Their pass defense improved greatly in head coach Mike Zimmer’s first season, but all the Vikings had to do was look around their division to determine that their secondary could use more reinforcements.
The Packers have MVP Aaron Rodgers throwing to Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb. Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has his own dynamic duo of wide receivers in Calvin Johnson and Golden Tate. And say what you want about Jay Cutler, but the Bears boast Alshon Jeffery and now Kevin White, Chicago’s first-round selection.
So Thursday night — during an uncharacteristically quiet first round at Winter Park that saw the team select just one player for once while hanging on to running back Adrian Peterson — the Vikings picked the prospect that pretty much every draft analyst predicted they would, snatching Michigan State cornerback Trae Waynes with the No.