From 2012 through 2014, Minnesota had at least two first round picks each year. They aggressively traded up to get more picks in the top part of the draft to improve their roster. Now they could be looking through a rapidly closing window.
The Green Bay Packers find themselves looking up at the Minnesota Vikings for the first time since the end of the 2009 season. Packers fans will remember that as the season Brett Favre got the Vikings within a minute of the Super Bowl. The Vikings fell off that high as they went 6-10 and then 3-13 over the next two seasons.