Vikings were ready to take Justin Fields: ESPN.com

Fields > Monds

Monds + 2022 1st round pick > Fields

Also, with a GAPPING HOLE at LT, I seriously doubt Fields was the target. It's been reported that we did extra leg work on Day 2 QBs. That makes a ton more sense than trading up for QB3.

Of course they were.

Only thing that hurts more than getting that close to Fields and not landing him was seeing him holding-up a frigging Bears jersey. 

If Fields turns out to be awesome there will definitely be a feeling of what could have been. But not something to dwell on now.

Once the Giants decided they didn’t mind dropping back to 20, it would have been tough to outbid the Bears.

I’m glad the Vikings front office took the QB position seriously this draft. Smart call, IMO. And if Monds turns out to be something Spielman will look like a genius. 

@"BarrNone55" said: Fields > Monds

Monds + 2022 1st round pick > Fields

Also, with a GAPPING HOLE at LT, I seriously doubt Fields was the target. It's been reported that we did extra leg work on Day 2 QBs. That makes a ton more sense than trading up for QB3.

I'd also put it like this:

Mond/Darrisaw + 2022 1st Round Pick > Fields

@"PurpleCrush" said:

@"BarrNone55" said: Fields > Monds

Monds + 2022 1st round pick > Fields

Also, with a GAPPING HOLE at LT, I seriously doubt Fields was the target. It's been reported that we did extra leg work on Day 2 QBs. That makes a ton more sense than trading up for QB3.

I'd also put it like this:

Mond/Darrisaw + 2022 1st Round Pick > Fields

I'm going to be the contrarian on this one...

Fields turns out to be franchise ceiling? With that D? 

This could turn out to be a shift of NFC power that nobody is grasping yet.  

Hope I'm wrong...

I'll be honest. I was hoping that Fields would drop to us. But in some ways the draft may have worked out better for us the way it did, especially if Mond becomes a good QB in the future. 

And if anything, Mond is a similar type athlete to Fields with a ton more experience (and in the SEC too). Plus, maybe his selection lights a fire under Kirk's ass. Win/Win.

I wasnt happy when we let the bears trade in front of us for a QB.... I honestly thought if we were going to make a move it would have needed to have been jumping to 8 to keep the QB hungry teams behind us from leaping ahead of us.... I really wasnt happy when we dropped 9 spots as I really didnt expect there to be much left for OL either in terms of value,  but I kept my mouth shut and am glad i did.  (crow tastes like shit)  I think Rick was very lucky that his gamble turned out,  but as they say sometimes its better to be lucky than good and IMO we turned out really good thanks to Ricks luck.

I am very happy having a legit mobile QB with the arm talent and pedigree to be considered a legit future starter.

I am thrilled to have found both a starting LT and OG.

the rest of the draft is just icing,  now if we had gotten a top kicking prospect... well then there would have been ice cream to go with our cake.

@"JimmyinSD" said: I wasnt happy when we let the bears trade in front of us for a QB.... I honestly thought if we were going to make a move it would have needed to have been jumping to 8 to keep the QB hungry teams behind us from leaping ahead of us.... I really wasnt happy when we dropped 9 spots as I really didnt expect there to be much left for OL either in terms of value,  but I kept my mouth shut and am glad i did.  (crow tastes like shit)  I think Rick was very lucky that his gamble turned out,  but as they say sometimes its better to be lucky than good and IMO we turned out really good thanks to Ricks luck.

I am very happy having a legit mobile QB with the arm talent and pedigree to be considered a legit future starter.

I am thrilled to have found both a starting LT and OG.

the rest of the draft is just icing,  now if we had gotten a top kicking prospect... well then there would have been ice cream to go with our cake.

The Bears trading up to land him was what bothered me most, but as you said....I like the way things turned out for us. Now I hate to wish ill on most people, but I really hope Fields doesn't turn into a superstar for that team. F*ck the Bears.

Bears 1st round picks since 2017

Tribisky - 2017
Roquam Smith- 2018
2019-No pick
2020-No pick
2021-Fields
2022- No pick

Ouch.

@"Mattyman" said: Bears 1st round picks since 2017

Tribisky - 2017
Roquam Smith- 2018
2019-No pick
2020-No pick
2021-Fields
2022- No pick

Ouch.

3 years and $45 million for Mike Glennon.

Eat your ham, Tina.

I certainly hope I am wrong but I said pre-draft that if Fields fall out of the Top 10 he would be a steal.  I think he certainly has franchise QB ability plus you add that "anger" in his eyes I think he is going to be a good one with a chip to show up the others.  (not like D***H**D Rodgers because he has a chip agianst the whole world including his family:)

I would have really, really liked him at 14.  I would have been calling the Giants at 11 and I don't think a move up of 3 spots would have cost us a 1st rounder next year?  Maybe a second rounder and a later pick this year?  If so, I would have liked that despite my desperate plea (predraft) that we get Darrisaw and a Guard from this draft.  

We would have been able to get Wyatt at 78 and Jones with our original 90 pick but no top Tackle?  

I'm just admitting that I would have done that move up to 11 for Fields - I think he is a good one.  But we may have been trying for all I know and the Giants got a much better offer to move down with the Bears???  Who knows.

That all said - we got my predraft wishes - Darrisaw and a Top Guard....Boom.  I think Spelly is easily a TOP drafting GM and maybe even the best!

They know how to defend crossing routes in the NFL. Not saying he wont be a stud, but I'll wait to form an opinion until after he plays.

considering the source, I would put very little credence in that story

There is a lot kind of loaded into the scenario. 

1. When the Vikings discussing a trade up into the #7/8 area it was for Sewell not Fields. 
2. When the Giants came on the clock at #11 they had interest in Slater at that point
3a. Based on how the board fell if the Giants kept their pick the Cowboys weren't going to move and the Chargers were definitely taking Slater.
3b. They would have taken Fields at #14 since he fell into their lap. He has franchise QB upside and it he would have fallen into your lap. I don't think the team was convinced he was their guy which is why they wouldn't have traded futures to make it happen. But they would have taken him over Darrisaw or AVT. 

My hope is that the Ohio State QB bust pipeline continues, but I know that the consensus here seems to be that Fields is different than the other Ohio State passers. I think it is good that the Vikings were willing to take and even move up for a potential franchise QB and if Fields truly is a franchise guy, then the capital would have been worth it, but at the same time if you take a franchise guy and you don't have the picks to build the team around him, then they are starting at a disadvantage. At least the Vikings used those picks to add a LT, LG, and a QB and still have their picks for next year, so the hope would be that the investment they are making in the line will pay off big for Cousins, Mond, or maybe a future QB they take in the next year or two.

@"Mattyman" said: Bears 1st round picks since 2017

Tribisky - 2017
Roquam Smith- 2018
2019-No pick
2020-No pick
2021-Fields
2022- No pick

Ouch.

And this is why I am not overly worried about the Bears becoming the powerhouse.  They don't draft well, and then they give away their picks for bad players or players with a high salary (Mack).  Their pipeline of talent has got to be empty.

@"Geoff Nichols" said: There is a lot kind of loaded into the scenario. 

1. When the Vikings discussing a trade up into the #7/8 area it was for Sewell not Fields. 
2. When the Giants came on the clock at #11 they had interest in Slater at that point
3a. Based on how the board fell if the Giants kept their pick the Cowboys weren't going to move and the Chargers were definitely taking Slater.
3b. They would have taken Fields at #14 since he fell into their lap. He has franchise QB upside and it he would have fallen into your lap. I don't think the team was convinced he was their guy which is why they wouldn't have traded futures to make it happen. But they would have taken him over Darrisaw or AVT. 

That seems reasonable. Their primary interest was the top two LTs and they would have taken Fields if he fell into their lap, but they didn't want to give up significant future assets to get him. Do you think the Vikings would have still taken Darrisaw if Phillips or Paye were available at 23?