Entering the 2020 season, the Minnesota Vikings implemented piecemealed plans at the right guard spot of the depth chart. The best-case scenario – and some fans were even optimistic about this – involved a combination of Dakota Dozier, Dru Samia, Kyle Hinton, and maybe a splash of Pat Elflein and then-rookie Ezra Cleveland.
Dozier’s year-end Pro Football Focus grade was 44.6, fourth-worst in the NFL among qualifying guards. Samia’s was worse, if that’s fathomable. He registered a spine-chilling 33.1 PFF score. Pat Elflein was waived in mid-November. And Cleveland actually performed rather well for a rookie.