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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.
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.
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!