** Official 2013 Draft Thread **

[Sutsgold]

Glad with what we got regardless of what gets picked in those slots.

[saint33]

Ravens taking Brown here, book it

[saint33]

Ravens taking Brown here, book it

[Demi]

Ravens get another giant steal

[saint33]

Ravens get another giant steal

Ozzie effing Newsome. Rick is proving to be great, but Ozzie is a god among men

[Demi]

Ozzie effing Newsome. Rick is proving to be great, but Ozzie is a god among men

I didn't mind trading the picks but then I didn't expect any of the LBs or WRs to get to 52. Or to take a giant project.

Wish we sat there and took Brown now. Hindsight being what it is.

[John_Viveiros]

...and then we'll see how it falls out in subsequent years because it's his career as a Viking that will matter, not what just what he does in 2013. Since we know his game needs development, we also know that his rookie year isn't necessarily going to be indicative of what he will provide to the team over the course of his time on their roster, which could be 4-5 years at a minimum.

You are right. I meant to write that. But my point of (what I considered to be an intermediate eval point) an end of year look at Patterson's season, is that, regardless of how correct you are in the above paragraph (which, again, I completely agree with), people will be evaluating Patterson and Spielman based on a single rookie season. Coaches and GM's lose jobs based on missing badly on a triple picks in the first round, regardless of how much it was certainly the right thing to do at the time.

If you swing for the fences all the time, you're going to strike out a lot. if you never swing for them, you're never going to hit a home run. Spielman took a swing at a homer. It's a shot worth taking.

My thought is that the chance that four players all fail to be studs (the 2/3/4/7 picks we gave up) is less than the chance that Patterson fails to be a stud. To further explain, any of the four are much less likely to succeed than Patterson. But all four together are probably less likely to all fail than Patterson. I'm just a guy who likes "safety" in numbers (of players).

But from watching the highlights, if we can get Patterson the ball in space, on a hitch pattern... Man, watch out!

[saint33]

Packers get Eddie Lacy at 61

[VikingPaul73]

Is Rick calling Urlacher yet?????

[Eliot]

Damnit Honey Badger gone

[Demi]

Damnit Honey Badger gone

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... n-mathieu/
He ended up in a better place. (thank god...for the Vikings sake!)

[mondry]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... n-mathieu/
He ended up in a better place. (thank god...for the Vikings sake!)

haha, I'm not worried about it, 3rd round pick 7 was way too early for me. I would be okay with our 4th (the later one) at the earliest

[Skoltastic_Voyage]

Honey badger was interesting but I'm glad we didn't get him.

I wanted Rhodes and Patterson and we got both with Floyd gravy!

I was afraid we would reach for Manti in the 2nd and now with all the MLB gone I wonder the same as most of us. (Cole/Urlacher?)

Seeing the way the 2nd unfolded I am sad we missed out on Brown.. I think he has potential all over. I think CP is the better pick of the two so not going to cry.

Vince Williams looks like a realistic pickup?

[PotGoblin]

there goes Keenan Allen to the Chargers

[VikingPaul73]

there goes Keenan