1.23 - Jordan Addison, WR, USC - #3

[JDBrocks]

10 minutes ago, battle2heaven said:

that poor db, lol

 

 

 

Oh my goodness. Once he got inside leverage it was over. He eats up so much space so quickly. The db was covering ghosts - the way he turns around and sees Addison 20 yards the opposite direction 😳

[battle2heaven]

7 minutes ago, JDBrocks said:

Oh my goodness. Once he got inside leverage it was over. He eats up so much space so quickly. The db was covering ghosts - the way he turns around and sees Addison 20 yards the opposite direction 😳

his body reaction to trying to find Addison is freaking hilarious.

I can't wait for 2023 season. DBs are not going to be able to bracket JJ consistently. 

[vike daddy]

29 minutes ago, battle2heaven said:

his body reaction to trying to find Addison is freaking hilarious.

I can't wait for 2023 season. DBs are not going to be able to bracket JJ consistently. 

there won't be an illusion of complexity, it will just be there.

[swede700]

5 minutes ago, vike daddy said:

there won't be an illusion of complexity, it will just be there.

That's the one major plus I see to the drafting of Addison is that, with his route-running being similar to JJ, they can disguise a lot of their routes, which can confuse the hell out of the defense. 

[JDBrocks]

Ya know who might benefit again - Osborn. I would not be surprised to see defenses adapt to covering Addison and Jefferson that in 11 personnel Osborn naturally finds himself running free. 

[battle2heaven]

1 minute ago, JDBrocks said:

Ya know who might benefit again - Osborn. I would not be surprised to see defenses adapt to covering Addison and Jefferson that in 11 personnel Osborn naturally finds himself running free. 

I feel infinitely better about the current and future state of the Vikings WR Corps now, then I did prior to Thursday night.

 

[VikeManDan]

1 hour ago, JDBrocks said:

Ya know who might benefit again - Osborn. I would not be surprised to see defenses adapt to covering Addison and Jefferson that in 11 personnel Osborn naturally finds himself running free. 

And if KJ can't we've got Hock! If healthy, this personnel grouping should prove difficult to stop.

Edited May 2, 2023 by VikeManDan

[swede700]

20 minutes ago, battle2heaven said:

I feel infinitely better about the current and future state of the Vikings WR Corps now, then I did prior to Thursday night.

 

I made it fairly clear that I've never been all that concerned about the WR corps.  Addison certainly strengthens it, but even if he were not there, it would still be infinitely better than the 2012 Vikings WR corps of Michael Jenkins, Jerome Simpson, Jarius Wright, Devin Aromashodu and Stephen Burton.

[JDBrocks]

3 minutes ago, swede700 said:

I made it fairly clear that I've never been all that concerned about the WR corps.  Addison certainly strengthens it, but even if he were not there, it would still be infinitely better than the 2012 Vikings WR corps of Michael Jenkins, Jerome Simpson, Jarius Wright, Devin Aromashodu and Stephen Burton.

Only being better than trash isn't a good thing haha.

Edited May 2, 2023 by JDBrocks

[Purplepride323]

34 minutes ago, VikeManDan said:

And if KJ can't we've got Hock! If healthy this personnel grouping should prove difficult to stop.

I just hope our defense can stop the run. 

[swede700]

17 minutes ago, JDBrocks said:

Only being better than trash isn't a good thing haha.

That's just the worst example, but I could make the argument that it's not that far off from Zimmer's 2nd year with rookie Diggs, Cordarrelle, Wallace, Wright, Johnson and at the time a very young Thielen.  I do like the potential of Osborn (it seems like that the further into the offseason we go, the less and less people seem to think of him), Nailor and even Reagor (if he gets his head on straight, he could be a Cordarrelle type)

[swede700]

 

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Here's a look at the deals a select group of first-round picks are expected to sign, followed by an explanation of how the rookie wage scale operates as well as a discussion highlighting important considerations or issues relating to the first-round contracts.

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Jordan Addison

Vikings

$2,496,679

$6,986,716

$13,731,735

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/agents-take-2023-nfl-rookie-contract-projections-for-key-round-1-picks-with-a-rookie-wage-scale-explainer/

[vike daddy]

NFL Rookie Watch@NFLRookieWatxh

Jordan Addison said in a recent interview that him and Justin Jefferson will “instantly” be the best WR duo in the NFL. Vikings HC Kevin O’Connell said in a recent interview that Jefferson and Addison being in the same huddle is going to be a “problem” for the rest of the league.

Addison said that he “models” his game after Stefon Diggs and plans to be a “route-running artist”, similar to Diggs. 

[SteelKing728]

I wonder if Addison has his own celebratory touchdown dance. I didn't notice anything in particular at Pitt.

Everyone will do the griddy. Its been that way for 3 years now, but I'm curious if Addison will switch it up.

[swede700]

I think it's fine when people have their own unique celebrations, or even some of the choreographed team ones, but I'm over celebrations in general.  I don't generally find them offensive (although I do certainly prefer the Barry Sanders celebration method)...I just don't really care.