Rick Spielman has been with the Vikings since 2006, serving first as the vice president of player personnel and second, since the start of 2012, as the general manager. Others certainly have had input on personnel matters during the Spielman era, but he’s been a consistent decisionmaker for this franchise for a dozen years.
Those have hardly been perfect years. They’ve been filled with notable hits and misses — with the misses often coming at the most important position on the field, quarterback.
But say this for Spielman and the Vikings: Recent weeks have offered pretty consistent evidence on a few fronts that they are trying to learn from past mistakes.