Merry Christmas Vikings

The Mr. here.
Well I was going to wait till after the season to post something about the Vikings upcoming 2012 draft when we knew what position we would be in, but after seeing Indianapolis lose last night, I just couldn't wait!  This just got extremely interesting.  Here's some scenarios of what could happen in the upcoming draft as of right now.  All this could change even as soon as tomorrow if the Vikings beat the Redskins, but here we go…
Scenario 1:  Vikings Obtain the #1 overall pick in the draft. Option # 1: Vikings take Stanford QB Andrew Luck.  He's supposed to be the best draft prospect since Payton Manning.  If we take him, we immediately obtain a potentially high level QB.  Hopefully we can get some better Offensive Linemen either through the draft and/or free agency and building a solid line for him.  There is a risk of a bust, but EVERYONE is saying Luck is going to be a great NFL QB. 
Option # 2: Trade the # 1 overall pick to another team for a kings ransom for several high draft picks.  Many people are saying because of Andrew Luck, this years overall # 1 pick is worth a huge amount… Potentially 3-4 first round picks and 2-3 second round picks.  If (and that's a big IF), we could get several early round draft picks and trade down, we could build a team with talented players, and be in serious contention very shortly. 
Scenario 2:  Vikings Obtain the # 2 over all pick in the draft. Option # 1:  Take an Offensive Linemen such as USC's Matt Kalil because Andrew Luck will most likely be taken #1.  Here is another highly sought after player in this years draft.  He would be the equivalent of Andrew Luck, but for an Offensive Tackle.  We desperately need to upgrade our O-Line, and he would add an instant upgrade.  Move Kalil to Left Tackle, draft another guard, and move some personnel around, and our O-Line just got 10 times better.
Option # 2:  Trade down and hopefully get another 1st or 2nd rounder.  Washington has two first round picks this year (middle and late) and they would be potential trade partners to move higher to get a QB that they desperately need.  Hopefully we could still get an Offensive Linemen in the first round, and maybe another CB or D-Linemen.
Scenario 3:  Vikings Obtain the 3rd overall pick in the draft Option # 1:  Take LSU's CB Morris Claiborne if Luck and Kalil are taken.  Our secondary is in disarray, and Claiborne is the top raided CB this year.  This would be a huge upgrade to our secondary.  Antoine Winfield will be back next year but is approaching the wrong side of age 35, and who knows about Chris Cook (I have a feeling he'll be back).  Hopefully we can take get a Safety in free agency and/or the draft as well to help with our secondary needs.  We could also take an Offensive Linemen such as Iowa's Riley Reiff, or Stanford's Jonathan Martin.  Both are first round offensive linemen.
Option # 2:  Trade down and hopefully obtain another 1st or 2nd round pick.  Reiff and/or Marin should still be around.
Bottom Line:  We will have some top level talent coming aboard next year.  For the first time in a long time, we have all of our picks, and some compensation picks as well.  The Vikings front office absolutely cannot miss this draft.  It will be exciting to see what will happen!
Thoughts:  I still don't believe the Vikings will get the # 1 overall pick.  I think we win one or two more games and will end up getting the # 2, or at worst the # 3 pick and take either Matt Kalil (who I desperately want) or Morris Claiborne, or trade down for more picks.  However, if we do get the # 1 pick, I think we should trade it to a team who is willing to give up a bunch of draft picks.  I realize you can't pass up a QB like Luck, but I would also argue, you couldn't pass up an opportunity to obtain all those draft picks.  Remember Hershel Walker?  Ok sorry I brought it up, but you get my point.  I love Christian Ponder, and if we can build a team around him, he could be a great NFL QB and lead this team into the future. 
Let me know what you all think!