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@Hawkvike25 said:
Ended up with who we should have drafted at 14, wow how lucky is that. Great trade

TOLD YA!

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@Hawkvike25 said:
Ended up with who we should have drafted at 14, wow how lucky is that. Great trade

Yeah but was it luck? Vikings clearly didn't want AVT. Probably because he's a guard. It's possible the Vikings knew that the Raiders liked Leatherwood (fits them better than us) and would take him over Darrisaw. And they were the only team between 14 and 23 who would take an OL. 

Just speculating, but they wouldn't have traded down unless they knew they would still have a handful of players they liked available to them. 

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@Hawkvike25 said:
Ended up with who we should have drafted at 14, wow how lucky is that. Great trade

Luck was definitely with them tonight thankfully.

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From twitter of course...

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WOW! Extremely happy with the end result but jeez that was intense. 

I honestly don’t think we got fair value when you look at what NYG got for moving back 9 spots also. I know QB tax is a thing but they got a waaaaaay better haul than we did. So I was bummed at the time.

... but that’s in the past! Vikes got our guy and picked up a free 3rd and also swapped a 4th for a 3rd.

And we addressed OL! I knew Rick would do the right thing in that regard. Glaring need. Cannot complain. Excited for tomorrow. 

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@pattersaur said:
WOW! Extremely happy with the end result but jeez that was intense. 

I honestly don’t think we got fair value when you look at what NYG got for moving back 9 spots also. I know QB tax is a thing but they got a waaaaaay better haul than we did. So I was bummed at the time.

... but that’s in the past! Vikes got our guy and picked up a free 3rd and also swapped a 4th for a 3rd.

And we addressed OL! I knew Rick would do the right thing in that regard. Glaring need. Cannot complain. Excited for tomorrow. 

Giants were trading the 11th pick. That's a much more valuable pick than the 14th. Even still, they only got a 5th rounder this year. They did get a 1st and a 4th next year, but those are equivalent to a 2nd and a 5th in the current year. 

So Vikes gave up a 4th and got two 3rds. Giants got a 2nd and two 5ths. Meh. 

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Spielman must still have that horseshoe from Keenum’s ass in 2017…  B)  

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@pattersaur said:
WOW! Extremely happy with the end result but jeez that was intense. 

I honestly don’t think we got fair value when you look at what NYG got for moving back 9 spots also. I know QB tax is a thing but they got a waaaaaay better haul than we did. So I was bummed at the time.

... but that’s in the past! Vikes got our guy and picked up a free 3rd and also swapped a 4th for a 3rd.

And we addressed OL! I knew Rick would do the right thing in that regard. Glaring need. Cannot complain. Excited for tomorrow. 

Gave up 1100 points got back 1180

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A+++++

Got the guy I wanted at 14 never mind later and pick up 2 high picks.  I absolutely love this first round and Rick reaffirmed that he is a TOP drafting GM.  So excited for pick 66,78, 90 +   would love to get Levi - 3T from Washington at 66!!!