Comments on: Indefinite suspension for Erasmus James

By: GBISFULLOFFATTIES

GBISFULLOFFATTIES — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:36:29 +0000

Beer Cheese Soup & mnpack:
Other than Peterson, which was a no-brainer, would you care to explain how they’ve “done better the past few years … & …. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to draft Peterson
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These teams past on #28 Oakland Raiders, Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Redskins …. You can say the same for Patrick Willis ??? Someone has to pull the trigger, can’t blame a team passing because of need. Were the Vikes lucky he went 7, yes but they still made the pick…
I would say the 06 draft was quite a good one for the queens. Chad Greenway, Cedric Griffin and Ray Edwards. In 08′ you must look at Jared Allen as a draft choice, a few picks at that.

By: VoxVeritas

VoxVeritas — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:46:07 +0000

“Ware is very good, but not THAT good. He’s not even the best LB, let alone the best defender.”
The only challenger is that 31 year old one-hit wonder in PGH.

By: mnpack

mnpack — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:38:07 +0000

Beer Cheese Soup – I agree that Cowboys fans get a little delusional when it comes grading their players, but Ware is one of the top defensive players in the league and easily the best overall player on the Cowboys. That being said you are right about the Vikings’ drafts. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to draft Peterson when he falls in your lap.
Seeing how the Bears, Lions and Vikings drafted that year, I’m glad I’m a Packers fan. Rodgers in the first round. Pro Bowl safety Nick Collins in the second, and starting LB Brady Poppinga in the fourth.

By: TFBuckFutter

TFBuckFutter — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:03:45 +0000

So he’ll be eligible for full reinstatement after week 2?

By: Beer Cheese Soup

Beer Cheese Soup — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:44:02 +0000

Vox-I know you think every Cowboy starter is the best in the league at their respective position, and that Romo is a lock for the HOF, but be real. Ware is very good, but not THAT good. He’s not even the best LB, let alone the best defender.
Crazydiamond-Other than Peterson, which was a no-brainer, would you care to explain how they’ve “done better the past few years”? unless you liked that brilliant trade-up for T Jack Off..
Florio-as every TRUE journalist will tell you, what matters to people is not the who, what or where, what people want to know is the WHY. So unless you care to include WHY James was suspended, this whole article is a waste of space on your site and the time I spent reading it.

By: VoxVeritas

VoxVeritas — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:51:24 +0000

“the abysmal first-round class of 2005″
I guess it depends on your perspective. The Cowboys got Demarcus Ware (best defensive player in the NFL) and Marcus Spears (solid contributor), so I thought it was a pretty good round.

By: Crazydiamond

Crazydiamond — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:11:51 +0000

The Vikes did have an extremely poor draft in ’05. But you must admit the have done much better the last few years.

By: mozizgod

mozizgod — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:52:36 +0000

Do you want to tell us exactly why he was suspended? Hey-zeus-christos, Florio, this is piss-poor reporting. Stop wasting our time. What was he suspended for, do you even really know? He was awesome at UW, and then suffered some trials and tribulations as a rookie (mostly of his own doing) but the tagline doesn’t even match with the body of the article. Did you pass Journalism 101? Douche.

By: DidYourResearchForYou

DidYourResearchForYou — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:51:44 +0000

@JimmySee
Relevant selections from the 1st Round of the 05 NFL Draft:
7-Min-Troy Williamson
18-Min-Erasmus James
24-GB-Aaron Rodgers

By: Bob Nelson is a Whiney Titty Baby

Bob Nelson is a Whiney Titty Baby — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:38:10 +0000

Bob Nelson must spend every waking hour searching for ways to bash the Vikings. Get a life.

By: Anrkist

Anrkist — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:21:19 +0000

He sounds like a horrible person and should suffer great wrath from this web site.

By: jimmySee

jimmySee — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:14:09 +0000

Excuse me, but the Packers took Aaron Rodgers in the first round of that 2005 draft.

By: MkePackFan

MkePackFan — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:33:17 +0000

Did pretty well @ UW – Madison and not much else since then. Too bad.

By: Tjackfan

Tjackfan — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:29:16 +0000

It’s almost like the other teams in the NFC North were taking turns drafting on behalf of the Vikings.
What a JOKE!
Troy Williamson, WR, South Carolina, (1st round, 7th overall)
Erasmus James, DE, Wisconsin, (1st round, 18th overall)
Marcus Johnson, OT/OG, Mississippi, (2nd round, 49th overall)
Dustin Fox, DB, Ohio State, (3rd round, 80th overall)
Ciatrick Fason, RB, Florida, (4th round, 112th overall from Washington for 2005 4th & 5th round picks)
C.J. Mosley, DT, Missouri, (6th round, 191st overall)
Adrian Ward, CB, Texas-El Paso, (7th round, 219th overall from Oakland)
The Vikings also signed undrafted rookie free agent Placekicker Jonathan Nichols of Mississippi.

By: Bob Nelson

Bob Nelson — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:17:28 +0000

The vikings chose Troy Williamson and Erasmus James ahead of Aaron Rodgers in that 2005 draft.
They did even worse later in that draft.