Vikings’ Draft Moves: Hidden Gems and Bold Surprises That Could Change the Game
But it’s difficult to consistently build quality rosters leaning mostly on free agency. There is a reason that other teams are willing to part with their veterans and those don’t always lead to successful outcomes for the acquiring team. For every Greenard and Van Ginkel, for example, there are Hargraves and Allens- free agents that come in on big contracts and underperform. And a team can accommodate only so many big contracts. Most players on every team’s roster, by salary cap necessity, are playing on minimal contracts- usually rookie contracts.
Acquiring high-end talent in free agency also brings high-end contracts- and sometimes loss of draft picks in trade- for players the team doesn’t know as well as ones that have played for them for years and probably more often than not result in disappointment. Free agents are also typically older players that are likely to have shorter tenures with the acquiring team and will need to be replaced sooner than successful draft picks. And some years there just isn’t the right talent available to fill a key hole in the roster.
So, for all those reasons, draft and develop is the mantra of most general managers, supplemented with free agency as needed.
Why This is Such a Big Draft for the Vikings
Overall, the Vikings have still managed to maintain a strong roster overall. No team is top-notch at every position group, and the Vikings haven’t been either, but they’ve managed to avoid having particularly weak links for the most part- quarterback last season being an obvious exception.
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