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JustInTime · 03-31-2025, 08:30 PM

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Canthony · 03-31-2025, 09:05 PM

I have to wonder where the Vikings rank Nolen. I have always liked him, but love Harmon. Be curious to see how they view him. If Harmon isn't there, does Nolen come into play if he is there.. I would not mind that at all.

JustInTime · Today, 06:32 AM

Knucklehead · Today, 07:23 AM

(Today, 06:32 AM)JustInTime Wrote:

Lately, I'm seeing a lot of mocks with Harmon drafted before #24. I'm thinking there's about a 50% chance that he'll make it to us.

JustInTime · Today, 08:02 AM

(Today, 07:23 AM)Knucklehead Wrote: Lately, I'm seeing a lot of mocks with Harmon drafted before #24. I'm thinking there's about a 50% chance that he'll make it to us.

It’s weird. Him and Barron I think have little chance of making it to 24. Then there’s mocks where both are gone, neither are gone, 1 is gone. It’s just a weird year.

JustInTime · 11 hours ago

The Vikings made an enormous investment on the interior of the defensive line by adding the two proven veterans but they are not exactly walking into an empty defensive tackle room. Harrison Phillips played 838 snaps in 2023 and 672 snaps last season. Those reps were split between him playing the left and right sides over the A gaps and the traditional nose tackle position. It seems likely he will play more directly over the center than in the past with Allen and Hargrave mixing in.

“Jonathan Allen has the ability to play all spots as does Javon so it’s really about how does it work, is [Harrison Phillips] more of a nose in base defense and those guys working at the 3, 5 or 4i?” O’Connell said. “You have HP and he’s flanked by either one of those guys or both and then you have your edge players in JG, Dallas and Van Ginkel.”

O’Connell added that the presence of Allen and Hargrave doesn’t mean that the development process of the young players that started to get their feet wet in the NFL last year is going to end.

“I think what these moves allow us to do is really see guys like Levi [Drake Rodriguez] and Jalen Redmond and Taki [Tiamani], these guys are going to be impactful depth positions that can get some high-quality snaps throughout the game and different sequences of the season that can keep those other guys fresh,” O’Connell said. “Bringing in some older players in that room, we can be impactful with their snaps knowing that we have good young depth that we want to see develop.”