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Vikings can afford to be patient in drafting from deep wide-receivers class

Stefon Diggs caught 63 passes for the Vikings last season and averaged 17.9 yards per catch, fourth best in the NFL.

There might not have been a better offseason in which to trade him.

The NFL draft, which runs Thursday through Saturday, has a strong and deep group of receivers. The highly anticipated class has been compared to the star-studded 2014 group of Odell Beckham Jr., Mike Evans, Davante Adams, Allen Robinson and Jarvis Landry.

Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman, who traded Diggs to the Bills on March 16, picked up an extra first-round pick (22nd overall) from Buffalo.