Draft thread

hermes · Post #261 » by **hermes** » Sat May 10, 2014 8:55 pm

Devilzsidewalk wrote:
Twolf16 wrote:Kendall James and Antone Exum, both DB'. Don't know anything about these guys.

Exum sounds like a physical specimen who would've been a day 2 pick at the latest, but ran into injury, then chose not to play even after being cleared to return by Dr. James Andrews, who's apparently involved in 99% of all athlete surgeries

Twolf16 · Post #262 » by **Twolf16** » Sat May 10, 2014 8:56 pm

hermes wrote:
Twolf16 wrote:Yankey is a great pick. Wouldn't surprise me if he was starting half way into the season. Also, gotta like this! http://thevikingage.com/2014/05/09/cord ... wild-game/

good to see

although patterson has a ridiculous twitter name

Haha I didn't even notice that. What do you guys think of Teddy B.? A part of me thinks he can be really good. Primarily a pocket passer, which is what we need, hard worker, football intelligence, and makes smart decisions. On the other hand, I can also picture him being just a little better than average. Similar to Cassel. I hope Bridgewater starts game one and never looks back. Said he was going to play with a chip on his shoulder.

Twolf16 · Post #263 » by **Twolf16** » Sat May 10, 2014 8:58 pm

IF you hadn't heard, Patriots drafted Zach Moore, DE from Concrodia- St. Paul. Pretty cool.

hermes · Post #264 » by **hermes** » Sat May 10, 2014 8:58 pm

so david yankey is enormous

hermes · Post #265 » by **hermes** » Sat May 10, 2014 9:02 pm

so how many picks do the vikes have in the 7th? espn shows just one but they keep saying on the radio that they have three?

Twolf16 · Post #266 » by **Twolf16** » Sat May 10, 2014 9:08 pm

Three is correct.

Jukeness · Post #267 » by **Jukeness** » Sat May 10, 2014 9:22 pm

hermes wrote:
Jukeness wrote:Brinkley and Greenway are very mediocre starters. Maybe we'll grab someone in FA next year, but someone is going to have to take their tarting spots.

this could be the year all the young linebackers we have start getting in on more action - i'm with the others here, we have a reasonable stable of young guys that we need to see what we have before drafting any more

Hopefully a couple guys that were depth last year step up, because the linebacker position looks kind of weak right now.

Jukeness · Post #268 » by **Jukeness** » Sat May 10, 2014 9:25 pm

Twolf16 wrote:
hermes wrote:
Twolf16 wrote:Yankey is a great pick. Wouldn't surprise me if he was starting half way into the season. Also, gotta like this! http://thevikingage.com/2014/05/09/cord ... wild-game/

good to see

although patterson has a ridiculous twitter name

Haha I didn't even notice that. What do you guys think of Teddy B.? A part of me thinks he can be really good. Primarily a pocket passer, which is what we need, hard worker, football intelligence, and makes smart decisions. On the other hand, I can also picture him being just a little better than average. Similar to Cassel. I hope Bridgewater starts game one and never looks back. Said he was going to play with a chip on his shoulder.

I wanted the Vikings to get Bridgewater over all the other quarterbacks, and it's sweet that they got him all the way down at 32. I think he has the skill set over the other guys that will lead to the most NFL success. I'm not thinking he starts day one unless he blows it up in practice and preseason.

hermes · Post #269 » by **hermes** » Sat May 10, 2014 9:38 pm

paul allen made a good point that they shouldn't go in with the attitude that bridgewater will sit for a year or half a year - it should be an open competition between all three guys from day one to push everyone to be better

hermes · Post #270 » by **hermes** » Sat May 10, 2014 9:39 pm

shamar stephen dt, another big dude

hermes · Post #271 » by **hermes** » Sat May 10, 2014 9:47 pm

brandon watts, outside line backer

hermes · Post #272 » by **hermes** » Sat May 10, 2014 9:49 pm

and jabari price, cb

Twolf16 · Post #273 » by **Twolf16** » Sat May 10, 2014 10:03 pm

Ya I dont think the Vikings are expecting anything of him right away. Appears that Cassel is starter until someone out performs him. Just listened to Mel Kiper talk about Anthony Barr. Needless to say, he wasn't to big on him. Said he was athletic and most of his big plays came against average tackles. Doesn't fight hard through blocks and has an offensive mentality compared to a defensive mentality. Though he did mention he can be good if Zimmer coaches him up. Which I fully expect.

Twolf16 · Post #274 » by **Twolf16** » Sat May 10, 2014 10:04 pm

Lot's of competition at CB and OLB this year. Should be interesting to see who wins out.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #275 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Sat May 10, 2014 10:56 pm

Michael Sam sighting in the 7th. I liked the sound of Ahmad Dixon too as a potential hard hitting safety, but Exum works

Devilzsidewalk · Post #276 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Sat May 10, 2014 11:17 pm

About as good a draft as I could have hoped for. Vikings definitely seemed to focus on athletic, productive players. Can't argue with that approach. One thing to be a workout warrior, but if you can back it up with a productive college career, come on down.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #277 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Sat May 10, 2014 11:19 pm

Antonio Richardson, Marcus Roberson, and Christian Jones all undrafted. I wonder what the reasons were.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #278 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Sat May 10, 2014 11:46 pm

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10914066

nobody spoil the party and tell them a 7th rounder can get cut at the drop of a hat

Jukeness · Post #279 » by **Jukeness** » Sun May 11, 2014 12:02 am

Devilzsidewalk wrote:http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10914066

nobody spoil the party and tell them a 7th rounder can get cut at the drop of a hat

It is a fairly big deal I suppose.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #280 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Sun May 11, 2014 12:07 am

Jukeness wrote:
Devilzsidewalk wrote:http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10914066

nobody spoil the party and tell them a 7th rounder can get cut at the drop of a hat

It is a fairly big deal I suppose.

it's a small step towards the acceptance of a certain descriptive group of people, but doesn't do much for the ongoing issue of everybody hating everybody