Why not Jimmy? Questionable Draft

On Thursday night the Vikings unexpectedly still had an elite quarterback to choose late in the first round that being Jimmy Clausen. Instead of drafting with the 30th pick in the first round the Vikings opted to trade their pick to the Detroit Lions. With this pick it made it so we would have two picks in the second round one of them being the second overall on Friday. It seemed like a good trade because now the Vikings could get Clausen in the second round and then have another pick later in the round.
So I went into Friday fairly glad about the trade almost already reading the headlines "CLAUSEN A VIKING!" however as you already know the Vikings passed on Jimmy...again. Instead we drafted a cornerback, Cook, from Virginia. Yes, yes I know that our secondary was our weakest link last year however we picked up former Jets cornerback Lito Sheppard a day prior to the draft and it will be hard for Cook to have a major impact in the near future. This made the trade seem worthless and that brought up the question of why didn't we get Jimmy?

That is a very good question. Some might argue that we did not draft a quarterback because we did not want to put pressure on number four. Yes he is a future hall of fame quarterback whose name we don't even have to mention, however he is 40 and a half years old and even he knows that one day he will have to call it quits. That one day most likely will be a year from now and we NEED to build for the future and can't be playing with a grandpa as our franchise quarterback. You'd be crazy but you could argue that T-Jack is the future but unless he gets magical sneakers as those of "Like Mike" then I don't think we can go too far.
Jimmy Clausen would have had the potential to be a great quarterback in this league and being at Brett Favre's side for a year would have helped him greatly. He was a perfect candidate for the job because not only did he start for one of the most prestigious football programs in the nation but he played in a pro style offense under a former Patriots Offensive coordinator who had made it to the super bowl and helped to develop Tom Brady, his name is Charlie Weis.

Now we could be wrong and Cook could end up being rookie of the year and have 10 interceptions, but that is very unlikely and I would much rather have a stable point at the quarterback position who only has space to improve.

The Vikings made a mistake in not drafting Jimmy Clausen.