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Minnesota Vikings Mock Draft Database v7.0

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It's Saturday, and not only is it alright for fighting, it's also alright for the latest update to our Minnesota Vikings Mock Draft Database! We've only got a few more of these to go before we get to the real thing, at which point we will get our annual confirmation that, really, nobody knows what the hell they're talking about leading up to the NFL Draft anyway.

We're up to 80 mock drafts this week, and we've had a couple of shifts. Let's take a look at our list of mock drafts for this week, shall we?

EDIT: Drafttek's most recent update is not in chronological order, as I mistakenly did not update it at the time I published the database. However, they projected the same player in the first round for the Vikings (Teddy Bridgewater), so neither of the graphics are affected. My apologies for the error. -Chris

Site Name Date Round 1 (8) Round 2 (40) Round 3 (72) Round 3 (96)
DraftCalc Staff 5-Apr Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
Sports Bank Paul Banks 5-Apr Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville Cyril Richardson, G, Baylor Jordan Tripp, LB, Montana Dominique Easley, DT, Florida
Breaking Football Staff 4-Apr Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
CBS Sports Pat Kirwan 4-Apr Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
East Coast Sports Al Fronczak 4-Apr Anthony Barr, LB, UCLA
Football Fan Spot Staff 4-Apr Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
Inside the Iggles Dave Searles 4-Apr Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
NFL's Future Staff 4-Apr Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida Kyle van Noy, LB, BYU
Only College Sports Staff 4-Apr Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida
CNN-SI Doug Farrar 3-Apr Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
ESPN Mel Kiper 3-Apr Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida Keith McGill, CB, Utah Marcus Roberson, CB, Florida Tre Mason, RB, Auburn
Fanspeak Phil Thompson 3-Apr Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
NESN Doug Kyed 3-Apr Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
New York Daily News Gary Myers 3-Apr Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
NFL.com Matt Smith 3-Apr Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
The Viking Age Adam Carlson 3-Apr Khalil Mack, LB, Buffalo*
Walter Football Walt 3-Apr Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville Brandon Thomas, G, Clemson Craig Loston, S, LSU Telvin Smith, LB, Florida State
CBS Sports Pete Prisco 2-Apr Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
CBS Sports Will Brinson 2-Apr Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida
Leading the League Staff 2-Apr C.J. Mosley, LB, Alabama*
CBS Sports Dane Brugler 1-Apr Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
CBS Sports Rob Rang 1-Apr Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
Draft King Lou Pickney 1-Apr Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
NFL.com Bryan Fischer 1-Apr Khalil Mack, LB, Buffalo
Fansided Josh Sanchez 31-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Walter Football Charlie Campbell 31-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M David Yankey, G, Stanford Craig Loston, S, LSU Lache Seastrunk, RB, Baylor
900 Football Jay Goldberg 30-Mar Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
NFL Draft Room Staff 29-Mar Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson
CNN-SI Audibles Chris Burke 28-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M Ryan Shazier, LB, Ohio State
Cover 32 Tarrell Brown 28-Mar Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
DraftTek Staff 2-Apr Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame Marcus Roberson, CB, Florida
FF Toolbox Staff 28-Mar Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
Sports By Schmucks Staff 28-Mar Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
Draft Ace Staff 27-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Football Nation Matt Miselis 27-Mar Khalil Mack, LB, Buffalo
National Football Post Gabriel/Galko 27-Mar Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State
NFL Draft Blitz Alex Khvatov 27-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M Xavier S'ua-Filo, G, UCLA Aaron Lynch, DE, South Florida Robert Herron, WR, Wyoming
NFL Draft Geek Staff 27-Mar Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville Chris Borland, LB, Wisconsin
NFL.com Mike Huguenin 27-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Optimum Scouting Eric Galko 26-Mar Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M
Ourlads Staff 26-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Sporting News Eric Galko 26-Mar Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M
Backyard Banter Matthew Harmon 25-Mar Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State*
NFL.com Bucky Brooks 25-Mar Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh
Draft Preview Shawn Baptist 24-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M Chris Borland, LB, Wisconsin
SB Nation Matthew Fairburn 24-Mar Ha'Sean Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama David Fales, QB, San Jose State
Football Draft Analysis Staff 22-Mar Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
Cat Scratch Reader Stevie Mercury 21-Mar Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville*
eDraft Derrik Klassen 21-Mar Jason Verrett, CB, TCU Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
Pro Player Insiders Nathan Rickard 21-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
KFFL Tim Heaney 20-Mar Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
NFL.com Daniel Jeremiah 20-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Draft Report Staff 19-Mar Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State Stephon Tuitt, DE, Notre Dame
Draft Season Lupagus 19-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M Chris Borland, LB, Wisconsin Kareem Martin, DE, North Carolina Cyril Richardson, G, Baylor
CNN-SI Don Banks 18-Mar Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
NFL.com Charles Davis 18-Mar Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida
Yahoo! Shutdown Corner Eric Edholm 18-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M David Yankey, G, Stanford
SB Nation Dan Kadar 17-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
NFL.com Chase Goodbread 13-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
With The First Pick Staff 13-Mar Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
NFL Draft 101 Marc Sluis 10-Mar Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State Trent Murphy, DE, Stanford James Hurst, OT, North Carolina Pierre Desir, CB, Lindenwood
Pro Football Talk Mike Florio 10-Mar Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida
Sports Jabber Staff 10-Mar Anthony Barr, LB, UCLA
The Phinsider Kevin Nogle 10-Mar Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
Draft Wiz Staff 9-Mar Anthony Barr, LB, UCLA
Draft Countdown Scott Wright 7-Mar Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
Tony Softli Tony Softli 7-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Draft Season Ultimate 6-Mar Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida Kyle Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech Chris Borland, LB, Wisconsin Taylor Hart, DE, Oregon
ESPN Todd McShay 6-Mar Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State
Football's Future Robert Davis 6-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Draft Season OneBar 4-Mar Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville
Great Blue North Staff 4-Mar Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State Ryan Shazier, LB, Ohio State DeMarcus Lawrence, DE, Boise State Bruce Ellington, WR, South Carolina
International Business Times Anthony Riccobono 3-Mar Anthony Barr, LB, UCLA
Vikings Corner Daniel House 2-Mar Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Rotoworld Evan Silva 1-Mar Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M
Fox Sports Peter Schrager 28-Feb Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
Arrowhead Pride Matt Verderame 27-Feb Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State
USA Today Nate Davis 27-Feb Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Draft Season Lomas 26-Feb Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State Cyril Richardson, G, Baylor
Vikings Territory Brett Anderson 24-Feb Khalil Mack, LB, Buffalo

Selections that have a * next to the name come as a result of a trade. Be sure to click the links to those drafts for the full explanation.

The relative distribution of the positions hasn't changed all that much, but some of the names are moving up and down those lists, at one position in particular.

Quarterback is still, by far and away, the most selected position on the board, with 61 of the 80 mocks listed have the Minnesota Vikings selecting a quarterback in Round One of the 2014 NFL Draft. That's a 76.3% selection rate for the position, and we have a new most-selected player at that spot. Louisville quarterback Teddy "Theodore" Bridgewater has re-taken the lead as the most frequently picked player in our database with 20 selections (25%). Last week's leader, Johnny Mondo Delicious Ice Cream Purple Football Manziel, is right behind him with 19 selections (23.8%), and Derek "Baby You Can Drive My" Carr is right behind them with 15 picks (18.8%). Blake Bortles also got a couple more picks this week, as he is now up to 7 selections (8.8%).

The linebackers are still a very distant second with nine selections, or 11.3% of the donut. Khalil Mack moved up a bit this week with four selections (5%), good enough to tie him with Anthony Barr on the list. C.J. Mosley once again has one selection (1.3%) this week. . .he manages to stay on the list every week, but he seems to end up appearing in a different mock each time.

Wide receivers and cornerbacks both ended up with four selections (5%) in this iteration of our database. On the receiver side, Mike Evans held steady with three selections (3.8%), while Sammy Watkins re-appears in this week's database after a two-week absence, clocking in with one selection (1.3%). On the cornerback side, Justin Gilbert continues to hold on to his three selections (3.8%), and Jason Verrett still has one selection (1.3%) as well, but Darqueze Dennard drops out of our database for this week.

Defensive tackles and safeties both stay around for this week, too, as Aaron Donald and Ha'Sean Clinton-Dix each find themselves with one selection (1.3%) on this week's table.

We'll put these into graphic form here, which you can click to embiggen as always. First up, we'll have our donut graph that will put the picks into perspective for this week's database.

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And we'll follow that up with the trend graph, which shows how players have fared in our database from week to week. The trends for the quarterbacks have been particularly interesting over these past few weeks.

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And that is Version 7.0 of your Minnesota Vikings Mock Draft Database for this 2014 draft season. Feel free to discuss any or all of the findings below, and enjoy the rest of your day!