When Phil Loadholt tore his Achilles in preseason last year, rookie T.J. Clemmings was forced into service way sooner than expected.
Clemmings would go on to start all sixteen games for the Vikings at right tackle, struggling mightily along the way. Clemmings was drafted with an eye toward letting him sit on the bench and develop for awhile so it should have been no surprise that when forced into the starting lineup he seemed utterly overwhelmed a lot of the time, especially in pass protection.
Going into 2016, the plan for Minnesota was to shore up their depth on the O-line and avoid another situation where a player was thrust into a position he was not prepared to handle.