Minny Grabs Harvin

It was generally agreed that the two biggest needs for the Vikes in this draft were offensive tackle and wide receiver.  They took care of the receiver part in the first round, selecting Percy Harvin of Florida, and in the second round they addressed the tackle hole by taking massive Oklahoma tackle Phil Loadholt.  Neither player is exactly what you would call a sure thing:  Harvin...

Percy Harvin has been described as a dynamic playmaker with a nose for the end zone.  He’s also been described as the riskiest selection for a team to make during Saturday’s draft.  According to multiiple reports, Brad Childress decided to check in with Harvin one last time before the draft. According to the reports, Childress spent [...]

When I first saw the Vikings pick Percy Harvin in the draft, I was somewhat surprised and confused. Their biggest needs in my eyes are quarterback and secondary. I guess QB is a problem that they really couldn’t solve based on the lack of talent in the marketplace and maybe they didn’t feel [...]

In the past couple of weeks, as they finalized thoughts for today's draft, the Miami Dolphins quietly brought Percy Harvin to Davie to talk. This...

Steve Wyche of NFL.com reports the Minnesota Vikings are seriously intrigued by Florida WR Percy Harvin. Some people within the organization are...

With selections one and two firmly in hand, it can be said that the Minnesota Vikings have clearly addressed two of the teams biggest three needs ( Nichol corner w/ future starting potential still needed ). Percy Harvin fills out a potentially strong receiving corps while the second round selection of Phil Loadholt should nicely fill [...]

Rich Cimini of the New York Daily News reports that the Jets tried to trade back into the first round for Florida WR Percy Harvin. They called the...

ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. has heard all the talk -- and even used some of it to lower his expectations on where Percy Harvin will go in the NFL Draft.

Now that we have Percy Harvin in the fold - pending any activity that might cause him to be suspended before his career even gets off the ground - the next logical question is:  does this mean the Vikings plan on mixing in the Wildcat?  On the surface, at least, Harvin would seem an ideal Wildcat player: he’s speedy and shifty, and showed in college that he can split wide and...

The Baltimore Ravens hope to score a wide receiver in Saturday’s draft, and knowing as they do that the Vikings may also go receiver at #22, the team is reportedly looking to trade up at least to #21.  Don’t hyperventilate though if you’re a Percy Harvin fan:  the Ravens apparently have their eyes on North Carolina’s Hakeem Nicks, and not the Florida guy...

Percy Harvin has been selected by the Minnesota Vikings, so now the sell-job may begin in earnest.  The first pitch was made Saturday in the immediate wake of the pick, by Rick Spielman, who said: We’re excited to have such an explosive playmaker, and felt he was a top-10 pick. We did our due diligence, and talked to [Vikings owners] Mark and Zygi [Wilf]. Translation:  Randy...

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The Vikings have selected Percy Harvin with the twenty second pick in the 2009 draft. My initial reaction is that they missed big time on this one. He’s a risk worth taking, but not with a guy like Michael Oher still

It doesn’t take much to turn the prognosticatory tide nowadays.  When it comes to the Vikings‘ draft, all it required was one visit from Brad Childress down to Gainsville.  Now pretty much everyone is convinced that Winter Park has its eye on Percy Harvin, the Florida wide receiver whose talent is surpassed only by his love of toking up.  If the Vikings do take Harvin, they...

After learning that Brad Childress last week engaged in his own fact-finding mission to Florida in an attempt to scout the true Percy Harvin, it should have come as no surprise that the Vikings' head coach confirmed his own inclinations about Harvin and opted to draft him with the twenty-second pick in this year's NFL entry draft. What is mildly surprising, however, is what the...