DARRISAW!!!

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It's nice to have some good luck tonight too.

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Courtney R. DraftScout

@CourtneyRCronin

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Rick Spielman says the Vikings were considering Christian Darrisaw at 14 and calls him a "pure left tackle." Says tonight was the first time he had spoken to the Virginia Tech offensive tackle when he told him they were going to draft him.

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@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@PurpleCrush said:
Love this! Getting Darrisaw at 23 and 2 thirds is grand theft.

It fortunately worked out. Rick would never say but the board did not fall the way they thought after they traded out of #14. But somehow the 1 or 2 top guys at #14 made it all the way down the board. Adding the high 3rd and swapping out the late 4th for a mid-3 was a big win in hindsight. 

How do you think they wanted the board to fall? my fear was that they were targeting Phillips or Paye. We still need more depth at edge, but I’m hoping that upgraded tackles, a hopefully healthy Hunter, & Wonnum in year 2 will still be much better thab the DL they rolled with last year. 

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Christian Darrisaw vs... -Gregory Rousseau (2019): 0 pressures, 0 sacks -Jaelan Phillips (2020): 1 pressure, 0 sacks -Boogie Basham (2 gms): 0 pressures, 0 sacks

7:08 AM · Apr 13, 2021·TweetDeck

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@Tyr said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@PurpleCrush said:
Love this! Getting Darrisaw at 23 and 2 thirds is grand theft.

It fortunately worked out. Rick would never say but the board did not fall the way they thought after they traded out of #14. But somehow the 1 or 2 top guys at #14 made it all the way down the board. Adding the high 3rd and swapping out the late 4th for a mid-3 was a big win in hindsight. 

How do you think they wanted the board to fall? my fear was that they were targeting Phillips or Paye. We still need more depth at edge, but I’m hoping that upgraded tackles, a hopefully healthy Hunter, & Wonnum in year 2 will still be much better thab the DL they rolled with last year. 

I'm not gonna lie, I was glad Phillips was gone. Sorry not sorry. Same goes for Farley. Not looking for 1st round picks with medical issues.

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Courtney R. DraftScout

@CourtneyRCronin

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Mike Zimmer said the Vikings wanted to not only add an athletic prospect to the offensive line, but add someone with size. They feel like that have that with Darrisaw, who is 6-5, 313 pounds. "Darrisaw has real long arms so that helps him going against some speed rushers."

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Spotrac

@spotrac

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Christian Darrisaw's contract with the #Vikings should be:

4 years, $13.3M contract

$7.M signing bonus

$2.4M 2021 cap hit

5th-year option available

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@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@PurpleCrush said:
Love this! Getting Darrisaw at 23 and 2 thirds is grand theft.

It fortunately worked out. Rick would never say but the board did not fall the way they thought after they traded out of #14. But somehow the 1 or 2 top guys at #14 made it all the way down the board. Adding the high 3rd and swapping out the late 4th for a mid-3 was a big win in hindsight. 

I said before how I loved your first mock the most. And even more now because instead of trading back up from 23 they stayed put and still got Darrisaw. Now to get back in the 2nd and get a guy like Tryon.

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Courtney R. DraftScout

@CourtneyRCronin

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Mike Zimmer said the Vikings wanted to not only add an athletic prospect to the offensive line, but add someone with size. They feel like that have that with Darrisaw, who is 6-5, 313 pounds. "Darrisaw has real long arms so that helps him going against some speed rushers."

Yeah, he always did seem like the perfect pick for us. No positional ambiguity, he's a left tackle all day long, longer arms than any of the other top tackles, already plays in a wide zone, adept at reach blocking, not just athletic, but bigger too which I think is a direction we're headed in. 

Really, really nice pick. And to pick up two 3rd rounders? Jesus. I'd be shocked if the Vikings don't move into the 2nd tomorrow.