2010 Mock Draft Among Blogs: Vikings’ Pick

March 30, 2010 | Filed underNam's Thoughts,Vikings | Posted by

The Minnesota Vikings have virtually every starter returning next season, of course,  assuming quarterback Brett Favre comes back.  Although the 40-year-old quarterback has yet to announce anything, the gut feeling among everyone is that he will absolutely return.  Favre’s teamates would even support him skipping training camp if it meant he would come back.

The Vikings would love to address the “quarterback of the future” in this draft, but taking a quarterback prospect not named Sam Bradford or Jimmy Clausen would be considered a long stretch.  Tim Tebow and Colt McCoy are in the Vikings’ draft board, but they may be targeted later in the draft.  In fact, trading out of the first round is not out of the question.

Since quarterback is not likely addressed at #30, the Vikings have two other areas of strong need; cornerback and defensive tackle. 

Defensive tackle Pat Williams is turning 38 next season, and the Vikings need to consider picking a player to succeed him.  The Vikings would love to take defensive tackle Dan Williams at #30, but he is an intriguing pick for many teams earlier in the draft.  Defensive tackle Terrence Cody will also get a strong consideration as well, but they would rather get him in the second or third round.

Both of the Vikings’ starting cornerbacks from 2009 are recovering from serious injuries.  Cedric Griffin suffered a torn ACL in the NFC Championship game, and Antoine Winfield missed half of the season and never got to 100% after fracturing his foot.  Winfield is also turning 33 next season.

With the 30th pick in the 2010 Mock Draft Among Blogs, the Vikings select:

***Patrick Robinson, CB, Florida State***

For a Vikings’ team that is arguably one of the Super Bowl favorites for next year, the Vikings are drafting a player that can help the team right away.  Robinson has great height and bulk, much like Griffin, the current starting right corner.  Robinson would provide depth and insurance in 2010 while being groomed to take over Winfield’s starting job down the line.

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  • Vikadan11

    And the ended up passing him by and drafting Cook ~ Who would have thunk it ~ Frasier was talking him up big time before the draft but I thought they were just using Cook as a smoke screen ~ Guess I was wrong ~ That doesn’t happen but once every 100 years ~ LOL

    The pick that struck me funny was the drafting of Gerhart ~ He runs a lot like AP ~ Was he Chester Taylor replacement or is he insurance policy in case AP and the Vikings cant work out a long term contract and that could be just around the corner ~

    What do you guys think about the Gerhart pick ~ ? I for like the fact the Vikings are trying to look ahead and based on what I have seen and read he seems like a great pick ~