Vikings Daily Mock 4.20

Mocks are not always going to be met with approval and quite often are derided which is expected. But they are an interesting exercise in trying to come up with alternative draft strategies. If you are really hoping for a LB in round 1 and he is gone then you have to go to an alternate draft plan. Changing them up is good practice.

By MarkSP18 Apr 20, 2014, 11:42am CDT

I use the http://fanspeak.com/ontheclock/ site to do the draft. They have a premium feature that allows for trades. They have 3 big boards you can choose to use for the player rankings (fanspeak, walterfootball, & optimumscouting).

In this mock I used the fanspeak big board.

1ST TRADE - 1.8 TO THE RAMS FOR 1.13 & 2.12
2ND TRADE - 2015 2ND TO THE 49ERS FOR 2.29 & 5.30
3RD TRADE - 3.32 TO THE BILLS FOR 4.9 & 5.9
4TH TRADE - 2015 7TH TO THE BENGALS FOR 7.24

13 WR MIKE EVANS TEXAS A&M
34 ILB C.J. MOSLEY ALABAMA
44 DE TRENT MURPHY STANFORD
61 QB JIMMY GAROPPOLO EASTERN ILLINOIS
72 LB CHRISTIAN JONES FLORIDA STATE
109 DT DAQUAN JONES PENN STATE
132 CB ANTONE EXUM VIRGINIA TECH
149 DE BRENT URBAN VIRGINIA
170 G TRAI TURNER LSU
184 S BROCK VEREEN MINNESOTA
239 RB ISAIAH CROWELL ALABAMA STATE
247 FB TREY MILLARD OKLAHOMA

I realize that the Evans pick is not going to be popular especially with Manziel and the corners still on the board. It really is difficult to defend passing on Manziel considering the current QB situation. But I did just to see if he would drop but once again, the Cardinals rolled the dice (wisely).

Evans is really good though. Well he was in college. Jennings turns 32 next September. He has a 11 mil cap hit and is set to make 9 mil too. Somehow that is not computing for me. I cannot justify that salary unless he has a monster year this season and even then I would be very hesitant. I think having Evans and CP84 along with Rudolph is not a bad set of weapons for a QB. Plus you still have AP for at least two more seasons.

I had to trade up to get Mosley for obvious reasons which I do not think I need to explain right?

After taking Murphy who I think will take over for Robison eventually I had to trade up to get Garoppolo. The Texans had not taken a QB yet and were most likely going to take him with their top of the 3rd round pick.

Christian Jones is still not getting a lot of love which is a bit of a surprise to me. he is being penalized for doing whatever FSU needed him to do. They rushed him from the DE position a lot last year instead of letting him refine his skills at a LB position. It paid off for the Seminoles and I am sure Jones is happy with the outcome of last season. But his draft stock took a hit. He is too good of a LB to let pass by. I think with him and Mosley the Vikings could have a pretty good duo and should be able to find one other from the current group.

Jones is a big DT that surely can help out in the rotation.

Exum is still a favorite of mine and I am not sure if he will play CB or S but he is versatile.

Urban is the kind of DL that Zimmer like to take. If you check the players the Bengals have drafted that have been fairly tall (Carlos Dunlap, Michael Johnson, and Margus Hunt).

Turner should be a decent guy to add to the offensive guard mix.

Vereen is another DB that is versatile which can surely help.

I had to take a back and perhaps Crowell can get be a bit of a reclamation project. He is very talented and just needs a chance.

Millard is a player who I think can help out in the FB/HB spot.

Here is a draft from first-pick ...

I traded down with the Bears taking their 1st and 3rd round pick.

Your score is: 5964 (GRADE: A)

Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 14 (CHI): Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville (A)
Round 2 Pick 8: Kyle Van Noy, OLB, Brigham Young (B+)
Round 3 Pick 8: Scott Crichton, DE, Oregon State (A)
Round 3 Pick 18 (CHI): Deone Bucannon, SS, Washington State (A)
Round 3 Pick 32: DaQuan Jones, DT, Penn State (A)
Round 4 Pick 8: Victor Hampton, CB, South Carolina (A)
Round 5 Pick 8: Brandon Coleman, WR, Rutgers (A)
Round 6 Pick 8: James White, RB, Wisconsin (A)
Round 7 Pick 8: Dri Archer, WR, Kent State (A)

Your Future Picks:
2015 Round 1 Pick
2016 Round 1 Pick

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