Viking fans, what are your list of priorities for our team?

1. Oline…..I’m thinking a C. I don’t really care for Sullivan.

2. QB. I believe Mayock when he say’s that the QB’s in this draft aren’t worth drafting in the 1st.
If that’s the case, than I think we should forget about drafting a QB, and give up our 2nd rounder for K.Ortin.

3. S. Not sure which is more important at this point, FS or SS, but M.Williams and T. Johnson need to go.

4. I don’t know who the FO plans to keep around, but we could need a TE, DE, DT, WR and on and on, so I’m going to stop here.

QB is the easy answer to this question. But we as fans found out if Favre isn’t playing out of his mind (like 2009-2010), we have far more glaring weaknesses.

Our defense isn’t nearly as good as everyone thinks. To win in the NFL nowdays you need so solid hard hitting LBs and fearless safeties and CBs.

I’d say our needs are:

1. QB (hopefully, hopefully we don’t take anyone in the 1st round, no one is worth a first round pick)
2. LB – Vikings need to find our own Clay Matthews/ Lamar Woodley
3. CB/Safety – Patrick Peterson wouldn’t be a bad pickup at all, although we’ve wasted far too many picks each draft getting CBs that under preform.

1) OG (tired of McKinnie)
2) FS (Madieu is a nice guy, but a lousy Safety)
3) QB (I know, third…what am I thinking?)
4) OT (Hutch is getting long in the tooth)
5) LB (The starters are decent, but our depth is questionable)
6) CB (I’m a little worried about Chris Cook)
7) DE (Edwards likely gone, Everson needs competition)
8) FB (Tahi has terrible hands and Peterson under performs behind a FB so we need a catching and pass prot. FB)
9) DT (I think we’re ok here, but adding some depth wouldn’t be bad)
10) C (I’m not as down on Sullivan as many are, but another option may be good)

And I disagree with tho0505 on the Vikes defense, the stats say it was almost as good as it has been in previous years. The defense got into trouble because they were stuck playing from behind most of the year because of the lousy offensive play; hence 3 of my top 4 needs being on the O.

1) QB – No position on the team is more critical than this one, and for this position, we have bupkiss. Erm. Webb. That’s it. And while I’m in favor of giving Webb a shot in competition, I’m in no way under the presumption that Webb is a #1 QB at this time.

2) O-line. Where to start? Tackles, Guards, Center….. I don’t know, I don’t care, FIX IT.

3) Safety. Enough of Johnson Experiment, get a stud muffin back there. Looks like it may be Winfield for one of the slots, but if that’s the case, on to the next option;

4) Corners. Cook didn’t live up to his promise, Griff may turn out to be more fragile than we hoped for, Winfield is going to Safety….. we need some help here.

5) Kicker – If Longwell decides to go play golf, who’s going to boot the ball? Warcraft doesn’t do field goals. Maybe Joe Webb? How far can athleticism take you?

(1) O-Line, need help almost straight across the line.
(2) QB, Can’t be any lower because we don’t have many options and we need to just sack up and draft a QB who isn’t going to be a long term project.
(3) Safety, Madieu needs to go, great guy but not a very good safety at this point in his career.
(4) DE/DT, Either spot to be honest, need both as much as the other.
(5) WR, TBH I might put WR tied with DE/DT depending on what happens with our players and whom we let go but realistically I don’t see BTwice coming back, see Baskett and Lewis being let go for sure and even Camarillo could be let go as I don;t think he warrents a 2-3million a year contract for the production he actually gives. Granted he is consistent but that amount might be too much when the Vikes are going to be trying to resign other more important people.

If I were a Viking fan the biggest priority I would want to see brought on is talent. Right now the way the roster is organized the Vikings can add talent at any position other than possibly running back. At that point I would want the FO to just evaluate the players as to who is the best football player and take that guy when the team drafts. Same with FA if that happens. Determine who is the best value for the price versus talent and fitting of the scheme run and peruse accordingly. Apart from that nothing and no one should be sacred….well AP gets a pass because he’s AP.

With that in mind though there would be a priority list as well.

1. QB. Everything in the NFL flows from this position and the Vikings not only have found the cubard bare, but there is no plan as well. The answer must be found this offseason or another top 15 pick is in the near future.
2. DT. P. Williams is either too old or gone. Guion is really the only real long term option and he’s still a bit of an unknown. If the Vikings are going to keep playing a Tampa 2 (which is foreseeable with LF as coach) then there needs to be a strong push up the middle to make the whole defensive line work. Some big men in the middle are needed.
3. S. Going hand in hand with dynamic line play in the Tampa 2 are game breaking safeties. These players are critical to making the scheme work (think John Lynch in Tampa’s hey day). Right now the best the Vikings have at that position is acceptable….which is far from good enough. Doesn’t matter if the guy is a ball hawk or a thumper, he just has to make something happen.
4. LT. A guy who is so lazy that he is kicked out of the Pro-Bowl and stupid enough to run a six figure tab when he’s going to be cut of from money for a while is not the guy I want protecting the blind side of the face of the franchise. Add in the fact that he’s on the wrong side of 30, overweight (and still running up said bar tab), and been fighting off injuries all points to the need to look to the future at this critical position.
5. CB. If the Vikings corner backs were going to start a band they would need to be called Winfield and the question marks. No matter what scheme is run a team needs three starting quality corners, or at least three reliable corners. Winfield is getting older and next two on the depth chart are young and have had some injury concerns (both with multiple knee problems which could be bad considering the position).
6. WR. This could quickly drop if Rice can get under contract. If the Vikings lose Rice though this position needs to go into panic mode. I’ve gain crazy respect for Harvin over this past year. The dude can ball…but he’s a bit like a much more successful Reggie Bush. When he gets the ball he can do some dynamic things and the offense is much better for it….he’s just not quite as good as a pure receiver. Watching Childress try to force Harvin into being an outside receiver and working off press man just didn’t seem to work at all. It’s telling about his skill set, but also shows that Harvin is the type of guy who needs to used in the correct way to maximize your investment. In this case ti means keeping two guys who can do the lion share of offensive downs and work on the parameters to lessen the load for Harvin, allowing him to work in plays in the slot and by dynamic for KR/PR’s.

I would almost put CB on the top of that list since we have to face pass happy teams that are quite good at it just within our own division, but we need to fix our O-line and get safety help. QB is tops because if you look at everyone else in the NFC North they have someone to lead them longterm. To address our needs we need about ten picks this year but we do have good young talent to go with whoever we bring in.

… first

then 2. QB
        3. Left Tackle
        4. Wide Receiver
        5. Center
        6. Free Safety
        7. Weak side LB
        8. Full back
        9. Tight end (primarily blocking)
   
Beyond that probably doesn’t make much sense. I’m assuming we have Rice back also.