Eric Edholm

It's not true for every position, but when you have an explosive player like Thomas,

You know, you have to consider it.

His production was inconsistent.

You know, it seemed like he was kind of turning the corner at Mississippi State, excuse me, goes to LSU, you know, in a crowded situation, doesn't get many opportunities offensively, still shows some of that home run ability as a returner.

But a smaller frame, and look, if there's anybody out there who can unlock that kind of ability on offense, it's probably Ben Johnson, right?

And having a deep threat who can be a true take-the-top-off-the-defense receiver, even if he's your fifth or sixth guy to start the season, it's a nice little thing to have in your back pocket, I think.

But the value at number, I think it was, what, 88 or 9 or something like that,

Felt a little rich to me, you know, and receiver also being a fairly strong position this year.

I still thought they were, you know, I'd have to go back and look to see who was available at the time.

But in the moment, I remember thinking, could they have done better?

You know, could they have found a little bit better value at that spot?

I don't know the answer, but I suspect that there were other options for them there.

But they clearly liked the player.

And if you add one more explosive element to an offense, it's starting to really take shape.

you know, you can't dismiss the possibility that Thomas kind of ends up being a better pro than he was a college player.

I was sort of wondering like, why did I get three Vikings podcast requests in one day?

Ah, that's right.

Putting them 28th.

We'll do that.

Yeah.