Vikings Daily Mock 4.6

How many different mocks can I do? How can I select different players than the ones I have been gravitating to and targeting? I don't know the answer to either. I am going to try though.

By MarkSP18 Apr 6, 2014, 3:12pm CDT

I use the http://fanspeak.com/ontheclock/ site to do the draft. They have a premium feature that allows for trades and they are more reasonable than the ones at first-pick.com. 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 & 5.8 to the Bears for 1.14, 3.18, & 4.17
2nd trade - 2.8, 3.8, & a 2015 4th to the Browns for 1.26 & 6.4
3rd trade - 2015 1st to the 49ers for 1.30, 3.30, & 7.27
4th trade - 3.18 & 4.8 to the Redskins for 3.2 & 7.2
5th trade - 3.30 & 6.8 to the Chargers for 3.25 & 7.25
6th trade - 3.32 to the Jaguars for 4.14 & 5.4
7th trade - 6.4 & 7.8 to the 49ers for 5.30 & 7.28
8th trade - 7.2 & 7.25 to the Bengals for 6.23

1.14 Johnny Manziel QB Texas A&M rSo 6-0 207

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1.26 C.J. Mosley ILB Alabama Sr 6-2 234

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1.30 Darqueze Dennard CB Michigan State Sr 5-11 199

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3.2 Stephon Tuitt DT Notre Dame Jr 6-6 304

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3.25 Jack Mewhort OT Ohio State rSr 6-6 309

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4.14 Ed Reynolds FS Stanford rJr 6-1 207

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4.17 Bishop Sankey RB Washington Jr 5-10 209

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5.4 Bruce Ellington WR South Carolina rJr 5-9 197

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5.30 Brent Urban DE Virginia Sr 6-7 295

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6.23 Dontae Johnson FS North Carolina State Sr 6-2 200

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7.27 Seantrel Henderson OT Miami (Fla.) Sr 6-7 331

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7.28 Isaiah Crowell RB Alabama State Jr 5-11 224

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UDFA
Kevin Norwood WR Alabama rSr 6-2 198
Nat Berhe SS San Diego State rSr 5-11 193
Preston Brown ILB Louisville Sr 6-1 251
Avery Williamson ILB Kentucky Sr 6-1 246
A.C. Leonard TE Tennessee State Jr 6-2 252
Marqueston Huff FS Wyoming Sr 5-11 196
Calvin Barnett DT Oklahoma State Sr 6-2 300
Colt Lyerla TE Oregon Jr 6-4 242
Howard Jones OLB Shepherd rSr 6-3 235
Ryan Hewitt FB Stanford rSr 6-4 246
John Brown WR Pittsburg State Sr 5-10 179
John Urschel OG Penn State rSr 6-3 313
Trey Millard FB Oklahoma Sr 6-2 247
Spencer Long OG Nebraska rSr 6-5 320
Eathyn Manumaleuna DT Brigham Young rSr 6-2 296
Trey Burton WR Florida Sr 6-2 224
Marcus Williams CB North Dakota State rSr 5-11 196
Ben Gardner DE Stanford rSr 6-4 277
Marcus Heit LS Kansas State Sr 6-3 258
Kendall James CB Maine Sr 5-11 180
Brock Vereen SS Minnesota Sr 6-0 199
Garrett Gilbert QB Southern Methodist rSr 6-3 223

Well, I did it again. I traded away future picks. Why do I keep doing that as they clearly will be better players next year no? I just cannot help it.

I could have traded down once more in the first but I think one trade down is enough. You cannot expect to get the QB you like (or one of them) if you keep trading down. Another team could jump ahead of you real easily. Once Mosley was still on the board I had to try and get him. The 2nd and 3rd round picks should have been more than enough. But the Browns kept refusing. So I had to up the ante to get the LB that I feel the team needs.

Trading next year's first for Dennard is not popular. But I am OK with that viewpoint. I think he is absolutely worth the pick and I doubt the 49ers would trade out of that spot passing on the chance to get him for their team. I still think the trade that I got back (it is purposely less than what I had been getting before) is probably not likely. What is more likely is the Vikings trading their 2015 1st and a late round pick in this draft only for the 49ers 1st round pick.

In the 3rd round I wanted to go get Tuitt and Mewhort.

At the end of the 3rd I just traded because I wanted to get another pick.

The other two trades were for players I liked although I wanted to get Tyler Larsen in the 5th. But Urban is not a bad consolation prize at all.

Obviously this is a lot of trades. Some feel it is too many. They are probably right. But I do not believe it is impossible at all. If Spielman wanted he could try to do anything.

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