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Who's the next great RB to pair with McCarthy? - StickierBuns - 07-01-2025
I'd bet a chunk of change the Viking's draft a RB high next Spring, every upcoming young franchise QB needs an explosive RB to go with the best WRer in the NFL. You can 'feed families' on that as the kid's say
So who ideally would you like to see Minnesota take? RBs are always sliders so the Vikings might be able to get a really good one late in round 1. My choice below:![[Image: AP22319743447113.jpg?strip=1]](https://www.abc27.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/55/2024/08/AP22319743447113.jpg?strip=1)
RE: Who's the next great RB to pair with McCarthy? - JustInTime - 07-01-2025
Welcome to the club. Was disappointed when he didn’t declare last year. Prototypical size. Should run I’m the high 4.3 range. WR hands. MB and I have been chopping it up on RBs for a couple months now. RB1? Yeah, I think so.
RE: Who's the next great RB to pair with McCarthy? - StickierBuns - 07-01-2025
(07-01-2025, 06:51 AM)JustInTime Wrote: Welcome to the club. Was disappointed when he didn’t declare last year. Prototypical size. Should run I’m the high 4.3 range. WR hands. MB and I have been chopping it up on RBs for a couple months now. RB1? Yeah, I think so.
Nah, I like this plan better, drafting in next year's Draft.....I predicted they'd not Draft ANY RB this year, why would they? RBs appear every year in the Draft and late round 1 is a great place to get great value for a RB. AJ and Mason are perfect for this season IMO. Always was the plan to wait until '26 Draft. They'll be perfectly positioned in round 1 to pull it off.
RE: Who's the next great RB to pair with McCarthy? - JustInTime - 07-01-2025
Already written in the stars.
RE: Who's the next great RB to pair with McCarthy? - purplefaithful - 07-01-2025
Hrumph....
RE: Who's the next great RB to pair with McCarthy? - MaroonBells - 07-01-2025
I don't typically watch players this early, but I got a text from Justin asking what I thought of Singleton, then Love, Coleman, Hughes and Allen. Singleton blew me away. Rare combination of size and speed. 6-0, 227, 4.3 forty, gallops like AD, angry pass blocker. But this cat can catch the ball too. Long way to go and 99% of draft sites list Love first, but I like Singleton for us a little more. I'd be happy with either.
RE: Who's the next great RB to pair with McCarthy? - medaille - 07-01-2025
I kind of feel Kwesi’s analytics brain just jumps off at the lack of value a RB would provide. The trend in terms of thinking does seem to be that you can throw an elite RB onto a stacked roster to push them over the top and we might be in that category come next offseason, but I’d put money on us drafting a CB or S before a RB.
RE: Who's the next great RB to pair with McCarthy? - MaroonBells - 07-01-2025
(07-01-2025, 09:52 AM)medaille Wrote: I kind of feel Kwesi’s analytics brain just jumps off at the lack of value a RB would provide. The trend in terms of thinking does seem to be that you can throw an elite RB onto a stacked roster to push them over the top and we might be in that category come next offseason, but I’d put money on us drafting a CB or S before a RB.
Obviously the season will have a lot to say about that. But I sense the Vikings are following a positional impact strategy. Invest more in high impact positions and less at lower impact positions, and RB is not a high impact position. The Vikings might also feel they don't need stars in the secondary as long as Flores continues to run the show.
RE: Who's the next great RB to pair with McCarthy? - purplefaithful - 07-01-2025
I disagree that RB is not a high impact position...
Foreman
R. Smith
D. Cook
AP (generational)
All took the offense over the top. Their shelf-life may not be long, but they can have a significant impact on a team.
RE: Who's the next great RB to pair with McCarthy? - MaroonBells - 07-01-2025
(07-01-2025, 11:21 AM)purplefaithful Wrote: I disagree that RB is not a high impact position...
Foreman
R. Smith
D. Cook
AP (generational)
All took the offense over the top. Their shelf-life may not be long, but they can have a significant impact on a team.
I wanted a RB in this year's draft. And not taking one makes taking one next year a must, a near can't-miss proposition. I would also say the running "game" is what's important, and the running backs are only part of that. Sure, you'd love to have an AD, or a Barkley or a McCaffrey, but as Jim Harbaugh likes to say, the OL is the tip of the spear. Based on the Vikings IOL rebuild and their failure to add a back to what is a pretty thin group, the Vikings may feel the same way.