Vikings Happy Hour

Myles Gorham, Yinka Ayinde, and Ryan Ortega join Jayson Brown to give their thoughts on Vikings selection of Justin Jefferson, wide receiver from LSU.

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In this episode, Yinka Ayinde joins Jayson Brown for their first and only mock draft of the season. PFF's draft simulator barely gave us a passing grade and we're sure you would have done better. Listen in to find out why you'd never want Yinka to replace Rick.

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The NFL Draft is just around the corner!

Don't forget to pick up Jordan Reid's $10 draft guide.

We can't wait to see which direction our Vikings take with the first round on Thursday Night! Until then Matt, Ryan, Myles and Flip discuss four enticing pass catchers:

Denzel Mims

Brandon Aiyuk

Donovan Peoples-Jones

K.J. Hill

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BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald record another mock draft and offer their thoughts from a Minnesota Vikings perspective.

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Good morning Horners! Welcome to the Good Morning Gjallarhorn pre-draft show featuring Drew Bunting’s Big Board. We are calling this Unicorn Hunting Part 2. “Why that?” you ask. As Ted Glover wrote in Daily Norseman piece, Unicorn Hunting, that the Minnesota Vikings need to hit on the first 5 picks do to the need for starters in a lot pf positions. The probability of the happening historically rates up there with odds of finding a unicorn. Don’t be depressed though, because Drew has done the work to find those players that the Vikings can take to achieve that goal.

 Unicorn Hunting Pt 1 can be found at www.dailynorseman.com/2020/4/17/21225279/minnesota-vikings-draft-lol-lets-go-hunt-unicorns-thats-more-realistic-than-finding-5-starters

 Drew spends hours, weeks and months scouring the web watching as much tape as he can. He assembles a big board every year and this year’s he is super pumped up over this class. In the show he focuses on players specifically as they could fit onto your Vikings. We go through all the positions less the specialists. The Vikes have them locked in and grabbing them in the draft is usually a waste. Ted, Dave and Drew make their first pick predictions for the purple, and shockingly, as wide open as are the need for the team, they pick different players. Watch or listen to find out who. So, let’s go! Where do your favorite players fall on the board?

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 As always, enjoy the watch and listen! Stay safe, and GO VIKINGS!

Fan with us!!! You can follow GMG hosts Dave at @Luft_Krigare and Ted at @purplebuckeye. Unfortunately, Drew is behind the power curve and doesn’t have a Twitter handle… yet. You can also follow Chris at @DailyNorseman, and why wouldn’t you if you use Twitter.

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Before you listen, head over to climbingthepocket.com and buy Jordan Reid's $10 draft guide. It's our holy book as we review college prospects and decide who the Minnesota Vikings should draft.

On this episode we discuss cornerbacks, they're a big need for our Vikes:

Jaylon Johnson (Utah)

Jeff Gladney (TCU)

Damon Arnette (Ohio State)

Noah Igbinoghene (Auburn)

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Tick tock, let’s go! Hitting the news was a report by Marc Malusis of WFAN in New York. He is a beat writer for the New York Giants. He had a trusted source [probably close to the OBJ camp] tell him the the Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns in discussions on a trade for Odell Beckham Jr. The guys from Climbing The Pocket Network discuss the possibility, especially after the Vikes traded Stefon Diggs to the Buffalo Bills. Since then, beat writers for both the Vikings and the Browns have pinged their sources and say there is nothing to this. PA is one of them, and well as Mathew Coller. Malusis came on SKOR North and defended his reporting and source. It may be nothing more than OBJ's people trying to goose along something that isn't there. We will never know at this point.

 Christian McCafferty receive a sizable extension a couple of days ago, and the panel talked about what that might mean for a Dalvin Cook extension. Hint… it won’t be cheap. Will Dalvin hold out if he doesn’t get one?

  ESPN replayed the 2009 Vikings vs Green Bay Packers game, and it was good. That team and that season brought back some great memories and feelings. Brett Favre was amazing that year and it stirred feelings on both sides. Ted even gets into how he and Don Glover enjoyed the season together. What did you think of Favre in purple?

 We hope you enjoy this type of formatted show. Dave and Ted from ‘Good Morning Gjallarhorn’, Jayson, Yinka and Myles from ‘Climbing The Pocket’, Ed from ’Skoldiers’, Nick from ‘The Pocket Protectors’, Matt from ‘In The Huddle’ and Tyler, CTPN’s newest writer, all appreciate you taking in the show. Please feel free to ask questions and suggest topics for discussion in future Round Table shows here or on Twitter. Have a great week, and as always be safe, and GO VIKINGS!

 

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You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/CnEcc--ECBc

You can follow everyone on Twitter too. We love to hear from you. You can find Jayson at @brownjayson, Yinka at @Saxyprince, Myles at @MylesGorham85, Nick at @NickOlsonNFL, Ed at @Nemock7, Matt at @MattAndersonNFL, Tyler at @CCSTheRealForno, Ted at @purplebuckeye and me, Dave at @Luft_Krigare.

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BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald run a 2020 Mock Draft Simulation through Pro Football Focus and offer their thoughts from a Minnesota Vikings perspective.

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Join Climbing the Pocket members for In The Huddle with Matt & Myles, and special guest, Ryan as they do a 5 round mock draft (no trades). They go in depth for potential prospects for the Minnesota Vikings at each of their selections and why they'd be good fits for your beloved Purple and Gold! Skol!!

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 As always, enjoy the watch and listen! Stay safe, and GO VIKINGS!

You can follow In The Huddle hosts Matt at @MattAndersonNFL, Myles at @MylesGorham85, and guest Ryan at @sportsguyry. All three are members of the Climbing The Pocket Network partnered with the Daily Norseman and SB Nation.

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To start this episode, we get caught up with Eric and Nick and get into the topic of Harrison Smith being snubbed from the NFL.com All-Decade Team.  

Nick makes a very compelling argument as to why Harrison Smith is more deserving than Eric Berry and others.

Eric defends Tyrann Mathieu based on his impact across multiple teams and then took us down memory lane to let us know which safeties were the best last decade based on WAR

Eric Weddle

Jason McCourty

Earl Thomas

Harrison Smith

Malcolm Jenkins

Glover Quin

Kam Chancellor

Reggie Nelson

Jairus Byrd

Antoine Bethea

Next up, we discuss tape vs analytics vs PFF and how we can best utilize these resources to maximize our understanding of football. Eric discusses how PFF incorporates the lessons from specialists like Duke Manyweather and Brandon Thorn into their process to create scale.

Lastly Eric and Nick give us their best and worst case scenarios for the Vikings in the opening rounds of the draft.

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