Welcome to our morning-after Vikings blog, where we’ll revisit every game by looking at two players who stood out, two concerns for the team, two trends to watch and one big question. Here we go:
After a nine-draft stretch where they only selected two offensive linemen in the first two rounds (Phil Loadholt in 2009 and Matt Khalil in 2012), the Vikings changed course in 2018 and began devoting higher draft picks to the group in front of Kirk Cousins and Dalvin Cook. They selected tackle Brian O’Neill at the end of the second round in 2018, used their first-round pick on center Garrett Bradbury in 2019 and watched as Boise State tackle Ezra Cleveland — a player they’d targeted before the draft — fell to their spot in the second round this year.