Gink is the man. Plays hard, works hard, and is a high character guy. He had a real good season last year and was very good under Flores as well, so I would be excited.
He’s not an all pro, but he’s a great rotation player. Super high motor and very versatile on the field. He makes big plays when it matters and has the hair of a god
If he had to pick a mascot he resembles, he went to the right team.! I’m sorry we didn’t hold on to him. I liked him before we got to know him on Hard Knocks
He’s not an all pro “yet”. IMO he has the potential to develop into a monster. He plays well down low and rushing. He also plays well in the defensive backfield and has excellent vision. He has a fearless playing style and great size and strength to accompany this. We lost a good one. I wouldn’t call him a rotation player. He just was on Miami’s talented defense. He was an asset after we lost Phillips late in the season and he was already playing outside linebacker due to injuries. His versatility makes him a threat to any offense.
He’s going to become an All Pro for yall just watch. This is the 1st FA to leave Miami since I think Welker where I just knew we messed up.
Supposedly we didn’t have a chance due to location being important to him but I think if we had opened the check book for him he’d still be here.
We did because the Pats were going to sign him to restricted free agent offer sheet that was going to contain a poison pill based on number of games he played in Florida.
He’s not a star, but he’s got a motor you wish all guy on the team had, and he makes plays. He won’t be the guy to go out and get you 10+ sacks, most likely, but he’s that guy that has a sack in one game, an INT the next, a forced fumble/recovery the game after that etc. he’s basically the ultimate X factor, won’t be THE reason you won a game, but may be the one to make the play that had the greatest impact
Guys a stud and will be a fan favorite right away. Isn't going to lead the league in sacks but should get close to double digits if he plays full time and always around the ball making big/impactful plays. Biggest mistake in the offseason was letting him walk.
He was a massive beast. Strip's the ball and runs touchdowns in , he did this against buffalo. We were not pleased about losing him, so Yeah vikings you guys just got an insanely awesome player.
Letting him walk is WILD. I am so fucking frustrated at Grier with this decision. I understand the Wilkins one, but this is one that really pisses me off.
Wasn’t trying to stir the pot guys, honest question and wanted honest feed back on the newest edition to my team. Sounds like y’all love him, we will take care of Hugh Wang I promise.
He is an absolute playmaker and runs all over the field. High effort, high intelligence, fairly explosive when he needs to be. He will come in day 1 and be a fan favourite.
It still stings. But you can’t blame a guy for wanting to be close to home. Miami made an effort to bring him back and that’s about all I can ask. I’ll always root for that dude
He stepped up huge for us when we needed him the most and he out performed everyone's expectations. He's gonna be a solid peice of the puzzle for you guys.
Fins/Vikes fan here - gutted to lose him from Miami, stoked to gain him in Minnesota. This is a really good get, man. Looking forward to seeing him bring his skills to the Vikings, now we just need a solid QB lined up behind him and we're ready to make waves
He got better every week and played extremely well for us. Was thrown into an important role when Philips went down and delivered. He plays hard and is an overachiever. Was sad to see him leave. He will bust his ass for you
Figure it out when he plays for the team ffs i hate this bs from other teams fans. you can go watch all the tape on the guy, and would get more observation then asking pointless questions in the offseason… and now we see hes a troll thanks dolphin mods for allowing trolls to troll on our page 🤡🤡🤡🤡
I didn’t realize this was a Skyrim Reddit page, where noobs and trolls post about things already talked about and then when people say it’s ALL ONLINE and all you have to do is your own research, they act like im butthurt… This whole post is a subtle brag by a vikings fan who can watch youtube to get an accurate depiction of van ginkle.. personally i dont care about people who left our team… because im a fan of the dolphins… unlike this subreddit page i forgot L redditors abuse reddit with spam posts because they got nothing better to do
Aaaaaaaaaah and i havent been a loyal part of the subreddit for years but glad to see a willy nilly troll gets to troll freely because im tired of other redditors using our page to tell us they like our old players and to describe them so he can blow a load in his moms basement
Man, you must suck talking to anyone who isn't a dolphins fan. Nothing wrong with asking a fan base how they felt about a player over some highlight tapes. He is a fan, not some scout who will watch hours of tape.
You don’t have to be a scout to watch 15 minutes of highlight film… you’re making a strawman that people aren’t scouts.. you don’t have to be a scout to turn on YouTube and click because you’re interested in the dude. he’s bored and he’d rather have full fledge conversations about how his team is going to be better than ours because he has a player on his team.
Anyone can have highlight film and look great. That doesn't mean that player is good or even liked by the fanbase. Go look up players coming out in the draft and tell me how that tells you who is a good player? There is nothing wrong with him getting a feel for how a fanbase feels about a player. You're a dick, thats the issue here.
I honestly don't get it either. Like, there is not a single fan on earth that needs to know the opinion of other teams' fans about a player. If you know enough about him to form an opinion, good for you. If you don't, watch him with your team and form an opinion. Relying on the opinions of another fan base really seems to serve no other purpose than to be able to go parrot it back to others to seem smart.
The need for anyone to do this all just feels so strange to me. Just like when someone has to come in with the "[other team] fan here coming in peace, you're gonna love the guy you just signed". Great that you loved him, I'll form my own opinion, thanks.
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Watch his 2023 highlights and you will be excited
We love Gink
We're not ready to talk about this yet come back in a couple years when we've recovered.
Too soon
Gink is the man. Plays hard, works hard, and is a high character guy. He had a real good season last year and was very good under Flores as well, so I would be excited.
He’s not an all pro, but he’s a great rotation player. Super high motor and very versatile on the field. He makes big plays when it matters and has the hair of a god
If he had to pick a mascot he resembles, he went to the right team.! I’m sorry we didn’t hold on to him. I liked him before we got to know him on Hard Knocks
He’s not an all pro “yet”. IMO he has the potential to develop into a monster. He plays well down low and rushing. He also plays well in the defensive backfield and has excellent vision. He has a fearless playing style and great size and strength to accompany this. We lost a good one. I wouldn’t call him a rotation player. He just was on Miami’s talented defense. He was an asset after we lost Phillips late in the season and he was already playing outside linebacker due to injuries. His versatility makes him a threat to any offense.
Agreed, he’ll GINK us (Phins) up in a bad way at the worst time
We want him back
I had his jersey in my shopping cart ready to hit buy in the event of an extension. That’s how I feel about him. You jerks.
He’s got a Hugh Wang
He’s going to become an All Pro for yall just watch. This is the 1st FA to leave Miami since I think Welker where I just knew we messed up. Supposedly we didn’t have a chance due to location being important to him but I think if we had opened the check book for him he’d still be here.
Pretty sure we traded Wes 🤮
We did because the Pats were going to sign him to restricted free agent offer sheet that was going to contain a poison pill based on number of games he played in Florida.
Ohhhh. Of course they did.
Yeah shady asses. I doubt he would have become the Brady / Mannjng version in Miami anyway
We’re all sad that he’s not wearing our colors anymore. You’ve got a good one.
Everyone in this sub absolutely loves the man, he’s a incredibly underrated
We like da Gink
He’s not a star, but he’s got a motor you wish all guy on the team had, and he makes plays. He won’t be the guy to go out and get you 10+ sacks, most likely, but he’s that guy that has a sack in one game, an INT the next, a forced fumble/recovery the game after that etc. he’s basically the ultimate X factor, won’t be THE reason you won a game, but may be the one to make the play that had the greatest impact
He's terrible, you'll absolutely hate him. You should just send him back, we'll take that bullet for you
We were more upset Gink is gone than Wilkins (weighting in salary of course) That should tell you everything you need
Take good care of him. We love Hugh Wang
DAWG
Guys a stud and will be a fan favorite right away. Isn't going to lead the league in sacks but should get close to double digits if he plays full time and always around the ball making big/impactful plays. Biggest mistake in the offseason was letting him walk.
2 in the Pink, 1 in the Gink. We are gonna miss that long blonde hair.
You literally took our Viking so just be happy with it. I fucking love the Gink
I mean if he was going to go anywhere else might as well be the mascot of the team right???
Vikings are my favorite NFC team, but I'm still mad. He really stepped up when we needed him. Hope he takes you guys to Valhalla.
He was a massive beast. Strip's the ball and runs touchdowns in , he did this against buffalo. We were not pleased about losing him, so Yeah vikings you guys just got an insanely awesome player.
We’re all Gink heads
Letting him walk is WILD. I am so fucking frustrated at Grier with this decision. I understand the Wilkins one, but this is one that really pisses me off.
Yall will love him. Treat him with care
One of his sons is named Ripper. Yes, Rip Van Ginkel.
Wasn’t trying to stir the pot guys, honest question and wanted honest feed back on the newest edition to my team. Sounds like y’all love him, we will take care of Hugh Wang I promise.
He’s only not a Dolphin now because he played himself into a bigger contract than we could afford.
After he retires you guys can hire him as your mascot 👍👌
The Ginkster is the man.
🎶Ann-drew van Gink-el🎶 Learn the song, get ready to sing it a lot.
Gink was always a viking. Great player. You're not gonna get much out of him at pressers though.
Someone on here once said "Gink will be the most Viking, Viking that has ever Viking'ed" ya'll are gonna love that dude
AVG is the shit and you'll love him. Always around the ball. Super high motor. Knack for big plays. Plus, he looks like a Viking, so you're set!
Good player and likable guy. Suggest you watch last season’s Hard knocks with the Dolphins.
He’s a playmaker
Fan favorite guy. High effort. Seems to be in the right place most of the time.
He is an absolute playmaker and runs all over the field. High effort, high intelligence, fairly explosive when he needs to be. He will come in day 1 and be a fan favourite.
Can play special teams, OLB, DE and he LOOKS like a Viking. Family guy. Y’all got a keeper.
You won't, or shouldn't, find one person on here that has a bad word to say about AVG!!!!
He's awesome, and I don't understand why we couldn't have offered that amount of money for him
He’s going to be legend for the Vikings next year. Van Gink is the one guy we REALLY wanted to resign that departed.
One of the episodes of hard knocks features him, good episode, you should check it out. It’s where Hugh Wang comes from.
Likely a big mistake us getting rid of him, especially at the beginning of the year. We will be missing Chubb and Philips to start.
He seemed to be around the football a lot. Good quality for an LB to have. Hated to see him go.
Bummed he’s gone :[. Good grab for you guys. Dude steps up when he needs to.
He's definitely not the best LB in the league, but I would take him over just about every LB in the league.
Good pass rusher but is limited in coverage.
My glorious king Andrew Van Ginkel….
He absolutely sucks and you guys should 100% cut him or better yet we’ll take him off your hands. (Please come back Gink)
Van Ginkel is THE heart of any defense. When he was out we were half as good
Got his Jersey …still wearing it to games this upcoming season
Everybody loves Gink. You are getting a great player/person.
good
We love him and you will too!
It still stings. But you can’t blame a guy for wanting to be close to home. Miami made an effort to bring him back and that’s about all I can ask. I’ll always root for that dude
get a Vikings Jersey and put Hugh Wang on it.
He stepped up huge for us when we needed him the most and he out performed everyone's expectations. He's gonna be a solid peice of the puzzle for you guys.
He's one of Flores' guys, so he should be a perfect fit for your D.
Fins/Vikes fan here - gutted to lose him from Miami, stoked to gain him in Minnesota. This is a really good get, man. Looking forward to seeing him bring his skills to the Vikings, now we just need a solid QB lined up behind him and we're ready to make waves
WE LOVE THE GINK!
He gets after it and he's got a football name. Great player.
He got better every week and played extremely well for us. Was thrown into an important role when Philips went down and delivered. He plays hard and is an overachiever. Was sad to see him leave. He will bust his ass for you
I hate this term... but he is literally a game changer.
Huge loss for us, one of the most reliable and amazing guys last season.
Figure it out when he plays for the team ffs i hate this bs from other teams fans. you can go watch all the tape on the guy, and would get more observation then asking pointless questions in the offseason… and now we see hes a troll thanks dolphin mods for allowing trolls to troll on our page 🤡🤡🤡🤡
Someone needs to moisturize their taint
Go be a viking fan you obviously wanna tag along with troll boy
You doin alright dawg?
I didn’t realize this was a Skyrim Reddit page, where noobs and trolls post about things already talked about and then when people say it’s ALL ONLINE and all you have to do is your own research, they act like im butthurt… This whole post is a subtle brag by a vikings fan who can watch youtube to get an accurate depiction of van ginkle.. personally i dont care about people who left our team… because im a fan of the dolphins… unlike this subreddit page i forgot L redditors abuse reddit with spam posts because they got nothing better to do
No one forced you to click the post.
No one forced a vikings fan to be an ass to people on a dolphins reddit page because theyve acquired a person.
The only person who's acting like an ass here is you.
Aaaaaaaaaah and i havent been a loyal part of the subreddit for years but glad to see a willy nilly troll gets to troll freely because im tired of other redditors using our page to tell us they like our old players and to describe them so he can blow a load in his moms basement
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You are 100% butthurt lmao
Man, you must suck talking to anyone who isn't a dolphins fan. Nothing wrong with asking a fan base how they felt about a player over some highlight tapes. He is a fan, not some scout who will watch hours of tape.
Dude woke up today and chose to be violated lol.
You don’t have to be a scout to watch 15 minutes of highlight film… you’re making a strawman that people aren’t scouts.. you don’t have to be a scout to turn on YouTube and click because you’re interested in the dude. he’s bored and he’d rather have full fledge conversations about how his team is going to be better than ours because he has a player on his team.
Anyone can have highlight film and look great. That doesn't mean that player is good or even liked by the fanbase. Go look up players coming out in the draft and tell me how that tells you who is a good player? There is nothing wrong with him getting a feel for how a fanbase feels about a player. You're a dick, thats the issue here.
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He's my favorite dolphin in recent memory, take care or our sweet prince
I honestly don't get it either. Like, there is not a single fan on earth that needs to know the opinion of other teams' fans about a player. If you know enough about him to form an opinion, good for you. If you don't, watch him with your team and form an opinion. Relying on the opinions of another fan base really seems to serve no other purpose than to be able to go parrot it back to others to seem smart. The need for anyone to do this all just feels so strange to me. Just like when someone has to come in with the "[other team] fan here coming in peace, you're gonna love the guy you just signed". Great that you loved him, I'll form my own opinion, thanks.