Well what do you know? The Casual Sports Fan got another call right. He said that the Vikes would probably draft Cordarelle Patterson at wide-reciever in the first round to HOPEFULLY get a chance at someone to replace Percy Harvin. The Vikes traded a bunch of later round picks to New England to get Patterson.
The Vikes also drafted an immense defensive tackle named Sharrif Floyd with another number one pick. According to John Clayton at ESPN the Vikings had the best 1st round draft of any team in the NFL. Shariff was considered a top FIVE pick by many analysts. That he lasted until pick 23 for the Vikings was amazing. Cordarelle was the second best receiver available and went about where he was predicted at 29. Another great first round pick at 25? Florida State cornerback Xavier Rhodes.
All THREE of these guys should be starting regularly for the Vikings this season. I'm pumped.
The first round was pretty odd. Offensive left tackles were the best early choices for most teams and for the first time since 1963 there were NO running backs selected in the first round. NONE at all. None of the top QBs were selected either. EJ Manuel was the only QB taken (at number 16) and he wasn't even on the radar of most teams, so it was a bad day for QBs as well.
The Vikes have no picks today because they traded them to New England. The three they got yesterday more than make up for that.
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