I tend to agree with you GOP. Spielman says he likes to have the firepower for when he wants to move up. If I'm not mistaken, he didn't move up once this year. The best thing he did with two of the late round picks was to swap a 5th for a next rd 4th and a 6th for a next rd 5th. A smaller...
I agree Winefield has crept up the boards and will not be there when we pick in the second round but I don't think we should take him in the first round either, only if he is available in the second round.
LATEST VERSION! CLOSER TO FINAL VERSION
PLAYER TEAM POSS HEIGHT WEIGHT
RD 1 (22/25)
JOSH JONES HOUSTON OT 6'5" 310
KRISTAN FULTON LSU CB 6'0" 200
GRANT DELPIT LSU S 6'3" 203
A.J. EPENESA IOWA DE 6'6" 280
XAVIOR MCKENNY ALABAMA S 6'0" 201
JULIAN OKWARA ND DE 6'4" 254
DENZEL...
Yes, players from 5th round down may not make it but he got 4 additional picks for going down in rd 3 from pick 81 tu 102. Will be interesting to see how the pick, Mattison the running back turns out vs players they could have drafted. If he turns out to be a strong one two combination with Cook...
I like our first 4 picks and feel we gave the offense some love this year. To tell the truth I'm pretty much clueless about the rest of them or the rookie free agents we are signing with the exception of Boyd the UT cornerback. He was rated much higher than where we took him could wind up being...
Got to say Kubiak had Speilman's ear over Zimmer. Heard Zimmer was pissed when they kept trading down and was ready to pull the phone line out of the wall .. LOL .. I think it was a part of a plan to trade down every time a defensive player is the top rated player on the board. Oh my, Vikes...
Figured we would take a TE but never in my wildest dreams did I think Smith would be there at 50
Can we please get a third or fourth round pick for Rudoulf .. I'd even take a 5th to save 7 million on cap space but who knows, Maybe play action works best with 2 tight ends as they can block for...
Only problem is Ragnow didn't have a good rookie season .. I'm glad they felt so good abut Bradbury. I predicted we would take him on this board early yesterday but have to admit it was because I thought Taylor and Dillard would be off the board.
Ducky, if you look at my draft chart I predicted we would trade down further in the draft to get Bradbury but I had him as the first O Lineman to get. And I fully anticipated the Vikings trading down when I saw how many O Linemen were still on the board. The fact they didn't could have meant...
Thx.I'm down with the pick as well. best performer at the combine and great for zone blocking scheme. That said I thought we might take Taylor or Dillard when they were there.
This is my first round projection ... Because there will probably be 4 O Linemen off the board before we select. I would be fine with this pick. I watched the combine and Bradbury had really smooth foot work. He is perfect for a zone blocking scheme. In fact he is probably the best fit for...
I believe there is a lot of truth to the fact Zimmer has one more opportunity. I think this is why ownership jumped on Reave's as an assistant head couch. Not to be there to take Zimmers place as head couch but to help Zimmer through strategic decisions that hopefully would save his job. Best...
Due to the presence of Reaves I say close to zero. Even at pick number 50 in round 2 the good ones may all be gone which means if they don't take one at 18 and don't move down in the first round and take one, they might have to move up in round 2. Spielman would much rather move down in this...
PICK 18 .. RD 1
JONAH WILLIAMS ALABAMA G/OT 6'4" 304 6.3
ANDRE DILLARD WASHINGTON ST OT 6/5" 315 6.2
JAWAAN TAYLOR FLORIDA OT 6'5" 312 6.14
CODY FORD OKLAHOMA G/OT 6'4" 335 5.95
Trade Down
GARRETT BRADBURY NC STATE C 6'3" 305 6.12
DALTON RISNER KANSAS STATE G/OT 6'5" 310 6.05
CHRIS LINDSTROM...
6.00-6.49
Should become instant starter
5.50-5.99
Chance to become NFL starter
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NFL.com ranks players in their combine coverage. There are 25 O Linemen that rank above 5.50 .. I've never seen anything like this before. Hope the Vikings are aggressive in this...
There are 9 O Linemen worthy of going through Indy's pick number 34. TB, Jax, Buff, NYG are candidates to take O Linemen before we pick leaving us number 5 .. Houston is going to take one at #23 .. A couple more could come off the board by pick #34 leaving one .. There are 4 second tier linemen...