Who should the Vikes draft?

[LMITOUT]

LOL! Sorry, i forgot how it was on this forum.

Robotic voice-"I love Rick Spielman. He never makes the wrong pick. Every pick in this draft will be a 10 year starter for the vikes. Nothing is gonna stop us now."

There, is that better?

[zepman]

Blanton is the Vikes new STARTING FS. Nice pick!

From every indication, Childs is healthy again. He had an outstanding pro day.

[james_walleye]

LOL! Sorry, i forgot how it was on this forum.

Robotic voice-"I love Rick Spielman. He never makes the wrong pick. Every pick in this draft will be a 10 year starter for the vikes. Nothing is gonna stop us now."

There, is that better?

Yes you are right and here is why. Ill use your logic. We just drafted 2 receivers in the 4th round off one of the most dynamic pass offenses in college football. How can it not get any better than that in the 4th round?? Lol. Wonder why we waited til the 4th round to nab these dynamic receivers off this prolific offense. What a steal. With your logic they should have been right up with blackmon because of the offense they played on lol.

[james_walleye]

If I was not affraid you would hunt me down yiggini would show you my facebook page where I said as the draft started that I wanted Kalil and to some how get the safety from notre same BECAUSE THE VIKINGS DON'T HAVE A SAFETY ON THE ROSTER. You can save the Speilman garbage, I've never credited him with anything. I said BEFORE the draft to look st receivers later in the draft because it is so deep there.

[zepman]

Wish they would have grabbed a MLB with the USC TE\FB selection. I suppose he's Jimmy K's replacement so I get why they did it though.

Still need a MLB...

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

Yes james, I realize all of that. The Childs pick was a good pick, I DO actually like that pick. As for your Fighting Irish secondary- I really hope they work out, but i dont see it. The other WR we took looks like a backup for when percy has migranes or when we line him up at RB twice a game. Then another TE???

I dont know, you guys go ahead and love all of our picks... Ill be the first to say im wrong when they all blow up this year. But im just not that impressed. Sorry

I dont think you have to worry about me hunting you down james- lol Trash talking on this forum will be about the worst you see out of me. Can u imagine if we fished in the same boat and a vikings conversation broke out?????? who would go over the side of the boat 1st?

[james_walleye]

I liked the first two picks. From there on it's a crapshoot. I do think there strategy was right on. They have to have some of these middle of the draft picks to hit. Wr was so deep this year I think the best way to be efficient in this draft was to fill other needs first and save the WR position for the middle. It only seems logical that in the deepest position should be the best chance of hitting later in the draft. I don't have a problem sprinkling in an H back type player in the 5th round when you have a dozen picks. If he sees the field at FB or blocking TE than hes art least more productive than some backup on the practice squad. Sounds like to me he is more along that line of player?

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

I was never implying their "strategy" was bad, i agree, i think it was a good strategy other then taking a TE in a spot where we definantly could have used someone else. Im just not that high on the players they ended up with. I REALLY wish they would have traded up higher in the first rd and gotten a guy like Kirkpatrick. They had the ammo to do it. I would feel much better about it then.

AND this is also why ive been saying the whole time they should have signed at least ONE young proven guy in FA to shore up a spot somewhere! Thats one less position to worry about in this "dump shoot" after the 1st rd

[Bryce]

Audie who? Doesn't really matter what our DB picks turn into next year. Offenses are going to tear up one of the weakest LB crews in the league. Starters likely to be Erin "in the the league solely on my brothers name and now some sympathy due to his devastating injury" , Chad "lead the world in tackles due to jumping on every pile in site" , EJ "someones gotta keep my little bro in the league even though I too have been overrated my whole carreer" , and take your pick for number 4. Ragnar, that one cheerleader that has the best 6 pack abs I have ever seen (always starts the game to the right of the vikes sideline as you look from behind them - check it out) , or maybe one of those bulky dudes all dressed up in the fronts rows right behind vikes sideline.

[Bryce]

Oh no. They passed up on a guy with the name of Fugger.

[LMITOUT]

Character issues are hardly a factor for this team at this point. Harvin, Randy Moss pt 2, Cook, and now Simpson.

The "culture of accountability" is long gone. Bring on Jenkins and hire a good trial lawyer.

Looks like there is a new clown to add to the circus of dysfunction, Caleb King.

[Bryce]

Any hot tubbing with minors? That would only make it better.

[LMITOUT]

No, just being a thug.

[Snag]

Rome wasn't built in day. The Vikes are getting old in many positions and terrible at others. Too many holes to fill in one draft. Speilman would need to have a time machine in order to select great players in every round.

Top ten pick again next year.

I love the WR free agent who had the 2.5 lbs of weed shipped to his door. Nice pickup before the state shells out 600 million for a stadium.

[BuckSutherland]

While some of you are happy with the way the draft went I am not. I think the compensation they got from Clevland was too little. I would have liked to see them pick up Clevland's other first or their second and maybe one other pick. I was very happy with the Kalil selection. Knew it would be him all along. But why they didnt come up and try to get DeCastro is beyond me. We could have had the best guard and tackle to hit the draft in the last couple years. They could have fixed the O-line for years to come. Then their would have been no excuse for Ponder not to succeed this year.

All those picks and instead of trying to get 3-5 really good guys we settle for 6-8 scrubs. I dont see us winning a game in the division this year. So basically we will have a top 5 pick again next year. Probably lead the league in felonies and gross misd. too. Everyone gives spielman soo much credit for the trade with Cle. well no shat. After Hillis was gone it was apparent where they were going. He didnt do that great this weekend, and if you think he did you are drinkin too much kool-aid.

[james_walleye]

So you go Decastro and not Smith.....just out of curiosity who would you put at safety then since there isn't one even on the roster. They don't even have johnson or abdullah on the roster. ll you did with your scenario is fix one hole and left a different one open lol. This is real simple. The vikings have to hit on the third round and beyond just like every other relevant team has. Any team can hit in the first two rounds. It's the later rounds that are the difference. You may call them scrubs, but they have to have some of those players be relevant starters. You are aren't building a team by just drafting 3 good players. I'm real curious how you think the vikings were going to get 5 real good players without mortgaging next years draft away.

Ps the selection of Kalil moves Johnson to his natural position of guard anyway. There was no reason to move back into the first round and take a guard with all the other holes. How rediculous......

And you can save the speilman talk with me right now. No one will know how good our bad this draft was for a couple years.

[zepman]

We have plenty of guards on this team right now...5, if I'm counting right. Our right tackle is THE weaklink on the O-Line.

I thought they had a great draft on paper...love the way they adressed the safety position and defensive backfield as a whole.

Picked up some WR's...hope they work out. Some depth on the D-line and MLB at the end.

They adressed as many needs as you can possibly do in one draft.

Let's hope they can all step-up and become good professionals now.

[james_walleye]

Exactly my thoughts zep.

[schmitty3]

Who's to say they didn't look to trade for another second or third rounder? How do you know they didn't try to make something happen, and just didn't get what they were looking for. Also who would you have rather had them draft in the late rounds? All those players are gonna be considered scrubs by the fans, until they prove otherwise.

[FISHINGURU]

Movin up to get Decastro would of been mean, I said that a few pages back. I like Smith though so I'm happy with that move, maybe it was to spendy to move up to get Decastro, I'm sure Pitts were lickin their chops to get a guard of that quality that late.

I like Rhett Elison I just thought it was a little early for him, supposedly Spielman knew some GM was about to take him and got a few calls after the pick about saying how he was lucky because other teams were about to take him lol.

I don't mind the strategy about going for leaders/captains and picking players that are teammates. The familiarity with each other could help with the transition.

We drafted about 5-6 players that are going to be starters, if a few of them turn out to be studs it's a good draft. If they end up being busters it's a bad draft. Only time can tell, like it or hate it you have to wait and see.

[Scott K]

About the only player I like from todays picks is Jarius Wright, He will be a good slot receiver, but I think Harvin may just take a few of his plays from him.

[FISHINGURU]

My god, peace out Longwell.

[LMITOUT]

Any hot tubbing with minors? That would only make it better.

According to a statement from the Anoka County Sheriff, via Jeremy Fowler of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the alleged beating came after the victim teased King “about his resemblance to a celebrity.” The victim now has 50 stitches in his head, and he may have “very serious brain damage.”

A hot tub incident would be the best the Vikings could hope for at this point.

[schmitty3]

It's nice to get a good kicker. Longwell is starting to really decline, especially his power. His kickoffs weren't getting past the 10 yrd line.

[BuckSutherland]

This is real simple. The vikings have to hit on the third round and beyond just like every other relevant team has. Any team can hit in the first two rounds. It's the later rounds that are the difference. You may call them scrubs, but they have to have some of those players be relevant starters. You are aren't building a team by just drafting 3 good players. I'm real curious how you think the vikings were going to get 5 real good players without mortgaging next years draft away.

Cause they have done such a great job of that in the past!

Here is our draft history in case you arent familiar with it.

http://www.vikings.com/team/history/all-time-drafts.html

Not to many "relevant" starters drafted by us since 2000 in 3-7. The fact that Spielman and the Vikes couldnt get Clevlands other first round pick shows they have no clue. Maybe we could have sent them some of our lower round picks to sweeten the deal. Instead this silly-me had to amass as many picks as he could so when 1 of 13 guys turns out to be a starter he can says "look at me and what a great job I did." They have no ability to vet talent. Instead, there is safety in numbers. Spielman has been here for how many years? He is part of the reason the team looks like a huge pile of vommit. The vikings run like govt. You have helped us do a terrible job so we will promote you. My two year old newphew could have gotten clevland to trade what they did. For all the ammo we had we should have had 4 picks in the top 60.

Maybe they can put Joe webb at safety since he is sooo far from an NFL QB it is laughable. But then again MN fans are sooo easy to please they think he is Joe Montana when he scrambles around and makes something from nothin on some stupid broken play. Webb and Mystrel Raymond probably would have made the Pro bowl together.

The whole point is that you cant fix everything in one year. A smart team would have fixed one side of the ball first. And since we are all in on Ponder and Peterson we should have given them the best chance to succeed. Just because we have 5 guards on the team doesnt mean squat. If they would have had Clevlands other pick at 22 we could have taken Decastro. Our line would have been better that it has been for a long time for years to come. They could have still made the trade to get in front of the Giants too then and get their safety. And I would have liked to see their board and how many recievers they let get away cause they couldnt, wouldnt, didnt move up. Pitiful.

Maybe Limit could post a picture of the Vikes trophey case for us all again. I lost count of how many Lombardis were in there. It will look the same 5 years from now with these guys in charge. I bet we pass on Barkley next year cause we already have a QB in Ponder. LOL The only team I see being worse than us at this point is SEATTLE.