Vikings draft needs

hermes · Post #1 » by **hermes** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:58 pm

what needs are the vikings looking to fill in the draft
what will they be able to fill

are there any specific players that they are looking at
or that you want them to pick up

Post #2 » by **revprodeji** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:07 am

Well, our needs right now are likely OT, DE, WR and possibly Safety. That being said, I doubt we draft a DE in the early rounds. Going more for FA with the DE spot. I would like to think unless one of the top OT drops we look for a vet there also. That leaves WR and Safety. Our wet dream is for Phillips to drop. Only 1 credible Mock I have seen has that happen (McShays--ironically we pass) but it is early.

For me Phillps is our guy, but Kelly the WR would be #2. Childress has let it be known in the past he does not like WR's with the #1 but I think if Phillips is gone we need to do that.

There have also been plenty of rumors of us trading the pick for a vet WR

Post #3 » by **revprodeji** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:19 am

http://www.realgmfootball.com/src_wiret ... ersion_10/

Ironically they put Phillips #14

hermes · Post #4 » by **hermes** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:13 am

where do they project jake long from michigan to go
if he falls to us, think we should take him?

deeney0 · Post #5 » by **deeney0** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:38 am

Long will be long gone by the time the Vikings pick.

hermes · Post #6 » by **hermes** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:53 pm

ok thanks
i didn't know where he was projected to go

A.J. · Post #7 » by **A.J.** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:55 am

we need to address the DE and WR position...

in the 1st round i would like for us to go after:

DE Derrick Harvey
WR Desean Jackson
or
WR Malcolm Jenkins

deeney0 · Post #8 » by **deeney0** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:16 am

Agreed, I'd be happy with any of the top 3 WRs or top 4 DEs.

hermes · Post #9 » by **hermes** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 3:47 pm

i would love to get desean jackson

Post #10 » by **revprodeji** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 4:27 pm

I do not carry the same "links" in the football world as I do with the basketball world, but the people I talk to say we will not draft a DE unless a top-10 stud falls to us. We are going to try and sign a vet such as Justin Smith or Suggs to add to our DE core. We have a 3 way interest in WR with jackson/Sweed/Kelly but we also have a serious man crush on Kenny Phillips.

There is also a very, very good chance that we move the 2nd for a vet WR.

That is all I know now.

deeney0 · Post #11 » by **deeney0** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 5:27 pm

As I said before, any of the WRs would be fine with me. If they don't get a DE with the 1st or 2nd, they better get one in FA.

hermes · Post #12 » by **hermes** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 10:11 pm

revprodeji wrote:I do not carry the same "links" in the football world as I do with the basketball world, but the people I talk to say we will not draft a DE unless a top-10 stud falls to us. We are going to try and sign a vet such as Justin Smith or Suggs to add to our DE core. We have a 3 way interest in WR with jackson/Sweed/Kelly but we also have a serious man crush on Kenny Phillips.

There is also a very, very good chance that we move the 2nd for a vet WR.

That is all I know now.

what vet WR's are out there that we are looking at

A.J. · Post #13 » by **A.J.** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 11:39 pm

hermes wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

what vet WR's are out there that we are looking at

ill would love for us to get bernard berrian

A.J. · Post #14 » by **A.J.** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:51 am

hermes wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

what vet WR's are out there that we are looking at

bernard berrian
bryant johnson
drew carter
andre davis
justin gage
devery henderson
Antonio Chatman
Keary Colbert
Terrance Copper
Malcom Floyd
Doug Gabriel
D.J. Hackett
Az-Zahir Hakim
Taylor Jacobs
Jerome Mathis
Samie Parker
David Patten
Marcus Robinson

hermes · Post #15 » by **hermes** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:32 pm

devery henderson wouldn't be half bad
he wouldn't be a number 1 wr of course
but he wouldn't cost us top dollar to get him i would imagine

A.J. · Post #16 » by **A.J.** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:42 am

hermes wrote:devery henderson wouldn't be half bad
he wouldn't be a number 1 wr of course
but he wouldn't cost us top dollar to get him i would imagine

yeah i agree, i wouldnt mind getting henderson as a 2nd receiver...but i would also want us to take a look at bryant johnson

Post #17 » by **Klomp** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:34 am

The best Draft site I've found is NFLDraftCountdown.com

That being said, we need to address that running back position. Adrian Peterson just isn't cutting it.

hermes · Post #18 » by **hermes** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:30 pm

there's chester
or should we keep mewelde

Post #19 » by **revprodeji** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:17 pm

I would keep all 3 of them, depth at the Rb is good

None of those free agent WR do anything for me. Lets hope that someone gets cut or that we could float our 2nd rd pick for a vet WR

A.J. · Post #20 » by **A.J.** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:49 pm

hermes wrote:there's chester
or should we keep mewelde

i think moore will be the odd man out, and we should draft a rb in the later rounds