hermes wrote:running back, interesting
traded back a couple times too (i think). is there a trade tracker somewhere that recaps the deals?
I called it. RB and TE. This is called history repeating itself over and over again. The only thing different is maybe that he chose a player in the third round instead of giving the 3rd round away entirely as in past.
Everyone that follows the Vikings closely would have understood seeing two Offensive lineman selected in the first two or first three rounds. Nope. Has to get another TE and RB too early. It's in Rick's genes.
Next up, another lineman but in the later rounds. All you can do is hope this one ends up a sleeper steal in the end and hope he's not a dud. They need every bit of help they can get on the Oline in order to outdo their consistent poor offensive coaching and leadership. But when the leadership doesn't understand how they hurt their own offense each year, how would they then know how badly they need to go completely overkill on the Oline to make up for themselves?
"Maybe we'll see more two tight end sets now." Anyone ever heard that said before?
2019 Irv Smith TE (Already had Rudolph, Morgan, Conklin)
2018 Tyler Conklin TE (Already had Rudolph and Morgan)
2017 Bucky Hodges TE (Already had Rudolph, Morgan, Rhett Ellison)
2016 David Morgan TE (Already had Rudolph, MyCole Pruitt, Rhett Ellison)
2015 Mycole Pruitt TE (Alreadty had Rudolph, Rhett Ellison, Chase Ford)
2014
2013 Added Chase Ford (late 2012 season PS add-2013 to Roster) (Already had Rudolph, Carlson, Ellison, Resiner)
2012 John Carlson TE signed as FA to massive contract. (Already had Shianco, Rudolph, Reisner, Sasser)
2012 Rhett Ellison TE/HB (Already had Shianco, Rudolph, Reisner, Kleinsasser)
2011 Added Reisner TE
UDFA in July after NFL lockout. (Already had Shianco, Dugan, Kleinsasser, Rudolph)
2011 Rudolph TE (Alreadyhad Shianco, Dugan, Kleinsasser)
Adding Rudolph was supposed to "allow more two TE sets". Same was said after all these TEs were added, multiple added per years occasionally. Their offense almost never even attempted to utilize two TE's at once aside from using them as extra blockers.
10 TEs added in 9 offseasons. History just keeps on repeating and fans keep wondering why the team year after year ends up having to add extra TEs as blockers for an Oline that can't ever hold its own.
When people keep saying he has one more year to prove he can build a winner, all they get in return is more TEs.