I want OG Tyler Booker with the #24 pick

You'd have 4 first round picks on that offensive line and Fries. Talk about a 90's Dallas Cowboys kind of team: a dominating offensive line and great skill players. You win a lot of games that way. Important ones.

Bullazin wrote:
Totally agree. Booker is the most impressive player I have seen in the draft.  He dominates people. The penn st edge and hunter, cam ward are all studs obvi, but Booker would be a home run for us. I’m thinking he goes top 10-15 at latest, so not to hopeful we could get him.

I've seen him slotted where Minnesota will pick, we'll see. He can be dominating. Would love to see it. Here's his quote: "The thing I love most about football is taking the love away from other people"

JustInTime wrote:
But this idea is growing on me. Especially as someone who watched a lot of Eagles games.

Plus an opportunistic defense that will give that offense plenty of chances to score and now the other team has to play perfectly all game to be competitive. Very tough to do. I'm telling you, it is the way. They just have to do this one more thing, they are so close....if not Booker, another drafted OG that will annihilate and ask questions later. This translates to road games, outside games, hostile environments: snatch their souls and watch them fold up, including the fans. Suddenly, this daunting 2025 schedule doesn't look that daunting. [img]https://media3.giphy.com/media/Ld77zD3fF3Run8olIt/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952k5n4zdb7xq0z4waz5f0v1tuyzq9u8l7nbhnjx1mv&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g[/img]

MAD GAINZ wrote:
I appreciate the sentiment, Sticky.  However, this FA class has really opened the door for us to go any direction at 24. I'd rather find a OG on Day 2 or early Day 3.  With Brandel and Fries as starters, I think we can wait on the position. I'm firmly in the trade down option to get more picks.  If we can end up with a couple picks on Day 2, I'd like to grab a good RB from a deep class and also look at DT or CB.  OGs can come from anywhere in the draft.  I'd prefer not to use our first round pick on one.  There are a lot of versatile OL guys that can be had in the middle of this draft with potential starter upside

All good stuff, same with Justin, Bull, PF, Knuckle, Canthony and MB. I like the dialogue. Trade down is my Plan B, I like that option. No doubt we could go in almost any direction at #24, which is awesome.  But when you have an O-line that kills wills, with the mind of KOC and the skill people and a rookie QB, you do the more of a good thing in the trenches. It can't ever be enough as it translates to the team's overall desire to be Super Bowl level. We won't beat Detroit or Philly without trading blows. Real blows where it matters. Give me 4 first round picks on the O-line and I'll give you a Superbowl team.

AGRforever wrote:
You're assuming KOC would trust handing the rock off to close out games.  It seems his pass happy self always calls a pass play when it really matters. Now from a results standpoint.  It has worked, so give him credit. [hr] Blake Brandel can play guard and tackle.  He's a great piece.  If someone starts at the LG position Brandel can be your utility guy.

Rouse could be the backup swing tackle, in place of Quessenberry and Brandel backup OG. I think that's where they'd go.

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purplefaithful wrote:
Your little birdie whispering these days?

Nope. And I used all my restraint to not reach out during the Rodgers ridiculousness. So he owes me for the Draft, lol.

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Here's my observation: I saw a lot of posters here drooling over Philly's O-line and what that made them capable of....and rightly so. If you draft a starting OG like Booker at #24, you've gone and put yourself in that zip code with Philly's line IMO. Especially a ball buster like Booker. Darrisaw-Booker-Kelly-Fries-O'Neill: you can ride all the way to a trophy with that crew.

JustInTime wrote:
So, a well supported opinion isn’t having an adult conversation?  LOL. Ok. [hr] Never would have considered this option until you brought it up. Now that we go into the draft pretty much bulletproof, I am really liking it. A dominant OL is a great deodorant for any shortfall.

Right on. And maybe it turns out to be a guy like Zabel who has room to get bigger and a little stronger. His shorter arms worry me just a smidge however.

rf54 wrote:
Vikings are not drafting a Guard at #24

lol, I totally get not wanting to draft an OG. I do. I've seen some others give some thoughts on why not to do that and they were solid opinions.

JimmyinSD wrote:
Uhm...actually I called QB for ATL very early on,  got all sorts of shit for it....

That doesn't sound like the board, are you sure? ;)  j/k good call there. And also full credit for predicting the Trey Lance Bustfest.

JustInTime wrote:
Regardless, a strong take considering the money Atlanta just threw down. Not in a million years do I put QB in Atlanta.  Penix was my guy as his deep ball was a great fit for our O. Medical history was a huge concern. Maye was never going to make it to 11 so I never looked too deep into him. Williams was and still is a hard no for me. Bears fans are in for more disappointment as Nail boy doesn't fit what Johnson wants to do.  JJ took me awhile to come around on. Early Day 2, no problem. 11, then eventually 10 was understandable but still too rich until he got into the preseason game. It's all there. If he really grew 2" I'd like to see him get up to 225-230. I can teach him how.

I think all of that thought process was very normal. Many draft sites changed their tune on McCarthy after the Combine because some dumb wrong shit was out there about his physical attributes. I liked Penix and still do, but JJM was my top choice of all the QBs and I was consistent throughout on him.

purplefaithful wrote:
He's still really young, that frame screams 215 to me.

He'll play right at 220 lbs. Its the perfect weight. Like you said when you saw him live, he's thicker than you thought.

What a year for QBs last year.....crazy good. JJ is 2 1/2 to 3 years younger than the guys that were selected in his class. If the Vikings hit on him, he's going to be the QB in Minnesota for a long time. Jaxson Dart is only a few months younger than McCarthy. Cam Ward is older. Sanders a year older.

4 weeks ago talking guard....replace Booker's name with Donovan Jackson and my original post is spot on with what both KOC and KAM said in their pressers after the selection. The premise the exact same. Major kudos to KAM and KOC here. I love this pick. It wasn't just O'Connell blowing off steam at the end of the year presser, he had had enough with the interior offensive line letting this team down. They seriously want to play with the NFC's elite. This will be the best line they've had in 16 years, maybe better. 

KOC mentioned in last night's presser he can now play the full playbook. Expect more running, its something he's always wanted to do but couldn't being hamstrung with the shit interior he inherited. I knew damn well the Vikings weren't going to grab a RB at this spot, you've got Thunder and Lightning now with AJ and Mason. They basically ran to the podium with Jackson's name, in under like 3 minutes? Didn't trade down and they could have. Says everything about how they feel about having an ELITE line, not just a very good one. Brandel sucks and I've said as much.....if he didn't, they wouldn't be sticking and picking with Jackson and I'm damn glad they did. 

Beautiful. Like I said, don't make the offense more like Michigan for JJ, make it more like Michigan because its just a hell of an offense that takes wills. I applaud you, Viking's organization. You DO know what it takes to win in the playoffs. You now have the line for it.
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Kevin O’Connell after the #Rams playoff loss: “(we’ve) got to find a way to solidify the interior (offensive line).” Since then, the #Vikings have acquired:

• G Will Fries
• C Ryan Kelly
• G/T Donovan Jackson
• T Justin Skule

All about protecting our young QB