Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Better Harvin than Heyward-Bey

* It's old news now, but Percy Harvin is your Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Keeping in mind how far Harvin dropped in the first round of last April's draft, here is a refresher on how the first round went down.

I cringe when I think that some draft analysts had the Vikings considering Darrius Heyward-Bey (he of the Troy Williamson speed and Troy Williamson hands) as their pick.

* A couple of interesting posts today by ESPN's Kevin Seifert.

In the first, he reports that Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is interviewing for Buffalo Bills head coaching job.

I've always liked Frazier and I think he is a good coach. However, if I was an owner looking for a new head guy for my football team, I'd ask myself why I was considering a fellow whose defence in 2009 ranked 15th in Football Outsiders' defensive rankings with players like Jared Allen, Kevin Williams, Chad Greenway and Antoine Winfield playing for him.

* In the second post, Seifert also analyzes the Vikings and the other NFC North teams here. His points are bang on, particularly the one about how lucky the Vikings were to not sign T.J. Whatshisname.

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