1
00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,440
Speaker 1: There's a guy on this Minnesota Vikings roster that will

2
00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,760
Speaker 1: be wearing number seventy one this year, and his goal

3
00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,280
Speaker 1: is to be like the left tackle that now plays

4
00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:18,800
Speaker 1: in San Francisco, which his name is Trin Williams. Jayleen

5
00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,560
Speaker 1: Fliman really intrigues me on the interior rusher because that

6
00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,040
Speaker 1: was something that has been a point of focus for

7
00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,319
Speaker 1: the past couple of seasons after Sheldon and Richardson left.

8
00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,800
Speaker 1: What's Up Vikings Fans Welcome to episode number ninety four

9
00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:41,600
Speaker 1: of the Minnesota Vikings podcast. The Vikings Draft is over,

10
00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:46,320
Speaker 1: eleven picks are done, and it is Thursday, May sixth,

11
00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,839
Speaker 1: and we are recapping as the dust has settled from

12
00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,360
Speaker 1: the Vikings eleven draft picks that were made last weekend.

13
00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:57,160
Speaker 1: We have an absolutely jam packed show today. We have

14
00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,800
Speaker 1: Vikings senior editor and staff writer Peters joining the show.

15
00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,679
Speaker 1: He handled all of the editorial coverage throughout the weekend

16
00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,080
Speaker 1: as well as covering all of the undrafted free agents

17
00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,920
Speaker 1: that were just signed by the team, including a very

18
00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,600
Speaker 1: familiar face, a Zilstra brother from Minnesota state man Cato,

19
00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,640
Speaker 1: and a local of Minnesota of course, so we'll get

20
00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,919
Speaker 1: all the know from everything going on from the Vikings

21
00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,720
Speaker 1: draft class to the Vikings undrafted class from Vikings senior

22
00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,000
Speaker 1: editor Craig Peters. But with that I bring in Vikings

23
00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,240
Speaker 1: dot COM's Gabe Henderson as well as the man behind

24
00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,360
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings podcast, Jay Nelson. What is going on, Gabe?

25
00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,200
Speaker 1: How are we doing? Have we recovered and gotten some

26
00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,840
Speaker 1: sleep from that long weekend during the Vikings Draft? Not yet?

27
00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,600
Speaker 1: Not yet. I'm waiting to get my sleep this weekend.

28
00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,960
Speaker 1: I feel like after the draft, it was all draft recaps.

29
00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,840
Speaker 1: I mean, after you know, I think, you know, after

30
00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,160
Speaker 1: that Saturday, I mean you're waiting on undrafted free agents

31
00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,400
Speaker 1: to get signed, and then you're waiting on you know,

32
00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,160
Speaker 1: the actual draft post shows. So like now and that's

33
00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,160
Speaker 1: out of the way. Now we're doing MVP. We got

34
00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,880
Speaker 1: Vantage tomorrow and then I'll finally get a chance to

35
00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,000
Speaker 1: take a break. But I'm excited. Man. This is like

36
00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:10,640
Speaker 1: I always say, this is what we sign up for,

37
00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,120
Speaker 1: So you just embrace being tired. It was a crazy weekend.

38
00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:19,519
Speaker 1: We covered just about every single aspect on the Vikings platforms.

39
00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,880
Speaker 1: Gabe talk to all eleven Vikings draft picks. Really interesting

40
00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,000
Speaker 1: draft for the Vikings. We're going to cover it all

41
00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,200
Speaker 1: on this episode in the Minnesota Vikings podcast. We're starting

42
00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,560
Speaker 1: it off, Jay with some draft grades. You went through

43
00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:38,440
Speaker 1: and accumulated just about every single draft grade on the internet,

44
00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,320
Speaker 1: whether it was CBS Sports, Sporting News, Pro Football Focus.

45
00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,720
Speaker 1: It seems like a lot of these experts, Jay, like

46
00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,200
Speaker 1: what the Vikings did on Draft night. Yeah, it's always

47
00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,600
Speaker 1: kind of interesting to see what they say because sometimes

48
00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,280
Speaker 1: it's a little bit of a prisoner at the moment

49
00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,880
Speaker 1: when you're just looking at what everyone thought we're going

50
00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:57,760
Speaker 1: to be top tier prospects, and just to see what

51
00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,640
Speaker 1: teams did to not only address their news, but also

52
00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,240
Speaker 1: to focus on what they're trying to do against the

53
00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,160
Speaker 1: rest of the league and just trying to either keep

54
00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,640
Speaker 1: up or leap ahead. So it's the way to early

55
00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,880
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one draft grades. And I went through and

56
00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:15,000
Speaker 1: found a bunch of places like Cbssports Network, NFL dot Com,

57
00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,040
Speaker 1: Sporting News, Pro Football Focus. Everybody always has an opinion

58
00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,919
Speaker 1: on this stuff. Everyone wants the knee jerk reaction, and

59
00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,640
Speaker 1: at least with what they had to say, it seemed

60
00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,359
Speaker 1: like it was fairly positive across the board. There were

61
00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,720
Speaker 1: some people that kind of criticized where we took certain

62
00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:32,919
Speaker 1: people and how they kind of thought maybe they were

63
00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,160
Speaker 1: around too early. But as we always know in this league,

64
00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,280
Speaker 1: it always turns into you can feel that way, but

65
00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,640
Speaker 1: sometimes you just gotta go get the people that you want.

66
00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,119
Speaker 1: So it's interesting to see how they broke it down

67
00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,880
Speaker 1: here for the twenty twenty one way to Early Draft grades. Hey,

68
00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,600
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the draft grade that you put in

69
00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,640
Speaker 1: this document from USA today. Nate Davis gave us a

70
00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,880
Speaker 1: C like pretty much everyone else gave us like an

71
00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,040
Speaker 1: A or B plus. But oh my gosh, and I

72
00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,960
Speaker 1: guess he's reasoning. He's I guess he's saying we should

73
00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,360
Speaker 1: it took a defensive end. But I'm like, dude, we

74
00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,240
Speaker 1: address the defense in free agency, so you always get

75
00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,760
Speaker 1: those grades. I mean, I know nobody's perfect, but that

76
00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:12,720
Speaker 1: was interesting. We see I mean, at least a C

77
00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,520
Speaker 1: plus but a CE. And that's the thing is we

78
00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,240
Speaker 1: can break it down a little bit further here. But

79
00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:19,839
Speaker 1: looking at that, I think some of it too is

80
00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,480
Speaker 1: the writers kind of have their idea of what they

81
00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,240
Speaker 1: think we should do, and then when we do what

82
00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,040
Speaker 1: we do and they start looking at it's like, well,

83
00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,159
Speaker 1: it's not really what I said for the last three months,

84
00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:31,240
Speaker 1: So now I got to knock them a couple grades

85
00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,120
Speaker 1: just to make myself feel a little bit better. But

86
00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,520
Speaker 1: you know, when it comes to this kind of stuff,

87
00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,880
Speaker 1: everyone's got their opinions, and that's why it's always interesting

88
00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,080
Speaker 1: to see a little bit of a breakdown. So Chris,

89
00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:41,960
Speaker 1: if you want to dig through some of it, feel

90
00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,400
Speaker 1: free and we can talk about it a little bit here. Well,

91
00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,839
Speaker 1: thanks to Gay, we're gonna start from the bottom with

92
00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,839
Speaker 1: Nate Davis at Sea. I actually like that. Let's start

93
00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,160
Speaker 1: at the bottom and move on up because there are

94
00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,200
Speaker 1: a lot of good draft grades that we got here,

95
00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,680
Speaker 1: including a great draft grade from Pete Prisco. You got

96
00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:03,080
Speaker 1: a little to see an A from him. Let's look

97
00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,880
Speaker 1: at Nate Davis like like Gabe said, it's a C

98
00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,440
Speaker 1: grade that we get and just like you said, Gabe,

99
00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,000
Speaker 1: he says can't argue with left tackle Christian Darisaw in

100
00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,200
Speaker 1: Round one, but they lost their second rounder and last

101
00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:20,520
Speaker 1: year's deal with Unique and Gakway. Despite Mike Zimmer deeming

102
00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,880
Speaker 1: last year's defense the worst he's ever fielded in his

103
00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,680
Speaker 1: lengthy NFL career, so clearly he wanted us to go

104
00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,400
Speaker 1: with a defensive end with that first round draft pick,

105
00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,240
Speaker 1: which obviously it didn't happen. I think a lot of

106
00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,880
Speaker 1: Vikings fans would agree that the left tackle position is

107
00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,120
Speaker 1: just about as important of a position that the Vikings

108
00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,159
Speaker 1: could have addressed early on in this draft. It's not

109
00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,320
Speaker 1: the flashy move, it's not the quarterback justin fields to

110
00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,440
Speaker 1: trade up like the Bears were able to do. But

111
00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,000
Speaker 1: I just don't see how you give a C grade

112
00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,280
Speaker 1: when you address one of the biggest needs in the draft.

113
00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,640
Speaker 1: You also added a pick when you traded back with

114
00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,680
Speaker 1: the New York Jets, and you got the player that

115
00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,400
Speaker 1: you wanted at the fourteenth overall pick at number twenty three.

116
00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,520
Speaker 1: So it's a C grade is a tough one from

117
00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:15,520
Speaker 1: Nate Davis at USA Today, but Danny Kelly at The

118
00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,080
Speaker 1: Ringer gives us a B minus. I like that the

119
00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,799
Speaker 1: Vikings were able to trade back in the first round

120
00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,480
Speaker 1: and still take Darisaw and one of the top ranked

121
00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,040
Speaker 1: tackles on the board. I also liked the Chaz Sarat pick,

122
00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,840
Speaker 1: as he's an ascending playmaker who's new to the linebacker

123
00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:36,640
Speaker 1: position but has already shown excellent instincts. So Gay, what

124
00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,320
Speaker 1: do you think about that. I mean, he's given us

125
00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,640
Speaker 1: a B minus. He's not really putting us down, and

126
00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,039
Speaker 1: he gave a lot of love to Chaz Sarat, who

127
00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,680
Speaker 1: I know is your guy from North Carolina. Yeah, my

128
00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,880
Speaker 1: guy that had Bojangles at his draft party. That's why

129
00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,320
Speaker 1: he's probably my favorite player, simply because of his similar taste, bud,

130
00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,360
Speaker 1: similar to minds. But I mean a guy like Danny

131
00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,800
Speaker 1: Kelly said, I mean he liked Wongo, he more set,

132
00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,320
Speaker 1: and Zach Davison, which they all could be surprises with

133
00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,320
Speaker 1: their high and athletic traits, so be minus. After saying

134
00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,040
Speaker 1: all of that, it's just like, you know, I'm glad

135
00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,960
Speaker 1: it's not a C, but giving us all this praise,

136
00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,480
Speaker 1: you would think it would be a little bit higher

137
00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,280
Speaker 1: than that. But I mean, I think I think all

138
00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,480
Speaker 1: of his comments are warranted there. I think it's always

139
00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,040
Speaker 1: interesting with this stuff too, is yeah, you get the

140
00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,360
Speaker 1: two days later given your opinion, but then I think

141
00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,800
Speaker 1: you go back like two years later and a lot

142
00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,679
Speaker 1: of times they're like, yeah, that was actually kind of okay.

143
00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,040
Speaker 1: You know, like you always want to praise the stuff

144
00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,160
Speaker 1: that works out well, but when it comes to these

145
00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:35,720
Speaker 1: That's why I say it's way too early because a

146
00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,920
Speaker 1: lot of times it's the knee jerk stuff. But I

147
00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,160
Speaker 1: understand where these guys are coming from. Like everyone's looking

148
00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,000
Speaker 1: at him saying, you got to do a story, And

149
00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,280
Speaker 1: when it comes to some of these players, I think

150
00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:49,679
Speaker 1: there's for us internally working on some of the stuff

151
00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,560
Speaker 1: and paying attention to some of these guys and then

152
00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,160
Speaker 1: all of a sudden the draft hits and we're having

153
00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,320
Speaker 1: to go through and do some digging. I know this

154
00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:57,320
Speaker 1: is kind of their life in a lot of instances,

155
00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:01,400
Speaker 1: but at the same point, like they can't know eleven

156
00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,280
Speaker 1: picks for the Vikings, yeah, out of an entire draft weekend,

157
00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,080
Speaker 1: and know every single thing about him. So I think

158
00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:08,440
Speaker 1: for a lot of them, they're just kind of looking

159
00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,880
Speaker 1: at two saying, well, us may work out, it may not,

160
00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,679
Speaker 1: but we'll see what happens. There was one more expert

161
00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,200
Speaker 1: out there that had us not ranked in the highest regards.

162
00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,440
Speaker 1: It's Ryan Wilson from CBS Sports. He has us at

163
00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,920
Speaker 1: fifteenth out of thirty two is how he ranked it.

164
00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:27,840
Speaker 1: He says, Texas A and M's Kellen Mond was our

165
00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,080
Speaker 1: sixth quarterback and liked the Vikings. We had him as

166
00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,559
Speaker 1: an early third rounder. Man was a lot of fun

167
00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,959
Speaker 1: to watch in twenty twenty and made huge strides his

168
00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:41,120
Speaker 1: senior season, so they liked that pick. They also liked

169
00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:45,440
Speaker 1: the value of the Ohio State Wyatt Davis pick later

170
00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,199
Speaker 1: on in the draft. That is their best value pick

171
00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,840
Speaker 1: for the Vikings, But clearly as a whole, they didn't

172
00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,360
Speaker 1: love everything that the Vikings did in the draft. But

173
00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,240
Speaker 1: with that being said, after those three experts, we have

174
00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,600
Speaker 1: a few experts who really loved what the Vikings did then.

175
00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,120
Speaker 1: And it starts with Pro Football Focus, who gave us

176
00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,280
Speaker 1: a B plus in the draft again, trading back from

177
00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,400
Speaker 1: number fourteen and still securing a Christian Darisaw, a top

178
00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:16,000
Speaker 1: fifteen prospect on PF's big board. I mean, Dave, when

179
00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,720
Speaker 1: you hear that he was a top fifteen prospect overall

180
00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,360
Speaker 1: on the PF board, and we traded back with the Jets,

181
00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,160
Speaker 1: added a third round pick, and we're still able to

182
00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,560
Speaker 1: get him at that spot later on in the first round,

183
00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:31,920
Speaker 1: I mean, that's got to be positive when you hear

184
00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,439
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus giving him a grade of that magnitude

185
00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,400
Speaker 1: top fifteen out of all the overall prospects. Yeah, and

186
00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,439
Speaker 1: I think it just shows how brilliant a guy like

187
00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,559
Speaker 1: Rick Spilman is to be able to trade back a

188
00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,880
Speaker 1: choir picks and still gamble on a guy like Christian

189
00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,400
Speaker 1: Darisau and still get a guy that ends up there. Clearly,

190
00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,480
Speaker 1: you know, some of those teams in between between the

191
00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,000
Speaker 1: fourteenth and twenty third spot, they didn't need a left tackle,

192
00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,559
Speaker 1: So you know, if the guy felt to us, I

193
00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,520
Speaker 1: mean Christian Darisaw, I think he's a still love the draft.

194
00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,240
Speaker 1: He's a plug and play guy right away, and I

195
00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,280
Speaker 1: think Minnesota Vikings fans will be a happy to see

196
00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,040
Speaker 1: what he does for this Minnesota Vikings team. I like

197
00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,600
Speaker 1: Christian darr Saw for for another reason. I like him

198
00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,000
Speaker 1: more importantly because for his tour of TCO the day

199
00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,319
Speaker 1: after he got drafted, instead of showing up in a

200
00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:21,920
Speaker 1: suit and tie in the three piece, he had on

201
00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,920
Speaker 1: a hoodie, some basketball shorts, and some flip flops. And

202
00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,839
Speaker 1: I said, Okay, this guy wants to play like he

203
00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,480
Speaker 1: doesn't care about the nice fancy stuff. Like the guy

204
00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:33,080
Speaker 1: just wants to put on pads, shoulder pads, a helmet

205
00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,480
Speaker 1: and just get out there and ball. So his Instagram

206
00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,120
Speaker 1: name is big Dog Christian, and I feel like, we're

207
00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,400
Speaker 1: getting a big dog in this offensive line, and that's

208
00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,719
Speaker 1: the still for this Minnesota Vikings team. Trading back from

209
00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,880
Speaker 1: fourteen to twenty three. One of the things that people

210
00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,720
Speaker 1: were also looking at two was saying, well, you gambled

211
00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,600
Speaker 1: and you took this drop nine picks, but you still

212
00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,280
Speaker 1: got Darrisaw and you're kind of lucky. Like you said, Gabe,

213
00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,360
Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit more savvy than that.

214
00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,400
Speaker 1: And I think part of that is if you really

215
00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,320
Speaker 1: look at what that trade turned into. It turned into

216
00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,440
Speaker 1: Derrissa Davis and Kellen Mond for us, and for them

217
00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,079
Speaker 1: they took Elijah Vera Tucker and traded the second pick.

218
00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,560
Speaker 1: So like it from everything that everyone's been looking at

219
00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,959
Speaker 1: and giving us praises for being able to grab some

220
00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,880
Speaker 1: of these picks, it's those kind of kind of moves,

221
00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:20,319
Speaker 1: whether you want to call it a gamble or not,

222
00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,840
Speaker 1: or an educated guess, like, that's the kind of stuff

223
00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,280
Speaker 1: that makes sense. And I think for all the handwringing

224
00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,839
Speaker 1: and teeth gnashing that happens at times from fans when

225
00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,920
Speaker 1: they see that move, they're like, what are we doing?

226
00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,600
Speaker 1: Why are we doing this again? It's because of potentially

227
00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,760
Speaker 1: being able to grab you know some players that could

228
00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,320
Speaker 1: potentially be long term solutions for the future, especially an offense.

229
00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:44,920
Speaker 1: I just think it made all the sense in the world,

230
00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,880
Speaker 1: and looking back on it, yeah, it's hindsight, but it

231
00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,520
Speaker 1: was a very savvy move and hopefully it pans out

232
00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,559
Speaker 1: here over the next five to ten years. Yeah, and

233
00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,080
Speaker 1: I mean when you talk to any of these experts,

234
00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,440
Speaker 1: and Gabe, you've done a great job talking to most

235
00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,439
Speaker 1: of the draft experts throughout our coverage leading up to

236
00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,440
Speaker 1: the draft, and then even talking to a Charles Davis

237
00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,600
Speaker 1: the other day this week and just hearing what these

238
00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,040
Speaker 1: guys have to say about Darisaw and what he brings

239
00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,960
Speaker 1: to the table. Not allowing one sack in last season

240
00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,280
Speaker 1: for Virginia Tech to the quarterback position, that's what we're

241
00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,800
Speaker 1: looking for. We're looking for a big bodied left tackle

242
00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,199
Speaker 1: who can come in and protect her cousins. That's well

243
00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,880
Speaker 1: literally what was missing on the Vikings offense last year.

244
00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,640
Speaker 1: We had the two wide receivers, we have the best

245
00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,240
Speaker 1: running back in the NFL. We have up and coming

246
00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,640
Speaker 1: tight ends who were I mean IRV Smith was one

247
00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,760
Speaker 1: of the best players on the Vikings offense. The last

248
00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,360
Speaker 1: couple of games of the season. What else do we need?

249
00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,760
Speaker 1: We need a left tackle, and why not have a

250
00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,760
Speaker 1: left tackle that fits the offense. I mean, he ran

251
00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,719
Speaker 1: the same exact offensive scheme in college, so he's a

252
00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,640
Speaker 1: plug in play guy. And talking to Brian Billick earlier

253
00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,280
Speaker 1: this week, he mimicked the same thing. He said. Well,

254
00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,520
Speaker 1: when we talk to him in March, he predicted that

255
00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,840
Speaker 1: the Vikings should trade back and they can still get

256
00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,920
Speaker 1: a lot of value for their pick if they selected

257
00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,360
Speaker 1: a guy in Christian Darisaw And we did the exact

258
00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,040
Speaker 1: thing that he said. So having a guy that you

259
00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:10,520
Speaker 1: don't have to teach him certain steps or teach him,

260
00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:12,360
Speaker 1: hey on this step. You gotta get up to the

261
00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,880
Speaker 1: second level and pinn the linebacker like he's already done

262
00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:17,319
Speaker 1: it for three or four years at Virginia Tech. So

263
00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,720
Speaker 1: you would think once he gets the playbook downpacked, everything

264
00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,439
Speaker 1: else from there is going to be seamless and Effortlessen.

265
00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,000
Speaker 1: I think he'll be a Viking for for a long time.

266
00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:31,760
Speaker 1: We're onto the positive grades. We had three a's jay

267
00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:36,120
Speaker 1: Three a's were given to the Vikings for their draft picks.

268
00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,480
Speaker 1: Eleven selections made. Will start with Vinnie Eyer from the

269
00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,040
Speaker 1: Sporting News he had US as an A and number

270
00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,599
Speaker 1: two behind the Miami Dolphins. Overall, he says count on

271
00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,199
Speaker 1: GM Rick Spielman to come through in both rebuilding and

272
00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:55,240
Speaker 1: reloading mode with a boatload of picks. Darisau and Davis

273
00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,880
Speaker 1: should start on the left side of their offensive line.

274
00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:02,640
Speaker 1: Former college teammates Joe Holmes and Twineman were absolute steals

275
00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,560
Speaker 1: for the two key front four positions. Both players out

276
00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,400
Speaker 1: of the University of Pittsburgh, and Kellen Mond is a

277
00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:13,800
Speaker 1: savvy stash behind Kirk Cousins. Suratt is a fine contingency

278
00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:18,120
Speaker 1: for Anthony Barr and Binham could start and play safety soon.

279
00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:22,680
Speaker 1: They also managed to add good offensive skill depth everywhere.

280
00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,200
Speaker 1: Clearly Vinnie Eyer is pretty high on what we did. Jay. Yeah,

281
00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,480
Speaker 1: it's always nice to hear that, you know, I'm that's

282
00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,200
Speaker 1: just kind of what a lot of people, at least

283
00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,960
Speaker 1: internally are feeling too. I think, you know, couldn't to

284
00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,080
Speaker 1: said any better. It's nice to see he kind of

285
00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,760
Speaker 1: had US number two behind Miami. You know, there were

286
00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:39,680
Speaker 1: a lot of positives that happened own in Miami two

287
00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,600
Speaker 1: with a lot of top tier talent, and so if

288
00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:46,240
Speaker 1: Vinnie's on board here. Hopefully it pans out the way

289
00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:47,840
Speaker 1: that he's looking at it, because I think we're kind

290
00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,120
Speaker 1: of feeling the same way too. Next up is NFL

291
00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:55,400
Speaker 1: dot COM's Chat Router. Really interesting article on NFL dot Com.

292
00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,800
Speaker 1: He gave us an a as well. The Vikings addressed

293
00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,200
Speaker 1: their need at left tackle and darisaw and picked up

294
00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,400
Speaker 1: two third rounders while giving up a fourth in a

295
00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,920
Speaker 1: savvy first round trade with the New York Jets. Man

296
00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,600
Speaker 1: provides much needed depth behind Kirk Cousins. Minnesota did well

297
00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,280
Speaker 1: with the other three third round picks. Sarat serves as

298
00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,960
Speaker 1: a fine replacement for Eric Wilson. Davis is a sturdy

299
00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,000
Speaker 1: guard the team hopes and steadies the old line, and

300
00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,560
Speaker 1: Jones provides strength off the edge out of the University

301
00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:33,080
Speaker 1: of Pittsburgh. So pretty much echoing exactly what Vinnie Eyer said, Gabe, Yeah,

302
00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,880
Speaker 1: all three of those picks were Salid picks. And I

303
00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:41,000
Speaker 1: know we were talking about Chas Serratton and his draft

304
00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,360
Speaker 1: day party, but I mean he does fell in great

305
00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,160
Speaker 1: for a guy like Eric Wilson. I mean, I think

306
00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,880
Speaker 1: a guy like Nick Vigil will come in and probably

307
00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,600
Speaker 1: play right away, but he has the opportunity to learn

308
00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,400
Speaker 1: from a Nick Vigil and Eric Kendricks and Anthony Barr

309
00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,960
Speaker 1: and Troy Die And he's just so smart too. He

310
00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,240
Speaker 1: played quarterback in college, so he already understands the game

311
00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,040
Speaker 1: in totality. So being the quarterback of the defense now

312
00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,760
Speaker 1: and understanding how to play at the NFL level, I

313
00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:10,520
Speaker 1: think he's going to have the best seat in the

314
00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,320
Speaker 1: house when it comes to the linebacker room because he

315
00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,160
Speaker 1: gets to learn from from all pros and pretty much

316
00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,280
Speaker 1: put that into his game and then become, you know,

317
00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,080
Speaker 1: a day maybe a year two or year three starter

318
00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,680
Speaker 1: for this Minnesota Vikings team. I save the best for last.

319
00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:28,080
Speaker 1: It's Pete Prisco from CBS Sports Network. He gave us

320
00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,680
Speaker 1: an a. Guys, I have had the good job of

321
00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,760
Speaker 1: tracking the power rankings each week on Vikings dot Com

322
00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,800
Speaker 1: throughout the past probably five or so seasons that I've

323
00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,680
Speaker 1: been working for the Vikings, and normally Pete Prisco is

324
00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,560
Speaker 1: very down on where we stand in the league, whether

325
00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,760
Speaker 1: we're playing well or playing not well. He's very hard

326
00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,960
Speaker 1: on us when we're not well. He's hard on us

327
00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,240
Speaker 1: when we are playing well. So the fact that he

328
00:16:55,360 --> 00:17:00,640
Speaker 1: gave us an A for our draft is I'm shocked, Jay,

329
00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,399
Speaker 1: I'm absolutely shocked. Pete definitely gives his opinions all across

330
00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:05,879
Speaker 1: the league and this kind of stuff, and we were

331
00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:10,800
Speaker 1: tracking him all offseason and just what he was predicting

332
00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,600
Speaker 1: for us too. And so for Pete has been paying

333
00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,440
Speaker 1: attention to this team, he's been having to go through

334
00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,320
Speaker 1: and really try and dig into what we needed. And

335
00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,119
Speaker 1: the fact that he was as happy as he was,

336
00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:23,840
Speaker 1: you know, with the skinny, he just said they had

337
00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,119
Speaker 1: a lot of picks by virtue of trading down, they

338
00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,600
Speaker 1: landed a lot of good players. Rick Spielman and Gang

339
00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:31,560
Speaker 1: had three really good days. They fixed the offensive line

340
00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,320
Speaker 1: with Derrisson why Davis, and added some defensive talent in

341
00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,640
Speaker 1: the later rounds. So keep an eye on the sixth

342
00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,280
Speaker 1: round pick. Jalen Twyman. I just think Pete's looking at

343
00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,040
Speaker 1: this inntality knowing what we needed, and all of his

344
00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,280
Speaker 1: discussions were always they need o line, they need an

345
00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,280
Speaker 1: add rusher, and they need to fix the defensive line.

346
00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,040
Speaker 1: And it just feels like to me, he was really

347
00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,200
Speaker 1: really happy with what we ended up doing. One of

348
00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,520
Speaker 1: the biggest things I think that we were missing last

349
00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,960
Speaker 1: year was just big men on both sides of the

350
00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,440
Speaker 1: offense and defensive line. And that take is from none

351
00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:06,320
Speaker 1: other than Ben Leeber, who joined us on this very

352
00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,960
Speaker 1: show during Day two of the NFL Draft. And I

353
00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,159
Speaker 1: love the take from Ben because when you look at

354
00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:16,840
Speaker 1: what happened to the Vikings last year, and you look

355
00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,439
Speaker 1: at the injuries that occurred early on in the season,

356
00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,600
Speaker 1: you lose an Anthony Barr, you lose a Daniel Hunter,

357
00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,320
Speaker 1: Michael Pierce hops out, you don't have all the pass

358
00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,960
Speaker 1: rushers that you had in years past with a Everson

359
00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,760
Speaker 1: Griffin or a Linvall Joseph in the middle of the

360
00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,359
Speaker 1: defensive line. And then on the offensive line, obviously, you

361
00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,640
Speaker 1: were just missing that one big left tackle, big time

362
00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:44,159
Speaker 1: player at that position, and you did miss some of

363
00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,439
Speaker 1: that size at the guard position as well. It seems

364
00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,639
Speaker 1: like we've done everything to address that on both sides

365
00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,720
Speaker 1: of the ball throughout free agency and through the draft. Jay, Yeah,

366
00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,359
Speaker 1: And I think you know, if you really look at it,

367
00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,119
Speaker 1: Riley Reef did a good job last season at left tackle.

368
00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,080
Speaker 1: It wasn't something where the left tackle position was a giant,

369
00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:03,600
Speaker 1: glaring need, but it was for the future. And I

370
00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,359
Speaker 1: think that's the thing is we felt like Riley played

371
00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,000
Speaker 1: just outstanding last year for what we asked him to do,

372
00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,119
Speaker 1: and he's since moved on and he's got another contract

373
00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,680
Speaker 1: and that's awesome for him. But I think fans really

374
00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:21,160
Speaker 1: have been clamoring for a solution moving forward for multiple years,

375
00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,200
Speaker 1: you know, Corso going into this stuff kind of tongue

376
00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,800
Speaker 1: in cheek. You're just like, go get a wide receiver

377
00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,480
Speaker 1: in the first round. And when it comes to being

378
00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,880
Speaker 1: able to grab lineman and those kind of things, it's

379
00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,359
Speaker 1: not usually a sexy pick. But for fans who've been

380
00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,440
Speaker 1: clamoring for years at this point saying we need to

381
00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,560
Speaker 1: add more, we need to add more, well at least

382
00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,200
Speaker 1: what four out of five players have been in the

383
00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,320
Speaker 1: first two rounds for through the offensive line, and you're

384
00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,239
Speaker 1: really making an effort to address these issues long term,

385
00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,320
Speaker 1: and you're hoping that it sticks because Brian O'Neill and

386
00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,679
Speaker 1: Ez were Cleveland and even Garrett Bradberry, like, we've been

387
00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,200
Speaker 1: adding a bunch of these different players in here hoping

388
00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,959
Speaker 1: that this works, because when it does, it's something, then

389
00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,080
Speaker 1: you can turn around and focus on those other areas

390
00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,200
Speaker 1: moving forward. So hopefully between the offensive lineman and the

391
00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,119
Speaker 1: defensive lineman that we've just added. It's going to be

392
00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,399
Speaker 1: something that we can we can guarantee and bank on

393
00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,199
Speaker 1: and then be able to use it for these other

394
00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,720
Speaker 1: skill players that can really become deadly daggers for us. Yeah,

395
00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,320
Speaker 1: and to your point, Jay, like you said, Riley Reef,

396
00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:23,680
Speaker 1: it's just a part of the business. It's just the

397
00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,960
Speaker 1: fact that the NFL, it's all about a younger league.

398
00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,359
Speaker 1: What can we do, what acquisitions can we make to

399
00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,200
Speaker 1: stay young to to help, you know, allocate some of

400
00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,920
Speaker 1: our resources. And when you look at a guy like

401
00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,879
Speaker 1: Christian Darrisaw, he just fits like I've been saying this

402
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,200
Speaker 1: entire podcast, and it's like, you know, we knew we

403
00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,280
Speaker 1: were going to have to address this situation with Riley

404
00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,440
Speaker 1: Reef at some point. It is good that it was

405
00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,720
Speaker 1: a healthy break up. But at the same time, I

406
00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,399
Speaker 1: think Vikings fans are excited with a guy like Christian

407
00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,440
Speaker 1: darisaw On what he can bring to this team because

408
00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,320
Speaker 1: he has a lot of energy and just working in Washington,

409
00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,280
Speaker 1: there was this guy that wore number seventy one and

410
00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,760
Speaker 1: he played left tackle and just looking at him and

411
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,880
Speaker 1: his pads, there's a guy in this Minnesota Vikings roster

412
00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,480
Speaker 1: that will be wearing number seventy one this year. That's

413
00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,159
Speaker 1: playing left tackle, and his goal is to be like

414
00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,080
Speaker 1: the left tackle that now plays in San Francisco, which

415
00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,360
Speaker 1: his name is Trent Williams. So Christian Derrissaw, his goal

416
00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,040
Speaker 1: is to be a Trent Wins one day he has

417
00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,680
Speaker 1: the same number. That's the guy he looked up to.

418
00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,080
Speaker 1: It's big shoes to fill. You can't just say you

419
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,240
Speaker 1: look up to Trent Williams and not live up to

420
00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:36,080
Speaker 1: that height. Because Trent Willams is a generational left tackle.

421
00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:40,080
Speaker 1: So for Vikings fans hearing something like that, I think

422
00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,159
Speaker 1: that that makes you look your chops. How about a

423
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,480
Speaker 1: little Trent Williams comparison from Gabe just a few days

424
00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,800
Speaker 1: after the draft. I love hey, Christian Derrissaw said it

425
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,440
Speaker 1: not me? Oh, he said, no, that's I'll take it, man.

426
00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,879
Speaker 1: That's what a player to look up to. What a

427
00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,040
Speaker 1: player do you model your game after? And I see

428
00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,920
Speaker 1: the similarities. It comes to the size of six five,

429
00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,600
Speaker 1: three twenty and flip flops and a hoodie. Coming in

430
00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,159
Speaker 1: the day after the draft. You gotta love it. If

431
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,719
Speaker 1: you're a Vikings fan, you have to be excited um,

432
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,920
Speaker 1: adding adding the need that you guys have asked for

433
00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,560
Speaker 1: the need that you guys have commented on social media

434
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,639
Speaker 1: about and tweeted about. That is what Rick Spielman did.

435
00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,959
Speaker 1: That is what was addressed. And then obviously the Wyatt

436
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,840
Speaker 1: Davis pick out of Ohio State later on, Um, in

437
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,560
Speaker 1: the draft, I didn't even know that he was still

438
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,119
Speaker 1: on the board when the Vikings took him. I think

439
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,880
Speaker 1: I texted Jay right away and I was like, man,

440
00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,480
Speaker 1: I've absolutely loved this pick. I watched a lot of

441
00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 1: ohiuse Steak games last year. I know what their offense did.

442
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,920
Speaker 1: I know how great he was in the interior and

443
00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:47,760
Speaker 1: what he was able to do in the running game.

444
00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,280
Speaker 1: So I think that's a very underrated pick as well. Um,

445
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,800
Speaker 1: and with my underrated pick, I want to hear both

446
00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,720
Speaker 1: of your guys, your guys is underrated picks as well. So, UM, Gabe,

447
00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:01,359
Speaker 1: who is your number one, uh underrated player that the

448
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,080
Speaker 1: Vikings were able to add out of these eleven picks.

449
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,520
Speaker 1: I think it's generic, but it's honest. Why Davis, m

450
00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,040
Speaker 1: Ron and I when we were watching the draft on

451
00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,640
Speaker 1: Draft night, well, I guess day two, we were just like, dude,

452
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,560
Speaker 1: how was White Davis still on the board, Like we

453
00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,640
Speaker 1: just kept we just kept discussing it, and we knew

454
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 1: we needed a left guard, but we just figured he

455
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,600
Speaker 1: would be gone by the time, you know, early second

456
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,800
Speaker 1: round or early third round. I'm just like, how is

457
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,520
Speaker 1: this guy still on the board. So when we selected

458
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,560
Speaker 1: him with our picking the third round, I was like,

459
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,159
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, like this is happening. And then I

460
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:39,000
Speaker 1: saw the Minnesota Vikings tweet from their Twitter account we

461
00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,320
Speaker 1: just signed a guard. I was like, Okay, like, you

462
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 1: guys are being petty now, but we have every right

463
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,880
Speaker 1: to back bragg about a guy like Whyte Davis who

464
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,800
Speaker 1: has played meaningful snaps And of course last year was

465
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,159
Speaker 1: an up and down year, but he was he was

466
00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:53,920
Speaker 1: injured most of the year. I mean he played, he

467
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,120
Speaker 1: played in battled through injuries, and still was out there

468
00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,240
Speaker 1: with his guy. So give him a healthy off season.

469
00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,200
Speaker 1: I think he's going to compete for a starting job

470
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 1: on that Minnesota Vikings offensive line. Yeah. I really do too.

471
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,640
Speaker 1: And I'm probably a victim of being a big name

472
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 1: school prospect guy. I absolutely watch a lot of the

473
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,240
Speaker 1: big games. I watch a lot of the SEC a

474
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,760
Speaker 1: lot of the big ten moving to Minnesota definitely got

475
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 1: me more involved in watching Big Ten football. And I

476
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 1: have to say, what Ohio State was able to do

477
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,399
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball last year in

478
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,359
Speaker 1: the running game and of course behind Justin Fields in

479
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,440
Speaker 1: the passing game, why Davis had a lot to do

480
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 1: with that. So with that being said, Jay, what is

481
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,200
Speaker 1: your underrated pick for the Vikings? Is it Why Davis?

482
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 1: As well? I like Why Davis a lot. I think

483
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,440
Speaker 1: it's a super awesome and savvy pick. But I since

484
00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:47,600
Speaker 1: you guys jumped on that bandwagon, I'm jumping on a

485
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,680
Speaker 1: little bit of a different one. I kind of want

486
00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,240
Speaker 1: to be the homer and basically say the entire fourth

487
00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,040
Speaker 1: round just because of the amount of value that they

488
00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 1: got out of there. But if I got to pick

489
00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,200
Speaker 1: somebody out of that one, I'm really excited by what

490
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,200
Speaker 1: I'm hearing from a lot of different people about the

491
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:06,679
Speaker 1: Genarius Robinson pick. I think he is potentially a steel

492
00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:10,760
Speaker 1: at defensive end. I know Bursach was super super high

493
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,600
Speaker 1: on him, basically saying that that is his favorite pick

494
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,800
Speaker 1: of the entire draft for us because of what he

495
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,240
Speaker 1: potentially could mean. Being six foot five, two hundred and

496
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,760
Speaker 1: sixty three pounds with thirty five and a quarter inch

497
00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 1: arms like that is a big, big boy and he's

498
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,680
Speaker 1: a fifth year senior two so he's coming in basically

499
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 1: fully grown, fully developed, and he's got speed. And that

500
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 1: was the thing that Bursache really loved about him, was

501
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,440
Speaker 1: his jump off the line, And it just kind of

502
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 1: feels like, yeah, we were a little thin at edge

503
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 1: rusher last year. And if you're able to bring in

504
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,919
Speaker 1: a Daniel Hunter and then be able to possibly rotate

505
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,800
Speaker 1: you know he and want him, and you're able to

506
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,400
Speaker 1: rotate in you know, Patrick Jones the second as well,

507
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,399
Speaker 1: those three guys and be able to kind of figure

508
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,360
Speaker 1: out who fits or be able to, as he said,

509
00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,920
Speaker 1: platoon those guys and keep them fresh. I think it's

510
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,040
Speaker 1: there is a chance there that you potentially have four

511
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,880
Speaker 1: really really good edge rushers from these last couple of drafts,

512
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 1: and I think that could make an absolute monstrous difference,

513
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 1: especially adding in those defensive tackle talent that they have

514
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,360
Speaker 1: and brought in and free agency in the draft. Yeah,

515
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,280
Speaker 1: he's so aggressive. If you if you watch his tape,

516
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,080
Speaker 1: he uses all of his size to his ability. I

517
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,720
Speaker 1: mean that thirty five and a fourth in a quarter

518
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 1: inch arms, like that's a seven two Winks fan. And

519
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,920
Speaker 1: I remember asking Rick about that, and he's basically saying, like,

520
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 1: you can't coach that, and putting him with a guy

521
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 1: like Andre Patterson, who knows technique, who knows how to

522
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,720
Speaker 1: get the best out of defensive line in we got

523
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 1: a good guy here. And I mean the sacks you

524
00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:43,600
Speaker 1: can say, okay, he only had three sacks in his

525
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,920
Speaker 1: schollege career, but he actually had three different coaches in

526
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,960
Speaker 1: his college career. Also, I mean that that plays a

527
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,439
Speaker 1: huge effect on somebody's development or no matter the position,

528
00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 1: no matter who you are. So the fact that he's

529
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 1: here now with a defensive guru, I'm excited, man, because

530
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,440
Speaker 1: if you watch this tape or if you just talk

531
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 1: to him or see him, like, he's a grown man

532
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: at the age of twenty one, twenty two, and if

533
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,040
Speaker 1: he gets it, if he gets it, it's going to

534
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,800
Speaker 1: be hard for somebody to beat him out of whatever

535
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 1: spot he is on his defensive line. Not to bring

536
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,160
Speaker 1: up our interview with Andre Patterson for the thousandth time

537
00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 1: since it was done about two weeks ago, but I

538
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: couldn't get over the fact that he was like, I

539
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,880
Speaker 1: don't care about how many sacks these guys had in college.

540
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,040
Speaker 1: I don't care about if they're in the SEC, if

541
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: they're in the Big Ten, if they're in the A SEC.

542
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,360
Speaker 1: I just want to see what I like in terms

543
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,639
Speaker 1: of athleticism and the body type that he's looking for.

544
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 1: The rest he's going to figure out as a coach,

545
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: and these guys just have to buy in. So if

546
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,400
Speaker 1: this guy comes in buys in the way Daniel Hunter,

547
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,920
Speaker 1: did you have Patrick Jones the second as well, a

548
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 1: similar body type out of the University of Pittsburgh. I

549
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,439
Speaker 1: think these two pass rushers are going to be players

550
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,879
Speaker 1: that you really want to watch, and training camp that

551
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 1: is going to be a key time for them to

552
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:06,520
Speaker 1: get in in the building and buy into the plan

553
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 1: or not. Yeah, and those guys coming in buy again.

554
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 1: It's only going to make a DJ want him better.

555
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 1: It's only going to make a Stephen reatherly better. So

556
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,720
Speaker 1: adding that competition, I mean, I'm excited to see what

557
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,119
Speaker 1: DJ want him does in year two because now he

558
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,360
Speaker 1: has he has experience. But I mean, let's be real,

559
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,639
Speaker 1: he has pressure too. Yeah, and pressure only burst pipes

560
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,520
Speaker 1: or it makes dimons. And I think we're going to

561
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,360
Speaker 1: see who the real DJ want him is this year,

562
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,720
Speaker 1: and I'm excited for him because he gets a team

563
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 1: up with a few more young guys and then all

564
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 1: three or four of those guys get to learn from

565
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,680
Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter. And just like Mike Zimmer says, you can

566
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 1: never have too many pass rushers, I think every single

567
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 1: coach in the NFL would agree with that. And when

568
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:50,280
Speaker 1: you have the competition at that position, that was something

569
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 1: that we were certainly lacking last year, let's just say

570
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 1: the least. So I think Mike Zimmer will be the

571
00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,160
Speaker 1: first one to admit that. That'll do it for a

572
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: segment of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast. And with that, we're

573
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,760
Speaker 1: gonna bring in Vikings senior editor and staff writer Craig

574
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 1: Peters joining the show. I cannot wait for you guys

575
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,680
Speaker 1: to take a listen to this. All right, we're back

576
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings Podcast. We have heard from Eric Smith, We've

577
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 1: heard from Lindsay Young, We've heard from all our writers

578
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: except for Craig Peters, our senior editor. Craig, you're on

579
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 1: top of all the undrafted free agent lists, all the

580
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 1: undrafted guys each and every year, which is stellar, stellar work,

581
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: because a lot of people don't hear about these guys.

582
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,480
Speaker 1: But before we get to some of these undrafted guys,

583
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 1: I gotta get your takes on the NFL draft because

584
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: I feel like you were the only person I haven't

585
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 1: asked this question too. Oh what a fun few days.

586
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 1: Wasn't it so great to have so many people back

587
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,240
Speaker 1: in the building for opening night? Love to trade down,

588
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 1: That's that's what I woke up Thursday morning kind of

589
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 1: hoping for in what could be the best for the

590
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: Vikings and Delanne Derris saw twenty three pick up two

591
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: picks right in that sweet spot. Rick Spillman kept talking

592
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 1: about the sweet spot of this year draft. You know,

593
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 1: some years the strength might be a little bit in

594
00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: a different part, but he really liked that area. You

595
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 1: get four picks in the top ninety. I mean, that's

596
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: that's fantastic, Just just some intriguing names. Is Saturday rolled

597
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 1: on and can't wait to see them all in action

598
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 1: as well. And the greatest thing is a field football

599
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 1: is coming back in May twenty twenty one. How about that?

600
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: That's right when you see on field football, which obviously

601
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 1: Mini camp is coming off, so we're super excited. What

602
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: Vikings draft pick are you most excited to see out

603
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,440
Speaker 1: on the field. It doesn't have to be Darisaw. Maybe

604
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 1: you can go with an under under the radar type

605
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 1: of guy. But what player are you most excited to

606
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 1: see out there? Oh? Man, there's so many great ones,

607
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: Like I just I'll go with Jalen Twiman. Really intrigues

608
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 1: me on the interior rusher because that was something that

609
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,280
Speaker 1: has been a point of focus for the past couple

610
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 1: of seasons, after after Sheldon Richardson left, and so that's

611
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 1: that's and noticeably absent from the defense. And I think

612
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: that so much of Minnesota getting back to the Minnesota

613
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 1: Vikings that we've kind of come to know around here,

614
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 1: involves pressure up front. So I'm really curious about that.

615
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: And then I mean, we've all got to see this

616
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 1: this tight end. It was the fifth rounder, Zach Davidson

617
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 1: six to seven and moving like that. I'm so intrigued

618
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: to see what, you know, a coordinated giraffe looks like yeah,

619
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: very true. And I mean those two guys Zach Davidson

620
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 1: pick number ten for the Vikings, jailing Twine in the

621
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 1: last pick number eleven for the Minnesota Vikings. And then

622
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 1: you know, everybody's chairing Hurrean. But there are undrafted free

623
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 1: agents that we still got to talk about. And we

624
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 1: knew going into undrafted well UDFA that the Vikings needed

625
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 1: to address the kicker position and possibly the long snapper position,

626
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 1: and they did so starting with Turner Bernard. Yeah. Yeah,

627
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: so you get the long snapper at San Diego State,

628
00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 1: fifty one games, two time all star in high school

629
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 1: in Arizona under armour, All American Game, All American Game participants,

630
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: so long, long history there. Will compete with Andrew the

631
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,560
Speaker 1: veteran and who I thought did a nice job in

632
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: a tough situation coming in mid season last year. Definitely

633
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: a professional kicker spot that that's intriguing to Riley Patterson

634
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: was at the recent Senior Bowl. Memphis has had a

635
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:29,280
Speaker 1: good history of yielding some kickers. And you know, another

636
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 1: fifty one games there, four hundred and thirty two points,

637
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:37,640
Speaker 1: second in scoring in school history. Loved that and then, uh, recently,

638
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,959
Speaker 1: what have you done for me lately? Right? He had

639
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,760
Speaker 1: a forty seven yard walk off against Houston in December,

640
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: So that that's good. And I know that coach has

641
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 1: probably spent a good bit of time watching in the

642
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,080
Speaker 1: personnel department meeting with him at the Senior Bowling Mobile

643
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 1: since that was so valued this year. And then the

644
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 1: punter too, I mean, what a what I find there? Right?

645
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 1: Um so a former minor league baseballer for six seasons.

646
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: He wasn't drafted in the NFL draft, but he was

647
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: drafted in the Mijor League Baseball draft pirates. And then

648
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 1: uh so, he's thirty years old. He'll bring a little

649
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,320
Speaker 1: different perspective to it as he competes with Britain cole

650
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 1: quit so that that's an intriguing fine too. The thing

651
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 1: I love about him and Vikings fan should love this

652
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:26,960
Speaker 1: his career punting yardage at LSU eighty four eighty four. Wow,

653
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 1: it's forty four zero. The net matters more, I suppose

654
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 1: for punters. But you know, anytime a guy has eighty

655
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 1: four eighty four, that's special for Purple and gold. Right,

656
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 1: you can always depend on Craig Peers for a stat

657
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,520
Speaker 1: like that. I mean, he's got when it comes to

658
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,959
Speaker 1: the numbers like that. He knows more than anybody when

659
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:51,880
Speaker 1: it comes to Vikings and especially Vikings history. That's why

660
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: we're having you on for these undrafted guys because you

661
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 1: you've done all the research you know at all, and

662
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: we've seen how many of these players have actually made

663
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: the Vikings row over the years and been big time

664
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: players like the Anthony harris Is of the world, uh,

665
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,920
Speaker 1: the Eric Wilson's, etc. Um. Looking at some of these linebackers, though,

666
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 1: I see an Ohio State player, I see a guy

667
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:16,279
Speaker 1: from Idaho. Tell us a little bit about those two players. Yeah, yeah,

668
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:20,799
Speaker 1: you got love Tough Orland and Christian ellis his name

669
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 1: or his name or his play? Can there be a

670
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 1: better name for a linebacker tackle Borland? I like tough

671
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,399
Speaker 1: better than tackle actually, but yeah, fifty one games there,

672
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 1: and the thing that really popped my eyes was three

673
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:44,320
Speaker 1: time captain and that's uh, only the second player in

674
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 1: school history, along with JT. Barrett to have that distinction,

675
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 1: So you know, the intangibles a leadership are there. Tough

676
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,400
Speaker 1: was listed at two hundred twenty nine pounds and Christian

677
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,319
Speaker 1: at two twenty eight, So that's that's a little bit

678
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,239
Speaker 1: more than modern NFL weight that's been thrown around to

679
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 1: help in pass coverage for linebackers too. Will be really

680
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 1: interesting to do a little bit deeper dive with with

681
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 1: each of those guys with ellis uh. You know, his

682
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: father played in uh several seasons in the NFL with

683
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 1: Detroit and Denver two time pro bowler, and then his

684
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: brother Cayden, was a seventh round pick in twenty nineteen too.

685
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: So the I know, I know that there there might

686
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: not be as me recruiting trips to Idaho in particularly

687
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 1: like COVID times, but you can you can say that

688
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,399
Speaker 1: the pedigree is there, the experience is there, the game

689
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,440
Speaker 1: probably wouldn't be too big for him with all that

690
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: family history. And then while we're talking about sons of

691
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 1: NFL players, let's throw out the receiver too. Blake Parole

692
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,879
Speaker 1: this probably Ricky played seventeen season, So that's that's part

693
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 1: of this undrafted class too. And he's in the mix

694
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,120
Speaker 1: with two other receivers and I think that, um, those

695
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 1: are those are going to be interesting things to watch too. Yeah,

696
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:57,880
Speaker 1: I mean Watt Failure is another the other wide receiver

697
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,040
Speaker 1: that the Vikings picked up an undrafting three eight and

698
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: see him what another name? Right? I feel like rick

699
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: is picking names before he looks at these names on

700
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,320
Speaker 1: the website. The other day and I was like, what

701
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: is going on? I like a couple of them are

702
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: from big schools too, which was hilarious. Yea, what fill

703
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 1: your Indiana I mean Myron Mitchell UAB, who impressed in

704
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl of this past year. Do you have

705
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 1: any more insight one either one of those two receivers. Well,

706
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,840
Speaker 1: first of all, Whop, you know, I love the nickname.

707
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 1: He was born Elias DeAngelo but just couldn't stop going

708
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,319
Speaker 1: to meet up with the Burger King during his youth

709
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 1: and that's how he got the name. But two thousand

710
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 1: yards in Indiana, so that's that's impressive. Five eleven one eighty,

711
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 1: so like a little bit of the smaller type. And

712
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: then Mitchell's lessen at six one one eighties, so neither

713
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:52,359
Speaker 1: guys super big. Mitchell transferred to UAB two seasons there,

714
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,879
Speaker 1: he caught sixty three passes nine hundred nine yards. That's nice,

715
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: nice average of fifteen point seven with seven scores, and

716
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 1: then also handled some some kickoff return duty, which is

717
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: another aspect that we're talking about. You know, we talked

718
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 1: about the the specialists per se, but the kick returning,

719
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 1: punt return game or areas of emphasis too. And I'm

720
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,400
Speaker 1: really excited to see what coach Ficken and Coach Steeples

721
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 1: have in store for that whole unit, because that was

722
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 1: another area that the Vikings clearly earmarked where things have

723
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 1: to improve in twenty twenty one. While we're on those

724
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 1: skill position players, wanted to tell us a little bit

725
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:32,480
Speaker 1: about the running back from Kentucky, a senior AJ Rose.

726
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,840
Speaker 1: Seems like he's had a lot of a lot of

727
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: carries over there in the SEC. Yeah, yeah, and that's

728
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 1: that's some guys that know how to hit two. Um,

729
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 1: so forty four games, where's it? Well? Those six one,

730
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 1: two fourteen, So you combine him and you combine a

731
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: Kenny out of Iowa State, and those are those are

732
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 1: two big running backs if Vikings added this this spring.

733
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 1: But yeah, so nineteen seventy one yards on the ground,

734
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:03,160
Speaker 1: thirteen touchdowns. That's that's nice, respectable for sure, and the

735
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,439
Speaker 1: most unique. I'm trying to think about if I've ever

736
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,759
Speaker 1: written about a player on a team I've covered that's

737
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 1: an Eagle scout. I just don't remember that being part

738
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 1: of a player's bio. But he's there, so maybe he

739
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,359
Speaker 1: can get some merit badges in the NFL as well. Yeah,

740
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,560
Speaker 1: And I think rounding out the undrafted free agent list

741
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: is Zonda Johnson, defensive tackle from Cal and then the

742
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,719
Speaker 1: kid from Oregon, Jordan's Scott. Any any inside on both

743
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: of those guys, Jordan Scott was widely recruited. He's he

744
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,720
Speaker 1: stands at six zho and three eleven, which is actually

745
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: about the same I believe as twimanas and then thirteen

746
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 1: tackles for lost four sacks forty seven games, so that

747
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 1: that's another impressive career in college. And then uh, with

748
00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 1: Johnson out of calum you know, he obviously teamed with

749
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: buying him at Cal for the Golden Bears, and he

750
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,239
Speaker 1: stands a little taller, so leverage is going to be

751
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 1: an interesting thing for him. But six four two ninety

752
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:07,400
Speaker 1: nine and a half tackles for lost five and a

753
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 1: half sacks, so and Cal was limited in games this

754
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:16,839
Speaker 1: year too severely, so we'll see how how that shakes out.

755
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: But you gotta love the interior focus both in the

756
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: draft and in the undrafted process and reload along the

757
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 1: d line. It's gonna be a lot of players to

758
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: look out for from undrafted guys to the eleven selections.

759
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 1: But there's another guy that we haven't touched on, and

760
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: it's a Zolstra brother who anybody local in the Minnesota

761
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:43,359
Speaker 1: state area knows of the Zilstra's And obviously we had

762
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 1: the older of the two. The Vikings were able to

763
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:48,799
Speaker 1: get him and bring him in for a few years.

764
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 1: He's now on the Carolina Panthers, I believe. Now we

765
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 1: bring in his younger brother who apparently is going to

766
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,800
Speaker 1: play tight end instead of wide receiver. Yeah, that's super

767
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:05,279
Speaker 1: interesting really looking forward to the tight end position. He

768
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: had the single season records for receptions, yards, touchdowns in

769
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. Shane went undrafted last season, didn't get to

770
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: get in front of as many teams as he probably

771
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,279
Speaker 1: would have hoped for. So now he's he's bulking up

772
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,520
Speaker 1: a little bit. I think he's up to two thirty now.

773
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:23,879
Speaker 1: Probably want to get up a little more, who knows,

774
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: But like you just can't argue with someone that went

775
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,720
Speaker 1: past Theland's name in the record books in Maverick's history

776
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,920
Speaker 1: with being a solid addition at this time of year

777
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 1: and seeing what he can do. D two football dot

778
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: Com Second team player and two hundred and twenty seven

779
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 1: career receptions with fifty four touchdowns. He was at twenty

780
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:50,360
Speaker 1: seas orthopis Performance Center this week. Signing his contract, he

781
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 1: described how he had he had watched Vikings practice at

782
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 1: Blakesley Stadium in twenty seventeen. I think he was going

783
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,560
Speaker 1: to be a sophomore at that. So it's it's Gabby's

784
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,760
Speaker 1: so super cool and know how much we all enjoyed

785
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 1: working with Brandon when he was here in twenty eighteen,

786
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: and Brandon did everything he could put his best foot forward,

787
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 1: always was such a professional about it and you always

788
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 1: wish him well going forward too. But super excited to

789
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,000
Speaker 1: see what Shane has to offer, and I think he's

790
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:22,719
Speaker 1: it's It's definitely more complicated than one imagines. I'm sure

791
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,239
Speaker 1: when you move inside and get in line and then

792
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 1: you have to start doing a combination block on a

793
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: d end, I mean you know, and so there there

794
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,760
Speaker 1: could be quite a bit. And then the other aspect

795
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: of all of this that I'm so excited about is

796
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 1: seeing what Clint Kubiak has in store for the offense

797
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:45,719
Speaker 1: with tight ends and receivers beyond Adam and Justin So

798
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 1: I'm super excited to see how that all fits together

799
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 1: and hope I think that everyone will be Yeah, excited

800
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 1: for sure, and it's always good to get a feel

801
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,239
Speaker 1: good story, like a guy like Adam Filling and you

802
00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 1: got the new receiver now, so it'll be it'll make

803
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:02,839
Speaker 1: for a great competition. Put it that way in training camp.

804
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:06,200
Speaker 1: But lastly, speaking of you know, rookie minicamp, training camp

805
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 1: and so on and so forth, what are you most

806
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 1: looking forward to from these position battles. I think the

807
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: fact that players are going to be on the field

808
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,440
Speaker 1: again learning from these coaches. I think that the coaches

809
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: are gonna, like have trouble hiding how glad they are

810
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: to be out there, you know. I mean, we all

811
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 1: know coach dre and how much he loves working directly

812
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: one on one with young men and developing those players,

813
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,480
Speaker 1: and coaching is so much teaching and relationship building. And

814
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 1: they've they've all been through so much in the past

815
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: year of trying to adapt and learn on the fly

816
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:40,880
Speaker 1: and change their approach. But I think just early on,

817
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: you know, and I mean things will change once pads

818
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 1: go on around camp and everything like that, but just

819
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:50,760
Speaker 1: early on, just the experience of seeing guys play football

820
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:55,839
Speaker 1: again is the biggest thing. Well that's Vikings dot Com.

821
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: See your editor, Craig Peters. Craig always a pleasure talking

822
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:01,200
Speaker 1: to you. Thanks for John, happy to be here. Thanks

823
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: so much. All right, Well that was Vikings Senior editor

824
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:09,319
Speaker 1: Craig Peters does everything written wise on Vikings dot com

825
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 1: as well as the Vikings playbook on game days. He's

826
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 1: the man behind that. So thank you again to Craig

827
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 1: Peters for bringing his knowledge and his stats. Thank you

828
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 1: again to Gabe Henderson and of course producer Jay Nelson.

829
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: A few things I want to run through before we

830
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 1: get out of here. I want you guys to pencil

831
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 1: in another edition of the Vikings Vantage that will be

832
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 1: on Kfan on Thursday night at six thirty pm. Myself

833
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 1: and Gabe Henderson will be breaking down everything from the

834
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:44,360
Speaker 1: Vikings draft class with the Draft Networks. Jordan read this

835
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: guy knows his Minnesota Vikings, he knows his Vikings draft prospects.

836
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,359
Speaker 1: Such good information in this interview, so check that out

837
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 1: at six thirty on Kfan on Thursday night. And also

838
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:01,319
Speaker 1: don't forget the NFL schedule will be released in less

839
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:04,759
Speaker 1: than a week. On May twelfth. We will have all

840
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:08,240
Speaker 1: of the information on the upcoming announcement of the team's

841
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:12,319
Speaker 1: official seventeen game season. You'll know when the Vikings are

842
00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 1: playing where when they're playing the Packers at home, when

843
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:17,839
Speaker 1: they're at Soldier Field on the road. You will get

844
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 1: that all on Vikings dot com on May twelfth, when

845
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 1: the NFL releases be full schedule. Well, thank you guys

846
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 1: so much. We are so excited to have the schedule

847
00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 1: released and look forward to that Vikings Rookie Minicamp coming up.

848
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 1: That'll do it for this edition of the Minnesota Vikings Podcast.

849
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:39,120
Speaker 1: We will see you next week.