Tonight is the first round of the NFL Draft for the 2019 season. I will be watching live in hopes to see some Offensive Line help picked for the Minnesota Vikings as it's desperately needed. The Vikings have all the other pieces in place to make a strong push for a championship this year apart from their incredibly weak O line. It's their achilles heel and other teams know it.
What else might the Vikings do?
Defensive Tackle
I could see the Vikings going with a Defensive Tackle with their 1st round pick as it's kind of a need and if there's a run on Offensive linemen before the Vikings pick, they may see the next available O-line guy as a 2nd rounder. With the draft being deep with Defensive talent and the circumstances changing available O-linemen I could see the Vikings adapting to this strategy.Trade Up
There have been a lot of rumors about various players getting traded during this offseason. Players have garnered attention from other teams and with salary cap being a potential problem, the Vikings may be looking to move some expensive talent for draft picks. Rick Spielman has been known to move around a lot in drafts. I wouldn't be surprised to see Trae Waynes traded for a pick (2nd rounder) that the Vikings could use to trade back in for an additional 1st round pick.Trade Back
If the scenario plays out with a run on talented O-lineman, I could see the Vikings trading out of the 1st round to gather more picks. Spielman has done this in the past as well and if the team thinks they can get better talent with two 2nd rounders than one 1st, this could happen.
Obviously something else may happen... nobody really knows and that's part of the fun of watching! Even the team has no idea how things will play out, what players will be picked up in front of them by other teams, or who will fall when it comes time for them to pick!
THE NFL DRAFT BEGINS 8PM EASTERN - 5PM PACIFIC
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