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Bruce Johnson -> RE: General Vikes Talk (3/13/2019 1:09:41 AM)
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I will be consistent and say that I was sad that he was leaving the team, (and said so) but I am happy he is staying. I've also said he is my favorite player. I do like what happened, today, especially if indeed Nick Easton stays with the team, as well. Wilson did play well as a backup. It's good to have quality backups, because players get hurt. It's interesting that players, especially on the defense want to stay, or come back if they left for Seattle for a short while. I think they love playing for the head coach and I think they believe we have something special here.
Offense? We need new young blood- players that are identified by our new offensive coaching staff as ones they want to build upon.
I also said that I thought that free agency was more critical this year than the draft. The team also made the decision to keep Kyle Rudolph. It may be for just one more year, but I do long for the days where a player would stay with one team for an entire career. Continuity means something, but especially on the offensive line. By focusing that need with the draft, the offensive line has a chance make continuity for a good long time and it's good to keep some of our other better players. The grass is not always greener on the other side of the hill.
I've also said that running backs are close to their prime when they come out of college. We lost our backup running back to free agency. I don't expect that we will pick up one in the first or second rounds, but our starter has a history of getting injured. I hope that the team does trade back just a bit with their first round pick, because we should be adding running back to the list of players we need to select in say the third or fourth rounds.
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