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What is your nightmare draft scenario?

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History and gut feel tells me Trader Rick trades back in Round #1 to get his second round pick back.  Who he might pick depends on how far he drops. 

My nightmare scenario is that he stays pat in the first round and selects a non-OL.  Beyond a nightmare if he does this with Slater on the board, however unlikely.  That would mean no OL until round #3, absent a trade.

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1st round: Safety. DB. Kicker. Long snapper.

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QB in round 1

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@"Hawkvike25" said: QB in round 1
Interesting. You really would dislike that, Hawk? 
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I'll just go through my list of TV breakers if we stay at #14 and make a pick:

1. Kwity Paye

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Trade Down for a DE with lots of question marks...
#14 for a DE with lots of question marks...
CB with our 1st
Being late and missing the pick (doh!)

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Hmm... I guess Devonte Smith at #14 would be very, very scary to me. Waiting until our 3rd round pick or-- God forbid-- even later to address OL would be borderline criminal negligence.
Hopefully this isn't famous last words but thankfully I don't think either of these scenarios is happening.

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I think not drafting OLine in the first gives me a WTF type vibe.  I have some room of acceptance for DLine and QB, but pretty much everything else is a hard WTF.

Only drafting one OLine that is reasonably expected to start is a WTF.

Absolute nightmare draft would be drafting a 3rd rounder and a 7th rounder on the OLine and a CB in the first.

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Pretty simple for me: any pick other than OL or DE and it's raining kittens in Colorado. But I'm pretty convinced Mouschi will be just fine. 

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@"StickyBun" said:
@"Hawkvike25" said: QB in round 1
Interesting. You really would dislike that, Hawk? 
Absolutely. Kirk isn't going anywhere so we are wasting a pick on a guy to sit for a couple years, essentially ignoring OL and DE. That or the pick happens and a QB controversy spews and we have a $40MM QB sitting on the bench. It's a lose lose situation in my mind
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Jaelen Phillips. To many health questions. 

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If you're talking "I gotta replay this to believe it happened" level of nightmare:

Trade up from 14 for a CB.  Infinitesimal, but certainly a nightmare. 

For the "Goddammit, I knew Zimmer would pull this sh!t!!" nightmare:
Trade down from 14, take a DE, then throw the acquired 2nd on a CB, leaving OL until the 3rd round.

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Any pick in the back 7, and I'm gonna lose my shit.

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CB or moving down out of the top 20 pick up a second

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@"purplefaithful" said: Trade Down for a DE with lots of question marks... #14 for a DE with lots of question marks... CB with our 1st Being late and missing the pick (doh!)


All winners in a nightmare competition...

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@"BarrNone55" said: Any pick in the back 7, and I'm gonna lose my shit.
Yeah, same here...  if we take a CB, S, or LB at 14...  Spielman better find a good place to hide...
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There will be no place safe for Rick to hide.

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@"Hawkvike25" said:
@"StickyBun" said:
@"Hawkvike25" said: QB in round 1
Interesting. You really would dislike that, Hawk? 
Absolutely. Kirk isn't going anywhere so we are wasting a pick on a guy to sit for a couple years, essentially ignoring OL and DE. That or the pick happens and a QB controversy spews and we have a $40MM QB sitting on the bench. It's a lose lose situation in my mind
There's never any good options for improving your too good to cut, but not good enough to get you a SB victory QB.

We're either going to have to let Kirk go without having a plan B, or we're going to have to bring guys in while he's here.  I think the only real option is to figure out how to bring guys in and let them compete, and manage the discomfort.

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@"medaille" said:
@"Hawkvike25" said:
@"StickyBun" said:
@"Hawkvike25" said: QB in round 1
Interesting. You really would dislike that, Hawk? 
Absolutely. Kirk isn't going anywhere so we are wasting a pick on a guy to sit for a couple years, essentially ignoring OL and DE. That or the pick happens and a QB controversy spews and we have a $40MM QB sitting on the bench. It's a lose lose situation in my mind
There's never any good options for improving your too good to cut, but not good enough to get you a SB victory QB.

We're either going to have to let Kirk go without having a plan B, or we're going to have to bring guys in while he's here.  I think the only real option is to figure out how to bring guys in and let them compete, and manage the discomfort.



Never said I dont want to bring guys in to compete, just said QB in Round 1 is stupid, really stupid. Am I open to a QB in round 3 this year if a viable one is there? Sure. Am I open to one next year instead? Absolutely. A QB in round 1 this year, as I mentioned before, means we neglect OL and DE and then it creates unnecessary drama during the season.

Lastly, Kirk is good enough to win a Super Bowl, just need his team to be.

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@"Hawkvike25" said: Lastly, Kirk is good enough to win a Super Bowl, just need his team to be.
Kirk is only good enough to win a SB if his salary is low enough to permit the Vikes to build a great team around him.  He can't be paid as a top 5 QB, perform like a top 15 QB and expect to win a SB.
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That the draft actually replaces the sport, and any "Vikings news" all year long is limited to dips**ts doing mocks all year long.

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