2010 NFL Draft: Vikings Assign Numbers To Their New Draft Picks
by Christopher Gates on Apr 26, 2010 1:18 PM CDT
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PrintThanks to the good folks at Access Vikings for letting us know exactly what the newest members of the Minnesota Vikings will be wearing this summer and/or fall.
CB Chris Cook - #31
RB Toby Gerhart - #32
DE Everson Griffen - #97
G Chris DeGeare - #72
LB Nate Triplett - #58
WR Joe Webb - #14
TE Mickey Shuler - #84 (cue the hand-wringing about how Randy Moss' old number went to a TE that was drafted in the 7th round that, likely, won't make the roster)
FB Ryan D'Imperio - #44
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(cue the hand-wringing about how Randy Moss’ old number went to a TE that was drafted in the 7th round that, likely, won’t make the roster)
That’s fine. Then he won’t have to jump through any hoops to reclaim his old number when we sign him next offseason. ;)
A guy can dream, can’t he?
If you can't laugh at yourself... Who can you laugh at?
The Packers, that’s who.
-- The almighty Manimal
He'll make it. say bye-bye to Garret Mills
"We have a right to be proud, for in our veins flows the blood of many brave races who fought as the lion fights for lordship. Here, in the whirlpool of European races, the Ugric tribe bore down from Iceland the fighting spirit which Thor and Odin gave them, which their Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, ay, and of Asia and Africa too, till the peoples thought that the werewolves themselves had come."
-from Bram Stoker's Dracula
Moss? Why?
Why would we sign a 34 year old WR when there isn ’t anywhere for his stats to go but down?
Why would we sign a 34 year old WR when we have younger, faster, more dedicated WRs on the roster already?
because then
when I’m sleeping at night, clutching my Randy Moss teddy bear and dreaming of fuax moonings of the GB crowd, I can wake up in a similar reality.
Also, I notice that you say we have younger, faster, and more dedicated guys, but you failed to mention “more talented.” Cut Berrian, sign Moss, and we still have basically the same group with a giant upgrade and a fan favorite at one of the positions.
Moss, Rice, Harvin : Me :: Jahvid Best highlights : Jim Schwartz
If you can't laugh at yourself... Who can you laugh at?
The Packers, that’s who.
-- The almighty Manimal
81
Moss doesn’t wear 84 anymore. We should have given Shuler 81 so that when Moss comes back he has to be 84 :D
Why Diss Shianco like that?
- already is active and on the roster — Shianco!
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -- George Orwell
If Ryan Perriloux wins a spot
Do you think they’ll give him jersey #420?
Nope 12
for the number of steps he has yet to take
From the only TRUE North division
by thewild_viking_twins on Apr 26, 2010 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Somebody already has 12 ;)
I love Twins Baseball and Minnesota Vikings Football.
by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Apr 26, 2010 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure Percy will gladly give it up in the name of comedy
From the only TRUE North division
by thewild_viking_twins on Apr 26, 2010 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm sorry, but #44 should be retired
Enough said.
"We're used to Favre-a-palooza now. We're engulfed in Favre-a-palooza. It's not even Favre-a-palooza anymore. He's family now."
--Vikings TE Visanthe Shiancoe, on Brett Favre
that was my thought exactly.......
when I read about the hand wringing….
Why has 44 not been retired?
by vikeincheeseland on Apr 28, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
retiring numbers isn't what it used to be
The NFL now has a stated policy that encourages teams to not retire numbers. Teams still can retire numbers, though. The problem is that if a lot of numbers are retired, there are too few numbers and choices for numbers for current players.
If #44 is retired, then what about this guy? What about that guy? How about retiring John Randle’s number, or Randall McDaniel’s number? They’re both in the Hall of Fame. Pretty soon we’ll have a bunch of retired numbers.
The Vikings should retire a number very rarely.
Current list of Vikings’ retired numbers
10 Fran Tarkenton
53 Mick Tingelhoff
70 Jim Marshall
77 Korey Stringer
80 Cris Carter
88 Alan Page
That’s enough. The Vikings Ring of Honor is the right way to honor a great player like Chuck Foreman.
By the way, Leroy Hoard also wore #44, and he was great.
Yes, it was far easier nailing down numbers in those olden days when no tomorrow might come to this pro football thing. Nowadays, the big-business NFL has rules on what numbers you can wear by position without your saying “Mother, may I?” to a zebra before taking the field.
There are only so many numbers you can prohibit from being worn again before problems will arise for future generations. They won’t let you wear 00 anymore, let alone 911. The No Fun League rides again!
Ah well, it may be goodness that we not get hung up on the numbers. Just recall Johnny Rivers’ lament in Secret Agent Man.
Retiring no. 70
I believe that it is true that the Vikings have yet to formally retire the great Jim Marshall’s number 70. However, from the day of his retirement, the story I’ve heard is that the Vikings equipment manager has refused ever to issue it to anyone. Which I think is great. If it’s true. But if it is true, they really have to formally retire no. 70.
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