Drafting eight picks this year, the Minnesota Vikings make it more intriguing on what their plan is with the starting quarterback. The only quarterback in the eight picks is going to play at wide receiver, and it is still unlikely for the two existing backup quarterback to take the starting job. What’s more important, Brett Favre remains undecided.
Some people may feel assured that one of the backup quarterbacks, Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels, could move up to the starting line, but actually none of them has ever proven that he is capable of calling signals. What confuse us is that the Vikings do not seem to be worried at all. We may get some clues from Vikings head coach Brad Childress’ recent words about Favre’s returning. After the draft ended on Saturday night, Childress told a joke at his news conference saying that it would be fine to see Favre accepting a 2020 NFL MVP award trophy. By saying that, Childress showed some confidence with what Favre is still able to do if he wears back the No. 4 Vikings jersey. Childress did acknowledge that he and Favre exchanged some text messages recently, but it was nothing about his condition in 2010 season.
Still, the Vikings must have some big plan to surprise us when right time comes. Otherwise it’s hardly understandable for them to skip high-profile quarterbacks still available on the board when they made the choice. Letting Jimmy Clausen to land on Carolina Panthers and Colt McCoy to join the Cleveland Browns, the Vikings successfully retained public attention on them even after the draft ended.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Vikings draft picks feature selection of CB Cook and RB Gerhart
Without considering addition of a rookie quarterback, the Minnesota Vikings finished their choice in the 2010 NFL draft with some smart picks at cornerback and running back. Among the eight picks they drafted from the last six rounds, the selection of cornerback Chris Cook and running back Toby Gerhart has been considered to the best choice.
The Vikings had additions to both offensive line and defensive line. Except for cornerback and running back, they also picked a defensive end with Everson Griffen from USC, guard Chris DeGeare from Wake Forest, linebacker Nate Triplett from Minnesota, wide receiver Joe Webb from UAB, tight end Mickey Shuler from Penn State and another linebacker Ryan D'Imperio from Rutgers. What surprised us at first was that the Vikings traded away their first-round pick to Detroit Lions to get several later round picks and gave up their chance to acquire quarterback Jimmy Clausen, who was later drafted by the Carolina Panthers.
As the Vikings previously had signed former New York Jets cornerback Lito Sheppard, little expected that the team would pick another cornerback in the draft, so the addition of Chris was still a bit out of expectation. Drafting running back Gerhart was something understandable as the Vikings just lost a backup running back in Chester Taylor, who chose to leave Minnesota and joined the Chicago Bears during free agency.
The other rookies to put on new Vikings jerseys are unlikely to see big chance in gaining much playing time and the secondary line could be the farthest they would go. Well, it all depends who well they are going to perform during the training camp and what condition the starters will be during the season.
The Vikings had additions to both offensive line and defensive line. Except for cornerback and running back, they also picked a defensive end with Everson Griffen from USC, guard Chris DeGeare from Wake Forest, linebacker Nate Triplett from Minnesota, wide receiver Joe Webb from UAB, tight end Mickey Shuler from Penn State and another linebacker Ryan D'Imperio from Rutgers. What surprised us at first was that the Vikings traded away their first-round pick to Detroit Lions to get several later round picks and gave up their chance to acquire quarterback Jimmy Clausen, who was later drafted by the Carolina Panthers.
As the Vikings previously had signed former New York Jets cornerback Lito Sheppard, little expected that the team would pick another cornerback in the draft, so the addition of Chris was still a bit out of expectation. Drafting running back Gerhart was something understandable as the Vikings just lost a backup running back in Chester Taylor, who chose to leave Minnesota and joined the Chicago Bears during free agency.
The other rookies to put on new Vikings jerseys are unlikely to see big chance in gaining much playing time and the secondary line could be the farthest they would go. Well, it all depends who well they are going to perform during the training camp and what condition the starters will be during the season.
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