The World Is Starting to Realize Vikings Best Possible Draft Strategy

The 2023 NFL Draft begins in precisely nine weeks, and the Minnesota Vikings are scheduled to pick 23rd in the event. The incoming rookie class is coincidentally deep for the Vikings roster needs — cornerback, wide receiver, EDGE rusher — and that bodes well for a club that wants to avoid a substantial regression from an unforeseen 13-4 season in 2022.

About a month ago, drafting a cornerback with Minnesota’s first pick was the trendy idea.

And while selecting a corner wouldn’t be foolish or shunned, the Vikings have “been there, done that.” In the first two rounds of the draft in the last 15 years, these are Minnesota’s spoils by position:

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\ud83c\udfc8 7 OL

\ud83c\udfc8 4 WRs

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