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2016 NFL Draft Could Strengthen Vikings Offense

The Vikings selected four offensive players (of eight total picks) in the 2016 NFL Draft, adding onto free agency moves to bolster Minnesota’s offense heading into the first season in U.S. Bank Stadium.

“We’ve addressed the defense pretty heavily over the last two years and feel pretty comfortable with how we’ve been able to add and those guys are contributing to help us win games,” Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman told Twin Cities media members Saturday. “We’ve focused more a little bit on the offensive side of the ball, to help our young quarterback with some of the moves we’ve made on the offensive line and the receivers we’ve added, that it will help in the development of Teddy.