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S197 wrote:Pretty surprised with 10 picks they didn't take a receiver. I guess the gameplan for the secondary was to bring in a bunch of quantity and hope one or two turn into quality.

That's what I was thinking. These late round picks are a crap shoot. Hopefully 1 maybe 2 really work out in the later years.

IDK I am pretty happy with it all.

FULL VIKINGS DRAFT RESULTS
Rd 1 - #9(9) Anthony Barr (OLB) UCLA
Rd 1 - #32(32) Teddy Bridgewater (QB) Louisville
Rd 3 - #8(72) Scott Crichton (DE) Oregon St
Rd 3 - #32(96) Jerick McKinnon (RB) G Southern
Rd 5 - #5(145) David Yankey (OG) Stanford
Rd 6 - #6(182) Antone Exum (CB) Va Tech
Rd 6 - #8(184) Kendall James (CB) Maine
Rd 7 - #5(220) Shamar Stephen (DT) UConn
Rd 7 - #8(223) Brandon Watts (OLB) Ga Tech
Rd 7 - #10(225) Jabari Price (CB) UNC

Man, outside of Exum and Yankey, we kinda screwed the pooch today. I mean, how can you pass up Dion Bailey, Jackson Jeffcoat, Marcus Roberson, Loucheiz Purifoy, Michael Sam, and Daniel McCullers?

S197 wrote:Pretty surprised with 10 picks they didn't take a receiver. I guess the gameplan for the secondary was to bring in a bunch of quantity and hope one or two turn into quality.

I was surprised I saw WR as their needs coming from ESPN. Jennings, Simpson, Patterson, Wright, Rodney Smith, maybe Childs. They didn't need a receiver.

HardcoreVikesFan wrote:Man, outside of Exum and Yankey, we kinda screwed the pooch today. I mean, how can you pass up Dion Bailey, Jackson Jeffcoat, Marcus Roberson, Loucheiz Purifoy, Michael Sam, and Daniel McCullers?

Michael Sam isn't even that good. No one knew who he was until he came out the closet.

King James wrote:
Michael Sam isn't even that good. No one knew who he was until he came out the closet.

Laughable. You aren't the co-defensive player in the SEC if you suck. Yeah, sure, his profile makes him more recognizable, but they guy has talent.

PacificNorseWest wrote: I was surprised I saw WR as their needs coming from ESPN. Jennings, Simpson, Patterson, Wright, Rodney Smith, maybe Childs. They didn't need a receiver.

Childs is gone

HardcoreVikesFan wrote:Man, outside of Exum and Yankey, we kinda screwed the pooch today. I mean, how can you pass up Dion Bailey, Jackson Jeffcoat, Marcus Roberson, Loucheiz Purifoy, Michael Sam, and Daniel McCullers?

Not sure I agree with all the players you mentioned, but from the first part, I have to agree to an extent.

Exum and Yankey were great value picks and will probably make an impact early on. However, Speilman isnt the greatest at getting productive players from late in the draft. I feel like everyone from the 7th round probably won't make the team and it baffles me that Bullough and Skov are still there and the Vikings didn't take them. Those are football players. Just reminds me of Vontaze Burfict. I think they reached with a lot of those picks. They're just hoping they turn out good.

HardcoreVikesFan wrote:Man, outside of Exum and Yankey, we kinda screwed the pooch today. I mean, how can you pass up Dion Bailey, Jackson Jeffcoat, Marcus Roberson, Loucheiz Purifoy, Michael Sam, and Daniel McCullers?

32 team pass up.

I think we are waiting for undrafted FA's now

We hope to find a diamond in the rough

PacificNorseWest wrote: I was surprised I saw WR as their needs coming from ESPN. Jennings, Simpson, Patterson, Wright, Rodney Smith, maybe Childs. They didn't need a receiver.

Childs isn't on the team anymore. They have three others, Jean, Thielen, and some other guy I can't remember.

Hmm...Didn't know that.

Those other two may as well not be either. As far as guys that will actually play, I think they're set at that position.

HardcoreVikesFan wrote:Man, outside of Exum and Yankey, we kinda screwed the pooch today. I mean, how can you pass up Dion Bailey, Jackson Jeffcoat, Marcus Roberson, Loucheiz Purifoy, Michael Sam, and Daniel McCullers?

It seems quite a few teams passed them up. Some of them haven't been drafted yet so everyone has passed them up.

I suspect Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman would disagree that they screwed the pooch and they undoubtedly did more research than any of us did. They also know what their plans are and how they want players to fit into those plans. Time will tell whether they made the right calls or not.

I wonder if they'll pickup an UDFA at QB. I think they will. Connor Shaw, Brett Smith, or Bryn Renner would be my preference.

Todd R wrote:
Did sam get drafted?

Not yet, about 20 picks left.

Mothman wrote: It seems quite a few teams passed them up. Some of them haven't been drafted yet so everyone has passed them up.

I suspect Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman would disagree that they screwed the pooch and they undoubtedly did more research than any of us did. They also know what their plans are and how they want players to fit into those plans. Time will tell whether they made the right calls or not.

Maybe 'screwed the pooch' was too much of a hyperbole. Honestly, it is the sixth and seventh round for a reason, I don't know how, or if, these guys will turn out.

That being said, I felt we left superior players on the board. Then again, I am not an NFL executive/scout. Who knows, maybe we will get one of them as priority free agent.