The Vikings should sign him to an offer sheet NOW.    We give up this years first round pick, a DE anyway, and next years first round pick.  This way we are unable to draft another Dimitrius Underwood, Troy Williamson, et all next year all while getting a top defensive player.  Essentially, we would only give up one first round pick for Allen.

We got him!!!!  Jared will be a viking signed, sealed and delivered tomorrow.  

Source: NFL Network (Schefter)

We got Jared Allen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A bird in the hand (Jared 15.5 sacks, prime of his career) is worth three in a bush.

How many of the following groups of three players would you rather have if you were a Viking fan or GM?  If you find even 5 groups of three you would rather have than Jared...that would only be a 25% chance of success.  Would you take that chance?  Create 20 pingpong balls. Each one has a list of the three players taken in the draft in spot 17, 73 and 82 the past twenty years.  Place another ping pong ball with Jareds name on it.  Hold that p.pong ball in your hand. Would you rather keep it (it's yours for sure) OR would you rather take your chance on reaching into the bucket and picking out one of the twenty other balls. You would have to prefer TEN of the choices below even to make the trade a 50/50 chance at getting a better deal.

Before we cry about giving up too much and just how shrewd Peterson is, think about what we probably would have got instead....a LOT of hope but probably not much greatness in spots 17, 73 and 82.

There are only five years out of twenty that I would even stop and consider being better than Allen.  Out of those five even as much as I love HUTCH it's still easier to find a very, very good replacement for HUTCH than it is to find a replacement for a Jared.  WOW!  Thank you K.C. (now I know how the Mets felt when they got Santana)!!! This sure feels better than being on the other side.  

Way to go Vikings!

K.C. fans...you now have lots of HOPE!  maybe the ping pong balls will give you another Hutchinson or E.Smith or J.Taylor.....enjoy the draft on Saturday....it's a great day of hope.

2007 Jarvis Moss             Jacoby Jones           Tank Tyler
2006 Chad Greenway      Dusty Dvoracek       Derek Hagan
2005 David Pollack         Vernand Morency     Chris Henry(wr)
2004 D.J. Williams           Keith Smith             Devard Darling
2003 Bryant Johnson       Wayne Hunter         Ricky Manning
2002 Phillip Buchanon       Will Witherspoon    James Allen
2001 Steve Hutchinson      Eric Westmoreland  Brian Allen
2000 Sebastian Janikowski Ron Dixon             Leander Jordan
1999 Damien Woody          Joey Porter           Karsten Bailey
1998 Brian Simmons         Mitch Marrow         Larry Shannon
1997 Kenard Lang             Jason Taylor         Paul Wiggins
1996 Reggie Brown          Winslow Oliver       Scott Slutzker
1995 Tyrone Wheatley      Brian Williams        Sean Harris
1994 Charles Johnson      Lamar Smith           Willie Clark
1993 Tom Carter             Russell White         John Lynch
1992 Kevin Smith            Howard Dinkins      James Brown
1991 Bobby Wilson         Ernie Mills               Darryl Wren
1990 Emmitt Smith         Anthony Pleasant     Jeroy Robinson
1989 Joe Wolf                Chris Gannon          Don Beebe
1988 John Stephens        Ferrell Edmunds      Mike Piel
1987 Jason Buck             Todd Howard         Jeff Jaeger

WARNING TO ALL 2008 VIKING OPPONENTS:

Purple People Eaters the Next Generation have recently arrived on our planet.  We advise that you step away from the football now and run for the nearest exit. (Be advised that we cannot keep the doors open for you.  The roof would collapse.)