Film Room: ‘Chazz Surratt Has as Much Upside as Anyone the Minnesota Vikings Drafted in 2021’

@Scandinavian Skoldier Probably not. The Vikings actually take care of their guys.

@Scandinavian Skoldier You forgot Kendricks, Barr, ONeill, Dantzler, Tomlinson, Pierce, Irv Smith, Darrisaw, Davis, Ezra, Peterson, and then there are the promising players like Wonnum and promising rookies like ISM, Jones and Robinson.

@Rob E all average

@Scandinavian Skoldier You’re funny! And I didn’t even mention Kirk – who’s been top 10-12 the last few seasons – out of 32 which is clearly above average.
Maybe some revision is on the cards before you sit your math finals.

@Rob E crumbles under pressure. Overrated af. Gets his stats in garbage time. I think you need to stop being a homer

Yeah he was a reach there. They should have taken Meinerz at that spot imo

Weight and strength is something that can be worked on. Honestly, I thought he may have been selected to fill the big nickel position that Zim likes to use, which is almost a starting position in itself.

haha, maybe him only playing LB for a few years? So his immense upside is the only negative, lol

He did sort of mention zone coverage. That is something he will need to work on.

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I think that’s a bit pessimistic. I would expect he immediately puts pressure on Dye and Vigil for that LB3 spot and I’d be surprised if he didn’t get on the field as WLB in the second half of the season. He’s already the same weight as Eric Wilson. Bulking up a bit should be a formality in an NFL programme.
He should be a fixture in Special Teams and I wouldn’t be surprised if he threw at least 1 TD to ISM this season on a fake punt.

As long as he’s on the field I feel like gold things will happen and Eric isn’t that big anyway their all 6 to 6’3

My thoughts exactly, the big nickel position

@Lorax Ryan Fitzpatrick is that you?….lol. Isn’t he the Lorax. Surratt has speed, size and coverage ability to handle that role. He is like Eric Wilson in that regard.

Most random pick of the Vikings draft

Same, but if they took him before Wyatt Davis they must have a high opinion of him. I trust their scouting more than mine, so I am kinda excited to see him play in preseason. Hopefully he can push to start next year. I don’t expect much this year.

I think this is a great pick for the big nickel

More linebackers are 6 to 6’2

@Christopher Frost not talking about his height

@Colton Ramsay he will playa Jabrill peppers type nickel linebacker like we used to do with Kearse but he is most likely a giant underrated upgrade to the nickel defense package

@Devin Chapman my thoughts exactly

Ha, I didn’t see the Mond pick coming, although knew we hadn’t signed a back up QB yet, so it made sense. I thought we might have taken a LB in the 5th round, and was expecting another O Line or WR3 at 78 so the Surratt pick surprised me, but I think some boards had him rated pretty highly – so he was probably a clear BPA on our board.

@Rob E I admit I was kinda pissed during the draft until we snagged Wyatt. It’s all good now.

@Rob E I think he was ranked on the consensus big board about 3 players later (he was pick 78, big board had him at 81 or 82) so while no bargain vs the board it was pretty much around where he should have gone.

@Jeffrey Sams Sure, but I’d suggest he must have been significantly higher on the Vikes board for them to prioritise him as BPA over some other positions.
I’d suggest that many of the league boards differed a lot from some of the public boards because of the incomplete evaluations. Darrisaw was an obvious example that of the Vikes confidence that the league evaluation was lower than PFF et al. That was borne out by other OTs like Jenkins, Radunz and Cosmi all falling 10-10 places lower than expected.
Alternatively, the Vikes might see replacing Barr as a high priority this season – and less confidence in Dye, Vigil and Blake Lynch.

@Ground Hog Yeah, there were a number of other ways I thought we would go at 66 & 78. A top Edge or WR3. I’m still a bit frustrated we didn’t grab Kendrick Green or Ben Cleveland, or Meinerz and Jaelen Darden!!
It seemed to take the gloss off the Darrisaw master stroke. Drafting a back up QB and LB depth does make sense though.
We are all just fans and don’t really know what their overall plan is, or what is happening with player development behind the scenes, or what the coaches are looking for, and what some of the player evaluations and medicals revealed etc.

What did you think of Dantzler’s season? Also, weight and strength is one of the few things you can work on