PJD is on vacation. During this time, we’ve decided we’ll take a quick look at potential Minnesota Vikings draft picks for the second or later rounds. With so many needs and so many draft picks to get this team back to a place where we can at least pretend they are respectable, we’ll have plenty of ground to cover. Let us know what you think of each prospect in the comments, and whether or not they’d be a good fit or impact player, and of course if you can think of a funny nickname for them.
Today, we look at LSU safety, Brandon Taylor, who absolutely has to be better than Tyrell Johnson, right?
From ESPN’s draft analysis, which was probably written by a monkey and a snake in a romantic tryst:
Overall Football Traits
1 = Exceptional2 = Above average3 = Average4 = Below average5 = Marginal Safety Specific Traits
1 = Exceptional2 = Above average3 = Average4 = Below average5 = Marginal |
Safety is clearly an issue for the Minnesota Vikings, maybe one of the largest issues. For the past … what … two? three? FOUR?! … years now, the safety position has been so devoid of life and talent that it looks like your mom giving a blow Jay. I think the last passable safety we had was Darren Sharper, and he is easily 76 years old now, if that puts the need for safety into perspective. The Vikings have interesting potential back there with Husain Abdullah, Jamarca Sanford, and even Eric Frampton, but at some point the have to bite the bullett and upgrade the position. Unfortunately, the 2012 draft isn’t as safety heavy as other drafts have been recently, leaving the possibility of finding an immediate impact player in the draft a small one. Brandon Taylor does have the petigree to maybe turn into a big time player for the Vikings at safety, however. Right at about 6 feet tall and just over 200 pounds, he’s got average size, but great speed. In addition, he’s been a critical cog in the LSU defense for the last two years, when their defense could easily have shut down the Vikings offense. My concern would be his strength (his bench press numbers from the combine should be out by now) and his “play-making ability” as understood through turnovers, but if he’s preventing guys from catching the ball and lighting someone up occassionally, that alone would probably harden my loins because I don’t even know what that type of play looks like from the safety position anymore. At this point, if someone just does their job I’ll pretty much call them a Hall of Famer. And with Taylor ranked as the 81st player overall (but 4th best safety!), he’d be attainable in the 3rd round, which would be solid value for our shit-balls team.
The only downfall is that he might smell like corndogs. You know, LSU fans and corndogs? Look it up.
What say you?
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