The failed draft has become a fascination but did it hurt their team building efforts?
Picture it: The show begins with a first-time general manager known for his analytical prowess trying to test his data-driven powers on the draft after years of cooking up numbers assisting the 49ers and Browns.
Has the lead decision maker of this billion-dollar organization changed since this travesty toward the sport? Will he find redemption? It might be worth mentioning too that part of the reason the first-rounder Lewis Cine never saw the field and got released on cutdown day was because the Vikings have one of the best safety units in the league and it was entirely built on outliers.the third best in the NFL. It features a sixth-round pick Josh Metellus who was cut out of his first camp and didn’t get a chance to play significant time until his fourth season.
All evidence points to that conclusion both within the rest of the ‘22 draft and historically. Remember, the Vikings had the draft of the decade in 2015 by picking Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter and Stefon Diggs and then followed that up with Laquon Treadwell, Mackensie Alexander and Willie Beavers in 2016.
At the same time the Vikings took apart an aging roster with a screwed up cap situation and finagled it into a position where they have millions and millions to spend on free agency around JJ McCarthy next season. They also extended two elite players at their positions and signed three Day 1 free agents this March who will be with them going forward.
“When I entered the building, trying to compete, aging roster, salary cap stuff, I think there were times where I felt down 33-0,” Adofo-Mensah said. “As we all know, that game starts with one play, one drive, and you build. I think at times I might have been guilty of trying to maybe have a 33-point play all at once.”
Of course, drafting might not be a major determining factor of whether they get from Point A to Point B in the near future. They are short on draft capital next year, meaning free agency decisions will be incredibly vital to stacking the team around McCarthy.
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