2013 NFL Mock Draft: Minnesota Vikings (via Seattle Seahawks) Select...

I spent time breaking down the Minnesota Vikings' needs in the post for their last pick, so let's get right to the selection.

Let me start by saying how gullible those of you were who read "Spoiler alerts" and assumed I was going with a WR here.

Instead, the Vikings will spurn their need for a wide-receiver in this round, and instead make the biggest surprise pick in the history of professional or amateur sports:

With the 25th pick, the Minnesota Vikings select Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia.

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Nobody believes Christian Ponder can lead this team to the playoffs on his own, and he has been fortunate to have the great Adrian Peterson shouldering the load so he doesn't have to. Geno Smith would provide a dynamic player that - when teamed with such a dominant running game - could lead this team to a playoff win or two as soon as this season.

The Vikings still need a WR, but I would look for them to draft one of the mid-round talents if they can secure a superior franchise QB at the end of the 1st round -- something that teams usually don't have the chance to do. In my opinion, there isn't another QB who will develop into a quality starter in this draft, and this is the type of pick that allows a franchise to retool without having to actually rebuild from scratch when Ponder eventually flames out.

Sorry, Green Bay, Geno Smith is off the board.

	Team	Player	Pos	School	BTSC rep
1		Star Lotulelei	DT	Utah	[Link to pick]
2		Dion Jordan	DE/OLB	Oregon	[Link to pick]
3		Sharrif Floyd	DT	Florida	[Link to pick]
4		Dee Milliner	CB	Alabama	[Link to pick]
5		Eric Fisher	OT	Central Michigan	[Link to pick]
6		Luke Joeckel	OT	Texas A&M	[Link to pick]
7		Lane Johnson	OT	Oklahoma	[Link to pick]
8		Barkevious Mingo	OLB	LSU	[Link to pick]
9		Chance Warmack	OG	Alabama	[Link to pick]
10		Jonathan Cooper	OG	North Carolina	[Link to pick]
11		Tavon Austin	WR	West Virginia	[Link to pick]
12		Xavier Rhodes	CB	Florida State	[Link to pick]
13		Ezekiel Ansah	DE	BYU	[Link to pick]
14		Cordarrelle Patterson	WR	Tennessee	[Link to pick]
15		Jarvis Jones	OLB	Georgia	[Link to pick]
16		Kenny Vaccaro	S	Texas	[Link to pick]
17		Tyler Eifert	TE	Notre Dame	[Link to pick]
18		Sheldon Richardson	DT	Missouri	[Link to pick]
19		Bjoern Werner	DE	Florida State	[Link to pick]
20		D.J. Fluker	OT	Alabama	[Link to pick]
21		Alec Ogletree	LB	Georgia	[Link to pick]
22	via	Eddie Lacy	RB	Alabama	[Link to pick]
23		Sylvester Williams	DT	North Carolina	[Link to pick]
24		Datone Jones	DE	UCLA	[Link to pick]
25	via	Geno Smith	QB	West Virginia	Michael Uhlhorn
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27					c63tho
28					Ram_india
29					TrifeReality
30					MDR21
31					afbassi
32					Mr MaLoR