The Vikings were as close as you can get to a Superbowl as a team can get. An upgrade here or there might of made the difference of them making the Superbowl. The only losses this offseason were Artis Hicks, and Chester Taylor. The only free agent so far has been a kickoff specialist. Having a kicker who rarely allows a return is an upgrade. The other downgrades are because of injury at middle linebacker and cornerback.
The needs of the Vikings starting opening game are at cornerback. I use the term need as having no choice to make the playoffs. The Vikings loss of Griffin to injury for six games and Winfield is getting injury prone and slowing down makes cornerback a need. I do like Sapp as a third corner and Asher Allen as a fourth corner.
There are a few veteran cornerbacks still out there, and the draft is coming up. In order to get a starting rookie corner the Vikings will need to draft a corner in the first two rounds. Ideally Devin McCourty will be there at 30. The Vikings will address the need before May 5th.
The other needs the team will need to address are at linebacker, running back, and guard or center. These are the needs for 2010. I hope the Vikings draft a cornerback, defensive tackle, linebacker, guard, running back, and then best player available.
If the Vikings give a second round pick for Mcnabb then their window of opportunity will stay open longer. So they can draft best player available after round one.
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