2013 Draft Central (Minnesota Vikings)

[VCU4LIFEGOVIKS]

Alec Ogletree - LB - Bulldogs
Jan 18 - 4:03 PM

Former NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah likens Georgia LB Alec Ogletree' game to Steelers ILB Lawrence Timmons.

Like Timmons, Ogletree is an explosive linebacker capable of playing inside and out. An inside 'backer by trade in Pittsburgh's 3-4, Timmons often starts at outside linebacker when James Harrison or LaMarr Woodley is injured. Jeremiah compares Ogletree to Timmons as a "bigger version" with explosive athleticism, but who struggles to take on blocks at the second level.

Source: Daniel Jeremiah on Twitter
http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/...llege-football

[VCU4LIFEGOVIKS]

Aaron Dobson - WR - Thundering Herd
Jan 17 - 12:14 PM

ESPN's Mel Kiper suggests that Marshall WR Aaron Dobson is a sleeper to be drafted late in the first round this April.

Kiper described Dobson as "a guy people are not talking about who could emerge maybe in late first round, or in the second-round discussion." Dobson has been invited to this year's Senior Bowl and will show his wares in Mobile (AL) next week. Injured for three games in 2012, Dobson managed just 57 catches for 679 yards and three touchdowns as a senior. He scored 12 touchdowns in 2011.

Source: Miami Herald
http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/...llege-football

He definitely has intriguing size at 6'3 200 pounds and this catch is nuts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCdFFFAxLz0

[VCU4LIFEGOVIKS]

What do you guys feel about Monty Ball?

I like him but he will go in the first three rounds and we have much more pressing needs then RB.

[Vikes ball boy]

Ive been thinking about it lately and I really want to go Patriot style this draft. Keep trading back so we can have 2 second rd picks, 2 third rd picks and 2 4ths. In the second take ppl like Eric Reid or a Xavier Rhodes if he fell and a DT like Floyd/ Short or Logan, in the third take William Gholston and a Cobi Hamilton/Marques Wilson/ Aaron Dobson. In the 4th = Ej Manuel and Mathieu or Johnny Adams. IDk sounds a lot better to me to fill up multiple holes with solid players than a few holes with a little better than solid players.

Trade 23rd picks for a 2nd and a 3rd

2nd
Kwaan Short DT Purdue
Eric Reid S LSU

3rd
William Gholston DE MSU
Marquess Wilson WR WSU

4th
EJ Manuel QB FSU
Johnny Adams CB MSU

5th
Kenny Tate OLB Maryland

7th
Michael Carter CB Minnesota

All depends on what we do in free agency but that looks very good for the future to me

[Vikes ball boy]

And i understand the glaring need at wideout, if this is the draft scenario I am hoping we sign a mid tier WR like Brandon Gibson or ramses Barden

[Vikes ball boy]

If Keenan Allen or Chance Warmack were to fall to us it would obviously be too good to pass up though.....

[VCU4LIFEGOVIKS]

And i understand the glaring need at wideout, if this is the draft scenario I am hoping we sign a mid tier WR like Brandon Gibson or ramses Barden

Both of those WRs will not fix our situation. We need major upgrades. However they could provide us with some great depth.

[100%CHEESE FREE]

Both of those WRs will not fix our situation. We need major upgrades. However they could provide us with some great depth.

I hear what you're saying VCU, outwardly (and statistically) that would be the case, but these are the types of guys Spielman will probably look at vs. high dollar players like Bowe, Jennings or Wallace. He's always looking for that affordable guy who might be able to break out, like we all hoped Jerome Simpson could do this year. We may not always get it right but at least it won't totally ruin our payroll like a HUGE signing would.

Also though, looking at VBB's draft scenario, you are correct, only drafting Marques Wilson and adding two mid-tier FAs is not going to give us the WR stable we need.

[100%CHEESE FREE]

CORDARELLE PATTERSON!!!!!

Guy is going to be great and him along with harvin and rudolph is going to nice!

Yeah, love to see him in purple! The moves he's got for a big guy, wow!

[ellesmeire]

At any rate we need to upgrade the WR position by some mean, if we have not addressed it in FA I like the chances that we go for WR in the first. I agree with everything everyone said. If the Vikings FO really likes a S like Vacarro or a guard that falls in Warmack it is going to be hard to pass on them for a lesser talent at a position of need. If we can sign a WR in FA then that will really lessen what we need to do in the draft.

[HSmith22]

Aaron Dobson - WR - Thundering Herd
Jan 17 - 12:14 PM



He definitely has intriguing size at 6'3 200 pounds and this catch is nuts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCdFFFAxLz0

Last time we drafted a receiver from Marshall it worked out pretty good for us. I'de be fine with him anywhere from 2-5 range. If finding receiver is a priority we need to take one in rounds 1 or 2 and then again in 4 or 5.

[HSmith22]

Ive been thinking about it lately and I really want to go Patriot style this draft. Keep trading back so we can have 2 second rd picks, 2 third rd picks and 2 4ths. In the second take ppl like Eric Reid or a Xavier Rhodes if he fell and a DT like Floyd/ Short or Logan, in the third take William Gholston and a Cobi Hamilton/Marques Wilson/ Aaron Dobson. In the 4th = Ej Manuel and Mathieu or Johnny Adams. IDk sounds a lot better to me to fill up multiple holes with solid players than a few holes with a little better than solid players.

Trade 23rd picks for a 2nd and a 3rd

2nd
Kwaan Short DT Purdue
Eric Reid S LSU

3rd
William Gholston DE MSU
Marquess Wilson WR WSU

4th
EJ Manuel QB FSU
Johnny Adams CB MSU

5th
Kenny Tate OLB Maryland

7th
Michael Carter CB Minnesota

All depends on what we do in free agency but that looks very good for the future to me

Ahh Kenny Tate. I almost forgot about him. Super talented but is he a safety or OLB at the next level. Either way I wouldn't mind spending a late round pick on him. Probably more of a 7th then a 5th though.

[VCU4LIFEGOVIKS]

I hear what you're saying VCU, outwardly (and statistically) that would be the case, but these are the types of guys Spielman will probably look at vs. high dollar players like Bowe, Jennings or Wallace. He's always looking for that affordable guy who might be able to break out, like we all hoped Jerome Simpson could do this year. We may not always get it right but at least it won't totally ruin our payroll like a HUGE signing would.

Also though, looking at VBB's draft scenario, you are correct, only drafting Marques Wilson and adding two mid-tier FAs is not going to give us the WR stable we need.

I agree that those are the types of FAs Spielman will most likely target but in order to fix the horrible WR situation we will need to use some very early picks on one or two. Marques Wilson is not going to fix the problem.

[VCU4LIFEGOVIKS]

I for one would like to trade back into the first round like we did in last years draft. Take a WR then trade back into the first and take a DT, MLB, G or another WR. It worked out pretty well last year.

[ellesmeire]

I for one would like to trade back into the first round like we did in last years draft. Take a WR then trade back into the first and take a DT, MLB, G or another WR. It worked out pretty well last year.

The problem with that is unlike last year where we only traded up like 10 picks this time we would need to trade up 30 picks and I don't see how that is likely, maybe a trade up into the 2nd round.