If you cared to look at my last post on the Vikings, you would have noticed that I had some good points and points I would rather dismiss as foggy-eyed and dreamy. Hey, predictions are pretty hard things to master.
Anyhoobastank, I am proud to say that I hit a home run by selecting Anthony Barr in my mock draft. I did not anticipate the Vikings moving back into the first round to nab Teddy Bridgewater. I was thinking more in the lines of Derek Carr in Round Two, but suffice to say both QBs have shown they may eventually be the class of this class.
Overall, I was pretty happy with their selections and the hiring of Mike Zimmer seems to have been a good choice. I have to be honest, I wasn't sure about Zimmer. When analysts say things like, "It's time for Mike Zimmer to get his chance" and yet has not, I began to wonder if he had head coaching "scruples." I didn't want another Rod Marinelli situation, but in the Vikings case. I was okay with the Lions making questionable choices, but the Vikings? No. However, I was not a big fan of the Leslie Frazier choice. Especially when there were proven coaches out there like, Jim Harbaugh. Yes, he was at Stanford, but he was a Michigan guy, and now IS a Michigan guy again. There was also Ron Rivera. He may not have been the smartest, but he's a tough, hard-nosed guy who gets the most of his players. Then there was John Fox...enough said about his track record. By the way, Chuck Pagano and Jeff Fisher were out there as well.
I am not saying that Zimmer was a bad choice. He strikes me as a Ron Rivera type. I hope he can keep Norv Turner as his OC for at least a couple more years before retirement or moving on. I was more or less pointing the finger at the Frazier hire when they could have held onto Childress for the rest of the season and then opened the door to a wide variety of other candidates.
Okay, closing that door. I am hopeful for the Vikings in the coming years. I see a decline in the Packers over the next few years, not sure if Fox can rebuild the Bears with Cutler as his QB, and the Lions will fade soon as is their history. With some hiccups here and there, the Vikings have a way of making that consistent performance a franchise way of life. We have had our down years these past three to four years. It's time for the Vikings to re-emerge as Kings of the NFC North and vie for that elusive Super Bowl title that has eluded them.
I am not being foggy-eyed or dreamy on this one. In this day and age of sports, it seems that any team can win a championship at any given time, just look at the Buccaneers. The BUCCANEERS!
SKOL VIKES!
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