[Chuck Smith]

Ok... it is draft time... Who do you think the Vikings should take?? Or for you packer fans.... Who do you think they should take? Also who will be the first QB taken in the draft?? Or just anything draft related.

The reason why is because this is the time of the year you can get some hope for your teams future....then have it come crashing down mid season... HAHAHA.

Anyways... I think the Vikings should take a defensive player if Bortles isn't on the board. He is the only QB i like with the 8th pick. (last time they took a QB in the first round i wanted them to take blaine gabbert. so that tells you how good I am at ranking qb's...LOL) I mean they don't need a Qb to step in and start this year. So that gives them time to develop someone and they can get good pick's with #40 in the second round. Mc Carron(Alabama) , Mettenberg (LSU), Murry (Georgia) , boyd (Clemson). So i would love to see them get a LB, CB, DE or DT for the defense. Which means they could trade out of the 8th spot to gain more picks. Which we all know Spielman loves to do. But they also need OL as well. But those can be picked up in the 2nd and 3rd rounds.

So if Bortles isn't there... I would love to see them get a LB/DE so that would be Mack, CJ Mosely, Barr. CB: Gilbert or Dennard. DT: Heggman (MN), Donald (PITT).

But it is anyone's guess. Lets hear some other thoughts???

 

[Chuck Smith]

There was an article talking about the first round draft class of 2011 and how many of those players are getting the 5th year options picked up. Only about 1/3 of them. There was 4 QB's taken with the top 12 picks..... Newton, Locker, Gabbert, Ponder.... So that shows you how QB's can be such high draft commodities yet fail. 3 of those four didn't get the option and are not having a good pro career. Locker and gabbert were supposed to be "can't miss" type players....LOL

So we will see if any GM's have learned about chasing QB's in the draft...;-)

BL...who do you think the Bronco's go after??? I think losing decker will hurt them. But again... Manning just needs another average target and he will make them better than average.

 

[Chuck Smith]

9man.... I agree. the only thing i like to watch is Gruden's QB camp. I just like how puts them on the spot to see how they react. I like that.

 

[Chuck Smith]

Ok.. my thoughts on the MN Vikings draft.... they did OK.

I liked them getting Barr. But he is raw and only has been playing that position for 2 years. So he will be situational at best and will not make an immediate impact IMHO. He will see more playing time as the year goes on... I hope.

Bridgewater.... I am not 100% sold on this draft pick. Especially when other top tier QB's went as late as round 4... ie: Mettenberger, Boyd, Murry, Mc Carron, Savage... They could have went a different route...ie DT, LB, CB, etc. But the aftermath that I have been hearing or reading is that this was Turner's guy after many meetings and pvt work outs. They said Bridgewater took direction and made corrections with Turners advice. He was coachable and wanted to learn. So that is a positive. I just hope the MN fans try not to pressure or call for him to start too early. He needs to sit a year IMO.

Crickston... I like this one. he is a guy that could step in and push robinson and even take over a starting job. He also could possibly move into a DT for some stunts with the other two DE. This was a good pick and a possible "steal" where we got him.

McKinnon.... Not sure about him. but they needed to get someone to take some snaps for AP and possibly be a 3rd down back. This guy is athletic as all get out but is very very raw.

Yanky... He is a beast on the line. He is a guy that will just bulldoze people and is all about the run blocking. Fits pretty good with AP and running down hill. I could see him pushing for a starting job ASAP.

EXUM..... He was very good two years ago and suffered a knee injury. So we need to see how he recovers from that. But he could be a nickel or back up guy at CB.

The rest of the picks are who knows or back up type guys. So like i said... This draft didn't blow me away like the past two with our choices. But could be some good back up players or players that could help out in a year or two. We just need the other guys to remain healthy and show progress.....ie last two years draft classes.....and mainly the LB's from Penn State we took last year.

Anyone else's thoughts???

 

[Chuck Smith]

9manfan...

I too am mourning how that series went down for the Wild. Was fun to watch but yet it was right in our grasp to win.

All i can say is Go twins....winning the last two series.... Look out they are on a roll.... ;-)

 

[Chuck Smith]

9man....

Agreed on Mauer... You also forgot he still sits out about every 4th game. Now that is ridiculous.

I like Mauer and he is the MN born and raised golden child who stays with the hometown team. I would like to see him succeed but agree he needs to put up some power numbers.....if not HR's it needs to be RBI's. I mean he still goes 1 for 3 but he gets his hit with nobody on base. Heck yesterday him and dozier both struck out with runners in scoring position. Then Plouffee gets the two out hit. Only reason why I mentioned Doizer is because he is our leader on the team with Hr's....lol.

But it is fun to watch this young team. Now hopefully the hitting can keep happening and the pitching is starting to come around. If we stay above .500 ball.....it puts us right in line for a wild card position.... but yet there is 120 games left in the season....LOL