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Wilson probably will be gone after this year, and good chance Cahsman is too. But definitely my least favorite of the LB options that were realistically draftable there.
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I didn't care for Golday because he can't cover. Didn't they just replace Ivan Pace with Ivan Pace?
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Totally. They need somebody, just not sure at what point in the draft we should stop expecting the rookies will be starters and filling holes. Seems like Ed Ingram has been the only player drafted outside of Round 1 that has played meaningful football as a rookie since KAM and KOC took over.
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Huh, well the Vikings already drafted a DT, so the Panthers must have assumed the Jets were drafting Hunter?
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I was about to predict Stowers. Edit: Trade it is.
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DBs seem to struggle getting on the field as rookies under Flores. Even if they draft one high, I suspect they'll pick up a cheapie free agent no matter what, once the salary cap is fixed.
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Good question. Allen, Hill and Rodriguez are the ones I want. Hill and Gray? That doesn't look like an autocorrect so must have been a brain fart. Anyway, seems like all three are good against the run, capable to great in pass defense and all of them can blitz. Obviously in the masked defenses Flores likes, you have to be able to do all three.
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I know they are going to look at WR, but I absolutely don't want them trying to treat it like a puzzle piece where they just grab some small slot-only guy, and I know that would be the expectation because they are going to replace Nailor/Powell/Osborn. I want someone who can at least be a flanker and maybe have the upside to be a #2 moving all over the field. Besides Jefferson is so good when they put him in motion and he runs out of the slot. To be fair, Nailor was/is bigger and I think he can do more than just slot work, but that's not really how the Vikings used him. So WR I want to avoid are Branch, Antonio Williams and Sklyer Bell. and Deion Burks. I know most seem electric, but I think how they'd be used in the NFL would give them such a low ceiling that it's not 2nd round worthy.
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I think Stowers is a better player than Sadiq. Id take him, or one the three LB I like, Allen, Gray or Rodriguez.
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I couldn’t watch but keep seeing this yet I can’t find this offer. What was it?
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That experiment is over. A DFA'd corner bat with no power and no on base skills wasn't a popular signing, but it is encouraging they cut bait despite giving up and actual real-life AA pitcher to get him. They have tried to squeeze all the juice out of these kinds of moves in the past. Replacing him is new pitcher Christian Roa pictured here: Sorry, check that. This is a photo of the extinct flightless bird the Moa, which was known for it's pinpoint command. Roa on the other hand appears to significantly struggle hitting the zone. But he does bring the heat which the current bullpen is lacking.
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Going to a comedy show with the wife so I'll miss most of the draft. So I better get my predictions down now. I think the draft gurus are under-estimating the risk tolerance of a typical NFL GM. Because of this, I think Ruben Bain and his very concerning arm-length falls. Not out of the 1st round, but beyond the halfway point. Similarly, Jermod McCoy not only falls out of the 1st round, he falls to the 3rd. He didn't play at all last year and at best he misses half of 2026, but most likely all of 2026? I don't think many GMs are going to use a 2nd on a guy who you likely only get for three seasons. Not to mention, a guy who will not have played in two years by the time he likely steps back on the field. And you know what, I've talked myself into believing what I posted in the Vikings thread. If the Vikings stay at 18, they're picking OT. It's crazy how little consensus there is about the top guy, but pretty much everyone has at least five of them as 1st round players. I think Mauigoa is gone as he's always ranked as either 1 or 2, but I've seen various 1st round grades and predictions on the two Utah players Fano and Lomu along with Proctor, Freeling, Miller, Iheanachor.
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I wouldn't say no, but I'd be really leery of the huge expectations the fans will have. There have actually only been nine HOF pitchers taken in the first round of the draft. Ever. And that includes not-yet HOFers Verlander, Scherzer, Kershaw and ??Greinke?? Obviously there is an acceptable range between HOF and disappointment however. The disappointment category is intimidating though. The #3 overall pick in particular. Posting just for fun and not to rain on any parades as Flora sounds like where I'd currently lean as well.
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Is there any chance the Raiders are secretly preparing to trade the #1 pick to the Jets when they get on the clock? Maybe it's just because this is such a low-key draft, but to me it's starting to feel TOO quiet. Like someone is waiting to drop the biggest off season talker at the right time just to get buzz going.
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I completely agree. OT is supposed to be a strength of this team, but it's not since they never seem to be on the field together. And this organization hardly plays rookies (yeah, most have been bad) but between injuries and Darrisaw's atypical need for rest, a rookie at that position would almost certainly play. And even without a new OT, I'm not sure this team should be giving O'Neill another contract.
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The Vikings have to lose some salary somewhere. All the talk has been about Greenard, but maybe they're instead thinking of moving O'Neill? Looks like he hardly has any cap hit (not an expert at interpreting this stuff), he's on the wrong side of 30, and most mocks have one of the top OTs still available at 18. And if they did plan on replacing him in the draft, maybe they're waiting to make sure one of the guys they like is there.
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Twins (Prielipp) vs Mets (Holmes): 4/22/26, 6:10 pm CDT
nicksaviking replied to C-Gangster's topic in Archived Game Threads
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I think team-to-team is the wrong comparisons. The Twins only have 16 players on their 40-man roster that they themselves drafted and developed. Striking through developed because that's an arbitrary term considering the situation. Ober, Jeffers and Buxton probably only count by most definitions of the word; maybe throw in Larnach. Bottom line, yeah, the Twins are terrible at developing international players. But they're also terrible at developing non-international players.
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If the University of Alabama only recruited players from Alabama, they'd never win a champoinship. If you're not using all avenues to find talent, in college football, professional baseball or hiring at H&R Block, then all you're doing is letting the competition have first dibs on huge swaths of potential. Diversity is good. This is fact, not opinion.
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Pags and Leius were the only platoon players in 1991. Gardenhire's teams typically had a set lineup outside of one of the corner outfield positions. Same with Molitor and even the same with the Bomba Squad in Baldelli's first season. Then Covid and the utter decimation of the long-ball lineup and this organization completely changed course. And not for the better. And Kepler absolutely COULD NOT hit left handed pitching his first three years. What changed? Almost certainly it was seeing all of that left handed pitching early in his career. The left handed hitters under Baldelli never got the opportunities Kepler got under Molitor. I'm advocating for the Twins to either let the young hitters get full opportunity against same handed pitching, or trade them and give someone else that opportunity. I don't care if it's Wallner or Martin (but, obviously Martin). Better yet, call up Emanuel Rodriguez. Or of course in the offseason, go for option B and actually pay good free agents. But this franchise isn't winning lately and it's because they are more focused on piecing together 'matchups' instead of putting together a roster of well rounded players. It's inefficient, it's clearly ineffective and most of all, it's boring as hell.
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Twins (Prielipp) vs Mets (Holmes): 4/22/26, 6:10 pm CDT
nicksaviking replied to C-Gangster's topic in Archived Game Threads
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I really can't stand the constant platooning. The Twins best lineups through history are the ones you could fairly accurately predict before the lineup cards were released. And honestly, watching my team was more fun then too. The Twins think they've found a hack for putting the most competitive roster on the field, but they haven't. They found a hack for putting the most thrifty roster on the field. We don't need a player who has a .800 OPS, we just need two players who can put up a .750 OPS against each handed pitcher. Such an inefficient use of limited roster space. Your best team is a lineup where seven or eight guys play EVERYDAY and against EVERY PITCHER and saving your bench players for late game substitutions and the occasional rest days.
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For sure, and looking back, I do see some prognosticators had high hopes for Nussmeier, but I still think it was due to a lack of a clear QB1 in the class. Some guys had to be there by default and he looked like one of the top options.
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Yeah, much better year. Skattebo is another bruiser and not a burner type too though. And he also had pass protection issues. At least in college. But now the Giants have two top ten picks and there's lots of speculation they could pick Love. Skattebo would likely be fairly cheap in terms of draft capital if the Giants do a RB upgrade and the Vikings want Skattebo.
