ESPN

I don’t want to panic anyone, but something is not right over at ESPN. I don’t know if somehow they are drinking Mexican water and everyone is hallucinating or if Nate Newton left his water bong unattended and everyone helped themselves to it. Either way, something is terribly wrong.

Chris Mortensen and Scouts Inc are both reporting that the Minnesota Vikings are going to take a RB if Mike Williams and Braylon Edwards are gone and one of the “Big Three” (“Cadillac” Williams, Ronnie Brown, Cedric Benson) fall to them at number 7.

This is an absolutely ridiculous statement. They could say that Alex Smith can throw a football over them mountains and they would be just as accurate as saying the Vikes will take a RB.

When you have a bona-fide starter at a position, you don’t use your pick to take someone at the same position; you use the pick to take someone who is at a weak position for you. That would mean the Vikings would take a receiver, a DE/LB or an offensive lineman; not a running back. No one is claiming the Charges are clamoring to trade up with the Browns so they can take Aaron Rodgers to compete with Philip Rivers and Drew Brees; because that wouldn’t make any sense.

Yet, they are reporting that the Vikings are going to take a running back to compete with Michael Bennett, Onterrio Smith, Mewelde Moore and Moe Williams? In that group, we have a former Pro-Bowler, someone who has averaged 5 yards a carry in his career, a rookie who averaged 5.8 YPC last year, and someone who can punch the ball in from three yards out nearly every time.

The other thing that has been mentioned is that the Vikes may take Benson and then try to trade him. Really? When the Colts and Seahawks can’t move two All-Pro backs, who do the Vikings think they would get for Benson? There is no one out there to trade with. Just because you drafted him high, it doesn’t mean someone is going to give you equal value in return. James and Alexander are being shopped for less than a first round pick; yet, you want to use your first round pick on a running back and trade him?

So, as you can see, what they’re reporting doesn’t make a lick of sense and if it happens, someone needs to go “old school WWF” on Mike Tice, hit him over the head with a chair and put the loyal Vikings fans out of their misery.

In the end, I hope someone fixes the water problem or the guys can lay off the pipe for awhile so ESPN can go back to reporting things that could conceivably happen, instead of reporting blatant half-truths and misleading the general public.

Unless they’re trying to get the Bucs to draft Benson instead of Williams by trickery, then I agree with their ploy…