Vikings leadership has easy draft task to tackle, just make the right pick

The best thing that could happen to the Vikings in Thursday night’s NFL draft would be either Northwestern tackle Rashawn Slater (left) or Oregon tackle Penei Sewell falling to the 14th pick.@SouhanstribThe best draft advice is repeated so frequently that it has entered the realm of cliché. And like many cliches, it is true.

Need is a terrible evaluator.

NFL teams drafting to fill obvious needs are prone to mistakes.

For example, if the Vikings in 1998 had drafted for need, they would not have taken Randy Moss. Three defensive backs went in the four picks following the Vikings' selection of Moss with the 21st pick in the first round. The Vikings could have used help in the defensive backfield,…