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Mothman wrote: It begins...

No matter who the Vikes select tonight, I guarantee their choice will make someone furious.

Plus all of my favorites I knew the should not have taken TJ, Ponder, Williamson blah blah blah

Texas Vike wrote: We're so used to first night fireworks with multiple picks and big splash excitement. We're almost certainly due for a less active night this year. We can't be disappointed if they only make one 1st round selection.

I leave the house for work at 5am. If I stay up late waiting for a splash, gol darnit Rick better be jumping in the pool.

i'm with Texas Vike on the possibility of getting both Bridgewater and Mosely, Don't know if Spielman can pull this off ,but I think that would be the best scenario we could hope for. I personally think we will take Justin Gilbert if we don't trade out of #8 How would Gilbert and Jimmy Garoppolo be as our first two picks?

Texas Vike wrote: We're so used to first night fireworks with multiple picks and big splash excitement. We're almost certainly due for a less active night this year. We can't be disappointed if they only make one 1st round selection.

We can and we will!

Mothman wrote: We can and we will!

Shoot, then, I'm just going to go ahead and start getting angry. I give the Vikings an F.

Mothman wrote: We can and we will!

And others refuse to be disappointed no matter what they do.
Even if three years later it's a proven disappointment...they won't view it as a disappointment.

I think Barr is a definite possibility. Mayock thinks he needs a year to develop (as does Bridgewater) and I think he's probably right. Does that drop him out of the top 10? Maybe but we've seen a lot of guys over the years who are raw and taken early because of their promise. Some of them bust but then you have guys like Pierre-Paul who make the transition very well.

There's very few picks I hate this year, the top 50 looks really deep to be quite honest, much deeper than years past. A few picks I would be disappointed with but I don't think we're going to be shocked tonight.

I went with Bridgewater in my final mock. I think Minnesota trades down and grabs Bridgewater. If they cannot trade down, Barr may be the pick, but I still think Bridgewater is going to be the guy.

I am nervous

I hope in three scenario

1) Trade down --> pick Bridgewater, Trade up with 40th --> pick Shazier/Van Noy
2) Trade down --> pick Barr/Mosley, Trade up with 40th --> pick Bridgewater
3) Pick Khalil


-2 hours and I'm already to sleep.
I'm going to drink me a coffee

A little under two hours to the start of the draft and I just want to get this out of the way now: already sick of Deion Sanders. Haven't watched any pre-draft stuff but I'm sure he'll be up there, like every year, sticking a mic in these kid's faces and asking them these weird passive-aggressive questions. Already fed up with it.

HornedMessiah wrote:A little under two hours to the start of the draft and I just want to get this out of the way now: already sick of Deion Sanders. Haven't watched any pre-draft stuff but I'm sure he'll be up there, like every year, sticking a mic in these kid's faces and asking them these weird passive-aggressive questions. Already fed up with it.

Lol, no kidding. I had all I could take in 45 min. I will wait till 8 to turn it back on.

Texas Vike wrote: We're so used to first night fireworks with multiple picks and big splash excitement. We're almost certainly due for a less active night this year. We can't be disappointed if they only make one 1st round selection.

I agree. But I have a feeling our first 4 picks in the first three rounds will not remain the status quo.

But I don't think our first pick changes. And I think there is a real chance they take Bortles with the first pick and then go mostly defensive for the next 3-4 picks.

headless_norseman wrote:

I agree. But I have a feeling our first 4 picks in the first three rounds will not remain the status quo.

But I don't think our first pick changes. And I think there is a real chance they take Bortles with the first pick and then go mostly defensive for the next 3-4 picks.

They will wait until the 3rd or 4th round to get a qb unless JFB is there. IMO

Purple bruise wrote:
They will wait until the 3rd or 4th round to get a qb unless JFB is there. IMO

Nope. Not with a new staff. 3rd and 4th rounders have little positive history.

I just have a feeling the Vikes are moving their 2nd round pick, if possible.

Well, there goes Bortles.