Inside the Vikings draft room

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Interesting the Vikings had an offer from the Giants, who sat two picks below at 25. After the Vikings stayed and took the player Kevin O'Connell's kid suggested (Addison), Giants traded up to 24 and took CB Banks. From everything I've read, the Giants were trying all night to trade up for Zay Flowers, but couldn't find a taker. Seems very likely they would've taken Addison if we didn't. 

Warning: there are celebrations in this video!

https://twitter.com/NFL_DovKleiman/statu...03936?s=20

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KOC has a strong voice in the organization. KAM hits on some of these guys, they might be a pretty good duo moving forward for the Wilfs.

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Who is the guy, @ :29, saltpepper beard, whitewall haircut.  I noticed him draft night, seemed the most animated in the room.  To me Ziggy looked nervous and this guy was fist bumping. 

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@BigAl99 said:
Who is the guy, @ :29, saltpepper beard, whitewall haircut.  I noticed him draft night, seemed the most animated in the room.  To me Ziggy looked nervous and this guy was fist bumping. 

Wes Phillips?

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@purplefaithful said:

@BigAl99 said:
Who is the guy, @ :29, saltpepper beard, whitewall haircut.  I noticed him draft night, seemed the most animated in the room.  To me Ziggy looked nervous and this guy was fist bumping. 

Wes Phillips?

Too big to for Phillips in my opinion.  More of a Big Boss Man look than Phillips, could be roids though.

One of these is not like the other

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@purplefaithful said:

@BigAl99 said:
Who is the guy, @ :29, saltpepper beard, whitewall haircut.  I noticed him draft night, seemed the most animated in the room.  To me Ziggy looked nervous and this guy was fist bumping. 

Wes Phillips?

Ryan Grigson I believe. Used to be the GM for the Colts, worked with Kwesi in Cleveland.

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@PurpleCrush said:

@purplefaithful said:

@BigAl99 said:
Who is the guy, @ :29, saltpepper beard, whitewall haircut.  I noticed him draft night, seemed the most animated in the room.  To me Ziggy looked nervous and this guy was fist bumping. 

Wes Phillips?

Ryan Grigson I believe. Used to be the GM for the Colts, worked with Kwesi in Cleveland.

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Vikings hiring Ryan Grigson to work in personnel departmentHe’ll have a “senior” role

Christopher GatesFeb 9, 2022, 10:56am CST

Mike Garafolo is reporting that the Vikings are hiring Ryan Grigson for a “senior role” in the football personnel department.

Grigson has been involved in front office and personnel jobs around the National Football League for more than 20 years, with his most visible role being his time as the GM of the Indianapolis Colts from 2012 to 2016. The Colts had one of the biggest turnarounds in league history in Grigson’s first season, going from 2-14 in 2011 to 11-5 in 2012. The Colts turned over about 70% of the roster that season, and the turnaround was enough to garner Executive of the Year honors for Grigson from Pro Football Weekly and The Sporting News.
Grigson was relieved of his duties with the Colts following the 2016 season, and since then has had two stints with the Cleveland Browns with a couple of seasons in Seattle sandwiched in-between. He has been in Cleveland for the past two seasons, which means his time and Adofo-Mensah’s time overlapped and likely played a significant role in the new GM bringing Grigson to Minnesota.

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can he play guard.  sucker looks like a mean road grader.

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Like I said, Big Boss Man persona. Booyah Kwesi. Let' us invade the cheese lands.