EAGAN, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings' draft outlook can be boiled down to one sentence: The NFL's oldest team in 2024 has the league's fewest resources to get younger in 2025.
The Vikings head into next week's draft owning a league-low four picks. Unless they acquire additional picks via trade, they will become the 20th team to select four or fewer players since the draft moved to seven rounds in 1994, according to ESPN Research. 98% of teams have made more picks during that 30-year span.
The deficit is self-inflicted and largely the result of two trades the Vikings made last season to acquire linebacker Dallas Turner.