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ERIC KENDRICKS UPDATE:
yesterday the Vikings shocked me, as many others, with a move... a trade. Basically they traded Gerald Hodges, their starting ILB who won the job over at the end of training camp but has not been having a great season (if solid) at all. They have become so comfortable and liking what they have seen in KEndricks and his improvements to the speed of the game, and knowing he will be in position and making plays consistently. Kendricks is now taking over the starting ILB nod, as he was getting much much more time and action anyways.
http://espn.go.com/blog/minnesota-vi...d-hodges-trade
http://www.startribune.com/vikings-t...cks/330996361/
Hodges is a versatile 24-year-old athlete who once backed up both outside linebacker spots, started at middle linebacker this season and was considered veteran Chad Greenway’s heir apparent as early as next season. Yet he was traded by the Vikings to the 49ers for a sixth-round draft pick in 2016 and rookie center Nick Easton.
Why?
Because Vikings general manager Rick Spielman trusts his depth and believes that rookie second-round draft pick Eric Kendricks is ready to be promoted from nickel linebacker to the team’s first three-down playmaking middle linebacker since E.J. Henderson was in his prime.
“Each week, as you see the more reps he’s getting, the more comfortable he’s getting with the speed of this game,” Spielman said. “And he makes plays when he’s out there. We drafted him because of how strong we felt about him coming out. When we evaluated him in college, you’re starting to see all that come as he adjusts to the speed of the NFL. He’s a very instinctive linebacker who makes a lot of plays.”
yesterday the Vikings shocked me, as many others, with a move... a trade. Basically they traded Gerald Hodges, their starting ILB who won the job over at the end of training camp but has not been having a great season (if solid) at all. They have become so comfortable and liking what they have seen in KEndricks and his improvements to the speed of the game, and knowing he will be in position and making plays consistently. Kendricks is now taking over the starting ILB nod, as he was getting much much more time and action anyways.
http://espn.go.com/blog/minnesota-vi...d-hodges-trade
http://www.startribune.com/vikings-t...cks/330996361/
Hodges is a versatile 24-year-old athlete who once backed up both outside linebacker spots, started at middle linebacker this season and was considered veteran Chad Greenway’s heir apparent as early as next season. Yet he was traded by the Vikings to the 49ers for a sixth-round draft pick in 2016 and rookie center Nick Easton.
Why?
Because Vikings general manager Rick Spielman trusts his depth and believes that rookie second-round draft pick Eric Kendricks is ready to be promoted from nickel linebacker to the team’s first three-down playmaking middle linebacker since E.J. Henderson was in his prime.
“Each week, as you see the more reps he’s getting, the more comfortable he’s getting with the speed of this game,” Spielman said. “And he makes plays when he’s out there. We drafted him because of how strong we felt about him coming out. When we evaluated him in college, you’re starting to see all that come as he adjusts to the speed of the NFL. He’s a very instinctive linebacker who makes a lot of plays.”