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frosted wrote:Ya'll got any more of those free agent rumors?

HardcoreVikesFan wrote:
LMAO at the Tyrone Biggums reference. Hahahaha.

John_Viveiros wrote:It's hard to decide what to target in this draft for me in the first round.

I think our receiving corps is adequate - Jarius is a nice #3 guy, and Jennings a solid #2. Can Patterson or Johnson emerge as a #1 threat? Rudolph is a stud when healthy, and Ford has been decent as his backup. You can always get better, but it doesn't cry out as a position of need to me.

If we lose 3/5 of the offensive line to injury again, it doesn't really matter much - you just aren't going to get great production in the run game or solid pass protection from the 6-8 best OL's on your team. It seems to me that Boling is a guy we might want to overpay for a tad, just to solidify the position.

So that makes the guys I really like - the top three WR's and Scherff - picks that really don't fill a hole (assuming we grab Boling or another G).

That means the best player in a position of need would be Wayne. But I'm a bit skittish on first round CB's.

So perhaps the best thing that can happen from my standpoint is that we sign Boling, and don't have a strong need/value pick available at #11, and can really play all the options, including trading back to the #21 area, to pick up a mid-second. And we could use that to get back into the first round again, so we can have the standard Double-Rick-Pick.

Jets will sign G James Carpenter.
After striking out on big-ticket guards like Orlando Franklin and Mike Iupati, the Jets settle for Carpenter. The Seahawks' first-round pick in 2011 has struggled with conditioning for much of his career, in part leading to 19 missed games across four seasons. Carpenter, a far better pass-protector than run-blocker, will replace Willie Colon for the Jets.
Source: Mike Garafolo on Twitter
Tue, Mar 10 2015 7:05 AM

Pondering Her Percy wrote: I have to imagine this just about locks up Boling for us!!

dead_poet wrote:FYI the rumors about the Vikings' interest in Crabtree were apparently false. They hadn't contacted his agent as of last night per Darren Wolfson.

@ArifHasanNFL --- Imagine Boling will go for more RT @Rand_Getlin: Source: four-year deal for OG James Carpenter and the #Jets worth roughly $4.75M per year.

The Minnesota Vikings continued to take stock of the free-agent market at a number of different positions on Monday, but there was a noticeable focus on the secondary through their efforts.

According to league sources, the Vikings made calls on a wide range of cornerbacks, from the Green Bay Packers' Davon House to the Philadelphia Eagles' Bradley Fletcher. According to 1500ESPN.com, they also called about Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Brice McCain, and they were believed to have inquired about the Dallas Cowboys' Sterling Moore, as well. It's advisable to take news of these preliminary phone calls with a grain of salt -- expressing interest in a player is free, after all -- but we can at least see a trend in the players the Vikings are discussing.