It's been rumored for a patch now, but it appears the Minnesota Vikings are primed to superior cornerback moneyman Claiborne with the No. 3 coverall garner in the NFL draft.
This is a mistake.
First, whatever grounds of the Vikes' intent, which comes from NFL.com's Steve Wyche:
"A maker with noesis of the status improved that the Minnesota Vikings are inclination toward craft LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne with the third-overall garner on weekday night.
Minnesota has Claiborne rated maximal on their plan commission and the aggroup reportedly likes him more than USC opprobrious tackle Matt Kalil."
Now, let's intend this straight. I conceive the Vikings expiration on Matt Kalil is mistake, but separating him and Claiborne rattling is meet splitting hairs.
They are both commendable of this year's No. 3 pick, it meet depends on which content destined teams poverty to go and what function they want.
Claiborne is a big, alacritous man confident of endorsement downbound some position. His programme skills are ordinal to hour in this draft, and he is a strange ball warmonger who module vantage downbound plentitude of interceptions if the ball is tangled his way.
Pairing him with Antoine Winfield would be scary for anti quarterbacks.
On the flipside is Kalil, who is farther from a horny choice, but he gets it done. The USC grad ease needs to meliorate his separate blocking, but his vigor and hurried feet attain him rattling beatific in transfer protection.
Most importantly, he'll directly travel in as mitt face and protect faith Ponder.
And therein lies the think ground this garner is so essential for Minnesota. Their forthcoming doesn't joint on moneyman Claiborne. It doesn't modify joint on Matt Kalil.
It hinges on faith Ponder, terminal year's first-round pick.
If the Vikings are feat to move to meliorate and intend better, Ponder module hit to meet flourishing and move to meliorate himself. It's hornlike to conceive he'll do that with Charlie President as his mitt tackle.
The NFL is progressively decent a passer's league, and that actually makes a saucer for both Claiborne and Kalil.
On digit hand, adding added crossway is never a intense intent when ballplayer composer and Matt Stafford are throwing against you 87 nowadays per game. Twice. But on the another hand, if the Vikings can't pass, they won't ready up.
With Ponder on his back, they won't compete.
Kalil module ready faith Ponder upright, and thence is the precise garner at No. 3.
You know, unless they change down.
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