For many years after Rick Spielman joined the Vikings organization, from 2006-2011, he was VP of Player Personnel and part of the somewhat infamous ‘triangle of authority’ along with then head coach Brad Childress and owner Zygi Wilf. Together they made draft decisions by committee, in lieu of having a single General Manager responsible for making draft picks.
But beginning in 2012, Spielman was promoted to General Manager, and given final authority on draft decisions. And so, with 6 drafts under his belt now as a bona fide GM, and a seventh coming up this week, I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at how well Spielman has done drafting for the Vikings since becoming GM.