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From an Athletic article on one breakout player per team in 2022
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Minnesota Vikings: LT Christian Darrisaw
The team’s first-round pick in 2021, Darrisaw has the fewest pressures allowed (seven) of any Vikings starting offensive lineman, per TruMedia. Not to mention, among all offensive tackles, his PFF run-blocking grade in gap-scheme runs (79.4) — the Vikings’ primary run plays — ranks ninth in the NFL. Darrisaw’s potential has been evident since he returned from a core/groin injury that sidelined him last year until Week 5. Darrisaw said recently he feels as if his pass blocking is most improved, which is a welcome sign for an offense that leans heavily on giving the quarterback time in the pocket to complete throws. — Alec Lewis
Very promising. We may have found a solution at LT for many years to come.
Darrisaw is a stud in the making. Glad we were able to land him after that dangerous trade down.
Speilman the OL whisperer. Who knew.
More llke the blind squirrel found a nut
it was a little bit of sarcasm, given his overall record, a little bit of irony given our LT RT and RG. A little bit.
That's a bit of a fascinating scenario...
If Spielman had put together this line... but 2-3 years ago... would that change your opinion of him.
It probably would for me.
I still have a hard time swallowing the disaster of missing on 4 3rd rounders that you desperately traded into.
But LT/RT are so important and it looks like RT is solid (I'm not as high on O'Neil as some) and LT looks like it could be ROCK solid.
I have to give him props for that.
Ultimately... I'd still want to move on from him because of Cousins... I was willing to see what the initial contract would bring the Vikes... but the extensions were terrible IMO.
Early returns on Kwesi are mixed for sure... hoping the secondary picks work out long term.
we have a couple of solid tackles, nothing more...our guards are both rated #29 and beyond, and our center is at #18 in a fluke year....
we are weak in the middle, like we have been forever....
i really hope we make a trade for a solid cb with a year left on a deal before the trade deadline...I've heard Marcus Peters mentioned....
we need to draft a wr and te with our first two picks next year....
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Go OL, DL, non-binary line, I don't care... no order... flip a coin.
Trade up in the first for a QB next year, pretty please!
We'd use up valuable draft capital and not get a better QB.
if i had to place a bet on who our 2024 quarterback will be, and my only choices were kirk cousins, or other....i'd go with cousins....
if i had to place a bet on who our 2025 quarterback will be, and my only choices were kirk cousins, or other....i'd go with cousins....
I hope you're right because that would indicate we are being successful.
Death sentence.
kirk cousins is a trap...a dead end road to a place called 'almost there'....
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