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Vikings get a new OL. Mason Cole

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For a 6th rounder from AZ

Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?

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Played most of his college career at OT. 

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He is a center/guard.  He joined the Cardinals as a third-round choice in 2018. In three seasons in Arizona, Cole played 46 games with 32 starts.  He tested as a ninth-percentile SPARQ athlete at the Combine.

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Camp body or some potential???

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Rick gave up a 6th, after losing a 7th?

Anyone want to do a health check?

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I'm guessing is a up grade over Dozier and samia

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Vikings newly acquired OL Mason Cole:

Ht/Wt: 6’5”/295 lbs
College: Michigan
Yrs Pro: 3 (begin 4th)
Draft: Ariz., 2018, 97th Overall (rd 3)
Gms/Starts: 46/34

Cole comes to MIN filling a massive need on the OL, likely at G. Have to think he enters camp as a penciled-in starter

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Mason Cole has two career starts at LG, both in 2019.

- Week 9 against SF: 56 snaps, 68.1 overall grade, 64.3 pass blocking grade, 1 pressure/sack allowed on 33 PB snaps
- Week 10 against TB: 67 snaps, 55.7 overall grade, 80.7 pass blocking grade (!), 1 pressure on 49 PB snaps

Splort.

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The #Vikings have traded one of their two sixth-round picks for former Cardinals C Mason Cole, per @RapSheet.

- Third-round pick in 2018 out of Michigan
- Played center in '18 and '20 and was pretty meh
- 200 snaps at guard in 2019 and had a 63.3 pass blocking grade

Splort again.

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@"Viking1987" said: I'm guessing is a up grade over Dozier and samia
Lolz, ya. Not a tough feat to accomplish either.
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just heard it was a 2022 6th ed pick

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@"purplefaithful" said: Camp body or some potential???
The little bit I've seen, it looks like he was miscast as a C. Grades at LG far better. 
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The missing link

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It's sure sounding to me like the #Vikings are looking for Mason Cole to battle well for a starting guard job. They're paying $2,151,750 to him plus $31,250 workout bonus. The likes of Dakota Dozier and Brett Jones have made and will continue to make half that.
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Cole’s signing bonus money stays on the Cardinals’ books; he gets a $2.151M base and a $31,250 workout bonus as part of his deal with Arizona after the draft. The Vikings inherit the deal, but they didn’t structure it, and none is guaranteed. Keep that in perspective.
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The obvious theme for 2021: DURABILITY

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Hope he works out!  shrug, not great history by our FO picking guards though...

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He is ranked 35th in pass blocking out of 32 teams so he will fit in nicely. 

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I like that the Vikings didn't just go with the next free agent guard on the list. Instead, they did their research and invested some draft capital on a guy that works for them. 

We all batted around Forrest Lamp and Lane Taylor and a few others, but we're gamblers. Clearly, Vikings had other ideas. Lamp has enormous upside, but he's been hurt almost every season he's been a pro. Taylor not much different. Cole's draft profile calls him: "Beyond durable...incredible durability dating all the way back to his high school days."

I like that he's just 24. Younger than Garrett Bradbury. So he's still developing. Vikings don't draft OL particularly well, so instead of drafting the next Willie Beavers, they go get a very young middle round guard and pay a 6th for him. If he plays well, Cole can be a long-term answer. Might they be thinking the same at LT? 

I like that his PFF pass blocking grades his two starts at guard would rank higher than any of our interior linemen graded last year. And both against pretty good DLs in Tampa and San Francisco. 

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