Jeremiah Mock Draft 2.0

[supafreak84]

https://www.nfl.com/news/daniel-jeremiah...-draft-2-0

I mean, these guys are just bound and determined to have us draft a safety even if it's a massive reach. They've only been wrong for going on a decade now, so what's another year?

[StickierBuns]

Yep, its always safety. Or corner. Perceived need + too lazy to look deeper = safety. Plus, Minnesota will be on ignore most of the offseason and preseason as their chances have been dismissed because JJM is a 'dumpster fire', so they aren't a team that will get more than a cursory review in mock drafts. Especially at the very BORING #18 spot.

[IceRatz16]

Haha, they’re not completely off base...we do need to find a long-term replacement for Harrison Smith.

Josh Metellus is more of a Swiss-army-knife type who brings steady reliability, similar to Ben Leber, not flashy, but dependable.  What we’re still missing is that true field general at safety who can quarterback the defense the way Harry did.

tavike shared a trade simulator on another Vikings board, and I went down the rabbit hole with it yesterday.  You only get three free tries per day, but I managed to swing a deal sending Greenard and pick #18 to Tennessee for Simmons and the #4 pick, then grabbed Caleb Downs without hesitation.

If the Vikings could somehow land Downs in real life, that position could be locked down for years, maybe even decades, just like it was with Harry.