As each
draft closes I like to look at the Vikings upcoming schedule and see picks from
other teams and see how they do vs the Purple.
Preseason
starts with the Saints but they had no first round picks then we come home to
play the Seattle Seahawks who drafted DE, LJ Collier out of TCU so we will see
him try and penetrate our tackles.
The third
game of the preseason at home vs the Cardinals we will hopefully see # one pick
overall, Kylar Murray. The third game is usually the boring game because
typically no starters get action so we will see this stays true or Murray.
The last game
of the preseason the team travels to see the Buffalo Bills who drafted at pick
nine, Defensive Tackle, Ed Oliver out of the University of Houston. I had seen
a couple mock drafts with the Vikes taking him so I will be interested to see
how he does vs our guards and center.
The season
opens at home vs the Atlanta Falcons who drafted at #14, Chris Lindstrom guard
out of Boston College. I had seen so many mock drafts with him coming to the
Vikings so I will be excited to see how our defense does against Lindstrom.
The next
game at Lambeau Field will see two first round picks by the Packers with #12,
Rashan Gary, defensive end out of University of Michigan and pick 21, Darnell
Savage safety out of Maryland.
The Oakland
Raiders come to Minnesota with 3 first round picks with # 4 pick Clelin Ferrell,
DE out of Clemson, #24 Josh Jacobs, RB out of Alabama and #27 Jonathon Abram,
Safety out of Mississippi State.
The team
travels to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears who had no first round
picks so on to a road game at the New York Giants who like the Raiders had three
picks. The Giants took with the 6th pick controversial, Daniel Jones
QB out of Duke. I say controversial because I believe the pick at 6 of Jones
has the football world baffled. The Giants took at 17, Dexter Lawrence, DT out
of Clemson and last #30 Deandre Baker, CB out of Georgia.
The
Philadelphia Eagles invade US Bank with their pick # 22, Andre Dillard OT out
of Washington State.
The Vikes
travel to the Motor City to take on the Detroit Lions who took with pick #8 TJ
Hockenson, TE out of the University of Iowa. I had seen again through the mock
drafts the Vikes taking him. I really liked him but on this day I hope his day
does not go well vs the Vikings.
The
Washington Redskins come to US Bank with Case Keenum and Adrian Peterson and
also their pick at # 15 Dwyane Haskins QB from Ohio State. It’s unfortunate for
Keenum because all I heard watching the draft is Haskins will be starting at
some point of the season. The Redskins also took at pick 26, Montez Sweat, DE out of Mississippi State who some football experts had classified him as a top 10 talent so will see how he does vs our new offensive line.
The Vikes
next two games are on the road at Kansas City and then Dallas with neither of
these teams having a first round pick.
The Denver
Broncos come to US Bank with their pick at #20, Noah Fant, TE out of the Iowa.
This pick made history as he joins TJ Hokanson as the only two Tight Ends ever
drafted in the first round from the same college.
The Vikes
fly west to Seattle to once again face LJ Collier but this time during the
regular season so we will see how he is doing coming in to this game. The NFL
season is longer than the college season and much more physical.
The last
three of four games are home vs the Lions, Packers and Bears so we will see the
draft picks and how they do in the loudest stadium in the NFL.
The other game
sandwiched in is at Los Angeles Chargers who had pick #28, Jerry Tillery, DT
from Notre Dame so we will see how he does vs our offensive interior.
The draft in
my opinion is a real crap shoot so in the Vikings case each player we will see
we will wonder why that player was picked because we made them look silly and
foolish.
That’s all
from the draft
Thanks for
reading
Purplestick
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