Mini-Camp Tidbits

by Christopher Gates on May 5, 2007 8:03 AM CDT in News

The Vikings started their first camp of the off-season today, with over 50 rookies showing up in Minneapolis for the workouts. There are a couple of different articles out there this morning with some tidbits of information about what happened yesterday. I won't copy and paste the entire article, but just put some of the more interesting (to me) things out there. . .you can get the rest of the info from the links.

The first one comes to us from KFAN-AM in Minneapolis.

-Coach Childress surprisingly mentioned that maybe the most polished receiver of the bunch was Chandler Williams who made several highlight reel grabs, one in particular on the sideline falling out of bounds and dragging the feet.

So, basically, as of now. . .the most polished WR we have is a guy from Florida International that we spent the last pick of our draft on? I don't anticipate that lasting for very long, but maybe Williams will be a nice surprise.

The article also speaks highly of Martin Nance, who I'm a big fan of as well.

-Vikings fans should really excited about the prospect of having Cedric Griffin and Marcus McCauley on the edges for years to come. The two of them are really perfectly suited to play in the cover-2 and don't be surprised if you see quite a bit of Antoine Winfield in the slot to take advantage of his ability to blitz now that the team has to big, physical corners to man the outside.

McCauley also mentioned to us that he'll be getting his degree in scoiology in two weeks as the first person in his family to graduate from college, so a big congrats to him on that.

You know, I hadn't thought of this before now. Winfield IS a pretty good blitzer, but didn't get a whole lot of chances to do it last season because he was always out on the edges. If McCauley can step up the way I think he's capable of, it would be HUGE for this defense.

The other article comes from the Star-Tribune, and is more or less centered on Adrian Peterson and what Kevin Seifert calls "The Most Famous Collarbone in Minnesota."

Hopefully we'll have more later on today, folks.

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Offense

We have a young, talented offense and I think they're going to be great if we can keep them all together. Obviously, AP is going to be a force, but I really have a good feeling about the WR's too.

by Catman on May 5, 2007 10:16 AM CDT reply actions

as long as

Chilly doesnt end up in that dink and dunk we had last season.Would love to see way more T.D.S then last year.

by speedlod on May 5, 2007 12:20 PM CDT reply actions

Dink and Dunk

I think it was more a product of Brad Johnson then it was Childress.

When your QB can only throw a ball 15 yrds on a rope, it limits you to what plays you can call.

With a Young QB and a boat load of young WR's, it's easy to get excited about this team IMO.

by Unclebillybonz44 on May 8, 2007 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions

RBs and WRs

Really would like to see what the depth chart is gonna be like especially with the WRs. I know it's still early but is Pinener and Faison slotted for special teams with Moore as 3rd down back? Not much talk about mcMullen. Is he in consideration for starting spot with Rice and Williamson? Or are Wade and Hankton?

by longhawk0319 on May 5, 2007 4:10 PM CDT reply actions

McCauley

What makes me feel good about this is that McCauley is graduating from college, and it was so important that he even mentioned it. This is pretty good evidence of a good work ethic and smarts.

by NMUSpidey on May 5, 2007 8:50 PM CDT reply actions

Leak vs. Thigpen

This guy has gotta be handpicked by Childr@ss. He didn't play much if any ball in HS. He went to a school that had no football til he got there. He did well and had great numbers. Chris Leak put up record numbers and is #1 all time passer at Florida, a historic football school. Now the guy signs with the Bears. My prediction is that some how, some way he'll get in against us and do well. Speedlod and Catman have heard me talk about this for a while. I guess after signingour rookies, we still have 25.5 million dollars cap space so money wouldn't be issue.

by longhawk0319 on May 6, 2007 9:03 AM CDT reply actions