Quote: @StickyBun said:
1st round pick on a center in 2016. 1st and 2nd round guards in 2018. Maybe best O-line in NFL. 4 top 40 picks on the starting unit. It ain't rocket science....OL matters.
Yet we've still got some on the board that can't see it but want us to STILL go 'BPA' in round 1 and 2. 'BPA'....lol....there isn't any best players available for the Vikings that don't involve offensive linemen in the Draft. Period. It won't get fixed otherwise. Ignore it again in this Draft and the Vikings will take a step toward the NFCN bottom.
So reaching for a need (Treadwell) is now fine for you? Cuz TBro would have you believe that there are no 1st Round OL available.
Then again, nearly every single Mock I've seen has at least 4 and as many as 7 O-Linemen going in the 1st.
But lets say he's right. Would you take a player you gave a firm 2nd Round grade to over say Dexter Lawrence, whom you may have a Top 10 grade on?
Years ago I advocated your stance and claimed that no Defensive player Drafted in the 1st would be able to make as much of an improvement to an already stout Defense versus taking a lower ranked player to help a very talent-poor Offense....Rick chose Treadwell.
I've learned my lesson.
But lets talk about that Indy Line. 2nd Round Rookie RT, young Center. And in between them? Mark Glowinski.
Who? Former 4th Round pick of the SeaHags in 2015. Started 16 games at LG in 2016, slated as the starting RG for 2017 but lost his job and was eventually waived. That's not easy to do on a team that had several years of awful Line play.
A lot of you had spat out ultimatums like 'the FO better not sign some no-name bust from another team'. The Colts did just that very thing, and it worked great. Glowinski is getting a ton of praise for brining a veteran presence between the young Center and Rookie RT.
Let's look at last year's Champs. The Eagles signed Brandon Brooks a few years back after the Houston Texans drafted him in the 3rd and he failed to live up to expectations.
These absolutes that get thrown around this time of year like 'HAVE to use a 1st on a Guard' or 'Better not sign anyone I never did my homework on and have never heard of' are how bad teams build shitty rosters.
You can pick Cody Ford in the 2nd and sign Glowinski in FA and you didn't screw this teams chances next year. I'd personally try to draft 2 guys and sign a FA, but I'm not going to declare the offseason a bust if Rick doesn't do that.