The NFL Draft is this month, and we are seeing more and more mock drafts in which the Vikings trade out of the first round in an effort to gain more draft capital in a class where the value is found mostly on day two. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has shown he is more than capable of maneuvering the draft board, which makes this new mock draft seem accurate.
Lance Zierlein of NFL Media published his third mock draft of the cycle, and it is another example of the Vikings trading out. He has them trading back with the Cleveland Browns and taking them out of round one, but kicking off round two.