Joe Berger, starting left guard.
Go ahead and say it. It won’t hurt nearly as bad as many seem to fear.
The Vikings are at peace with that possibility. And with all due respect to Charlie Johnson, a quality person who gave the Vikings all he had for four seasons, Berger is, for now, a satisfactory upgrade at left guard. He should be viewed as the security blanket who allowed the Vikings to add two key defensive starters in the first two rounds of the draft .
That’s why General Manager Rick Spielman is quick to correct people who start their left-guard questions with, “you didn’t do anything at left guard in free agency …”
Actually, he did.