Too soon to evaluate Brez with the draft?
I don't think our Interim GM can be accused of playing it safe. Seems seems like the staff did their homework, played it smartly and checked almost all the boxes (no WR)
RD (PK)PlayerSchoolPOS
1 (18) Caleb Banks Florida. DT
2 (19) Jake Golday Cincinnati LB
3 (18). Domonique Orange Iowa State. DT
3 (33). Caleb Tiernan Northwestern. OT
5 (19) Max Bredeson Michigan. FB/TE
5 (23) Charles DemmingsStephen F. Austin. CB
6 (17). Demond ClaiborneWake Forest. RB
I don't think any/many of these were mocked to Minnesota but this speaks volumes about planning to play smash mouth football. This draft has a different feel than the last few.
Please God, just one Lombardi before I die.
Brass balls it and pick the old miss DT Harris. Completely rework that room.
Con: No WR, token C with no actual chance at 235, and IMO Banks could have been had with a trade down. I don't like the value of Bredeson at 159 but I'll forgive that because we still got Claiborne.
Pro: Double-down with Orange at DT, Golday, Claiborne.
Better than any of the Kwesi drafts, but room for improvement.
RS_Express wrote:
Con: No WR, no C, and IMO Banks could have been had with a trade down. I don't like the value of Bredeson at 159 but I'll forgive that because we still got Claiborne.
Pro: Double-down with Orange at DT, Golday, Claiborne.
Better than any of the Kwesi drafts, but room for improvement.
Hey we picked a center. Just gotta give them time.
AGRforever wrote:
Hey we picked a center. Just gotta give them time.
LOL Just edited that post to reflect their selection of Jurgens 2.0.
RS_Express wrote:
LOL Just edited that post to reflect their selection of Jurgens 2.0.
Oh ya big grumpalumpagus. They took a center!!
I think we have a lot to learn in the next few months, and even more starting in September. None of these picks really matter until they actually are DOING Vikings things....
KOC, JJM, Flores...make a good plan, or you'll be following Kwesi....
I mean, as fans, we focus on the positives mostly with the draft selections and then learn over the next 2+ years where it all stands and if they'll be contributors.
StickierBuns wrote:
I mean, as fans, we focus on the positives mostly with the draft selections and then learn over the next 2+ years where it all stands and if they'll be contributors.
You must have several posters here blocked.
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
Shakespeare
It’s too early to judge the players. But I do think there are some things we can take away from how this draft was managed.
Maybe the most impressive thing was that they didn’t seem to panic. They let the board fall to them. I think many of us would’ve taken our RB two rounds earlier. Vikings seemed to know that RBs would fall in this draft. Outside of the batshit crazy Kaelon Black pick, no RB was taken on day 2. Singleton and Emmett Johnson went in round 5. Vikings were patient and when they saw RB-needy Seattle coming up in the 6th, they jumped ahead of them for their guy. Last year, we were the team that got jumped. Twice.
I also like the attention paid to versatility, fit and value. Banks can play any position on the line. Tiernan is depth at tackle and guard. Golday is an off-ball LB and AVG depth. We took a nose for the first time in years, but didn’t burn a 1st rounder on a two-down player. Bredeson is our FB and figures in at TE as well.
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