Yes, it's early. No, they aren't wearing pads. But if there's one young, unestablished player turning heads through two days of Vikings training camp, it's rookie cornerback Andrew Booth Jr.
The second-round draft pick and hopeful starter opposite veteran Patrick Peterson is moving well, displaying good instincts, says he's 100% back from offseason sports hernia surgery, and needed all of one practice to intercept Kirk Cousins, an 11-year vet who doesn't throw many of them.
"[Booth] was playing the technique that [defensive coordinator] Ed [Donatell] and [defensive backs coach] Daronte [Jones] coach really well," coach Kevin O'Connell said Thursday about Booth's pick the day before.