CriminalMind 843 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 39 minutes ago, Cearbhall said: I would give up Kirk Cousins and three first round draft picks for Watson. Then we wouldn't have to worry about who is available at 14 and instead can talk about what the team will do with their picks after the second round. Would absolutely do this move as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vikes22 73 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 49 minutes ago, Cearbhall said: I would give up Kirk Cousins and three first round draft picks for Watson. Then we wouldn't have to worry about who is available at 14 and instead can talk about what the team will do with their picks after the second round. That is a ton to give up. But the more I think about it, it is probably a fair price for a QB that will be only 26 years old this year and be here for a long time. I really wish we had our 2nd round pick this year in this draft just seems like a ton of talent in this draft in the trenches where we need the help.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy 1,226 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 23 minutes ago, Vikes22 said: That is a ton to give up. But the more I think about it, it is probably a fair price for a QB that will be only 26 years old this year and be here for a long time. I really wish we had our 2nd round pick this year in this draft just seems like a ton of talent in this draft in the trenches where we need the help.. Yeah that 1st round pick really should be traded for two 2nd round picks ideally. Would save the Vikings money as well not having to pay a 1st round pick contract. Missing on Alex Leatherwood does stink, but some say he is not even a 1st round pick which is crazy. The guy had in 82 pass blocking snaps in the two playoff wins against Notre Dame and Ohio State allowed no sacks or QB pressures. Barmore who absolutely would be gone before the 2nd round had two sacks, 3 TFLs and 11 QB pressures in those two playoff games as well. Trading that 1st rounder to a desperate team would be smart depending on how things fall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Purplepride323 54 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Cearbhall said: I would give up Kirk Cousins and three first round draft picks for Watson. Then we wouldn't have to worry about who is available at 14 and instead can talk about what the team will do with their picks after the second round. That’s a bad trade in my opinion and I would hate it if we gave up that much to get an injury prone QB. With our offensive line, I would bet he gets injured in the first half of the season. I don’t think we should jump ship on Kirk Cousins. He had a pretty solid season. The numbers don’t lie. I’m willing to bet if he gets a better offensive line, and a better defense, that gives him better field position and more time to rest on the sidelines, he will do better next season. I saw a stat on PFF that our offensive line was graded 25th, pretty much every year since Zimmer took over. Also we had the worst pass rushing grade. I think we should address our offensive line and defensive line, before we bet the house on a QB, that will most likely end up on the IR with a 25th ranked offensive line. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vikes22 73 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 19 minutes ago, Ozzy said: Yeah that 1st round pick really should be traded for two 2nd round picks ideally. Would save the Vikings money as well not having to pay a 1st round pick contract. Missing on Alex Leatherwood does stink, but some say he is not even a 1st round pick which is crazy. The guy had in 82 pass blocking snaps in the two playoff wins against Notre Dame and Ohio State allowed no sacks or QB pressures. Barmore who absolutely would be gone before the 2nd round had two sacks, 3 TFLs and 11 QB pressures in those two playoff games as well. Trading that 1st rounder to a desperate team would be smart depending on how things fall. I would just like to trade back into the 21-25 range and pick up a 2nd round pick on the way. Unless a stud falls to pick 14, that’s what I would do.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy 1,226 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 5 minutes ago, Purplepride323 said: That’s a bad trade in my opinion and I would hate it if we gave up that much to get an injury prone QB. With our offensive line, I would bet he gets injured in the first half of the season. I don’t think we should jump ship on Kirk Cousins. He had a pretty solid season. The numbers don’t lie. I’m willing to bet if he gets a better offensive line, and a better defense, that gives him better field position and more time to rest on the sidelines, he will do better next season. I saw a stat on PFF that our offensive line was graded 25th, pretty much every year since Zimmer took over. Also we had the worst pass rushing grade. I think we should address our offensive line and defensive line, before we bet the house on a QB, that will most likely end up on the IR with a 25th ranked offensive line. It was rated as the worst pass blocking line in the NFL overall? Well that explains the 121 QB hit count, and no it was not in some tweet I saw, that I literally counted them up from the box scores this year. I agree with the OL and DL focus, especially since Houston is not trading Watson anyway, or shouldn't and they really cannot get out of Cousins contract as is. As for Watson getting hurt, since when? He was banged up last year near the end but finished the season, and he is way more athletic than Kirk is. Has played 16 out of 16 games for the last three years outside of missing one game in 2019. But yeah that is a pipe dream getting him, fun to pretend but agreed sticking with Cousins with how he looked the 2nd half this season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Purplepride323 54 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) 4 hours ago, Ozzy said: It was rated as the worst pass blocking line in the NFL overall? Well that explains the 121 QB hit count, and no it was not in some tweet I saw, that I literally counted them up from the box scores this year. I agree with the OL and DL focus, especially since Houston is not trading Watson anyway, or shouldn't and they really cannot get out of Cousins contract as is. As for Watson getting hurt, since when? He was banged up last year near the end but finished the season, and he is way more athletic than Kirk is. Has played 16 out of 16 games for the last three years outside of missing one game in 2019. But yeah that is a pipe dream getting him, fun to pretend but agreed sticking with Cousins with how he looked the 2nd half this season. He has already torn his ACL on both legs. I didn’t realize he played all those games in the past three years. Good for him, but I hope he can maintain it. I’ve realized it’s more important to have a great OL, than it is to have a great QB. I could name a lot of teams that won a championship without a great QB, but none won without a great offensive line. With that being said I hope we can get either: Slater, Davis, Vera-Tucker, Leatherwood or Carman. Slater would be my favorite and can be our best lineman off the bat. If we can trade down to pick up a second rounder and still pick Slater in the first, that would be ideal. Edited January 16 by Purplepride323 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RpMc 2,606 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 TRADES JAX - 1.14 & 4.133 MIN - 1.25 & 2.46 KC - 2.46, 4.117, 6.194 MIN - 1.32 HOU - 4.123, 7.237 MIN - 4.106 1.25 - Alijah Vera-Tucker [LG] USC 1.32 - Christian Barmore [UT] Alabama 3.78 - Paris Ford [S] Pittsburgh 3.91 - Ronnie Perkins [DE] Oklahoma 4.106 - Baron Browning [LB] Ohio State 4.141 - Ambry Thomas [CB] Michigan 5.156 - Bobby Brown III [NT] Texas A&M 5.170 - Austin Watkins [WR] UAB 6.219 - Josh Ball [T] Marshall Latest attempt at a TDN mock draft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Purplepride323 54 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 17 minutes ago, RpMc said: TRADES JAX - 1.14 & 4.133 MIN - 1.25 & 2.46 KC - 2.46, 4.117, 6.194 MIN - 1.32 HOU - 4.123, 7.237 MIN - 4.106 1.25 - Alijah Vera-Tucker [LG] USC 1.32 - Christian Barmore [UT] Alabama 3.78 - Paris Ford [S] Pittsburgh 3.91 - Ronnie Perkins [DE] Oklahoma 4.106 - Baron Browning [LB] Ohio State 4.141 - Ambry Thomas [CB] Michigan 5.156 - Bobby Brown III [NT] Texas A&M 5.170 - Austin Watkins [WR] UAB 6.219 - Josh Ball [T] Marshall Latest attempt at a TDN mock draft. Pretty good and I wouldn’t be mad at that draft. I like taking Slater at #14 if he’s still available and then trading next year’s 1st rounder for a high second-round pick to get “Boogie“ Basham. PFF mock drafts are pretty cool and look accurate also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy 1,226 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 32 minutes ago, RpMc said: TRADES JAX - 1.14 & 4.133 MIN - 1.25 & 2.46 KC - 2.46, 4.117, 6.194 MIN - 1.32 HOU - 4.123, 7.237 MIN - 4.106 1.25 - Alijah Vera-Tucker [LG] USC 1.32 - Christian Barmore [UT] Alabama 3.78 - Paris Ford [S] Pittsburgh 3.91 - Ronnie Perkins [DE] Oklahoma 4.106 - Baron Browning [LB] Ohio State 4.141 - Ambry Thomas [CB] Michigan 5.156 - Bobby Brown III [NT] Texas A&M 5.170 - Austin Watkins [WR] UAB 6.219 - Josh Ball [T] Marshall Latest attempt at a TDN mock draft. I would love that, hard to think Barmore would fall that far. Perkins I would like and I do not know enough about Brown III, maybe he is good but not sure. Browning is a stud and would love him as well as Ford who could be a star. Ball I like on Marshall but is a little raw, Watkins is good on UAB but many other WRs are better than him. Vera-Tucker I like but not totally sold on him as a 1st rounder just yet. This is what sucks about computers though, how ridiculous it is I just did. Paddy Fisher a 7th round pick? Dude is a great linebacker, Master Teague not totally sure he even declared for the draft yet but would love a hammer RB for a change of pace. Smith-Marsette I would love as a real punt return option since Osborn not sure he will work out. Sterns that late is absolutely crazy as well and not realistic. Not to mention Twyman that late or Jones or Marvin Wilson for that matter all in or past the 3rd round. Patrick Jones II is a stud and in no way should be anywhere past early 2nd round or late 1st. Keith Taylor I would like as a big physical corner than get an outstanding slot corner and tough guy in Thomas Graham. Just not realistic at all, oh and Trey Hill who could be a fine guard in the NFL and has ability to pull. 14 Rashawn Slater OT Northwestern 78 Marvin Wilson DT Florida State 91 Patrick Jones II DE Pitt 117 Jaylen Twyman DT Pitt 123 Trey Hill OG/C Georgia 133 Cade Sterns S Texas 141 Keith Taylor CB Washington 156 Ihmir Smith-Marsette WR Iowa 179 Thomas Graham Jr CB Oregon 194 Master Teague RB Ohio State 219 Brady White QB Memphis 237 Paddy Fisher ILB Northwestern So yeah not the most realistic thing in the world that damn site which makes it way to easy to complete such a thing, doing that 7 round mock thing without that computer aid is damn hard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RpMc 2,606 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) TDN also has a lot of underclassmen still in their draft that have stated they’re going back to school. So the draft pool is bigger than it will be. Edited January 16 by RpMc 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzy 1,226 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Looking like Vikings really do need to take an OL with that 1st pick. Castanzo retired from the Colts so they should absolutely be in the market for a OT all the way, and Chicago they should be really looking for a OT that can play to move Ifedi back to guard. And Tennessee who could easily go DL with Barmore, they are in need of a better OL with Conklin leaving last year and the OL not very talented especially since Lewan has been hurt so that is in play. And the Cardinals are in play for OL also. Possibly that could be four top level OL gone, so if the Vikings go another way with the 1st round pick and have to wait till the 3rd to get an OL, could be a long wait. Leatherwood if we do not take him I could see going to Chicago and Jalen Mayfield could go to the Colts potentially or Carman. Also Cardinals I feel could go OL all the way and get a guy like Wyatt Davis if Vikings do not take him, they need interior help. Also have the Bills later in the draft who could be in the market for one, same with Baltimore to improve the OG spot outside of Bozeman, not sold on Phillips at OG honestly but maybe they are fine with Powers. Then Jacksonville I feel should go WR and get some speed there but could go OL to protect Lawrence. Cam Robinson is a FA, sure they bring him back but maybe they do not. Deep class sure but they could go faster than one thinks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TENINCH 2,241 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I'm taking BPA in the first round. Let the other rounds figure out our needs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CriminalMind 843 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I'm all about drafting trenches (OL over DL this year) or QB with your first pick. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cconocool 25 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 My thoughts are. Draft whatever DL falls/ Leatherwood with a tradeback/ Surtain II if he falls. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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