[MorseMoose]

Originally Posted by twins15

WR - huge, obvious, glaring need. Sidney Rice is good, Wade is a solid slot guy... beyond that, it's ugly. They really need a #1, or at least a good #2. Should be their top priority.

Sure is sad that Williamson was such a bust :/. Things would be so much easier if he could just catch the damn ball.

DE - Hmmm... if they can get a good one, then yes. But really, I was more impressed by the rotation of Udeze/Edwards/Robison/Mitchell. Not great, but not as awful as their DE play has been in past years.

Need major help on pass rush defense.

T - Wouldn't mind someone to push Ryan Cook a little, but otherwise I didn't have many problems with how he played.

Cook? Blah. I guess you can't ask for a star at every position, but Cook just doesn't do it for me. I knew a guy in high school that had the same name as this guy...he was fat and sucked at football.

G - Don't see them going for anyone here except for depth. Hutch is arguably the best OL in the game, and Herrera played very well, and IIRC they recently gave him an extension.

Didn't know about Herrera's extension.

DB - Complicated situation. They have to decide what to do with Winfield (entering final year of contract, has expressed displeasure in the past)... beyond that, we pretty much got what we would have to expect from Griffin-McCauley-Gordon... inconsistency mixed with flashes of their talent. Again, what you'd expect from young corners. I'll address the safety position in a minute.

All good points.

QB - I think they need to bring in a solid, veteran backup. Obviously they can't go into next year with all of their eggs in Tarvaris' basket, but I think he showed enough to go into next year as the starter. Now, if someone like McNabb is available for a 2nd rounder (or maybe a 1st rounder), that would seem to be an attractive option. But at this point I wouldn't be disappointed if we went into next with year with someone like 1: Tarvaris 2: Pennington on the depth chart.

I know you like Jackson, but I just don't see him continuing his positive development. I'd much rather have McNabb/Pennington starting over Jackson. But, I don't see the Vikings making a move for either of those guys.

Coach - Obviously I've made my feelings clear here. I thought he made lots of progress throughout the year, and I've loved a lot of the personnel decisions he has made since he started. Bottom line, this franchise is in a much, much better place than it was before he got here... are there still some questions about his in-game coaching? Certainly. But he's still learning there, and I've seen improvement.

I think, comparing him to Mike Tice, he has done less with more. Sure, Tice had a little more of a established QB in Culpepper, but running, receiving and defense...I think Childress has more.

C - Birk seems to be getting closer to on his last legs... I would like to see the Vikings bring in a young guy to develop for a year or two.

I think you have to run with Birk as far as you can go. Young guy, sure...but I think Birk has to start until he's dead.

TE - Shiancoe was horrible. Maybe Garrett Mills can provide more next year (I'm excited about him -- I wish we had seen more of him before this game). Unfortunately, it's hard to do much since they gave Shiancoe that contract, but it would be nice to upgrade somehow.

Hmm...Shiancoe definitely isn't Tony Gonzalez, but I don't think he's horrible. Mills had a couple of nice catches.

Return man - Our special teams returning was not real good this year - save for Allison's 1 TD return and Adrian Peterson returning kicks (which hopefully won't be happening going forward)... a guy like Desean Jackson would seem to be ideal.

Special teams has always been a Viking weak spot, minus our aweeeeesommmmmeeee punter. I don't mind Peterson returning kicks, but he'll get hurt...so definitely need a return man.

Anyway, that's my quick impressions.

. Can't wait for the draft...though I hope they have a plan going in. While they got a good one with Peterson...I question the "draft the best player" philosophy they had in 2007.