With the Vikings being the Viqueens and all, it is entirely possible that they don't trade for a decent vet QB, either trading for a bum (McNabb) or nobody. In either case, they will have to grab a young QB in the second round, assuming they haven't given up that choice for a bum. Here is the revised draft, assuming that we keep all of our current picks. Made a change or two from 1.0 as my latest guess is that some of those players will no longer be available.
First Round: Anthony Castonzo, OT, Boston College
Second Round: Andy Dalton, QB, TCU: The red-headed wonder will be our QB for many years to come. Must be careful Harbaugh doesn't draft him for the 49'ers. I'm thinking that Harbaugh will be waiting for Mr. Luck to graduate next year.
Fourth Round: Ahmad Black, SS, Florida: We need an upgrade. Black can both cover and tackle.
Fifth Round: Andrew Jackson, G, Fresno St.: Can start at RG right away, making Herrera expendable.
Ladie Ajiboye, DL, S. Carolina
Sixth Round: Christian Ballard, DT, Iowa:
Luke Stocker, TE, Tenn.
Seventh Round: Ryan Whalen, WR, Stanford: Smarter and faster than the departed Mr. Rice.
Scott Lutres, ILB, UConn: Great addition to our weak tackling special teams.
I am hoping that Ray Edwards will stay with the team, and that his fledgling boxing career goes well. If we keep him, add Ballard and Ajiboye to the rotation, and Robison continues to be a useful sub, we will have the best DL rotation in the league. Castonzo and Hutchinson on the left of the O-Line, Jackson and McKinney on the right, and Loadholt the chief sub, all we need is for either Sullivan or Cooper to be at least average to have an outstanding line. We could actually make the playoffs. Amazing. We'll have to see how it all shakes out. My biggest worry is that we will waste our first round pick on D'Quan Bowers, DE, Clemson, who is already so busted up the will probably never play a productive down. That would be a typical Vikings move. I hope I don't have to scream on draft day!
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