The Minnesota Vikings were expected to draft for defense in the first or second round; that didn’t happen, but that doesn’t mean Minnesota didn’t find help in the draft for their ailing defensive line, offensive line and secondary. On the defensive line, Minnesota selected defensive tackle/end Christian Ballard in the fourth round and defensive end [...]
Not many people were expecting the Minnesota Vikings to go with a tight end in the second round during this past week’s NFL Draft, but then not many people were expecting Notre Dame product Kyle Rudolph to fall to the Vikings’ spot, either. There’s a method to Frazier’s apparent madness. While Minnesota has three solid [...]
While Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder, the Vikings’ 12th-overall pick in this past week’s NFL draft, isn’t too many years removed from worrying about issues like blackheads on nose, he also may not be asked to ride pine very long. Some folks believe Ponder, who is very intelligent, enters the NFL as the most ready-to-start [...]
