lET’S SIGN BRETT.
He is better than Sage and TJac.
Let the rumors begin.
I want him if just for the fact packer fans will be sick but he really would make sense.

If we went with Boldin, we would be getting a proven Pro Bowl WR. You really can not put a price on that, especially in Minnesota where WR has been a rough area for a few years now. I think Berrian would have more one on one coverage, and that offense would be explosive. However there are a few negatives with Bolidn too. If we had traded our draft pick, in about 7 or 8 years, we could be stuck witout much talent. I was not too concerned about that, especially with Free Agency, and the possibility of a later round pick becoming a star. Boldin has been a little injury prone too. Granted last years injury was a little freakish, but he has now missed 16 games in the last five years. I am a little worried about Boldin too, he seemed very upset with the Cardinals. I also think he deserved more money, but he was very open about it. He said before the season he wanted out, then in frustration, even went to the locker room early, instead of celebrating his Superbowl berth with the team.

Harvin on the other hand is a bigger gamble I think. Harvin has the physical skills to become possibly a better slot reciever than maybe even Wes Welker in a few years. The guy was a top 10 talent in the draft, but teams obviously thought his issues were a bigger risk than they wanted. Harvin was projected to go at the middle of the first round still, even before he tested positive for Mary Jane, but Harvin was also labeled as a ‘character issue’ guy. While I have heard that from many places, it seemed as if he had cleaned up his act while he was at Florida. Dont get me wrong testing positive for drugs was a bone head play by Harin, but other players have turned out good after making the same mistake. I tried to find any issues Harvin may have had with Urban Meyer, or the Gators, but I could not find any, I think his character concerns may be blown a little out of porportion, if so the Vikings got a steal. The positives for Harvin are huge though. He is a playmaker comparable to Reggie Bush, he is only 20 years old, and he can not only help us out on the Offense, but also Special Teams. I can’t forget last years game against the Saints, when Bush ran over us on kickoffs, just think, that could be Harvin all day this year. If Harvin does play out, I think Minnesota may have made the right call. While Boldin is good, Harvin could end up as a Home run hitter for the Vikings, with so many defenses having to load the box for AD. Plus Harvin has a good 6-7 more years left than Boldin does.

Sagvaris Jackenfelds isn’t going to cut it. Neither is our secondary or porous pass blocking O-line.

I had not heard about the Williams wall, but I still like the pick of Harvin. I was talking to a hard core Gator fan earlier, and he was saying that most of the rumors that Harvin was hard to caoch, were just rumors. I did not believe him at first, but I googled Harvin and character issues, and really nothing came up when he was at Florida. So Im guessing if he has not had issues in the last 3 years, we really did get a steal at 22.

I would also agree that while we made the playoffs last year, we really did not play to well. Only a few games we won convincingly, and we nearly lost a few more like you pointed out. I also think we may have been able to win a few more with better clock management too, so it kind of evens out I guess. I am not Brad’s biggest fan either, but we have to put up with the close game approach while he is here, and maybe it will work out, but probably not.

I’m not sure if you listened to KFAN when they mentioned that it’s most likely the Williams Wall will be suspended and lose their court case. Let’s be honest, we won 4 games on gift calls from the referees in the last minute or in the case of New Orleans a bunch of bad calls that went our way. You could make it 5 games if you count the lucky break we got at home against the Packers, when the normally very accurate field goal kicker missed a kick at the end of the game in a dome with no weather conditions factoring into play. In short, we could have just as easily been 6-10 or 7-11 and probably deserved to be. The playoffs pretty much exposed us for what we were.

Childress probably saved his job by making the playoffs, but one could argue that last season was a disappointment because of that alone. Col Klink would rather spar and have war of words and make insults in the media about SUPER BOWL WINNING coaches and former ex-players like Williamson, Culpepper and even Jeff George, all while trying to convince everyone that he’s smarter than them. He just doesn’t get it and never will.

I understand your point, even I wanted Oher at first, but Im now glad we went with Harvin, and here is why:

Situation 1: We take Oher with the 22nd pick
In the second round we then take either:
Derrick Williams (Best WR left) who ended up being picked 28 picks after our round 2 pick, so that is a big reach, and he is injury prone, and a project, who probably could not beat Bobby Wade for a starting spot next year.
OR
Fili Moala (Best DT left) who only went 2 picks after our second pick, but we are set this year at DT, with the Williams wall, assuming they don’t get suspended. Of course Pat is old, but next year we can adress that.
OR
Sean Smith (Best CB left) who was picked 7 picks after our second rounder, but he played Saftey at Utah, and would only be a nickel corner this year, if he wins the job over Sapp, Paymah, McCauley, and Gordon, and then he is only on the field in obvious passing situations, so that is not a huge upgrade.

-In this situation we get good talent, but we don’t have a solid #2 WR and opted to go after backups instead.

Situation #2: We draft Vontae Davis
In the second round we go with either:
Derrick Williams (See above)
OR
Phil Loadholt (Actuall round 2 pick) Good pick to fill the RT hole that is Ryan Cook.
OR
Fili Moala (See above)

-In this situation we get good value with Vontae Davis, who is a solid corner, he may challenge Cedric Griffin, but the Vikes just gave him a huge contract, so whoever loses is making WAY to much to play mostly on third downs only, and we still lack a number 2 WR heading into 2009.

Situation 3: We draft Peria Jerry with our top pick
In the second round we choose either:
Derrick Williams (see above)
OR
Phil Loadholt (See above)
OR
Sean Smith (See above)

-Another good situation, but we still lack a good #2 wide reciever, and Jerry is going to be payed alot to play backup all year.

With the Harvin pick, we get a solid WR, and a solid OT, but we don’t get a great backup. But I would rather have 2 starters instead of 1 starter, and 1 great backup.

While I agree, Randy Moss eventually became a headache, he did bring us to 2 NFC title games, and 4 playoff apperance, in which we won at least game every time. He also had at least 1000 yards in 6 of his 7 years here, and played in all but 3 games in his 7 years here. To put that in perspective, the Vikings have yet to have a 1000 yard reciever since he left. We also just made our first playoff game in the post-Moss era last year.

So if Harvin were a headache for every year he was here, but he got us to the playoffs and possibly the NFC title game, or the Superbowl, I would be happy. When Moss left we sucked for a long time, and if Harvin can fix that, Im as happy as anyone, especially if we finally win our first ever Superbowl, or even make the game for the first time in roughly 40 years.

I agree there have been a fair share or bust WRs from Florida, but how many of those guys took that school to two championships? None of them
Harvin was also rated the top High School recruit not 3 years ago, ahead of Stafford, Crabtree, Sanchez, and any other Juniors/Sophmore redshirts in this draft.

I also think Harvin could be a bust, but we did not NEED anyone really badly. Hicks will already challenge Cook for the RT spot, plus we got Loadholt anyway. Berrian was signed last year and nearly got 1000 yards this year, proving to be an effective weapon, lessening the need on WR. Griffin stepped up at the end of the year, and Winfield made the Pro Bowl, so we are set at CB. And the Williams wall is the best DT combo in the NFL, they are old, and may e suspended still, but even if we took Jerry, he starts 4 games at most, and then waits until Pat retires, when we could easily take a DT next year who can wait.

Even if Harvin is a BUST, it is not terrible, we made the playoffs without him, and did not lose any young star talent, so we should be fighting for a playoff spot again this year with or without Harvin. We finally had a pick that was not vital to the team, so we used it on a risk, but he could take us to the Superbowl if he pans out.

I <3 the interwebs.

The front office basically took Wilf’s 87 page code of conduct doctrine, ripped it up and pissed on it for a guy who was too stupid to not pass a drug test even though he knew he was going to be taking one for the biggest job interview of his life. Yeah, this is going to end up good.

I don’t even have to mention the long line of Gator receivers who have been busts after going to the NFL. The problem with their receivers are that they roam free in the spread offense without being pressed or challenged at the line by defenses in the SEC. They get to the NFL and are never able to adjust.