Boye Mafe

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His ascension continues with an excellent showing at the combine yesterday. I definitely think he worked his way into the 
end of the first round. I know I'm a homer as a Gopher Alum, but he would look great in the new Vikings 3/4 defense as an
Outside Linebacker. I was hoping he would be there with our 2nd round pick, but I don't see him falling that far. 

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I would not use a first round pick on the 6th or 7th best DE in the draft. 

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@dadevike said:
I would not use a first round pick on the 6th or 7th best DE in the draft. 

Daniel Jeremiah had him ranked the #33 overall prospect in the draft before the combine. 

We will see how things shake out after the DB's test today, but I think there will be plenty of teams that will have no problem taking him in the late first round for a team that needs a Pass Rusher with the way he has tested at the Senior Bowl and the Combine.  

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While he played for the Gopher's I didn't hear a whole lot of people singing his praises throughout the last two years.  Lets not forget, their play on the field has to be the first and last thing considered when looking at prospects.  

That said, this draft is setting up as a lot of talent available in picks 8 thru 50.  Lots of WRs, CBs, Edge, available.  TEs from mid to late 2nd thru the 5th.  
16 Wrs, 14 CBs, 16 ERs rated as top 100 prospects currently...

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@dadevike said:
I would not use a first round pick on the 6th or 7th best DE in the draft. 

The EDGE class is so deep this year than the 8-10th guys could be in the conversation.  

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@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@dadevike said:
I would not use a first round pick on the 6th or 7th best DE in the draft. 

The EDGE class is so deep this year than the 8-10th guys could be in the conversation.  

Not to go full on Spielman here because I usually hate trading down, but this might not be a bad year to do it if we can find a trade partner. I'm looking at some top 100 player boards and there is some really good talent all the way into the lower portion of those rankings. 

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@supafreak84 said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@dadevike said:
I would not use a first round pick on the 6th or 7th best DE in the draft. 

The EDGE class is so deep this year than the 8-10th guys could be in the conversation.  

Not to go full on Spielman here because I usually hate trading down, but this might not be a bad year to do it if we can find a trade partner. I'm looking at some top 100 player boards and there is some really good talent all the way into the lower portion of those rankings. 

Agreed. There's about a half dozen players who are the cream of the crop in this draft class. The next 50 or so are on the same level depending on scheme fit.

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Best Edge/End draft in my memory. It’s truly an incredible group. There are also a few defensive tackles right up there. 
Personally, I’d be trying to get as many picks I can in the top two rounds. There are a lot of good (and super fast) players available this year. For me, it would be a year for moving up, not down. 

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@Havoc1649 said:
Best Edge/End draft in my memory. It’s truly an incredible group. There are also a few defensive tackles right up there. 

Personally, I’d be trying to get as many picks I can in the top two rounds. There are a lot of good (and super fast) players available this year. For me, it would be a year for moving up, not down. 

unless you are moving down from 12 to add an additional pick in that top 100,  and still are able to land a player of need that is that same skill level that you would have been able to grab at 12.

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@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@dadevike said:
I would not use a first round pick on the 6th or 7th best DE in the draft. 

The EDGE class is so deep this year than the 8-10th guys could be in the conversation.  

Players worthy of taking at 12:
DE: Hutchinson, Thibodeaux, Karlaftis (I don't really want him), Walker, Ojabo, and Johnson. 
DT: Davis.
CB: Gardner and Stingley.  I like McDuffie but he's a huge risk with really short arms. 
S: Hamilton. 

After that I'm looking at Kenyon Green or some WRs. 

It's nice to say we trade back, but that is not really in our control.