One of the more interesting directions we went on the most recent Access Vikings podcast was a discussion of the Vikings’ youth and inexperience at cornerback.
As a function of the three Vikings corners with the most snaps in 2019 — veterans Xavier Rhodes, Trae Waynes and Mackensie Alexander — all leaving via free agency in the offseason and the method by which cap-strapped Minnesota went about replacing them, which was largely through the draft, the Vikings enter 2020 with the least experienced cornerback group I can remember them having.
The top five corners on the current depth chart have combined to make nine NFL starts: 2018 first-round pick Mike Hughes has five of them and 2018 undrafted free agent Holton Hill has four while 2019 seventh-round pick Kris Boyd and of course rookies Jeff Gladney and Cameron Dantzler have zero.