The “game manager” style only works if said game manager is close to average and not throwing a pick per game as Frerotte was. Really, last year was more of a something-out-of-nothing-and-hope-it’s-enough QB strategy—well short of a real game manager strategy.

I had Peterson ranked higher than Quinn, and I was surprised that the Vikings didn’t take Quinn at the time to fill a need since TJ had been so disappointing up to that point. I wouldn’t be surprised if Quinn turned into a productive starter soon (a la Rich Gannon) although he’ll have to show quite a bit of improvement immediately to even have a chance.

I thought that Brohm would have been nice depth for us (or any team) at QB, and if that’s all he turned out to be for 2nd round money, then fine. Tyrell Johnson will need to be a good or great starter for several years to make up for what could have been between DeSean Jackson and Brian Brohm.

…was a 1st round talent in the 2nd round (and the Vikings should have picked him instead, but I digress).

That doesn’t happen terribly often, though, and there is an appreciable difference between a Todd Pinkston type that Chilly loves and a 1st round talent. 1st round WRs bust almost as often as 1st round QBs, but at least a 1st round WR can return kicks if nothing else.

We would actually lose leverage, because we would be stuck with Sanchez if we don’t trade him, so we might be more inclined to take a lesser offer than what we would receive for the pick itself.

One of the teams who have a worse record than the Vikings may pick a lineman or something in the first round because they see a greater need at that position, but also need to fill a hole at the quarterback position and really want Sanchez, so they might give up their second pick or more to get him. Even if we do end up keeping Sanchez he could be used as trade potential later. Team are willing to give up picks even for back-up quarterbacks (See Vikings/Kelly Holcomb).

Well you’re just a stupid face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s just a silly poll on a website dedicated to sports. No one else is having a fit about it. Relax, speculate, and have fun here.

Don’t take it too seriously, amigo.

Steve Smith is also short, and Mark Clayton was only 5’9". Harvin is compared to Eric Metcalf on nfldraftscout.com.

I agree with you that ideally, a receiver should be taller; however, a shorter receiver can be better, especially with the help of a good QB. The Vikes may not have that QB yet (or perhaps they do), but think of it this way: would you rather have Darrius Heyward-Bey (whose overall draft grade is almost a full point less, compares to Ashley Lelie) instead of Harvin purely based on size alone? It’s a tough question.

His skill set in college doesn’t necessarily transfer to the NFL.

Like how the patron saint of gadget players, Reggie Bush, pretty much got drafted into what you’d think would be the perfect team for him and he’s still been hot-and-cold?

To be fair, Harvin’s considered more of WR-RB hybrid, while Bush is a RB-WR (if that makes any sense). Scouts say he’ll have the ability to run routes and rave about his release and cuts, although at Florida he mainly ran slants, slip screens, and occasionally just went deep. We’ll see.

Here are my main concerns:

1) As FootballOutsiders stated in their mock draft (projecting Brian Robiskie to the Bears after they traded down to the late first): “Percy Harvin has the higher grade at the moment, but taking an SEC wide receiver who didn’t play in a pro-style offense (or at least wasn’t used in a particularly pro-style way) is a move any experienced GM should be able to sniff out by now.” The bust rate on these types of players is quite high.

2) Durability. He has a bit of a history of getting dinged up.

3) The Vikings don’t run that many 3-WR sets. Whether that’s due to the scheme, the fraying offensive line, or whatever, they just don’t. Maybe if they took Harvin in the first they’d feature it more, I don’t know.

4) People always throw the return game when talking about Harvin, but he never returned kicks at Florida.

All this isn’t to say Harvin will be lousy. I have no idea if he will or if he won’t. I do think players like this upsides tend to be exagerrated.

In the end, I’d like to see them pick up a nice slot receiver, and Harvin initially would seem to profile best in the slot to start out. But considering he’d have quite a learning curve to pick up pro-style routes, I wonder if taking a fast slot guy with marginal upside (i.e. 3rd WR only) but who has experience running good, relatively sophisticated routes (someone like Penn State’s Deon Butler, as an example) much later in the draft might be better. Particularly if that would allow them to shore up their line and maybe grab a corner early in the draft. Guess we’ll see.

Here the teams with multiple 2nd round picks:

New England (34, 47, 58)
Cleveland (36, 50)
Miami (44, 56)
NY Giants (45, 60)

Now, I think there’s a couple different versions of the draft trade value chart teams (supposedly) use. According to this one:

The Vikings’ #22 is worth 780 points.

Here are the breakdowns of the picks listed above:
New England (560, 430, 320)
Cleveland (540, 400)
Miami (460, 340)
NYG (450, 300)

So according to this, a Giants trade can be ruled out, as the Vikings would not only give up value AND move down. Likewise, Cleveland shouldn’t bundle their picks (their combined value is 940). New England doesn’t strike me as the type of team that would bother moving up. Miami’s 800 total matches well with the Vikings pick value. But then you’re talking about not picking until #44.

All that being said, sometimes teams throw all this out the window. Carolina gave the Eagles their 2009 2nd rounder, their 2009 4th rounder, AND their 2010 first rounder for Philly’s 2009 first rounder. That’s a lot of excess value for the Eagles. If the Vikings get an offer like that, then they ought to take it and ask questions later.