INDIANAPOLIS — A new Vikings leadership brought a change in tone around the perennial lighting rod that is the offensive line.
The NFL scouting combine is typically where Vikings coaches and scouts dig deeper into the annual priority of finding better blockers. But General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O'Connell kept the focus inward this week, preaching optimism about the linemen they've inherited, specifically tackles Brian O'Neill and Christian Darrisaw and guard Ezra Cleveland.
O'Connell sees "a lot to build off."
"The offensive line jumped out at me," O'Connell said. "The skillsets of both of our guys on the edge, the tackle position is very strong.