Sports fans in the Twin Cities haven't had much to cheer about recently, but only the biggest pessimists would argue that the Minnesota Vikings aren't trending in the right direction as of late.
Football "experts" across the internet have given the Vikings overwhelmingly good grades for the 2015 draft and, on paper, there's certainly reason to be bullish about Minnesota's new crop of rookies.
Need met value for three of the Vikings' first four picks, and Minnesota added prospects at nearly every position where it lacked depth.
Another positive over draft weekend for Vikings fans is that their best player, Adrian Peterson, wasn't traded away.