Hey Kevin Seifert, Your Purple Is Showing

I try not to do too much editorializing here on the DDS. You come here for the dope, and editorials are anything but. So, it is in the spirit of fair warning that I must confess the following is definitely not news, and is most certainly editorial.

Kevin Seifert publishes the NFC North Blog for ESPN.com, and usually does a good job of it. It's tough to provide such in depth and frequent content on one football team, let alone four. Seifert is a Minnesota man, born and raised. Unfortunately, this tends to leak into his coverage as well. I usually give him a pass - I know what it's like to suffer from homer-itis. But I also don't claim to give the other NFC North teams equal airtime on the DDS.

This weekend, Seifert posted a brief draft analysis in which he outlined what NFC North team he thought made the "best move," the "riskiest move," and the "most surprising move" in this year's draft.

Surprise surprise, the winner for "best move" is... the Minnesota Vikings. Go figure.

He then goes on to describe what a great pick QB Christian Ponder was, and that "with Ponder in place, the Vikings can tailor their long-term offensive scheme and personnel to a tangible set of skills."

Really?
Wait.
Like, Really?

So with the 12th overall pick in the NFL draft, the Minnesota Vikings select a projected 2nd or 3rd round QB, with QB Andy Dalton still on the board. Hell, Seifert even acknowledges that NT Nick Fairley, DE Robert Quinn, and DL Anthony Castonzo were still on the board.

This was nowhere near the best pick they could have made at the time, let alone "best move" in the entirety of the NFC North.

I won't get too worked up about it, though. Mel Kiper, Mr. Draft himself, graded the Vikings draft as a C+. Seifert was nice enough to post that, too.

So while Kevin Seifert is busy "hanging his hat" on the "tangible set of skills" of QB Christian Ponder, I'll be licking my chops at the thought of the Packers getting 2 games each year against a QB known mostly for his wimpy arm and poor clutch performances.

Despite my harsh words, I do endorse Kevin's NFC North Blog as a steady stream of useful information. You can check it out here.