Hindsight is 20/20. That’s why we jumped in our DeLorean and went back to save the Vikings from themselves in 2011. There was a run on quarterbacks early in the first round and de facto GM Rick Spielman panicked and overdrafted Christian Ponder at #12. He did hit on Kyle Rudolph in the 2nd and Brandon Fusco in the 6th, but I think we can do a touch better with hindsight and our time machine.

Come along with Purple FTW! as we redo the Vikings 2011 Draft!

Other 1.21 Gigawatts Talking Points Include:

• The Rules of Time Travel

• Remembering the 2010 Vikings (For some reason)

• 2011 Refresher: Frazier, Musgrave, Pagac… LET’S GO!

• The Original 2011 Draft Picks

1 (12) – Christian Ponder – QB – Florida State

2 (43) – Kyle Rudolph – TE – Notre Dame

3rd Round Pick went to New England in the Moss Trade (They Took Mallett) #74

4 (106) – Christian Ballard – DE/DT – Iowa

5 (139) – Brandon Burton – CB – Utah

6 (168) – DeMarcus Love – OT – Arkansas

6 (170) – Mistral Raymond – S – USF

6 (172) – Brandon Fusco – C – Slippery Rock

6 (200) – Ross Homan – LB – Ohio State

7 (215) – D’Aundre Reed – DE – Arizona

7 (236) – Stephen Burton – WR – West Texas A&M

• Who I picked instead (Spicy one inthe 5th round)

• The real-vs-Andy 2011 Vikings Depth Chart

• The Andy 2015 Vikings Depth Chart (The Secondary is STACKED)

All that and other “Joe Webb signs a big time free agent deal so we can still draft Teddy!” chatter on this edition of the Purple FTW! Podcast!

An Andy Carlson Joint.

Listen to the Episode Below (34:21)



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