I liked this post by Judd Zulgad today.
Who is Mike Mayock? Well, he's an NFL Network college football analyst who gets a lot of face time this time of the year talking about college players, what they do well, what they don't do well and what impact they might have in the NFL. He's also knows the pro game pretty well. And if you've ever heard him do commentary during Viking preseason games, you know that if Mayock left his current job to do commentary for Fox or CBS or NBC or ESPN on NFL games, he'd instantly be the best analyst on TV.
Anyhow, Mayock has some interesting things to say about the Vikings here. Like his belief that Percy Harvin could be just the player the Vikings offence needs. Or his suggestion that the Vikings take undersized, but talented, West Virginia quarterback Pat White with its second round pick, as Zulgad mentions in this paragraph.
Mayock went on to say that he would like to see the Vikings take West Virginia quarterback Pat White in the second round. There has been some concern about what position White will play in the NFL. “[I would] line him up as a Wildcat with Adrian Peterson,” Mayock said. “I think that would give defensive coordinators nightmares.”
However, as Zulgad alludes to at the end of the post, if there's a coach that I could never imagine running the wildcat in the NFL, it's Brad Childress.
The Vikings like to run a trick play now and then. And they'll throw the obligatory two long bombs per game to Bernard Berrian. But mostly the Vikings have not been a creative offence under Childress (and that's probably being kind.) They do a few things well and they do them over and over. They are predictable, and when Adrian Peterson can't find holes to run through, they are easy to defend.
Perhaps that would change with better personnel. But I tend to think not. Brad Childress does not appear to be an outside-the-box offensive thinker. Which is why Pat White will probably be wearing another uniform on draft day besides the Vikings.
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Offensive playmakers? like Anquan Boldin perhaps? A one and a three...I think maybe it is reasonable. He is very tough and has great hands.
NHV:
Lots of media types think the Eagles are going to swing a trade for Boldin. It makes sense – except the Eagles don't like to part with draft picks.
I've never been a huge Boldin fan. And I wonder why he wants to get out of Arizona now that they've kind of turned the corner. But I wouldn't complain if the Vikes traded for him. But why would you give up a one and three for a player who touches the ball seven or eight times a game, but you wouldn't part with similar compensation for a 25-year-old quarterback coming off a Pro Bowl?
This is Brad Childress we are talking about here.
Fair point. Boldin's not going to Philly now anyway after the trade for Jason Peters.
And I read that the Vikings made a point of saying that they are not interested in Boldin. Said the 1 and 3 was too much, which I cannot make a good argument against.
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