Even before acquiring Dede Westbrook in free agency last weekend, the Minnesota Vikings owned the best fleet of wide receivers in the NFC North – per Vitro Chirco, who covers the Detroit Lions for SI.com.
Prior to Sunday, the Vikings possessed one of the most deficient WR3 situations in the NFL, occupied by a threesome of Chad Beebe, Bisi Johnson, and rookie Ihmir Smith-Marsette. For most of the Mike Zimmer era, Minnesota tends to emphasize the usage of fullbacks, running backs, and tight ends in its passing game – rather than a bonafide WR3 as do most other NFL squads.