Pick 34 - available?

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: Can you imagine how the board would go off if they trade down again lol. There are some good players left. It is such an unusual draft. 

I thought the same thing. There's a buzz that they might. Sounds like they got an intriguing offer at 32 but declined. Rumor is that it was the Packers trying to move up for Pickens. 

I personally would stay since the talent it too good, unless a team hoping for a QB is ready to grossly overpay. 

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: Can you imagine how the board would go off if they trade down again lol. There are some good players left. It is such an unusual draft. 

I thought the same thing. There's a buzz that they might. Sounds like they got an intriguing offer at 32 but declined. Rumor is that it was the Packers trying to move up for Pickens. 

I personally would stay since the talent it too good, unless a team hoping for a QB is ready to grossly overpay. 

@"Hawkvike25" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Geoff Nichols" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: Can you imagine how the board would go off if they trade down again lol. There are some good players left. It is such an unusual draft. 

I thought the same thing. There's a buzz that they might. Sounds like they got an intriguing offer at 32 but declined. Rumor is that it was the Packers trying to move up for Pickens. 

I personally would stay since the talent it too good, unless a team hoping for a QB is ready to grossly overpay. 

Willis has some intriguing value here. Sure, he needs to learn how to play NFL QB, and he's a long ways from being able to do that, so while a 1st rounder is a big gamble, his upside in the 2nd round is going to be very tempting for teams. If a team doesn't trade up to 33, the Vikings are going to get some offers.  

Especially if the teams that need a QB don't want Baker. Carolina doesn't really have much to offer this year, but the Seahawks do. I hope Kwesi is spending a lot of time chatting with the Seahawks today to see what he can negotiate, especially with them having 40 & 41 (Not saying we would get both, just saying they have two early 2nd round picks).

Here's how I would take them...

1. Booth - We still need a corner
2. Gordon - "
3. McCreary - "
4. Dean - Cine and Dean
5. Hall - Just really like the player and 5T is a need
6. PIckens - He might top this list if we didn't still need a corner
7. Mafe - Don't think edge is a big need, but you can never have too many pass rushers
8. Ojabo - "
9. Ebiketie - "
10. Tindall - Didn't start at Georgia, but might have more NFL upside than those who did

@"MaroonBells" said: Here's how I would take them...

1. Booth - We still need a corner
2. Gordon - "
3. McCreary - "
4. Dean - Cine and Dean
5. Hall - Just really like the player and 5T is a need
6. PIckens - He might top this list if we didn't still need a corner
7. Mafe - Don't think edge is a big need, but you can never have too many pass rushers
8. Ojabo - "
9. Ebiketie - "
10. Tindall - Didn't start at Georgia, but might have more NFL upside than those who did

That's a good list. I think CB is the #1 priority too. Instead of DE I would support a TE, especially at 66...not saying that's the pick I want, but I wouldnt be mad if we picked one then.

Unless they take a flyer on Willis, I'd think the pick would have to be a corner. My bet is on Kyler Gordon 

@"supafreak84" said: Unless they take a flyer on Willis, I'd think the pick would have to be a corner. My bet is on Kyler Gordon 

Had they received fair value from Detroit and kept their second round pick, they would have more flexibility to take the BPA at 34. Now they have painted themselves into a corner, no pun intented, and have to take a CB at 34 to get a potential starter. Fortunately, there are some good options that grade out well at this pick in the 2nd round. 

@"TBro" said:

@"supafreak84" said: Unless they take a flyer on Willis, I'd think the pick would have to be a corner. My bet is on Kyler Gordon 

Had they received fair value from Detroit and kept their second round pick, they would have more flexibility to take the BPA at 34. Now they have painted themselves into a corner, no pun intented, and have to take a CB at 34 to get a potential starter. Fortunately, there are some good options that grade out well at this pick in the 2nd round. 

On Common's show, his draft guru guest is claiming there is a strong indication that the Vikings have already made a trade at 34 for a team wanting to move up for Malik Willis. Potentially the Giants, Atlanta, Lions, and Seahawks but that they may prefer Ridder over Willis. Interesting. 

@"minny65" said: Who do we pick?  Booth, right?  Dean is tempting and Ojabo/Mafe are no slouches.  Obviously, the Jags aren't going QB at 33 but another team has 24 hours to stew and trade up with them or us! I advocated for a trade down for weeks but did not expect a mortal Cine as our choice.  But Cine and Booth are sweet and go a long way to fix our secondary hypothetically.  

With our second pick Day 2 we lost 20 spots from 46 to 66.  Then to complete out Top 100 picks is still pick 77.  

Just trying to be optimistic (not my nature).  
NFL Draft 2022: Best available players after round one

Rank	Player Name	Position	School
15	Malik Willis	QB	Liberty
23	Andrew Booth Jr.	CB	Clemson
28	Nakobe Dean	LB	Georgia
32	David Ojabo	EDGE	Michigan
34	Matt Corral	QB	Mississippi
35	Boye Mafe	EDGE	Minnesota
36	Desmond Ridder	QB	Cincinnati
37	Arnold Ebiketie	EDGE	Penn State
38	Kyler Gordon	CB	Washington
39	Roger McCreary	CB	Auburn
41	Travis Jones	DL	UConn

Where did you get this "best available" chart? Nakobe Dean is a stud, but should be way ahead of Malik Willis, whose own head coach (Freeze) said Willis is not ready for the NFL. Even more, Christian Watson (NDSU) and George Pickins (UGA) are still on the board!!

I was disappointed the Vikings traded down and did not take Hamilton -- but Cine is very good -- a Browner/Lott type -- ball hawk, big hitter, game changer.

@"TBro" said: On Common's show, his draft guru guest is claiming there is a strong indication that the Vikings have already made a trade at 34 for a team wanting to move up for Malik Willis. Potentially the Giants, Atlanta, Lions, and Seahawks but that they may prefer Ridder over Willis. Interesting. 

If Detroit F**KS us again, I'm going to have a very hard time continuing to trust our new GM. 

@"TBro" said: On Common's show, his draft guru guest is claiming there is a strong indication that the Vikings have already made a trade at 34 for a team wanting to move up for Malik Willis. Potentially the Giants, Atlanta, Lions, and Seahawks but that they may prefer Ridder over Willis. Interesting. 

If true, I would prefer Giants first and Seattle second with their picks today (38, 67, 81) and (40, 41, and 72). Atlanta has 43, 58, 74, and 82 so maybe them but 43 is probably too far as well. Detroit doesn't have much to offer and I dont want to go down to 46. 

If we trade down again, it's going to start to look like the Rick Spielman show all over again...

@"AGRforever" said:

@"TBro" said: On Common's show, his draft guru guest is claiming there is a strong indication that the Vikings have already made a trade at 34 for a team wanting to move up for Malik Willis. Potentially the Giants, Atlanta, Lions, and Seahawks but that they may prefer Ridder over Willis. Interesting. 

If Detroit F**KS us again, I'm going to have a very hard time continuing to trust our new GM.