I hope you guys enjoy, Off Season Mock 12/08/12

KeithVikings28 · Joined: 21 Sep 2012 Posts: 356

If you disagree with anything I put on here please leave feedback with reasons supporting your statements. I really enjoy reading what other people think the Vikings should do. Thanks for reading, here we go:

Players leaving:
RB Matt Asiata
LB Erin Henderson
LB Jasper Brinkley
LB Tyrone Mckenzie
S Jamarca Sanford
WR Jerome Simpson
S Andrew Sendejo
WR Devin Aromashodu

Cuts:
OL Charlie Johnson
DT Letroy Guion
WR Michael Jenkins
WR Stephen Burton
CB Brandon Burton

Resign:
OG Geoff Schwartz
C Joe Berger
OT Phil Loadholt
CB AJ Jeffersom
CB Marcus Sherels
LB Marvin Mitchell

Free Agents Signed:
WR Dwayne Bowe
DT Terrance Knighton
OG Kraig Urbik

2013 Draft:
1st- ILB Alec Ogltree UGA
2nd- WR Da'Rick Rogers TTU
3rd- OLB Arthur Brown KSU
4th- OT Ricky Wagner WIS, CB Nickell Robey USC
5th- WR Quinton Patton LT
6th- DT Everett Dawkins FSU, SS Brandon Bishop NCSU

UDFA:
RB Chris Thompson FSU

Free Agents
Rookies
UDFA

2013 Depth Chart:
Offense-
QB- Ponder, Webb, Bethel-Thompson
RB- Peterson, Gerhart, Thompson
FB- Felton
WR-Bowe, Harvin, Rogers, Wright, Patton, Childs
TE- Rudolph, Carlson, Ellison
LT- Kalil
LG- Urbik, Asper
C- Sullivan, Berger
RG- Schwartz, Fusco
RT- Loadholt, Wagner

Defense-
LDE- Robinson, Reed
UT- Williams, Ballard, Dawkins
NT- Knighton, Evans
RDE- Allen, Griffen
WLB- Brown, Mitchell
MLB- Ogletree, Cole
SLB- Greenway, Dean
LCB- Robinson, Winfield
NCB- Robey, Sherels
RCB- Cook, Jefferson
SS- Raymond, Blanton
FS- Smith, Bishop

PrplChilPill · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 7806 Location: SLP, MN

I endorse this offseason, under the assumption no QB is coming. This team is a lot better than the current version.
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CriminalMind · Joined: 25 Aug 2011 Posts: 2965 Location: Toronto, CA

I this there is a lot of nice moves and picks in this mock.

WR Dwayne Bowe & DT Terrance Knighton is slightly ambitious.

Your draft picks are fairly good.
I still have my reservations with Ogltree. I dont question his coverage abilities, slightly on run tho.

I think Carlson should be cut. Carlson will not be seeing much throws with a Kyle/Bowe/Harvin/Rogers/Wright WR crew. His salary wont be justified, and I suppose that his playing time would be slashed as you run 3 WRs + 1 TE sets more often then not.

Starting Positions Upgraded - WR (2), MLB, OLB, DT, LG

Lots of Dead Weight Starting & Backups Cut

Winfield -- If he stays another season, he would be starting. He has arguably been the #1 pure CB this season in the league.
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Nozizaki · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:06 am Post subject:

Love the mock, but I can't see Arthur Brown making it to round 3, especially midway. He's ranked #35 in the class overall by Kiper.
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I miss Percy Harvin...

vikingsrule · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:06 am Post subject:

Pretty good all around, though I would be hesitant to start 2 LBs. Well, technically, one of them would only be a part time player given the abundance of nickel, regardless, I would probably prefer to bring back Erin Henderson as a two down player and bring in a 3 down MLB.

John Carlson should be cut. Id hang onto Tyrone McKenzie, heck of a special teams player and I think he can actually play some defense, unlike guys like Heath Farwell, Eric Frampton and Larry Dean of the world.

PrplChilPill · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 7806 Location: SLP, MN

Funny, I didn't even notice Carlson still had a job in this mock, I just assumed every mock now had him being cut.....but yes, I agree, he is vastly overpaid.
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ArcticNorseman · Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 1431 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska

Nice draft and off-season moves.

I like the thought of the Vikes keeping Carlson another year. I totally understand the views of cutting him though, especially given his contract versus production. The thing I like is he has the same abilities as our starter, so should injury occur, he'll be able to step in and not short the gameplan.

I'm not sold on keeping Evans as a back up NT, and Knighton might be a tough one to get. With the depth of big NTs in the draft, might get a good one in Rds 3 or 4 to push Guion or replace him and Evans.

Also, like your choices for new LBs. The Vikes need discplined speed deamons out there. We've had supposed "bring the wood" guys at MLB for so long it's been accepted that the guy doesn't need to make plays in coverage or blitz. Urlacher, Lewis, Willis and guys like them make their mark at MLB in 16 games, and I was hopeful Brinkley would make his, but it hasn't happened.