Minnesota Vikings: Draft for Need or Draft the Best Player Available?

April 10, 2011   ·   Tim Arcand   ·   Jump to comments

The good news for Vikings fans is that no matter who the team drafts with the 12th pick in the first round of the NFL draft, it is bound to fill a hole.
There will be no need for vice president of player personnel Rick Spielman to explain that the Vikings simply had to take the "best player available."
About the only way the Minnesota front office will have to spin its first choice of the draft is if it eschews its greatest needs of either quarterback or offensive line to draft a defensive end.
If by some chance Robert Quinn from North Carolina, Cameron Jordan from California or Da'Quan Bowers from Clemson is available and the Vikings deems one of them the "best player available," there could be an angry mob with pitchforks and torches marching on the team's headquarters in Eden Prairie.
The Vikings have a lot riding on this year's draft.
After finishing last in the NFC North—along with the desire for a new stadium—there's little...

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