With The 26th Pick In The 2008 MHR Community Mock Draft...

by John Bena (aka TheSportsGuru) on Apr 22, 2008 6:45 AM MDT Comment 11 comments

WE HAVE A TRADE!!!

The Jacksonville Jaguars, represented by MHR Favorite Claaaaas has made a trade with Jon Tollerud and the Minnesota Vikings. The details are below --

Minnesota Gets - #26 Overall

Jacksonville Gets - #47, #113, #142 and #173

Claaaaas breaks it down this way - Our board was hit hard by the last couple of picks, so i don't see value enough among the currently available players. Receivers has to be extremely good for us to take him as we have invested a lot of money on the position in reloadingseason (Williamson, Porter). I don't see any pass rusher-value or corner value(Merling's injury-problems scare us a bit). DT is also a need (departure of Stroud), but i have 3 on my board, and at least one of the three will be available when we pick again.

With the 26th Pick, the Minnesota Vikings and Jon Tollerud select....

via www.draftinsiders.com

KENNY PHILLIPS, S - MIAMI Vikings' GM - Jon Tollerud -- The Minnesota Vikings were willing to take this chance to trade up and grab a well rounded player. We have Darren Sharper and Williams Starting at safety with two young guys here but Sharper is not getting any younger and the depth we have here is just that. Depth! We Select Kenny Phillips and will start from day one prepping him to take the place of Sharper when he retires in the next few seasons. You may criticize our trade of a handful of picks to move up but we have three real areas of concern, Safety, Defensive End and Quarterback. Addressing #1 (DE) earlier we now fix our #2 (Safety) and can focus on depth because we signed Frerotte and thus secured our belief in Tarvaris Jackson for at least one more season.

The Draft So Far --

#1 - Miami Dolphins - DE Chris Long, Virginia
#2 - St. Louis Rams - OT Jake Long, Michigan
#3 - Atlanta Falcons - DT Glen Dorsey, LSU
#4 - Oakland Raiders - RB Darren McFadden, Arkansas
#5 - Philadelphia Eagles(via Trade w/ K.C. Chiefs) - DE Vernon Gholston, Ohio St.
#6 - New York Jets - DB Leodis McKelvin, Troy St.
#7 - New England Patriots - CB Dominique Rogers-Cromartie, Tennessee State
#8 - Baltimore Ravens - QB Matt Ryan, Boston College
#9 - Cincinnati Bengals - DT Sedrick Ellis, USC
#10 - New Orleans Saints - CB Mike Jenkins, USF
#11 - Buffalo Bills - WR Malcolm Kelly, Oklahoma
#12 - Minnesota Vikings(via trade with Denver) - DE Derrick Harvey, Florida
#13 - Carolina Panthers - OT Ryan Clady, Boise St.
#14 - Chicago Bears - RB Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois
#15 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers(via Trade w/ Detroit) - LB Keith Rivers, USC
#16 - Arizona Cardinals - DE/LB Quentin Groves, Auburn
#17 - Denver Broncos - OT Chris Williams, Vanderbilt
#18 - Houston Texans - CB Aqib Talib, Kansas
#19 - Kansas City Chiefs - OG Branden Albert, Virginia
#20 - Detroit Lions - RB Jonathon Stewart, Oregon
#21 - Washington Redskins - WR Limas Sweed, Texas
#22 - Dallas Cowboys - RB Felix Jones, Arkansas
#23 - Pittsburgh Steelers - OT Jeff Otah, Pittsburgh
#24 - Tennessee Titans - WR Mario Manningham, Michigan
#25 - Seattle Seahawks - QB Brian Brohm, Louisville
#26 - Minnesota Vikings(via Trade w/ Jacksonville) - S Kenny Phillips, Miami

The Rest of the 1st Round --

27. San Diego (11-5) -- Brian
28. Dallas (13-3) -- jlwyatt6767
29. San Francisco (from Indianapolis) (13-3) -- braekneck
30. Green Bay (13-3) -- PoorBoyWilly
31. NO PICK -- BroncoDude793
32. New York Giants (10-6) -- Russ

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If someone told me

4 extra picks will ensure you two of the best defensive players in positions of need at the beginning of this mock I would have thought you were crazy. I guess thats why its a mock!

Davis to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on Apr 22, 2008 9:13 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

lol yes, that's why it's a mock

Mocks with friends are always fun to do…especially ones involving trades. If the Vikes had THIS kind of a draft on draft day…I don’t know what I’d do. Nice work!

by phantom818 on Apr 22, 2008 9:16 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

The Minnesota Vikings.

2008’s Cleveland Browns. Wheelin’ and dealin’! :)

My MHR Blog Posts

by Zappa on Apr 22, 2008 4:57 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I like to think the wheeling and dealing will lead to good results.

It was a bit of a sacrafice but the vikings really cant afford to wait for the draft next year on teh off chance that Sharper will stay one mroe season. The otehr thought here was Chad Henne. It would be fun to “Plummer-ize” Taravis but after signing Frerotte It woudl be stupid to spend a high round pick on a guy who will be third or fourth on the chart because Gus-Gus is going to be the back up that Ramsey is here. I still Wish Jake woudl have stayed in back up for Cutler but sometimes its just time to go.

Davis to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on Apr 22, 2008 6:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

However,

The Udeze news about the illness is good for the Vikings. I hope wish him and his family the best. That’s where that first round pick you pulled off was a success. You probably could’ve ended up with Merling at the least, had you waited, and instead of taking the risky “wait and see” approach, you nabbed Harvey. I only wish it was that easy and everyone was that nice in the NFL as we are at this community when doing a Mock.

by phantom818 on Apr 22, 2008 8:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

As a Jaguars fan...

I can tell you without doubt that if Merling is available, the Jaguars would bite. (No pun intended, I swear).

That said, getting a whole mess of picks would be seriously considered, though probably for a re-package toward the top of the 2nd.

Good trade though, certainly a bunch of value.

-Chris

Big Cat Country!:: The Official Home of the Unofficial Blog of the Jacksonville Jaguars!

by River City Rage on Apr 22, 2008 5:11 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for your nice comments...

...about me and the MHR Football University over at Big Cat Country. I’m always here if you need me.

Looking forward to our match-up this season!

Best,
HT

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by hoosierteacher on Apr 23, 2008 6:54 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's nice

to see that I completely screwed up the first overall pick.

by hercules rockefeller on Apr 23, 2008 11:02 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

No worries

Look at what I did! Minnesota just traded everything I did away for Allen instead of two first round picks. I was gongi to try and improve through depth!

Davis to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on Apr 23, 2008 11:40 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but

to get the first pick wrong? Just goes to show that I have no clue as to what I’m talking about.

by hercules rockefeller on Apr 23, 2008 2:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It'd be worse

to have gotten the first pick wrong yesterday. It’s just a mock draft…I don’t even put too much stock in it anyway. I got lucky when I went with Jake Long. There were really four players the Fins could’ve gone with here (maybe three at the least).

by phantom818 on Apr 23, 2008 2:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs