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MrPurplenGold wrote:I'm hoping for bell or billings, I think we need tackles more so than guards.
Especially Left Tackle, but once Ifedi came off the board I don't think there is any realistic LT prospect left for the Vikings until late round developmental guys...Nobody who has a good chance to compete year one. Probably just looking at practice squad guys for that position now :(
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hoping for Billings!
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dead_poet wrote:Seeing Tweets wanting us to take Bell. I didn't study him closely. Anyone have thoughts on him?
Doesn't seem like a Zimmer guy to me.
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S197 wrote: Doesn't seem like a Zimmer guy to me.
Why?
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PA predicting Whitehair.
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John_Viveiros wrote:Yankey was a weak guard. He just couldn't handle the power of defensive players in the NFL. Maybe the same with White hair.
Yup, and the Vikes got him in the 5th after he fell like a rock (he was widely projected to go in rounds 2-3 IIRC).

Yankey is:

- Bigger than Whitehair
- Had 22 reps on the bench at the Combine
- Also got a lot of good press in college

If Spielman drafts Whitehair here, he is getting a smaller, weaker guard in the 2nd than he did with Yankey in the 5th.
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on the clock!!
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dead_poet wrote: Why?
He's a smaller sit in coverage type guy. Not really a physical guy who can move up in the box or on the line. Unless they plan to keep Harrison in that role and Bell as a sole coverage guy. Just doesn't seem to be that modular type Zimmer tends to like where he can move him all over the field.
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Redskins hate some Vikings fans.
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####! Redskins man took who I wanted.
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Uh oh, Cravens goes right in front of the Vikes!!! PHP is going to be devastated!
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Whitehair?
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Dang, wanted Cravens...
Actually, I really really really want Billings !
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PurpleMustReign wrote:Whitehair?
Nope.
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How bout that safety from Ohio state?
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