April 25, 2025 • 13 mins
Minnesota Tim discusses the Minnesota Vikings' selection of offensive lineman Donovan Jackson with the 24th overall pick in the NFL Draft. He reflects on the strategic importance of this pick, the reactions from notable figures like Nick Saban, and the implications for the Vikings' offensive line. Tim emphasizes the need for a balanced perspective on Jackson's potential, acknowledging both the excitement surrounding the pick and the realities of drafting a player at this position
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With the twenty fourth overall pick in the NFL Draft,
the Minnesota Vikings select offensive lineman Donovan Jackson out of
Ohio State. If you've been listening and following this podcast closely,
you will have heard that the Minnesota Vikings were drafting
(00:28):
an offensive lineman a long time ago. Because that's what
this podcast does. It reads the tea leaves before the
information is actually released. Drafting an offensive lineman was of
best interest for the Minnesota Vikings, and that's why I
(00:48):
knew the Vikings would draft an offensive lineman. So as
speculation arose about what position the Vikings would select safety
or corner or a defensive tackle, the most obvious position
the Vikings needed to sure up was left guard, and
that's exactly what they did by drafting Donovan Jackson with
(01:13):
their twenty fourth overall pick. Now, it's an interesting pick
and we're going to dive into it because following the
pick there's a lot of reaction from a lot of
big name people, including Nick Sabent. So we're going to
talk about that. But I need to tell you about
five Star Bass Solutions of Minneapolis first, because they remodeled
(01:36):
our entire bathroom in the eight hours and it was
absolutely incredible. Five Star Bass Solutions took our old, disgusting,
moldy bathroom with a step going into the shower, got
(01:59):
rid of it all, gave us a double sink with
a new vanity, and changed are ugly, disgusting, embarrassing, pathetic
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And we didn't have to wait six to eight weeks
for that to get done. And it wasn't more expensive
(02:20):
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(02:40):
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for you, So check them out. So Donovan Jackson twenty
fourth overall pick. This goes all the way back to
the Vikings law against the Los Angeles Rams in the playoffs,
(03:03):
when the Vikings offensive line was eaten alive and not
helped by Sam Darnold who couldn't get rid of the football.
Kevin O'Connell said that the most important thing to address
this offseason was to make sure our offensive line is
overhauled and replaced, especially on the interior. Well what did
(03:26):
they do. They drafted Donovan Jackson, they sign Ryan Kelly,
and then they also signed Will Fries. We're talking about
three new offensive linemen in the interior of the Vikings
offensive line. That's what you call an overhaul. And what
I don't hear this offseason is the chemistry that's gonna
(03:49):
that's not gonna be there with the old offensive line.
I guess you got Ryan Kelly and Will Fries on
the same team last season. But last year I remember
that was a conversation about removing edding Well what about
the chemistry between ed Ingram and Brian O'Neill and Garrett Bradbury, Like,
there's more to it than just a guy that can play, Like,
get out of here. If you can block, you can block,
(04:11):
if you can play, you can play. Dalton Reiser stepped
in just fine and played much better than ed Ingram,
which is why he never got pinched when the Vikings
put him in the game. So some quick reaction about
Donovan Jackson. This comes from Nick Saban. I love this
(04:33):
guy as a player. This is a great pick, called
him the most athletic interior oppositive linemen in the draft
field Yates Donovan Jackson to the Vikings just might be
my favorite pick of the night. By the end of
this past season, he had put on elite tape at
both guard and left tackle. An extremely dependable, selfish player.
(04:58):
He's tough, rugged, and athletic. Excellent football player. Which is
also interesting because the Vikings sitting at twenty four, A
lot of people predicted them to trade back because a
lot of their top guys were gone, and I'm sure
they were getting calls. Jordan Schultz, Ian Rapaport's best friend,
(05:21):
even reported that the Vikings were receiving calls from teams
trying to move in to that pick and select their
quarterback that they wanted. The next pick, the Texans, they
traded out of it. The next pick, the Rams, they
traded it out of twenty six, which means the Vikings
probably had a chance to trade down as well. But
(05:42):
what I love about Quezi's strategy is that he stayed
put and drafted the best offensive lineman available for the
Vikings at that moment. Don't trade down and pass upon
a great talent if that's what Donovan Jackson is, because
let's be honest, we don't know if Donovan Jackson can play.
We don't know if he's going to be a good
offensive lineman. We hope and people are saying good things,
(06:03):
but it's also a calculated risk, and a big calculated risk.
Head coach Kevin o'c connell says, we see Donovan as
a huge impact player for us in the inside. Oh yeah,
I hope. So you drafted him with a twenty fourth
overall pick, Donovan Donovan Jackson koc on Donovan Jackson again,
(06:31):
we wanted to continue the theme of this offseason of
attacking the offensive and defensive lines. Well, that's something that
the Vikings did. The one problem that I have with
all of this reaction post drafting Donovan Jackson is that
he was drafted twenty fourth overall, which is no terrible
(06:53):
feat pretty good. I mean, twenty fourth overall first round
pick out of Ohio State. But when I read these
comments and I read the reaction by Nick Saban and
Field Yates and Kevin O'Connell and Vikings insiders, it's like
you're talking like he's the number one overall pick. Oh,
Cam his best pick of the night. Oh, great decision
(07:14):
by the Vikings, which bothers me a little bit if
I'm being one hundred percent honest, Why are we talking
about Donovan Jackson like he's a top five pick in
the NFL draft when he was twenty fourth overall? There
were several teams that could have used an offensive lineman
(07:37):
or drafted an offensive lineman and chose a different offensive lineman.
I think about Tyler Booker, J J. McCarthy's former teammate
getting drafted by the Dallas Cowboys. I think about the
NDSU guy in norder Dakota State. Here we go getting
(07:58):
drafted a few picks before the Minnesota Vikings, and at
twenty four, the Vikings were receiving calls and it would
not have been surprising if the Vikings traded down. Why
because there weren't that many players available that would have
(08:18):
interested the Vikings. I love that they stayed put and
drafted their best player available, because the last thing you
want to do is have a ton of regrets about
passing on an all pro superstar type talent at twenty
four that was available to you. Whil lewis seen and
the Hamilton fella drafted by the Ravens years back. So
(08:42):
I loved the Vikings decision to stay put. But but
we're talking about Donovan Jackson as if he was a
top ten pick in the NFL draft, like he was
a can't miss prospect coming out of this draft. It
sounds like he's a self player. Sounds like he moved
the position at Ohio State and it could have impacted
(09:05):
his draft stock, but it obviously really didn't. But he
took the chance to do what was best for the
team because he said all I wanted to do was win.
So it sounds like a good culture guy, sounds like
a good teammate, sounds like a guy that's willing to
sacrifice for the team so that the team can win games,
which is great. Sounds like he's not going to be
a troublesome locker room player. And what's cool is that
(09:29):
he's going to be next to Christian Deza and next
to Ryan Kelly, which should help him develop quicker and
it should help him be more confident, and it also
should help him look better because if you're next to
(09:51):
a terrible left tackle and you're next to a Garrett
Bradbury type center, You're probably going to be exposed, exposed
more then if you are next to Christian Darsaw and
Ryan Kelly. So I like this pick up by the Vikings.
I'm glad they drafted an offensive lineman to make sure
(10:12):
that McCarthy is protected at all costs. It was the
logical decision and his decision that I've been really saying
the Vikings would do all off season. However, can we
just push back against the idea that this was the
can't miss prospect of the draft that fell all the
(10:33):
way down to number twenty four, And it's not like
he's a Randy Moss or an Aaron Rodgers that has
entitlement or off the field problems that he fell down
to twenty four. It's not like he had some mark
in his history where it's like, ah, you know, you're
grabbing the player, but he also has this past of
a duy or or a drug problem, or punching teammates
(10:54):
or are not getting along with coaches. He just fell
to twenty four just because as player that sacrificed to
go to left guard fell to twenty four, which I mean,
it's the first round pick. It's fine, but let's not
act like he's just this best pick of the draft
(11:15):
on Day one, like he's just a can't miss player.
That's the only thing that bothers me about it. I
like to pick. I think it's a good pick, and
it's something that I've been saying for a long time.
But when I see Nick Saban say stuff like I
love this kid as a player, this is a great pick. Fine,
when I see field yell say yate say, h might
(11:39):
be my favorite pick of the night. He's tough, row good, athletic,
excellent football player, dependable. We're talking about this guy like
he's the number one overall pick in the draft. I'm
sure he has holes and weaknesses in his game if
he fell all the way down to twenty four. And
(12:01):
he didn't just fall down to twenty four. But it
was reported that the Vikings considered moving back. So I'm
not criticizing the Vikings pick, and I'm not even criticizing
Donovan Jackson. What I'm criticizing is people's response to the
(12:25):
draft pick that it was I can't miss player at
twenty four when other teams had an opportunity to draft
him early. Anyway, that's all My point is. I'm not
trying to be a hater. I'm not trying to be critical.
But when everybody is so like gushy, gush and gush
and gushy, I love it. I love it. I'm spelling
(12:46):
out my heart with this player. I like to find
myself in the middle. And when everyone's like, oh, this sucks,
it sucks, it sucks. Season's over, we're done, we have
no chance to win. I like to find myself in
the middle. If you listen to this podcast continuously or
can insistently, you get that feeling from me. Nothing is
as ever good as it seems, and nothing is as
ever bad as it seems. I'm in the middle unless
(13:09):
I come with a hot take. That happens sometimes too.
Thank you for watching. Remember five Star Bass Solutions of
Minneapolis is the best go to bathroom model that you
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Thank you for making this podcast part of your day.
Hit that subscribe button. Doc to you later.
With the twenty fourth overall pick in the NFL Draft,
the Minnesota Vikings select offensive lineman Donovan Jackson out of
Ohio State. If you've been listening and following this podcast closely,
you will have heard that the Minnesota Vikings were drafting
(00:28):
an offensive lineman a long time ago. Because that's what
this podcast does. It reads the tea leaves before the
information is actually released. Drafting an offensive lineman was of
best interest for the Minnesota Vikings, and that's why I
(00:48):
knew the Vikings would draft an offensive lineman. So as
speculation arose about what position the Vikings would select safety
or corner or a defensive tackle, the most obvious position
the Vikings needed to sure up was left guard, and
that's exactly what they did by drafting Donovan Jackson with
(01:13):
their twenty fourth overall pick. Now, it's an interesting pick
and we're going to dive into it because following the
pick there's a lot of reaction from a lot of
big name people, including Nick Sabent. So we're going to
talk about that. But I need to tell you about
five Star Bass Solutions of Minneapolis first, because they remodeled
(01:36):
our entire bathroom in the eight hours and it was
absolutely incredible. Five Star Bass Solutions took our old, disgusting,
moldy bathroom with a step going into the shower, got
(01:59):
rid of it all, gave us a double sink with
a new vanity, and changed are ugly, disgusting, embarrassing, pathetic
bathroom into the bathroom of our dreams, a true masterpiece.
And we didn't have to wait six to eight weeks
for that to get done. And it wasn't more expensive
(02:20):
than a regular bathroom model, same price, best remodel of
our life. Check out five Star Bass Solutions of Minneapolis
today and get the bathroom model done that you've dreamed
of in forty eight hours. Free consultations available. Five Star
(02:40):
Bass Solutions of Minneapolis. Check them out today if you
want your bathroom model done right and done conveniently, conveniently
for you, So check them out. So Donovan Jackson twenty
fourth overall pick. This goes all the way back to
the Vikings law against the Los Angeles Rams in the playoffs,
(03:03):
when the Vikings offensive line was eaten alive and not
helped by Sam Darnold who couldn't get rid of the football.
Kevin O'Connell said that the most important thing to address
this offseason was to make sure our offensive line is
overhauled and replaced, especially on the interior. Well what did
(03:26):
they do. They drafted Donovan Jackson, they sign Ryan Kelly,
and then they also signed Will Fries. We're talking about
three new offensive linemen in the interior of the Vikings
offensive line. That's what you call an overhaul. And what
I don't hear this offseason is the chemistry that's gonna
(03:49):
that's not gonna be there with the old offensive line.
I guess you got Ryan Kelly and Will Fries on
the same team last season. But last year I remember
that was a conversation about removing edding Well what about
the chemistry between ed Ingram and Brian O'Neill and Garrett Bradbury, Like,
there's more to it than just a guy that can play, Like,
get out of here. If you can block, you can block,
(04:11):
if you can play, you can play. Dalton Reiser stepped
in just fine and played much better than ed Ingram,
which is why he never got pinched when the Vikings
put him in the game. So some quick reaction about
Donovan Jackson. This comes from Nick Saban. I love this
(04:33):
guy as a player. This is a great pick, called
him the most athletic interior oppositive linemen in the draft
field Yates Donovan Jackson to the Vikings just might be
my favorite pick of the night. By the end of
this past season, he had put on elite tape at
both guard and left tackle. An extremely dependable, selfish player.
(04:58):
He's tough, rugged, and athletic. Excellent football player. Which is
also interesting because the Vikings sitting at twenty four, A
lot of people predicted them to trade back because a
lot of their top guys were gone, and I'm sure
they were getting calls. Jordan Schultz, Ian Rapaport's best friend,
(05:21):
even reported that the Vikings were receiving calls from teams
trying to move in to that pick and select their
quarterback that they wanted. The next pick, the Texans, they
traded out of it. The next pick, the Rams, they
traded it out of twenty six, which means the Vikings
probably had a chance to trade down as well. But
(05:42):
what I love about Quezi's strategy is that he stayed
put and drafted the best offensive lineman available for the
Vikings at that moment. Don't trade down and pass upon
a great talent if that's what Donovan Jackson is, because
let's be honest, we don't know if Donovan Jackson can play.
We don't know if he's going to be a good
offensive lineman. We hope and people are saying good things,
(06:03):
but it's also a calculated risk, and a big calculated risk.
Head coach Kevin o'c connell says, we see Donovan as
a huge impact player for us in the inside. Oh yeah,
I hope. So you drafted him with a twenty fourth
overall pick, Donovan Donovan Jackson koc on Donovan Jackson again,
(06:31):
we wanted to continue the theme of this offseason of
attacking the offensive and defensive lines. Well, that's something that
the Vikings did. The one problem that I have with
all of this reaction post drafting Donovan Jackson is that
he was drafted twenty fourth overall, which is no terrible
(06:53):
feat pretty good. I mean, twenty fourth overall first round
pick out of Ohio State. But when I read these
comments and I read the reaction by Nick Saban and
Field Yates and Kevin O'Connell and Vikings insiders, it's like
you're talking like he's the number one overall pick. Oh,
Cam his best pick of the night. Oh, great decision
(07:14):
by the Vikings, which bothers me a little bit if
I'm being one hundred percent honest, Why are we talking
about Donovan Jackson like he's a top five pick in
the NFL draft when he was twenty fourth overall? There
were several teams that could have used an offensive lineman
(07:37):
or drafted an offensive lineman and chose a different offensive lineman.
I think about Tyler Booker, J J. McCarthy's former teammate
getting drafted by the Dallas Cowboys. I think about the
NDSU guy in norder Dakota State. Here we go getting
(07:58):
drafted a few picks before the Minnesota Vikings, and at
twenty four, the Vikings were receiving calls and it would
not have been surprising if the Vikings traded down. Why
because there weren't that many players available that would have
(08:18):
interested the Vikings. I love that they stayed put and
drafted their best player available, because the last thing you
want to do is have a ton of regrets about
passing on an all pro superstar type talent at twenty
four that was available to you. Whil lewis seen and
the Hamilton fella drafted by the Ravens years back. So
(08:42):
I loved the Vikings decision to stay put. But but
we're talking about Donovan Jackson as if he was a
top ten pick in the NFL draft, like he was
a can't miss prospect coming out of this draft. It
sounds like he's a self player. Sounds like he moved
the position at Ohio State and it could have impacted
(09:05):
his draft stock, but it obviously really didn't. But he
took the chance to do what was best for the
team because he said all I wanted to do was win.
So it sounds like a good culture guy, sounds like
a good teammate, sounds like a guy that's willing to
sacrifice for the team so that the team can win games,
which is great. Sounds like he's not going to be
a troublesome locker room player. And what's cool is that
(09:29):
he's going to be next to Christian Deza and next
to Ryan Kelly, which should help him develop quicker and
it should help him be more confident, and it also
should help him look better because if you're next to
(09:51):
a terrible left tackle and you're next to a Garrett
Bradbury type center, You're probably going to be exposed, exposed
more then if you are next to Christian Darsaw and
Ryan Kelly. So I like this pick up by the Vikings.
I'm glad they drafted an offensive lineman to make sure
(10:12):
that McCarthy is protected at all costs. It was the
logical decision and his decision that I've been really saying
the Vikings would do all off season. However, can we
just push back against the idea that this was the
can't miss prospect of the draft that fell all the
(10:33):
way down to number twenty four, And it's not like
he's a Randy Moss or an Aaron Rodgers that has
entitlement or off the field problems that he fell down
to twenty four. It's not like he had some mark
in his history where it's like, ah, you know, you're
grabbing the player, but he also has this past of
a duy or or a drug problem, or punching teammates
(10:54):
or are not getting along with coaches. He just fell
to twenty four just because as player that sacrificed to
go to left guard fell to twenty four, which I mean,
it's the first round pick. It's fine, but let's not
act like he's just this best pick of the draft
(11:15):
on Day one, like he's just a can't miss player.
That's the only thing that bothers me about it. I
like to pick. I think it's a good pick, and
it's something that I've been saying for a long time.
But when I see Nick Saban say stuff like I
love this kid as a player, this is a great pick. Fine,
when I see field yell say yate say, h might
(11:39):
be my favorite pick of the night. He's tough, row good, athletic,
excellent football player, dependable. We're talking about this guy like
he's the number one overall pick in the draft. I'm
sure he has holes and weaknesses in his game if
he fell all the way down to twenty four. And
(12:01):
he didn't just fall down to twenty four. But it
was reported that the Vikings considered moving back. So I'm
not criticizing the Vikings pick, and I'm not even criticizing
Donovan Jackson. What I'm criticizing is people's response to the
(12:25):
draft pick that it was I can't miss player at
twenty four when other teams had an opportunity to draft
him early. Anyway, that's all My point is. I'm not
trying to be a hater. I'm not trying to be critical.
But when everybody is so like gushy, gush and gush
and gushy, I love it. I love it. I'm spelling
(12:46):
out my heart with this player. I like to find
myself in the middle. And when everyone's like, oh, this sucks,
it sucks, it sucks. Season's over, we're done, we have
no chance to win. I like to find myself in
the middle. If you listen to this podcast continuously or
can insistently, you get that feeling from me. Nothing is
as ever good as it seems, and nothing is as
ever bad as it seems. I'm in the middle unless
(13:09):
I come with a hot take. That happens sometimes too.
Thank you for watching. Remember five Star Bass Solutions of
Minneapolis is the best go to bathroom model that you
could ever find in your entire life. Checking them out today.
Thank you for making this podcast part of your day.
Hit that subscribe button. Doc to you later.
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