Friday, February 29, 2008

Filling needs

I listed the Viking off-season needs in this order:

1. Wide Receiver
2. Quarterback
3. Safety
4. Defensive End

The Vikings have signed fullback Thomas Tapeh and safety Madieu Williams. According to Access Vikings, the Vikes are currently talking with wide receiver Bernard Berrian (he's in Minnesota--if they want him, they ought not let him leave without a contract), and they're planning on having defensive end Justin Smith visit Saturday.

Safety, Wide Receiver, Defensive End. If they sign starters for all three of those positions, what's left for the draft? Depth, of course, and the proverbial "best player available." And of course getting another talented wide receiver or defensive end only helps the team. Their need at quarterback (a reliable backup or a competitor for starter) don't seem to be met in the draft, though I suppose it could be.

Of course, I'm putting the vulture in front of the short stack of pancakes here (I'm inspired by The Onion to replace common idioms with complete nonsense--I mean cart before the horse and all that). The Vikings may miss out on both Berrian and Smith. But the Vikings appear to be attempting to fill team needs in free agency--they have a plan. That's encouraging.

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:17 PM

    I think Bearnard Bearian would fit in well with the Vikes. Hopefully he won't leave without that contract. But............you can lead a horse to drink, you just can't make him water.

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  2. I just dont think Berrian is our guy would much rather see Stallworth or Hackett signed.A QB that could start and compete for the starting spot would be nice.Hopefully the Lemon rumors are just that.

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  3. I assume this has probably already been discussed, but why was there no publicized effort by the Vikes to go after Derek Anderson? I know a 1st and a 3rd is a steep price, but he's in his mid 20s and would at least keep defenses from putting 9 men in the box. Is McNabb in the Vikings' future instead? I would rather pay a higher price for a younger Qb who doesn't have injury problems like McNabb.

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  4. Anonymous3:10 PM

    I think the Bernard signing means no WR in draft. A good idea I think would be to trade RB Chester Taylor, their 2008 1st and 3rd round picks for a higher pick. Like Miami....to draft QB Matt Ryan or DE Chris Long.

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