Locked On Vikings - Daily Podcast On The Minnesota Vikings

The schedule is out! What can we learn? Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Prospect Of The Day: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/dru-samia Schedule! https://www.vikings.com/news/2019-minnesota-vikings-schedule Vikings and sleep science: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171011006017/en/Sleep-Number-Vikings-Announce-10-Year-Partnership-Focused Old Warren Sharp twitter thread on strength of schedule: https://twitter.com/sharpfootball/status/887471738006761472?s=21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aiming high with the prospect of the day, and treating the draft like a quirky auction. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Prospect of the day: https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/hype-surrounding-florida-ot-jawaan-taylor-is-real That emotional Harrison Smith moment: https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1118257761060446208 In the show I mistakenly said it was a children’s book but it’s a regular book, still, it’s totally a common thing: https://www.amazon.com/How-Eat-Elephant-Frank-Wiginton/dp/1118459733 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cost in the NFL can be nebulous. Let’s define it. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Prospect of the day: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/austin-bryant Jeffrey Simmons visit: https://twitter.com/courtneyrcronin/status/1114222396414865409?s=21 Thielen details: http://www.startribune.com/how-adam-thielen-s-new-deal-does-little-damage-to-vikings-salary-cap-situation/508608322/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thielen got a big check, and the mock drafts are getting harder. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Prospect Of The Day: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/chris-lindstrom Jordan Taylor thread: https://twitter.com/lukebraunnfl/status/1117208163160170496?s=21 Jeffrey Simmons and second chances: https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/jeffery-simmons-and-the-grey-area-of-second-chances Follow along with Mock Draft Monday! https://twitter.com/lukebraunnfl/status/1117519057853374464?s=21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What’s the point of draft trade charts? Why are there different ones? What can we use them for? Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Prospect Of The Day: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/kaleb-mcgary McGary’s story: https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/uw-lineman-kaleb-mcgary-im-finally-starting-to-see-speckles-of-light-man/ Context on his technique: https://www.cover1.net/nfl-draft-player-evaluation-scheme-technique/ The two value charts: http://www.footballperspective.com/draft-value-chart/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My least favorite Vikings target, and some football philosophy Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Preseason schedule:https://www.vikings.com/news/vikings-announce-2019-preseason-opponents Prospect Of The Day: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/greg-little Prisoner’s dilemma in a short video: https://youtu.be/t9Lo2fgxWHw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let’s do a mock draft and examine how different two “raw” players can be.  Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Karter Schult: https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2019/02/karter-schult-2/ Prospect Of The Day: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/miles-boykin Mock Draft to follow along! https://twitter.com/lukebraunnfl/status/1115443087805825024?s=21 4th round poll:https://twitter.com/lukebraunnfl/status/1115432602633101313?s=21 Great piece on Dre’mont Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Vikings have been busy since we last talked. Let’s catch up  Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Holton Hill story: https://247sports.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings/Article/Holton-Hill-suspension-PEDs-Minnesota-Vikings-130913027/Amp/ Prospect Of The Day: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/isaiah-johnson Vikings sign Dakota Dozier: https://vikingswire.usatoday.com/2019/04/05/vikings-sign-g-dakota-dozier/ Vikings sign 2 DBs: https://vikingswire.usatoday.com/2019/04/05/vikings-sign-duke-thomas-derron-smith-star-safety/ Vikings sign Sean Mannion: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001025574/article/vikings-signing-sean-mannion-to-back-up-kirk-cousins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Say the Vikings pick something other than a lineman at #18. What happens next? Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: LukeBraunNFL Prospect Of The Day: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/dalton-risner All the mock drafts where we didn’t go OL: https://twitter.com/lukebraunnfl/status/1113540227383984128?s=21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The AAF appears to be folding, but we can still use the tape the players put out there. Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Prospect Of The Day: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/amani-hooker Latest on the AAF: http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/26423928/aaf-suspends-operations-polian-disappointed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How many OL starters are in this draft? Plus, Ed Oliver! Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Prospect Of The Day: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/ed-oliver Ed Oliver Is Insane: https://twitter.com/qbklass/status/1106703620039417857?s=21 Brett Jones thread:  https://twitter.com/lukebraunnfl/status/1112857128727793665?s=21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monday is now the best day of the week.  Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Check out Jace Sternberger: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/jace-sternberger Here’s the mock, plus how the 1st fell: https://twitter.com/lukebraunnfl/status/1112502871247843328?s=21 And here’s the poll for what to do with that board: https://twitter.com/lukebraunnfl/status/1112501263248195584?s=21 Get hype for Jimmy Moreland: https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/5-play-prospect-jmu-cb-jimmy-moreland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 The Vikings need a guard, of course. But what else? Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Prospect a day - L.J. Collier: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/l-j-collier Great Zimmer article: https://theathletic.com/890350/2019/03/27/mike-zimmer-vikings-coach-thrill-of-the-chase-super-bowl/ Zimmer comments on Rhodes: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001024405/article/zimmer-xavier-rhodes-needs-to-play-up-to-contract Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In lieu of a proper starter, two lesser players can often be plan B. Why? Plus, Dre’mont Jones! Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Today’s prospect, Dre’Mont Jones: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/dremont-jones Kyle Rudolph Has earned the attention of Patriots media: https://nesn.com/2019/01/kyle-rudolph-has-great-reason-for-picking-patriots-to-win-super-bowl-liii/ Sean Mannion coming to town: https://twitter.com/christomasson/status/1110611240391327744?s=21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the draft, you don’t get exact change. That changes things Follow the show: @LockedOnVikings Follow the host: @LukeBraunNFL Prospect A Day - Erik McCoy: https://thedraftnetwork.com/player/erik-mccoy This big board is different than the one I was referring to in the show, but the exercise works nonetheless https://thedraftnetwork.com/prospect-rankings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices