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The Minnesota Vikings: This week’s news, rumors, and speculation.
Rick Spielman is always looking for a deal. Even after the first few waves of free agency and the NFL Draft has passed, he’s eyeballing the available talent…
Turner and Wilson will try to shape McKinnon into a dynamic 3rd down and change of pass back to spell Arian Peterson as much as possible. A younger version of Darren Sproles would be the ideal longterm blueprint, however worst case scenario is he contribute on special teams and steals a few snaps in the slot as a poor man’s version of Percy Harvin.
The NFL is really testing our patience, as they may move it back—per Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
How much influence will new Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer and new offensive coordinator Norv Turner have in Spielman draft strategy? And will Zimmer also encourage Spielman to continue his recent tradition of drafting two players from the same school?
Audie Cole’s first NFL start began with a sack on the very first play of the game against the Greenbay Packers in week 12 of 2013. Cole finished the game with 13 total tackles earning him three more starts before a high ankle sprain sidelined him for the season finale versus the Detroit Lions.
The NFL draft is a wild animal ready to devour the weak and unsuspecting general managers and executives. But in this mock, the Draft Whisperer himself, Rick Spielman, tames the Radio City Music Hall Monster and walks away with a handful of trophy picks worth bragging about.
Mark Craig of the Startribune doesn’t seem to think the Vikings need to rush things at the running back position. But, with Toby gone and Matt Asiata as the next man up, I’m just a dainty bit concerned. My curiosity as to what GM Rick Spielman might have up his sleeve concerning the backup tailback position has got the best of me for sure. In Craig’s recent article, he shares an interesting quote from Spielman about the possibility of adding another ball carrier.
The trend in the NFL is to feature big tight ends that can be used as a receivers in the vertical passing game. Chase Ford fits that prototypical mold. He is a hard working, pass catching tight end that could be on the verge of a breakout year under Norv Turner.
Norv wants to get Adrian touches in open space, and one way to accomplish that is to throw him the ball more often. In 2013, Adrian only caught 29 balls for 171 yards and 1 touchdown.