NFL Draft 2020: Ranking 5 teams that had the best draft
3. Minnesota Vikings
Picks: WR Justin Jefferson , CB Jeff Gladney, OT Ezra Cleveland, CB Cameron Dantzler, DE D.J. Wonnum, DT James Lynch, LB Troy Dye, CB Harrison Hand, WR K.J. Osborn, OT Blake Brandel, S Josh Metellus, DE Kenny Willekes, QB Nate Stanley, S Brian Cole, G Kyle Hinton
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While the Green Bay Packers will go down as one of the draft’s biggest losers, their main competition in the NFC North went home a big winner. The Minnesota Vikings added LSU‘s Justin Jefferson to replace Stefon Diggs and Jeff Gladney to replace Trae Waynes in the first round.
The team beefed up an offensive line that struggled a year ago with the second-round selection of Ezra Cleveland and late-round depth additions of Blake Brandel and Kyle Hinton.
Meanwhile, they added plenty of young talent to their veteran defense with Gladney, Cameron Dantzler, James Lynch and Troy Dye.
Overall the Vikings did not leave one hole unfilled and found a pair of plug and play starters to replace their two most significant offseason subtractions.