How did Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman fare in his 12th draft with the team?
"If you ask me, I thought I did a hell of a job," Spielman said with a laugh on Saturday when asked if he did well. "What do you want me to say — 'No?' "
More definitive judgments probably will have to wait for another day.
As much as the NFL's draft industrial complex loves to indulge in the practice of evaluating a team's rookie class shortly after it's finalized, the conclusions drawn in the hours after the draft often fail to hold up over time.