>>>ALL THINGS VIKINGS<<<

Luv that you got take off the Clark Kent glasses and have a Championship mindset luv that kind of thinking

 

JJ McCarthy let the hate begin laughing and the Brandon Powell can be the Vikings 3rd wr,I really do believe JJ McCarthy will work out just fine and what going to happen to Jaren Hall?...wow the NFC North is on fire

 

the name of game is patience

 

Hall should be QB3.

 

Vikings picked an offensive tackle today, Walter Rouse, Oklahoma.

Overview
Rouse possesses the size and intelligence coaches like, and he might be able to continue improving if he can get stronger and prove he can play on the right side as well. He's an average athlete with average bend, and that will show up in his lack of consistent anchor and in-line drive. However, that should not be oversold, as he tends to anchor enough and maintain a level of stickiness as a run blocker, even when it looks a little disheveled. Rouse has played almost exclusively as a left tackle but might be in consideration as a solid swing tackle prospect with some upside.

Strengths

• Extensive starting experience with a good feel for technique.
• Pass sets are generally patient with a well-balanced base.
• Clamps into face-up rushers and can bring them close.
• Keeps feet moving to stay connected with his blocks.
• Gives good effort getting to his landmarks on back-side cutoffs.

Weaknesses

• Will need to vary punch attacks to prevent being timed up by rusher.
• Anchor can be displaced by a firm bull rush.
• Very average foot quickness to seal off the edge against speed.
• Lower-body stiffness limits fluidity on combo blocks.
• Aim and entry can be too tall on down blocks.

 

Just drafted a kicker outa Bama. Will Reichard.

 

Vikings have 2 picks in the 7th. Hopefully a RB is on the brain trusts heads.

 

The highest-scoring player in FBS history is headed for Minnesota. During the sixth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday, the Vikings called the name of Will Reichard, who was taken with the 203rd overall pick.

The former Alabama star was the first kicker taken in the 2024 NFL Draft. It's no surprise that the Vikings ended up selecting Reichard, and that's because they were one of the few teams that really needed to come out of the draft with a kicker. They had Greg Joseph last season, but they let him walk in free agency.

Going into the draft, the Vikings only had one kicker on their roster in John Parker Romo, who has never kicked in an NFL game. Parker Romo will now be competing with Reichard for Minnesota's kicking job.

Reichard will likely be going into that competition with a lot of confidence considering what he did in college. During his five-year career at Alabama, Reichard scored a total of 547 points, which is the most by any player in FBS history. Reichard hit 88% of his field goals last season, which included going a perfect 5 of 5 from 50 yards or more. In Alabama's biggest game of the year, Reichard hit two field goals from long range (50, 52) in a 27-20 loss to Michigan in the College Football Playoff semifinal.

He was also deadly accurate from inside 40 yards, hitting 47 of 49 field goals in his career from that range (47 of 49). If there is one question mark with Reichard, it's his ability to kick from long range. The longest field goal he ever hit at Alabama was 52 yards, and he'll have to prove to the Vikings that he can consistently make kicks longer than that if he's going to win the competition over Parker Romo.

Reichard is the first Alabama kicker since 1966 to be drafted. He's also just the third kicker the Vikings have drafted over the past 45 years, joining Blair Walsh (2012) and Daniel Carlson (2018). Reichard is the second player the Vikings have selected from Alabama in this draft following the pick of Dallas Turner, who was taken 17th overall.

The Vikings' decision to select Reichard started a run of kickers in the sixth round. Although there were zero kickers taken in the first five rounds, there were three taken in Round 6 with Stanford's Joshua Karty (209 to the Rams) and Arkansas' Cam Little (212 to the Jaguars) getting drafted after Reichard.

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Do the Vikings draft kickers like some teams draft QBs all the time. ?

 

That's kinda yes and no the Vikings have been in kicker purgatory hope the kicker they drafted makes the team a kicker that you can depend on as of right now they don't have that

 

Needs coaching to help his weaknesses and. get him NFL ready

 

They have only drafted 3 kickers (Walsh and Carlson and Reichard) in the past 45 years, so the answer is no.

 

Kwesi is one of my favorite GMs.

The Vikings are going to be in one of the toughest divisions in the NFL, so having this guy to build the roster is an absolute win.

 

I have not been a fan of Kwesi-Adofo-Mensah but he really did very well trading up so used to the Vikings trading back I have to give him props

 

Ive had my doubts earlier, didnt give up completely on him tho, but the draft made me see him in a very refreshing light. Sometimes I feel like the 'analytical' types get too carried away with the science/math and stat stuff that they couldn't recognize Jim Brown if he was standing right in front of them, but his comment in that post piece was great to hear. If he signs a decent contract with Jefferson that both the Vikings and Jefferson dig, then Im going to proclaim him King of the Purple Peoples Republic.

One concern is the RB room, but the horses in the barn there can run and if the o-line is better this next season than last, they should do ok. WR3 is also iffy, but so be it for now. Sometimes someone has just got to step up.

 

PS - Within 2 years the NFC North just may be the cats-meow of the entire NFL... time will tell.

 

Lets review, shall we? This is the final results of the 2024 Draft.

 

Or there dirty litter box

 

So far so good now if the Vikings can avoid that damn injury bug and stay healthy this looks like a tough year for the Vikings

 

This is the list of the UDFA's signed by the Vikings.

Minnesota Vikings

• South Carolina TE Trey Knox (source)
• UCLA EDGE Gabriel Murphy (source)
• Arizona DL Tyler Manoa (source)
• Toledo LB Dallas Gant (source)
  
• Maryland WR Jeshaun Jones (source)
• Kentucky T Jeremy Flax
• North Carolina T Spencer Roland
• West Virginia G Doug Nester
• California C Matthew Cindric
• Oregon IDL Taki Taimani
• Marshall EDGE Owen Porter
  
• Air Force LB Bo Richter
• FIU LB Donovan Manuel
  
• Miami LB KJ Cloyd
• Arkansas CB Dwight McGlothern