Vikings Happy Hour

BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald discuss the NFL All-Decade team, circle back on the Minnesota Vikings' signing of wide receiver Tajae Sharpe and have some fun with the proposed virtual NFL draft plan.

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April means NFL Draft season. We're done with Free Agency, good riddance.

To start our draft process, we look an offensive line. Matt talks about the current Vikings roster at OL. Then Myles, Ryan and Flip discuss three OL prospects:

TCU Tackle Lucas Niang

Auburn Tackle Prince Tega Wanogho

Houston Tackle Josh Jones

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We start this episode getting caught up on what the boys have been up to since their last recording in January and how everyone is adjusting to life on lockdown due to COVID-19. JR walks us through the challenges of raising twin girls while juggling radio appearances and writing his 2020 draft guide. Zay is walking and keeping Myles on his toes. And Yinka takes us through the whirlwind of his preparation for his role in The Covenant.

Next up the boys get into the Stefon Diggs trade and what it means for the Vikings going forward in 2020 and beyond. Myles wants to know “the why” behind Diggs wanting to leave. Friend of the show, Matthew Coller wrote a great article on that subject which you can read here.

JR gets into the “mass exodus” in the Vikings defensive backfield and gives us some defensive backs the Vikings might like in the upcoming draft.

Jeff Gladney

Jaylon Johnson

Amik Robertson

Trajan Bandy

Next, JR and Myles walk us through the wide receivers the Vikings might like to replace Stefon Diggs

Jalen Reagor

Justin Jefferson

Brandon Aiyuk

Denzel Mims

Devin Duvernay

Be on the lookout for new video content from Myles, new draft content from Yinka, and JR’s 2020 Draft Guide coming soon!!!

Thanks for listening.

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The Minnesota Vikings lost a of talent in March, and they have plenty of holes to fill because of it. On this podcast we bunker down to figure out our purple's biggest needs. Where will Tajae Sharpe factor in to the Vikings WR corps? Is CB their biggest draft need? Is Dru Samia ready to start, or should the Vikings trade for OT Trent Williams? All those questions and more are answered, so tune in!

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Good morning Horners! The Minnesota Vikings are are making moves in free agency that have some of wondering, “What is this team doing?” Understanding that the team was over the cap entering this phase of the offseason and some moves were required like the cutting of Xavier Rhodes and Linval Joseph to free up some cash. We understand that. Then quarterback Kirk Cousins gets an extension, after stories of him turning down offers, to free up cash in 2020. We understand that though some may not agree. The team also franchised tagged Anthony Harris. It pointed to a win now philosophy. Then the rest of the moves have us wondering “what is the plan?”

 Some of the moves include trading your best wide receiver in Stefon Diggs to the Buffalo Bills. Yes, he was upset, and especially over seeing his team extending Kirk Cousins. It was signal to him that the team didn’t want to feature more of the pass after he busted his butt to get open time after time just to be not thrown to. Flip said it well on his show last week on Fifteen Minutes with Flipmazzi. The wide receiver corps is down to Adam Thielen and Bisi Johnson, and as of yesterday Tajae Sharpe. Bisi and Sharpe are good a WR3 and WR4, but not the WR1A that was traded for a few picks in the draft. Then we hear reported that the team is trying to trade Anthony Harris for even more picks. Those picks have potential to be good ones, but that depends on Rick Spielman actually making them so. His record over time has been hit or miss so to expect more than that is unrealistic. The move though, getting extra picks then not going for significant free agents other than nose tackle Michael Pierce, points to building for the future.

The team seems to have gone from win now mode to build towards the future within 48 hours, but almost looks like it trying to do both and messing it up. Many of you will agree with Ted when he gets frustrated and says, “I don’t get it!” Well, Ted, Drew and Dave in their normal Good Morning Gjallarhorn way, try to talk it all out with humor and maybe a touch of old wisdom, maybe.

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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.

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BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald review the Minnesota Vikings' signing of nose tackle Michael Pierce, try to make sense of the team's free agency moves thus far and workaround a fire alarm going off at Drew's apartment.

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Here is a quick mid-week summary on every move your Minnesota Vikings made through Wednesday Night. We cover Xavier Rhodes, Linval Joseph, David Morgan, Michael Pierce, Anthony Harris, Britton Colquitt, Eric Wilson, Kirk Cousins, CJ Ham, Sean Mannion Josh Kline and of course, Stefon Diggs. No Vikings fan should be happy with the Stefon Diggs trade, and I'm here to tell you why.

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BJ Reidell and Drew Mahowald react to the Minnesota Vikings' decision to trade wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Buffalo Bills and review all the various transactions for the team with the start of free agency.

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Tick tock, let’s go! Wow! What a manic Monday for the Vikings. The Climbing The Pocket Network and Daily Norseman personalities recorded last night as the day’s developments were winding down. We had news of Kirk Cousins getting a 2 year extension, CJ Ham, re-signing and of course Britton Colquitt, the best holder in the league. Then we got into Stefon Diggs cryptic tweets. Was he just messing with the public or was taking a page from Antonio Brown or Odell Beckham Jr and working to get traded? Well, shortly after we recorded, that was answered. More on that on future CTPN shows. We touched on the franchise tagging of Anthony Harris and what that might mean, along with the tendering of Eric Wilson.

 The Vikings are making moves to free up cap space, but looked to spend it all in the first day, so we can expect more. Were they the right ones? Did you expect the Kirk Cousins extension so quickly? How about Ant Harris getting tagged? Do you think they’ll try to work out a long term extol with him? Tell us below or on Twitter.

 We hope you enjoy this type of formatted show. Dave from ‘Good Morning Gjallarhorn’, Jayson and Myles from ‘Climbing The Pocket’, Ryan from ’15 Minutes with Flipmazzi’, and Nick from ‘The Pocket Protectors’ 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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In this episode, Eric Eager and Nick Olson join Jayson Brown to discuss COVID-19, draft strategies, positional learning curves, and rebuilding.

To start the episode, Eric helps us to under the “drastic” or “extreme” response to COVID-19 in North America. Eric helps us to understand that the multiplicative nature of COVID-19’s infectiousness poses a great danger to the healthcare system. By practicing social distancing and improving cleanliness, we can flatten the curve which gives healthcare systems the ability to effectively treat people as needed

Next up, Nick challenges the conventional wisdom that the Vikings should address their worst starters in the opening rounds of the draft. While Pat Elflein and Shamar Stephen are among the worst starters at their respective positions, getting better at cornerback, especially after Xavier Rhodes was released, and wide receiver will likely net us more wins overall.

Eric builds on Nick’s point by pointing to recent work at Pro Football Focus by Mike Renner and Timo Riske letting us know why we should address needs in free agency and how learning curves can delay the returns when drafting talented players. Eric also reminds us that the best Vikings draft picks in recent memory weren’t needs based picks citing Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson, Robert Smith, and Daunte Culpepper.

Nick Olson’s reasons for optimism in 2020

Coaching

Kirk Cousins

Young Stars

Front Office

Eric gives us a run down on his article in which he discusses year over year defensive performance and then talks about how the Vikings can apply those principles to field a strong defense in 2020.

Will the Vikings be rebuilding in 2020? 

Vikings QB of the Future?

Anthony Gordon

Tyler Hundley

Jalen Hurts

Josh Love

Read Eric’s work

Offensive Line Fragility - https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-how-fragile-are-offensive-lines-pass-protection

Best Defensive Play-callers - https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-ranking-the-nfls-top-defensive-play-callers-2

Watch the best mock draft of all-time: https://youtu.be/_mB08IMnz9I 

Listen to Eric on the PFF Forecast:  https://www.podcastone.com/the-pff-forecast 

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