It’s A Winfield Payback

[ThunderGod]

https://vikingswire.usatoday.com/2021/01/18/bucs-cb-antoine-winfield-jr-on-the-saints-win-that-was-for-my-pops-back-in-09/

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Works for me. I am so happy for Antoine. Wished he would have been a Viking.

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Love it Antoine Jr!   Thank you!

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Love the kid! Just like pops and i really thought we'd take him. I wish the kid nothing but the best.

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@Vikergirl said:
Works for me. I am so happy for Antoine. Wished he would have been a Viking.

Me too....Especially with where Dirty Harry is in his career arc. Wasn't meant to be unfortunately. 

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When was the last time we draft someone from Minnesota? Carl Eller?

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It would have been awesome to have him as a Viking in so many ways - imagine the draft class with Winfield instead of Gladney. 

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@Jor-El said:
It would have been awesome to have him as a Viking in so many ways - imagine the draft class with Winfield instead of Gladney. 

Given his family history and character and the fact that the Vikes needed a Safety it was a mistake not to target and go get Winfield jr . 

FWIW Vikiing Fans wouldn't have complained IMO, he was worth the risk.

No player is guaranteed to pan out. Winfield jr has intangibles that are hard to find. 

The best any team can ask for from any drafted player is they give their  best effort, and with Winfield IMO everyone knew he'd work his ass off in the same way his father did.

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I was pounding the table for Winfield B4 the draft - and I aint not draftnik. The intangibles were there and obviously the pedigree and stats from UofM. 

The draft just didnt fall our way unfortunately. 

Bucs grabbed two really good Gophers who should be contributing to their team for a long time. Would have loved to have seen em both in Vikings purple instead. 

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We needed a S?

Huh? We just lost our top 3 CBs, had two vet S under contract, but we needed a S?

Ok.