"We were on the clock. We went up there with our card, trying to get Sims in before, because we know the rule. We told Leo (Lewis) and the guys there to turn the card in. We turned the card in, and they (the NFL) said, no, no, Kansas City is here first, they’ve got preference. They weren’t going to give us a shot. No big deal because we just went the way we had it rated on the board. We had it Sims, McKinnie, actually we had it (Mike) Williams, Sims, McKinnie, (Quentin) Jammer. Those were the four players. Like I said, we don’t want to make a big deal out of it. What I don’t want to do is distract from the fact that we’ve got an excellent pick here and make a kid feel like you’re not the kid we wanted. That’s not fair to him. This is a moment he has worked for his whole life. I’m an offensive line coach. Obviously I am as excited as anybody in the building or anybody in the city right now."
-Mike Tice, Minnesota Vikings Head Coach
Watching "smilin' Dennis Green" hype up his picks was always a bit of a draft day tradition for me. Fortunately for Vikings fans, Mike Tice has turned out to be pretty entertaining as well. How many other head coaches would actually reveal the top section of their draft board? Perhaps Tice hasn't yet perfected the art of the evasive spin-job.
