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We would be so good if we did something outside of the first round



I'm looking at the huge gaping holes we have and most of them wouldn't be there if we did something out of the first round.
Lets start in the secondary.
Tyrell Johnson a second round pick. If he had just been something like  another 2nd round pick safety (ala Darren Sharper one of da hardest hitten safeties in da league! Put da team on your back) then we would be set at SS for a while. Jamarca Sanford and Husain Abdullah would be great fill in back ups.  
Corners: Chris Cook is stayed out of trouble would probably have a great second year. Cedric Griffin without two blown out knee could be a pro-bowl corner. Antoine could the other safety or be a lower corner to help his health. Asher Allen could be another okay back-up. Also, looking back further Marcus McCaulley could've been a good back up. The Vikes could have a pretty good secondary if some bad things hadn't gotten in the way. Without the Allen trade we could've picked Aquib Talib a good corner.
Linebackers: Greenway is a mighty fine draft pick. Looking back, why did we pick Gerhart? I like the guy but we passed over Pat Angerer in which this is the draft right affter EJ Henderson broke his femur. Erin Henderson would be another great backup. We could now draft a OLB to be the long term starter.
DL: You know when we trade a whole lot of picks for Jared Allen, and it worked out for both sides.  If Erasmus James or Kenichi Udeze panned out we would never had to deal a bunch of picks. Ray Edwards put in a lot of good years and B-Rob is doing good. Kevin Williams is a beast and Letroy Guion and Christian Ballard would be good backups. When you look at our pretty decent LB's and DLineman we look better built for a 3-4. Greenway would be a good 3-4 LB Erin could be MLB and Pat would've been good there too. I think coach Singletary would like that better too. Ray Lewis and Patrick Willis are both his products in 3-4 schemes. Everson Griffin could be another great product of Singletary. And without Allen we would have more picks to fill other holes. We would have B-Rob and James/Udeze at ends and K-Williams and DT.  We look life we're built for a 3-4 defense.
Some more proof of that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLxg9M3KZY4
Offense:
QB: Ponder looks fine. End of Story.
RB: AP done. In the 2008 draft without the Allen trade we could've picked Jammal Charles. Done.
WR: If we hadn't picked Ryan Cook in 2006, we could've had the one and only Greeeeggggg Jennings. And if needed draft a Michael Floyd or Alshon Jeffreys in this draft. And if Johnson didn't work at safety then we could've picked Desean Jackson.
TE: Kyle Rudolph good pick long term.
OL: I think we could've got a lot more from McKinney I think Frazier shouldn't of cut him. Yes, he is slow and lazy, but better than Charlie Johnson who would be better off replacing Hutch. I think we got a diamond in the rough with John Sullivan as he is making huge strides this year. We need picks at Guards long term though. Loadholt is Pro-bowl RT if he could pass-block. DeMarcus Love could be a decent backup Fusco could be a backup DeGeare could be another backup.

All in all if we had picked some players instead of some outside of the first round then we would be like the Packers. Good startes and good backups that fit the scheme. Also, some injuries don't happen and we would be a long term playoff team. If you look at our team we have backups in the starter position. If some of these picks pan out than we have high calibar players in the positions that need to be in. We could be such a young good team if these simple things could've happened.
What do you guys think? SKOL!

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I understand

What youre doing here but you have to understand that Hindsight is 20/20. You can do this for every team.

Ponder to Harvin for 6!

by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Nov 26, 2011 11:42 AM CST via mobile reply actions  

What I'm trying to say is

we are so close to a great team but I think we need a defensive overhaul. Pagac could still be aggresive in a 3-4 and the Pat Angerer would make sense at the time.

by PurplePrideforLife! on Nov 26, 2011 12:23 PM CST up reply actions  

Pagac has coached or been apart of the Tampa two for all of his NFL life.

We would need a new DC if we were going to change defensive schemes, and we would need even more of a overhaul on defense because you would also need the back up players who fit that type of system.

by nmvikesfan on Nov 26, 2011 3:46 PM CST up reply actions  

I think

in the state of defense that we’re in right now, it wouldn’t be that bad of an idea except that Allen is 4-3 rushers. But Greenway could be a great 3-4 linebacker.

by PurplePrideforLife! on Nov 26, 2011 5:00 PM CST up reply actions  

2-9

is hardly “so close to a great team” This unit is far from great its rebuild time. top to bottom.

@}-----You've been Touched-----{@

by Velvetouch on Nov 27, 2011 11:52 PM CST up reply actions  

well

i think we need a ball hawk in secondary and get more speed and height in secondary, make guys more hungry to strip bll also instead of taying way off and letting them make catch and then trying to tackle them

i do bleed purple, just can not get enough even with a sb win go vikes

by new york viking on Nov 26, 2011 2:31 PM CST reply actions  

Erin Henderson a great backup?

You do realize he’s one of the highest ranked OLBs in a 4-3 scheme in the league right now, don’t you?

by Amrius on Nov 26, 2011 7:25 PM CST reply actions  

Yeah

but I’m saying that he is a great backup but wouldn’t always be starting in other defenses and with the set up I was talking about he might’ve been a backup in a rotation.

by PurplePrideforLife! on Nov 27, 2011 1:05 PM CST up reply actions  

Why would we have picked Jamaal Charles

if we already had AP? He’d just be another really physically gifted player sitting on the bench. We don’t need anymore of those. Haha

by SirGrizzly on Nov 27, 2011 11:49 PM CST reply actions  

The two funniest statements in this post are...
Darren Sharper one of da hardest hitten safeties in da league! Put da team on your back.

You have to put a link to that Youtube video if you are going to use that line. It’s a classic, but so easy to misunderstand.

I think we got a diamond in the rough with John Sullivan as he is making huge strides this year.

Did you say this just to see if we were paying attention? :-)

"Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin

by kcskol on Nov 28, 2011 8:14 AM CST reply actions  

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