The general manager and head coach went shopping during the mini-bye hoping to fix two glaring deficiencies that pushed the Vikings into a 0-2 hole.
Kwesi Adofo-Mensah procured players. Kevin O'Connell picked up some gadgets.
Adofo-Mensah signed a offensive guard and traded for a running back this week, which felt like a guy arriving at the mall to do his Christmas shopping at 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
Anyone with eyes recognized during training camp — if not much earlier — that the interior of the Vikings offensive line and their depth at running back were major problems that could not be ignored.