Vikings are an outlier. They have a roster and a coach that can work around it.

Rodgers to Titans ? Russ to Raiders ? Our prescriptions for 7 QB-needy teams.

Shedeur Sanders is being called 'arrogant' after the NFL Combine .

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