11-09-2018, 04:42 PM
Quote: @MarkSP18 said:
I would say you need more time before crowning his arse. But he does look decent.
The interesting thing is if anyone criciticizes the PFF grades but now accepts them.
I don't think anyone is doing that here but I have seen it before.
Mike Zimmer does not care about their grades.
Still, imagine if the Vikings would have taken Hernandez AND O'Neill with their first two picks.
They easily could have done it too.
With Holton Hill playing well the Hughes pick seems like a luxury and he was just doing OK.
I expect the Hughes pick is a sign that they do not plan on extending Waynes because the cost will be too high.
Hopefully, Spielman can do like other GMs and trade him to get a guaranteed pick instead of waiting and hoping on a compensatory pick.
I don't agree about the Hughes-to-replace-Waynes theory. I think it means Zimmer wants 3 starting-caliber CBs, and Mac Alexander wasn't cutting it. Alexander is probably lucky Hughes got hurt, because he might have stopped playing much this year and been cut next summer.
But I doubt we will trade Waynes. We have been spoiled by the team being able to extend good young players before the end of their rookie contracts, but that will end eventually. I think he will play 2019 on his 5th-year deal and then we'll see what happens. Most teams lose some players.
As for O'Neill: I must also make the admission I thought he was a reach and a bad pick. Worse, I thought the Vikings should have drafted Connor Williams in round 1 to play RT. Williams is having surgery (not that anyone could predict), but he was moved inside to LG and didn't play nearly as well as O'Neill. I'm glad to admit I was wrong (but yes it is early in his career).
