“All Hell Broke Loose.” Why Vikings Missed Their Draft Pick in 2003

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🗓️ 27 April 2023

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Before all eyes shift to the center of the NFL universe in Kansas City for the Draft tonight — where the Carolina Panthers will be on the clock with the first overall pick — we turn the clock back 20 years. The Minnesota Vikings had the 7th overall pick, and had just sealed a trade to send the pick to Baltimore…or so they thought. As time was ticking down, they began to notice that the ESPN broadcast logo hadn’t changed, and their name was still shown on the screen instead of the Ravens. That’s when they figured out that the trade was never executed by the NFL, and with their time expired on the clock the Vikings ultimately ended up missing their pick in the draft…resulting in a moment that went down as one of the wildest scenes in NFL Draft history. So today, as we gear up to watch yet another draft go down in the books, Kevin Seifert tells us the wild story of the time when things didn’t quite go according to the NFL’s plan in the 2003 draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.2	But before we're all treated to a full weekend of Mel Kuiper and Todd McShay's analysis,
0:54.3	is a story you brought to us from a previous draft 20 years ago back in 2003.
0:59.7	Carson Palmer goes number one, the Texans get future All-Prol Andre Johnson at number three.
1:05.5	But the drama we're here to discuss begins with the Minnesota Vikings at pick number seven.
1:11.0	What happened?
1:12.0	Well, it was the 2003 draft, the Minnesota Vikings draft room in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
1:18.0	The Minnesota is on the clock now.
1:20.1	The Minnesota slot is before Jacksonville, Carolina, and Baltimore.
1:24.5	Could one of those teams come up into the seven hole with Minnesota to get left, which
1:28.7	Minnesota wouldn't go very far and still get their player?
1:31.1	For one moment, they swelled with relief.
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