Tag: Clark Phillips III

Dolphins address three needs in post-combine mock draft

Taking a look at Touchdown Wire’s newest mock draft.

The NFL Scouting Combine is officially in the rearview, and all 32 teams are turning their focuses to free agency and this year’s draft.

While the Miami Dolphins have many holes that they’ll need to address through free agency, they have a few draft picks at their disposal that could allow general manager Chris Grier to add some young talent to a roster that could always use more.

On Monday, Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar released a post-combine, three-round mock draft, and the Dolphins addressed three of their biggest needs with their early picks.

All-22 from the scouting combine: Defensive backs detail their favorite plays

Christian Gonzalez, Clark Phillips III, Jaylon Jones, and Jammie Robinson detail their most notable college plays from the scouting combine.

INDIANAPOLIS — What’s your one defining moment?

Every prospect at the scouting combine has that one play which defines them to a degree — the highlight shot they think about over and over when it’s time to think about their collegiate careers.

As the defensive backs took the podiums in Indianapolis on Thursday, I thought it would be interesting to ask them which plays they thought best defined them as players. So, here’s Oregon cornerback Christian Gonzalez, Utah cornerback Clark Phillips III, Texas A&M cornerback Jaylon Jones, and Florida State safety Jammie Robinson on that very subject.

Vikings select versatile cornerback in latest Jaguars Wire mock

Getting a versatile cornerback is a good strategy

The Minnesota Vikings have needed a cornerback for what feels like the last eight years. They have tried multiple times to fix it, including in the first round.

You could argue for the sunk cost fallacy but the system being brought in by new defensive coordinator Brian Flores will prevent that from happening.

Adam Sites of Jaguars Wire also believes the Vikings need a cornerback by having them select Utah CB Clark Phillips III.

“The Vikings have some promising talent in the cornerback room with 2022 draft picks Andrew Booth and Akayleb Evans, but there’s no way the team can roll with that duo, Cameron Dantzler, and 33-year-old Patrick Peterson. In Phillips, Minnesota would add a unanimous All-American to that group.”

The Vikings honestly need talent in the room more than anything and Phillips III can do a little bit of everything, including playing both in the slot and on the outside.

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Vikings Mock Draft Roundup 8.0: 44 unique players

The Vikings continue to get mocked new players each week and we are getting close to having 50 unique players

Mock draft season is upon us and that means our mock draft roundup is back!

What we do every week is track the mainstream outlets mock drafts and aggregate how many times a player gets selected. Last season, we tallied up 173 mock drafts and only 10 of them were on offense. This season could end up being much of the same.

We will track them and try to determine trends and patterns, along with giving my own analysis on how they could fit with the Minnesota Vikings.

This week, we have 23 new mock drafts and they are all over the place with what the Vikings are projected to do.

Mock Draft Roundup 7.0

Touchdown Wire’s 3 round mock draft has Vikings go offense and defense

The Vikings address offense and defense in the latest mock draft from Touchdown Wire

The Minnesota Vikings are heading into the 2023 NFL Draft with a clear goal in mind: to improve their offense and defense. With limited cap space, the Vikings will need to rely on the draft to acquire talented players who can make an immediate impact on both sides of the ball.

On Saturday, Doug Farrar of Touchdown Wire released a three-round mock draft in which he helped bolster the Vikings’ roster. In the first round, Farrar had the Vikings selecting Utah cornerback Clark Phillips III.

“There is no NFL defense more cornerback-light than Minnesota’s, and while the addition of new defensive coordinator Brian Flores will prove to be a massive improvement over Ed Donatell’s “Party like it’s 1999” schemes, Flores will need some erasers in the secondary who work well with his eagerness for man coverage and Cover-0 blitzes. Phillips is an underrated, sticky cornerback who can follow just about any receiver through just about any route, and he’d thrive in the kinds of stuff Flores likes to throw at opposing offenses.”

Phillips is a smaller cornerback, but he makes up for it with his physicality. With only three cornerbacks currently under contract for this next season, Phillips would be a welcomed addition, and his mentality at the corner position would match what Brian Flores wants out of his defenders.

The Vikings don’t have a second-round pick, as they traded it for T.J. Hockenson last season, but they do still have a third-round pick. With that pick, Farrar had the Vikings select TCU running back Kendre Miller.

Selecting a running back with limited draft capital will not make most fans happy. Miller is a good running back who displays great patience and vision and was effective for TCU through their title run.

I have a hard time agreeing with this second pick though, as there are many more needs on the Vikings’ roster that should be prioritized.

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Vikings 2023 7 Round mock draft: Matt Anderson’s 3.0

The latest Vikings seven-round mock draft focuses on an edge rusher

As the 2022 NFL season comes to a close, fans of all 32 teams are eagerly looking forward to the upcoming NFL draft. The Minnesota Vikings have a lot to figure out before the draft in April, but that doesn’t mean we can’t speculate about what they might do.

Many experts suggest that the Vikings should focus on drafting a cornerback in the first round. In my latest Vikings seven-round mock draft, we will take look and examine potential options and explore the strategy of taking the best player available while looking to build for the future, instead of just right now.

SB Nation sends Vikings Clark Phillips III in mock draft

The Vikings continue to take cornerbacks and Phillips III is a popular choice

The Minnesota Vikings in mock drafts feel like Oprah shouting at us saying “You get a cornerback! You get a cornerback! You get a cornerback!” It’s hard to blame anyone for putting cornerback to the Vikings at 23rd overall.

The Vikings have been mocked 11 different cornerbacks for a total of 68 selections. That continued with the latest mock draft from J.P. Acosta of SB Nation.

Acosta has the Vikings selecting Clark Phillips III from Utah. It’s become a popular selection for the Vikings and it’s easy to see why. Here is what my scouting report on Phillips III says on what Phillips is.

“Despite being a smaller cornerback, Phillips III has no issue getting physical with receivers. His real forte is his quickness and recognition skills. Phillips III has very quick feet and fluid hips to stay with the receiver. Phillips III makes it hard for receivers to stack him with his quickness and good long speed.”

Phillips III is going to be a diverse cornerback that can do a little bit of everything and it’s going to matter when it comes to April’s draft.

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2023 NFL Mock Draft: Vikings Mock Draft Roundup 6.0

The latest Vikings mock draft roundup has a few interesting selections

Mock draft season is upon us and that means our mock draft roundup is back!

What we do every week is track the mainstream outlets mock drafts and aggregate how many times a player gets selected. Last season, we tallied up 173 mock drafts and only 10 of them were on offense. This season could end up being much of the same.

We will track them and try to determine trends and patterns, along with giving my own analysis on how they could fit with the Minnesota Vikings.

Mock Draft Roundup 5.0

Touchdown Wire mock sends Vikings feisty Utah corner

The Vikings address their need at cornerback with a versatile player from Utah

The Minnesota Vikings need to address the cornerback position this offseason in a major way. They only have three cornerbacks on their roster in Cameron Dantzler, Andrew Booth Jr. and Akayleb Evans currently on the roster for next season.

The biggest question that the Vikings need to ask themselves when the draft comes is: Do we need to take a cornerback due to our need? Most mock drafts have the Vikings taking a cornerback and Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar agrees.

In his pre-Super Bowl mock draft, Farrar has the Vikings selecting Utah cornerback Clark Phillips III.

Here is what I wrote in my scouting report on Phillips III.

“Despite being a smaller cornerback, Phillips III has no issue getting physical with receivers. His real forte is his quickness and recognition skills. Phillips III has very quick feet and fluid hips to stay with the receiver. Phillips III makes it hard for receivers to stack him with his quickness and good long speed.”

The versatility to play both in the slot and on the outside will be incredibly valuable to a Vikings team that will want to continue developing their young talent at the position.

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2023 NFL draft film room: Utah CB Clark Phillips III

See for yourself what makes Utah’s Clark Phillips III one of the top cornerback prospects in the 2023 NFL draft class

It’s officially NFL draft season, so it’s time to get to know the best players at every positions in the 2023 class.

What makes Utah’s Clark Phillips III one of this year’s top cornerback prospects?

Watch the tape and see for yourself: