Kwesi Was Sweating

[JustInTime]

[StickierBuns]

I'm just glad they had the killer mentality to make an improved unit via FA even better by drafting a starter for the only weak link that was on the O-line. Major, major kudos.

[MAD GAINZ]

Offensive line picks are never sexy, but they are important. Hopefully Jackson is a stud and we're looking back at this off-season as the watershed movement where our OL went from middle of the pack to the top tier. We invested a lot of resources into it, now it's time to win some games in January and February.

[MaroonBells]

And yet many argue Jackson was a reach. The team he was most frequently mocked to was Houston, who sat at 25. He wouldn't have gotten past Houston, but even if he did, I don't think he gets to the 2nd round. 

I'll put it this way, if you think Jackson was a reach, the names Willie Offord, Michael Boireau and Dimitrius Underwood mean nothing to you.

[Bunsen82]

Its pretty clear they were targeting 2 players at the pick, Harmon or Jackson. So not a surprise they were sweating once Harmon was off the board.

I think they were targeting DL, OL, and WR, so the way the board fell I am not sure they could have ended up with a better set of the 3 for what they were looking for. It does make you wonder who was higher on the board, Sai'vion Jones or Felton.

Honestly, Jones got a few more tackles this year, but other than that Ingram Dawkins seems to have more burst and athletic ability. I think the two are actually pretty similar and were both probably pretty high on our board.

I would love to see what their board was, but all in all I do think they found 3 very productive players in their first 3 picks. I expect Kobe King to impact special teams, and have develop a role on early downs.

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And yet many argue Jackson was a reach. The team he was most frequently mocked to was Houston, who sat at 25. He wouldn't have gotten past Houston, but even if he did, I don't think he gets to the 2nd round. 

I'll put it this way, if you think Jackson was a reach, the names Willie Offord, Michael Boireau and Dimitrius Underwood mean nothing to you.

It came out that Houston was planning to take Jackson.  They traded out after we picked him.

[Still Hurtn]

If Jackson is a high level starter I don't care that he was picked at 24. If he is the next Ed Ingram time for Kwesi to move on.

[ArizonaViking]

If Jackson is a high level starter I don't care that he was picked at 24. If he is the next Ed Ingram time for Kwesi to move on.

Ed Ingram was taken it the second round...now THAT was the definition of a reach...

[supafreak84]

Just really interesting the way the draft unfolded when you had so many players that you would believe the Vikings would have had high interest in being selected higher than expected. I think it goes to show the top end talent in this draft wasn't as strong as in recent years and you had teams throwing darts. Started with Tyler Booker going 12th and you just go down the list from there; Kenneth Grant, Walter Nolen, Shemar Stewart, Grey Zabel, Jahdae Barron, Derrick Harmon, and Omarion Hampton. All players linked to the Vikings through various reports and mock drafts and we had no ammo to move up if we wanted to secure any of them. Jackson was literally the last guy left in the room. People can say it was an overdraft (most draft reviews I've seen) but the cupboard was bare and if we didn't take him there, good chance we would come away without a top prospect to upgrade one of our lines, which I think most of us knew was the priority. We weren't taking a safety there and weren't going to reach for a corner either. I'm extremely happy with the Jackson pick and with the way the draft unfolded it wasn't a surprise to hear Kwesi sweating out the pick

[MaroonBells]

Its pretty clear they were targeting 2 players at the pick, Harmon or Jackson.  So not a surprise they were sweating once Harmon was off the board. 

I think they were targeting DL, OL, and WR,  so the way the board fell I am not sure they could have ended up with a better set of the 3 for what they were looking for.  It does make you wonder who was higher on the board, Sai'vion Jones or Felton. 

Honestly,  Jones got a few more tackles this year,  but other than that Ingram Dawkins seems to have more burst and athletic ability.  I think the two are actually pretty similar and were both probably pretty high on our board. 

I would love to see what their board was,  but all in all I do think they found 3 very productive players in their first 3 picks.  I expect Kobe King to impact special teams, and have develop a role on early downs.

Physically, Jones and Ingram-Dawkins are twins and perfect fits for the 5T/4i position. I tend to think they really liked Tai Felton, but if Denver didn't jump us, I think we would have taken Sai'vion Jones (Denver doesn't make that move without a reason), and when that happened, we went with Felton, a player they probably thought of as a pretty damn good plan B.

[purplefaithful]

Its pretty clear they were targeting 2 players at the pick, Harmon or Jackson.  So not a surprise they were sweating once Harmon was off the board. 

I think they were targeting DL, OL, and WR,  so the way the board fell I am not sure they could have ended up with a better set of the 3 for what they were looking for.  It does make you wonder who was higher on the board, Sai'vion Jones or Felton. 

Honestly,  Jones got a few more tackles this year,  but other than that Ingram Dawkins seems to have more burst and athletic ability.  I think the two are actually pretty similar and were both probably pretty high on our board. 

I would love to see what their board was,  but all in all I do think they found 3 very productive players in their first 3 picks.  I expect Kobe King to impact special teams, and have develop a role on early downs.

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It came out that Houston was planning to take Jackson.  They traded out after we picked him.

KOC drafts WR's like Zimsu used to draft DB's....