When the Vikings drafted cornerback Mike Hughes with the 30th overall pick in April, the selection was painted more as luxury than necessity.
The team had passed on an offensive lineman, the thinking went, to accumulate more depth at a position where it had already used two first-round picks and a second-rounder in the past five years. Even the analogy coach Mike Zimmer used on draft night suggested the Vikings were accentuating a strength.
“There’s a commercial on TV right now where the lady asks this guy how many guns he needs, and he says, ‘Just one more,’ ” Zimmer said April 26.