Bleeding Green Nation · Apr 12, 2019
NFL Mock Draft 2019: Minnesota Vikings pick Noah Fant
Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty ImagesI thought the Vikings at 18 was going to be an easy pick. Take the top interior offensive lineman and call it good. However, when both Jonah Williams and Cody Ford were off the board, things got a little more interesting. Both of those players offer positional versatility and would have made tremendous guards or tackles (if the Vikings prefer to move Rashod Hill to guard). I could have gone with Garret Bradbury, Chris Lindstrom, or Erik McCoy (who our own Benjamin Solak ranks at the top of his IOL rankings).
I just couldn’t pull the trigger on any of those three and to be honest, if the board falls like it did here, I expect the Vikes to trade back.
