It is always fun to see where teams land in power rankings. In the offseason, we don’t get many updates on those, as the rosters only drastically change twice: once during free agency and again during the NFL Draft. Free agency has come and gone, and the NFL Draft ended a week ago.
Some teams have seen their stock rise significantly, while others have seen themselves stay stagnant.
The Vikings started to tick up the rankings just a little bit after free agency. They entered the NFL Draft ranked seventh, and now they have earned a tenth-place ranking from NFL Media’s Eric Edholm after the draft. That drop is one of the larger ones among any team on the list, and it makes sense when you look at what people are saying about their class.
He writes, “I was a little surprised with how the first round went. I was a fan of Donovan Jackson and pegged him as an early second-rounder, so seeing the offensive lineman go 24th didn’t bother me. I just wonder, with the Vikings entering the weekend with just four picks (they made five after scooping up an additional sixth-rounder), did they consider a move down? One slot later, Houston received two third-rounders — one this year and one next — to move down nine spots. . .The Lions, Packers and Bears all added pass catchers over the weekend, supplementing already-strong groups. That CB position is one that might be worth re-addressing as we get closer to camp. . .”
The team’s failure to address the secondary was really the boldest choice of all this past week in the NFL Draft.
The team seems to be ready to put a lot of weight on returning Byron Murphy Jr. and the returning Harrison Smith. The team will also be giving a larger role to safeties Theo Jackson and Joshua Metellus after Camryn Bynum’s departure and Smith’s preparation to ride off into the sunset.
The Vikings took some gambles with some stagnant moves this year in the draft, time will tell how they will play out.
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