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ORIGINAL: The Happy Norseman quote:
ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes If Spielman was just a cunningly smart Machiavellian bastard ... I could sit anxiously through the draft with some confidence in a larger scheme coming together. As it is, Spiels has shown no urgency in planning or building a solid OLine. He has bumped up his game to atleast one OL in the first three rds of the last four drafts BUT he has never drafted two OL in the first three rounds. Never. Coming away with one of the following players is my expectation. Two would be a very pleasant surprise. Even the last two on the lists, Little and Banks. Three? I'd be stunned. Kneeling with hands clasped in religious ecstasy. Cousins-like before games, meals and choosing shampoos. Penei Sewell Rashawn Slater Christian Darisaw Teven Jenkins Sam Cosmi Jalen Mayfield Alex Leatherwood Liam Eichenberg Dillon Radunz Spencer Brown Walker Little Alijah Vera-Tucker Wyatt Davis Creed Humphrey C/G Landon Dickerson C/G Jackson Carman Trey Smith Deonte Brown Ben Cleveland Kendrick Green Aaron Banks During the draft, Spielman is very reactive. The fact that he admitted in the draft 2(?) years ago that several times the player he wanted kept getting taken right before the Vikings pick was an infuriating admission that he does not know how to properly approach the draft. If you want a player, go get him! It would be nice if RS shocked us all, went against character and drafted 2 o-linemen in the first 3 rounds. A vikings draft of Slater or Vera-Tucker in the first and Mond/Mills and Ben Cleveland in the 3rd would be a home run for RS. Which means there's no way it will happen... That was the O'Neill draft. He acted as if the run on OL was a one in a million thing. Poor excuse for him not having a better understanding of what other teams might do, which is key to getting players you really like and for maximizing draft assets. Exactly - I was so frustrated in this draft when we went Hughes in the first round. The top of round 2 was loaded with teams that needed oline. CLE, NYG, IND, CHI, all went IOL. I even thought Denver was going IOL. And none of it was surprising.
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Left picking up the pieces.
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