(AP Photo/Brandon Wade),Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts, left, rolls away from the pressure by Baylor defensive tackle James Lynch, right, during an NCAA college football game in Waco, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. All rights reserved.Brandon Wade/Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. Patterson is also considered to be one of the best NFL coaches at his position.What Lynch brings is intelligence, size, and tenacity to the Viking D. At Baylor, he played on both on the edge and the interior of the Tiger defensive line, and it appears that Mike Zimmer may have plans for Lynch in a certain potential ‘modulation’ of Minnesota’s front-seven game deployments. To be able to go there whenever I get the chance to is going to be an awesome feeling. Of course there are other traits as well, that become more specific for each position, but for pretty much every defensive line position, explosiveness is top of the list for desired traits.With that in mind, there are a set of measurables that help measure explosiveness, or potential explosiveness, long-time NFL coach, scout, and analyst Pat Kirwan put together many years ago. In Tampa, he was coached by the great Monte Kiffin and played on an elite defense while head coach Jon Gruden slowly drove the Buccaneer offense into the grave and was fired in 2008.The point here is that Hovan was a ‘plugger’. (Aaron M. Sprecher via AP),Baylor defensive lineman James Lynch runs the 40-yard dash at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. He eventually opted for Baylor after a December 2016 visit by Matt Rhule, the incoming and former Bears coach (2017-19) who is now head coach of the Carolina Panthers. Nine will make the 53-man roster.But the real question is who makes it, and who doesn’t.That leaves twelve guys competing for 4 roster spots and a practice squad spot.Of all these players, only Johnson has seen over 200 regular season snaps on defense. Elflein then switched to left guard for the 2019 season when Minnesota drafted Bradbury in the first round. — The Vikings tabbed Baylor defensive lineman James Lynch in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft with the 130th overall pick. The strategy worked wonders in the Vikings upset Wildcard win against the New Orleans Saints, and it’s no mystery why an old 3-4 mastermind like Dom Capers is now on the Vikings coaching staff.It’s something to remember that two great former Minnesota Vikings defensive tackles went undrafted. Jones, a junior, has emerged in a big way this season, already with six sacks and 10 tackles for a loss in nine games, mostly coming at defensive tackle. Or it could be someone who could play both end and tackle if need be.In any case, the competitors at defensive end are Tashawn Bower, Ifeadi Odenigbo, Karter Schult, Ade Aruna, Anree Saint Amour, Stacy Keely, and Tito Odenigbo.Once again, using the explosion and production numbers, Karter Schult, Ifeadi Odenigbo, Anree Saint Amour, and Ade Aruna emerge as leading candidates, while Stacy Keely and Tito Odenigbo look like long shots.Only Tashawn Bower and Ifeadi Odenigbo have had any regular season reps for the Vikings, and Bower did reasonably well in only 53 reps, and Odenigbo only had 9 reps. The 21-year-old junior is listed at 6-foot-4 and 289 pounds.He became the fifth Baylor Bear ever drafted by the Vikings and the first since linebacker Ray Berry in 1987.Here are five things to know about the new Vikings defensive tackle:Lynch earned the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors from the conference's coaches.He also broke up five passes, forced three fumbles and blocked two kicks before declaring for the draft with a year of eligibility remaining.Lynch's 13.5 sacks in 2019 set a single-season record at the school. He played 921 offensive snaps in 2019, … The unit will undoubtedly look and operate differently than those of yesteryear, but it is way too early to be concerned. But, beyond Northern Iowa he also racked up some good production in the.Beyond that, guys like Tashawn Bower, Jaleel Johnson, and Stacy Keely don’t look as compelling relative to the rest of the field.Johnson has the most regular season snaps, and longest tenure, of any of those players not virtual locks to make the roster, but he was also the lowest rated defensive player for the Vikings last season according to PFF, and his pre-season grades weren’t any better.Bower was graded about the same as Weatherly last year, but only on 53 snaps. If he had stayed in Texas and duplicated his 2019 success, many experts speculated that he might have been a top-ten pick in the 2021 draft. But generally you can see that many/most of the top defensive linemen had at least around 65 or higher explosion number, and only one (.Among the Vikings defensive line hopefuls, here are the explosion numbers available:I was able to get pro day results to fill in numbers for most of these guys, but a few didn’t perform the full set of drills, so there is some guess work. The Tigers went from 1-11 to 11-3 and a #7 national ranking in two seasons. (AP Photo/Jerry Larson),Baylor defensive tackle James Lynch runs a drill during the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 in Indianapolis. Last season, the Vikings took Jalyn Holmes in the fourth round. Rhule at the helm of an almost strangely disappointing Panther team that now sees the future without QB,Can we take a moment to talk about two old Vikings’ defensive tackle named,Hovan wasn’t great, but neither was the Vikings defense. Dustin hauled a large smoker to prepare ribs, wings, steaks, burgers and sausage to games and to a scaled-down draft party.Incidentally, James was asked to give his opinion on his favorite barbecue spots in Texas. Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Mark Fields … I suspect Johnson may be picked up by a 3-4 team looking for a DE, or another 4-3 team without the depth the Vikings have.The final spots at defensive end are going to be a real battle, and I could see any of the top five candidates making the team, or not, depending on who shows up the most the next six weeks.The practice squad spots will also be a real battle, and may also come down to who doesn’t get poached after initial cuts.Bottom line is this is a tough position group to crack, and competition here may be the most intense of any position group in training camp and preseason games.Handicapping the Vikings Defensive Linemen,Indianapolis Colts 28, Minnesota Vikings 11: Second consecutive ugly loss for Minnesota,All phases of the team were terrible in this one,Minnesota Vikings at Indianapolis Colts: Third quarter recap and fourth quarter discussion,The Daily Norseman’s Minnesota Vikings Twitter List,The Complete Minnesota Vikings Draft Pick Database,Minnesota Vikings at Indianapolis Colts: Second quarter recap and third quarter discussion,Minnesota Vikings at Indianapolis Colts: First quarter recap and second quarter discussion.

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