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Building a No. 1 defense: Vikings can never have enough corners

Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer used an analogy to portray the high regard in which he holds the cornerback position just as he was set to introduce his newest corner, first-round pick Mike Hughes, the day after Hughes was drafted.

"A famous, old coach called me this morning and said that one of the reasons he likes me is because he understands that you can never have too many cornerbacks," Zimmer said on April 27. "There's a commercial on TV right now where the lady asks this guy how many guns he needs, and he says ‘Just one more.