VNC's Rebuilding Mock

vikesnewcoach11 · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:21 am Post subject: VNC's Rebuilding Mock

-I say we finish 7-9 by beating St. Louis.
-Bill Musgrave is fired and we bring in Norv Turner as our new OC

Players resigned
FB- Jerome Felton- 3 yrs
RT- Phil Loadholt- 5 yrs
RG- Geoff Schwartz- 2 yrs
DT- Kevin Williams- 3 yrs
DT- Fred Evans- 1 yr
OLB- Erin Henderson- 3 yrs
ST- Larry Dean- 2 yrs
LB- Marvin Mitchell- 1 yr
CB- AJ Jefferson- 2 yrs
CB- Marcus Sherels- 1 yr
SS- Jamarca Sanford- 2 yrs

Players Let Go
WR- Jerome Simpson
WR- Michael Jenkins
WR- Devin Aromashadu
WR- Stephen Burton
TE- John Carlson
OL- Joe Berger
DT- Letroy Guion
MLB- Jasper Brinkley
S- Andrew Sendejo

**Toby Gerhart is traded to Indianapolis for future picks

Free Agency

WR- Dwayne Bowe- 5 yrs

DT- Terrance Knighton- 4 yrs

TE- Dante Rosario- 2 yrs

DRAFT

Round 1

MLB- Alec Ogletree

Round 2

WR- Da'Rick Rogers

Round 3

OG- Travis Frederick

Round 4

S- Bacarri Rambo

Round 4

CB- Nickell Robey

Round 5

RB- Kenjon Barner

Round 6

P- Ryan Allen

Round 7

OG- Sam Brenner

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biggsohnasty · Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Posts: 315

Slow clap...into bursting applause

I for one think this mock offseason is as close to the perfect/ideal offseason as it gets.

My few nitpicks would be about Rogers in the 2nd round. He's a huge talent, but to get kicked off a team takes a lot. He could be the best WR in this draft, but he could very well be suspended half the time. Too many volatile personalities in a WR core could be a disaster.

The other is that while I love taking Ogletree, Rogers and Rambo from a talent standpoint there is certainly a nervousness about their characters and if you build a locker room with too many of those guys it could be an issue down the road. That could be a mute point given Spielman's ability to vet those issues.

Again, this feedback is mostly nitpicking because I am a HUGE fan of the entire offseason and I think the team we would field in 2013 could be an 11-5 caliber squad.

vikesnewcoach11 · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 3:13 am Post subject:

Bodysuit Man · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 636 Location: Virginia

I can't believe I'm saying this but I have no problems with any move you've proposed. Bravo. Cool

(Of course this means NONE of this has a chance of actually happening)
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rpmwr19 · Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 16906 Location: Stillwater, MN

Solid mock,

You actually have us re-signing a few guys that are under contract through next year still...

DT - Fred Evans
LB - Tyrone McKenzie (rotoworld has him signed thru next year, sportrac has him as an RFA - so I'm not sure on him)
LB - Larry Dean
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LoverInTheCold · Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 1580 Location: Piscataway, NJ

I can't get behind any mock that has us re-signing Erin Henderson.

Draft class is pretty decent, but I echo some of the sentiments on Rogers.

Ogletree is perhaps my 3rd most coveted player for us in this draft after Te'o and Keenan Allen.
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twslhs20 · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:58 pm Post subject:

who ever signs bowe is making a huge mistake. Calling it now
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I don't see Bowe landing in Minnesota
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vikesnewcoach11 · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:11 pm Post subject:

SteelKing728 · Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 10849 Location: Pittsburgh

Outside of Bowe, I'd say this is a very good mock.

(allthough I'd much rather have Bowe on the outside than anything we have right now).
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GoneWithTheWind · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:00 pm Post subject:

Overall I really like it. I don't see the team letting go of Kluwe after 1 bad year though and I prefer Arthur Brown over Alec Ogletree but that's just me, If we were to get Bowe I would completely be on board with Da'Rick Rogers in RD2. Terrance Knighton would be an amazing sign fill the role Pat Williams used to have when teams didn't even bother to try running the ball.

Splendid Mock Sir. Applause

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vikesnewcoach11 · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:53 pm Post subject:

Nzd07 · Joined: 13 Nov 2010 Posts: 1037

Overall I like it.

Those FA inquisitions would be ideal. Bowe might have some problems with drops, but he's still 10x better than anything we have on the outside, and expecting a rookie to produce like he does is just asinine.

LOVE Ogletree. He's my ideal 1st round pick barring a superb talent falling to us. He looks like a nice fit to our scheme, and looks really good in coverage.

I'd be hesitant to draft Rogers, but the guy can play. He's a high risk/high reward type player. I'd rather go with Patterson, but if he's gone, I wouldn't be too upset if we picked him.

I'd also like us to bring in either Flynn or Smith to try and push Ponder, and possible take over for him if he still sucks next year.

twslhs20 · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:29 pm Post subject: