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Old 02-20-2011, 04:19 PM   #5
billylee0000
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Re: New Vikings Franchise - What a mess - Need Advice

here is what I did for my first year with the Vikes.

1) Converted Winfield to Strong Safety
2) Resigned Greenway (5-6 year deal), Resigned Henderson (2-3 year deal because he's getting old and Drafting a MLB, I can give him a few years to develop), Used my franchise tag on Ray Edwards.
3) Drafted Andrew Luck 3rd Overall in my draft (he ended up being 86 overall with A potential), drafted another corner, a few Olinemen, an DE, a DT (as I didn't bring pat williams back), and a WR if you can.

A few notes, Oline should be a need to address as well as Loadholt, Arerra and sullivan aren't good enough against better fast rushers. Hoping that you hit in the draft either this year or next, You should have a ok DE to back up Ray Edwards and start when he leaves.

Your corners will probably be Griffin, Allen, then Cook. If you play a lot of cover 2 zone, Asher Allen does a great job of shutting his zone out (90 zone coverage), otherwise start cook. If a good corner isn't found in the draft this year, make it a priority to find a good one next year because with Allen and Cook's contract expiring, it's better off drafting a CB and signing him than signing a Free Agent (as corner's are expensive).

With Vikings west coast playbook, You really just need a tall WR to compliment Percy as a lot of plays will have WRs switching spots (Percy Plays on the left sometimes and having a tall WR who you can throw a jump ball to in the endzone or so.). When Percy plays on the left it allows for lots of mismatches with opponent's 2nd corner in terms of speed. Percy should be a 90 OVR after his first year. I kept Greg Camerillo as a slot until I found a better slot WR. He's a good possession receiver in the slot.

Finding an upgrade at the LOLB should be addressed too especially if you like to blitz. Leber just doesn't do it for me. I went and got Pisa Tinoisamoa in FA to replace Leber because I liked his speed. Not a big upgrade, but one that'll be ok until I find a better one.

Hope this helped, good luck on ur franchise.

Last edited by billylee0000; 02-20-2011 at 04:47 PM.
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