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Vikings draft preview: need depth at WR and TE (and Treadwell to step up)

Note: Until the 2017 NFL draft starts April 27, we'll take a look at where things stand at each Vikings position group. We'll combine some in order to address as many as possible. Check for a new post each weekday.

Around this time last year, when the Vikings used their first-round pick on Laquon Treadwell, a 6-foot-2 split-end wide receiver out of Ole Miss, it looked as if the Vikings had found a perfect fit for Norv Turner's vertical passing attack. But six months or so later, so much had changed.

Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater went down with a career-threatening knee injury, the Vikings traded their 2017 first-round pick to replace him with Sam Bradford and Turner resigned midway through the season.