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Vikings get their next pass rusher in Vanderbilt's Stephen Weatherly

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Since Mike Zimmer became the Minnesota Vikings' head coach in 2014, they've made a habit of acquiring players with the capacity to become dangerous pass rushers. The latest player in that line arrived on Saturday, when the Vikings took Vanderbilt's Stephen Weatherly with the 227th pick.

My take: We talked last month about the Vikings' ongoing hunt for athletic pass rushers, and Weatherly certainly should give them another one. He ran a 4.61-second 40-yard dash at the NFL combine, and put up 23 repetitions on the bench press. He stands 6-foot-4 and boast 34 1/2-inch arms; he's next in the mold of shape-shifting rushers like Everson Griffen, Anthony Barr and Danielle Hunter.