Which strikes the first 4 off of your list. I think Robinson would be a choice out of the top 5 you listed.

I think he looks like he makes the best reads on the defense and seems like he sees the field the best out of all of them. We have gone to many times to the trough looking for an athletic QB. I seriously wouldn’t mind one in a wheel chair if he actually had a brain in his head.

But really if we can’t get Bradford I say we hit a DT there are some monsters out there this year… The offense always has AD to rely on if Favre decides to bow out next year. The defense, well we need to keep them strong.

I expect the Vikings to be drafting in the bottom third of the first round and hopefully the 32nd pick. That being said I doubt we will find the future starting QB at that point.

 I agree with Jayrome007 that we need to address the DT’s as Phat Pat hinted that by the time the NFL gets around to suspending him and Kevin over the Star Caps thing he might be retired. That would leave a huge void in our D line that none of the current backups can fill on a regular down basis.

Many scouting reports have this draft as a strong one for DT’s while the QB’s seem to be more of the Brady Quinn type, all hype little substance. Yes there are a few good ones but they will likely be gone by the time we are picking. There is no need to pay someone huge dollars to hold a clip board…Sage already has that role filled :-P

Keep in him that Tom Brady who is regarded as the best QB around, not named Manning, was a 6th or 7th round pick. There are some guys that don’t go in the first day that can be brought along. Maybe we can convince Brett to play one more year to groom some diamond in the rough to start in 2 years time. We also need the right fit in a QB. As the past few years has proved not all QB’s can play the West Coast Offense (KAO) effectively but when you bring in the guy with the right skills and mental make up things can change in a hurry. We need to find the right player for this offense.

Let me lay out my thought process so the guys don’t come out of the blue.

First, when it comes to the draft, especially in the first round, I am sold on taking the best player available, unless it’s a running back. The Vikings don’t need to draft a running back high, even if a highly-touted back like Jahvid Best is available. He just wouldn’t see the field much. While defensive end is not the biggest need on the Vikings, if a star defensive end drops to the Vikings, that would be a tempting draft pick. Ray Edwards has not yet developed his pass-rushing technique very much.

On to needs. The Vikings’ potential draft needs are G, DT, S, and QB. Right up the middle. The biggest need is guard. Hutch has played bad this year, and Herrera hasn’t made the Pro Bowl yet in his career. Pat Williams probably has another year, but he might retire after this year. We need a large DT to step into Pat Williams’s job after Big Pat retires. I think our safeties will be solid, but they haven’t proved it yet. Favre will probably retire after this season.

For my money, Tarvaris Jackson is the future franchise quarterback of this team. Period. The Vikings should give Jackson another contract. Vikings fans should cheer when Jackson signs it. Rosenfels is a good backup QB. Booty was probably not going to work out for the Vikings, unfortunately.

All that said, the Vikings should draft a quarterback for insurance purposes.

The ideal qualities of the Vikings quarterback of the future are: strong leadership intangibles, work ethic, strong workout habits, absolute love for playing the game of football, good height, strong arm, physically gifted, self-disicipline, great potential, ability to handle psychological pressure, good throwing mechanics, willingness to take physical punishment to help the team, accurate thrower, ability to grasp the playbook, smart and not overly clever, and good moral character. The ultimate test is: “Does he makes his teammates better?”

Very, very few quarterbacks come out of college with all of those qualities from day 1. Maybe Dan Marino was like that, but you could count them all on one hand. Most guys have to develop. Some guys develop faster or slower. Tarvaris Jackson has a lot of the more innate qualities. He still has to master “accurate throwing” and “willingness to take physical punishment” as in big hits while throwing downfield. He still has lots of things to work on. Brett Favre has said that it took him 9 years in the NFL before he could read defenses. By then he already had a Super Bowl ring. Great quarterbacks are typically productive through their mid-thirties or even longer. Tarvaris Jackson, age 26, has 10 or more potentially years ahead of him if he improves himself.

Will Jackson mature into a multi-year Pro Bowl quarterback who leads his team to the top? I don’t know. Nobody knows. He has proved that eventually he might be that guy. That is why we need to hang on to him and keep on developing him.

Now that I’ve explained this, I hope anybody can see that I want the Vikings to keep investing in Jackson. I expect him to become “the guy” for the Vikings. As you never know for sure, the Vikings still need to draft a quarterback in 2010.

Tim Tebow has peaked in his abilities. While he is a great college player, he won’t have enough talent to excel at QB in the pro game. Jimmy Clausen has great intangibles but he throws sidearm. That won’t work in the NFL.

It’s OK to draft a QB from a smaller school. Sometimes Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks come out of smaller, lesser-known schools. Favre went to Southern Mississippi, Rothlisberger, Miami of Ohio; Kurt Warner, Northern Iowa; Phil Simms, Morehead State; Terry Bradshaw, Louisiana Tech.

Here’s a list of some quarterbacks I’m interested in right now. If I were the Vikings, I would want to scout these guys.

Tim Hiller, 6’3, Western Michigan.

Dan LeFevour, 6’3, Central Michigan

Casey Keenum, 6’2, Houston

Colt McCoy, 6’2, Texas

Now for one outside the normal discussion.

Tyler Sheehan, 6’3, Bowling Green State. He has a great arm. He threw an incredible pass evading two defenders to make a 2-point conversion in the Metrodome to defeat the Gophers in overtime. He has great stats. He is a senior. He will have played for four years in college, and started for three. What impresses me about Tyler Sheehan is that he has a teammate, Freddy Barnes, who is leading the nation in receiving. Now, maybe that is just Freddy Barnes making Tyler Sheehan look good, but maybe not. Maybe Sheehan has developed that intrinsic, intangible set of leadership qualities, and he has started to “make his teammates better.”

I hope the Vikings scout these guys.