re: Damn, Vikings really cleaned up last night

Patterson is probably the most athletic player in this draft. But it is like they were saying last night, he is more of a raw talent since he has little experience against real teams.

But he will AT THE LEAST be an immediate starter in special teams, and a slot receiver.

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shianco,

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No.

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Greg Jennings, Patterson, shianco, and Peterson ----- ponder creamed his pants last night.

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Rudolph is the tight end.

Jennings will be a great mentor for Patterson. He is still raw, so I would not expect great results right away. Two years from now though

Jarius Wright is going to have a nice year in the slot as well. Ponder fricking loves his bubble screens.

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Would anyone be shocked if the Vikings drafted a guy like Tyler Bray or Tyler Wilson in a later round? Have someone push Ponder, and if Ponder doesn't pan out (I think he can be a starter in the NFL, but he'll never be elite) you've got a backup with a nice skill set.

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I want Landry Jones in the 4th still. Cassel is the backup though.

To people saying they paid a king's ransom for Patterson, it might be a little exaggerated. They gave away 52, 83, 102, 227 for 29.

The seventh is useless. Basically, they traded their 83rd and 102nd pick to move up 23 spots. Probably a bit of an overpay, but it is far from a killer. Plus, the Vikings entered the draft with 11 picks.

For fun, I looked at a draft-pick value chart:

Pick number - pick value

29 - 640

52 - 380
83 - 175
102 - 92
229 - 2.5

Vikings received 640 points and the Patriots received 649.5 points. A gap of 9.5 is roughly worth the 207th pick. Fairly even according to this ESPN insider chart I found back in 2004. I am sure it is outdated, but close enough.

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I found a second draft value chart and it had the same values. This looks up-to-date, so I guess the values are still the same.

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If he makes a AJ Green type of year...ok it was worth it.

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It would be worth every draft pick for the next two years for AJ Green 2.0.

The key is to see how is he doing after three seasons. I hope the pressure is not too high on him.

I think I still would have preferred to wait to grab the last of the top six receivers and only traded if necessary because only one was left, but whatever.