Official NFL Draft Day 1 Thread

[wist43]

Vikings take DB Gladney

Love to Gladney?? Sounds like it's in our future

[Rastak]

i have no clue if thats a good pick or not

i think i had a stroke about a half hour ago

No idea, guy I watch thought he'd be great in the 2nd so who knows.

[Bretsky]

Guy could become the next Favre.....anyway, Vikes on the clock and I gotta work in the morning.......

NICE PICK Rastak; gotta be a great day for a Viking fan to get these two guys. Producers with nice talent and upside.

[mraynrand]

This thread looks a lot like the 2005 draft thread.

[red]

The more experienced scout (Marino) from The Draft Network--as opposed to Crabbs from an earlier part.

Jordan Love isn’t without his warts but he possesses a high-level physical skill set and peaks on tape that reveal the ceiling of a potential dynamic NFL starting quarterback. His arm talent and mobility is perfect for the trends of today’s NFL and there is no limitations to what he can do on the field. The full playbook is open for Love and then some. With that said, he does need to make notable strides in several key areas including decision-making, timing and accuracy to achieve his ceiling. An early investment in Love is a bet on yourself to be able to develop his overall game but his upside is worth the calculated risk.

oh, he just isn't good at the 3 most important things a QB needs

[GB-Brandon]

It isn't so much that Gute is throwing in the towel for Rodgers final years - it's the combination of that along with the pick itself, i.e. Love's tape does not look good at all.

They just drafted him on pure speculation... b/c to date - he's not been very good.

The kid threw 17 picks last year!! Yikes, is the word that comes to mind.

It’s so crazy. It’s even crazier then Gary last year. Gute is gonna go down hard and fast. Mayhem in Green Bay sooner then later.

[Freak Out]

Wow. Just got off a flight to see this. Lol

[red]

This thread looks a lot like the 2005 draft thread.

i loved the rodgers pick

this feels more like last years pick, or the fucking harrell draft

[Joemailman]

The reactions here are kind of funny. Trade Rodgers? Not now. The plan here would seem to be exactly what the plan was when they drafted Rodgers. How did that work out? Don't know how it will turn out, but the plan has worked before.

[GB-Brandon]

I’d rather have Hurts then Love. At least Hurst is a “Winner”.

Love is punk

[mraynrand]

You should have seen what people were saying about Tedford QBs in 2005.

[Bretsky]

Welcome to 3-13

You are going against my long term philosophy as a perrenial players loser.

Rodgers for many many years gets us right to 8 wins. We get a couple to few more each year to make the playoffs.

Then the lack of talent catches up to us and we get bounced. We didn't help our chances at all today.

And I'm not sure the 8 wins Rodgers would always get us to is accurate anymore.

But having an elite QB gets us to about 8 wins.

[Rastak]

From my perspective the Vikings got a WR and CB and some extra picks. No OL so we'll see what tomorrow night brings.

[texaspackerbacker]

I felt the same way 16 years ago when we drafted Rodgers, and that turned out pretty good. I'd rather draft have Love than Tua. Apparently Love is excellent physically, great arm and mobile - it's just the damn interceptions. If the kid learns and becomes Rodgers-like in sitting behind him for 2, 3, 4, maybe 5 years, then this could turn out all right.

There are still plenty of good WRs including my guy Duvernay. I did not want an ILB. A first round O Lineman would have been risky. There probably was not a D Lineman they liked (and I have some hope for that FA pick up Willis).

It ain't the end of the world.

[Bretsky]

This thread looks a lot like the 2005 draft thread.

Back when a guy who was once projected as the top player in the draft free fell because very few teams had a need for a QB and Rodgers Fell into our Lap

SO MANY differences