Blackmon ran a 5.5 40 dash. I don’t care how physical he is you can draft him the risk is two high. I would have liked to see the bikes go for a CB in free agency but we want to build through the draft. Malil set you LT spot for ten years. He is who we will get despite the smoke screens.
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Wow, so Blackmon’s 40 time was slower than Pat Williams’? I wonder why so many people are high on him? I guess you’re right, we’d better draft Malil.

If the vikes are truly drafting for need, then Claiborne is the obvious pick. Ponder and Vikes WR’s aren’t good enough to take full advantage of improved LT play. But the Vikings elite pass rush would absolutely maximize the effect of a great cover corner.

Cornerback is the weakest position on the Vikings current roster and they play in a division with 3 very good passing opponents.

It’s said that you know when your offensive line is doing a good job when you don’t hear their names called during a game. To ask Mr. Sansevere if he knows the starting LTs on the Packers and Giants……and he doesn’t…….means they have talent in those trenches.

Do the right thing in April and draft the LT.

Thanks.

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Their names are Marshall Newhouse and David Diehl, and they were two of the worst LTs in football last year. So way to fail miserably at making a point.

I will say your on the right track though, look at GB and NYG and tell me what they have in common beyond the QB…… WRs, and plenty of them. Vikings…. DRAFT BLACKMON!

You can hate on talking heads all you want, but Mike Mayock, Todd McShay, and Mel Kiper are professional draft analysts, as in they make a lot of money sitting around all year and grading NFL prospects, so when they say something, it’s generally a pretty good idea to listen.
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Mayock is the only one of those three who isn’t a joke, and up until just before the combine he had Reilly Reiff as his number 1 LT prospect. Even after Kalil’s outstanding workout numbers, Mayock still points out his technique flaws, which may or may not be able to be fixed through coaching. Meanwhile Reiff, though nowhere near as good from a raw physical, is flawless in his technique and is probably the safer of the two prospects, just with less upside.

Actually in all our simulations CB appears to be a greater need for the Vikes than LT. Morris Claiborne at 3 is not a stretch, infact we project him to go at 3 instead of Matt Kahil. As my favorite exec Eric Dacosta always says, the more time you spend in this business you will realize the talking heads on TV often have no idea.

Jesus H. Christ, I don’t even know where to start. You can’t quote your own “simulations” without first explaining who you are, and I’m guessing you can’t explain who you are because you’re twelve years old and your simulations involved playing a game of Madden where the Vikings had the best left tackle you could create and a game where the Vikings had the best cornerback you could create. Experimental flaws aside, Morris Claiborne is not the greatest cornerback of all time, he’s not even the best cornerback to come out of LSU in the last two years. Patrick Peterson was a much better prospect, will make a much better player once he develops, and he was drafted at number five overall for a reason.

A cornerback hasn’t been drafted with the third pick in the draft since 1997, and while Shawn Springs was a very good player, I don’t think anyone who was in the Seahawks front office back then would regard using the number three pick on a defensive back as a great move.

Matt Kalil, on the other hand is one of the best left tackles to enter the NFL draft in years. If there were no major quarterback needs in the league this year, Kalil would be the easy, consensus choice for whichever team held the number one pick. You can hate on talking heads all you want, but Mike Mayock, Todd McShay, and Mel Kiper are professional draft analysts, as in they make a lot of money sitting around all year and grading NFL prospects, so when they say something, it’s generally a pretty good idea to listen. Unless, of course, one is too busy playing around with fantasy cornerbacks on Madden.

Remember, we’re talking about the front office that passed on Aaron Rodgers TWICE so they could draft the immortals Troy Williamson (at #7) and Erasmus James (at #18).
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As opposed to the Packers’ front office, who picked Tony Mandarich over Hall of Famers Barry Sanders, Deion Sanders and Derrick Thomas?

No, you are wrong about that. Those picks we’re the last gasp of a completely different regime and none of the front office people are the same now.

i do not understand why stupid packer fans like yourself continue to say the vikings PASSED on aaron rodgers twice. that year, the vikings literally had just signed Culpepper to a $100 million dollar contract. he was their franchise QB. good god. why on earth would they draft Rodgers in that case? they drafted need, and they just didn’t work out and culpepper had a devastating knee injury.

i could be stupid like you and say the packers passed on Tom Brady 6 times, but that wouldn’t make sense because you already had a QB you had committed to.

enough with that crap.

Sure, he’s a physical freak but his technique needs a lot of work to translate to the NFL. His run blocking it poor and he is too upright when pass blocking. So why would a team want to spend the 3rd overall pick on a guy who probably isn’t ready to play? I don’t get it.

Would I be happy with Kalil? Yeah, I guess, but only Because everyone seems to think he’s God’s gift to the offensive line. Really, O watch him play, or read about his technique issues, and I’m a lot less confident.

take Kalil and worry about defense next year.

they are short 2 linebackers, and literally do not have any safeties. and cornerback is up in the air.

that’s atleast 3 years of searching.

Remember, we’re talking about the front office that passed on Aaron Rodgers TWICE so they could draft the immortals Troy Williamson (at #7) and Erasmus James (at #18).

Maybe Vikes will take Morris Chestnut? Wouldn’t surprise me.
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Whomever they pick, the one thing I can guarantee is that the pick won’t be named Tony Mandarich, Jamal Reynolds, Ahmad Carroll, Justin Harrell or Brian Brohm.

The deficient cretins in Manya$$holerus, MN need a steady diet of being reminded that they are LOSERS!

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Hey there you are. Always on some Viking news and you brought a new word with ya ” Manya$$holerus “. Good job!! No “vikequeefs” today??