The trade Rick Spielman had just completed on the first night of the NFL draft would bring two more third-round picks the Vikings could use to restock their roster, but it meant Minnesota would wait nine more picks to see if it could add an offensive lineman or a pass rusher to its roster.
For Spielman, it also meant a familiar task after such a trade: cooling the temperature in the draft room.
The Vikings had made an offseason priority out of addressing a defensive line that, according to a league source, they viewed as having only two bona fide pieces after last season: defensive end Danielle Hunter and nose tackle Michael Pierce.