Vikings Draft Predictions

Appreciate the effort...The only real consensus Ive seen out there is Harmon or Emmanwori...I have actually turned up my liking for Zabel, but 0 chance he's there at 24.

U already know how some of us feel about Robert Smith (Part Deuce) with the 25 Vikings.

they trade down, my only question is how far... A trade to 33 would be great and allow another trade to open the 2nd round.

rf54 wrote:
they trade down, my only question is how far...  A trade to 33 would be great and allow another trade to open the 2nd round.

I have no doubt they'll try...

Not at all confident is how I feel as well. Trading down doesn’t feel great unless they could pick up a lot of value in the process. Not super excited to drop 10 picks for a 3rd.

Gut feeling says we’ll go get a new LG. I think it’s the clearest path to a starter upgrade. Which one will be available? No idea, but I’d feel good about Zabel, Booker, or Jackson being the pick. I’m a little skeptical that they’ll bring in another guy that is going to fight for time with a quality veteran player, given how much shit they got last year for trading up for Turner and not getting him on the field more. Second most likely option to me is a CB. After that I think it’s a crapshoot of BPA between DT, S, RB, WR3. I’m just not going to get wound up no matter which way we go as there’s a lot of options for improving the team.

My trade down prediction: Not very far for not very much. Like 2-4 picks for like an additional 4th.

It is amazing that outside of the top 5 there is very little consensus throughout the first rounds which I think will put a lot of players at 24 who some teams did not expect to be there. Hoping for a trade down, but my prediction is Will Johnson falls to us and Kam goes to the Michigan well two years in a row. I also think we will know who our backup QB will be after the weekend, possibly coming from a trade.

JR44 wrote:
It is amazing that outside of the top 5 there is very little consensus throughout the first rounds which I think will put a lot of players at 24 who some teams did not expect to be there.  Hoping for a trade down, but my prediction is Will Johnson falls to us and Kam goes to the Michigan well two years in a row.  I also think we will know who our backup QB will be after the weekend, possibly coming from a trade.

Man, I have NO IDEA what they would do if WJ falls to 24...

The injury history make me nervous as cat in a dog pound. Its also the only reason he'd fall that far. 

Boom or Bust potential only rivaled by Nolan???

I predict that because my "stick and pick" players are Harmon, Starks, and Grant, they will all be gone at 24.   :dodgy:

1. Keesi trades down from 24 with a team that drafts a QB.

2. Vikings draft 5 players and get at least 2 coveted udfa.

3. None of the players drafted today will be day 1 starters.

Mattyman wrote:
3. None of the players drafted today will be day 1 starters.

With Kwesi's draft record that's just about a lock.

StickierBuns wrote:
** cough **  Trade.....UP.

With this regime? That would not shock me at all lol!

StickierBuns wrote:

I was wondering about that!

But for whom???? 

It's gotta be for a corner or DL they luv?

Its gotta be a DL or Corner...Jeanty is too far out of reach

Really REALLY hard to see a trade up. Only one I'd trade up for is Jeanty and that would be a moonshot. With Henderson moving up, I could see a small trade up ahead of the Chargers for him. Nobody else makes much sense. A corner? There's a decent chance Will Johnson, Barron and Hairston will be on the board where we sit. DL? Unless it's someone like Shemar Stewart, hardly seems necessary to trade up. There's a decent chance Harmon and Nolen are on the board at 24. IOL? Only Zabel might require a trade up. Can't imagine trading the farm we don't have for a god damn IOL. Booker as a favor to your QB? Seems reckless. 

Next year's 1st, Van Ginkel, Babe the Blue Ox, and 1,000 of the 10,000 lakes to the Pats for #4 and Ashton Jeanty. Who says no?

I do not think Jeanty will end up being the best RB in the draft. He didn't play against top defenses last year and when he did against Penn State they made him look pretty ordinary.

Any trade up will probably have to pull from next year’s picks but I guess if they’re in love, go for it.

Damn birdy better be singing Jeanty or Zable.

JR44 wrote:
I do not think Jeanty will end up being the best RB in the draft.  He didn't play against top defenses last year and when he did against Penn State they made him look pretty ordinary.

Anything's possible, but I think you'll be embarrassed by this post in 6 months. OLs? DLs? DBs? WRs? Yep. But level of comp is almost a non factor for RBs. Dude, watch him run.

Jeanty did not look great vs Nittany Lions...But I also think his OL was completely over-matched

RS_Express wrote:

With Kwesi's draft record that's just about a lock.

This roster doesn't have obvious vacancies.

MaroonBells wrote:
Vikings will try hard to trade down but will find no takers. They will, however, trade down from 97 into the 4th round, drawing a 4th rounder in return, and with multiple comp picks next year will trade a ’26 3rd rounder for a ’25 4th rounder, giving them three 4ths, hitting Kwesi’s target of 6 total picks.

I feel (supremely...modestly...not at all) confident that our 1st pick will be either Donovan Jackson, Tre Henderson or Derrick Harmon. I’ll go with Jackson. I think the compulsion to draft a player who can stand in for Darrisaw until he’s ready is real. I think Booker is a great intangible fit, but questionable scheme fit, that safety and running back can wait, and the Vikings intend to shore up CB with a veteran.

1.24 - Donovan Jackson, G/T (Alt: Derrick Harmon, DT or Tre Henderson, RB)
4a - Sai’vion Jones, DL (Alt: Demetrius Knight, LB)
4b - Jonas Sanker, S (Alt: Yahya Black, DL)
4c - Jeffrey Bassa, LB (Alt: Jacory Croskey-Merritt, RB)
5.139 - Brashard Smith, RB (Alt: Zah Frazier, CB, Bilhal Kone, CB)
6.187- Ben Yurosek, TE (Alt: Thomas Fidone II, TE )

Players the Vikings might pick early that will raise some eyebrows: Aireontae Ersery, OT, Carson Schwesinger, LB

Vikings post draft players: Willie Lampkin, Kalel Mullings, RB, Zion Childress, S, Bilhal Kone, CB, Nazir Stackhouse, NT, Max Brosmer, QB, Warren Brinson, DT, Jacob Bayer, IOL, Cody Lindenberg, LB, Chandler Brayboy, WR

Well done my astute friend.