Vikes Draft....what will they do???

[Tripleplay]

Loved Peterson at #7. As I stated earlier I would have preferred Jarrett but I also think that Rice has got a ton of potential. That said, a number of commentators and scouting services said that Rice is young and immature so you have to question whether he is ready to play in the NFL. I did see that he was a basketball player mainly in high school so his football skills should continue to get better and better. He has higher upside than Jarrett if he matures and develops his game so I'm OK waiting him out but we probably would have benefited this year from a more NFL ready player like Jarret but it's not like I'm expecting a Superbowl this year anyways.

A third round CB that was benched mid-season means super high upside but which player did we draft? The possible top-15 pick based on his junior year or the concussion suffering, non-starting end of senior year player? I hope it is the junior year player who got his eyes opened.

Everything I've heard about Robison is good and well worth moving up for in the fourth. Many pre-draft reports had Allison out of East Carolina as one of the sleepers at WR so getting him in the fifth round is awesome (many mocks had him going in the third round). Don't know enough about the remaining drafted players to comment. I did hear Ben Patrick the TE out of Delaware went in the seventh and he was also considered a sleeper so his name might have looked pretty good in purple as well.

Yahoo has the Vikings at a B grade for the draft. Highest grades in the NFC went to San Fran and Atlanta with some other B grade teams as well. After some of the previous drafts I would have begged for a B so I'll take it.

[james_walleye]

Everything i've read and heard says hes a big physical reciever that has great hands. I dont think anyone has called him a savior, in fact i never stated at all that i liked him over Jarrett. I just simply stated what i have read and heard.

[koonie]

slot limit

can you let us know where you read that he had problems catching the ball. Maybe a HSOforum or a link of some sort. Everywhere I've looked, they've said he's got good hands. There were even some sites that said he had the second best hands in the draft behind only CJ. If needed I'll provide some links on Rice. I was hoping we'd take Jarrett. It's been said that Rice is a bit immature and raw. They also said if he'd have stayed in school he would have been a top 15 pick next year.

[slotlimit]

I know this is going to shoot my story in the foot but I'm man anough to admit when I'm wrong. On the NFL web site during the draft Vic C and another guy where giving a little analysis of each player after they where drafted. What I wrote is what Vic C. wrote under him in the draft tracker. Now when I went back there the is nothing written about anyone under their names. I was just going off of what Vic had written. I never watched him play in person or on tv so I guess I shouldn't have believed it just because one guy wrote that about him. But I give my word that's what was written.

[WallyGator12000]

Hey, it's understandable, and it doesn't mean you were wrong, just that you were going off of what another guy said. I honestly haven't watched the kid play except for highlight reels, and of course he is going to catch the ball then. So I assume he has great hands because that is what I read about him. I think the truth is just that all of us should hope this kid can get it together and reach his full potential!

[eglleftcoast]

Here is Gil Brandt's Analysis

Rice is another player who has been in school three years. He has got a lot of work to do before he's an NFL receiver. He has got a lot of talent, but not a lot of experience as a wide receiver. He has got to learn to run routes better and hang onto the ball. At his Pro Day at South Carolina this year, there were 20 scouts to see him run. It was a perfect day, but his agent told him not to run because the grass was too hard. That's an indicator of a lack of maturity.

[koonie]

Wasn't trying to bust your b----s slot. The draft site I'm usually on is very uptight and they always want a link or site for proof. There are about a million analysts out there so I really have no doubts what you said was true. I need to unwind after being on that draft sight for the last four months.

[slotlimit]

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Here is Gil Brandt's Analysis

Rice is another player who has been in school three years. He has got a lot of work to do before he's an NFL receiver. He has got a lot of talent, but not a lot of experience as a wide receiver. He has got to learn to run routes better and hang onto the ball. At his Pro Day at South Carolina this year, there were 20 scouts to see him run. It was a perfect day, but his agent told him not to run because the grass was too hard. That's an indicator of a lack of maturity.

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This is just like I read. It sounds like a player I don't want on my team. But I will be willing to wait and see.