NFL Draft Discussion

Post #1 » by **Cactus Jack** » Sun Apr 23, 2023 5:56 pm

The wait is almost over!

GoRapstheoriginal · Post #2 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:53 pm

Raiders McDaniels/Zieg gotta nail EVERY F*CKING PICK IN THIS DRAFT EVERY SINGLE ONE!
No misses! We need starters & depth all across the board! lets go!

bluejerseyjinx · Post #3 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:51 pm

Raiders might want to do something abut their defense. They've stunk for years in that department. Not that I have ever been a fan of Derick Carr, but his nine years in Oakland, the Raider defense gave up over 26 points a game. Talk about a nine year hill to climb week in and week out.

InfraRedshaw · Post #4 » by **InfraRedshaw** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 4:02 pm

I put together a mock draft and tweet it out every year, mainly just for fun, but dang, this feels like a year I'll have almost no picks right, feels like a complete mystery what about to go down

hermes · Post #5 » by **hermes** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:16 pm

vikes only have 5 picks, the rick spielman era truly is over

hermes · Post #6 » by **hermes** » Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:36 pm

20th anniversary of the vikings missing their pick, that was so wild

back in the good old days of the pick clock actually mattering

Post #7 » by **Duke4life831** » Tue Apr 25, 2023 5:02 pm

Calling it now, Vikings trade up and get one of Levis or Richardson.

bluejerseyjinx · Post #8 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Tue Apr 25, 2023 6:38 pm

Why? You have Cousins. :eyebrows:

Post #9 » by **Cactus Jack** » Tue Apr 25, 2023 7:08 pm

Duke4life831 wrote:Calling it now, Vikings trade up and get one of Levis or Richardson.

Read on Twitter

Post #10 » by **Duke4life831** » Tue Apr 25, 2023 7:15 pm

bluejerseyjinx wrote:Why? You have Cousins.

Have Cousins for 1 more year then he is gone. It is well known the Vikings and him are parting ways after next year.

Post #11 » by **Duke4life831** » Tue Apr 25, 2023 7:15 pm

Cactus Jack wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:Calling it now, Vikings trade up and get one of Levis or Richardson.

Read on Twitter

See the greatness of Levis cannot be overlooked.

hermes · Post #12 » by **hermes** » Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:13 pm

Duke4life831 wrote:
bluejerseyjinx wrote:Why? You have Cousins.

Have Cousins for 1 more year then he is gone. It is well known the Vikings and him are parting ways after next year.

are we for sure drafting a qb this draft?

Post #13 » by **Duke4life831** » Tue Apr 25, 2023 10:33 pm

hermes wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:
bluejerseyjinx wrote:Why? You have Cousins.

Have Cousins for 1 more year then he is gone. It is well known the Vikings and him are parting ways after next year.

are we for sure drafting a qb this draft?

No, but there has been a lot of smoke that Minny is looking for a QB this year.

Post #14 » by **Worm Guts** » Wed Apr 26, 2023 12:15 pm

hermes wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:
bluejerseyjinx wrote:Why? You have Cousins.

Have Cousins for 1 more year then he is gone. It is well known the Vikings and him are parting ways after next year.

are we for sure drafting a qb this draft?

I think the rumor, or maybe more than a rumor, is that Cousins wanted to sign an extension at somewhat of a discounted price and the Vikings shot him down.

Post #15 » by **DOT** » Wed Apr 26, 2023 12:48 pm

Duke4life831 wrote:
hermes wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:Have Cousins for 1 more year then he is gone. It is well known the Vikings and him are parting ways after next year.

are we for sure drafting a qb this draft?

No, but there has been a lot of smoke that Minny is looking for a QB this year.

I've heard rumors of y'all liking Hooker in the late 1st.

bluejerseyjinx · Post #16 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:27 pm

hermes wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:
bluejerseyjinx wrote:Why? You have Cousins.

Have Cousins for 1 more year then he is gone. It is well known the Vikings and him are parting ways after next year.

are we for sure drafting a qb this draft?

How much longer do you want to go without a QB? Been telling you for many years that Cousins isn't the guy. Problem is imho there are no really good QB's in this draft. You guys can make a play for Lamar Jackson however.

hermes · Post #17 » by **hermes** » Wed Apr 26, 2023 4:11 pm

Worm Guts wrote:
hermes wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:Have Cousins for 1 more year then he is gone. It is well known the Vikings and him are parting ways after next year.

are we for sure drafting a qb this draft?

I think the rumor, or maybe more than a rumor, is that Cousins wanted to sign an extension at somewhat of a discounted price and the Vikings shot him down.

wow, hadn't heard that

i suppose its fair that every coach/gm wants to try and make it work with their own guy

hermes · Post #18 » by **hermes** » Wed Apr 26, 2023 4:47 pm

bluejerseyjinx wrote:
hermes wrote:
Duke4life831 wrote:Have Cousins for 1 more year then he is gone. It is well known the Vikings and him are parting ways after next year.

are we for sure drafting a qb this draft?

How much longer do you want to go without a QB? Been telling you for many years that Cousins isn't the guy. Problem is imho there are no really good QB's in this draft. You guys can make a play for Lamar Jackson however.

i'm a vikings fan bjj! our default setting is to not have a big time quarterback. outside of a few years of culpepper and the one favre year cousins is probably our best qb since i became a fan in 2000 - and he's like barely above average

i mean look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_Vikings_starting_quarterbacks#Regular_season

what i worry about with moving on from cousins is getting back on the qb purgatory carousel (i know i'm currently stuck in kirk cousins purgatory, but i think its a stockholm situation - send help)

Post #19 » by **Duke4life831** » Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:43 pm

hermes wrote:
bluejerseyjinx wrote:
hermes wrote:are we for sure drafting a qb this draft?

How much longer do you want to go without a QB? Been telling you for many years that Cousins isn't the guy. Problem is imho there are no really good QB's in this draft. You guys can make a play for Lamar Jackson however.

i'm a vikings fan bjj! our default setting is to not have a big time quarterback. outside of a few years of culpepper and the one favre year cousins is probably our best qb since i became a fan in 2000 - and he's like barely above average

i mean look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_Vikings_starting_quarterbacks#Regular_season

what i worry about with moving on from cousins is getting back on the qb purgatory carousel (i know i'm currently stuck in kirk cousins purgatory, but i think its a stockholm situation - send help)

Oh Im with you. Cousins has become a cozy blanket for us Vikings fans haha. He is easy to pick holes in, but damn dont want to let him go and go back out into the real world haha. But I get it from the front office perspective. Kirk is going to be 35 this year and they're probably done kicking his dead cap back a year every offseason. And they probably want to go out and get their own guy.

Haha but ya no doubt, if they swing and miss on a QB. Im going to be missing the Cousins days real quick haha.

Post #20 » by **Worm Guts** » Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:14 pm

The two big things for me is that he's going to be 35, and in his 5 seasons as QB it's been mediocrity to high mediocrity. No real Super Bowl contenders. We're kind of stuck in a rut.
If I was Vikings management I don't think I would be over anxious to get my own guy though. Once you get your own guy, you lose that excuse. Right now you can blame Kirk Cousins and it's not your fault, but once you get your own guy his failures are your failures.